The others are K.Thompson-Rhine, 1992 and Rhine-Sprenkle, 1981. This is one of my three favorite games that I have played. Even if he somehow did not, it is mind-blowing that so great a tactical genius could miss so obvious a shot.
It is scarcely believable that Kasparov did not know of this old chestnut.
The entire game appears, for example, in Chernev and Reinfeld's The Fireside Book of Chess (1949), as well as in more recent works such as the Encyclopedia of Chess Miniatures (2014) and Müller and Knaak's 222 Opening Traps After 1.d4 (2008). This trap was given in Irving Chernev's book Winning Chess Traps, first published in 1946. It was first seen in Norman-Vidmar, Hastings 1925/26, which Black won in short order: How long has the shot 10.Ne5! been known, you ask? For almost 90 years. Instead, White played 11.Bb1? and was steamrollered. He played the lemon 10.Nb4?, which would have allowed White to survive after 11.Bd2! when White is only a little worse (-0.47 according to Komodo 9.02). Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest player of all time, also missed it. But don't feel too bad: you're in good company. If you said anything other than 10.N(either)-e5!, please enroll in Remedial Chess Tactics 101 forthwith. In 15 of them, Black moved one of the knights to e5. Mega Database 2013 finds 18 games that reached the above position. White loses two pawns and is forced to move his king. White's position is already resignable after either knight move.
LEONID FRITZ CHESS QUADS FULL
If you said 10.Nde5! or 10.Nce5!, take full credit.
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