{"id":142,"date":"2018-03-29T06:17:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T06:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2018-03-29T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T10:12:11","slug":"10-historical-snooker-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/29\/10-historical-snooker-games\/","title":{"rendered":"10 historical Snooker games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we inaugurated the series of articles about mythical moments of billiards with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 historical games of Pool<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0Today is the turn of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snooker<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0You will not be a total billiard player until you have seen and reviewed these maximum breaks and other unforgettable frames.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stephen Hendry snooker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poolmania.es\/recursos\/gestor\/blog\/10%20partidas%20de%20snooker.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Hendry snooker\" width=\"450\" height=\"302\"><\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"bold\">David Mu\u00f1oz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">1-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The first televised Maximum<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"bold\">(Steve Davis, Lada Classic 1982)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Never before had he seen a 147 on television. He got the first in 1982 a very young\u00a0<strong>Steve Davis<\/strong>\u00a0who did not believe what he had done after putting the complicated blue and pink.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CgnAIsPY8hA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">2-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Break of 69 road to the final<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"bold\">(Alex Higgins, World Championship 1982)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With this fabulous comeback break, the unstable\u00a0<strong>Alex Higgins<\/strong>\u00a0forced the decider in the 1982 World Championship semifinal against\u00a0<strong>Jimmy White<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xUH_JrxQBPs\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">3-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Crucible premieres 147<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"bold\">(Cliff Thorburn, World Championship 1983)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first 147 won at the\u00a0<strong>Crucible<\/strong>\u00a0Theater in Sheffield (and therefore in the World Championship) came in 1983 from the hand of\u00a0<strong>Cliff Thorburn<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;The Grinder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PE0n_7i_VLE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">4-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The fateful black fine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"bold\">(Dennis Taylor, World Championship 1985)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A memorable final that ended with an agony ending.\u00a0After a perfect start to Davis and a great comeback by\u00a0<strong>Dennis Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0, they are tied (17-17) to the decisive frame and very even (62-59) to the last black.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DDNpyNHrmjk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">5-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The story is repeated for White<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"bold\">(Stephen Hendry, World Championship 1994)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Will the defeated come to the sixth?\u00a0No, unfortunately\u00a0<strong>Jimmy White<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0In 1994 he lost again a World Championship final for the fifth consecutive time (six in total).\u00a0Hendry took the decider.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9DwZCaejmsI\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">6-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The fastest 147 in history<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a0<strong>Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan<\/strong>\u00a0, 1997)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;El Rocket&#8221; shows off his nickname to achieve the fastest Maximum Break in history, in 5 minutes and 20 seconds.\u00a0It was in the 1997 World Championship against\u00a0<strong>Mick Price<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpeBugHSCnU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">7-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;Sullivan commands in the decider<\/a>\u00a0(Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan, World Championship 2005)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ronnie O&#8217;Sullivan<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Stephen Maguire<\/strong>\u00a0come to the decider in the first round of the World Championship 2005. &#8216;The Rocket&#8217; takes the match after forcing the failure of Maguire and achieve a great break.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mGTPAYOM-jQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">8-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Master in pristine cleaning<\/a>\u00a0(John Higgins, Masters, 2006)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Higgins<\/strong>\u00a0cleans the table and goes back 60 points against O&#8217;Sullivan to take the deciding frame in the final of the 2006 Masters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bh2YYtjuG5g\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">9-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The perfect Snooker<\/a>\u00a0(Ding Junhui, Masters 2011)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ding Junhui<\/strong>\u00a0achieves an impeccable defense to force the absence of\u00a0<strong>Marco Fu<\/strong>\u00a0and take this great defensive frame of the 2011 Masters final.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IcUzRNLSY9Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">10-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A dream retreat<\/a>\u00a0(Stephen Hendry, World Championship 2012)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That less than hanging the cue with a Maximum Break in the Crucible.\u00a0<strong>Hendry<\/strong>\u00a0did it\u00a0in the first round of the 2012 World Championship, the last tournament he played before his retirement.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73Vd6SnP7A8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these 10 historical moments of the Snooker?\u00a0Would you add one more?\u00a0Write it in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed the first article in this series, you can see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0the 10 Historical Pool games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we inaugurated the series of articles about mythical moments of billiards with the\u00a010 historical games of Pool\u00a0.\u00a0Today is the turn of the\u00a0Snooker\u00a0.\u00a0You will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-billiards","category-blog","wpcat-1-id","wpcat-4-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}