Best Chess Game Ever Played

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Avatar of Ziryab

A putative "friend" asks, "Which game do you think was the best game ever played?"

I'm kinda partial to:

See http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2009/05/best-of-best-chess-informant-readers.html

Avatar of happyfanatic

Definitely an interesting game.   

Avatar of Ziryab

Politics, alas, kept this game from winning the contest for best of the best. Most players do not like Topalov because of his egregious behavior towards the game's true gentleman: Kramnik.

Readers of Chess Informant's 1000 Best of the Best (2008) chose: