[Event "London \"Immortal game\""]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Kieseritzky, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "Moreno Ruiz,J"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1851.??.??"]

{[%mdl 32768][%evp 0,45,19,31,34,-42,-1,-54,8,8,45,19,44,54,50,47,70,1,11,31,
-16,-166,-63,-147,-147,-143,-101,64,-11,91,44,37,37,23,46,22,100,-708,-149,
-612,-379,-787,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 $5 {
Great material risks, and king safety to try to attack. Kings, gambit an
ancient opening, nowday in disuse} exf4 3. Bc4 {The bishop's king gambit,
avoids ...d5, but alows the next check what forces to loss castling} Qh4+ 4.
Kf1 b5 $5 {A strange move, rarely tried. Accelerates the black's development.}
5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Nh4 $2 {A speculative move, in a strange
position.} (8. Rg1 {For Pg4 was more sound, for example:} Qb6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bc4
Qc5 11. Qe2 $18 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. d4 Qa5 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. e5 $16)
8... Qg5 9. Nf5 c6 10. g4 $5 {The game goes into mutual attacks, in a complex
position.} Nf6 11. Rg1 {[#] The first critical moment. Must black capture the
lonely bishop?} cxb5 $2 {[#]A few modern players takes the risk for capture
this bishop, but accept a serious lag in development.} (11... h5 $142 $1 {
For active development, and to have a strong Ng4, was best. Counterattack is a
modern idea!} 12. h4 Qg6 13. g5 Ng4 {With black adventage} 14. Nc3 (14. Bxf4 d5
$19) (14. Ba4 d5 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. c3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 $19 18. dxe4 Qxe4 {
/\ 19...Ba6+}) 14... cxb5 15. Nd5 (15. Nxb5 $2 Qb6) 15... Na6 (15... d6 $6 16.
Nd4) (15... Bd6 $6 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4) 16. Bxf4 Bb7 17. c4 Bxd5 18. cxd5
Qb6 $17) 12. h4 $1 (12. Qf3 $2 h5) 12... Qg6 13. h5 Qg5 (13... Nxh5 $2 14. gxh5
Qf6 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Bxf4 g6 17. Nxb5 $18) 14. Qf3 {And black has a great
problem to face Bxf4, what trap his queen} Ng8 {It's a bad sign to have to do
this anti-development move.} (14... Nxg4 $6 {Euwe} 15. Rxg4 Qxh5 16. Bxf4 $18
d5 (16... g6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nc6 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Nc3) 17. Nc3 Bxf5 (
17... g6 $2 18. Nxd5 {/\ 19.Nf6+}) 18. exf5 $18) 15. Bxf4 Qf6 16. Nc3 Bc5 {
Trying to threat something, but it was better to stop the dangerous Nd5} (16...
Bb7 $142 {Reti} 17. Qg3 (17. Nxb5 Qxb2 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Kg2 Na6 (19... Nc6 20.
Rab1 Qxc2+ 21. Kh3 Rb8 22. Nd5 $18) 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Rab1 Qxc2+ 22. Kh3 $18)
17... Na6 (17... Nc6 18. g5 {/\ 19.Nxb5}) 18. Nxb5 (18. Be5 Qb6 $13) 18... Qxb2
19. Nfd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21. Be5 Qb6 22. Kg2 f6 23. Rgf1 $18 {23...Qc6 24.
g5}) 17. Nd5 {(?), 17.d4! /\ 18.Nd5} Qxb2 {[#]} 18. Bd6 $2 {Seeing a beatiful
combination, and running to, in spite of his incorrectness. It was possible to
win more simply} (18. d4 {Was more simple and eficient} Qxa1+ (18... Bf8 19.
Nc7+ Kd8 20. Re1 $18) 19. Kg2 Qb2 20. dxc5 Na6 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Be5 Qxc2+ 23.
Kh3 f6 24. Nxf6 $18) (18. Re1 {Also very strong} Bxg1 $2 19. Nd6+ {with
winning attack} Kd8 20. e5 $1 $18) 18... Bxg1 $2 {Tipical voracity of that era.
