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I just cannot resist.The castled king loses to the uncastled king.

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Originally posted by Romanticus
I just cannot resist.The castled king loses to the uncastled king.

[pgn][Event "London, England"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Edward Lasker"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. ...[text shortened]... 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3
16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0
[/pgn]
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

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Just one more.Szabo knows the importance of castling early.Former WC Euwe had yet to learn this.Care to guess who won?



I'll quit now.Promise! 😵

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Lol, not only small and light, but a small light, a dim one my friend, and is it any wonder? Who can master the immortal game? for it seems that every time I learn a principle there is quite another waiting to refute that which has been learned.

we are told to castle often and early, Yet Capablanca deliberately delayed his castling as a strategi ...[text shortened]... , and for every one he knows, one that states it may just not be the case!
Oh, Capa and Kasparov and them Masters they could play according to their own rules; but this happens because they spent their youth playing by the rules.

Greenpawn will soon flip should ye along with Romanticus keep up behaving not; and last thing we want him to do is to start playing bridge😵

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Originally posted by Romanticus
I just cannot resist.The castled king loses to the uncastled king.

[pgn][Event "London, England"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Edward Lasker"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. ...[text shortened]... 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3
16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0
[/pgn]
Lovely game

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Originally posted by Emashi
Lovely game
Agreed! I busted out laughing while going over the game. I wonder if Lasker was giggling to himself during the game. 🙂

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Originally posted by Mad Rook
Agreed! I busted out laughing while going over the game. I wonder if Lasker was giggling to himself during the game. 🙂
Note: Edward Lasker, not Emanuel.

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/laskerthomas.html

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Originally posted by Romanticus
I just cannot resist.The castled king loses to the uncastled king.

[pgn][Event "London, England"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Edward Lasker"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. ...[text shortened]... 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3
16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0
[/pgn]
18.0-0-0 would be by far more classy😵

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Originally posted by black beetle
18.0-0-0 would be by far more classy😵
True.Always thought it a shame he opted for Kd2.
I know think he had foreseen internet chess fora and knew a thread like this would pop up and he did it to help us annoy people like GP 🙄

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Originally posted by Romanticus
True.Always thought it a shame he opted for Kd2.
I know think he had foreseen internet chess fora and knew a thread like this would pop up and he did it to help us annoy people like GP 🙄
Maybe he was an efficiency freak. Why move two pieces when you only need to move one?

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Originally posted by Mad Rook
Maybe he was an efficiency freak. Why move two pieces when you only need to move one?
That's how he himself explains it,yes.I don't believe it.I think he simply didn't think of castling.

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Originally posted by Romanticus
That's how he himself explains it,yes.I don't believe it.I think he simply didn't think of castling.
Oops, I only skimmed the chesshistory link, I didn't read the whole article. Shame on me!!!

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Originally posted by Mad Rook
Oops, I only skimmed the chesshistory link, I didn't read the whole article. Shame on me!!!
No shame,the article is not THAT interesting.I didn't read it either.But then,I had already read it in the past 🙂

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You lot should know your chess history.

The Edward Lasker 'fluke' was a 5 minute game so it does nort count. 😛

Also:

I've barred my guys in Bates Motel from reading what you nit-wits
are writing in the Chess Forum.

So post away - you are simply howling in the wind. 😉

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
You lot should know your chess history.

The Edward Lasker 'fluke' was a 5 minute game so it does nort count. 😛

Also:

I've barred my guys in Bates Motel from reading what you nit-wits
are writing in the Chess Forum.

So post away - you are simply howling in the wind. 😉
You made it the forbidden fruit!!

They are sure to read it now 😵