[Retros] rstan

[Noam Elkies]

"Andrew Buchanan" <andrew at anselan.com> writes:


> What fun!

>

> The question arises. What is the shortest infinite game? :)


(-:


> Here is a quick effort.

>

> 1.e3 ... 2.Qh5+ ... 3.Qxf5 ... 4.Qxe6+ ... 5.Qxg6+ ... 6.Qe6+ ... 7.Qg6+ ...

>

> and eventually something like

> 1008.Qe6+ ... 1009.Ke2 ... 1010.Kd3 ...#

>

> Is it sound? Can it be improved?


An attempted improvement:

1 e3 ... 2 Bd3 ... 3 Bg6+ ... 4 Bf5+ ... 5 Bg6+ ... 6 Bf5+ ...
...
1007 Bxd7 ... 1008 Bxe6 ... 1009 Kf1 ...#

(the repetition actually starts at move 3, not 5)

NDE