GM Reshevsky is the subject of my most treasured trivia question, that being ‘who is the only player to have played both Lasker and Karpov in classical chess?’ (factor in simuls and Botvinnink can be counted also), as no one ever knows the answer.
Anyway, here GM Reshevsky plays a move that I interpret as being provocative, having had an Austrian FM play something very similar against me once during a blitz tournament, in hope I would burn up time in trying to refute it (which I did). Blitz permits such risky moves to some degree but classical chess?
Unsurprisingly, he doesn’t last very long given the strength of his opponent. The game can be found here: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1145474
A detailed analysis can be found in ‘The Mammoth Book of The World’s Greatest Chess Games’.
MJM
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