Kasparov, Garry – Topalov, Veselin

THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES (06/01/00) Chess Column 1 http://www.malcolmyoung. com/Chess%20Pages/column%201.htm Malcolm Young:

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Date: January 20, 1999
Location: Wijk aan Zee
Tournament: ?
Round:
Opening: B07 Pirc Defence
Submitted by: Young
Published on: February 9, 2020

[Event "?"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "Young"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1999.01.20"] [Source "TaL's Chess"] [SourceDate "1999.01.20"] {THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES (06/01/00) Chess Column 1 http://www.malcolmyoung. com/ChessPages/column1.htm Malcolm Young: } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 19... d5 { After the game Kasparov said that he noticed the upcoming combination here. } 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 21... d4 (21... dxe4 {was safer.}) 22. Nd5 22... Nbxd5 { } ( {Not} 22... Nfxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qxf7+ Kb8 25. Re6 Qc7 26. Re7 Nd7 27. Nc6+ Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxd7 {winning a piece. Byrne.}) 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 24... cxd4 {Who could resist?} ( {But much better were} 24... Kb6 {Kasparov}) ( {or} 24... Bxd5 {Byrne, with an equal game.}) 25. Re7+ Kb6 ( { Even the 10th highest rated player in the world could see that taking a second rook by} 25... Qxe7 {would lose to} 26. Qxd4+ Kb8 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Nc6+ Ka8 29. Qa7# {mate.}) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 ( {According to GM Kavalek in the Washington Post, Kasparov had a more elegant win with} 28. Ra7 ) 28... Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7 Qc4 (30... Rhe8 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Bf1 ) 31. Qxf6 31... Kxa3 (31... Rd1+ {is better, but} 32. Kb2 Ra8 33. Qb6 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 Rd6 36. Rd7 36... Rf6 (36... Rxd7 37. Be6 {forces mate.}) 37. f4 a5 38. c3 Raa6 39. Bg2 Rfe6 40. Bf3 Rad6 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Be4 { forces a winning ending. Byrne in the NY Times.}) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ 33... Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2 35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 36... Rd2 37. Rd7 37... Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8 Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 43... Rd2 44. Qa7 { Kasparov later said that this game was his greatest achievement. } 1-0