THE INDEPENDENT – LONDON (01/23/1999) http://library.northernlight.com/ BM19990126010046795.html?cb=0&dx=1004&sc=0#doc JUST OCCASIONALLY, a game is played that is so sensational that even in the old days it would have traversed the globe in a week: a game which today, with the proliferation of Internet access, will wing its way within minutes or at most hours to all five continents. Such a one was Gary Kimovich Kasparov’s magnificent victory against Veselin Topalov at Wijk aan Zee on Wednesday. Aesthetic appreciation of chess games is by its very nature subjective. Personally, I go most of all for the unexpected, with a reasonable – but not necessarily excessive – level of violence highly acceptable, good endgame technique to be applauded and a king hunt as in today’s game a great bonus. Some people also require “absolute soundness” but I think this is rather prissy – a well contested game is bound to be a bit unclear. GM Jonathan S. Speelman:
Topalov, Veselin
Result: 1-0
