Kasparov and Karpov Battle to a 3rd Draw in Chess Title Contest

Champion Gary Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov played to a draw Friday in the third game of their match for the world chess title, as they had in the first two. The challenger offered the draw after his 35th move.

Karpov, 35, had the advantage of moving first with the white pieces, but was unable to make headway against the 23-year-old champion’s solid defense.

Experts said the game was a success for Kasparov, who gained his second draw with the handicap of playing black. He narrowly missed winning the second game with the white pieces.

Another full house was on hand at the Park Lane Hotel’s Art Deco ballroom Friday to watch the two Soviets.

Some experts were surprised that Kasparov, the youngest champion in the history of the game, did not call for a rest Friday after the disaster of Wednesday and Thursday when he turned a winning position into a draw with a wretched knight maneuver on the 39th move.

Each of the Soviet rivals now has 1 1/2 points in the match, which has a 24-game limit. The title goes to the one who achieves six victories or 12 1/2 points, but Kasparov retains it in a tie.

Wins are worth one point and draws are a half-point for each contestant.

The first 12 games are to be played in London and the next 12 in Leningrad. The next game will be played on Monday.

Here are the moves:

Karpov-Kasparov 3: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nf3 Bg7 4 g3 c6 5 Bg2 d5 6 cxd5 cxd5 7 Nc3 O-O 8 Ne5 e6 9 O-O Nfd7 10 Nf3 Nc6 11 Bf4 Nf6 12 Ne5 Bd7 13 Qd2 Nxe5 14 Bxe5 Bc6 15 Rfd1 Nd7 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 Rac1 Nf6 18 Qf4 Qb8 19 Qxb8 Raxb8 20 F3 Rfd8 21 Kf2 Rbc8 22 E3 Ne8 23 Rd2 Nd6 24 Rdc2 Kf8 25 Bf1 Ke7 26 Bd3 F5 27 h4 h6 28 b3 g5 29 Ne2 Bd7 30 Rc5 b6 31 Rc7 Rxc7 32 Rxc7 Ra8 33 Ng1 Ne8 34 Rc1 Rc8 35 Rxc8. Draw agreed