The defensive level was defective. The rule was "if you dont find the mate,
eat it!"} (18... Qxa1+ 19. Ke2 Qb2 $1 {With good black chances, for example:}
20. Kd2 (20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Bxc5 Bxd5) 20... Bxg1 21. e5 Ba6 $1 22. Nc7+ (22.
Nxg7+ Kd8 23. Qxf7 Kc8) 22... Kd8 23. Qxa8 (23. Nxa6 Bb6 24. Qxa8 Ba5+ $15)
23... Bb6 24. Qxb8+ Bc8 25. Nd5 Ba5+ 26. Ke3 Qxc2 $15 {And black is preferable}
(26... Qc1+ $10)) 19. e5 Qxa1+ (19... Ba6 $1 {It would have complicate a lot
the white win} 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa6 Qxa1+ (21... Bb6 22. Qxa8 Qxc2 23. Qxb8+
$18) 22. Ke2 $13) 20. Ke2 {[#]Critical position. After mutual mistakes, and a
strong agressive impetus, the white have strong threaths, in spite of ¡¡Two
rooks and bishop down!! The combinations based on to sacrifice two rooks in
his original square was called "inmortal combinations" since.} Na6 $4 {The
last critical mistake! The defence in those years was faulty. This is the
start of a legendary combination. White to play and mate in 3!! Solve it} (
20... f6 $2 21. Nxg7+ Kf7 22. Nxf6 Bb7 (22... Kxg7 23. Ne8+ Kh6 24. Qf4#) 23.
Nd5+ Kxg7 24. Qf8#) (20... Bb7 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qxf7 Nh6 23. Ne6+ Kc8 (23...
dxe6 24. Qe7+ Kc8 25. Qc7#) 24. Ne7#) (20... Ba6 $1 {And the win is still
complex}) 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ $1 Nxf6 23. Be7# {[#]A final historical
position, a true monument to the romantic game in which the white player mates
with his only three remaining pieces! The game has been very adventurous, with
white running towards the direct attack, and black capturing all the material
that was put in front of him, without thinking about returns to counterattack,
as it would be typical of the modern game.  But there were only 30 years left
for Steinitz' positional game revolution to sweep away this risky and chaotic
form of play.} 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "Moreno Ruiz,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,63,32,25,36,29,30,22,22,45,34,16,17,16,11,7,20,3,39,-31,16,-23,5,7,15,
4,27,45,37,43,87,41,79,63,76,74,83,58,72,75,92,96,101,92,96,96,111,92,92,65,97,
242,171,287,308,302,404,419,401,397,481,461,537,590,882,583]} 1. e4 e6 {
The solid French defence, very pleasing to the strategic Aaron Nimzowitsch. 
On the negative side, it's slightly passive.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3 b6 $2 {A few years later Nimzowitsch
improved his play, and got a better position.} (8... Nf5 9. Bd3 (9. g4 $5 Nh4
$1) 9... Bd7 10. Nf3 Bxb5 11. Bxb5 Qb6 12. Bd3 Nc6 $10 {Stolz-Nimzovich 1934})
9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 $1 Nbc6 (11... c4 12. Nd6 (12. Na3 Qxa4) 12... Nc8
) 12. b4 $1 $16 {The black side remains very cramped, spaceless, and passive.
This is a problem for the French Defence when the opening goes wrong.} cxb4 (
12... c4 13. Na3 (13. Nd6 $16 {(Euwe)}) 13... Nd8 14. Nc2) 13. cxb4 Bb7 14. Nd6
$16 {[#]This strong knight stops the black game. A knight in the sixth row can
be worth as much as a rook!} f5 $6 {This move is designed to defend the King's
side, but abandons any further counterplay by the black player.} (14... a5 {
It was a little more active.} 15. b5 (15. Bb5 axb4 16. O-O $16) (15. bxa5 Nxa5
16. Qb4 Ba6 $1 $10) 15... Nb4 16. Bd3 f5 $14) 15. a5 $1 Nc8 (15... bxa5 16. b5
Nd8 17. Rxa5 $16) 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. a6 $1 {A very important move! The White
player gains a lot of space on the Queens' side, which favours this player for
the subsequent attack.} Qf7 (17... Qe7 18. Bb5 Nxb4 19. Rb1 $18) 18. Bb5 $1
N8e7 19. O-O h6 (19... Rfc8 $6) 20. Rfc1 $1 {[#]The White player, based on his
huge space advantage, begins to push on the Queens' side through C column .
Black player can't display anything other than a passive defense.  His only
active plan, which would be ...Pg5 is very well controlled by white.} Rfc8 21.
