You are too cute! 🙂
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On Sep 24, 2023, at 8:28 PM, marilyn <tinkerbelltx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’m smiling!
8 Hours! Which Grandmasters played the shortest game?
Marilyn
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*Fun with puns
What do you call a cold grandmaster?
A chesskimo
Why do grandmasters use dating apps in Prague?
They want to find a Czech mate.
*Smile
Morphy and Paulsen were playing a match, and this was before chess clocks, so
Paulsen was thinking and concentrating and scratching his head for hours.
Morphy, being the ultimate gentleman, did not say a word until it started to
get dark. He finally spoke up and said, "Mr. Paulsen, may I please have a
move?" Paulsen replied, "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought it was your move."
*Did you know...
The longest tournament chess game (in terms of moves) ever to be played was
Nikolic--Arsovic, Belgrade 1989, which lasted for 269 moves and took 20 hours
and 15 minutes to complete a draw game. At the time this game was played,
FIDE had modified the fifty-move rule to allow 100 moves to be played without
a piece being captured in a rook and bishop versus rook endgame, the
situation in Nikolic versus Arsovic. FIDE has since rescinded that
modification to the rule.
The longest game played in a World Championship is the 6th game of the 2021
World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, which
Carlsen won in 136 moves after resignation. The game lasted for 8 hours, 15
minutes and 40 seconds.
