The shortest game in history - Guiness record

This is a rough translation from a norwegian Guinness book of Records, from 1968:

The shortest game ever registered between two grand masters, was in four moves. Lazard defeated Gibaud in a chess cafè in Paris in 1924.

why did white resign??

Because he either had to lose his queen or open up his king

Isnt a game that ends with 0 or 1 move being played (opponent refusing to appear to make a move)technically a shorter game?

For example, Fischer vs Spassky - game 2 or Kramnik vs Topalov, game 5.

I think this is a wrong statement... THe two move checkmate is the shortest game in history... i even know some people who resign after thier first move, SO THIS IS FAKE! ;)

Note the "between two professional players" part

no, i think its actually'

 This is wrong. The move is  4... Ne3!! , not 4. ... Nxf2?

ya it should be 4. ...Ne3!!

Well white deserved it, he played like an earthworm 

if pawn takes knight, Qh4+, pawn to g3, Qxg3#

Thank you for sharing obelix101. I also have it like that. My “Chess Dad” showed me, many years ago. Brings back good memories. Thank you.

There is some question about the validity of this game. In British Chess Magazine, June 1921, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky cited a skittles game 'played in Paris last year' Gibaud-Lazard which went 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Nf6 4.Nxg4 Nxg4 5.Nd2 e5 6.h3 Ne3 0-1. Whilst containing the same theme this would make the game 6 moves and played in 1920, although it was a casual game in any case. Incidentally Fred Lazard composed many notable endgame studies and Amedee Gibaud won the French Championship 5 times between 1924-1940.

Am I the only one who has problems too see old diagrams in the forums? I only see a "Loading ...", but not the board.

Here it works for me: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/gibaud-vs-lazard-1924

3 moves draw of Wesley So is the shortest game ever played between GMs!

same for me...

 Guiness Records are full of pointless entries. Some are irksome: the longest fingernails etc. The record game here is also pointless. When a record is so easy to achieve, what 's the point  ?  A more meaningful example is the longest winning streak etc.