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| Nov-25-05 | | DeepBlade: In that case, it is sure beautyful! |
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Dec-20-05
 | | keypusher: http://examinedlife.typepad.com/joh... |
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| Jan-28-06 | | olydream3: simply beautiful, 20 points down and still won, great tactical play there |
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| Jan-29-06 | | morpstau: In the romantic era, players would often let the opponent win in the most beautiful way if they knew that there position was lost. |
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| Jan-29-06 | | Chess Classics: <morpstau> There is no way you are talking about this game. There hasn't even been a final verdict on 18. Bd6!? It certainly isn't completely winning. And I doubt your above comment as well. Regards,
CC |
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| Jan-29-06 | | Chess Classics: Sorry, my comment extends to <Avarageguy> not <morpstau>. Apologies! Regards,
CC |
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| Feb-04-06 | | McCool: Unbeleiveable game. |
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| Feb-05-06 | | DeepBlade: This game has its own movie! |
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Feb-05-06
 | | cu8sfan: 500 years from now people will wonder why this game has fives pages if kibitzing and the Adams vs Hydra, 2005 game has 61... |
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| Feb-06-06 | | RandomVisitor: <cu8sfan> This game has been covered at other web sites, with good analysis at
http://www.geocities.com/siliconval... |
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| Feb-06-06 | | Mating Net: I'll take it a step further my long suffering <cu8sfan>, I'm wondering, right now, why this game lags so far behind in the kibitzing department to Adams vs Silicon and many others. My favorite move in this whole game is the subtle, yet deadly, 19.e5!! Truly a GM move. |
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| Feb-06-06 | | RandomVisitor: Other sites have said that Kieseritsky resigned after 20. Ke2. Who knows for certain what the actual correct moves were for this game? |
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| Feb-07-06 | | Mating Net: For those of you wo have CT Art, those of you who don't should seriously consider getting it, check out problem number 230. I was solving it last night when it dawned on me that it looked awfully familiar and that I had seen it somewhere before. Then it hit me, it's the Immortal Game! An unforgettable mating pattern. |
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| Feb-10-06 | | RandomVisitor: Here is a quick analysis of this famous game. Other web sites have this analysis in more detail. (1) Anderssen Adolf - L Kieseritzky [C33]
Immortal Game Immortal Game, 1851
[Rybka 1.01 Beta 13b (600s)]
C33: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4
1.e4 e5
2.f4 exf4
3.Bc4 Qh4+
4.Kf1 b5
5.Bxb5 Nf6
6.Nf3 Qh6 last book move
7.d3 Nh5 [7...Nc6 8.Nc3=]
8.Nh4 [8.Rg1!?=] 8...Qg5 slightly favors black
9.Nf5 c6 [9...g6 10.h4 Qf6 11.Nc3 slightly favors black] 10.g4 [10.Ba4 g6 11.Ng3 Ng7=] 10...Nf6 [10...g6!? 11.gxh5 gxf5 slightly favors black] 11.Rg1= cxb5 [11...h5 12.h4 Qg6 13.g5=]
12.h4 Qg6
13.h5 This push gains space 13...Qg5
14.Qf3 Ng8
15.Bxf4 Qf6 Black should quickly conclude development. 16.Nc3 Bc5?? [16...Qc6 would keep Black alive 17.Qg3 d6 18.Nxd6+ Bxd6 19.Bxd6 Na6 slightly favors white] 17.Nd5 [17.d4 might be the shorter path 17...Bf8 18.Be5 ] 17...Qxb2 18.Bd6?? not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game [18.Re1 Nc6 19.Nc7+ Kf8 20.Nxa8 ] 18...Bxg1?? allows the opponent back into the game [18...Qxa1+ was necessary 19.Ke2 Qb2=] 19.e5 Qxa1+
20.Ke2 Na6?? leading to a quick end [20...Ba6 21.Nc7+ Kd8 22.Nxa6 Qc3 (22...Qxa2?? A poison bait which should not be taken 23.Bc7+ Ke8 24.Nb4 ) 23.Bc7+ Qxc7 24.Nxc7 Nc6 25.Nxa8 g6 ] 21.Nxg7+ Kd8
22.Qf6+!! giving up material to nicely decide the game 22...Nxf6 Theme: Deflection from e7 23.Be7# Theme: Double Attack 1–0 |
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| Feb-12-06 | | Joao Quintas Godinho: I can't have words enought to describe the marivilouse art of this game! Lets say that Gioconda is for Painting like Imortal game is for chess! |
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| Feb-12-06 | | MorphyMatt: "18. ♗d6!!(?)
And here is the immortal sacrifice. The two exclamation points are for ingenuity, while the question mark is for the actual strength of the move. With 18. ♗d6 White says to Black 'Take my rooks!'. Given that Black can actually spoil the fun by choosing a resourceful option at move 19, it should be pointed out that objectively stronger moves do exist for white here. Hubner gives three possible wins: 1) 18. d4 ♕xa1+ (or 18... ♗f8 19. ♘c7+ ♔d8 20. ♖e1) 19. ♔g2 ♕b2 20. dxc5 ♘a6 21. ♘d6+ ♔f8 22. ♗e5 ♕xc2+ 23. ♔h3 f6 24. ♘xf6 and the white attack breaks through.
