Countless games have been played in 2008. Which are your top 3 choices for the best game of 2008?
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this one :
http://www.chess-poster.com/videos/various/various_7/susan_polgar_blitz.htm
Ivanchuck’s Queen sacrifice on e6 against Karjakin. Or Topalov’s Knight sac on f7 against Kramnik, somewhere in the beginning of the year. And finally Anand’s first win with Black against Kramnik.
1. Topalov vs Kramnik 1:0 Wijk aan Zee
2. Kramnik vs Carlsen 0:1 Wijk aan Zee
3. I don’t know:-)
Topalov Kramnik 1:0
Kramnik Anand 0:1
Nakamura Krasenkow 1:0
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Best game is this one:
Bacrot,Etienne (2705) – Leko,Peter (2747)
FIDE Grand Prix Elista (4), 17.12.2008
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.0-0-0 Ngf6 16.Ne4 0-0 17.g4 Nxg4 18.Qe2 f5 19.Rdg1 Rae8 20.Ne1 e5 21.Ng3 exd4 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Qxg4 Rf7 [23…Rg5 24.Bxg5 Bxg5+ 25.Kb1 Ne5 26.Qf5 Nxc4 ] 24.Bxh6 Bf6 25.Bd2 Ne5 26.Qe2 d3 27.Qe4 Qb6 28.b3 Qc5 29.h6 Qa3+ 30.Kd1 Qxa2 31.Qh7+ [31.Qh7+ Kxh7 (31…Kf8 32.Bb4+ c5 33.Bxc5+ Rfe7 34.hxg7+ Kf7 35.g8Q# ) 32.hxg7+ Bh4 33.Rxh4+ Kg8 34.Rh8# ] 1-0
1. Topalov vs Kramnik 1:0 Wijk aan Zee
is my pick
1: Topalov Kramnik 1:0
2: Nakamura Krasenkow 1:0
3: Topalov Ivanchuk 1:0 (Bilbao)
Yea, Chucky’s Queen sac on e6 versus Karjakin is really nice choice.
It’s not easy to choose 🙂
1. Ivanchuk – Karjakin 1-0 (Nice)
2. Topalov – Kramnik 1-0 (Corus)
3. Kramnik – Anand 0-1 (Bonn, r3)
Moreover, there were some great games during Olympiad (Berg – Topalov 0-1, Caruana – Berg 1-0, Akopian – Vachier-Lagrave 1-0). And remember about Short – Cheparinov from Wijk aan Zee…
No doubt!
1. Topalov vs Kramnik 1:0 Wijk aan Zee
It’s masterpiece not just in 2008!
My top 3 choices for the best game of 2008:
Sutovsky – Vavrak (Plodiv) 1:0
Jakovenko – Cheparinov (Sochi) 1:0
Ivanchuk – Tiviakov (Benidorm) 1:0
topalov – kramnik 1-0 from corus was mind-blowing.
Kramnik vs Carlsen 0:1 Wijk aan Zee
I saw this game on this blog and I think it is definitely the most beautiful game of 2008.
GM Cheparinov (2696) – GM Alekseev (2715) [C95]
Elista, 22.12.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 Qc7 16.Bb2 g6 17.Qc2 Rac8 18.Bf1 Qb8 19.Rad1 Bg7 20.g3 Ba8 21.axb5 axb5 22.b4 Bf8 23.Qb3 h6 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.c4 bxc4 26.Nxc4 Nfd7 27.Nfxe5 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 dxe5 29.Rd7 Re7 30.Red1 Rce8 31.Bc4 Kg7 32.Qf3 c5 33.Qxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kh8 35.Rdd7 White wins 1–0
Without question – Vladimir Akopian v Vachier’Lagrave at the Dortmund Olympiad.
Levon Aronian vs Andrei Volokitin, 22/10/2008, Kallithea, European Club Cup.
Anand – Aronian, 0-1, Morelia 16.02.2008.
I see a lot of Krasenkow Nakamura 0:1, but that game was in 2007, not 2008.
Levon Aronian vs Teimour Radjabov Wijk Aan Zee 1-0. Aronian took Radjabov apart in the most destructive way possible. Superb.
Here are direct URLs from http://www.chessgames.com for all of the games mentioned by commenters in this thread:
Topalov-Kramnik, 1-0 Corus
Kramnik-Carlsen, 0-1 Corus
Ivanchuk-Karjakin, 1-0 Amber Blitz
Kramnik-Anand, 0-1 WC Bonn game 3
Krasenkow-Nakamura, 0-1 Barcelona 2007 (undoubtedly the intended game, pretty Queen sac, though played in Oct. 2007)
Bacrot-Leko, 1-0 Elista GP
Topalov-Ivanchuk, 1-0 Bilbao
Berg-Topalov, 0-1 Dresden Ol.
Caruana-Berg, 1-0 Dresden Ol.
Akopian-Vachier Lagrave, 1-0 Dresden Ol.
Short-Cheparinov, 1-0 Corus B (curiously, this game is listed too)
Sutovsky-Vavrak, 1-0 Plovdiv
Jakovenko-Cheparinov, 1-0 Sochi
Ivanchuk-Tiviakov, 1-0 Benidorm, featured by ChessVibes
Cheparinov-Alekseev, 1-0 Elista GP
Aronian-Volotkin, 1-0 Euro Club Cup
Anand-Aronian, 0-1 Morelia-Linares
Aronian-Radjabov, 1-0 Corus.
I did this so that I can actually play thru them in my next free time… :-).
Nobody has chosen a draw as their best game of 2008.
Maybe a lazy approach but you could choose from ICC’s Game of he week:
http://webcast.chessclub.com/
GOTW/Gameoftheweek.html
Oh – I see some of you did 🙂
Aronian – Leko, Morelia 22.02.2008, 1/2 was a thriller. “a spoiled novelty – Leko’s deep think”. Wonderful game.
My top 3 is:
1 Topalov vs Kramnik 1-0 Wijk aan Zee
2 Carlsen vs Ivanchuk 1-0 Aerosvit
3. Kramnik vs Anand 0-1 Bonn WCC, game3
sargsian-grischuk at olympic games
great games and patos !
Alberto from Italy
good year 🙂
sargsian-grischuk at olympic games
great games and patos !
Alberto from Italy
good year 🙂