Karpov Wins Game 5, Evens Match

Challenger Anatoly Karpov won the fifth game of the world chess championship Wednesday and tied the score with champion Gary Kasparov.

Karpov’s victory gave both Soviet grandmasters 2 1/2 points in the 24-game match. The winner will be the first player to score six victories or 12 1/2 points.

The 23-year-old champion, who had taken the lead Tuesday after scoring the first victory in the fourth game, resigned after Karpov’s 32nd move when he realized that an advanced but exposed pawn, which was one square away from becoming a queen, could no longer be defended.

Karpov, 35, had the advantage of playing the white pieces in the game, in which Kasparov moved into a Gruenfeld defense.

The champion had easily gained draws in the first and third games using this defense, but after days of preparation Karpov came up with a different idea.

Karpov was able to gain an advantage with a big phalanx of pawns in the center of the board.

Game No. 6 is scheduled for Friday.

Here are the moves:

Karpov-Kasparov 5: 1 d4 Nf6 2 4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 c5 6 dxc5 Qa5 7 Rc1 Ne4 8 cxd5 Nxc3 9 Qd2 Qxa2 10 bxc3 Qxd2ch 11 Kxd2 Nd7 12.Bb5 O-O 13 Bxd7 Bxd7 14 e4 f5 15 e5 e6 16 c4 Rfc8 17 c6 b7xc6 18 d6 c5 19 h4 h6 20 Nh3 a5 21 f3 a4 22 Rhe1 a3 23 Nf2 a2 24 Nd3 Ra3 25 Ra1 g5 26 hxg5 hxg5 27 Bxg5 Kf7 28 Bf4 Rb8 29 Rec1 Bc6 30 Rc3 Ra5 31 Rc2 Rba8 32 Nc1, and black resigns