These are just a few of the many famous chess blunders that have occurred throughout the history of the game. Even the best players in the world can make mistakes, and it is important to learn from them and continue to improve. Chess is a game of strategy and skill, and every move counts.
Category: Curiosities
Why would anyone underpromote a pawn? Watch and learn
This is among a minority of positions where king and pawn can win against a king and rook, and one of the most famous examples of underpromotion in chess. It is also a rare example of a player being famous for a single move.
King’s Checkmate: Cloak and dagger
The famous game between Edward Lasker and George Alan Thomas in London 1912 is usually mentioned as the best example. However, it’s not fully clear if the notation reflects the real situation, as many different versions of it were published in various newspapers and bulletins.
Doubled pawns, also tripled, quadrupled, quintupled, and even sextupled
As a general rule, doubled pawns are considered a weakness due to their inability to defend each other, and it is usually a good strategy to exchange at least one of them to strengthen the position. On the other hand, if the opponent is unable to effectively attack the doubled pawns, their inherent weakness may be of little or no consequence.
Trade restrictions – a very long game with no captures in 93 moves
The game was played at the World Junior Chess Championship in Stockholm (August 1969, Anatoly Karpov dominated the finals). If you click through the moves, you can observe that the first capture really happened at the move 94. Until then, white kept a positional advantage, but for reasons unknown didn’t manage to open any attack.