Spassky's King's Gambits

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James Pratt
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Spassky's King's Gambits

Post by James Pratt » Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:40 pm

I am on the hunt for Spassky's losses - if they exist - in the King's Gambit.

Who can provide?

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Re: Spassky's King's Gambits

Post by Chris Rice » Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:53 pm

I've got two on the Mega Database 2022 James. Both simuls.




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Re: Spassky's King's Gambits

Post by Nick Burrows » Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:20 am

Over the years the most successful practitioner of the King's Gambit has been Boris Spassky. His record of 16 victories and no defeats (with some draws) is unsurpassed. His victims include two of the most illustrious names in chess history – Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov – and his famous brilliancy against Bronstein was used as the opening scene of the Bond movie From Russia with Love.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-name- ... me%20draws)%20is%20unsurpassed.

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Re: Spassky's King's Gambits

Post by James Pratt » Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:18 pm

v. Karpov?! Now that I'd love to see.

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Re: Spassky's King's Gambits

Post by NickFaulks » Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:26 pm

James Pratt wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:18 pm
v. Karpov?! Now that I'd love to see.

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Re: Spassky's King's Gambits

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:39 pm

Not that game, but another game from that (rapidplay) event has video footage (it was a TV tournament):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kzM1syPiuY

The King's Gambit game is on chessgames here:

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1068273

Karpov was winning, made a mistake to end up in a drawn tablebase position (KQN v KQ) and lost that.

Excellent description from someone who saw the TV footage of the game, where the players describe their thoughts afterwards:

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessga ... =1#reply24