My favourite, a game beetwen Larsen and Spassky in 1970:
The game went as follows:
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3?! e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6! 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4? Ng4! 11. g3 h5! 12. h3 h4!! 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1
And now 🙂
14...Rh1!!
Larsen made a few moves before resigning
15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1
EDITED: fen
Still one of the best ever from a 14-year old Fischer. Check out 17....:
D.Byrne - Fischer, New York 1956
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Rd1 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nbd7 9.e4 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Bg5 Na4 12.Qa3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4 Nxc3 16.Bc5 Rfe8+ 17.Kf1 Be6 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2+ mate
or http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361&kpage=13
this one is one of my favourites:
[Event "Maehrisch Ostrau"]
[Site "Maehrisch Ostrau"]
[Date "1923.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein,Akiba"]
[Black "Hromadka,Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C30"]
1.e4 e5
2.f4 Bc5
3.Nf3 d6
4.Nc3 Nf6
5.Bc4 Nc6
6.d3 Bg4
7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nd4
9.Qg3 Qe7
10.fxe5 dxe5
11.Kd1 c6
12.a4 Rg8
13.Rf1 h6
14.Ne2 0-0-0
15.Nxd4 Bxd4
16.c3 Bb6
17.a5 Bc7
18.Be3 Kb8
19.Kc2 Ka8
20.Rf3 Nd5
21.Bg1 Nf4
22.Qf2 Bb8
23.g3 Nxh3
24.Rxf7 Qd6
white moves: 25.Qb6 !!
the queen cant be taken, there would follow: 25. ...axb6 26. axb6+ Ba7 27. Rxa7+ Kb8 28. Rfxb7+ kc8 29. Ba6!
25. ...Rd7
26.Bc5! the point. the black queen has no safe squares left.
26. ...Rxf7
27.Bxd6 Rf2+
28.Qxf2 Nxf2
29.Bc5 1-0
Originally posted by TheBloopok, i've looked at the board and cannot see why white resigned. Maybe with no letters or numbers i'm looking at it wrong but I placed the queen in front of the three pawns. If this is so why not take it with a pawn.
[fen]5rk1/pp4pp/4p3/2R3Q1/3n4/2q4r/P1P2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 23 [/fen]
This is my first attempt at posting a FEN, hope it works...
IMO, the most brilliant move ever made on a chessboard was made by Frank Marshall in 1912 against Levitzky. So electrifying was its effect on the spectators that they showered his board with gold pieces.
From this positi ...[text shortened]... s soon as he recovered from this shock, he resigned!
Anyone ever see a better move than this?
I know i'm probably being really slow here, but be patient, I am trying to learn,
Thank you,
bambee
Originally posted by bambeeummm, try reading the whole post?
ok, i've looked at the board and cannot see why white resigned. Maybe with no letters or numbers i'm looking at it wrong but I placed the queen in front of the three pawns. If this is so why not take it with a pawn.
I know i'm probably being really slow here, but be patient, I am trying to learn,
Thank you,
bambee
Originally posted by bambeeThere is nothing wrong in asking: never apologise, asking is the only way to learn. First of all Black is a piece ahead, and after 23...Qg3!! (though 23...Qe3! would have also worked) White resigned due to the threat 24...Qxh2#
I have but it is too complictaed for my limited chess knowledge to understand. Sorry to have wasted your time. Serves me right for asking I suppose.
24.fxg3 is met by 24...Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Rxf1#
24.hxg3 is met by 24...Ne2#
24.Qxg3 is met by 24...Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nxg3+ 26.Kg1 /26.fxg3 Rxf1#/
26...Nxf1 - +
Originally posted by ilywrinBlimey that was hard work. Getting used to to reading all those numbers and letters takes some doing. I finally understand now, it took me 15 minutes of writing down your post then going through all possible combinations.
There is nothing wrong in asking: never apologise, asking is the only way to learn. First of all Black is a piece ahead, and after 23...Qg3!! (though 23...Qe3! would have also worked) White resigned due to the threat 24...Qxh2#
24.fxg3 is met by 24...Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Rxf1#
24.hxg3 is met by 24...Ne2#
24.Qxg3 is met by 24...Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nxg3+ 26.Kg1 /26.fxg3 Rxf1#/
26...Nxf1 - +
I know I should take up draughts !!! Thank you anyway,
bambee🙂
Originally posted by schakuhrYour post seemed to insinuate that she was stupid for not doing so in the first place. Obviously that wasn't the way you intended it to sound, so never mind. 😉
whats rude about that? I just gave a hint to read the whole first post, because it is all explained in it.
Originally posted by bambeeI think everyone finds it difficult to begin with (I know I did). But keep at it and it becomes much easier.
Blimey that was hard work. Getting used to to reading all those numbers and letters takes some doing. I finally understand now, it took me 15 minutes of writing down your post then going through all possible combinations.
I know I should take up draughts !!! Thank you anyway,
bambee🙂
Originally posted by bambee
Blimey that was hard work. Getting used to to reading all those numbers and letters takes some doing. I finally understand now, it took me 15 minutes of writing down your post then going through all possible combinations.
I know I should take up draughts !!! Thank you anyway,
bambee🙂
You might be interested to know that the "newer" algebraic notation is (in my opinion) a great improvement over the previous "Descriptive" notation that used to be used in chess (until about the early 80s or so)...
In descriptive notation, each square actually had two names, one from White's perspective, and one from Black's...
So what we would now call sqare a1, would be known as QR1 (square 1 in the Queen Rook file) from White's perspective, and would be known as QR8 (the 8th square in the Queen's rook file) from Black's perspective.
The opening 1. e4 e5 would have been written 1. P-K4 P-K4 in descriptive notation (each player moves his pawn to the 4th rank in front of the King).
IF you look at older chess books, you'll find many of them written in this way.
But just keep at it, you'll catch on very quickly...even experienced players often make mistakes scoring their games, because they don't get the names of the squares correctly, and then later, can't reconstruct the game...
Most Brilliant Move
One time, i was losing a game., and when the person went to the bathroom, I substituted my bishop for a queen. Then.. when he went to grab a drink, I broke the head off his bishops, and he thought they were pawns from then on out.. mwa mwa ha ha ha ha.. I crushed him from after that
drunk again...........
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