The greatest chess move of all time

20 Νοvember 2011 

The single greatest chess move of all time
Veselin Topalov vs Alexey Shirov 0-1
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)

During the 1998 Linares chess tournament Shirov

played black against Topalov and won with a piece

sacrifice in a bishop and pawn ending.

In 1998 the editor (GM Murray Chandler)

of The British Chess Magazine; 
after conducting a fairly lengthy survey, gave a list of,

"The Ten Most Amazing Chess Moves Ever Played on the Board."

The Winner was this game. Needless to say not everybody agreed with Murray.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

4.cxd5 Nxd5 

5.e4 Nxc3 

6.bxc3 Bg7

7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O

9.Ne2 Nd7 

10.O-O e5 

11.f3 Qe7 

12.Be3 Rd8
13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Be6

15.Rad1 Nc4 

16.Bc1 b5 

17.f4 exd4 

18.Nxd4
Bg4 19.Rde1 Qc5

20.Kh1 a5 21.h3 Bd7

22.a4 bxa4 

23.Ba2 Be8
24.e5 Nb6 25.f5 Nd5

26.Bd2 Nb4 27.Qxa4 Nxa2 

28.Qxa2 Bxe5
29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Bg5 Rd5

31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Bd7 

33.c4 Bxd4
34.cxd5 Bxe3

35.Qxe3 Re8 

36.Qc3 Qxd5

37.Bh6 Re5 

38.Rf3 Qc5
39.Qa1 Bf5 40.Re3 f6

41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Qa2+ Qd5 

43.Qxd5+ cxd5
44.Bd2 a4 45.Bc3 Kf7

46.h4 Ke6 47.Kg1 Bh3!!!

48.gxh3 Kf5 

49.Kf2
Ke4 50.Bxf6 d4

51.Be7 Kd3 

52.Bc5 Kc4

53.Be7 Kb3 0-1

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