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Immortal Game
The Immortal Game Immortal Zugzwang Game
Adolf Anderssen versus Lionel Kieseritzky. This game established a glittering reputation for Anderssen and an example of the
KIs-BS
gambit which was played at
Simpson’s-in-the-Strand (one of London’s
finest chess
salons). Falkbeer gave this game its name. The Count de St. Germain was known as the
Immortal because he is believed he lived a very long time (150+ years). He knew the royal family of the Court of
Louis XVI and was likely a Rosicrucian.
Rosicrucianism is a highly complex and respectable discipline of the mind.
Ivy: symbol of immortality
with a hugging leaning disposition (presented at weddings).
Anderssen, Karl
Ernst Adolf
The
Immortal game London
1851
Anderson versus Kieseritzky
XY
notation
Acentric
Notation
01A PA5-C04/A02
:cc
01B PA4-C13/A03
:bl-PA
02A PA6-C05/B05
..PA4
02B
PA4-A03*B05-PA6
03A BS2-D06/B12
..PA3
03B QU1-D19/D11+CH
04A KI-D05/D06
04B PA7-C16/C18
..BS2
05A
BS2-B12*C18-PA7 ..PA5
05B KT1-D16/B07
..PA5
06A KT2-D07/B04
..QU1
06B QU1-D11/D13
07A PA4-C03/B02
07B KT1-B07/D12
08A KT2-B04/D11
08B PA6-C15/D10
..BS2
09A KT2-D11/B06
..QU1
09B QU1-D13/C09
:pn-KT2
10A PA7-C06/C08
..KT1
10B
PA6-B10*C18-BS2
11A RO2-D08/D07
11B KT1-D12/B07
12A PA8-D09/D11
..QU1 :cr
12B QU1-C09/C10
13A PA8-D11/D12
..QU1
13B QU1-C10/C09
14A QU1-D04/B04
14B KT1-B07/D16
15A
BS1-D03*B05-PA4 ..QU1-KT2
15B QU1-C09/B07
..PA2
16A KT1-D02/B01
..PA2
16B BS1-D17/B11
..R01
17A KT1-B01/A04
..QU1
17B
QU1-B07*C01-PA2 ..R01-PA3
18A BS1-B05/B09
18B
QU1-C01*D01-RO1+CH ..PA1
19A KI-D06/C04
19B
BS1-C17*D07-RO2
20A PA5-A02/A03
20B KT2-D21/D24
21A
KT2-B06*C11-PA2+CH
21B KI-D18/D19
22A QU1-B04/B07+CH
..PA3
22B
KT1-D16*B07-QU1 ..KT1-PA7
23A
BS1-B09/C13++CM ..KT1
++WN for :A. ++LS
for :B.
The Immortal Game
by Bill Wall
The immortal game is one of the most
famous games in all of chess. It was
played by Adolf Anderssen (1818-1879) and Lionel Kieseritzky (1806-1853) as an
informal game, played at the Simpson’s on the Strand Divan in London in July,
1851. Anderssen sacrificed his BS. two
ROs, and his QU to deliver ++CM in 23 moves.
This may have been a swindle and Black may have resigned in a drawn
position, at least prematurely if Black had continued with 20...Ba6 instead of
20...Na6. Black’s 20th move
may have not even have been played if Kieseritzky really did resign instead of allowing
checkmate after 20...Na6, ensuring an immortal combination of a QU sacrifice
that leads to mate after sacrificing a BS and two ROs earlier.
Adolf Anderssen was a math teacher
from Breslau. He won the 1851 London
International, held at the St. George Chess Club, defeating Kieseritzky in the
first knockout round, with two wins and a draw. He was considered the strongest player of
his day.
Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix
Kieseritzky was also a math teacher from Dorpat (now Tartu), Livonia (now
inside of Estonia). He was also a chess
tutor at the Cafe de la Regence, in Paris, where he gave chess lessons at five
francs an hour. Two years later,
Kieseritsky died penniless in the Hotel du Dieu in Paris, a charity hospital
for the insane. No one attended his
burial in a pauper’s grave.
The opening was a KIs Gambit Accepted,
BSs variation, Bryan Counter Gambit.
When the game was over, Kieseritsky
was so impressed with the game that he telegraphed the moves to his chess club
in Paris. The game was publicized in the
French chess magazine “La Regence” in July, 1851.
The game was first called the
“Immortal Game” by the Austrian player Ernst Falkbeer in 1855.
On September 2nd, 1923 the town
of Marostica, Italy played the immortal game with living persons. They have been recreating this game with
living persons every year.
