Once the famous chess historian Ken Whyld was asking in his chess column if the following game was not the most boring ever played? In that game the first capture of any kind was on White’s 57 move…
[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1923.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chajes, Oscar"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "1923.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nf1 O-O 14. h3 Ne8 15. g4
g6 16. Ng3 Ng7 17. Bh6 f6 18. Kh2 Nf7 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Qe2 Qc8 22.
Rg2 Qb7 23. Rag1 c4 24. a3 Rfc8 25. Nd2 Qc7 26. Ndf1 Bf8 27. h4 Be7 28. Kh1 Rf8
29. Rh2 Qc8 30. f3 Qd8 31. Bd2 Rb8 32. Ne3 Qc8 33. Nd1 Qd8 34. Be3 Ra8 35. Qd2
Rb8 36. Nf2 Ra8 37. Bb1 Rb8 38. Nh3 Qc8 39. Bh6 Rg8 40. Be3 Rf8 41. Nf2 Qd8 42.
h5 g5 43. h6 Ne8 44. Nf5 Rg8 45. Kg2 Bf8 46. Rgh1 Rg6 47. Kg3 Rb7 48. Qe2 Qa8
49. Bd2 Rc7 50. Bc2 Qb8 51. Bb1 Rb7 52. Bc2 Nc7 53. Bb1 Na8 54. Bc2 Nb6 55. Be3
Nc8 56. Bd2 Ne7 57. Nxe7 Bxe7 58. Nd1 Bf8 59. Ne3 Nxh6 60. Rh5 Bc8 61. R1h3 Ng8
62. Qh2 Rgg7 63. Nf5 Rgf7 64. Qh1 Qc7 65. Rh2 Qd8 66. Kf2 Qe8 67. Kg2 Rfc7 68.
Kf2 Rf7 69. Kg2 Qd8 70. Kf2 Qc7 71. Ke2 Qd8 72. Kf2 Qc7 73. Ke2 Ra7 74. Be3 Rb7
75. Bd2 Qd8 76. Kf2 Qe8 77. Kg2 Rfc7 78. Kf2 Qd8 79. Be3 Rf7 80. Bd2 Qc7 81.
Ke2 Qb8 82. Be3 Qc7 83. Bd2 Qd8 84. Kf2 Qb6+ 85. Be3 Qd8 86. Bd2 h6 87. Ke2 Rh7
88. Be3 Bd7 89. R5h3 Be8 90. Bd2 Bg6 91. Kf2 Qc7 92. Ke2 Qf7 93. Qd1 Rd7 94.
Be3 h5 95. gxh5 Bxf5 96. exf5 Rh6 97. Be4 Qe8 98. a4 Rdh7 99. axb5 axb5 100.
Qh1 Be7 101. Kf2 Bd8 102. Kg3 Qf7 103. Kg4 Qb7 104. Qa1 Bb6 105. Qg1 Bxe3 106.
Qxe3 Qa6 107. Rh1 Ne7 108. Rd1 Nc8 109. Rhh1 Qb7 110. Qf2 Qf7 111. Qh2 Ne7 112.
Ra1 Ng8 113. Qg2 Rxh5 114. Kg3 Rh4 115. Rxh4 Rxh4 116. Ra6 Qh5 117. Ra1 g4 118.
f4 exf4+ 119. Kxf4 Rh3 120. Bc2 Qg5+ 0-1
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