On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 08:09:48AM +0059, Jason McIntyre wrote: > from a recent commit from j...@freebsd. any chess heads want to yay or > nay it? > > i'll add the whole fortune after the diff for convenience. > > jmc
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records/records.htm, 'Shortest Game' link. Some salient points: 1) There is (now) a shorter decisive game in a serious tournament. Djordjevic - Kovacevic, Bela Crkva, 1984. And Vassallo - Gamundi, tt Spain, Salamanca 1998. 1.d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qa5+ 4. Resigns. 2. Gibaud - Lazard was not a master games, White was possibly not Gibaud, it wasn't played in 1924. And the actual moves reported in Lazard's autobiography were 1. d4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. dxe5 Ng4 5. h3 Ne6 6. Resigns. Other than that the diff appears correct even if expressed in archaic notation. :-). .... Ken > > Index: fortunes2 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2,v > retrieving revision 1.32 > diff -u -r1.32 fortunes2 > --- fortunes2 26 Jul 2010 14:53:59 -0000 1.32 > +++ fortunes2 4 Sep 2010 07:08:08 -0000 > @@ -35685,7 +35685,7 @@ > 1: P-Q4, Kt-KB3 > 2: Kt-Q2, P-K4 > 3: PxP, Kt-Kt5 > - 4: P-K6, Kt-K6/ > + 4: P-KR3, Kt-K6/ > White then resigns on realizing that a fifth move would involve > either a Q-KR5 check or the loss of his queen. > -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures" > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > The Fastest Defeat In Chess > The big name for us in the world of chess is Gibaud, a French chess > master. > In Paris during 1924 he was beaten after only four moves by a > Monsieur Lazard. Happily for posterity, the moves are recorded and so > chess enthusiasts may reconstruct this magnificent collapse in the comfort > of their own homes. > Lazard was black and Gibaud white: > 1: P-Q4, Kt-KB3 > 2: Kt-Q2, P-K4 > 3: PxP, Kt-Kt5 > 4: P-KR3, Kt-K6/ > White then resigns on realizing that a fifth move would involve > either a Q-KR5 check or the loss of his queen. > -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures"
