Just booked my first ever tattoo. The final position of Game 1 of Polgar Vs Short, 1994, Round 1 of the PCA/Intel Chess Championship, New York. Gonna get it on my left forearm - ThreadSky

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mbellcoop.bsky.social • 35 days ago

Just booked my first ever tattoo. The final position of Game 1 of Polgar Vs Short, 1994, Round 1 of the PCA/Intel Chess Championship, New York.

Gonna get it on my left forearm

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linnox123.bsky.social•28 days ago

I’m not a chess expert - may I ask why that game is so significant to you?

mbellcoop.bsky.social•28 days ago

No probs, so the player with the white pieces, Judit Polgar, is one of my favourite players. She's 18yrs old and up against Nigel Short, the greatest English player of all time, and probably the 2nd best player in the world. She makes a big error in the early game and it looks *very* lost for her

mbellcoop.bsky.social•28 days ago

But rather than resign she digs in and gradually flips the game on its head, this final position Short is absolutely cooked, there's nothing he can do. So I just love this game.

There's also added context that Short has longheld _views_ 👀 about women playing chess (mostly that they shouldn't)

mbellcoop.bsky.social•28 days ago

So it's also great that he got rinsed by Polgar in this game

linnox123.bsky.social•28 days ago

Nice! Thats a cracking tale!

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