Congrats to Rapid Chess Champion Carlsen !!!

Perhaps we could tweak the match by having every game on Tuesday played with reflecting Bishops.

I think we’d see a lot of exchange variations of the Ruy Lopez.

Bill Smythe

Fischer, Robert James (2785) vs. Spassky, Boris V (2560)

Belgrade 1992 · Ruy Lopez, exchange, Gligoric variation (C69)

  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 O-O-O 14. a5 Kb7 15. e5 Be7 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Ne4 Kc6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nbxc5 Bc8 20. Nxa6 fxe5 21. Nb4+ 1-0

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“All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.” - Bobby Fischer