Belleza puramente humana, por Leontxo García | El rincón de los inmortales 450

To fully appreciate the game in this video, it's crucial to remember that it was played in 1969. Nothing remotely similar to the computer engines that instantly alert us to a mistake by the world champion existed then. Its immense beauty was generated by Víctor Héctor Ortiz, an undeniably brilliant player who abruptly left chess when he had qualified for the World Correspondence Championship. A work of art like this, produced in correspondence chess, demands profound analysis seasoned with tremendous creativity and an unusual love of risk. There's an underlying idea throughout the game that remains valid more than half a century later, albeit with important nuances. Back in 1969, it was already known—or perhaps better said, intuited—that the Latvian Gambit was a very high-risk and scientifically flawed opening choice, but extremely dangerous in the hands of highly creative and daring players. Today, those same criteria can still be used… but only occasionally, because the analyses of silicon chess experts now allow us to distinguish with absolute precision what is beautiful from what is good. OFFER | Enjoy all of Leontxo García's content with a half-price subscription to EL PAÍS: a full year's access to the newspaper for just 60 euros. Features, interviews, tournament reports… and his newsletter, ‘Maravillosa jugada’ (Wonderful Move), sent every Thursday. Take advantage of this offer at this link: https://elpais.com/suscripciones/digi... Subscribe to Leontxo García's channel so you don't miss any of the best historical chess games: https://www.youtube.com/c/AjedrezenEL... Visit our website: https://elpais.com/ajedrez/ The complete series 'The Corner of the Immortals':    • El RINCÓN de los INMORTALES   #leontxogarcía #chess