Kasparov, Karpov Agree to 2nd Draw

World chess champion Gary Kasparov and challenger Anatoly Karpov agreed to a draw Thursday after the 52nd move of the second game in their title contest.

Both games in the contest have ended in draws, giving each of the Soviet grandmasters one point.

In the adjourned position from Wednesday night, Kasparov was a pawn ahead, and some experts thought he had a chance to win, but overnight analysis convinced them that the game would end in a draw.

Kasparov sacrificed a pawn at Move 46 and then a second pawn to improve the position of his pieces. But there were too few pieces left on the board to win.

At the end of the game, each player had a knight and two pawns.

Both players quickly shook hands after the game and left the stage. The third game is scheduled for today.

The first half of the 24-game championship will be held in London and the remaining games will be played in Leningrad. Victory goes to the first player who wins six games or 12 1/2 points. A victory is worth one point and a draw is worth half a point. In the event of a 12-12 tie, Kasparov retains the title.

Here are the moves:

Kasparov-Karpov 2: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Nf3 c5 5 g3 Nc6 6 Bg2 d5 7 cxd5 Nxd5 8 Bd2 cxd4 9 Nxd4 Nxd4 10 Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11 Qxd2 Nc6 12 Nf4 Qxd2+ 13 Kxd2 Bd7 14 Rhc1 Ke7 15 Nd3 Rhc8 16 Nc5 Rab8 17 Rc3 Nd8 18 Rac1 Bc6 19 Nd3 Bd7 20 Ne5 Rxc3 21 Rxc3 Be8 22 b4 a6 23 Be4 h6 24 a3 f6 25 Nd3 Bc6 26 Bxc6 Nxc6 27 Nc5 Ne5 28 f4 Nd7 29 Nb3 Kd6 30 e4 g5 31 Ke3 e5 32 fxg5 fxg5 33 Na5 g4 34 Rc2 h5 35 Rc1 b6 36 Rc6+ Ke7 37 Nc4 Rf8 38 Ke2 Rf3 39 Ne3 Nf6 40 Rxb6 Nxe4 41 Rxa6 Rf2+ 42 Kd3 Nd6 43 Ra7+ Ke6 44 Rh7 e4+ 45 Kc3 Nb5+ 46 Kc4 Nxa3+ 47 Kd4 Rxh2 48 Rh6+ Kd7 49 Nd5 h4 50 Rxh4 Rxh4 51 gxh4 g3 52 Nf4 Nc2+. Draw agreed.