mar 9, 1923 - The Immortal Zugzwang Game
Description:
The Immortal Zugzwang Game is a chess game between Friedrich Sämisch and Aron Nimzowitsch, played in Copenhagen in March 1923.It gained its name because the final position is sometimes considered a rare instance of zugzwang occurring in the middlegame.
Zugzwang - a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one's turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage.
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mar 9, 1923
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~ 102 years ago