Amsterdam Interzonal, 8th June 1964. The opening moves of Larsen-Portisch (which saw the unusual 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Qf3!?).
Larsen won in 33 moves, & it made it into his '50 Selected Games'.
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Larsen won in 33 moves, & it made it into his '50 Selected Games'.
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Bent Larsen 🆚 Lajos Portisch
Amsterdam Interzonal (1964), Amsterdam NED, rd 15, Jun-08
French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01) ·
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Amsterdam Interzonal (1964), Amsterdam NED, rd 15, Jun-08
French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01) ·
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The game of the 3rd round of the ongoing European Club Cup between David Howell and Pentala Harikrishna lasted for 236 moves! It ended in a draw and was close to the record of the longest tournament game of chess. Do you know which game was the longest ever?
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The game of chess became a crazy game full of magic for almost a year and it still is deep in every one of us, thanks for Mikhail Tal the pirate of Latvia. We will never forget him.
25.Rc1! [The Hungarian super grandmaster Richard Rapport, who has the ability to calculate very deeply, executes a completely winning plan.]
[25.Qh5!? Qg5 25...Rae8™ 26.Qg5 Qe7 27.Rc1! Qxg5 28.fxg5 Rxe6 29.Rc7 Rf7™ 30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Rxf5+ Kg8 32.Bd4± Bc5]
25...Qe7 [In case of accepting the piece sacrifice, the game would be continued:]
[25...Qxe3 26.Rc7 Rf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.g3! Qh5 28...Rc8™ 29.Rxc8+ Nxc8 30.Qd7+–]
26.Qd4! [Rc5]
26...Rf6 27.Rc6 [¹27.Rfc2! Rc7 27...Rd8 28.Rc7 Qxc7 29.Rxc7 Rxd4 30.Bxd4‚ Rxe6 31.Rxa7 Nc8 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Rxh7+– N×f5]
27...Rc8? [Making the opponent's task even easier. The more stubborn resistance would be:]
[¹27...Bb7 28.Qd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rff8 30.Rfd2 Bc8 31.Bd4+–]
28.Rfc2 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Bb7 30.Rd6 Rf8 31.Qe5! [N×f5]
[25.Qh5!? Qg5 25...Rae8™ 26.Qg5 Qe7 27.Rc1! Qxg5 28.fxg5 Rxe6 29.Rc7 Rf7™ 30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Rxf5+ Kg8 32.Bd4± Bc5]
25...Qe7 [In case of accepting the piece sacrifice, the game would be continued:]
[25...Qxe3 26.Rc7 Rf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.g3! Qh5 28...Rc8™ 29.Rxc8+ Nxc8 30.Qd7+–]
26.Qd4! [Rc5]
26...Rf6 27.Rc6 [¹27.Rfc2! Rc7 27...Rd8 28.Rc7 Qxc7 29.Rxc7 Rxd4 30.Bxd4‚ Rxe6 31.Rxa7 Nc8 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Rxh7+– N×f5]
27...Rc8? [Making the opponent's task even easier. The more stubborn resistance would be:]
[¹27...Bb7 28.Qd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rff8 30.Rfd2 Bc8 31.Bd4+–]
28.Rfc2 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Bb7 30.Rd6 Rf8 31.Qe5! [N×f5]
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