Veselin Topalov vs. Garry Kasparov

Puzzle from Veselin Topalov vs Garry Kasparov, Moscow, 1994

White moves and wins in 4.

Roll over to see the solution: 1. Rfe7+ Kd8 2. Nc6+ Kc8 3. Na7+ Kd8 4. Rbd7#

FEN: 4k2r/1R3R2/p3p1pp/4b3/1BnNr3/8/P1P5/5K2 w - - 1 0

About the players

Garry KasparovGarry Kasparov (1963-), was born in Baku, Ajerbaijan URSS. Russian chess Grandmaster and former Word Chess Champion, writer and political activist, he is considered by many analysts to be the greatest chess player of all time. His peak rating was 2851.

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Veselin TopalovVaselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess Master born in 1975. Peak rating of 2816.

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9 Responses

  1. KEVINLBOE
    KEVINLBOE at

    BUT HES NOT GOD

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    1. Dan
      Dan at

      f7-f6
      e8-d8
      d4-c6
      d8-c8
      c6-a7
      c8-d8
      b7-d7

      Reply
  2. Amith
    Amith at

    Rf7-e7
    Nd4-c6
    Nc6-a7
    Rb7-d7

    Reply
  3. Fareez
    Fareez at

    1. Rfe7+ Kd8
    2. Nc6+ Kc8
    3. Na7+ Kd8
    4. Rbd7#

    Reply
  4. Joe
    Joe at

    Agree.
    And if:
    1. … Kf8, then
    2. Rec7+ followed by
    3. Rc8#

    Reply
  5. Atul Mishra
    Atul Mishra at

    1. Rf7-e7+ Ke8-d8
    2. Nd4-c6+ Kd8-c8
    3. Nc6-a7+ Kc8-d8
    4. Rb7-d7#

    Reply
  6. Badusha M K
    Badusha M K at

    1. Rf7-e7+ Ke8-f8
    2. Nd4xe6+ Kf8-g8
    3. Re7-e8#

    Reply
  7. Robert Tarto
    Robert Tarto at

    White moves and win in 3. (1.Re7+,Kf8;2.Ne6+,Kg8;3.Re8#)

    Reply
  8. Christ
    Christ at

    Rfe7+. kf8
    Nxe6+. kg8
    Re8#

    Reply
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