Kasparov, Karpov Play to Another Draw

Gary Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov drew for the eighth straight game Wednesday in the World Chess Championship.

The two Soviet rivals are now tied at 7 1/2 points after 15 games.

Wednesday’s 15th game began similarly to the 13th game on Saturday, with Karpov and Kasparov playing a Grunfeld opening with an exchange variation. The position was the same after 10 moves as the two previous games, but Karpov varied his game when he went to a bishop move, not found in any previous game using the Grunfeld opening.

At the 33rd move, Kasparov proposed the draw, which Karpov accepted.

The next game is Saturday.

Here are the moves of the game:

Karpov-Kasparov 15: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Be3 c5 8 Qd2 0-0 9 Nf3 Qa5 10 Rc1 e6 11 Bh6 Nc6 12 h4 cxd4 13 Bxg7 Kxg7 14 cxd4 Qxd2ch 15 Kxd2 Rfd8 16 Ke3 Bd7 17 Rb1 Rab8 18 Bd3 Ne7 19 h5 f6 20 hxg6 hxg6 21 Rh2 b6 22 g4 e5 23 dxe5 bxg4 24 exf6ch Kxf6 25 Nd4 Rb7 26 f3 Rbd7 27 Rb4 Be6 28 Rc2 a5 29 Ra4 g5 30 Bb5 Rd6 31 Be2 Bd7 32 Rac4 Re8 33 Rb2 Nd5ch. Draw agreed.