Tommie wrote:
John Fairbairn wrote:
(...)
The records end in 111 moves.
The Nihon Ki-in source gives the game from Fujisawa's point of view and includes a pair of moves missing from the other version. The Kansai Ki-in source gives the game from the point of view of their man, Hashimoto. It also has a pair of moves missing from the other source.
It seems a reasonable inference, from the different orientations, that the game records possibly came from the players themselves, recorded from memory afterwards (and nothing unsual in that). It also seems unlikely that the two mutually missing exchanges were invented. More likely they were just forgotten, so that the true record (assuming no other errors) should have had 113 moves.
The records end in 111 moves.
The Nihon Ki-in source gives the game from Fujisawa's point of view and includes a pair of moves missing from the other version. The Kansai Ki-in source gives the game from the point of view of their man, Hashimoto. It also has a pair of moves missing from the other source.
It seems a reasonable inference, from the different orientations, that the game records possibly came from the players themselves, recorded from memory afterwards (and nothing unsual in that). It also seems unlikely that the two mutually missing exchanges were invented. More likely they were just forgotten, so that the true record (assuming no other errors) should have had 113 moves.
'The other source'? Is that a 3rd, until now 'official' record?
Should the true record have then 115 moves? (111 + 2 forgotten move pairs)
Where these moves (both) probes?
This reminds me of a riddle my great uncle loved:
Two ducks in front of two ducks, two ducks behind two ducks, two ducks between two ducks. How many ducks?
