One of the best moves by Gary Kasparov which includes a queen sacrifice...

WOW what a game !!

If it was not Garry Kasparov himself I would say only a chess engine can play that precisely and with such a brutal style.

Thanks for sharing Hithesh !

Panayotis, I am sure your analysis is sound but I think there is also a mighty psychological factor involved.

I think Georgiev was quite happy with 17.Na5 - threatening Nf3 and bringing Kasparov in troubles.

Surely he had anticipated the sac 17.. Nxd5 and probably he decided that he can refute it with 18.Nb7 Qc7 19.Qxd5 ...

I image 18... Nxe3 hit him like a sledgehammer and suddenly ended his dream of pushing the great Gary Kasparov around , quite probable that he had troubles to recover from that shock.

Psychological shock! I must remember that for my next game 

Vishy Anand also once played a wonderful queensac for three light pieces against Stellwagen. Tearing the control over the game out of the hands of his opponent and grinding him down in a perfect study ...

Kasparov had the courage to give away the queen. We won't do that.