Garry Kasparov: The Greatest Chess Player Ever

Sign up for FREE online play at http://www.Chess.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chess Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chesscom IM David Pruess pays tribute to his "chess role model," former world champion Garry Kasparov. Pruess describes Kasparov's metoeric rise to greatness, and shows a beautiful game which exemplifies Kasparov's famous attacking style and innovative use of the initiative. Here is the pgn of the game, Kasparov-Short: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nb6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qc5 15. c4 Qxc4 16. Rb1 N7b6 17. O-O h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. e4 Ne7 20. Rfc1 Qa4 21. Qxh6 Bd7 22. Rc5 Ng6 23. Rg5 Qc2 24. Na3 Qd3 25. h4 Qxa3 26. h5 Qe7 27. e5 Be8 28. Be4 f5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. hxg6 Qg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh4 Rc8 33. Rh5 Bxg6 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rxc8 Nxc8 36. Rxb7+ Ne7 37. Bxg6+ Qxg6 38. Qb4 Qf5 39. Qxe7+ Kg6 40. Qh7+ 1-0