Shortest game

[Paul Dupré]

In the example quoted by Tim (strange how these disasters often befall White), White will have a pawn for the piece. Might I fancy my chances of playing on against a certain type of opponent? Possibly, as Black will still need to demonstrate a degree of accuracy to win.

Two pawns, assuming his next move captures a pawn on c6/d7/f7.

Spot on Jack, f7 pawn.

Nick was late, and blitzed out his moves. This game was over in a flash...I mean literally minutes.

[Event "North London Summer Minor"] [Site "Sir William Collins School"] [Date "1982.08.28"] [Round "2.62"] [White "Foster, Nick E"] [Black "Dupré, Paul D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "124"] [BlackElo "122"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxe5+ Ke8 10. Nxg4 Bd6 11. O-O Qb6+ 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5+ 1-0

Same tournament, three rounds later. I enjoyed this one more.
[Event "North London Summer Minor"] [Site "Sir William Collins School"] [Date "1982.08.30"] [Round "5.79"] [White "Dupré, Paul D"] [Black "Middleditch, KW."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "122"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Bg5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxd1 7. Bxf7# 1-0

[Simon Rogers]

Some interesting games thanks Paul.