Chess trivia....

galveston75

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12 Sep 10

galveston75

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12 Sep 10

How long was the worlds longest decided chess game, who played in it, and in what year did it happen?

Habeascorp

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12 Sep 10

I presume we are including correspondence?

galveston75

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12 Sep 10

Originally posted by Habeascorp
I presume we are including correspondence?

No. They did play in person.

toeternitoe

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12 Sep 10

Fressinet-Kosteniuk,Villandry 2007
0-1 after 237 moves

toet.

galveston75

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12 Sep 10

Originally posted by toeternitoe
Fressinet-Kosteniuk,Villandry 2007
0-1 after 237 moves

toet.

Yours is newer but my older source was Stepak/Mashian in 1980. Only 193 moves but took 24.5 hrs to play.

galveston75

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Here is another of note but it was a draw game.... Nikoli/Arsovi, Belgrade 1989, which lasted for 269 moves and took 20 hours and 15 minutes to complete a drawn game.

toeternitoe

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12 Sep 10

My source is Tim Krabbé's site:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records/records.htm

With 'longest' I thought you meant the most moves,not the duration.

toet.

galveston75

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12 Sep 10

Originally posted by toeternitoe
My source is Tim Krabbé's site:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records/records.htm

With 'longest' I thought you meant the most moves,not the duration.

toet.

I should have made myself clearer. But thanks.

Here is another interesting one: Nuber/Keckeisen, Mengen 1994 lasted 31 moves without a single capture. In the end Keckeisen, facing imminent checkmate, resigned.