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[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1851.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Kieseritzky, Lionel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Hayes, David"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ This wonderful game was played just prior to the first international chess
tournament. The tournament was organized by the foremost player of his day,
Howard Staunton. The tournament coincided with the Great Exhibition in
London. It was 1851 at the height of England's imperial glory.|The following
casual game was played at a London cigar and coffee Divan called Simpson's in
the Strand. The place remains a favorite hang out for chess devotees
today.|The two players were very much different in personality. Adolph
Anderssen was a quiet friendly mathematician from Germany. Lionel Kieseritzky
was an irritable chess tutor from France.|The vanquished Kieseritzky was so
impressed by the brilliant execution of Anderssen's attack that he
telegraphed the moves of the game to his favorite haunt in France, Cafe de la
Regence. From then on, this game has come to be known as "The Immortal
Game."|Sadly, the telegraph message seems lost to history, but an abbreviated
move list was later reported by Kieserisky in "La Regence" (1851, pages
221-222).|The natural move order shown in this variation of the game is
commonly reported for its entertainment value, and is a popular - if not
historically accurate - move order of "The Immortal Game." It includes the
beautiful final combination that was not reported in Kieseritzky's "La
Regence" publication.|Enjoy. } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 { White offers a pawn to gain
better development and control of the center. } 2... exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 $6 { Bryan's Counter Gambit. A dubious gambit in modern times, but typical of the
attacking style of that time. Here black lures the Bishop from it attacking
diagonal against the sensitive f7-pawn, and provides a diagonal for
development of his own Bishop to b7 where it will bear down on white's King
side. All this value for the price of a pawn. } 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 { The immediate, cheap, and shallow threat of ... Ng3+ is not easily
defended. } 8. Nh4 { The position is sharp and getting sharper. } 8... Qg5 { Again,
playing for cheap threats. In this case, black attacks two pieces at once. } 9. Nf5 c6 { 9... g6 10. h4 Qf6 is another complicated position for another
day. } 10. g4 { A brilliant move made with a steady hand. Note that white cares
little for defensive moves, and is always alert for attack. } 10... Nf6 { Now black
plays to win the g4-pawn.|Black should have played 10... cxb5 11. gxh5 with a
better game. } 11. Rg1 { Now Anderssen sacrifices his Bishop, the first of many
sacrifices in this game. White cares little for defensive moves, and plays
always for the initiative. } 11... cxb5 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 { White gets more space. } 13... Qg5 14. Qf3 { White now has the ghastly threat of Bxf4 winning black's Queen
next. } 14... Ng8 { Black is forced to clear a path of retreat for his Queen by also
retreating one of his only developed pieces. } 15. Bxf4 Qf6 { Black should
quickly develop his pieces. } 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 { Inviting black to indulge
his greed. } ( { White can try: } 17. g5 Qc6 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nf5 Bxg1 20. Bd6+ Ke8 21. Qf4 Kd8 22. Qe5 { White has a winning attack. } ) ( { White can also
try: } 17. d4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Nxd4 { White wins with a large material
advantage, and continuing attack. } ) 17... Qxb2 18. Bd6 Qxa1+ { And why not capture
with check! This popular continuation may not be historically accurate. } ( { Black cannot capture the Bishop: } 18... Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kd8 20. Nxf7+ Ke8 21. Nd6+ Kd8 22. Qf8# ) 19. Ke2 { Now who can resist the tender morsel on g1,
but resist he must. } 19... Bxg1 { Black is just too greedy. He has too few pieces
developed, and what is developed is sent to the far corners of the board. Now
it is white's turn to play. } ( { Black can hold the draw with: } 19... Qb2 20. Bxc5 Qxc2+ 21. Kf1 Qxc5 22. Qf4 f6 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Nf7+ Ke8 25. Nd6+ Kd8 26. Nf7+ Ke8 27. Nd6+ { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 20. e5 { Slipping the
noose around the neck of the black King. } 20... Na6 { Perhaps 20... Ba6 would have
put up more resistance by giving black's King more room to run. } 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 { White is two rooks down. Now the time has come for a final combination
for mate.|Do you see it? } 22. Qf6+ $1 { A final beautiful sacrifice of White's
last major piece that ends the game. } 22... Nxf6 { A deflection. } 23. Be7# 1-0