Ia tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na iʻu lava ina leiloa lona suafa i le 1985 iā Garry Kasparov, o lē sa matuā feteenaʻi lana faiga taufaamatau ma le faiga faatulagaga a Karpov. E lima ni fusuaga mataʻutia na faia i le va o i laʻua i le siamupini o le lalolagi, o le 1984 World Chess Championship
(faʻaiʻuina finauga e aunoa ma se iʻuga ma Karpov taʻimua +5 −3 =40), World Chess Championship 1985 (lea na manumalo ai Kasparov i le ulutala, 13<unk>11), World Chess Championship 1986 (na manumalo ai Kasparov, 121⁄2<unk>111⁄2), World Chess Championship 1987 (faʻatulagaina 12<unk>12, Kasparov tausia le ulutala), ma le World Chess Championship 1990 (toe manumalo ai Kasparov, 121⁄2<unk>111⁄2).