Kammala wannan jumla: Kafin wasan 20 na gasar
A gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1986, Kasparov ya yi rashin nasara a wasanni uku a jere, wanda ya daidaita sakamakon wasan. Kasparov yana da White a cikin wasan na 20, wanda aka amince da shi bayan 21 ya motsa. White ya yi amfani da awa 1 da minti 11; Black ya yi amfani da awa 1 da minti 52. Kasparov ya rubuta "A cikin wasan na 20 mun yanke shawara a ƙarshe 'kada mu yi wasa' (watau don yin burin gajeren wasa) [...] Matsayi na yau da kullun, kodayake mutum na iya fahimtar 'yan wasan biyu <unk> kowannensu ya cika burin da ya sanya wa kansa kafin wasan. " Kasparov ba ya son ya rasa wasa na huɗu a jere kuma Karpov yana son yin wasa a matsayin Black.