Garry Kasparov's greatest chess game
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Maybe it's a cliche answer, but I've always thought the game against Topolov was amazing.
Andrew, on 25... Qxe7?? White has 26. Qxd4+ Kb8 27. Qb6+ and after 27... Bb7 white mates with 28. Nc6+ Ka8 29. Qa7#. After 27... Qb7 the immediate 28. Nc6 mates.
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I have a soft spot for the "octopus knight" game (Karpov vs. Kasparov, 16th game World Championship match 1985). Category? Creative strategic idea.
http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-octopus-knight
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067175
Is Kasparov reported to have said which he thinks was his best game?
I am personally very fond of that game where he sacrifices the exchange in return for a stranglehold on the centre light squares, but that's mainly because I haven't seen many of Kasparov's games.
fburton wrote:
Is Kasparov reported to have said which he thinks was his best game?
Game 16 versus Karpov from the second WC match :)
Seriously!
Kingpatzer wrote:
fburton wrote:
Is Kasparov reported to have said which he thinks was his best game?
Game 16 versus Karpov from the second WC match :)
Seriously!
Bobby Fisher claims that game was prearranged, the fix was on.
Paddestoel wrote:
Kingpatzer wrote:
fburton wrote:
Is Kasparov reported to have said which he thinks was his best game?
Game 16 versus Karpov from the second WC match :)
Seriously!
Bobby Fisher claims that game was prearranged, the fix was on.
Fischer was as mad as a bag of cats.
AndrewTone wrote:
what? move 24, rook for pawn. understandable. but move 25? why? whats to stop black from simply taking the rook with the queen?
Yeah, this move is totally understandable. I mean at first I thought it was crazy, but 10 seconds later when I saw all the way to 37.Rd7 I realized Kasparov had made the right choice [/sarcasm]
What is Kasparov's greatest game of chess? His most epic? His most brilliant? His most accurate contest, maybe by both parties? His best ending? His best attack? (The number of possible categories is almost endless.)