2) 18. ♗e3 and now:
2a) 18... ♕xa1+ 19. ♔g2 ♕b2 20. ♗xc5 ♕xc2+ 21. ♔h3 ♕xc5 22. ♖c1 d6 23. ♖xc5 ♗xf5 24. ♕xf5 dxc5 25. ♕c8#
2b) 18... d6 19. ♗d4! ♗xd4 (White also wins if Black gives up his queen, e.g. 19... ♕xd4 20. ♘xd4 ♗xd4 21. ♘c7+ ♔d8 22. c3) 20. ♘xd6+ ♔d8 21. ♘xf7+ ♔e8 22. ♘d6+ ♔d8 23. ♕f8+ ♔d7 24. ♕f7+ ♔xd6 25. ♕c7+ ♔e6 26. ♘f4+ ♔f6 27. g5# (continued onto next post) |
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| Feb-12-06 | | MorphyMatt: (continued from last post)
3) 18. ♖e1 and now:
3a) 18... ♘a6 19. ♗d6 ♗b7 (or 19... ♗xg1 20. e5 ♔d8 21. ♘xg7 ♗b7 22. ♕xf7 ♘e7 23. ♘e6+! dxe6 24. ♗c7+ ♔d7 25. ♕xe7+ ♔c8 26. ♕xe6#) 20. ♗xc5 ♘xc5 21. ♘d6+ ♔d8 22. ♘xf7+ 3b) 18... ♗b7 19. d4 and once again White's attack is to strong.
So the assessment after 17... ♕xb2 White has many ways to win. The one chosen leads to the most brilliant finish. 18... ♕xa1+ 19. ♔e2 ♗xg1?
By this stage I imagine Kieseritzky was too much in mid-flow to capture the second rook. It would certainly have been less sporting to play the strong move 19... ♕b2!, after which the outcome of the game would be far from certain. 20. e5!!
click for larger view Blocking off the black queen and threatening 21. ♘xg7+ ♔d8 22. ♗c7#. Black has several defensive tries but none really do the trick: 1) 20... f6 21. ♘xg7+ ♔f7 22. ♘xf6 ♗b7 (or 22... ♔xg7 23. ♘e8+ ♔h6 24. ♕f4#) 23. ♘d5+ ♔xg7 24. ♕f8#. (continued onto next post) |
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| Feb-12-06 | | MorphyMatt: (continued from last post)
2) 20... ♗b7 21. ♘xg7+ ♔d8 22. ♕xf7 ♘h6 23. ♘e6+ mates. 3) 20... ♗a6 (the grimmest defense) 21. ♘c7+ ♔d8 22. ♘xa6 and now: 3a) 22... ♕c3 (Falkbeer) 23. ♗c7+ ♕xc7 24. ♘xc7 ♔xc7 25. ♕xa8 ♘c6 26. ♘d6 ♘xe5 27. ♘e8+ ♔b6 28. ♕b8+ and 29. ♕xe5. 3b) 22... ♗b6} (Chigorin) 23. ♕xa8 ♕c3 24. ♕xb8+ ♕c8 25. ♕xc8+ ♔xc8 26. ♗f8 h6 27. ♘d6+ ♔d8 28. ♘xf7+ ♔e8 29. ♘xh8 ♔xf8 30. ♔f3 and White rather mundanely wins the endgame. 3c) 22... ♕xa2 23. ♗c7+ ♔e8 24. ♘b4 ♘c6 (what else?) 25. ♘xa2 ♗c5 26. ♕d5 ♗f8 27. ♕xb5 and White wins. Kieseitsky's defense was in a sense far superior, as it ensured the game's immortality. 20... ♘a6(!)
click for larger view(continued on to next post) |
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| Feb-12-06 | | MorphyMatt: (cotinued from last post)
21. ♘xg7+ ♔d8 22. ♕f6+!! ♘xf6 23. ♗e7#
1-0"
From the great book "The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games" By Graham Burgess, John Nunn & John Emms |
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| Feb-15-06 | | siilarsi: Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasen't it first (18. ... Qxa1+) instead of (18. ... Bxg1), so the correct sequence would be (18.Bd6 Qxa1+ 19. Ke2 Bxg1) ? |
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Feb-15-06
 | | chessgames.com: We've seen sources that indicate 18...Qxa1+ but by far, the consensus seems to be that 18...Bg1 was played first. |
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| Mar-07-06 | | fred lennox: One thing i like about this game is it has the exchanged of 2 rooks for a queen. A tactic that is bold, weighty, sweeping, even brutal as the games of Anderssen often are. It is fitting for his Immortal to have this exchanged. Of course, the black queen never leaves the board, but she is out strategically, so it applies. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | harce sarmiento: It's so sad that this game has so many positional errors and questionable decisions (moves like 4...b5?; the pawn is not considered to be sufficient compensation today for so insignificant a development as the bishop; worse Lionel doesn't ever end up developing the bishop anyway) This is a beautiful game, it's so sad that it is marred by such errors, but still an awesome display of brilliancy. |
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| Mar-25-06 | | McCool: Chess really doesn't get much better than this! |
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| Apr-04-06 | | AlexanderMorphy: i can't believe this hasn't been game of the day! |
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