| Chess One 2005-04-07, 6:08 pm |
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"Don C. Aldrich" <dondo@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
news:8j7k4113umtkova2ojcirlm0dttg62ntnu@4ax.com...
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> It was actually very clever. The advertising was for Monday night's
> lecture on the playchess server, and it was indeed well attended.
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> What he had done was find two games, one Saidy-Fischer 1968, and
> another Karpov-Bellon 1972, that reached the same position after 23
> moves. So, in a sense, it was Fischer playing Karpov. Fischer won,
> Karpov escaped witha draw. This was revealed at the end of the
> lecture, and billed as an early April Fools, 'kind of.'
I hear next week there will be some Alekhine chokes. More sausuage, anyone?
Phil
quote:
> Some people got fairly upset. I actually found it a fairly
> entertaining lecture.
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> ==Dondo
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