Kasparov's 3 greatest games

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Date: 15 Mar 2005 10:06:00
From: Peter Billam
Subject: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

Greetings. I wrote:

> Linares has produced some fascinating games and is now reaching an
> exciting end

and a bit more excitement than I was hoping for ... I was sad to hear
the news.

Kasparov, in his press conference, as reported by Michiel Abeln in
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/linares2005/r15.html says:

> He feels his best games ever are against Karpov in 1985, game 20
> and in 1987 game 24 and probably the best of all his games, the
> one against Topalov in Corus.

I don't think the Corus game was this year's, because he didn't compete
in that; I'm not sure which year is intended ...

It would be nice if someone could dig out these games and post them :-)

P.S. I'd like to see Kasparov write his "My Sixty Best Games" ...

--

Regards, Peter

Peter Billam, DPIWE/ILS/CIT/Servers, hbt/lnd/l8, 6233 3061

Date: 15 Mar 2005 17:32:01
From: Andreas P. Hofmann
Subject: Re: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

Peter Billam <[email protected] > wrote:

> Kasparov, in his press conference, as reported by Michiel Abeln in
> http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/linares2005/r15.html says:
>
> > He feels his best games ever are against Karpov in 1985, game 20
> > and in 1987 game 24 and probably the best of all his games, the
> > one against Topalov in Corus.
>
> It would be nice if someone could dig out these games and post them :-)

[Event "Wch"]
[Site "Moscow USR"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5
Bxc5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Bg3 Be6 14.O-O
Rac8 15.Bf3 b6 16.Rfe1 Qb4 17.Be5 Bd4 18.a3 Qc5 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Rad1 Qc5
21.Qa4 a5 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 Rfd8 24.Red1 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ke7
27.Ke2 Bb3 28.Ke3 Rc5 29.Kd2 h6 30.Be2 Ne8 31.Bf3 Nf6 32.Rd3 Re5 33.h3
Rc5 34.Rd4 Rc8 35.Be2 Rc5 36.Bd3 h5 37.g3 g6 38.Ne2 Nd7 39.Re4+ Re5
40.Nd4 Bd5 41.Re2 Rxe2+ 42.Bxe2 Nc5 43.Nb5 Ne4+ 44.Ke3 Nd6 45.Kd4 Bc6
46.Nxd6 Kxd6 47.Bc4 Be8 48.h4 f6 49.Bg8 Kc6 50.Ba2 Kd6 51.Bd5 Ke7 52.Bg8
Kd6 53.Bb3 Ke7 54.Bd1 Kd6 55.Be2 Bd7 56.Bd3 Be8 57.Bc4 Ke7 58.Be2 Kd6
59.g4 hxg4 60.Bxg4 Bf7 61.f4 f5 62.Bd1 Bd5 63.Ba4 Bf3 64.Bb3 Be2 65.Bf7
Bh5 66.Kc4 Be2+ 67.Kc3 Bh5 68.b4 Ke7 69.Bc4 Kd6 70.bxa5 bxa5 71.Kd4 Bf3
72.Bf1 Bd5 73.Be2 Bb7 74.Bd1 Bd5 75.Ke3 Kc5 76.Ba4 Bf7 77.Bd7 Kc4 78.a4
Kc5 79.Bb5 Kd5 80.Kd3 Kc5 81.Kc3 Kd6 82.Kd4 Bb3 83.Be8 Ke7 84.Bxg6 Bxa4
85.Bxf5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch"]
[Site "Sevilla ESP"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3
Nbd7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Ne2 a5 11.d3 Bf6 12.Qc2 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Nd6 14.cxd5 Bxd5
15.d4 c5 16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Nf4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qe7 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.dxc5 Nxc5
21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Qa7 23.a3 Nf5 24.Rb1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qc7 26.Nd3 h6
27.Rc1 Ne7 28.Qb5 Nf5 29.a4 Nd6 30.Qb1 Qa7 31.Ne5 Nxa4 32.Rxc8+ Nxc8
33.Qd1 Ne7 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Nxf7 Ng6 36.Qe8 Qe7 37.Qxa4 Qxf7 38.Be4 Kg8
39.Qb5 Nf8 40.Qxb6 Qf6 41.Qb5 Qe7 42.Kg2 g6 43.Qa5 Qg7 44.Qc5 Qf7 45.h4
h5 46.Qc6 Qe7 47.Bd3 Qf7 48.Qd6 Kg7 49.e4 Kg8 50.Bc4 Kg7 51.Qe5+ Kg8
52.Qd6 Kg7 53.Bb5 Kg8 54.Bc6 Qa7 55.Qb4 Qc7 56.Qb7 Qd8 57.e5 Qa5 58.Be8
Qc5 59.Qf7+ Kh8 60.Ba4 Qd5+61.Kh2 Qc5 62.Bb3 Qc8 63.Bd1 Qc5 64.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 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

