Stockfish 15 Analyses Garry Kasparov's Best Game: Kasparov vs Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
What this video shows
This is the real game Garry Kasparov played against Veselin Topalov in round 4 of the Hoogovens tournament at Wijk aan Zee on 20 January 1999. Many players call it Kasparov's Immortal.
Stockfish 15 checks the famous moves: the rook sacrifice 24.Rxd4!!, the black king chased from b8 all the way to d1, and the quiet 36.Bf1 and 37.Rd7 that finish the hunt. Topalov resigned after 44.Qa7.
All 44 moves are below; open them in our Analyser to check every idea with Stockfish 19. More classics: Kasparov's top 10 games and the most famous chess games.
Key moments
All moves of the game
Kasparov vs Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999 (44 moves)
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
