Gari Kasparov retired from top competition when he was still number one, in March 2005, winning for the ninth time the Ciudad de Linares Tournament, the Wimbledon of chess, tied on points with Véselin Topálov.
He beat him in the last round, when the Russian's mind was more focused on what he was going to say during his last press conference as a professional player.
And what he said was, in short, that he no longer had, about to turn 42, incentives to continue fighting.
And that another fight attracted him more, the policy against the leader Vladimir Putin, which a few years later would lead him to emigrate to New York because he felt that his life was in danger.
However, Kasparov was still very capable of signing immortal games, and the one in this video is the best example. Uzbek Rustam Kasimyánov, official world champion at the time, was clearly defeated by the number one, who signed a master lesson on the harmony of pieces with the black pieces. The victory bears the peculiar signature of one of the best chess players of all time.