8th Game in Chess Series Is a Draw

The eighth game of the world chess championship in Moscow between champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Gary Kasparov ended in a draw Wednesday. The second session of the game, which began on Tuesday, lasted only 11 minutes.

Karpov leads in games, 2 to 1. There have been five draws, each counting half a point, and the overall score is 4 1/2 to 3 1/2. If neither player succeeds in scoring six wins, then the leader after 24 games wins the match.

Game 8 followed the course of several games of the 1984 match for 15 moves, until Karpov, playing white, introduced the new move 16 Qd3. Soon he won a pawn, but Kasparov never appeared to be in danger of losing. When the game was adjourned after white’s 41st move, the position was clearly drawn. Play resumes today.

Here are the moves of the game:

Karpov-Kasparov 8: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Be7 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 0-0 7 e3 b6 8 Be2 Bb7 9 Bxf6 Bxf6 10 cxd5 exd5 11 b4 c5 12 bxc5 bxc5 13 Rb1 Bc6 14 0-0 Nd7 15 Bb5 Qc7 16 Qd3 Rfd8 17 Rfd1 Rab8 18 Bxc6 Qxc6 19 Rxb8 Rxb8 20 dxc5 Bxc3 21 Qxc3 Qxc5 22 Qxc5 Nxc5 23 h3 Ne4 24 Rxd5 Rb1+ 25 Kh2 Nxf2 26 Rd8+ Kh7 27 Rd7 a5 28 Rxf7 Rb2 29 a4 Nd1 30 Re7 Rb4 31 Nd4 Nxe3 32 Nc6 Rc4 33 Rxe3 Rxc6 34 Re5 Rc3 35 Rxa5 Ra3 36 h4 Kg6 37 g4 Kf6 38 Rf5+ Ke6 39 Rf4 g5 40 hxg5 hxg5 41 Rb4 Ke5 (sealed) 42 Kg2 Ra2+ 43 Kf3 Ra3+ 44 Ke2 Rg3 45 Kd2 Rg2+ 46 Ke3 Rg3+ 47 Ke2 Ra3 48 Kd2 Rg3 49 Rc4 Kd5, Drawn.