funny commentary in chessbase article

Originally posted by Jie
Why are some children unable to conduct discussions like adults? Is it because they are still children?

Good question. I really expect someone to explain your reason to post your garbage in these forums.....

Originally posted by Katastroof
Alekhine wrote an unsound game analyses in a tournament book.Forgot which tournament.Never heard about Tal's error,would be intrested to learn about it 🙂

Everyone makes mistakes. Even the great ones.

Originally posted by Korch
Good question. I really expect someone to explain your reason to post your garbage in these forums.....

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Originally posted by Korch
Everyone makes mistakes. Even the great ones.

Yes,they are human beings after all.I just like chess trivia.Knowing a lot of trivia makes you sound like a great player at the bar in the local chess club.Naturally I must avoid actually playing a game to maintain this status 😉

The Alekhine Error.

The Noah's Ark Trap.
In the 1924 Book of the New York Tournemant Alekhine suggests
that 5...b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 c5 9.Qd5 Be6 10.Qc6+ Bd7
11.Qd5 Be6 is a perpetual (12.Qc6+ Bd7 etc etc)

He missed 11...c4! which traps the Bishop.

It's called the Noah's Ark trap because it's as old 'as the Ark.'



Funnily enough Edward Winter says it would be unproductive pointing
out all the errors like this that appear in books...
...but worthwhile in the case of the great classics.