The GREATEST GM games thread!

Ok guys/gals, post your FAVOURITE Grandmaster game of all time. With any luck this thread will turn into a gold mine of Classic games. I'll start...

Kasparov V Topalov 1999

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011478

I originally viewed this game online with full analysis by Kasparov himself! Alas i cannot find where i saw it which is a real shame as it was a fantastic read.

The opening is unusual and both players adopt a system that doesn't really fit with their opening repertoire. As seems to be the norm with the absolute elite players, both try to gain a psychological edge by deviating from their known systems in an attempt to 'scare' the other with the prospect of homegrown analysis. A truly epic encounter!!

Enjoy. 😀

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Ok guys/gals, post your FAVOURITE Grandmaster game of all time. With any luck this thread will turn into a gold mine of Classic games. I'll start...

[b]Kasparov V Topalov 2005

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011478

I originally viewed this game online with full analysis by Kasparov himself! Alas i cannot find where i saw it whi ...[text shortened]... re' the other with the prospect of homegrown analysis. A truly epic encounter!!

Enjoy. 😀[/b]

Originally posted by David Tebb
Yes, that's a great game. But it was played in 1999. Here's the PGN:-


[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"] ...[text shortened]... 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

Tal vrs. Van Der Weil 1982

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1140622

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "M Tal"]
[Black "Van der Wiel J"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7
5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Be4 Qc8
9.d3 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Nc6 12.f5 g6
13.Bg5 gxf5 14.Bxf5 Be7 15.Qh5 Bxg5 16.Qxg5 Ne7
17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qc6 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Qf6+ Kg8
21.Qxe7 Rf8 22.Rf1 1-0

Originally posted by zebano
Tal vrs. Van Der Weil 1982

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1140622

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "M Tal"]
[Black "Van der Wiel J"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7
5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.e5 Ng4 8 ...[text shortened]... 7.Be4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qc6 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Qf6+ Kg8
21.Qxe7 Rf8 22.Rf1 1-0

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Ok guys/gals, post your FAVOURITE Grandmaster game of all time. With any luck this thread will turn into a gold mine of Classic games. I'll start...

[b]Kasparov V Topalov 1999

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011478

I originally viewed this game online with full analysis by Kasparov himself! Alas i cannot find where i saw it whi ...[text shortened]... re' the other with the prospect of homegrown analysis. A truly epic encounter!!

Enjoy. 😀[/b]

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
I have seen this game before actually. Whites Bd3 in the opening seems to disregard opening principle but Tal is an exception to just about every 'rule' ever invented. He is as close to a chess crook as you can get. 😵

Not exactly a Gm game but amazing
Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov vs Oleg L Chernikov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1260278

Originally posted by bikingviking
On this web page you can see the game and the annotations by Kasparov!

http://web.comhem.se/~u16123147/talschess/replay/kas-top.htm

Originally posted by zebano
Thats part of the reason I like it so much! I think it is fully annotated in (GM) Neil Mcdonald's book Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking.

Originally posted by omulcusobolani
Not exactly a Gm game but amazing
Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov vs Oleg L Chernikov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1260278

Originally posted by omulcusobolani
Not exactly a Gm game but amazing
Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov vs Oleg L Chernikov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1260278

The sac isn't as unsound as in looks at first glance, I don't dare to analyze it myself the game is much too complicated but rybka at ply 21 says that Ne2+ the move played in the game is best and gives a -0.49 advantage to black and it seems to be decreasing so white had decent chances to draw, and exf6 the second best move is at 0.00 of course it might be wrong,I such complex and imbalanced positions are sometimes mis evaluated by computers.

Originally posted by omulcusobolani
The sac isn't as unsound as in looks at first glance, I don't dare to analyze it myself the game is much too complicated but rybka at ply 21 says that Ne2+ the move played in the game is best and gives a -0.49 advantage to black and it seems to be decreasing so white had decent chances to draw, and exf6 the second best move is at 0.00 of course it might be wrong,I such complex and imbalanced positions are sometimes mis evaluated by computers.

Nezhmetdinov also made an amazing queen sacrifice against Polugaevsky, winning beautifully:-

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1111459

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Ng3 Nge5 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bh6 14. Qd1 f4 15.
Nge2 g5 16. Nd5 g4 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh3 19. f4 Be6 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Kf2 Qh2+
22. Ke3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1




Rxf4! 25. Rxh2 Rf3+ 26. Kd4 Bg7 27. a4 c5+ 28.
dxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 Nexd3+ 30. Kc4 d5+ 31. exd5 cxd5+ 32. Kb5 Rb8+ 33. Ka5 Nc6+
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