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Win in 4 moves? Odd...but true master level game!

Win in 4 moves? Odd...but true master level game!

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just fyi fellow redhotpawners...thought you might enjoy this master level 4-move 'odd but true' chess game from the 1920's...which i gleaned from the classic book The Fireside Book of Chess/Chernev & Reinfield, 1949......

..anyway, one of the shortest master games of all times, according to the authors (4 moves!?!).

Queen's Pawn Opening, Paris 1924
White : Lazard
Black: Gibaud

1. d4.....Nf6
2. Nd2.....e5
3. dxe5.....Ng4
4. h3....Ne3(!)

And white resigned. He is threatened with the loss of his Queen. If he takes the Knight with his pawn, 5.....Qh4 forces checkmate.

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Not exactly as short as the game Fischer lost after his opponent opened 1.e4 and he never is appeared at the tournament hall. Now that is the shortest master level game of ALL time (then again, this happens fairly often).

Amici Sumus

Feivel

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We have something similar on RHP. Games 199752 to 199756. 5 times Looserlover was checkmated by Phantom21 after 4 moves. Maybe that was not masterlevel, but it is impressive, 5 times in the same way!!!

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Originally posted by Schindler
We have something similar on RHP. Games 199752 to 199756. 5 times Looserlover was checkmated by Phantom21 after 4 moves. Maybe that was not masterlevel, but it is impressive, 5 times in the same way!!!
What's even more amazing is that all 5 games were completed within 2 minutes of each other on April 23rd!

- Dave

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Originally posted by David Tebb
What's even more amazing is that all 5 games were completed within 2 minutes of each other on April 23rd!

- Dave

Are you thinking about the same as I am! 🙂


I know you are!


Rolf

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Originally posted by Silver24
Are you thinking about the same as I am! 🙂


I know you are!


Rolf
Right you are!

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The closest i get to that is an eleven move checkmate, game id 140894

-trekkie

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Originally posted by Schindler
Right you are!
I suppose now that Gerbear has dropped out of the top 20 after being exposed for a fraud, someone else is on their way to take his place.

As for quick games.... they do happen, and it's amusing, but it's pretty far from the lofty ideal of chess that I think we'd all prefer our games to strive for. It's hard to feel good about a game that hinges solely on an opening trap. That's why I won't play speed chess.

-mike

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Originally posted by legionnaire
As for quick games.... they do happen, and it's amusing, but it's pretty far from the lofty ideal of chess that I think we'd all prefer our games to strive for. It's hard to feel good about a game that hinges solely on an opening trap. That's why I won't play speed chess.

-mike
My opponent may hate me for addmitting this but my eleven move quick game was luck more than planning a trap, i did not see the possibility until a few moves before the end.

BTW, he has beaten more times than i can to admit to since, i think he was just having a bad week.

-trekkie

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Originally posted by trekkie
The closest i get to that is an eleven move checkmate, game id 140894

-trekkie
i noticed the 7 moves game between Kerry57 and Sciabica1 from the New Years Tournament. now this is a short game!
wdk

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Originally posted by David Tebb
What's even more amazing is that all 5 games were completed within 2 minutes of each other on April 23rd!

- Dave

Impresive indeed.
I would think it was the same guy playing himself and trying to increase his rating.

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In my first game here at RHP, I was 4 move mated by Dentalbuster. 🙁 Man, did I feel stupid after that one. It prompted me to go out and buy MCO-14.
tony

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The same game appears in the book "1000 best short games of Chess" by Chernev

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Isn't that a bit stupid trying to boost your rating like that?

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Originally posted by Zaps
Isn't that a bit stupid trying to boost your rating like that?
It is a bit unfair. But for all we know, it could be that they're really friends in real life and the one who's lost 5 consecutive games is just really bad at chess. I say that, if he really is playing against himself, we all challenge him to chess matches and kick his rear down to the 900 rating he deserves.

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