Rc2 Qe8 (21... Nd8 22. Rac1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Bd7 (24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Qc3
$18 {(Alekhine)} Ne7 26. Qc7 $18) 24... Rxc2 25. Qxc2 $16 {And the invasion of
the Queen by c7 is decisive.}) 22. Rac1 $1 {The white increases the pressure
on the queen's side, but it could even have saved a movement with respect to
the game.} (22. Ra3 $1 Rc7 23. Rac3 Rac8 24. Qc1 {(Alekhine)}) 22... Rab8 23.
Qe3 Rc7 24. Rc3 $1 Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 $1 {[#]Tripling Rooks!! The
pressure from the column is overwhelming. Black tries a very passive plan to
resist.} Rbc8 27. Ba4 $1 {The target is Pb5, winning a piece. Black gives up a
pawn to drive the king to defense.} b5 28. Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8 {Black has
reached such an absolutely passive defensive position that there is no
mobility at all.} 30. h4 $1 $18 {[#](An immortal example of a crippling pin,
and a punishment for the passive defence of the black.)} (30. b5 $2 Nb8 31.
Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {And black player can resist.}) 30... h5
31. Kh2 g6 32. g3 $18 {Black has to move a piece, and material loss is
inevitable, as you can see with a small  analysis. A remarkable position, and
a rarity in the history of chess, black is left in zugzwang with the board
full of pieces! THE IMMORTAL GAME OF ZUGZWANG} (32. g3 Rb8 33. Bxc6 Nxc6 34.
Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 $18) (32. g3 Ke8 33. b5 Nb8 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 $18) (32.
g3 Rb8 33. Bxc6 Nxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York Rosenwald"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Moreno Ruiz,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,82,27,14,14,-15,67,43,39,37,37,32,64,14,14,14,30,10,52,15,20,12,41,
-35,-22,-32,-32,-105,-134,-164,-70,-100,-96,-101,7,-136,-156,-480,-489,-489,
-493,-515,-507,-515,-515,-515,-519,-521,-521,-516,-519,-503,-558,-523,-541,
-530,-586,-592,-658,-666,-666,-688,-702,-762,-713,-853,-751,-758,-756,-1058,
-1110,-1148,-1744,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29990,-29991,-29994,-29995,-29996,
-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000] A 13-year-old Bobby Fischer produces one of the
best games in history. Let's go see it.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4
O-O 5. Bf4 d5 $1 {The active and dynamic Gruenfeld defense! A defense of pure
counterattack.} 6. Qb3 $5 {The Russian variant! White almost forces black to
capture on c4, but in return his queen is exposed.} dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7
{A Fischer improvisation, which must not be the best move in this particular
position.} (8... Bg4 $5) (8... b5 $1 {It was discovered later, and it must be
the strongest.} 9. Qb3 Qa5 {/\ b4/} 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qd1 c5 $5 $132) 9. Rd1 Nb6
$1 10. Qc5 $6 {The queen is very active, but is somewhat exposed in this
position.} (10. Qb3 $142 Be6 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Be3 Qc7 $14) 10... Bg4 11. Bg5 $2
{[#] The only clear mistake the white player makes in this game. An already
developed piece is moved again, and this slows down the development of white
very severely. But to take advantage of that as Fischer does requires a great
deal of imagination.} (11. Be2 $142 Nfd7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Qe8
15. Be2 Nxe5 16. O-O $14 {Flear,G-Morris,P/Dublin/1991/1:0/46/And white has an
advantage in the middle and a good pair of bishops.}) 11... Na4 $3 {Surprising
and unexpected! Black has to attack before White can complete his development
and get in, because in that case he would have a good centre, which would give
him an advantage.} 12. Qa3 {Surprisingly, the knight cannot be captured
unharmed.} (12. Nxa4 $2 Nxe4 13. Qc1 (13. Qxe7 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qxa4 15. Qxe4 Rfe8
16. Be7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf8 $19) 13... Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxg5 $17) 12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qb6 $17 {Black poses threats, and white is two
moves away from castling, which will seem eternal.} 15. Bc4 (15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16.
Qb3 Nxc3 $1 $17) 15... Nxc3 $1 {Another sledgehammer! Not a moment's respite
is granted to white, so that he can't castle himself.} 16. Bc5 (16. Qxc3 Rfe8
17. Bxf7+ (17. Qe3 Qc7 $19) 17... Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kxe7 19. O-O Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qb5
$19) 16... Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 {[#]} Be6 $3 {The finishing touch to this marvel.
