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Animation of the game. The Immortal Draw is a chess game played in 1872 in Vienna by Carl Hamppe and Philipp Meitner. This game is the main claim to fame of both Hamppe and Meitner, and has been reprinted widely. The variation of the Vienna Game it uses was named the Hamppe–Meitner Variation in honour of the two players. [1]
The game against Bauer was played at the beginning of Lasker's career in the first round of the 1889 Amsterdam tournament, Lasker's first high-level closed event. Lasker finished second with a 6/8 score, a point behind the winner Amos Burn , and ahead of James Mason and Isidor Gunsberg , among others.
The two were the ultimate dynamic duo for the Chicago Bulls, dominating basketball in the 1990s. Jordan was a scoring machine, and Pippen was a defensive power force.
1971: Bruce Harper vs Bob Zuk, Burnaby. The famous "Tomb Game" sees Black exploit two pins to drive his opponent's pieces into a corner and toward a position where White's only legal move will help Black to checkmate him. [68] 1972: Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky, 6th Match Game, Reykjavik. Game 6 of the highly publicized World Championship ...
The Immortal Game is among the most famous chess games ever played. As a miniature game, it is frequently reproduced in chess literature to teach simple themes of gameplay. Although Kieseritzsky himself indicated that the game ended before checkmate, the Immortal Game is frequently reproduced with a brief continuation involving a queen ...
The earliest known source for the game is the 1959 book Freude am Schach by Gerhard Henschel, [3] but provides no date or venue. [4] [5] [6] The 1967 French Dictionaire des echecs, [7] cites Henschel's book but refers to the chess game in conditional tense.
Levitsky versus Marshall, also known as the Gold Coins Game, [1] [2] is a famous game of chess played by Stepan Levitsky and Frank Marshall. It was played in Breslau (now Wrocław ) on July 20, 1912, during the master's tournament of the DSB Congress .
Sushi Go! - The Pick and Pass Card Game. In this fun (and highly adorable) card game, players compete to collect sushi, sashimi, and other foods worth varying amounts of points.