In more increasingly busy role as Secretary of the FIDE Qualfication Commission, I receive a lot of strange queries that do not always have anything to do with my job. One recent query was from a player claiming a record for playing the longest game without moving his uncaptured queen. The first important point is FIDE QC do not endorse or approve such records, as it isn't our job, and secondly, such claims are often incorrect. In this specific case the claim was for a 35 move game, which turned to be around 10 moves short of the actual record. Indeed there was even a GM v GM clash that went for 40 moves, and resulted in a win for the player who did not need to use his queen at all!
Panno,Oscar (2520) - Biyiasas,Peter (2460) [E69]
Interzonal-10b Manila (7), 22.06.1976
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