cofail wrote:
why did white resign??
This is known as a 'queen checkmate'. If takes he gets mated, so it's a queen for the knight.
Personally, I would have played on a bit longer because white has some potential for quick development.
The shortest game in history - Guiness record
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Aug 28, 2022
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obelix101 wrote:
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.
In my hand I have a copy of "1000 short games of Chess" by IRVING CHERNEV
Published in 1955 Simon & Schuster New York, N. Y.
The very first game is listed as shown . . .
= = = =
This is the short game ever played between MASTERS in tournament competition.
It ends in a knockout in four moves . . .
Paris, 1924
GIBAUD. WHITE. LAZARD. BLACK
1 P-Q4. KT-KB3
2. KT-Q2. P-K4
3 Px P. KT-KT5
4. P-KR3 KT-K6
Instead of retreating the Knight hurls himself into the enemy camp with an attack on the Queen.
White resigns , as capturing the Knight would be answered by 5 . . . Q-R5ch, forcing mate.
= = = =
Chernev wrote on March 13, 1954 when he wrote the book . . .
"It is my hope that they will give you the pleasure they have given me."
I purchased this book from Thrifty books on line . . .
Nov 9, 2022
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#84
Why did white resign? I think there may have been a way to get out of that. F2 takes E3
That was fast!
Frenchmaster2 wrote:
Why did white resign? I think there may have been a way to get out of that. F2 takes E3
You should try to figure out what happens after that. It's a good puzzle.
Not any longer I suppose. Magnus Carlsen resigned to Hans Niemann after only 2 moves.
Apr 12, 2023
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#89
obelix101 wrote:
Chessy4000 wrote:
why did white resign??
Because he either had to lose his queen or open up his king
and if he took the knight, black had checkmate in two moves
As a grandmaster my self i feel there was no maidens present.
Apr 15, 2023
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#91
dragon27 wrote:
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! ;)
That's true except it wan't between two Grandmasters.
Why did white resign
Magnus Carlsen played a game that was only 1 move long! He played with the white pieces and played the grob opening and black resigned on the first move because he didn't to be disrespected by a trash opening. Magnus also beat many other GMs with the grob in the championship a few years ago.
Magnus resigned against Niemann in 1 move so that's the shortest game ever
Christianoronaldo777 wrote:
Why did white resign
d4, Nf6, Nd2, e5, dxe5, Ng4, h3, Ne3!
If fxe3, then Qh4+, g3, Qxg3 mate
Or if white doesn't take the knight on e3 Nxd1 Queen gone, white loses.
noice
black was completely win but he was stupid and gave stalemate 
2. Nd2 looks so ugly, what's that about?