Anthony Miles vs Anatoli Vaisser (1998)

Anthony Miles vs Anatoli Vaisser
ol (men) 1998 · Horwitz Defense: General (A80) · 1/2-1/2

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Mar-16-05		euripides: After 13 moves it's obvious White's quite an adventurous player.

May-04-05		Shokwave: That is hilarious! Looks like an internet blitz game between 1000 players, not a GM game. Wonder what the time controls were?

May-04-05		azaris: Had this been played by anyone else than Miles it would have reeked of a prearranged draw. Hard to believe Black has nothing better than the forced draw. The time control was classical of course, this was in the Chess Olympiad!

May-04-05		aw1988: <Had this been played by anyone else than Miles it would have reeked of a prearranged draw.> Who sais it wasn't?

Jun-30-05		OlimpBase: Few Olympic games are as exotic as this one. Other must-see draws: M T Mora Iturralde vs Suttles, 1964 from Tel Aviv Olympiad in 1964 O'Kelly vs J Penrose, 1962 from Varna Olympiad in 1962

Sep-10-07		Karpova: <Shokwave: Wonder what the time controls were?> 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves then 10 minutes for the rest of the game. Extra 30 seconds added after each move. http://www.olimpbase.org/1998/1998i...

Aug-13-08		myschkin: . . . 6.Nxh7 There is no turning back now. White wins a pawn, but at the cost of rather a lot of tempi, and having to keep a straight face while playing a sequence of ridiculous-looking moves. 9...Na6 At this point both players at last began to think. Afterwards Vaisser told me he had looked at the line briefly ten years ago and concluded that Black had plenty of play for the pawn. That was pretty much the same as my preparation which concluded that I had a pawn for a bit of play. I suspect we both also imagined that if we ever reached this position it would not be against a terribly serious opponent. Perhaps this assessment too was not entirely inaccurate. 12.Qd1 Aesthetically forced, but also quite sensible. If White can play Nd2-f3 Black will not have much. Vaisser thought for a long time and found a neat response. 15.c3 Trapping the errant rook? 15...Ne3! (aka Tony Miles)

Apr-08-09		WhiteRook48: how bizarre

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