--
regards
Andreas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette

Date: 15 Mar 2005 23:33:16
From: Antonio Torrecillas
Subject: Re: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

En/na Andreas P. Hofmann ha escrit:
>>
>>>He feels his best games ever are against Karpov in 1985, game 20
>>>and in 1987 game 24 and probably the best of all his games, the
>>>one against Topalov in Corus.
> [Event "Wch"]
> [Site "Moscow USR"]
> [Date "1985.??.??"]
> [Round "20"]
> [White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
> [Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
> [Result "1/2-1/2"]
> [WhiteElo "2720"]
> [BlackElo "2715"]
> [ECO "D31"]
>
> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5
> Bxc5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Bg3 Be6 14.O-O
> Rac8 15.Bf3 b6 16.Rfe1 Qb4 17.Be5 Bd4 18.a3 Qc5 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Rad1 Qc5
> 21.Qa4 a5 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 Rfd8 24.Red1 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ke7
> 27.Ke2 Bb3 28.Ke3 Rc5 29.Kd2 h6 30.Be2 Ne8 31.Bf3 Nf6 32.Rd3 Re5 33.h3
> Rc5 34.Rd4 Rc8 35.Be2 Rc5 36.Bd3 h5 37.g3 g6 38.Ne2 Nd7 39.Re4+ Re5
> 40.Nd4 Bd5 41.Re2 Rxe2+ 42.Bxe2 Nc5 43.Nb5 Ne4+ 44.Ke3 Nd6 45.Kd4 Bc6
> 46.Nxd6 Kxd6 47.Bc4 Be8 48.h4 f6 49.Bg8 Kc6 50.Ba2 Kd6 51.Bd5 Ke7 52.Bg8
> Kd6 53.Bb3 Ke7 54.Bd1 Kd6 55.Be2 Bd7 56.Bd3 Be8 57.Bc4 Ke7 58.Be2 Kd6
> 59.g4 hxg4 60.Bxg4 Bf7 61.f4 f5 62.Bd1 Bd5 63.Ba4 Bf3 64.Bb3 Be2 65.Bf7
> Bh5 66.Kc4 Be2+ 67.Kc3 Bh5 68.b4 Ke7 69.Bc4 Kd6 70.bxa5 bxa5 71.Kd4 Bf3
> 72.Bf1 Bd5 73.Be2 Bb7 74.Bd1 Bd5 75.Ke3 Kc5 76.Ba4 Bf7 77.Bd7 Kc4 78.a4
> Kc5 79.Bb5 Kd5 80.Kd3 Kc5 81.Kc3 Kd6 82.Kd4 Bb3 83.Be8 Ke7 84.Bxg6 Bxa4
> 85.Bxf5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

I'm sure He was refering to 16th game in this match and not this one.

AT

Date: 16 Mar 2005 10:11:38
From: Andreas P. Hofmann
Subject: Re: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

Antonio Torrecillas <[email protected] > wrote:

> I'm sure He was refering to 16th game in this match and not this one.