A position of the game after the 20th
move has been recreated on a chess stamp from Surinam in 1984.
The final part of the game was used in
the 1982 movie “Bladerunner” but the chessboards are not exactly arranged as in
the Immortal Game. Sebastian’s (Batty) board does not match Tyrell’s
board.
Adolf Anderssen - Lionel
Kieseritzky, London 1851 (ECO “C33”).
1.e4 e5
2.f4 [KIs Gambit] 2...exf4 [KIs Gamit Accepted]
3.Bc4 [KIs-BSs Gambit. More popular is 3.Nf3] 3...Qh4+
[also playable is 3...Nf6 and
3...d5].
4.Kf1 b5?! [Bryan’s Counter-Gambit, named after an
American amateur player, Thomas Jefferson Bryan, who analyzed it in chess clubs
around Paris and London in the middle of the 19th century. First played by Anderssen himself against
Schulten in Paris, 1846. Other moves
are 4...Nc6, 4...d6, 4...g5, 4...Bc5, 4...Bd6, 4...f5, and 4...Qh6].
5.Bxb5 Nf6 [5...Bb7 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.d3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nf6,
0-1 in 33 moves, Harrwitz-Kieseritzky, Oxford 1847] 6.Nf3 [6.Nc3 Ng4 7.Nh3 Nc6 8.Nd4 Nd4,
Schulten-Kieseritzky, Paris 1846. Black
won in 18 moves.].
6...Qh6 [6...Qh5 7.e5 Ng4 8.d4 Ne3+ 9.Bxe3 dxe3
10.Nc3; 4...Qg4].
7.d3 [A new move. Anderssen had previously
played 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bc4 d6 9.d4 against Kieseritzky. 7.Nc3 g5 8.d4 Bg7 9.e5 Nh5 10.Kg1 Bb7, 0-1
in 26 moves, Raphael-Morphy, New York 1857; 7.Nc3 g5 8.d4 Bb7 9.h4 Rg8 10.Kg1
gxh4 11.Rxh4 Qg6 12.Qe2 Nxe4 13.Rxf4 f5 14.Nh4 Qg3 15.Nxe4 1-0, Short-Kasparov,
London 1993] 7...Nh5 [Protecting
the f4-pawn and threatening 8...Ng3+, winning the RO for the KT. Other ideas are 7...Bc5, 7...Bb7, 7...Be7,
and 7...g5; 7...Bc5 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Bb7, Anderssen-Pollmacher, 1852].
8.Nh4 [8.Rg1 Qb6 (8...Bb7) 9.Nc3 c6 or 9...a6;
8.Ke2; 8.g4] 8...Qg5 [Threatening
9...Qxh4 and 9...Qxb5. Other ideas are 8...g6 and 8...Bb7; 8...g6 9.g4 Nf6
10.Ng2 Qh3 11.Bxf4 Nxg4 12.Nc3].
9.Nf5 [The only move to stop 9...Qxb5] 9...c6
[9...g6 (9...Bb7) 10.h4 (10.Nd4;
10.g4? gxf5 11.gxh5 fxe4 12.Nc3 Rg8) Qf6 11.Nc3 or 11 Bd2].
10.g4!? [10.Rg1; 10.Ba4; 10.Bc4; 10.h4 Qg6 11.Ba4
d6 or 11...d5] 10...Nf6 [10...cxb5
11.gxh5; 10...g6 11.gxh5 gxf5 12.h4 or 12.Bc4].
11.Rg1!? [Sacrificing the BS. Safer is 11.Ba4 or 11.Bc4] 11...cxb5 [11...h5; 11...d5 12.h4 or 12.Ba4].
12.h4 [12.Qf3 h5 (12...Ng8) 13.Bxf4 Nxg4 14.Bxg5
Nxh2+ 15.Ke2 Nxf3 16.Kxf3 d5] 12...Qg6 13.h5 [13.Bxf4 h5 14.gxh5 Qxh5].
13...Qg5 [13...Nxh5 14.gxh5 Qf6 15.Nc3 Bb7 16.Bxf4
g6 (16...a6) 17.Nxb5 (threatening 18.Nc7+) Na6 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Nxd6+ Kf8
20.Qf3].
14.Qf3 [Threatening to 15.Bxf4 and 15.e5] 14...Ng8
[Making room for the QU to escape; 14...Nxg4
15.Rxg4 Qxh5 16.Bxf4 (16.Qxf4) d5 (16...g6 or 16...Bb7) 17.Nc3 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nd7
19.Re1+; 14...Bc5 15.Bxf4 Nxg4 16.Bxg5 (16.Rxg4!) Nh2+ 17.Ke2 Nxf3 18.Kxf3
Bxg1].
