Bizarre oversight

[Ian Jamieson]

Thanks

[IM Jack Rudd]

I've played a similar game to that:
[Event "Friendly Game"][Site "Yeovil"][Date "1992"][Round ""][White "Rudd, Jack"][Black "Computer"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Qg6 6.Qxd4 d5 7.O-O-O h6 8.Bd2 dxe4 9.Qd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Kc7 11.Bd8#

[Stewart Reuben]

Greg Breed >I remember seeing a YouTube vid of Kasparov being surprised by Anand in a blitz game. The look on his face made me laugh for quite some time so i replayed it a few times to laugh some more!!<

Gary is famous for the expressions on his face. I would love to play poker with him. He often sneered at an opponent's bad move, or grimaced when he had blundered. Fischer and Karpov were the very reverse.

[Maxim Devereaux]

I remember seeing a YouTube vid of Kasparov being surprised by Anand in a blitz game. The look on his face made me laugh for quite some time so i replayed it a few times to laugh some more!!

This one, I assume.

[JustinHorton]

Although it was a bizarre oversight it could also be viewed as a lack of chess knowledge.

I think anyone who was familiar with Reti-Tartakower,Friendly Game, Vienna 1910 would have spotted the bishop check.

(For anyone who isn't familiar with the game it went 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. Q-Q3 P-K4? 6. PxP Q-R4+ 7. B-Q2 QxKP 8. 0-0-0 NxN?? 9. Q-Q8+!! KxQ 10. B-KN5+! K-B2 11. B-Q8# ( or 10. ... K-K1 11. R-Q8# )

This is today's lichess Puzzle Of The Day - I recognised the theme immediately.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Thank you for the thread necromancy Justin! I rather enjoyed reading my opening post as I had completely forgotten writing it (that may be bad).