The longest chess game lasted. Interesting facts about chess. The shortest and longest chess game
Do you think that your party has dragged on? Check out the games collected in this article and compare them to your own marathon matches! Beware! All but one lasted over two hundred moves!
We present to your attention the longest games in the history of chess:
1) Ivan Nikolic vs. Goran Arsovich (269 moves)
The first game is the longest recorded rating game in the history of chess. It lasted over 20 hours and ended in a draw! According to the FIDE rules, in force from 1984 to 1989, in some types of endings, including "rook and bishop against rook", encountered in this game, it was allowed to strive for a victory for 100 moves without pawn advances and captures. Today the 50-move rule applies to all positions without restriction.
2) Alexander Danin vs. Sergey Azarov (239 moves)
The second game is the longest recorded rating game in the history of chess, which ended with a score. Danin needed to win so that his team could draw a match in the Czech league!
3) Laurent Fressinet vs. Alexandra Kosteniuk (237 moves)
The third game is the second longest chess game, where, as in the game played in Belgrade, the endgame "rook and bishop against rook" was encountered, which lasted 116 moves. Fressinet could have demanded a draw according to the 50-move rule, but none of the chess players wrote down the moves.
Alexandra Kosteniuk. | Maria Emelyanova / website
What is remarkable about this game is that it was played with fast time control.
4) Viktor Korchnoi vs. Anatoly Karpov (124 moves)
The fourth game was included in our article as the longest played in the world championship match.
Korchnoi is one of the most legendary chess players of all time. | Maria Emelyanova / website Technically, the game could have lasted longer, but with move 124, Korchnoi fixed a stalemate!
Do you want to become a chess grandmaster? Honestly, to achieve your goal, you need to know a little more than the facts below. However, chess is one of the most famous strategy games on our planet, its history goes back several centuries and is extremely interesting in itself.
The birthplace of chess is considered to be India, the era of the Gupta state (about 1400 years ago). From there, the game got to Eranshahr (the territory of modern Iran and Iraq), then to the Middle East, to Europe.
The first move of the pawn to two squares instead of one was invented in Spain in 1280.
The Chinese emperor Sui Wen-di once executed two overseas chess players after hearing them call one of the figures emperor. Sui Wen-di's rage caused the mention of the high title of the ruler of the Celestial Empire in a simple game.
The first mention of chess in America dates back to 1641 and is associated with the city of Esther Singleton, where Dutch settlers lived at that time. And the first chess tournament in the United States took place in New York in 1857.
The longest move belongs to the Brazilian Francisco Trois: the chess player spent two hours and twenty minutes thinking it over.
The first batch "Space - Earth" took place on June 9, 1970. She was played by the crew spaceship Soyuz-9 and representatives of the cosmonaut training center on Earth. The game ended in a draw.
Initially, the queen could only move one square diagonally, then two. This continued until Queen Isabella of Spain ordered to make the queen (and in Europe it is called the queen) the strongest piece on the board.
The oldest recorded chess games dates back to 900 - it was a game between a Baghdad chronicler and his student.
Legendary scientist Alan Turing wrote the world's first computer program for playing chess in 1951. Since at that time there was no machine capable of processing this program, for test game Turing had to do the algorithmic calculations himself, making one move in a few minutes.
Deep Blue was the first program to lose to a grandmaster in November 1988. However, nine years later, she won two games against Garry Kasparov in 1997 and also became the first machine to beat a man.
The oldest surviving chess set was found on the Isle of Lewis in Northern Scotland. It dates from the 12th century AD, and is believed to have been created in Iceland or Norway. Its original performance served as a model for magical chess pieces in the movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
Emmanuel Lasker remained the longest-serving world chess champion in history: 26 years and 337 days, from 1894 to 1921.
The second book printed on English language after stories about the Trojan War, there was a work on chess.
In 1561, the Spanish priest Rui López de Segura wrote On the Ingenuity and Art of Chess, which was the first serious study of the game. The creation of the Spanish opening is associated with the name of Rui Lopez, since Lopez paid most attention in his work to the beginning of the game.
Chess is often cited by doctors as an effective means of improving memory. Also, this game trains the mind by solving difficult logical tasks therefore it is recommended to fight Alzheimer's disease.
The name "chess" comes from the Persian words "shah" and "checkmate", which are often translated as "the king is dead," although a more accurate equivalent would be "the king is trapped" or "the king cannot escape."
In 1972, during the Fischer-Spassky match in Reykjavik, the Soviet delegation suspected the challenger Fischer of using various electronic and chemical devices in order to unbalance the world champion. Spassky's chair was guarded around the clock, and after the games was sent to the laboratory, but nothing unusual was found in it.
Filipino boy Alekhine Nuri became the youngest FIDE Master in the world. He is now 9 years old.
