Now that the sad news about Pelé is very recent, I somewhat linked two sports that I like a lot: chess and football. On 5th March, 1961, Pelé scored an alien goal starting near his own penalty arc of the football pitch at Maracaná Stadium, running around 90 meters while dribbling a good bunch of opponents, finally scoring. Similar to Maradona in 1986, but from further away:
https://twitter.com/copa90/status/1367907999986180106
There is not any known surviving footage of the feat, disgracefully. This goal is known as 'Gol de placa' because a plaque ('placa' in Portuguese) was installed later in the stadium to pay tribute to the goal:
Attempts of 'reconstruction' of one of the most spectacular goals of the history have been made, always based on the narratives of the spectators:
And here comes the crossover between chess and football: Pelé was known as 'O Rei' ('The King' in Portuguese) and his run reminds me the very famous Short's king walk against Timman at Tilburg 1991:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1124533
[d]4rrk1/1bpR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5N2/2P2PP1/6K1 w - h6 0 31
[pgn][Event "Interpolis 15th"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1991.10.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2
Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Re1 e6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qc5 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.b3
Nxc4 19.bxc4 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qh4 b6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bh6 Bh8
24.Rd8 Bb7 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.R8d7 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.R1d4 Rae8
29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.h4 h5 31.Kh2 Rc8 32.Kg3 Rce8 33.Kf4 Bc8 34.Kg5
1-0[/pgn]
Rybka 2.2 64-bit really likes 31.- Kh2:
Code: Select all
FEN: 4rrk1/1bpR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5N2/2P2PP1/6K1 w - h6 0 31
Rybka 2.2 64 bit:
2 00:00 1.800 19.402 +0,44 c2c3
3 00:00 2.320 25.007 +0,19 c2c3
4 00:00 3.597 33.484 +0,06 c2c3
4 00:00 5.306 49.394 +0,15 Rd4d2
4 00:00 5.825 47.339 +0,16 Kg1h2 Bb7c8
5 00:00 7.216 52.036 0,00 Kg1h2 Bb7c8
5 00:00 7.274 52.454 +0,27 Rd4d2 Bb7c8
6 00:00 7.824 56.420 +0,21 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4
7 00:00 12.651 91.229 +0,25 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7
8 00:00 23.401 127.460 +0,03 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Qf6f4
8 00:00 34.868 162.294 +0,06 c2c3 Bb7c8 Rd7e7 Bc8b7 Rd4f4
9 00:00 50.283 205.138 0,00 c2c3 Bb7c8 Rd7e7 Bc8b7 Re7d7 Bb7c8 Rd7e7 Bc8b7 Re7d7 Bb7c8 Rd7e7 Bc8b7 Re7d7 Bb7c8
9 00:00 57.586 220.854 +0,01 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Rd4f4 Qc6xa4
10 00:00 113.570 296.672 0,00 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Kg1h2 Qc6xa4 Nf3g5
