Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 09:31:55 12/27/04
Korchnoi, 73, vs. Carlsen, 14 http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=SPORTS&oid=65683 interestingly Victor Korchnoi once played Grigory Levenfish who once played Amos Burn who once played Henry Bird who once played Howard Staunton. In this game, Levenfish was 64 years young and Victor was 22. [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "G Levenfish"] [Black "Viktor Kortchnoi"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2 e6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Re8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Be1 Qe7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Qb1 Nb6 20. Nb3 Nd5 21. Nc5 Rcd8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Qb3 Bc8 24. Ra1 Qg5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra3 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Bg4 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. h3 Qe6 30. Rd4 Ra8 31. Bc3 Ra4 32. Rxa4 bxa4 33. Qc4 a3 34. Ba1 Nc7 35. Qxe6 Nxe6 36. Rd6 Rd8 37. Bf6 Rxd6 38. cxd6 Nf8 39. Kf1 Nd7 40. Bd4 f5 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Kd2 Ke6 0-1 Another game played Korchnoi may be the quickest recorded loss by a future World Champion [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Kortchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "B71"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qd3 e5 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qg4 12. Nd5 1-0 [d]r3kb1r/pp3p1p/3p1np1/4p3/4PPq1/2N2Q2/PPP3PP/R1B1K2R w KQkq - 0 12 Qg4 was a first rate blunder -- what's the winning move before you check it with your computer. Spassky can be excused here - he was 11 years old at the time. Staunton (b. 1810) vs Bird (b 1830) [Event "ENG"] [Site "London"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Staunton Howard"] [Black "Bird Henry E"] [ECO "C51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Be2 Ne7 11.Bb2 f6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Nd4 Ng6 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.f4 c5 16.Nc2 Rc8 17.Nba3 Bc7 18.Rae1 Re8 19.Bf3 b5 20.f5 Ne5 21.Ne3 b4 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Nac4 Nxc4 24.Nxc4 Re7 25.Qf4 Bb5 26.Be2 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 Re5 28.Rf3 Qd7 29.Rg3 Rce8 30.Qg4 R8e7 31.h4 Qe8 32.h5 Kh8 33.Ree3 Bd8 34.h6 g5 35.fxg6 Rxe4 36.Qf3 Rh4+ 37.Kg1 Rxe3 38.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 39.Rxe3 hxg6 40.Re8+ Kh7 41.Rxd8 Rxc4 42.Rxd6 Rd4 43.Rxf6 Rxd5 44.Rf7+ Kxh6 45.Rxa7 c4 46.Kf2 Rd2+ 47.Kf3 c3 48.Rb7 c2 49.Rc7 Rd3+ 50.Ke2 Rc3 0-1 Bird (b 1830 ) vs Burn (b. 1848) [Event "London"] [Site "London"] [Date "1886.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Burn Amos"] [Black "Bird Henry E"] [ECO "A84"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.c4 f5 2.e3 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.Rd1 Qe8 10.a3 Bd6 11.b4 Nd8 12.c5 Be7 13.Bb2 Qg6 14.Rac1 Nf7 15.g3 Qh6 16.Bf1 Ng4 17.h3 Ng5 18.Nxg5 Bxg5 19.Qc3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Bxe3+ 21.Kh2 f4 22.h4 fxg3 23.Kxg3 Rf4 0-1 Levenfish (b.1889) vs Burn (b.1848) [Event "23"] [Site "Karlsbad"] [Date "1911.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Burn Amos"] [Black "Levenfish Grigory"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Bf3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne4 Ne5 11.Be2 Ng6 12.f4 Ndxf4 13.Rxf4 e5 14.c3 Ba5 15.Rf1 exd4 16.cxd4 Bb6 17.Nc5 Qe7 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Bf3 Bb5 20.Rd1 Rad8 21.Nxb7 Rxd4 22.Kh1 Nh4 23.Bd5 Rxd5 0-1 Amos showed his age here with 21. Nxb7??
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