[Retros] The fastest known game ending in a double stalemate position

[Joost de Heer]

On Thu, June 3, 2010 11:07 pm, mvalg at velucchi.it wrote:

> *The fastest known game ending in a double stalemate position was

> discovered

> by Enzo Minerva and published in the Italian newspaper l'Unità on 14

> August

> 2007: 1.c4 d5 2.Qb3 Bh3 3.gxh3 f5 4.Qxb7 Kf7 5.Qxa7 Kg6 6.f3 c5 7.Qxe7

> Rxa2

> 8.Kf2 Rxb2 9.Qxg7+ Kh5 10.Qxg8 Rxb1 11.Rxb1 Kh4 12.Qxh8 h5 13.Qh6 Bxh6

> 14.Rxb8 Be3+ 15.dxe3 Qxb8 16.Kg2 Qf4 17.exf4 d4 18.Be3 dxe3.*


For a history (in Italian) of this task, see
http://www.selivanov.ru/download/Magazins/Best/BP044.pdf (page 93-95)

Joost