On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 12:24:41PM +0059, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 06:55:11AM -0400, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > > 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 > > > > do you want to update the entry for the shortest game then? in whichever > notation fancies your tickle... > > jmc >
Can do later today if no one else beats me to it. .... Ken
