I actually lasted 23 moves before resigning in a lost position. It was fun.
Very creditable. In 1970 - playing on top board in the USSR vs Rest of the World match - Spassky beat the Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen in 17 moves.
I actually lasted 23 moves before resigning in a lost position. It was fun.
Very creditable. In 1970 - playing on top board in the USSR vs Rest of the World match - Spassky beat the Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen in 17 moves.
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Yes, I saw that game. I was actually very apprehensive as I used the Nimzovitch Larsen defence against him, which was the opening I always used in my competitive days. It is also worth pointing out that a number of people drew with him including one teenager and that at a previous simultanoeous display he was beaten by two nine year olds.
There is no such opening as the Nimzovitch Larsen Defence, It is a shame a place in the simul with Spassky was wasted on a politician when lots of genuine chess players would have loved the opportunity.
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