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RCA_U

does anyone know the officialy fastest game of all time?

RCA_U

but between two players playing a graded game

part12

no

RomyGer

Consult Tim Krabbé's books and site !

GenghisCant

Shortest game

In terms of number of moves, the quickest mate possible in chess is known as Fool's mate (1.g4 e5 2.f3?? Qh4# and variants thereof). This has been known to occur in amateur play. ChessGames.com gives a game L. Darling-R. Wood, 1983 (1.g4 e6 2.f4?? Qh4#).[5] Bill Wall lists, in addition to Darling-Wood, three other games that ended with Black checkmating on the second move.[6] In a tournament game at odds of pawn and move, White delivered checkmate on move 2: W. Cooke-"R____g", Cape Town Chess Club handicap tournament 1908 (remove Black's f-pawn) 1.e4 g5?? 2.Qh5#.[7] The same game had previously been played in Leeky-Mason, Dublin 1867 (Winter 2003, p. 99).

The shortest decisive game ever played in master play that was decided because of the position on the board (i.e. not because of a forfeit or protest) is Z. Đorđević – M. Kovačević, Bela Crkva 1984. It lasted only three moves (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3?? Qa5+ winning the bishop), and White resigned.[2][8] (Fox & James 1993, p. 177) This was repeated in Vassallo-Gamundi, Salamanca 1998.[2] (In a number of other games, White has played on after 3...Qa5+, occasionally even drawing the game.)[9]

RCA_U

moves but i wouldnt be expecting fools mate or scholars mate to come up in a graded game