Draw Follows First Real Battle

Champion Garry Kasparov and challenger Viswanathan Anand played the most exciting game of their Professional Chess Assn. world championship Tuesday at the World Trade Center in New York, but the result was another draw. The score is tied, 3 to 3, and neither player has won a game.

For the first time in the match, Kasparov opened Game Six with his customary 1 e4. He had tried 1 d4 and 1 c4 in his two previous attempts as White. Anand’s choice of the Open defense to the Ruy Lopez was not a surprise, but Kasparov’s 11th move, which offers a knight for a quick attack, began the real battle.

On Tuesday, Anand declined the sacrifice and found a promising new 14th move for black.

At move 20, Anand traded rook for knight to halt white’s threats and mobilize his pawns. The unbalanced position was difficult to assess, and soon Kasparov offered a draw. After accepting, Anand joked that “we both basically agreed with each other that we didn’t have a clue about what was going on.” More seriously, he added, “it’s very messy. If I try to win too much, I could lose.”

Someone will have to win a game if he wants the $1-million winner’s share of the purse provided by Intel, the computer chip manufacturer which sponsors the PCA. If the match ends in a 10-10 tie, Kasparov would remain champion and the players would receive $750,000 each.

The seventh game is scheduled for Thursday. Here are the moves of Tuesday’s game:

Kasparov-Anand #6: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 9 Nbd2 Nc5 10 c3 d4 11 Ng5 dxc3 12 Nxe6 fxe6 13 bxc3 Qd3 14 Nf3 0-0-0 15 Qe1 Nxb3 16 axb3 Kb7 17 Be3 Be7 18 Bg5 h6 19 Bxe7 Nxe7 20 Nd4 Rxd4 21 cxd4 Qxb3 22 Qe3 Qxe3 23 fxe3 Nd5 24 Kf2 Kb6 25 Ke2 a5 26 Rf7 a4 27 Kd2 c5 28 e4, Drawn

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World Chess Championship

Tuesday: Draw

Standings: Tied at 3 points apiece in best-of-20 series

Next game: Thursday