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Spassky's King's Gambits
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:40 pm
by James Pratt
I am on the hunt for Spassky's losses - if they exist - in the King's Gambit.
Who can provide?
James
Re: Spassky's King's Gambits
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:53 pm
by Chris Rice
I've got two on the Mega Database 2022 James. Both simuls.
Re: Spassky's King's Gambits
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:20 am
by Nick Burrows
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.
Re: Spassky's King's Gambits
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:18 pm
by James Pratt
v. Karpov?! Now that I'd love to see.
James
Re: Spassky's King's Gambits
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:26 pm
by NickFaulks
James Pratt wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:18 pm
v. Karpov?! Now that I'd love to see.
James
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/2031060/ply/3
Re: Spassky's King's Gambits
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:39 pm
by Christopher Kreuzer
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