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4th March 2008, 09:36am
#1
by mxdplay4
mids UK England
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 708

In a Grandmaster game between GM Emma and former Soviet Champion and world title candidate GM Leonid Stein, Stein puts his queen en prise after 20 minutes thought and Emma misses it !


4th March 2008, 10:07am
#2
by Jambux_Josh
Garden Grove, Ca United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 170
what a bone head mistake. they must have been playing for a long time to make those mistakes. WOW!!!
4th March 2008, 10:15am
#3
by camdawg7
Grenada Grenada
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 285
I dont know what en prise means but is it that black could have mated with Qg2?
4th March 2008, 10:37am
#4
by acertler
Tennessee United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 13
En prise basically means that a piece is not protected and can be captured. Anyways, no Qg2 would lead to Nxg2 and the loss of the queen. However, clearly I am suprised a GM would make such a mistake in either case...?
4th March 2008, 10:47am
#5
by mxdplay4
mids UK England
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 708
There are quite a few examples of this sort of thing - ''amaurosis scacchistica'' (a phrase coined by Tarrasch).  Like Reshevsky putting his queen en prise to a bishop and announcing mate, when he actually had a real mate if he played the right move.  I have some where GMs actually resigned when their next move would have won !  Want to see ? Say so and I'll post one later.
4th March 2008, 10:52am
#6
by acertler
Tennessee United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 13
I would actually like to see that mxdplay4. If you wouldn't mind posting, that would be great. Thank you in advance.
4th March 2008, 10:57am
#7
by Unbeliever
United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 1119
Grandmasters can make mistakes?   It's a lie!
4th March 2008, 11:01am
#8
by mxdplay4
mids UK England
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 708

OK here's one.  Try and find the right move sequence as a puzzle if you like before looking at the solution.  This is a classic.  Popiel-Marco, 1902.  Marco to move resigned.  I made a mistake in the notes ; THE FINAL POSITION IS A WIN FOR BLACK NOT WHITE.  (But white actually won because black resigned)


5th March 2008, 01:48am
#9
by hptchess
Warwick United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 262
interesting
24th July 2008, 04:29am
#10
by fzweb
Home Australia
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 767

Random.

 
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