miércoles, 29 de diciembre de 2010

Mith or not?

In an article titled "Bad Luck, Cheating and Underhanded Chess", Bill Wall wrote:

"In 1937, Botvinnik was playing a match with Grigory Levenfish (1889-1961). In his adjourned 13th game, Botvinnik called the arbiter, Nikolai Grigoriev (1895-1938), saying that Botvinnik was going to resign his adjourned game. Grigoriev, one of the strongest endgame composers in the world, told Botvinnik not to resign and that he, Grigoriev, found some defensive moves that could lead to a draw or even a win. Grigoriev then started telling Botvinnik his analysis of the adjourned position. Botvinnik tried to cut Grigoriev off, saying an arbitrator, of all people, should not be giving analysis to a player during adjournment. Grigoriev replied that is was OK, since Levenfish was getting help from several other masters."

I'd like to have a serious citation for this anecdote. JGC.

Ref.: Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess: Bad Luck, Cheating and Underhanded Chess

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