Kasparov, Karpov Draw After 79 Moves

Titleholder Gary Kasparov and challenger Anatoly Karpov agreed to a draw Saturday in the seventh game of the world chess championship after a marathon 79-move struggle.

The game, which lasted 8 1/2 hours over two days, was ended at Karpov’s suggestion.

The draw leaves the score 4 to 3 in Karpov’s favor.

The first player to score 12 1/2 points or achieve six victories wins the 24-game series. A win scores one point and a draw a half-point. In the event of a 12-12 tie, Kasparov will retain his title.

The eighth game is scheduled for Monday with Kasparov playing white.

Here are the moves:

Karpov-Kasparov 7: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Bc4 c5 8 Ne2 Nc6 9 Be3 0-0 10 0-0 Bg4 11 f3 Na5 12 Bxf7+ Rxf7 13 fxg4 Rxf1+ 14 Kxf1 Qd6 15 e5 Qd5 16 Bf2 Rd8 17 Qe1 Qe4 18 g5 Qf5 19 h4 Nc4 20 Kg1 Qg4 21 a4 h6 22 Ra2 hxg5 23 Qb1 gxh4 24 Qb3 Qe6 25 Nf4 Qf7 26 Nxg6 Qxg6 27 Qxc4+ Kh8 28 Rb2 cxd4 29 cxd4 Qg4 30 Qf7 Rxd4 31 Bxd4 Qxd4+ 32 Rf2 Qxe5 33 Rf5 Qe1+ 34 Rf1 Qe5 35 Kh1 b6 36 Qf4 Qh5 37 Qf5 Qe2 38 Rc1 Bf6 39 Qg6 Qe6 40 Rd1 Qc8 41 Rf1 Qd7 42 Qh5+ Kg7 43 Rf4 Qd2 44 Rg4+ Kf8 45 Qf5 Qc1+ 46 Kh2 Qc7+ 47 Qf4 Qxf4+ 48 Rxf4 Ke8 49 Kg1 a6 50 Kf2 Kd7 51 Ke2 Kd6 52 Kd3 Kc5 53 Rc4+ Kd5 54 Rc7 a5 55 Rc4 e5 56 Rg4 Be7 57 Rg7 e4+ 58 Ke3 Bc5+ 59 Ke2 Bd4 60 Rg5+ Kc4 61 Rf5 Kc3 62 Rh5 Kc4 63 Rf5 Kc3 64 Rg5 Kc4 65 Rh5 Bf6 66 Rb5 Bd4 67 Rh5 Bf6 68 Rh6 Bd4 69 Rxh4 b5 70 axb5 a4 71 Rxe4 a3 72 b6 a2 73 Rxd4+ Kxd4 74 b7 a1Q 75 b8Q Qa6+ 76 Kf2 Qf6+ 77 Kg1 Ke4 78 Qb4+ Kf5 79 Qe1 Qd4+. Draw Agreed.