11 00:00 188.358 316.194 +0,30 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Kg1h2 Qc6c5 Nf3g5 Bb7c6
12 00:01 537.465 362.797 +0,28 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Kg1h2 Bb7a8 c2c3 Ba8b7 Rd2a2
13 00:02 763.679 387.708 +0,39 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Kg1h2 Bb7a8 c2c3 Ba8b7 Rd2a2 Bb7a6
14 00:02 985.602 408.605 +0,21 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Kg1h2 Bb7a8 c2c3 Ba8b7 Rd2a2 Bb7a6 Nf3d2
14 00:03 1.346.885 436.873 +0,22 Qf6f4 Kg8g7 Rd4d2 Bb7c8 Rd7d4 Bc8b7 Rd2d3 Qc6xa4 Qf4f6+ Kg7g8 Nf3g5 Bb7c6 Rd4f4 Qa4xc2
14 00:06 2.610.523 435.228 +0,51 Rd4d3 Re8c8 Qf6f4
15 00:06 2.837.653 435.449 +0,51 Rd4d3 Re8c8 Qf6f4
16 00:12 5.380.108 441.798 +0,49 Rd4d3 Qc6e4 Rd7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7xc8 Rf8xc8 Rd3d6 Qe4f5 Rd6d8+ Rc8xd8 Qf6xd8+
16 00:14 5.988.065 441.389 +0,65 Qf6f4 Kg8g7 Rd4d3 Qc6e4 Qf4g5 Qe4f5 Nf3d4 Qf5xg5 h4xg5 Bb7e4 Rd3e3 Be4f5 Nd4xf5+ g6xf5
17 00:15 6.552.386 442.676 +0,57 Qf6f4 Kg8g7 Rd4d3 Qc6e4 Qf4g5 Qe4f5 Nf3d4 Qf5xg5 h4xg5 Bb7e4 Rd3e3 Be4f5 Nd4xf5+ g6xf5
18 00:19 8.394.892 449.459 +0,59 Qf6f4 Kg8g7 Rd4d3 Qc6e4 Qf4g5 Qe4f5 Nf3d4 Qf5xg5 h4xg5 Bb7e4 Rd3e3 Be4a8 Rd7xc7 Re8c8
19 00:28 13.210.305 475.411 +0,50 Qf6f4 Kg8g7 Rd4d3 Qc6e4 Qf4f6+ Kg7g8 Rd7xc7 Re8c8 Rd3d7 Rc8xc7 Rd7xc7 Bb7c6 c2c3 Qe4b1+
19 01:49 47.679.579 447.408 +0,58 Rd4d2 Qc6e4 Rd7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7e7 Bb7c6 Rd2d4 Qe4f5 Nf3g5 Qf5xf6 e5xf6 Rc8e8 Rd4d6 Bc6xa4
20 02:14 59.528.947 454.904 +0,54 Rd4d2 Qc6e4 Rd7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7e7 Bb7c6 Rd2d4 Qe4f5 Nf3g5 Qf5xf6 e5xf6 Rc8e8 Rd4d6 Bc6xa4
20 04:54 122.117.963 424.296 +4,62 Kg1h2 Re8c8 Kh2g3 Qc6xd7 Rd4xd7 Bb7c6 Rd7d4 Bc6xf3 Qf6xf3 c7c6 Qf3b3 Rc8b8 Rd4d7 b6b5
21 05:57 145.779.419 418.254 +4,62 Kg1h2 Re8c8 Kh2g3 Qc6xd7 Rd4xd7 Bb7c6 Rd7d4 Bc6xf3 Qf6xf3 Rc8d8 Rd4xd8 Rf8xd8 Qf3b7 Rd8d2
22 10:35 256.501.378 413.084 +6,75 Kg1h2 Re8c8 Kh2g3 Qc6xd7 Rd4xd7 Bb7c6 Rd7e7 Rc8e8 Re7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7xc8 Rf8xc8 Nf3g5 Rc8f8
23 14:26 343.639.323 406.093 +8,33 Kg1h2 Re8c8 Kh2g3 Qc6xd7 Rd4xd7 Bb7c6 Rd7e7 Rc8e8 Re7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7xc8 Rf8xc8 Nf3g5 Rc8f8
24 16:56 400.253.632 403.113 +8,33 Kg1h2 Re8c8 Kh2g3 Qc6xd7 Rd4xd7 Bb7c6 Rd7e7 Rc8e8 Re7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7xc8 Rf8xc8 Nf3g5 Rc8f8
25 21:06 489.774.255 395.961 +8,33 Kg1h2 Re8c8 Kh2g3 Qc6xd7 Rd4xd7 Bb7c6 Rd7e7 Rc8e8 Re7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7xc8 Rf8xc8 Nf3g5 Rc8f8
26 49:20 1.084.612.944 375.207 +8,89 Kg1h2 Re8c8 Kh2g3 Qc6xd7 Rd4xd7 Bb7c6 Rd7e7 Rc8e8 Re7xc7 Re8c8 Rc7xc8 Rf8xc8 Nf3g5 Rc8f8Lesson: if you see a brilliant idea, Pelé already did it!
https://twitter.com/eldann___/status/16 ... 6458856448
(Short video comparing iconic moments of modern football to what Pelé did decades before).
R.I.P. Edson Arantes do Nascimento. — R.I.P. 'O Rei' Pelé.
Regards from Spain.
Ajedrecista.
