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22 Feb '14 11:36Does anybody know how long in hours, minutes, and seconds the longest World Championship Match chess game has taken?
The website below
http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/longest-games
says that
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The longest game in a World Championship match was Korchnoi-Karpov, Baguio 1978. It was drawn (stalemate) in 124 moves.
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It also says
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In 1988 at the Saloniki Olympiad, Seirawan and Xu Jun played 198 moves, which ended in a stalemate.
What a waste of life! Unless they both made some money.
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22 Feb '14 15:48Originally posted by KingOnPoint
Waste of life?!?
Does anybody know how long in hours, minutes, and seconds the longest World Championship Match chess game has taken?
The website below
http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/longest-games
says that
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The longest game in a World Championship match was Korchnoi-Karpov, Baguio 1978. It was drawn (stalemate) in 124 mov ...[text shortened]... ate.
What a waste of life! Unless they both made some money.
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And you call yourself a chess player. For shame.