Kasparov beats Karpov in 12-game exhibition chess match, score 9-3

Kasparov beats Karpov in exhibition chess match

MADRID — Garry Kasparov has defeated Anatoly Karpov in an exhibition chess match marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout.

On the last of three days of play, Kasparov won five games of speed chess, while Karpov took one game and two others ended in a draw. That made a final score of 9-3 for Kasparov in the 12-game match in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia.

On Thursday the two grandmasters played eight blitz games in which each started with five minutes on the clock, with two seconds added after each move.

Karpov won the first game Thursday even though he was playing with the black pieces. But it was to be his only triumph of the evening.