Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga karshe ya rasa kambinsa a shekarar 1985 ga Garry Kasparov, wanda salon dabarun sa na tashin hankali ya sha bamban da salon matsayin Karpov. Su biyun sun yi gwagwarmaya da wasannin gasar zakarun duniya guda biyar, Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1984 (wanda aka kawo karshen rikice-rikice ba tare da sakamako ba tare da Karpov ya jagoranci +5 −3 =40), Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1985 (wanda Kasparov ya lashe taken, 13<unk>11), Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1986 (wanda Kasparov ya ci nasara, 121⁄2<unk>111⁄2), Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1987 (da aka zana 12<unk>12, Kasparov ya riƙe taken), da kuma
Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1990 (kuma Kasparov ya ci nasara, 121⁄2 <unk> 111⁄2).