Apr-11-05 | | Runemaster: A great clash of styles. Steinitz got the sort of position he was more at home in. The tactics leading into the knight ending were neat. A knight ending with an extra pawn but all the pawns on the same side of the board is of course difficult to win, but Steinitz had no problems. |
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Apr-11-05 | | drukenknight: have we figured out yet where Anderssen goes astray? It must have something to do with his N because when you get down to this sort of ending dont you sack your N for 2P and leave the other guy up K + N but unable to win? |
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Oct-21-05 | | Lucky1: Move 42, Black to move. A puzzle for knight fork week. |
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May-10-10 | | chessik: 38...-f3 win? |
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Jan-08-11 | | Llawdogg: Brilliant game from Steinitz. He was excellent. So many good moves. A dozen of his last 25 moves were just fantastic. Great rook sac. Beautiful knight fork. Masterful endgame technique. Wow! |
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Dec-10-11 | | Kinan: This is the first game where the move 7...d3 is introduced in Evan's Gambit. |
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Jan-30-12 | | Knight13: 32. Rxf4 looks okay to me. What's wrong? |
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Jan-30-12 | | ughaibu: The knight on d6. |
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Jan-30-12 | | Knight13: <ughaibu: The knight on d6.> Will you give me an analysis? 32. Rxf4 Qxd6 33. Rxh4 and White wins back the knight with a discovered attack on the queen on d6. |
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Jan-30-12 | | ughaibu: Yes, I dont see a way to exploit it, so I agree with you. I wonder why Anderssen didn't play it. |
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Jan-30-12 | | Knight13: I see why. 32. Rxf4 Qxd6 33. Rxh4 33...Bxf2+ and White will be kissing the devil's toes. |
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Jan-31-12 | | ughaibu: I still dont see it. What happens after Kh1? |
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Feb-01-12
 | | keypusher: Anderssen & Neumann said that 32.Rxf4 lost to ...Rxf2. 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 34.Qxb6 Qxg2#
33.R1xf2 Qb1#
33.R4xf2 Rxf2 and I am not sure what White can play.
My source is Levy and O'Connell's Oxford Encyclopedia of chess games. The original analysis evidently appeared in <Neue Berliner Schachzeitung>. |
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Feb-01-12 | | Boomie: The sequence 31. Rd4 Bd6 32 Rdd1 seems silly to me.
I would think 31. Qd5+ Kh8 is a saner line. For once, the silly cone monster "agrees" with me. However I never would have come up with Houdini's continuation. 32. g4! (the exclam is for bravery) Bc7 33. Qc6 Bb8 34. Qd5 Bxd6 35. Qxd6 Qe4 36. Qd5 Qxa4 (-0.47/22)
 click for larger viewI don't fully understand the Qc6/Qd5 maneuver but I think white has a good chance to hold this. One try for improvement is 33. a5 h5 34. Qd3 Qe6.
 click for larger viewHowever there is a wild (more or less) forced line after this. 35. Qd5 hxg4 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qxh4 g3 38. Qg4 gxh2 39. Kh1 Bxa5 40. Qxe6 Rxe6 (-0.29/23)
 click for larger viewThis looks more drawish than the first line. However only computers and super GMs could navigate this line. |
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Feb-01-12 | | ughaibu: Keypusher: Thanks. |
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Jan-17-14 | | Boban: Italian Game (C-51)
Evans Gambit, Declined
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 |
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May-21-15 | | TheFocus: 149 years ago, on this date, Wilhelm Steinitz defeated Adolf Anderssen in this, game 3 of their match. Congratulations, Wilhelm. I think you turned out alright. |
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Jun-18-15 | | TheFocus: <Kinan> <This is the first game where the move 7...d3 is introduced in Evan's Gambit.> No. Anderssen had previously analyzed 7...d3 in <Deutsche Schachzeitung> 1851. He recommended 8.Ne5 as best. |
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Jun-18-15 | | TheFocus: Better was 62.Nb4+, in order to prevent, after 62...Ke2 (or 62...Kd2 63.Kf1) 63.Nd5, the advance of the g-pawn to g3, because in this case White could get a draw by 64.Nf4+ Ke1 65.Nd3+ - Chigorin. |
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Dec-26-17
 | | offramp: This game is mentioned in the kibitzing of the game Fine vs Najdorf, 1949. |
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