Originally posted by Gatussosvidler said yesterday anand thought about it for ten minutes, but I missed the beginning of the game so have no idea about that. should still be enough though. I opened the board one move before the sac, and it was the very first move I layed my eyes on. (only to quickly shrug it off with 'nah, it can't be playable, they would've seen it'. then topalov played it of course. )
Maybe, on the other hand he didnt blitz out Kf7, he thought for about 20 minutes, you would think he would have calculated Nxf7 in that time...
Originally posted by wormwoodYeh, I know that game. I also remember his Olympiad game he won vs Kasparov. The first time I'd heard of him I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_W3NF4CEqI
Chessgames.com says: "Overall record: Garry Kasparov beat Veselin Topalov 19 to 6, with 17 draws."
Not a bad record compared to some but it does suggest an easy victory for Kasparov if a match had been played when he was still active.