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I'd never heard of bongcloud before but searching YouTube for "Fischer Short" yields many videos discussing this apparent incident. One from a popular channel:
by mrslave 5y ago
I'd never heard of bongcloud before but searching YouTube for "Fischer Short" yields many videos discussing this apparent incident. One from a popular channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9p2PrsKWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9p2PrsKWY. Great story.
I like to believe that there's a mysterious and excellent human opponent on the other end. I find it difficult to believe an engine could have such a terrible opening, then go on to defeat a top blitz player. This is just my speculation.
- throwaway81523 5y ago> I find it difficult to believe an engine could have such a terrible opening, then go on to defeat a top blitz player. This is just my speculation. It's more the other way around. Short was a world championship challenger. There is no human in the world who could beat him with such an opening, except for the possibility of a mysterious Fischer with expanded powers gathered during his time away from the mortal chess world. An engine could also do it, of course, and that's a far more likely explanation. A human operating the engine picks the opening, then lets the engine take over after a few moves.
- sudosysgen 5y agoDid Carlsen not being a similarly skilled player with 2. Kf2 or the bongcloud once?
- MauranKilom 5y agoYes, against Andrew Tang of all people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_6Zl1jNWYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_6Zl1jNWYQ But this is Magnus Carlsen we're talking about.
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