Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 18:39:16 09/04/04
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On September 03, 2004 at 14:32:34, Terry Giles wrote: >On September 02, 2004 at 21:38:22, Mark Ryan wrote: > >>White: Mark Ryan >>Black: JESTER 1.10 (java) >>Date: 2 September 2004 >>Time control: 5 minutes + 2 seconds >> >>1. e4 e5 >>2. Nf3 Nc6 >>3. d4 exd4 >>4. Nxd4 Bc5 >>5. Be3 Qf6 >>6. Nxc6 Bxe3 >>7. e5 Qxf2# > > > >Never mind Mark, this should cheer you up... > >Lieb-Spassky (Munich 1979) > >1. e4 e5 >2. Nc3 Nf6 >3. Bc4 Nc6 >4. d3 Bc5 >5. f4 d6 >6. Na4 Bxg1 >7. Rxg1 Ng4 >8. g3 exf4 >9. Bxf4 Nxh2?? >10. Qh5 resigns > > >Anyone ever heard of Lieb? >...and yes that was THE Boris Spassky! > >Terry Thanks for that. And you can play through Anand's six-move loss to Zapata here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018015 I found that game in this list: "Human Sacrifices: Here is a list of very quick defeats suffered by some of the best players in the history of the game: 6 moves Zapata-Anand, Biel 1988, 1-0 8 moves Marshall-Chigorin, Monte Carlo 1902, 1-0 10 moves Oskam-Euwe, Amsterdam 1920 1-0 10 moves Lieb-Spassky, Munich 1979, 1-0 12 moves Christiansen-Karpov, Wijk an Zee 1993, 1-0 12 moves Zukertort-Anderssen, Berlin 1865, 1-0 12 moves Keres-Menke, Correspondence 1933, 0-1 12 moves Morphy-Maurian, Springhill 1855, 0-1 13 moves Capablanca-Kevitz, New York 1924 (simul), 0-1 13 moves Kotov-Petrosian, Moscow 1949, 1-0 13 moves Holzhausen-Tarrasch, Hamburg 1910 (simul) 1-0 14 moves Shoup-Marshall, Sioux City 1906 1-0 14 moves Caro-Emanuel Lasker, Berlin 1890 1-0 15 moves Yates-Rubinstein, Budapest 1926 1-0 18 moves Smyslov-Gligoric, Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade 1959 0-1 18 moves Calvo-Korchnoi, Havana 1966, 1-0 19 moves Deep Blue-Kasparov, New York 1997, 1-0" The above list is from this page: http://www.chessville.com/misc/History/Mad_Aussie.htm Sorry for straying off topic, but I am trying to soothe my battered ego. At least the list includes Deep Blue :)
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