15.Bxf4 [15.Nc3] 15...Qf6 [Threatening 16...Qxb2; 15...Qd8 16.Nc3
(16.a4; 16.Bd6) a6 or 16...d6 or 16...g6].
16.Nc3 [threatening 17.Nd5 and 17.Nxb5; 16.c3 Bb7]
16...Bc5?! [16...Na6; 16...Bb7
17.Nxb5 (17.Qg3 Na6 18.Be5 Qg5) Qxb2 18.Nc7+ Kd8 19.Kg2 or 19.Qd1].
17.Nd5 [17.d4 Bf8 18.Nd5 Qc6 19.Nc7+ Kd8 20.Nxa8
Qxa8 21.Qb3 Ke8 22.Bd6; 17...Bb6 18.Be5; 17...Bxd4 18.Nd5 Qc6 19.Nc7+ Kd8
20.Nxd4 Qb7 21.Bd6; 17...Be7 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.g5 Qe7 20.Nxe7 Bxe7 21.Nxb5] 17...Qxb2 [17...Qd8 18.Nc7+ Kf8 19.Bd6+ Nxd6 20.Nxd6
f6 21.Nxa8].
18.Bd6 [Offering a RO sacrifice. Some sources give
this a brilliant move; others call it a blunder. Other ideas are: A) 18.Nc7+ Kd8 19.Rd1 or
19.Qd1; B) 18.d4 Qxa1+ (18...Bf8 19.Nc7+ Kd8 20.Qb3 or 20.Re1) 19.Kg2 Qb2 (19...Qxa2)
20.dxc5 (20.Nc7+) Na6 (20...Qxc2+) 21.Nd6+ (21.Qb3) Kf8 22.Be5 (22.Nxf7) Qxc2+
23.Kh3 f6 24.Nxf6 Nxf6 25.h6; C) 18.Be3 Qxa1+ (18...d6 19.Bd4 Bxd4 {19...Qxd4
20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Nc7+ Kd8 22.c3 Bxg1 23.Nxa8 f6 24.Kxg1} 20.Nxd6+ Kd8 21.Nxf7+
{21.Qxf7 Rxa1+ 22.Ke2 and Black cannot stop the threat of Qc7 mate} Ke8 22.Nd6+
Kd8 23.Qf8+ Kd7 24.Qf7+ Kxd6 25.Qc7+ Ke6 26.Nf4+ Kf6 27.g5 mate) 19.Kg2 Qb2
(19...Qxa2 20.Nxg7+ Kd8 21.Bxc5 Qxc2+ 22.Bf2 Bb7) 20.Bxc5 (20.Nc7+) Qxc2+
21.Kh3 (21.Bf2 Kf8) Qxc5 (21...Kd8) 22.Rc1 d6 23.Rxc5 Bxf5 (23...dxc5) 24.Qxf5
(24.Nc7+) dxc5?? (24...Nd7) 25 Qc8 mate; D) 18.Re1 Na6 19.Bd6 (19.Rg2) Bb7
(19...Bxg1 20.e5 Kd8 21.Nxg7 Bb7 22.Qxf7 Ne7 23.Ne6+ dxe6 24.Bc7+ Kd7 25.Qxe7+
Kc8 26.Qxe6 mate) 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Nd6+ Kd8 22.Nxf7+ Kc8 23.Nd6+ Kb8 24.Qf8+ Bc8
25.Qxc8 mate] 18...Bxg1 [Some
books have 18...Qxa1 19.Ke2 Bxg1 (19...Qxg1?? 20.Nxg7+ Kd8 21.Bc7 mate;
19...Qb2! 20.Kd2 or 20.Rc1 Bb6) 20.e5; If 18...Bxd6?? 19.Nxd6+ Kd8 20.Nxf7+ Ke8
21.Nd6 Kd8 22.Qf8 mate].
19.e5! [Sacrificing another RO and threatening
20.Nxg7+ Kd8 21.Bc7 mate] 19...Qxa1+ [19...Ba6 20.Nc7+ (20.Rd1) Kd8 21.Nxa6 (21.Re1) Qxa1+ (21...Bb6 22.Qxa8
Qxa1+ 23.Ke2 Qc3) 22.Ke2 Qc3] 20.Ke2 [20.Kg2 f6 21.Nxg7+ Kf7 22.Nxf6 (threatening 23.Nxg8+ and 24.Qf8 mate)
Qd1 (22...Kxg7 23.Ne8+ Kh6 24.Qf4 mate) 23.Qxd1 Bb7+ 24.Kxg1 Ne7 (24...Kxg7
25.Ne8+ Kf7 26.Qf1+ leading to mate) 25.Qf1 Kxg7 26.Bxe7, threatening 27.Ng8
and mating at Qf6 or Qf8].