White perishes in a very original way. FOR THIS MOVE THE GAME PASSED INTO
IMMORTALITY. Unexpectedly, black delivers his queen with great originality.} (
17... Nb5 $2 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (18... Kh8 19. Bxb6 Nxa3 20. Bxe8 $16) 19. Qb3+
Be6 20. Ng5+ $18) 18. Bxb6 {He captures the queen, but he enters a "discovery
mill"} (18. Bxe6 Qb5+ {Iniciando el famoso "mate de la coz"} 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20.
Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ $1 22. Rxf1 Ne2#) (18. Qxc3 {no sirve} Qxc5 $1 19. dxc5
Bxc3 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 $19) (18. Bd3 Nb5 $17) 18... Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1
Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Rd3 axb6 22. Qc3 Nxf3 $19) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1
axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 $1 {An intermediate in the "uncovering mill" that will be
decisive.} 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 $19 {[#]As a product of Fischer's well-calculated
combination, black has many pieces for the queen, and the king perfectly safe.
White continues to play the game of despair.} 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1
Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 {The black pieces match perfectly, and your
king is safe. The material in exchange for the white queen is overwhelming.}
31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1
{[#] BLACK PLAYS AND GIVES MATE IN 5 MOVES. Solve it, please.} Bb4+ $1 38. Kd1
Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# {A wonderful creative game, made
at the early age of 13! This game is considered to be the most brilliant of
Fischer's career.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Moreno Ruiz,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]

{[%evp 0,87,17,36,93,75,72,77,94,71,71,40,69,30,30,17,17,-25,-12,-6,-6,-7,26,4,
14,14,36,24,27,19,33,21,29,26,52,44,40,10,56,53,28,-4,6,51,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-174,20,27,375,375,88,389,428,434,434,53,434,446,446,446,446,
446,446,445,436,362,403,418,403,373,500,492,609,609]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3
g6 {The Pirc defense, has raised the black, risky, as the style of the
Bulgarian GM, yields the center and the initiative to the white.} 4. Be3 Bg7 5.
Qd2 {The target poses a typical attack scheme against a fianchetto: Change it
with Bh6.} c6 6. f3 b5 {Black tries to gain space on the queenside to
counteract the central dominance of white, although this is a dubious strategy.
} (6... O-O {This would be very risky for black, as it gives white a clear and
direct plan of attack on the kingside.} 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8. h4 $1 b5 9. h5 $1 $16)
7. Nge2 {White does not want to define long castling so soon, and makes a very
useful move, without abandoning the possibility of short castling.} Nbd7 {
The black one pretends to carry a Nc4.} 8. Bh6 {[#]White fulfills a part of
their strategy, which is to change the strong black bishop.} Bxh6 (8... O-O 9.
h4 $1 {It would yield a dangerous attack on the target, following with Ph5.
This is a thematic plan in many positions to attack the short castling of the
black.}) 9. Qxh6 Bb7 {The blacks prepare the long castling, where the king
will be safer.} 10. a3 {A useful waiting move.} (10. O-O-O {Black could
continue with} b4 {with the idea of Qa5 and Nb6 posing some problems.}) 10...
e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 {Preparing the long castling.} 12. Kb1 $1 {The beginning of a
great plan of Kasparov, dedicated to attack also the long castling!} a6 13. Nc1
O-O-O 14. Nb3 $1 {[#]This was Rb1's idea! The knight joins in the attack with
Ca5, and the king will be pursued on the queenside.} exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1
Nb6 17. g3 $1 {Incorporating the bishop into the attack!} Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19.
