Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni ipari o padanu akọle rẹ ni ọdun 1985 si Garry Kasparov, ti aṣa igbogun ti o ni ipa ti o yatọ si aṣa ipo Karpov. Awọn meji ti wọn ja marun lalailopinpin sunmọ agbaye ife-ije, awọn World Chess ife-ije 1984 ( controversially pari lai esi pẹlu Karpov asiwaju +5 −3 =40), World Chess ife-ije 1985 (ni eyi ti Kasparov gba awọn akọle, 13<unk>11), World Chess ife-ije 1986
(ó jẹ́ pé Kasparov ló ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀, 121⁄2<unk>111⁄2), World Chess Championship 1987 (ó jẹ́ pé Kasparov ló ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀), àti World Chess Championship 1990 (ó tún jẹ́ pé Kasparov ló ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀, 121⁄2<unk>111⁄2).