|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 1 OF 2 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
| Aug-27-07 | | percyblakeney: Original opening... |
|
| Aug-28-07 | | mrbiggs: What a crazy game |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | think: If one would laugh at any chess game, this would be it. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | krusheto: Wow what a non standardized opening. I tend to screw up badly in these types of games no matter which side I'm playing :( |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | soberknight: What the...? I don't have words to describe how crazy this game is. I don't think we'll ever match the "Immortal Draw" (Hamppe vs. Meitner 1870) for sheer wackiness, but this comes close, and ends with a cute king hunt after what can only be described as beautifully ridiculous opening play on both sides. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | soberknight: White was losing anyway, but why did he walk into a help-mate? Also, at what point did White lose the game? Does the idea of 2.h4 and 3.f4 have merit? This is one of a few games where White moves only pawns for the first seven moves. Frank Marshall did that a couple of times in the Sicilian Wing Gambit, and E. J. Diemer set a virtually unbreakable record with 17 (?) pawn moves before finally playing Qh5+ on the 18th move. There is a variation of the Sicilian where Black delays his piece development as long as possible, with 1.c5, 2.cd, 3.a6, 4.e6, 5.d6, 6.b5 but then he runs out of useful pawn moves. I don't know, maybe White was feeling desperate against a better player. He had an extra piece to work with, but it didn't do him much good. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | actionhero56: worst pun ever |
|
Sep-10-07
 | | Moondoll: I don't usually laugh out loud when I'm looking over a chess game. This was definitely an exception... |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | Fourpointo: The only thing weirder than the opening was the ending. |
|
Sep-10-07
 | | al wazir: Why 26. Ke5 instead of Kf3 ? Why did the white ♔ impale himself on the ♙ pickets? 26...Qe4 is also mate. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | wouldpusher: Ouch to the complications!
Maybe an earlier ♖ from h3 to h1 to g1 maneuver could have neutralized the grip on the g-file. Or 18. ♗g5 might have blocked the sensitive g-file. I think White's 18th and 19th move were serious waste of time that should have been used to defend. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | MarkThornton: Jon Speelman recently annotated this game in the English newspaper <The Independent> (http://www.independent.co.uk/). If I remember correctly, JS said that <18. Nd2> was a mistake, and that <18. Ke1> should have been played. But if he gave any further analysis, then I have forgotten it. And I think I have thrown that copy of the paper away.... |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | MostlyAverageJoe: <MarkThornton: JS said that <18. Nd2> was a mistake, and that <18. Ke1> should have been played> Indeed, this seems to be the case after I run a quick analysis on this strange game. But these are not the only mistakes. Much bigger was 22.Kd3 (believe it or not, 22.Kf2 seems to leave white with slight advantage - but I have no time to really explore it). As <al wazir> mentioned, 26. Ke5 instead of Kf3 was instant suicide. Black missed this forced mate: 25. ... Rg8 <threatens Qg3#> 26. Bg5 Rf8+ 27. Ke5 Rf5+ 28. Kd4 c5# (this is the mainline and can be delayed by silly sacrifices). |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | percyblakeney: The tournament site analysis of the game:
http://www.euwe-stimulans.nl/conten... |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | Karpova: From <percyblakeney>'s link:
<Rothuis himself said: 'I've given up the idea to become a professional already. So I play for fun now and these games are lots of fun.'> |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | venk98: HAHAHAHA, Oh laugh son!! =) |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | Marius: interesting to see games where the first 20 moves don't come from theory |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | Autoreparaturwerkbau: <<actionhero56> "worst pun ever"> Is that some kind of a phrase? The pun itself seems pretty decent. And how can such subjective thing as a pun be the worst ever? Did you compare all one or two thousand (since the launching of cg.com) of them to make that decision? And what measures did you take? Your judgement doesn't seem to be competent to me. Boy, did you undervaluate the punmaking. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | King mega: this is not playing seriously. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | tacite: I wish I could play like this, my opponent would have a win AND a laugh, instead of just a win :-) |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | Alphastar: the white player also played in the open dutch youth championships (I was there as well). He had some really weird opening ideas (one game he started 1. d3, 2. Kd2, 3. Qe1 and 4. Kd1; another one he started 1. Nf3, 2. Rg1, 3. g4 and 4. g5).. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | actionhero56: <Autoreparaturwerkbau>
You're funny |
|
Sep-10-07
 | | Peligroso Patzer: If I had seen the moves of this game without knowing the names of the players or when it was played, my first guess probably would have been that it was from the mid-XIX Century (perhaps one of Adolf Anderssen's games). Upon further reflection, I probably would have concluded that it was even more likely that it was an early-XVII Century game (from the era of Gioachino Greco). It is refreshing to know that such wildly romantic games are still occasionally played by international class players in today's era of scientific chess. |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | twin phoenix: i thought the pun was funny. what else does one call such a chess farce? cheers to white for playing something so unusual that in 30 yr.s chess experience i've never seen anything like it. (black shows why!!) too bad it cost him a point... |
|
| Sep-10-07 | | Chessmensch: <soberknight> created a pun in his posting. Happenstance? |
|
 |
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 1 OF 2 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
Kibitzing
sac: 11...Bxg7
icon.