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Woody Harrelson vs Garry Kasparov
"Cheers!" (game of the day May-06-07)
Consultation 1999  ·  King Pawn Game: Parham Attack (C20)  ·  1/2-1/2
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Apr-23-05  Helloween: I hear Woody Harrelson's been giving opening theory lessons to Nakamura.
May-01-05
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  OhioChessFan: Cade says: Gotta laugh at Woody trying to mate Kasparov in 4 moves. Ohio replies: Maybe Woody saw Kaspy lose to Big Blue in 7 moves!
Jun-20-05  RookFile: Why did Kasparov play 6...h6?

Suppose Woody had gone 7. Bg5. Is
there a point to 6....h6?

Jun-20-05  vampiero: i dont get it, how can it be on the show cheers and the event be in "prague cze" at the same time
Jun-21-05  Montreal1666: Isn't it ironic to see that Nakamura
, as a GM, would play 1)e4 e5 2)Qh5 as a comedian would play it to have some fun!
Jan-11-06  abcpokerboy: <kevin86>, why do we say "cheers" before having a drink? Because it's shorter than saying "All in the family."
May-06-07  MrPatzer: "Wayward Queen Attack" indeed.
May-06-07  khense: I think Woody played 2. Qh5 because it's the only opening he knows.

May-06-07  iccsumant: LOL, nice game by kasparov. Did he lose rating after this match or was it a friendly one?
May-06-07  shutupimthinking: <When K avoided mate on move 3, Harrelson said "Damn,">

Brilliant.

May-06-07  CapablancaFan: I stopped looking at this game seriously after 2.Qh5. Obviously, Kasparov treated this guy with kid gloves.
May-06-07  CapablancaRuyLopez: Trying to beat one of the best grandmasters with a scholars mate?LOL thats funny!
May-06-07  Kleve: For the record, there is a picture of this game at the House of Staunton website... http://houseofstaunton.com/board5.h...

I couldn't believe the picture when I saw it about a year ago... But apparently it's the real deal!

May-06-07
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  Chessmensch: Should have saved this one for next April Fool's Day.
May-06-07  mikee: does anybody no if there are any other celebrity games in this database
May-06-07  EmperorAtahualpa: <mikee> Check out this collection:

Game Collection: Famous people's games

And I'm sure there are more games by celebrities to be found in the database than just these!

May-06-07
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  Benzol: <mikee> Another collection to have a look at is Game Collection: Games by Famous People
May-07-07
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  kevin86: Could Kasparov have taken an Alekhine trip during this game?
May-17-07  Helios727: <RookFile: Why did Kasparov play 6...h6?> Maybe he didn't want doubled pawns on the f-file.
Jul-26-07  Morphyisgod: i didnt kno this opening had a name lol
Feb-09-08  asiduodiego: Hahahahahaha!. Funny!. I prefer, anyway 3. ..., g6.
Feb-09-08  Fourpointo: <<Why do we say "cheers!",when we drink booze?> In ye olden days, one would have given "three cheers to..." whoever had bought the latest round of drinks. It has become merely "cheers" over the years.>

<<kevin86>, why do we say "cheers" before having a drink? Because it's shorter than saying "All in the family.">

It's a joke. (Booze, "boo"s; cheers, booze/boos; get it?)

Feb-09-08
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  sallom89: i seen a picture of Arnold playing against Kasparov(on his site i think, been a while), i wonder if that game is out to public :p
Mar-11-09  Dredge Rivers: Woody plays like he's been smoking something!
Mar-14-09  Augalv: <i didnt kno this opening had a name lol>

LOL. Me neither. First game I've played over with this opening.

<Woody plays like he's been smoking something!>

I think he wanted to surprise Kasparov.

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