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RIP. My favourite Spassky game is this 24 move win against Petrosian and Petrosian was no patzer: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106864 https://

RIP. My favourite Spassky game is this 24 move win against Petrosian and Petrosian was no patzer: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106864 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106864

numlocked 2y ago
Ohh, that is lovely. I had not seen it. Black does seemingly nothing wrong and is just in a world of hurt by the 12th move.
natrys 2y ago
Love this game. It taught me to look for a move like g4. Also it was probably not objectively the best move (and definitely not Spassky's best game) but Tim Krabbé made a list of 110 most fantastic moves ever played, and he put Spassky's 16...Nc6 against Averbakh as no. 1 (certainly an unorthodox choice): https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/fant100.htm https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/fant100.htm
jihadjihad 2y ago
I know this is a dumb question even before I ask but I cannot figure it out: why do only some of the games on chessgames.com end in a final move that is actually checkmate, while others don't? On this one for example the final move says "Black to move" and you can move them around to get to a checkmate yourself...did they just shake hands and not play the final couple moves out?
- koolba 2y ago
  When you know you’re beat, it’s honorable to skip the formalities.
  - rdlw 2y ago
    Unless your opponent has just executed such a brilliant set of moves that they deserve the satisfaction of actually finishing the sequence and delivering checkmate.
- renerick 2y ago
  Yes, it is common for high level players to just shake hands and resign, when they know the position is lost and their opponents certainly will checkmate them
  - alexey-salmin 2y ago
    They also usually type "gg" into the game chat
    - anacrolix 2y ago
      gg
- wavemode 2y ago
  As others have mentioned, it is extremely rare for chess grandmasters to play until checkmate. In many cases, when the game is clearly lost, it can even be seen as disrespectful, and a waste of your opponent's time.
downwithdisease 2y ago
Very new to the game, so have mercy on me please, but can anyone explain what's going on with these 0-0-0 and 0-0 moves? I don't understand how or why two pieces can move simultaneously.
- clintonc 2y ago
  It's a special move in chess called "castling". See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling

numlocked 2y ago

Ohh, that is lovely. I had not seen it. Black does seemingly nothing wrong and is just in a world of hurt by the 12th move.

natrys 2y ago

Love this game. It taught me to look for a move like g4. Also it was probably not objectively the best move (and definitely not Spassky's best game) but Tim Krabbé made a list of 110 most fantastic moves ever played, and he put Spassky's 16...Nc6 against Averbakh as no. 1 (certainly an unorthodox choice): https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/fant100.htm https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/fant100.htm

jihadjihad 2y ago

I know this is a dumb question even before I ask but I cannot figure it out: why do only some of the games on chessgames.com end in a final move that is actually checkmate, while others don't? On this one for example the final move says "Black to move" and you can move them around to get to a checkmate yourself...did they just shake hands and not play the final couple moves out?

koolba 2y ago
When you know you’re beat, it’s honorable to skip the formalities.
- rdlw 2y ago
  Unless your opponent has just executed such a brilliant set of moves that they deserve the satisfaction of actually finishing the sequence and delivering checkmate.
renerick 2y ago
Yes, it is common for high level players to just shake hands and resign, when they know the position is lost and their opponents certainly will checkmate them
- alexey-salmin 2y ago
  They also usually type "gg" into the game chat
  - anacrolix 2y ago
    gg
wavemode 2y ago
As others have mentioned, it is extremely rare for chess grandmasters to play until checkmate. In many cases, when the game is clearly lost, it can even be seen as disrespectful, and a waste of your opponent's time.

downwithdisease 2y ago

Very new to the game, so have mercy on me please, but can anyone explain what's going on with these 0-0-0 and 0-0 moves? I don't understand how or why two pieces can move simultaneously.

clintonc 2y ago
It's a special move in chess called "castling". See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling