2 moves. Magnus resigned.
The shortest game in history - Guiness record
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Apr 9, 2024
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#141
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Apr 10, 2024
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#143
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 . . .
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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.
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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 . . .
Apr 10, 2024
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#144
I read Chernev’s 1000 Best Short Games of Chess cover-to-cover, mostly in 2023. I know Gibaud — Lazard well, well-enough that it has inspired a couple of my own miniatures. But, Guinness using the term “grand masters” seems that the editors of Guinness do not know the subject well. Chernev says they were masters. Maybe.
The Norwegians must be happy that their own Magnus Carlsen broke this record. He lost to Hans Niemann in just 2 moves! No wonder he's often called the GOAT.
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Apr 12, 2024
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#150
magipi wrote:
The Norwegians must be happy that their own Magnus Carlsen broke this record. He lost to Hans Niemann in just 2 moves! No wonder he's often called the GOAT.
Niemann’s own brief loss to Kramnik was half a move longer.
Apr 12, 2024
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#151
Another funny one is the shortest decisive game in the history of the U.S. Championship: IM Kamran Shirazi - John A. Peters in 1984, a Sicilian Wing Gambit gone terribly wrong......
Apr 12, 2024
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#152
NotMagnusCarlesn wrote:
I'm not sure if this is a myth or not, but I believe magnus once played a game against another grandmaster in a FIDE tournament and magnus opened with g4, which is the grob(the worst possible first move for white) to disrespect his opponet, and so his opponet resigned because he wanted a real game of chess, not a disrespectful one. so that's a one move long game between 2 GMs.
Also, in 1970 Oscar Panno resigned his game with Bobby Fischer at the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal after only one half-move. Bobby played 1.c4. and Panno resigned. He was protesting the rescheduling of the game because had Fischer refused to play on his religion's Sabbath.
The shortest game in history is of three moves not four
Apr 15, 2024
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#154
obelix101 wrote:
Chessy4000 wrote:
why did white resign??
Because he either had to lose his queen or open up his king
Pawn e3 was always a move
Sep 9, 2024
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#155
obelix101 wrote:
Chessy4000 wrote:
why did white resign??
Because he either had to lose his queen or open up his king"
But he could have easily just blocked an attack from qh4+ by playing g4
In 1970, at the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal, the game between Bobby Fischer and Oscar Panno went: 1. C4. resigns. Panno resigned in protest over the game’s having been rescheduled to accommodate Fischer’s religious obligations.
Sep 9, 2024
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#157
its a dumb record like "slowest racer ever". you can resign on move 1 or you can protest a game by allowing the 2 move checkmate
but i think the record or close enough for fastest believable master game lost is is probably 1.d4 nf6 2.bg5 c6 3.e3 Qa5. it actually happened
Sep 10, 2024
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#159
vshahistocoolforu wrote:
Now, what was the fastest move ever made by a human?
On this site, 0.01 seconds.