The
shortest
ever
recorded
game
of
chess
was
won
in
one
move
by
15
-
year
-
old
Heinz
Baumleiter
in a
match
played
in
Ulm
in
1765
.
Baumleiter
,
playing
black
,
made
the
exciting
but
unorthodox
reply
to
white
'
s
1
.
E6
of
1
. ...
QXD1
+.
White
, a
clergyman
from
Copenhagen
,
immediately
resigned
. When it was
pointed
out to
Baumleiter
that this
move
was
illegal
on
several
counts
, he
threatened
those
observing
the
game
with a
loaded
musket
. He was
later
, by his
opponent
'
s
account
,
found
to have been
threatening
white
under the
table
for the
entire
game
with
another
loaded
musket
.
Baumleiter
added
nothing
more to the
annals
of
chess
history
,
becoming
a
security
guard
at the
Cathedral
of
Ulm
.
However
, his
memorable
game
made
a
footnote
in the
strategy
books
as the "
Verrückte
Dame
Verteidigung
" (
Insane
Queen
Defence
.)
william lee
Saturday, 16 April 2005