In English, the word rooky, meaning an outstanding chess player, comes from "rook" - a rook. As a rule, the rooks come into play closer to the endgame and together with the queen are the strongest pieces.
The folding chessboard was invented in 1125 by a chess priest. The church forbade priests to play chess, so the resourceful pastor would simply fold the board in half to make it look like books lying on top of each other.
The chess clock was invented by Thomas Wilson in 1883, before that time it was used hourglass... The chess clock acquired its modern look by 1900, when the switching mechanism was invented.
In 1985 Garry Kasparov became the youngest world chess champion at the age of 22 years and 210 days. Until now, the thirteenth world champion is recognized by many experts as the greatest chess player in history.
The longest match in terms of the number of moves was played between chess players Nikolic and Arsovic in Belgrade in 1989. The game lasted 20 hours and 15 minutes and ended in a draw. During the game, 269 moves were made. After this match, FIDE introduced the 50-move rule: if no piece was captured in 100 moves, the players have no right to prolong the game any longer and a draw is declared.
However, theoretically, the longest chess game can have 5,949 moves.
The number of possible unique chess games is greater than the number of electrons in the entire universe. The number of the smallest particles of matter is about 10 to 79 degrees, while the number of non-repeating chess combinations is more than 10 to 120 degrees.
The game of chess is a fusion of sports, science and art, in addition, it has various connections with other types of human activity - history, psychology and pedagogy, computer science and, of course, mathematics.
The theory of chess is deeply developed, and the long history of practice is also taken into account. In chess, there is strategy and tactics (positional and combination play), and the game itself consists of:
- Debut (start)
- Midgame (middle)
- Endgame (end)
Many great people were fond of chess. For example: Newton, Pushkin, L. Tolstoy, Peter I, Suvorov, Balzac, Napoleon, Lomonosov, Spinoza, Galileo, Turgenev, Lenin, etc.
Since ancient times, chess has been written about in poetry, prose, as well as reflected in painting, filmed films, and composed music. Chess is such a popular sport that such literary giants as Vladimir Nabokov and Stefan Zweig wrote about it. Famous Soviet writers A. Kuprin, L. Leonov, I. Ilf and E. Petrov, Yu. Olesha, V. Aksenov and others used the chess game in their works.
Many records have been set in chess. In the early 70s, Mikhail Tal established a unique achievement. For 10 months from 1972 to 1973. he played 86 games and never lost a single one. At the same time, Mikhail won five major tournaments. It was believed that Jose Raul Capablanca is an invincible chess player, as he was able to win 63 matches in 8 years and did not suffer a single defeat.
The record of the great Cuban was held for almost half a century, all the more surprising that Tal was able to surpass Capablanca by more than twenty unbeaten games.
Tal and Raoul won their victories with alternating draws, and the record for the winning streak belongs to the first chess king, Wilhelm Steinitz.
He set this achievement even before he became world champion. For almost 10 years, none of Wilhelm's rivals have been able to play a draw with him. During this period of time, Steinitz won twenty-five victories in a row.
The outstanding record belongs to Alexander Alekhin. He was in the period from 1927 to 1933. took part in 15 competitions and at the same time he never gave the championship. Nine times in a row, Alexander took the clear first place.
Many records belong to such eminent players as Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. In the period from 1984 to 1990. they played five world championship matches among themselves, and played 144 games. The first match between eminent chess players lasted for five whole months (48 games) and it never ended, as the FIDE President interrupted it when the score was 5-3 in Karpov's favor.
A great chess player like Vladimir Kramnik can boast of an outstanding achievement. He was unable to lose in 89 tournaments and at the same time scored 20 clean victories. It is worth noting the fact that Vladimir in his entire history was able to lose only 2 times, and then in tournaments that are fast and super fast. Vladimir Kramnik is also famous for not letting Kasparov win a single victory at the tournament in London.
The most long game the world is considered a party between alumni of the University of Scotland. The game lasted 20 years from 1926 to 1946. For the first 5 years, the party was conducted by correspondence. In the future, the players decided to speed up and used the telegraph. One of the conditions of this batch was that the loser must pay all shipping costs. Therefore, this game can be called one of the most expensive games in the history of chess.
In 2005, Mexico set a new world record for massive simultaneous chess play. The tournament was able to gather 12 388 people who took part in the tournament, and 80% of the participants were children. This achievement was entered in the Guinness Book of Records. The previous record was set in Havana, and the tournament was attended by 11,320 people.
Chess- this is oldest game which is popular all over the world. The greatest players don't become stars and they don't have a crowd of fans. Them distinctive feature- This is an unusual structure of the brain that allows you to calculate the opponent's moves, to process various variations of your moves. Sometimes you can hear the expression - it works like a computer, and it really is.
An interesting fact happened once with one of the famous grandmasters at a tournament. Having defeated 20 opponents blindly, the grandmaster forgot his bag in his wardrobe. After a certain time, returning for her, he said a phrase that became famous all over the world: "Sorry, I have a terrible memory!"
