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Posted by zdrak
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1/15/2003
10:32:10
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Introducing a new quiz: Guess the Game !
Each week, I will post a game, which has a certain significance in the history of chess. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to answer the question:
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS GAME ?
Please note that I am not asking "who played this game" or "when was it played" (in the ChessBase era a trained monkey could answer those questions!). What I want to know - in one sentence, why is this game significant, what makes it special.
So, without further ado, game #1:
1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e5 c5
5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 Ne7
7.Qg4 Ng6
8.h4 h5
9.Qg3 Nc6
10.Bd3 Nce7
11.dxc5 Qa5
12.Bd2 Qxc5
13.Nf3 Bd7
14.0-0 Bb5
15.Be3 1-0
Black resigned
Good luck ....
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Posted by triangulator
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1/15/2003
12:37:43
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because it was really short
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Posted by tonlesu
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1/15/2003
13:27:53
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The game was Liberzon vs. Petrosian Moscow 1964. I'm not sure of its significance unless it was Petrosian's first loss as world champion.
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Bobby Fischer’s Body Ordered to Be Exhumed — Wednesday, Iceland’s Supreme Court ordered that the body of Bobby Fischer, the former chess champion, be disinterred to determine if he is the father of Jinky Young, a 9-year-old Philippines girl, according to a report by Agence France-Presse. Fischer died in January 2008 and was buried in Iceland, his adopted home, in the cemetery of Laugardaelir Church. Since his death, there has been an ongoing fight over his estate involving competing claims by Marilyn Young, Jinky’s mother; Miyoko Watai, the head of the Japanese Chess Association, who said ...
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Posted by gambitnut
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1/15/2003
15:16:08
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Shortest loss by a reigning world champion.
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Familiar Face Leads Cuban Chess Tournament in Honor of Capablanca — Any list of the greatest chess players of all time always includes José Raúl Capablanca, the third world chess champion. During his heyday, he was considered almost invincible (one of his nicknames was “the chess machine,” long before computers proved to be better than people) and he lost only one game in a 10-year period. Since 1962, a memorial tournament in his honor has been held almost annually in his homeland. (That is not surprising as Fidel Castro and Ché Guevera were both fans of the game.) This year is the 45th edition and it started June 10. The chess tournament is in three parts: An elite double round-robin (where each competitor plays all the others twice); a premier ...
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Posted by tonlesu
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1/15/2003
15:23:58
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Excellent gambitnut!
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Robotic "Monster Chess" set uses 100000 LEGO pieces — The idea is simple — a chess game where you can play against the computer. But the implementation here is what's truly monster about it. Each chess piece is its own autonomous robot, and there are actually a couple of 'spares' (as well as NXT blocks built into the King & Queen), so that ends up with 38 separate NXTs that must be controlled, commanded, and communicated with. Ron McRae did the bulk of the software work on the PC end for this, and it really works well. The chess board has squares based on the large LEGO baseplates, making the entire assembly roughly 12' on a side. On top of that is a way to input the humans moves, and a laptop running chess software and helping ...
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Posted by triangulator
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1/15/2003
18:38:37
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half right!!
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The Catalan Chess Opening part 4: how should white tackle a strong centre? — Continuing our brief survey of the fashionable Catalan Chess Opening: instead of capturing on c4, Black holds firm in the centre. How should White develop? RB Staring reproachfully at me from my desk is a newly bought but unopened copy of Play the Catalan by Nigel Davies (Everyman Chess). I haven't had the time to make even a start and am still as innocent of the theory as I was when we began this series of columns. I've resisted the temptation to cheat by looking to see what Davies recommends and am going to go on general principles: what looks like the most useful developing move? Two possibilities suggest themselves: Qc2 and Nc3. So which one? Over the chess board I'd probably ...
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Posted by zdrak
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1/15/2003
22:52:18
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Well done gambitnut!!
Indeed, this is the shortest loss ever by a reigning World Champ. By the way, shortest loss by an ex-world-champion is Christiansen-Karpov, 1993 (1-0, 12).
Stay tuned for the next question soon!
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Former Chess Champions Find Success Beyond the Board — They took the road more traveled, and each is happy that he did. Patrick Wolff, Michael Wilder and Stuart Rachels are former United States chess champions who walked away from the game years ago to lead more traditional lives. Wilder, 47, a chess grandmaster, won the title in 1988. By the following fall, he was in law school at the University of Michigan, and done with chess. “I just didn’t have the energy or the motivation to keep my skills fresh,” he said in an interview this month. Now a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Washington, he specializes in corporate tax issues. He said he had not played a tournament game in more than 15 years. “I never gave serious consideration to being a professional chess player,” Wilder ...
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Posted by gambitnut
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1/16/2003
00:27:54
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In 1979 Spassky lost in 10 moves to Lieb!
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Posted by brunetti
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1/16/2003
04:38:11
Play online chess | In 1979
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Spassy wasn't reigning.
Alex
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Posted by brunetti
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1/16/2003
04:39:08
Play online chess | Ah, sorry,
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it was the answer to 12 moves of Karpov :)
Alex
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Posted by zdrak
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1/16/2003
04:48:24
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Btw, while we're at it, I heard an amusing story about Steinitz: He was playing a skittles game against an amature, and the game began 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5. As Steinitz (black) leaned over the chessboard and contemplated his move, his beard accidentally touched the king. The amature player insisted that the touch-move rule should be observed, thus forcing Steinitz to resign at once (2...Ke7 3.Qxe5#), and making THIS GAME the shortest loss by a champion (just 1.5 moves!)
