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Jan-17-03 GregorMendel : Hate to steal someone's thunder, but 3....Ng4 was pretty sneaky.

Jan-18-03 Sarimanok : I agree 3...Ng4 was pretty sneaky. An entertaining miniature.

Jan-18-03 drukenknight : This is said to be a conjured up game, in other words not a real game. There are a couple of web sites that insist upon this, you might try doing a search for more follow up.

May-14-03

kevin86 : In his book,CHESS TRAPS,PITFALLS,AND SWINDLES,A Horowitz claims to have played this game against a professional rook odds player (PROP).They wagered for ten dollars,but the prop offered Horowitz a dollar for accepting his suggestion of move. Horowitz took 3 dollars to fall into the pitfall.. He later claimed to have WON the game.

May-14-03

Sneaky : < <but 3....Ng4 was pretty sneaky> > I am flattered, but I tell you that I am rarely this devious.

May-10-04 poktirity : I believe this game is in the Guiness book of world records for the shortest game ever, edition of 1997

May-10-04 iron maiden : How could they select this game for the "shortest game ever?" There are several Fool's Mates in the database, and many three-or-four movers where one side gets forked and resigns, even in international-level chess. Plus all those forfeits of 0 moves or 1/2 move.

May-23-04 filipecea : ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Brilliant !

Dec-11-04

alexmagnus : It is the shortest master game ever, poktirity is almost right

Dec-11-04 acirce : Even then it would only possibly be if draws are not counted.

Dec-13-04 RisingChamp : Nope the shortest decisive master game is 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 c6 3 e3 Qa5+ 0-1 this happened to an IM as white!!

Dec-13-04 poktirity : I've now read somewhere that this game is a hoax :(

Jan-12-05

alexmagnus : Look Nann vs Georgiev,1988. Very similar to this one...

Jan-12-05

alexmagnus : I mean Nunn vs Georgiev,1988 :)

May-20-05 soberknight : Of course it's a hoax. Where on earth is Parijs?

Oct-13-05 dakgootje : yeah you know...capital of France, but in English its writen as Paris... Btw what a way to become famous...

'but is probably best known for what is considered the shortest game in master chess A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924.' Grandson: Hi grandad! why are you in the Guiness book of records? Grandad:I have played the shortest chess game game in master chess! *tries to sound proud...* Grandson: And who was that loser who lost! *doesnt think about that this loser is his grandfather...* Grandad: ...

Jul-22-06

Madjesoomalops : The moves and date as given here, are wrong. The game went 1.d4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Nd2 e5 4.dxe5 Ng4 5.h3 Ne3 (0-1) and it was a coffeehouse game, 'played around 1922'. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records... and

Singers vs T Krabbe, 1958

Jul-22-06

Calli : The major point is that poor Gibaud did not play this game, but has been unfairly credited (discredited?) with it for 80 years now. Gibaud himself even wrote to Chess magazine in 1937 to set the record straight.

Jul-16-07 Granny O Doul : If this was supposed to look like a "master game", it is a pretty feeble hoax. Who on Earth would play 4 h3, even if he didn't see ...Ne3?

Dec-26-07 Petrosianic : <How could they select this game for the "shortest game ever?" There are several Fool's Mates in the database,> It was billed as the shortest tournament game played between masters. However, it's basically a fictional game. The real game it's based on was somewhat longer, and was a casual game played in a cafe. But Gibaud shouldn't complain. Without this game, neither he nor Lazard would be remembered at all.

Feb-20-08 Knight13 : 2. Nd2 is not a bad move at all. h3?? is!! I thought you're supposed to develope in the opening, not like messing around with moves like h3 in a position like this.

Feb-20-08 newzild : Yeah, why would a master play h3 when the knight is about to move anyway? It certainly does look fictitious.

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