Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Karpov emeela ka ọ bụrụ onye egwuregwu kachasị mma n'ụwa na onye mmeri ụwa mgbe Garry Kasparov bịarutere ebe ahụ. Na egwuregwu mbụ ha, World Chess Championship 1984
na Moscow, onye mbụ ga-emeri egwuregwu isii ga-emeri egwuregwu ahụ. Karpov chịkọtara ụzọ 4 na 0 mgbe egwuregwu itoolu gachara. Egwuregwu iri na asaa sochirinụ bụ ihe efu, na-eme ka ndekọ maka egwuregwu aha ụwa, ma were Karpov ruo egwuregwu 27 iji nweta mmeri nke ise ya. N'egwuregwu 31, Karpov nwere ọnọdụ mmeri mana ọ nwetaghị uru ma dozie maka ịbịaru. Ọ tụfuru egwuregwu nke ọzọ, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, e nwere mmeri 14 ọzọ. Karpov jidere ọnọdụ mmeri siri ike na Egwuregwu 41, mana ọzọ mehiere ma nwee nkwekọrịta. Mgbe Kasparov meriri egwuregwu 47 na 48, Onye isi FIDE Florencio Campomanes kwụsịrị egwuregwu ahụ n'otu aka, na-ekwu maka ahụike ndị egwuregwu ahụ. A na-ekwu na Karpov tufuru kilogram iri n'oge asọmpi ahụ. Asọmpi ahụ were ọnwa ise a na-enwetụbeghị ụdị ya, nke Karpov meriri ise, nke Kasparov meriri atọ, na nke e meriri ugboro iri anọ.