Gary Kasparov's 1999 game against Veselin Topolov is described by some as the greatest chess game ever played. The reason for that is not only the high skill of the two players-each have been at some time World Chess champ, Kasparov's aggressive, risky style reminds one of Mikhail Tal, and against Topolov-another very exciting and aggressive chess player, the game is remarkably tight, efficient and yet wild.
Kasporov's rook sacrifice is brilliant because it is so unanticipated. Very few chess players would even see the opportunity to sacrifice a major piece-a rook, to a pawn, in order to launch an attack on the opposition force king.
Kasporov's king hunt is comparable perhaps to Bobby Fischer's 'game of the century' against Donald Byrne wherein he won the U.S. chess championship at age 13. Fischer makes an unanticipated queen sacrifice to launch a continuous brilliant attack to checkmate the king.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_the_Century_(chess)
Fischer's king hunt was perceived from the start, he made a similar brilliancy in another game wherein he effectively checkmated the opfor queen, yet Kasparov's attack begins mid game and continues with a series of controlled yet wild moves putting him on the thin edge of losing himself. It is for that reason perhaps that it is called 'the greatest game ever played.
Kasporov's rook sacrifice is brilliant because it is so unanticipated. Very few chess players would even see the opportunity to sacrifice a major piece-a rook, to a pawn, in order to launch an attack on the opposition force king.
Kasporov's king hunt is comparable perhaps to Bobby Fischer's 'game of the century' against Donald Byrne wherein he won the U.S. chess championship at age 13. Fischer makes an unanticipated queen sacrifice to launch a continuous brilliant attack to checkmate the king.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_the_Century_(chess)
Fischer's king hunt was perceived from the start, he made a similar brilliancy in another game wherein he effectively checkmated the opfor queen, yet Kasparov's attack begins mid game and continues with a series of controlled yet wild moves putting him on the thin edge of losing himself. It is for that reason perhaps that it is called 'the greatest game ever played.
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