After 20.Ke2,
Kieseritzky resigned. Some sources give the following continuation…….
20...Na6 [A) 20...f6 21.Nxg7+ Kf7 22.Nxf6 Qe1+
(22...Kxg7 23.Ne8+ Kh6 24.Qf4 mate; 22...Bb7 23.Nd5+ Nf6 {23...Kxg7 24.Qf8
mate} 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Ne7 mate) 23.Kxe1 Bf2+ 24.Kd1 Ne7 25.Nxd7+ Nf5 26.Qxf5+
Kxg7 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Qf8 mate; B) 20...Ne7 21.Nxg7 Kf8 22.Bxe7+ Kg8 23.Nf6+ Kxg7
24.h6 Kxh6 25.Ng8+ Rxg8 26.Qf4+ and mate next move; C) 20...Bb7 21.Nxg7+ Kd8
22.Qxf7 (threatening 23.Qf8 mate) Nh6 23.Ne6+ dxe6 24.Qc7+ Ke8 25.Nf6 mate; D)
20...Ba6!? 21.Nc7+ Kd8 22.Nxa6 (22.Nxa8? Kc8) D1) 22...Bb6 23.Qxa8 Qc3 24.Qxb8+
Qc8 25.Qxc8+ Kxc8 26.Bf8 h6 27.Nd6+ Kd8 28.Nxf7+ Ke8 29.Nxh8 Kxf8 30.Ng6+ Kf7
31.Nb8 Ke8 32.c3 Ne7 33.Nxe7 Kxe7 34.Na6 Ba5 35.Kd2 Ke6 36.d4 Kd5 37.Kd3 Bb6
38.Nb4+ Ke6 39.c4 bxc4 40.Kxc4 and White has an extra PA in a tough endgame;
D2) 22...Qxa2 23.Bc7+ Ke8 24.Nb4 Nc6 25.Nxa2 Bc5 (25...f6) 26.Qd5 (26.Bd6) Bf8
27.Qxb5 Nd8 28.Bd6 Nh6 29.Nxh6 gxh6 30.Qd5 Rc8 31.c4 Bxd6 32.exd6 Nc6 33.Nb4
and White should have the edge; D3) 22...Qc3 23.Bc7+ Qxc7 24.Nxc7 Kxc7 25.Qxa8
Nc6 (25...Bc5) 26.Nd6 Nxe5 27.Ne8+ (27.Nxb5+) Kb6 28.Qb8+ Ka5 (28...Ka6??
29.Nc7+ Ka5 30.Qxb5 mate) 29.Qxe5 f6 30.Qd6].
21.Nxg7+ Kd8
22.Qf6+! Nxf6 23.Be7 mate 1-0.
References:
Assaic, ‘The
Pleasures of Chess’, page 45.
Behein, ‘Chess
With the Masters’, page 21.
Brace, ‘An
Illustrated Dictionary of Chess’, page 137.
Burgess, ‘The
Mammoth Book of Chess’, page 51, 470.
Burgess, Nunn,
& Emms, ‘The World’s Greatest Chess Games’, page 15.
Chernev, ‘1000
Best Short Games of Chess’, page 517.
Euwe, ‘The
Development of Chess Strategy’.
Fine, ‘The World’s
Great Chess Games’, page 16.
Fox & James, ‘The
Complete Chess Addict’, page 101.
Golombek, ‘Chess’,
page 36.
Hooper &
Whyld, ‘The Oxford Companion to Chess’, page 180.
Horowitz, ‘The
Golden Treasury of Chess’, page 26.
Hubner, ‘ChessBase
Magazine’.
Levy &
O’Connell, ‘Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess’, page 176.
‘Napier, Paul
Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess’, page 52.
Immortal game (disambiguation). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_game
From http://www.chess-poster.com
Polish
Immortal
The pgn
list is as follows…….
1. d4 f5
2. c4 Nf6
3. Nc3 e6
4. Nf3 d5
5. e3 c6
6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O
8. Ne2 Nbd7
9. Ng5 Bxh2+
10. Kh1 Ng4
11. f4 Qe8
12. g3 Qh5
13. Kg2 Bg1
14. Nxg1 Qh2+
15. Nf3 e5
16. dxe5 Ndxe5+
17. fxe5 Nxe5+
18. Kf4 Ng6+
19. Kf3 f4
20. exf4 Bg4+
21. Kxg4 Ne5+
22. fxe5 h5++
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