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Disaster averted (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea what this is about, but I trust you and will not check on the internet

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

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.