Alexander Steinkuehler vs Joseph Blackburne (1863) Paint it Black

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Alexander Steinkuehler vs Joseph Blackburne
"Paint it Black" (game of the day Oct-24-2024)
Manchester (1863), Manchester ENG
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Greco Gambit Traditional Line (C54) · 0-1

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Given 67 times; par: 31 [what's this?]

Annotations by Joseph Blackburne. [148 more games annotated by Blackburne]

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Sep-26-23		Allderdice83: I saw 20 ... Qg1+ 21. Rxg1 Nf2+ 22. Kg2, and figured, OK, no smothered mate, move along. Didn't look further. Ugh. I had 20 ... Bg4 with the threat of 21 ... Bf3+ which I analyzed out and believe wins, but obviously with a lot more moves involved.

Sep-26-23		geeker: Solved it quickly, which is surprising because I'd never seen that exact mating pattern before. It really is a beautiful checkmate!

Sep-26-23		takebackok: Found quick, it's a puzzle.

Sep-26-23		mel gibson: All forced moves. Nice mate pattern.

Sep-26-23		saturn2: I did not know it and it took some time.

Sep-26-23		perfidious: A fairly simple mate, but an unusual pattern.

Sep-26-23		An Englishman: Good Evening: Clean, pure, model, ideal--whatever. Can we agree upon beautiful?

Sep-26-23		scormus: Beautiful!

Sep-26-23		piltdown man: How about "magnificent"?

Sep-26-23		Stonehenge: Marvellous, splendid, jolly good, spiffing.

Sep-26-23		Refused: Must admit I missed this one, which is a new feeling for a Monday puzzle. Chess (puzzles) are to a huge part pattern recognition. Had seen this mating motif before, so that one simply didn't pop up on the radar. C'est la vie.

Sep-26-23		Nosnibor: This game is not in Harding`s collection of Blackburne`s Games. One of the finest checkmates in a blindfold simul. Was this the Manchester simul of 20 June 1863 or the later one of November 7 1863?

Sep-26-23		MissScarlett: Who says this was blindfolded or from a simul?

Sep-26-23		chrisowen: Molly it's work x juke it's z Qg1+ awooga job aeh it's oh bag bug q aba it's auld Qg1+ da;

Sep-26-23		Nosnibor: Well he beat this opponent in a blindfold simul in 1862. It is very unlikely he would have played him on equal terms the following year and there is no trace of this in 1863.

Sep-26-23		MissScarlett: They were two of strongest members of the same club. Why wouldn’t they play other games together?

Sep-26-23		dorsnikov: Nailed it.

Sep-26-23		Nosnibor: Google confirms it was a game in a blindfold simul. Check it out Missy.

Sep-26-23		MissScarlett: Cite a proper source.

Sep-26-23		johnnydeep: Ha! This was indeed a beautiful mating sequence. And I got in full, which makes my day.

Sep-26-23		Rosbach: Got this one. The Bishop was just waiting to go and finish the game. Lovely mate.

Oct-24-24		Cecco: According to this engine 18. Qf6 would be a mistake (although Black would probably prevail, with correct playing). The correct move would be 18. ... Qf5. Difference: with the second move, after 19. f3 Ng5 20. Bd5 Nxf3, in case of 21. Rf1 a mate in 4 follows, starting with 21. ... Qh3+.

Oct-24-24		Teyss: Why did Blackburne take the Pawn with 16...cxd6_? He could have played Qf6 right away and even better Qf5 keeping an eye on h3 as pointed out by <Cecco>. Did he think his position was so good he could wait and first wanted to avoid any tricks with the WP? Or did he only see the Q move afterwards? Don't understand the "paint" in the pun. Yes "kuehler" sounds like "colour" though it apparently means "cooler" in German. There is no famous painter named Steinkuehler or Blackburne. Anyone's guess. Anyhow, beautiful mate. Blackburne calls it a "clean" mate which is actually pure mate. Dunno if that's how it was called then or if he made it up. And now... 📯🎵 The minute of general culture 📯🎵 <Pure> mate: "the mated king is attacked exactly once, and prevented from moving to any of the adjacent squares in its field for exactly one reason per square" (Wikipedia). Do not mistake with <Economical> mate: all of the attacker's pieces (bar P and K) contribute to the mate. Pure + Economical = <Model> mate. Model mate + all pieces of the mated player block the mated king = <Ideal> mate. 📯🎵 End of the minute of general culture 📯🎵

Oct-24-24		mrknightly: <Teyss> I suppose the "paint" reference is to the black player's name, and possibly that the White king is surrounded by the Black pieces which leads to a reference to a Rolling Stones song, "Paint it Black." Based on the white player's name, perhaps "Stone Cold Killer" may have been another pun possibility. https://genius.com/Ryan-oakes-and-m...

Oct-24-24		Honza Cervenka: Of course, 8.Nfxd2 was a pure drop of Pawn but white was still okay after the opening before suicidal 15.Bxf7+?? In fact, that move would have been playable, if white Knight would be on d2 or on a3 instead of b1, as then after 15.Bxf7+ Kh8 white can play 16.Qg3 but this is not the option in the game due to 16...Ne2+ fork, as 17.Rxe2 leads to a mate on weak back rank after 17...Qc1+. After 15.Qg3 white is fine. Instead of 18...Qf6 it was more accurate to play 18...Qf5 with idea 19.f3 Ng5 20.Bd5 Nxf3 21.Rf1 Qh3+ with mate. The final was beautiful but "simple" 20...Bg4 21.Ne2 Rae8 was winning quickly too.

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