Amédée (Aimé) Gibaud (5 March 1885, in Rochefort-sur-Mer – 18 August 1957, in Rochefort-sur-Mer) was a French chess master.

He won the French Chess Championship four times (1928, 1930, 1935, 1940) and won the French correspondence championship three times (1929, 1931, 1932).[1] He tied for fourth/fifth at Ramsgate 1929 (Premier A, William Gibson won).[2]

Gibaud played for France in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924,[3] and 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936.[4]

Apocryphal game

Gibaud vs. Lazard (apocryphal),
Paris 1924
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a8 black rook
b8 black knight
c8 black bishop
d8 black queen
e8 black king
f8 black bishop
h8 black rook
a7 black pawn
b7 black pawn
c7 black pawn
d7 black pawn
f7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
h7 black pawn
e5 white pawn
e3 black knight
h3 white pawn
a2 white pawn
b2 white pawn
c2 white pawn
d2 white knight
e2 white pawn
f2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
a1 white rook
c1 white bishop
d1 white queen
e1 white king
f1 white bishop
g1 white knight
h1 white rook
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Position following 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. h3 Ne3

A very short miniature attributed to Gibaud and Frédéric Lazard is frequently reproduced in chess literature,[5][6] sometimes with the claim that it was the shortest game ever played between masters in a formal setting.[5] In its shortest and most commonly reproduced version, the game consists of four moves by each player. Black (Lazard) rapidly develops his king's knight to e3 after White (Gibaud) weakens the defense of the square.

Gibaud vs. Lazard (apocryphal), Paris 1924
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. h3 Ne3 0–1 (Resignation)[5][7]

In the final position White is unable to prevent the capture of his queen, because doing so would allow Black to force checkmate: 5. fxe3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qxg3#.

The four-move, "formal" version of the game is not accepted as a real historical event.[6][8] Gibaud denied having ever lost a serious game in four moves, instead suggesting that he may have lost a casual skittles game against Lazard involving similar positional themes, albeit with more than four moves played. Gibaud also suggested that his game with Lazard might have been confused with a previously published "theoretical" miniature. Although the four-move version of the game is not accepted as historically accurate, it illustrates several principles of gameplay: the possibility for rapid development to cause serious problems for an opponent, the importance of not weakening the defense of critical squares, and the importance of defending a structural weakness on the kingside in the initial phase of the game (especially involving the f- and g- pawns), which if left unguarded may lead to a quick checkmate, akin to Fool's mate.

References

  1. ↑ "Gibaud".
  2. ↑ "Chess Scotland". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924, individual results".
  4. ↑ "OlimpBase :: Unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936, individual results".
  5. 1 2 3 Chernev, Irving (1955). The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess. Simon and Schuster. p. 2, game No. 1. ISBN 9710851330.
  6. 1 2 Fox, Mike; James, Richard (1993). The Even More Complete Chess Addict. Faber and Faber. p. 176. ISBN 9780571170401.
  7. ↑ "Amedee Gibaud vs Frederic Lazard". Chessgames.com.
  8. ↑ Winter, Edward (26 October 2015). "The Gibaud v Lazard Gamelet". chesshistory.com.


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