File:Kasparov's Immortal.gif

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file(800 × 800 pixels, file size: 3.74 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 90 frames, 2 min 15 s)

Summary

Description
English: Animation of Kasparov's Immortal chess game
Date
Source Own work
Author Morn

Python code

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Plot a PGN game using python-chess and ImageMagick

import os
import chess.pgn
import chess.svg

pgn = open('kasparov_topalov_1999.pgn')
game = chess.pgn.read_game(pgn)
board = game.board()

def svg(i):
    lm = board.peek()
    a = [(lm.from_square, lm.to_square)]
    s = chess.svg.board(board, arrows = a, size = 800)

    f1 = "g_%04u.svg" % i
    f2 = "g_%04u.png" % i

    with open(f1, 'w') as f:
        f.write(s)
    os.system("convert %s %s" % (f1, f2))
    os.system("rm %s" % f1)

i = 1

for m in game.mainline_moves():
    board.push(m)
    svg(i)
    i += 1

# pause animation at the end:
for j in range(3):
    svg(i)
    i += 1

# create animation with
# convert -delay 150 g_*.png -loop 0 g.gif

PGN

[Event "Hoogovens Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7
12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6
17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4
22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6
26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7
Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2
35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8
Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

28 May 2023

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:58, 28 May 2023Thumbnail for version as of 15:58, 28 May 2023800 × 800 (3.74 MB)MornUploaded own work with UploadWizard
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):