Kasparov's Immortal - 1999 Garry Kasparov vs. Veselin Topalov

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| Jun 23, 2012 at 3:39 PM
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This is a game from 1999 between Garry Kimovich Kasparov and Veselin Topalov from the 61st Hoogovens Chess Festival Tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. This attacking masterpiece is filled with one brilliant move right after the other by Kasparov, moves that would soon have several defining it as the best chess game ever played, and the world recognizing it as "Kasparov's Immortal". Kasparov was rewarded with the brilliancy prize for what is arguably the finest attacking game of his career.

Opening: Pirc Defense

Comments

10 months ago
k_Mate

after viewing this many times i still come back to what he called the second of 5 great moves. I feel like I am missing something. on move 25 why doesn't black simply take rook with the queen.. the move is re7. he would put threat of check with aim at knight. I listened very close and could not hear him explain why queen could not take the rook. Hmm.

can some one help me under stand ?
10 months ago
abad_alnorxxx

i think topalov survive this game by playing 31. Rd1+ followed by Qd4+. and maybe win the game it is not immortal game. topalov only miss the opportunity
10 months ago
calvadoresrene

thanks for sharing this video,sharp&concrete calculation by Kasparov,
11 months ago
Chesspuzzles

How far does this guy go with calculation
11 months ago
mik_tal

Thanks for the very informative video...!!!
11 months ago
chesszking

oh, my eye. facebook was banned from china
11 months ago
Chess4001

simluation mind of garry kasparov is so effective it's scary!
11 months ago
AKirilov

This only showed me how much GRAND Grandmasters are!!! Exciting thing!
11 months ago
ptrckmackay

Really nice king hunt by Kasparov
11 months ago
strekoza

awesome - will have to explore this one several times....
11 months ago
Lawdoginator

Thanks Jerry. Very helpful explanations of a famous game.