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Vlastimil Hort vs Gyula Sax
Amsterdam IBM (1979), Amsterdam NED, rd 10, Jul-24
Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation. Korchnoi Defense (B23)  ·  1/2-1/2

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May-07-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  marcusantoinerome: In the photo on the tournament page
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Sax looks like he thought for 15 minutes(!) before playing 1 .. c5. Perhaps he was late to the board?

May-07-25
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  perfidious: Good question; had it been Bronstein, it would have been plausible for him to spend fifteen minutes reflecting over his first move.
May-08-25
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  moronovich: That is nothing.

I once witnessed IM Bednarski from Poland, spending around 59minuttes on his first move (1.e4-e6 !!).

Told me, he had to go through all his opponents variations in the french.

He was a chainsmoker.

May-08-25
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  marcusantoinerome: Bronstein is certainly famous for it. But I like the story about Bednarksi. Makes sense.

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