Chess history trivia
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A wallow of Hippos?!
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But was he trying it on or did he genuinely forget he'd already castled?
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Seeing as a player was Irish this leads onto a question that I noticed about 6 months ago, that commentators made a mess of. The topic of an Irish pawn centre came up. What is it and who started that off/or who is it attributed to?
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Tripled isolated pawns on a central file and Tony Miles first referred to it in the Amsterdam Zonal tournament in 1978.
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Wolfgang genuinely forgot he had castled already; he was not a cheat.MJMcCready wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:18 amBut was he trying it on or did he genuinely forget he'd already castled?
This is not the only instance of illegal castling by any means (there was one in the 2019 Glorney Cup and another in the last Women's Olympiad) but the only one I am aware of with three castlings in the same game.
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I suppose it's easily done even though you've written it down already. It's probably the most mechanical move made in chess and often treated as a given rather than a move requiring thought.
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Did he ever dare set foot in Ireland after saying that I wonder?John Moore wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:23 amTripled isolated pawns on a central file and Tony Miles first referred to it in the Amsterdam Zonal tournament in 1978.
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Well, he played in the Dublin Zonal in 1993.
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I think it specifically relates to two games involving the Irish player Éamon Keogh in that tournament.
The first game is here; the pawns arise at move 10. Miles then played Keogh in the next round and won, with his final move being to establish tripled pawns.
The first game is here; the pawns arise at move 10. Miles then played Keogh in the next round and won, with his final move being to establish tripled pawns.
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That's right. The games were analysed by Tony in the short lived periodical International Chess (which was a very impressive publication but only ran to two issues).
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It should be added that in Ireland, if the tripled pawns are black, then white is morally obliged to push a pawn to meet them and immediately buy both players a pint of Guinness.
(May not be entirely true...!)
(May not be entirely true...!)
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"It should be added that in Ireland, if the tripled pawns are black, then white is morally obliged to push a pawn to meet them and immediately buy both players a pint of Guinness."
It should be true though!
(And congratulations on having such a distinguished name.)
It should be true though!
(And congratulations on having such a distinguished name.)
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Which game contains the largest amount of letters in the surnames of the two players when added together? For example G.Jones versus V.Anand =10.
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My first bid is Shaposhnikov v Konstantinopolsky who played in the Russian Team Championship at Riga in 1954. That is 29.
But almost immediately I see that Konstantinopolsky played Bonch Osmolovsky in the Moscow Championship of 1949 which, if I can count, is 32.
The problem with the question is Spanish players like Iturrizaga Bonelli. Do you count all of that as his surname.
But almost immediately I see that Konstantinopolsky played Bonch Osmolovsky in the Moscow Championship of 1949 which, if I can count, is 32.
The problem with the question is Spanish players like Iturrizaga Bonelli. Do you count all of that as his surname.
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The Thai U18 championships in 2019 featured Charoenlarpnopparut - Chotichanathawewong. ( 38 )
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