Post the most funny things you think happened in Chess History!
Funniest Moments in Chess History
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SacrificePawnAlways
Jul 1, 2025
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#1
Jul 1, 2025
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#6
Colonel Charles Paul Narcisse Moreau lost every game in the 1903 Monte Carlo International Chess tournament, finishing with 0 - 0 - 26.
Another funny moment in chess history occurred when I tried to read a chess book
Jul 2, 2025
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#12
SacrificePawnAlways wrote:
Post the most funny things you think happened in Chess History!
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/chess-maneuvers-off-the-board
Jul 3, 2025
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#14
Vladimir Kramnik's extraordinary blunder in game 2 of his match against the bot, Deep Fritz, which has been called the "blunder of the century" (ChessBase) and "the worst blunder ever" (S. Polgar), among other things.
An entire decade before his constant, unjustified, and unprofessional witch-hunting against innocent titled players and general fear mongering about a supposed increase in dishonest play made him a laughing stock of the chess community, this ludicrous mistake took a sledgehammer to the reigning world champion's (it was 2006) reputation, and it was all downhill from there.
What makes it even funnier is that according to witnesses, Kramnik didn't initially realize the move he had just played was a horrific mistake that would instantly go down in history; in fact, he appeared to be 100% confident in what he had just done at first. Those who did notice the mistake reportedly stared in disbelief as the move was written down, and then there was a very awkward silence as it finally dawned on a now extremely embarrassed Kramnik, who is said to have signed the score sheet and immediately walked out without saying a word.
If he was a more likeable person, it would probably be sad. But the fact that he's experienced such a huge (and well-deserved) fall from grace in recent years, in my opinion, makes it unintentionally funny instead.
Jul 15, 2025
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#15
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
Vladimir Kramnik's extraordinary blunder in game 2 of his match against the bot, Deep Fritz, which has been called the "blunder of the century" (ChessBase) and "the worst blunder ever" (S. Polgar), among other things.
An entire decade before his constant, unjustified, and unprofessional witch-hunting against innocent titled players and general fear mongering about a supposed increase in dishonest play made him a laughing stock of the chess community, this ludicrous mistake took a sledgehammer to the reigning world champion's (it was 2006) reputation, and it was all downhill from there.
What makes it even funnier is that according to witnesses, Kramnik didn't initially realize the move he had just played was a horrific mistake that would instantly go down in history; in fact, he appeared to be 100% confident in what he had just done at first. Those who did notice the mistake reportedly stared in disbelief as the move was written down, and then there was a very awkward silence as it finally dawned on a now extremely embarrassed Kramnik, who is said to have signed the score sheet and immediately walked out without saying a word.
If he was a more likeable person, it would probably be sad. But the fact that he's experienced such a huge (and well-deserved) fall from grace in recent years, in my opinion, makes it unintentionally funny instead.
Wow! Thanks for the info on ‘unintentional funny things’!
