The Shortest Stalemate
these bizarre moves made by both players at the Swedish Junior Championship 1995, it looks like they had all of the moves planned beforehand..
The Shortest Stalemate.
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Nice. They should get a prize for this beautiful composition.
#4.......he does not play RxQ because ? It was a prank......
Yeah, they should..
eddysallin wrote:
#4.......he does not play RxQ because ? It was a prank......
it was tremendously beautiful prank.
Black really trusted his opponent, it if was a championship game I bet most people playing white would have broken the agreement at move 10 :P
Ayoubi-W wrote:
eddysallin wrote:
#4.......he does not play RxQ because ? It was a prank......
it was tremendously beautiful prank.
it was a tremendously awesome beautiful prank.
plutonia wrote:
Black really trusted his opponent, it if was a championship game I bet most people playing white would have broken the agreement at move 10 :P
LOL - instead of him I would break the agreement & checkmate him immediately.. this is championship game..!
actually, they got a prize.
I don't remember the exact story, but I think they were friends and played each other. Perhaps one of them was going to win the tournament and needed only a draw to secure. So they agreed to a short draw. The refferees of the tournament disagreed and wanted them to have another match. So they played this game (which btw was invented a long time ago by someone else as the shortest possible stalemate). The result of the game was due to the referees.... 0-0.
for more information search the game on chessgames.com and read the discussion there.
senor_ananas wrote:
actually, they got a prize.
I don't remember the exact story, but I think they were friends and played each other. Perhaps one of them was going to win the tournament and needed only a draw to secure. So they agreed to a short draw. The refferees of the tournament disagreed and wanted them to have another match. So they played this game (which btw was invented a long time ago by someone else as the shortest possible stalemate). The result of the game was due to the referees.... 0-0.
for more information search the game on chessgames.com and read the discussion there.
thanks mate, thank you for discussion & clarification..
Here's a variation: http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-shortest-stalemate-possible?page=2
As a puzzle or a study ,sure. But to agree not to play your best in a tourn. is a chess charade.Were other players affected ? They should get a prize for a beautiful composition---yup. Problem, this is not forum for comps. or puzzles ...rather it's a chess tourn,
senor_ananas wrote:
So they played this game (which btw was invented a long time ago by someone else as the shortest possible stalemate).
By Sam Loyd (if I'm remembering right).
ClavierCavalier wrote:
Here's a variation: http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-shortest-stalemate-possible?page=2
Well, I don't know which one is the correct game the link you posted shows the same stalemate with different moves!! so which one is the correct one ..?
eddysallin wrote:
#4.......he does not play RxQ because ? It was a prank......
yes, it's a prank.
hoynck wrote:
The shortest mutual stalemate!
Composed by Enzo Minerva
The fastest known game ending in a double stalemate position was discovered by Enzo Minerva and published in the Italian newspaper l'Unità on 14 August 2007
Cool, I haven't seen that before.
rooperi wrote:
hoynck wrote:
The shortest mutual stalemate!
Composed by Enzo Minerva
The fastest known game ending in a double stalemate position was discovered by Enzo Minerva and published in the Italian newspaper l'Unità on 14 August 2007
Cool, I haven't seen that before.
Yea, me too ;) thanks hoynck for sharing with us.. (Y)
senor_ananas wrote:
actually, they got a prize.
I don't remember the exact story, but I think they were friends and played each other. Perhaps one of them was going to win the tournament and needed only a draw to secure. So they agreed to a short draw. The refferees of the tournament disagreed and wanted them to have another match. So they played this game (which btw was invented a long time ago by someone else as the shortest possible stalemate). The result of the game was due to the referees.... 0-0.
for more information search the game on chessgames.com and read the discussion there.
They were friends and one needed only a draw to secure victory.Thats called cheating---if he needed only a draw that means another player had chances to move up. I hear complaints about a chess player beating G.M.s through use of tech., but here because a stale-mate beauty was agreed upon it's looked upon differently. It's a tourn. not a puzzle.Great role model for young chess players .
Thanks for the comment & feedback..
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