Bh3 d5 $5 {[#] Topalov rejects a passive game and opens the centre, but now
his exposed king gives the target a multitude of themes!} 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1
d4 $5 22. Nd5 $1 {Challenging the whole idea of black! A passive move by
Kasparov would have given the black the initiative.} (22. Na2 $6 Rhe8 $11)
22... Nbxd5 {The game will be very difficult to follow if I do not go exposing
the different tactical alternatives, therefore from here on we will have to
accompany ourselves of analysis of variants to be able to enjoy, of the
ingenuity and creative talent of the " Ogre of Baku ".} (22... Bxd5 $2 23. exd5
Qd6 24. Nc6+ Ka8 25. Re7 {With a winning position.}) (22... Nfxd5 $2 23. exd5 {
And the black queen has an overload problem since it has to protect, two
points, the white queen's entrance by c7 and the f7 pawn.} Qd6 24. Qxf7+ {
With a winning position for white.}) 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 $3 {In reality
today it is still difficult to evaluate perfectly if this move is completely
correct but from an artistic point of view, humanly speaking, it is
undoubtedly great, especially when White had a balanced ending with 24.Nc6 at
hand.} (24. Nc6+ {It was the solid alternative.} Bxc6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. dxc6
Rxc6 27. Re7+ Kb6 28. Rxf7 Re8 $11) 24... cxd4 $2 (24... Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxd5 26.
Rxf7+ Kb6 27. Nb3 Bc6 {With a small white advantage}) (24... Bxd5 $5 {It would
be very interesting and complex.}) 25. Re7+ $3 {An amazing sledgehammer. The
rook can't be captured!} Kb6 (25... Qxe7 $2 26. Qxd4+ Kb8 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Nc6+
Ka8 29. Qa7#) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 {There is no choice but to undertake a risky run
from the king.} (26... Qc5 27. Qxf6+ Qd6 (27... Kxa5 $4 28. b4+) 28. Rxf7 Qxf6
(28... Kxa5 29. Qc3+ b4 30. axb4+ Qxb4 31. Qc7+ Kb5 (31... Ka4 32. Rf4) (31...
Qb6 32. b4+ Kb5 33. Bf1+ {winning}) 32. Bf1+ Ka4 33. Rf4 {winning}) 29. Rxf6+
Kc5 (29... Kxa5 $4 30. b4+ Ka4 31. Rxa6#) 30. Nb3+ Kxd5 31. Rxa6 {with white
advantage}) 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 {threatening Qb3 mate.} Qxd5 29. Ra7 $1 {[#]}
Bb7 {Only move, since a} (29... Rd6 30. Kb2 {Threatening Qb3} Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4
32. Rxa6#) 30. Rxb7 Qc4 $6 (30... Rhe8 $5 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Rxf6 {With a small
white advantage.} Qc4 33. Qxc4 bxc4 34. Kb2 Re7 35. Rc6 Kb5 36. Rc5+ Kb6 37.
Rxc4 $14) 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 {All this seems to be a flight forward, there were no
alternatives as White threatened the a6 pawn.} (31... Rd1+ 32. Kb2 Qd4+ (32...
Ra8 33. Qb6 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 a5 36. Be6 axb4 37. Bb3+ Ka5 38. axb4+
Kb6 {It was not possible to capture the pawn because of c3.} 39. Rxh7 {With a
winnig endgame}) 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxf7 Rd6 35. Re7 Ra8 36. Be6 {With a
winning position}) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 {[#] It looks like the king's brave and
risky escape is going to succeed, but...} 33. c3+ $1 Kxc3 34. Qa1+ $1 Kd2 {
also only move} (34... Kb4 35. Qb2+ Qb3 (35... Kc5 36. Rc7+) (35... Ka5 36.
Qa3+ Qa4 37. Ra7+ Kb6 38. Rxa4) (35... Ka4 36. Ra7#) 36. Rxb5+) 35. Qb2+ Kd1 {
Critical moment! Black seems to have had his way, and now the black king is
collaborating in the attack. Even the white king is threatened by Qd3+! but
there is an unexpected resource that confirms all the white game so far.} (
35... Ke3 36. Re7+ Kxf3 37. Qg2#) 36. Bf1 $3 {[#]It is curious that after
carrying the king all over the board the key to the rook delivery combination
on d4 of the move 24, is right here twelve moves ahead, and without which none
of the above could have been done.} Rd2 {The best defense} (36... Qxf1 37. Qc2+
Ke1 38. Re7+ Qe2 39. Qxe2#) 37. Rd7 $1 {A deadly pin!! Absolute elegance in
this move!} Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8 $1 {An elegant and necessary detail.
Black still has some desperate resistance.} Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4
f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 $1 {Another elegant long move by the queen. Black now
loses more pawns, so Topalov abandons. A REAL WORK OF ART!  According to a
vote in a major magazine, the best game of the 20th century.} (44. Qa7 h5 (
44... Rxh2 $2 45. Qg1+ $18) 45. Qb6 h4 46. Qxg6 $18) 1-0

