Kasparov, Karpov Play to Draw in Game 17

Challenger Gary Kasparov kept his lead over Anatoly Karpov in the world chess championship Thursday when their 17th game ended in a draw on the 29th move. Kasparov, playing white, opened with the Nimzo-Indian Defense.

Kasparov, 22, has 9 points to Karpov’s 8 with seven matches to play.

Whoever wins a game in the tournament gets one point while draws are worth half a point to each competitor. The first player to get 12 points wins, with Karpov retaining his crown in case he and Kasparov are tied at the end of 24 matches.

Kasparov has won three games and Karpov two. The remaining 12 ended in draws.

Here are the moves:

Kasparov-Karpov 17: 1 d4 N-f6 2 c4 e6 3 N-c3 B-b4 4 N-f3 c5 5 g3 N-c6 6 B-g2 N-e4 7 B-d2 Bxc3 8 Bxc 0-0 9 0-0 N-a5 10 Dxc Q-c7 11 N-d4 Nxd2 12 Qxd2 Nxc4 13 Q-g5 f6 14 Q-f4 N-e5 15 N-b3 R-b8 16 Q-d4 b6 17 f4 N-f7 18 Rf-d1 Rf-d8 19 c4 B-b7 20 Bxb7 Rxb7 21 c-b Rxb6 22 c5 R-c6 23 Ra-c1 d5 24 c-d Rdxd6 25 Q-e3 Rxd1 check 26 Rxd1 g6 27 R-c1 Rxc1 check 28 Qxc1 Q-b6 check 29 Q-c5 draw.