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Garry Kasparov’s greatest chess game ever played

Garry Kasparov (2812) – Veselin Topalov (2700)
Hoogovens A Tournament Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 1999

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 [4.f4 The most popular move and 4.Nf3 is second most popular move] 4…Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 b5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.Qxh6 Bb7 10.a3 e5 11.0–0–0 Qe7 12.Kb1 a6 13.Nc1 0–0–0 14.Nb3 exd4 15.Rxd4 c5 16.Rd1 Nb6 17.g3 Kb8 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Bh3 d5 20.Qf4+ Ka7 21.Rhe1 d4 22.Nd5 Nbxd5 23.exd5 Qd6 24.Rxd4! [24.Qxd6³] 24…cxd4 25.Re7+ Kb6 [25…Qxe7 26.Qxd4+ Kb8 27.Qb6+ Bb7 28.Nc6+ Ka8 29.Qa7#] 26.Qxd4+ Kxa5 [26…Qc5 27.Qxf6+] 27.b4+ Ka4 28.Qc3 Qxd5 29.Ra7 Bb7 30.Rxb7 Qc4 31.Qxf6 Kxa3 32.Qxa6+ Kxb4 33.c3+ Kxc3 [33…Qxc3 34.Qxb5+; 33…Qxc3 34.Qxb5+] 34.Qa1+ Kd2 35.Qb2+ Kd1 36.Bf1™ [36.Re7 Qd3+ 37.Ka1 Ra8+] 36…Rd2™ 37.Rd7 Rxd7 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.Qxh8+- Rd3 40.Qa8 c3 41.Qa4+ Ke1 42.f4 f5 43.Kc1 Rd2 44.Qa7 Black resigned [44…Rxh2 45.Qg1+] 1-0

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