Karpov Wins 16th Chess Game and Evens Match, 8-8

Challenger Anatoly Karpov defeated titleholder Gary Kasparov in the 16th game of the world chess championship Tuesday and evened the score of the match at 8-8.

Kasparov, playing white, found himself in a hopeless position when the game was adjourned Monday night and resigned Tuesday without resuming play.

The 17th game is scheduled for today with Karpov playing white.

Each player has scored three victories with 10 games drawn in the 24-game series.

“Karpov’s play has been more impressive in the last two games, but anything can still happen. It’s impossible to predict,” said Spanish chess expert Fernando Urias.

Here are the moves:

Kasparov-Karpov 16: 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 g3 Bb4 5 Bg2 0-0 6 0-0 Re8 7 d3 Bxc3 8 bxc3 e4 9 Nd4 h6 10 dxe4 Nxe4 11 Qc2 d5 12 cxd5 Qxd5 13 e3 Na5 14 f3 Nd6 15 e4 Qc5 16 Be3 Ndc4 17 Bf2 Qe7 18 Rad1 Bd7 19 f4 Rad8 20 e5 Bg4 21 Nf5 Qe6 22 Rxd8 Rxd8 23 Nd4 Qc8 24 f5 c5 25 Qe4 cxd4 26 Qxg4 Nxe5 27 Qe2 Nec6 28 cxd4 Nxd4 29 Bxd4 Rxd4 30 f6 Qe6 31 Qb2 Qe3+ 32 Kh1 b6 33 fxg7 Nc4 34 Qc2 Kxg7 35 Bd5 Nd6 36 Qb2 Qe5 37 Bb3 a5 38 Qf2 f5 39 Qb2 b5 40 a3 Kg6. Adjourned. White resigns.