outrageous escape

[Geoff Chandler]

It's from MAD magazine - essential reading even today.

I'd like to find the cartoon that had Fischer amused, I read that he was at Erasmus Hall High School at the time.
(same class as Barbara Streisand and a class or two above Neil Diamond) https://www.erasmushall60.com/class_custom4.cfm
but I've seen so many depicting old men asleep at the board I'm thinking it may not have been in MAD.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Hi Alan,

Here is a link to that game you played. I used it to wrap up the piece on stalemates.

https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-blog/t ... -chess.528

Thanks again.

is that fact that capablanca lost against all 100 simul master players actually true???? nice blogg

It was "Casablanca", not Capablanca - a single letter evidently makes a great deal of difference

Jozsef Kreijcik, a strong Viennese master, did reportedly once play a simul of 25 games - and lost the lot.

Rumours that the imbibing of certain alcoholic liquids were a significant factor have not been confirmed.

[Geoff Chandler]

Hi Matt,

Casablanca would not have pulled them in and if I did Casablanca everyone would have
thought I have forgotten how to spell his name...again!

There are also the 'web crawlers' to consider.
Many years ago, the previous century, I told that 'web crawlers' grab key words in titles (here 'Capablanca' and 'Chess' ''loses')
and put them into the search bin. I have always tried to add the word 'Chess' in every title. (do these things still crawl about.)

[AlanLlewellyn]

2r4r/p4pk1/5p2/3p2pP/3q4/1BQ5/PP4P1/2K1R2R w - - 0 27i was black and have just played Rac8 thinking i had won...what move does he play?

i actually just noticed if i had played Rhc8 instead of Rac8 previous move after 1 h6+ if 1...Kh8?? comes 2 Re8+! when 2...Rxe8 allows 3 Qxd4 so the only move there is 1...Kf8 when the checks dissipate

[Chris Goodall]

i actually just noticed if i had played Rhc8 instead of Rac8 previous move after 1 h6+ if 1...Kh8?? comes 2 Re8+! when 2...Rxe8 allows 3 Qxd4 so the only move there is 1...Kf8 when the checks dissipate

You agree with Jack's analysis, then.

[AlanLlewellyn]

i actually just noticed if i had played Rhc8 instead of Rac8 previous move after 1 h6+ if 1...Kh8?? comes 2 Re8+! when 2...Rxe8 allows 3 Qxd4 so the only move there is 1...Kf8 when the checks dissipate

You agree with Jack's analysis, then.

yes