E16: The Return of the King‪?‬ Audible Chess

This episode we hear about a mysterious match that took place on the Internet Chess Club.

We’re studying the game between Nigel Short (username: Ural; white pieces) and (possibly?) Bobby Fischer.  Before you listen, study the first 24 moves of the following game:  (30) Guest2563 - Ural (2439) [A03] ICC, 04.03.2001.  The annotation can be found here: https://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/files/games/iccf1.htm


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Game analysis:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9p2PrsKWY


Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/mv0vz5/solving_the_fischer_chess_games_in_2001_gm_nigel/