Kasparov Wins Chess Game 16

Champion Gary Kasparov won the 16th game of the World Chess Championship on Monday, extending his lead to three points over challenger Anatoly Karpov.

Kasparov, 23, took advantage of a blunder made by the 35-year-old former world champion in the 37th move. Karpov resigned in the 41st move of the game, which took five hours.

The win gives Kasparov a virtually unassailable lead of 9 1/2 to 6 1/2 in the 24-game series. He needs only 2 1/2 more points out of the last eight games. A draw is worth half a point for each side.

The next game is scheduled for Wednesday.

Here are the moves:

Kasparov-Karpov 16: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O--O Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 o-o 9 h3 Bb7 10 d4 Re8 11 Nbd2 Bf8 12 a4 h6 13 Bc2 exd4 14 cxd4 Nb4 15 Bb1 c5 16 d5 Nd7 17 Ra3 c4 18 Nd4 Qf6 19 N2f3 Nc5 20 axb5 axb5 21 Nxb5 Rxa3 22 Nxa3 Ba6 23 Re3 Rb8 24 e5 dxe5 25 Nxe5 Nbd3 26 Ng4 Qb6 27 Rg3 g6 28 Bxh6 Qxb2 29 Qf3 Nd7 30 Bxf8 Kxf8 31 Kh2 Rb3 32 Bxd3 cxd3 33 Qf4 Qxa3 34 Nh6 Qe7 35 Rxg6 Qe5 36 Rg8+ Ke7 37 d6+ Ke6 38 Re8+ Kd5 39 Rxe5+ Nxe5 40 d7 Rb8 41 Nxf7 Black resigns