Joel Benjamin vs Eduard Gufeld (1998)

Joel Benjamin vs Eduard Gufeld
Saitek US Masters 1998 · Pirc Defense: Classical Variation. Quiet System Parma Defense (B08) · 0-1

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Aug-02-04		azaris: Hilarious finish!

Oct-08-04		fgh: Lol!!!!

Oct-08-04		Benzol: Must have been heart-breaking for Benjamin. :(

Oct-08-04		Orbitkind: Hehe, Bejamin said Kasparov missed a "simple perpetual check" in game 2 against deep blue in 1997, (which was in fact a very tough perpetual check to find), whereas look at Benjamin missing a mate in 1. Lol.

Oct-08-04		Spassky69: Is it true Guefeld wrote on his scorecard Qe6+ since he didn't even realize it was mate?

Aug-08-05		Chessography: Benji must have just missed that the d4 and f4 squares were occupied, I s'pose.

Aug-13-10		HeMateMe: Holy Sleet!! I don't think I've ever seen this, an epaullette mate with so few pieces on the board, in a GM game. I remember reading a book by Gufeld, that examined his career. I think he lived in Los Angeles, and gave lessons at a local club there, later in life.

Oct-09-11		FSR: A very surprising blunder by Benjamin. On Gufeld's page Eric Schiller wrote that Gufeld was distracting Benjamin by loudly eating an apple during the game.

Oct-09-11		hedgeh0g: The strategy wasn't working out for him until he took a large bite around move 80 and the loud crunch disoriented Benjamin to the extent that he missed a mate in one.

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