tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post5128905672513288531..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: The Immortal Draw?Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-86287364850522986002011-10-11T14:08:34.152+01:002011-10-11T14:08:34.152+01:00@Jonathan - the draw was very clear at 10...Bxd4. ...@Jonathan - the draw was very clear at 10...Bxd4. In The Immortal Draw till the very end no one is sure which way the game is going. Even if the game is prearranged, thinking of such moves in itself a genius work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-32112974754070888552008-03-27T16:48:00.000+00:002008-03-27T16:48:00.000+00:00Maybe, ejh, maybe. Although prearranged for immort...Maybe, ejh, maybe. Although prearranged for immortality perhaps, rather than some obscure tournament result?! Who knows.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the other two draws. I'm not sure how much competition there is for "best 12 move draw ever" so that indeed might be it...Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-15853854105306473722008-03-27T14:23:00.000+00:002008-03-27T14:23:00.000+00:00I'd like to nominate the following as the best 12 ...I'd like to nominate the following as the best 12 move draw ever.<BR/><BR/>[Event "Brussels"]<BR/>[Date "1988"]<BR/>[White "Sax"]<BR/>[Black "Seirawan"]<BR/>[Result "1/2-1/2"]<BR/><BR/>1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+<BR/><BR/><BR/>All opening preparation from Seirawan of course (though not Sax, apparently he thought for an hour before taking the queen) but still pretty special - especially since until this game was played<BR/><BR/>8. ... fxe6 was thought to lose to 9. Ng5 as played by SaxJonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-5897811436572749592008-03-27T14:19:00.000+00:002008-03-27T14:19:00.000+00:00http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=11357...http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1135784 is a blast.Morgan Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964054143509110236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-84714345219779674602008-03-27T13:56:00.000+00:002008-03-27T13:56:00.000+00:00presumably as part of prearranged draw pactsA mise...<I>presumably as part of prearranged draw pacts</I><BR/><BR/>A miserable killjoy writes: we can assume that the original game was not played in that same spirit?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com