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Magnus' Bongcloud draw vs Nakamura, 2021: The Bongcloud appears at the highest level, in a serious tournament. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCst6vyV80 http

Magnus' Bongcloud draw vs Nakamura, 2021: The Bongcloud appears at the highest level, in a serious tournament. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCst6vyV80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCst6vyV80

amenghra 5y ago
Both players had already qualified for the next round. It’s also a rapid tournament. The stakes weren’t high which allowed them to goof around a bit. It was probably good publicity for chess & both players.
PeterisP 5y ago
I was a bit disappointed by the game - it would be interesting to see a reasonable lets-try-to-win game from good players for a double bongcloud (since that, unlike an unilateral bongcloud, should be roughly equal and playable seriously), but it was just an agreed draw after the second move.
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- yesenadam 5y ago
  > after the second move. After the sixth move, by my count. And why would anyone play 2. Ke2 if they wanted to win?
  - PeterisP 5y ago
    Well, the last normal move was the actual double-bongcloud, after that it was just the draw process. > Why would anyone play 2. Ke2 if they wanted to win? In order to have a fair (though whimsical) game from an unusual starting point; it would be interesting to see the game that develops from that position.
    - yesenadam 5y ago
      The first part of your comment is just goalpost-shifting, the second part not answering the question. (Your 'starting point' is after 2.. Ke7, which black would never play if they wanted to win.) Anyway, bye, sorry I got into this.
  - ramshorns 5y ago
    One might imagine it'd be a draw after the fifth move, but the position after 1. e4 e5 is different from the position after 5. Ke1 Ke8, because of castling rights. So the threefold repetition doesn't occur until after 6. Ke2 Ke7.
- innocenat 5y ago
  It's not in master database, but there's a few on YouTube/Twitch. 99% though, it's: 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Ke1 Ke8 and then just become non-castling chess.

Magnus' Bongcloud draw vs Nakamura, 2021: The Bongcloud appears at the highest level, in a serious tournament. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCst6vyV80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCst6vyV80

amenghra 5y ago

Both players had already qualified for the next round. It’s also a rapid tournament. The stakes weren’t high which allowed them to goof around a bit. It was probably good publicity for chess & both players.

PeterisP 5y ago

I was a bit disappointed by the game - it would be interesting to see a reasonable lets-try-to-win game from good players for a double bongcloud (since that, unlike an unilateral bongcloud, should be roughly equal and playable seriously), but it was just an agreed draw after the second move.

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yesenadam 5y ago
> after the second move. After the sixth move, by my count. And why would anyone play 2. Ke2 if they wanted to win?
- PeterisP 5y ago
  Well, the last normal move was the actual double-bongcloud, after that it was just the draw process. > Why would anyone play 2. Ke2 if they wanted to win? In order to have a fair (though whimsical) game from an unusual starting point; it would be interesting to see the game that develops from that position.
  - yesenadam 5y ago
    The first part of your comment is just goalpost-shifting, the second part not answering the question. (Your 'starting point' is after 2.. Ke7, which black would never play if they wanted to win.) Anyway, bye, sorry I got into this.
- ramshorns 5y ago
  One might imagine it'd be a draw after the fifth move, but the position after 1. e4 e5 is different from the position after 5. Ke1 Ke8, because of castling rights. So the threefold repetition doesn't occur until after 6. Ke2 Ke7.
innocenat 5y ago
It's not in master database, but there's a few on YouTube/Twitch. 99% though, it's: 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Ke1 Ke8 and then just become non-castling chess.