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Subject: G. Kasparov - V. Topalov; Wijk aan Zee, 1999 impossible Rxd4!!!!

Author: Vegadapirate

Date: 02:12:16 07/28/05


Here is one of G.Kasparov's best game of the century, his specially for his 2
best tactical moves in the game Rxd4!!! (Maybe - '!!!!!!')  One of the most
incredible moves in all of chess. And maybe one of THE most brilliant. The best
move and maybe the greatest game of chess ever played.

[Event "Dubai ol (Men)"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator ",Azi"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "1986.11.??"]

1... 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 d5 20. Qf4+
Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6 26. Qxd4+
Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7 Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+
Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2 35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4
bxc4 39. Qxh8 Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0



Rxd4!!!! coming

[D]b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 24


what i have heard is that engines cannot see Rxd4!! but my shredder 9 OP
settings gets that at depth 14 and it continues on from there here is the
analysis

({Deep Shredder 9 UCI: 1)}
24. Rxd4 Bxd5 25. Qxd6 {[%eval -53,8]}) (24. Nc6+ {[%eval -21,9] [%emt 0:00:03]



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