Author: Mike S.
Date: 10:36:11 10/13/02
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On October 13, 2002 at 12:23:22, Gigi Aragon wrote:
>(...)
>Blunders do happen at highest level.
>
>1958 Botvinnik-Smyslov World Championship Match
>Game 5 Smyslov-Botvinnik
>[D]1R6/5r2/p3k1p1/P7/2P1Kp2/1P6/8/8 b - - 0 1
>39. ... Kd6?
>40. Rb6+ Kc5??
>41. Kd3! and it's over.
Or Chigorin - Steinitz 1892, when a big blunder lost the whole World
Championship match:
Chigorin,M - Steinitz,W [C34]
Wch04 Havana (23), 1892
[D]8/pp2R2p/3BNkb1/3P1p2/7p/8/PP1rr2P/5R1K w - - 0 32
32.Lb4?? {Mate in 2} Txh2+ 0-1
Wch04 Havana 1892
12345678901234567890123
1 Steinitz,William 0½½1½100½01011010101½11 12.5/23
2 Chigorin,Mikhail 1½½0½011½10100101010½00 10.5/23
^
! (a tough match obviously... :o)
Regards,
M.Scheidl
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