Talk:World records in chess
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I'm a bit sceptical of this "(as played at the professional level)" - there are really a very small number of truly professional players, and I'm not convinced that, for example, Djordjeic - Kovacevic, Bela Crkva 1984 (given as the shortest tournament game) involves one of them. Tim Krabbé (who I assume is the source of this) says that this was a "serious tournament" but that's not the same thing as "professional". Are we sure that "professional" is correct? --Camembert
- I've decided to change "at a professional level" to "in serious tournaments" - probably not perfect wording (I've seen six year olds play, and their parents can take it pretty seriously...), but better. --Camembert
What about an entry for "longest winning streak" in serious tournament games? Didn't Fischer go 17 games at one point without losing or drawing? -Fritzlein 18:23, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- In the same vein, I believe Capablanca was undefeated through tournaments for eight successive years (1916 - 1923 IIRC). thefamouseccles 02:42, 03 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Lots more records needed
Here are categories of records, which in my opinion would greatly enhance this page. I don't have time right now to go research, but will when I get it. In the mean time if anybody's willing to have a crack at it, please, by all means.
- Winning streaks (tournaments, matches, career, etc.) also differentiate between purely wining (i.e. no draws, only wins) and no losses (i.e only draws and wins). Also differentiate if possible between classical chess, rapid chess, correspondance chess, etc.
- Variant chess (blindfold, simultaneous). How many boards was the max? records (wins, losses, draws), etc.
- Game features (number of queens, number of moves, amount of time, etc.)