Sunday, 28 June 2026

When in Rome

I'm currently visiting Rome, on my way back home from the 2026 World Youth Championship. Looking at the modern chess history of the city , it doesn't quite have the track record of other European capitals. The was a time in the 1980's when it held a sequence of strong Round Robin events, attracting a number of strong GM's. But since then the strongest events seem to Italian Championship's, or open swiss events. 

But from one of those strong RR events , a game which probably should have a saying attached to it "When in Rome, don't do this" 

Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich (2650) - Makropoulos,Georgios (2485) [A34]
Rome Rome, 1981


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