61st (Hoogovens) Chess Festival / Wijk aan Zee, Ned Was this Garry Kasparov's best game? Here, he (white) sacrifices his d1 Rook for black's d4 Pawn and defeats GM Veselin Topalov in 44 moves.  Can you replay this game and win?

     ------ Solution ------ 01. Rxd4! - cxd4 02. Re7+ - Kb8 03. Qxd4 - Nd7 04. Bxd7 - Bxd5 05. c4 - Qxe7 06. Qb6+ - Ka8 07. Qxa6+ - Kb8 08. Qb6+ - Ka8 09. Bc6+ - Bxc6 10. Nxc6 - Rd1+ 11. Ka2 - Rd7 12. Nxe7 - Rxe7 13. Qc6+ - Rb7 14. cxb5 - f5 15. b6 - Rg8 16. a4 - Kb8 17. a5 - Rc8 18. Qd6+ - Ka8 19. a6 - Rg7 20. Qd5+ - Kb8 21. Qe5+ - Rgc7 22. bxc7+ - Ka7 23. Qd6 - h6 24. Qc6 - Rxc7 25. Qxc7+ - Kxa6 26. Qb8 - g5 27. Kb3 - g4 28. Kc4 - gxf3 29. Kc5 - f2 30. Qb6++

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