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In the entry below (fortune -m Gibaud)
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>The Fastest Defeat In Chess
> The big name for us in the world of chess is Gibaud, a French
>chess master.
> In Paris during 1924 he was beaten after only four moves by a
>Monsieur Lazard. Happily for posterity, the moves are recorded and so
>chess enthusiasts may reconstruct this magnificent collapse in the
>comfort of their own homes.
> Lazard was black and Gibaud white:
> 1: P-Q4, Kt-KB3
> 2: Kt-Q2, P-K4
> 3: PxP, Kt-Kt5
> 4: P-K6, Kt-K6
> White then resigns on realizing that a fifth move would involve
>either a Q-KR5 check or the loss of his queen.
> -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures"
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Move 4 should have been:
4: P-KR3, Kt-K6
Of course, Stephen Pile may have got it wrong; in which case it should
be noted.
(With apologies for looking it up---but the moves listed don't make
sense for resignation; embarrassment maybe, but not resignation. B-)
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