Karpov Keeps Chess Prize Hopes Alive

Anatoly Karpov kept his hopes alive for a 50-50 cut of the $3-million World Chess Championship prize money Saturday by defeating Gary Kasparov, who has already won the title, in the 23rd game of their match.

Karpov, playing white, forced his fellow Soviet grandmaster to withdraw in the 29th move after 3 hours, 50 minutes of play. The pair play their 24th and final game Monday.

Kasparov successfully defended his title for the third time by drawing Wednesday with Karpov. The final two games remain important for both men in terms of dividing up the prize money.

Karpov needed to win the last two matches to come even with Kasparov and assure himself of an equal $1.5-million share with his rival. He got halfway there Saturday night.

Here are the moves:

Karpov-Kasparov 23: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f3 0-0 6 Be3 e5 7 d5 Nh5 8 Qd2 Qh4+ 9 g3 Qe7 10 0-0 f5 11 exf5 gxf5 12 Nh3 Na6 13 Rg1 Nf6 14 Nf2 Kh8 15 Be2 Bd7 16 Bg5 Nc5 17 g4 e4 18 fxe4 fxe4 19 Be3 Na4 20 g5 Nxc3 21 bxc3 Ng8 22 Ng4 c5 23 dxc6 Bxc6 24 h4 d5 25 cxd5 Bxd5 26 Qxd5 Rac8 27 Qd6 Rxc3+ 28 Kb1 Qf7 29 Bd4 Kasparov resigns.