Yes, I thought that aswell. Either the 16th - which is brilliant indeed
- or the very last game 24 in the 1985 match which made Kasparov the
13th champ.

--
regards
Andreas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette

Date: 17 Mar 2005 08:53:32
From: Peter Billam
Subject: Re: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

Peter Billam <[email protected] > wrote:
> > He feels his best games ever are against Karpov in 1985, game 20
> > and in 1987 game 24 and probably the best of all his games, the
> > one against Topalov in Corus.

Ron wrote:
> I think most people would argue that game 16 from 1985 belongs
> on the list (that's the famous sicilian taimanov game which
> featured 16... Nd3!).

Andreas Hofmann posted 3 pgn files, incl Kasparov-Topalov Wijk aan Zee 1999

Antonio Torrecillas <[email protected] > wrote:
> I'm sure He was refering to 16th game in this match and not this one.

Andreas P. Hofmann wrote:
> Yes, I thought that as well. Either the 16th - which is brilliant
> indeed - or the very last game 24 in the 1985 match which made
> Kasparov the 13th champ.

I'd agree. I have the 1985/16 in an old Informator 41 (with Kasparov's
comments), where is is reprinted at the front as the Best Game of Inf40.
Perhaps Andreas could post the PGN ?

The 1987/24 is the final game of the Sevilla match, where Kasparov
needed to win to draw the match and retain the title. This I have
in Keene's book "Showdown in Seville". Karpov got into time trouble
early on (after 25 moves only 10 min left, after 30 moves only 1 min
left!) but defended brilliantly in the complications starting on move
31 and lost a classic ending.

Kasparov-Topalov 1999 is delightfully wild ! If most of those moves
are best/near-best then it really is an amazing achievement. A worthy
subject for analysis ...

--

Regards, Peter

Peter Billam, DPIWE/ILS/CIT/Servers, hbt/lnd/l8, 6233 3061

Date: 16 Mar 2005 23:06:35
From: Antonio Torrecillas
Subject: Re: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

En/na Peter Billam ha escrit:
> Kasparov-Topalov 1999 is delightfully wild ! If most of those moves
> are best/near-best then it really is an amazing achievement. A worthy
> subject for analysis ...

copied from http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/talschess/

"Editor's Note
I have compiled about 50 different annotations of the famous game
between Kasparov and Topalov into this kas-top.zip file.
The annotations includes comments by several GM's, as Kasparov,
Seirawan, Ftacnik, Stohl, Byrne and many others + some Fritz engines.
The comments are edited for easy use and conformity with the CBLight
software (ChessBase format).
My foremost ambition was to make these annotations easy to follow for
the reader.
TaL"

The concrete link with all 50 annotations is:
http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/talschess/downloads/chess/kas-top.zip

Enjoy it!
AT

Date: 15 Mar 2005 01:39:58
From: Vladyslav Kosulin
Subject: Re: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

Peter Billam wrote:

> P.S. I'd like to see Kasparov write his "My Sixty Best Games" ...

According to his recent interview (in Russian) his series will include 10
volumes, including 2 volumes with his best games, and 1 volume on Kasparov vs.
computers:
http://sport-express.ru/art.shtml?100546

Vlad

Date: 14 Mar 2005 15:19:22
From: Ron
Subject: Re: Kasparov's 3 greatest games

In article <[email protected] >,
Peter Billam <[email protected] > wrote:

> > He feels his best games ever are against Karpov in 1985, game 20
> > and in 1987 game 24 and probably the best of all his games, the
> > one against Topalov in Corus.
>
> I don't think the Corus game was this year's, because he didn't compete
> in that; I'm not sure which year is intended ...

I think most people would argue that game 16 from 1985 belongs on the
list (that's the famous sicilian taimanov game which featured 16. ...
Nd3!).

Of course, game 16 from 1986 also seems like a reasonable candidate.