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| Nov-13-16 | | Howard: Soltis stated back around 1990 that Anand WAS aware of this game---it was actually in the Informant, in fact. What he didn't know was that Christiansen and Miles had agreed to a draw prior to the game starting, and thus they were just shuffling the pieces around before actually agreeing to a draw. |
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Nov-13-16
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi Howard,
Just repeating what I recently read.
Someone asked Anand about this game. Anand said he never knew of the Miles v Christiansen game. Yes the game was in the Informat but that does not mean Anand saw it. The blunder was also played before the Miles - Christiansen game. I trusted the source.
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic... |
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| Nov-20-16 | | Howard: Well, I trust what Soltis said---to each, his own. |
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| Nov-23-16 | | Howard: Personally, I trust Soltis' column when he stated that Anand WAS aware of the earlier game. For the record, the magazine Chess Monthly ran a letter about this matter which I wrote to them about six years ago. |
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| Apr-06-17 | | Frits Fritschy: It is quite bad to lose with 5... Bf5 as black, but just imagine you have 300 elo more and lose the position with white! See https://www.365chess.com/view_game.... |
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| May-12-17 | | DarthStapler: This is the shortest loss by an official world champion in the database, not including two instances of games ending before a single move was played. |
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| Jun-15-17 | | ZackyMuhammad: Bishop to F5 is a bad move. |
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Apr-22-18
 | | Korora: 5. ...♗f5?? Where had NN hidden the real Viswanathan Anand, I wonder? |
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Apr-06-19
 | | keypusher: <Dionysius1: Could someone just clarify this game for me? I don't get how B has to lose a piece. If 6...Qe7 then 7 d3 Nc5 8 Qb5+ Bd7. Or 7 Nd5 Qe1 and there's only the Q attacking the N on e4 which is defended by the bishop.> 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.d3. |
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| May-12-20 | | MordimerChess: In my opinion it was The Best Lesson in Chess History. Why? Because after losing in 6 moves Vishy Anand: 1. Became World Champion
2. Became Opening New Lines Expert
3. Gave GM Zapata fancy bullet point in Wiki
My video analysis + story behind the game:
https://youtu.be/cxeaven2pxU
Enjoy! |
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| May-12-20 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: A very famous game and an opening novelty (6.Qe2!, cf. Tony Miles vs. Larry Christiansen, San Francisco 1987), which wins on the spot. Who would have thought after this game, that Viswanathan Anand would become undisputed and deserved world champion two decades later! Maybe this game is a small comfort for the mere mortals. |
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| Apr-06-22 | | Olavi: <Sally Simpson:
Someone asked Anand about this game. Anand said he never knew of the Miles v Christiansen game. Yes the game was in the Informat but that does not mean Anand saw it. The blunder was also played before the Miles - Christiansen game.> Since one unknowing columnist mentioned Miles - Christiansen in the newest NIC, I had a glance here, and... it's a bit hard to believe Vishy being dishonest - even in a very excusable way, - but it's even more difficult to believe he hadn't looked at a game in a recent Informant. He was known to read them all through, without a board, of course, there were only 700 or so games. Well perhaps it slipped his mind... |
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| Apr-12-23 | | thegoodanarchist: This game (and the Miles-Christiansen game) came up in the WCC coverage for today, by Naroditsky, Giri, and Howell. |
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| Apr-12-23 | | thegoodanarchist: Anyway, looks like these moves were "The Christiansen Thing To Do". |
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Apr-13-23
 | | sleepyirv: <Opening Traps A-Z> |
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Sep-20-23
 | | Williebob: https://youtu.be/eC1BAcOzHyY?t=90
David Howell quizzes Magnus Carlsen to see just how amazing Magnus' memory is. Hilariously, Magnus instantly guesses this game with Black's second move. |
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| Nov-26-23 | | Messiah: What a terrible preparation by Anand! I am speechless! |
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| Dec-27-23 | | thegoodanarchist: Anand got Zap'd.
I also like <sleepyirv>'s pun. |
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Dec-27-23
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| Apr-17-24 | | thegoodanarchist: <SpiritedReposte: Shortest loss of any world champion ever??? I know Karpov had a famous slip against Christianson but that was 11 moves or so.> It was 12 moves:
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993 Counting only one-on-one classical chess games (i.e., no simul games, no odds games, no variants of chess, no short time controls, blindfold, etc.) here is what I found: PART ONE
Steinitz lost in 12 with a howler of a blunder.
Steinitz vs H G Voigt, 1885 This was a casual game, not from a tourney.
Lasker lost a tourney game in 10 moves.
S Rosenfeld vs Lasker, 1913 For Capa, his shortest loss one-on-one appears to be this casual game. Capablanca vs E F Schrader, 1909 Alekhine lost a game in 21 moves to Levenfish. Rather long to be his shortest loss, but he was a tactical monster. Levenfish vs Alekhine, 1913 Euwe lost in 9 moves to Wiersma in a tourney.
Wiersma vs Euwe, 1920 Botvinnik lost in 14 moves in a USSR Championship. P Izmailov vs Botvinnik, 1929 Smyslov lost a tourney game in 16 moves (with White). He also lost a tourney game in 18 moves with White, to Gligoric IIRC. Smyslov vs Hjartarson, 1995 To be continued... |
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| Apr-17-24 | | thegoodanarchist: PART 2
Tal lost in 19 moves to someone I've never heard of. Tal vs Z Pigits, 1953 Petrosian lost in 13 to Kotov, also in a USSR Championship. Kotov vs Petrosian, 1949 Spassky lost in 8.
Spassky vs Rodgaisky, 1948 Fischer lost a correspondence game in 12 moves.
A W Conger vs Fischer, 1955 Of course Bobby also forfeited without making a move, in the WC match. Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 Kasparov lost in 19 to Deep Blue, but against human competition he resigned after White's 22nd move in this game. A Huzman vs Kasparov, 2003 I guess he saw no defense to the threat of Nxg7! Like Fischer, Kramnik also had a 0-move forfeit, also in a WC match. His shortest played loss appears to be in 20 moves, against Anand (no shame in that). Anand vs Kramnik, 2005 At age 10, Carlsen lost in 14 moves.
R J Moen vs Carlsen, 2001 |
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| Apr-17-24 | | Olavi: <thegoodanarchist> Lasker played no tournaments in 1913, must have been a simul. |
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| Apr-18-24 | | thegoodanarchist: <Olavi: <thegoodanarchist> Lasker played no tournaments in 1913, must have been a simul.> Hmmm. I looked at the kibitzing for this game. There is massive skepticism from the cg scribes. And in the end, no clarity. |
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| Apr-18-24 | | thegoodanarchist: Lasker had this 14-move tournament loss in 1890: H Caro vs Lasker, 1890 |
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| Jun-07-24 | | Albanius: Anand could have played one more move: 6..Qe7, hoping for
7 Qb5+? Nd7;
8 Qxf5?? Nxc3%+;
9 Ne5 Nxe5;
10 dxc3 Nf3++;
11 Kd1 Qe1# |
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