Do you want to become a chess grandmaster? Honestly, to achieve your goal, you need to know a little more than the facts below. However, chess is one of the most famous strategy games on our planet, its history goes back several centuries and is extremely interesting in itself.
25. The homeland of chess is India, the era of the Gupta state (about 1400 years ago). From there, the game got to Eranshahr (the territory of modern Iran and Iraq), then to the Middle East, Europe and Russia.
24. The first move of the pawn to two squares instead of one was invented in Spain in 1280.
23. The Chinese emperor Sui Wen-di once executed two overseas chess players after hearing them call one of the figures emperor. Sui Wen-di's rage caused the mention of the high title of the ruler of the Celestial Empire in a simple game.
22. The first mention of chess in America dates back to 1641 and is associated with the city of Esther Singleton, where Dutch settlers lived at that time. And the first chess tournament in the United States took place in New York in 1857.
21. The longest move belongs to the Brazilian Francisco Trois: the chess player spent two hours and twenty minutes thinking it over.
20. The first batch of "Space - Earth" took place on June 9, 1970. It was played by the crew of the Soyuz-9 spacecraft and representatives of the cosmonaut training center on Earth. The game ended in a draw.
19. Initially, the queen could only move one square diagonally, then two. This continued until Queen Isabella of Spain ordered to make the queen (and in Europe it is called the queen) the strongest piece on the board.
18. The oldest recorded chess game dates back to 900 - a game between a Baghdad chronicler and his student.
17. Legendary scientist Alan Turing wrote the world's first computer program for playing chess in 1951. Since at that time there was no machine capable of processing this program, for the test game Turing had to perform algorithmic calculations himself, making one move in a few minutes.
16. "Deep Blue" was the first program to lose to a grandmaster in November 1988. However, nine years later, she won two games against Garry Kasparov in 1997 and also became the first machine to beat a man.
15. The oldest surviving chess set was found on the Isle of Lewis in Northern Scotland. It dates from the 12th century AD, and is believed to have been created in Iceland or Norway. Its original performance served as a model for the magic chess pieces in the movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
14. Emmanuel Lasker remained the longest-serving world chess champion in history: 26 years and 337 days, from 1894 to 1921.
13. The second book published in English, following the stories of the Trojan War, was a work on chess.
12. In 1561, the Spanish priest Rui López de Segura wrote On the Ingenuity and Art of Chess, which was the first serious study of the game. The creation of the Spanish opening is associated with the name of Rui Lopez, since in his work Lopez paid the most attention to the beginning of the game.
11. Chess is often cited by doctors as an effective means of improving memory. Also, this game trains the mind by solving complex logical problems, therefore it is recommended to fight Alzheimer's disease.
10. The name "chess" comes from the Persian words "shah" and "checkmate", which are often translated as "the king is dead", although a more accurate equivalent would be "the king is trapped" or "the king cannot escape."
9. In 1972, during the Fischer-Spassky match in Reykjavik, the Soviet delegation suspected the challenger Fischer of using various electronic and chemical devices in order to unbalance the world champion. Spassky's chair was guarded around the clock, and after the games was sent to the laboratory, but nothing unusual was found in it.
8. Filipino boy Alekhine Nuri became the youngest FIDE Master in the world. He is now 9 years old.
7. In English, the word rooky, meaning an outstanding chess player, comes from "rook" - a rook. As a rule, the rooks come into play closer to the endgame and together with the queen are the strongest pieces.
6. The folding chessboard was invented in 1125 by a chess priest. The church forbade priests to play chess, so the resourceful pastor would simply fold the board in half to make it look like books lying on top of each other.
5. The chess clock was invented by Thomas Wilson in 1883, before that time the hourglass was used. The chess clock acquired its modern look by 1900, when the switching mechanism was invented.
4. In 1985 Garry Kasparov became the youngest world chess champion at the age of 22 years and 210 days. Until now, the thirteenth world champion is recognized by many experts as the greatest chess player in history.
3. The longest match in terms of the number of moves was played between chess players Nikolic and Arsovic in Belgrade in 1989. The game lasted 20 hours and 15 minutes and ended in a draw. During the game, 269 moves were made. After this match, FIDE introduced the 50-move rule: if no piece was captured in 100 moves, the players have no right to prolong the game any longer and a draw is declared.
2. However, theoretically, the longest chess game can have 5,949 moves.
1. The number of possible unique chess games is greater than the number of electrons in the entire universe. The number of the smallest particles of matter is about 10 to 79 degrees, while the number of non-repeating chess combinations is more than 10 to 120 degrees.
Many scientists do not question the fact that chess has an extremely positive effect on a person: it develops memory, trains the mind and is not even considered a sport for nothing, and therefore there is no doubt that this unique game will not go down in history for a long time.