The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 8 months agoDisaster avertedlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down110
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minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 months agoIn the 1972 world championship in Iceland, Bobby Fischer famously blundered his bishop by taking a “free” pawn on h2 (because it could be trapped by white playing g3) It was a shocking lapse in calculation for someone as dominant as Fischer.
In the 1972 world championship in Iceland, Bobby Fischer famously blundered his bishop by taking a “free” pawn on h2 (because it could be trapped by white playing g3)
It was a shocking lapse in calculation for someone as dominant as Fischer.