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 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
Originally posted by KingOnPointWaste 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. ðŸ˜