Of course nobody vouches for the credibility of this story (including myself), but a nice story nevertheless...
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Posted by triangulator
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1/16/2003
13:25:19
Play online chess | here is 1
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try this 1 a lot of of here on GK should be familiar with it:)
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 O-O
5. Bd3 d5
6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 Bxc3
9. bxc3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 Qc7
11. Bd3 e5
12. Qc2 Re8
13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 Qxe5
15. f3 Be6
16. e4 c4
17. Be2 Qc5+
18. Kh1 Ra-d8
19. Rb1 b5
20. a4 a6
21. axb5 axb5
22. Qb2 Bd7
23. Rd1 Bc6
24. Ra1 Rxd1+
25. Bxd1 Bxe4
26. Bf4 Nh5
27. Bd6 Qxd6
28. fxe4 Nf6
29. Qxb5 Qd3
30. Bf3 Qxc3
31. Rf1 g6
32. h3 Kg7
33. Qb1 Qe5
34. Re1 h5
35. Rc1 Nxe4
36. Bxe4 Qxe4
37. Qa1+ Kg8
38. Qa4 Rc8
39. Rf1 Qd3
40. Rd1 Qf5
41. Rc1 c3
42. Qd4 c2
43. Qd2 h4
44. Kh2 Rc3
45. Qd8+ Kg7
46. Qd4+ Qf6
47. Qd2 Qe5+
48. Kh1 Qc5
49. Kh2 g5
50. Qe2 f6
51. Qd2 Kg6
52. Kh1 Qc6
53. Kh2 f5
54. Kg1 g4
55. hxg4 fxg4
56. Qf4 Qe6
57. Qd4 Re3
58. Qd2 Re2
59. Qd3+ Kg5
60. Kf1 Qe5
61. Qd8+ Kh5
62. Qd3 Re4
63. Qd2 g3
64. Rxc2 Qf6+
65. Kg1 Qd4+
66. Kf1 Rf4+
67. Ke1 Qg1+
68. Ke2 Qxg2+
69. Kd3 Qe4+
70. Kc3 Qb4+
71. Kd3 Qd4+
72. Ke2 Qe4+
73. Kd1
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Posted by jameeboy
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1/16/2003
22:16:42
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... that zdrak was posting a weekly quiz... perhaps a new thread triangulator?
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Posted by triangulator
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1/17/2003
08:36:43
Play online chess | yah well
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he can do another here, I just thought of it, everyone should no it
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Posted by zdrak
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1/19/2003
23:43:44
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Ok, Guess the Game continues! Here is game #2:
To make it hard, I will only give the final moves, starting from this position:
White: Ke3, Rc3, pawns e4, g5, h4
Black: Ke5, Rc8, pawns c4, g6, h5
The game concluded:
42. Rc2 c3
43. Kd3 Rd8+
44. Ke3 Rd4
45. Rxc3 Rxe4+
46. Kf3 Rxh4
47. Rc6 Rf4+
48. Ke3 Re4+
49. Kf3 Kf5
50. Rf6+ Kxg5
51. Rxg6+ Draw
Remember, please do not supply just the technical game info (who/when/where) unless you can also state (or at least try to guess!) the historic significance of the game.
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Posted by tonlesu
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1/20/2003
02:01:53
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Botvinnik vs Euwe Groningen 1946
I can think of several reasons for this game to stand out. The tournament was the first great tournament after the war. It was a qualifying tournament for the forthcoming world championship match.
In his book "15 games and their stories" Botvinnik says he considered the position above lost , knowing that Rubinstein had lost an analogous position to Lasker at St. Petersburg 1914. During the adjournment Botvinnik managed to find a hidden draw possibility. This half point was the difference between 1st (Botvinnik) and 2nd (Euwe).
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Posted by zdrak
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1/20/2003
03:57:27
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Well, tonlesu pretty much nailed it.
I would like to add that according to chess historian M. Lindner, had Euwe won this game (and consecuently the tournament), there was a good chance he would be proclaimed by FIDE as World Champion.
Botvinnik himself concluded the notes to the game with the words: "A draw, without which the 1948 match-tournament would not have been held"
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Posted by zdrak
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1/26/2003
02:13:56
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Guess the Game continues!
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. c4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Nf3 Bf5
7. c5 e6
8. Bb5 Nd7
9. Bf4 Be7
10. h3 O-O
11. O-O a6
12. Ba4 Rc8
13. Qe2 Re8
14. Rfe1 Nf8
15. Rad1 Ng6
16. Bh2 Nh4
17. Ne5 Bf8
18. Nxc6 bxc6
19. Qxa6 Qg5
20. Bg3 e5
21. Bxc6 Qh6
22. Bb7 Re6
23. Qf1 Bxh3
24. Bxh4 1-0
What is the historic significance of this game ?
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Posted by tonlesu
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1/26/2003
05:00:55
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Panov- Midrov Moscow 1929
Perhaps, we see the Panov variation of the Caro Kann for the first time? (Just a guess)
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Posted by zdrak
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1/26/2003
05:31:59
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Second in a row for tonlesu!
Yes, it's Panov - Mudrov (not Midrov, your database has a spelling error ;-), and indeed it's the first time the Panov Attack was played by its creator.
This is NOT the first game where the moves 3.cxd5 and 4.c4 were played, but in the previous games those have been sporadic and unplanned attempts to confuse the opponent by "playing out of book" - while this game actually became the first chapter of a new book!
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Posted by tonlesu
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1/26/2003
07:26:23
Play online chess | Mudrov
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Yes, quite active in 1929, playing in the Russian championship at Odessa, he lost to Botvinnik among others.
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