Kasparov’s Immortal: The Greatest Chess Game of the Twentieth Century

On January 20, 1999, at the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament in the Netherlands, Gary Kasparov and Veselin Topalov sat opposite each other. Topalov was one of the best players in the world at the time of the match.

The audience present had no idea what a masterpiece they were about to witness. There was a long round of applause for Kasparov when Topalov resigned.

According to chess.com, this is the best chess game ever played.