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I thought some of you might appreciate this...

The following move was played in two games that I know of - it was Wilhelm Steinitz's 15th move in a game he had with someone named (?) De Vere in Paris, 1867, and it was Max Euwe's 16th move in a game he had against Bobby Fisher in a 1957 tournament.

Imagine my surprise when I saw it, and also my "personal" pride that the move in both instances was bestowed with an exclamation mark.

 

 Rae1!

I'm going to have to make a point of playing this move in an upcoming game now. Can anyone else think of any other names that are renderable with chess notation? Let's consider all forms of annotation: Algebraic, Descriptive, Coordinate...  

davidlikeschess
going to have to make a point of playing it huh? well i guess we will have to make a point of watching out. Cool coincidence with the name though..
Rael
It's move 16 in the following game, just so everyone can see... 
Maitre
Vous n'êtes pas Max Euwe.
Rael

I know I'm not Max Euwe... I never implied I was. I'm pretty sure the sentences in the first post explain it, but, of course, they are in English.

 

Zenchess
I play this move Rae1 in both the exchange caro-kann and certain variations of the italian game.  Sometimes you want your rook to stay on f1 so you bring that a1 rook to e1 and kick butt!
Yellow_015
um when i played it the king wasnt visible then it suddenly became a knight after the castling. interesting move if you ask me
Rael
What game was that in, Chairman? I'd love to have a look!...
Vulpoon
Bad5...bads?  Undecided
vinik

Rae1 should always have an "!",

Rhe1, Rad1, Rhd1 also (same for black - Rae8!, Rhe8!, Rad8!, Rhd8!) 


Smartattack

Theres a bishop.....

 

Decoy321
006 wrote:

Move 17 blows my mind.  Why did't Euwe take the queen?


because he can't.

stalinesque
lol ironic that it's a great move as well!