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| Posted by zdrak uskidscompute.com 9/11/2002 05:32:25 |  Subject: Worst move everMessage: We all make blunders from time to time, don't we ? We have all hung our share of pawn and queens, overlooked forks, and missed mates. But to produce a move which will be truly the WORST MOVE EVER, that takes a touch of brilliance ... Well, here's my definition for WME (Worst Move Ever): White can deliver checkmate in one move, but instead he makes a move which allows, no, FORCES, Black to give checkmate in one. Example: White: Ka1, Re8, Rf8, pawn g6 Black: Kh8, Bg8, pawns a2, a3, b3 White could play 1.Rxg8#, but instead he plays the WME 1.Re7?????? (not enough question marks to describe this move) which leaves black with one legal move at his disposal: 1...b2# Can you compose other similar positions ? Maybe even some that look natural, as if they could occur in a game ? Extra credit if you can find a WME that actually did occur in a game .... |
| Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 9/11/2002 06:37:58 | Worst move ever Message: I once watched a blitz match on Kasparov where one of the players absolutely battered her opponent, she wiped him off the board and was left with two Queens and a king versus a solitary King, she then made an abysmal move which produced a stalemate !!. Oh boy, I bet her opponent couldn't believe his luck !!! Cal |
| Posted by dozer uskidscompute.com 9/16/2002 00:24:12 | WME Message: Hello, zdrak! I actually composed to cases, the other one forces a mate in two actually, but nevertheless... Both cases are white move and mate in one (but blunders BADLY) case #1 White: King at g1 Rooks at f1 and f3 Bishob at a2 Knight at c7 pawn at h2 Black: King at f8 Queen at f7 Rooks at e8 and g8 Bishob at g6 Knight at f2 Pawns at e7 and e3 Since Black's queen is pinned, White has a simple win 1.Ne6#. But he plays 1.Rxf7+?????? (nothing wrong grabbing some material, eh??). Now Black is FORCED to play 1. - Bxf7#. case# 2 White: King at d2 Queen at f2 Rooks at c1 and f1 Bishobs at g8 and h8 Black: King at a2 Queen at d7 Rook at d8 Bishob at b3 Pawns at a3, d3 and f3 Here White has a clear win: 1. Ra1# But again, White blunders: 1.Ke1+????? (it's just a check, what could go wrong??) From now on the only legal moves are: (Note that the bishob at b3 is pinned) 1. - d2+ 2. Qxd2+ Qxd2# Of course with little improvements this last position would be a FORCED mate in one, but I wanted a pawn advance to be part of it... (I checked these examples with CM5500, auto-annotating the move lists gives fun remarks "d2+ forced. Black has a mate in 1...") What do you think? Of couse they don't look very natural but I can't think better examples right now... Regards Teemu ——— In Europe, a Young Chess Champion Emerges From Deep Ranks — The European Championships showed how much the chess world has changed in the last 20 years. The men’s division was won by Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, a 19-year-old chess grandmaster. Nepomniachtchi is talented, and he was seeded 35th in a field that included more than 150 grandmasters. But he was just one player among dozens who had a realistic shot at the title. On the scale used to measure ability, Nepomniachtchi has a rating of 2,656 and is ranked No. 78 in the world. Yet in 1990, Yasser Seirawan of the United States — one of the most talented chess players of his generation — was 10th with a rating of 2,635. Now, Seirawan’s rating is 2,651, and he is ... |
| Posted by tonlesu uskidscompute.com 9/16/2002 01:37:31 | Worst move Message: Perhaps not the worst move ever but a tournament game in which Alekhine allows his opponent to fork his queen and king. It occured at the Margate Easter Congress 1937. Buerger is playing white and Alekhine is black. white king at g1 queen at d1 rook at e2 bishop at c4 knights at e4, f1 pawns at a4, b2, f2, g3, h2 black king at g7 queen at f5 rook at f8 bishops at b7, d4 pawns at a5, b6, c5, d7, g4, h7 Now if Alekhine plays 34... Nb4 he reduces white to a state of helplessness. Instead Alekhine plays this gruesome blunder 34...Nf4 35. gxf4 Bxe4---So far so good but now Alekhine completely overlooked the forking reply 36. Ng3 Qxf4???? and Alekhine is blind to the royal fork 37. Nh5! Buerger incredibly missed this and played 37. Nxe4 and won the game. ——— Ivanchuk, Carlsen Lead at Amber — Rapid chess and blindfold chess require different skills. But excelling at both is a prerequisite for victory at the annual Amber Chess Tournament, the most unusual event of the year. Amber is sponsored by Joop van Oosterom, a Dutch billionaire and world correspondence chess champion, who started the tournament in 1992 and named it after his daughter. With a generous prize fund (this year 216,000 euros, or a little less than $300,000), an invitation to the tournament is coveted by the world’s top chess players. (It does not hurt that the tournament is held in Nice, France, on the Côte d’Azur.) This year’s field is made up of ... |
| Posted by refutor uskidscompute.com 9/16/2002 18:41:55 | worst move ever...samisch-capablanca Message: i don't know if this was the worst move ever, but easily the worst by capablanca samisch - capablanca karlsbad 1929 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Bd3 Ba6?? 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.d5 and it was basically 1-0 ——— Can Karpov Be President of Chess Federation? — The former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov announced on Saturday that he was running for president of the World Chess Federation. Karpov is trying to unseat Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who has been president of the federation (known as FIDE, its initials in French), since 1995. Ilyumzhinov is also the president of Kalmykia, a small Russian republic on the Caspian Sea. The federation president is elected for a five-year term, and there is no limit on how many times he (or she) can be re-elected. Karpov would not be the first ex-champion to serve as FIDE’s president. Max Euwe, the fifth world chess champion (1935-37), led the federation from 1970-78, a period of exceptional ... |
| Posted by zdrak uskidscompute.com 9/18/2002 10:14:02 | Nice , dozer Message: I like the positions you gave ... especially the 1st one, where the WME looks like something one might actually play in blitz ;-) I am tempted to show the position to several intermediate-strength players with 5-10 second of thinking time - I wonder how many of them will take the queen ... ——— Enter the dragon — David Howell was one move away from a fine victory in the eighth round of the European Individual Chess Championships at Rijeka in Croatia but a blunder on the last move of the time control gave his opponent Laurent Fressinet of France the full point. Howell also nearly won his ninth round game but was just foiled in the endgame. Michael Adams was lucky to hold a draw with the white pieces against Romain Edouard, a young French GM who impressed at Hastings. Adams was close to lost but after a time scramble he emerged a pawn down in a rook ending where all the pawns were on the kingside and ... |
| Posted by dozer uskidscompute.com 9/20/2002 00:10:03 | Thanks zdrak Message: If you do show it, please report the results! :) ——— The f-pawn, part 5: is this a good position to push forward? — It it time for black to use his f-pawn as a battering ram? We saw last week that advancing the f-pawn can leave you horribly exposed at the back if the attack stalls. Here Black has removed the knight from f6, clearing the way for the battering ram. Is it wise to advance the pawn to f5? RB When playing against 1 d4 I will often go for a Nimzo-Indian (as in the present chess game) or King's Indian. I have a liking for the kind of kingside attack that can arise – with certain key differences obviously – from both defences. With the centre safely closed, Black has ... |