Anderson chess games

Anderssen is also known for his matches with Morphy and Wilhelm Steinitz and for winning the first international chess tournament London He was the teacher of Johannes Zukertort a world-class player of the 19th century and is also considered a pioneer for chess-problem compositions.

Anderssen had a romantic attacking style. He used gambits and offbeat openings including his own Anderssen's Opening with 1. Anderssen's abilities to create combinations and develop rapidly are notable. These traits are on display in the "Immortal Game" below. Anderssen sacrifices a bishop, then both rooks and ultimately his queen to create this historic checkmate—a memorable and classic attack. Anderssen learned how to play chess at the age of nine from his father, but it would not become a large part of his life until much later.

Instead of pursuing chess alone Anderssen studied philosophy and mathematics at school and eventually became a mathematics professor. He began composing chess problems while attending a university, and in he published a collection of 60 compositions. Anderssen's chess compositions got the attention of the Berlin chess scene, and he started playing in matches.

In he drew a match with the chess professional Daniel Harrwitz. Because of his performance in this match and his growing reputation, Anderssen was asked to represent Germany in in the first international chess tournament to be held in London. The tournament in London was historical for many reasons, mainly because it was the first international tournament but also because it collected many of the world's strongest players.

To the surprise of many, Anderssen won the tournament ahead of the world's best including the tournament organizer and British champion Howard Staunton. The London Chess Club organized a tournament, which Anderssen won convincingly, a month after the international tournament. At this point he was viewed not only as a world-class player but as the leading player in the world.

Between and , tournaments were still very rare, but in Anderssen's famous "Evergreen Game" was played. This masterpiece starts with the Evan's Gambit and develops regularly until Anderssen sacrifices a knight on move 17, his other knight on move 19 and then his rook on move These sacrifices set the stage for the memorable queen sacrifice on move 21 that forces mate!

A game for the ages:. In late Anderssen faced the chess legend Paul Morphy, who had already defeated many masters on his European tour that year, but many were anticipating the Morphy-Anderssen match.

Anderssen was considered the leading player in the world before Morphy stepped on the stage and began defeating everyone he played. The match was quite lopsided, as Morphy proved his superiority over Anderssen and won the match with a devastating score seven wins, two losses, two draws.

Anderssen used his unusual opening 1. In the tenth game of the match, Anderssen defeated Morphy with his offbeat opening. Anderssen won this tournament and became regarded as the strongest player in the world. Kieseritzky was famous for playing games at the Cafe de la Regence in Paris; he was also a chess teacher.

Kieseritzky was so impressed with Anderssen's play that he telegraphed the moves of the game to his chess club in Paris, and the game was published shortly after. The Immortal Game is important because it is a paradigm of romantic play, it displays multiple fantastic sacrifices and has an unforgettable checkmating pattern.

It is one of the most famous attacking games of all time. The game begins with the King's Gambit, a favorite of the romantic era, and Anderssen starts the carnage by sacrificing his bishop. He next sacrifices not one but both rooks and then forces checkmate with a brilliant queen sacrifice. Search Advanced. Latest comments. Tatev Abrahamyan vs. Iryna Zenyuk, Magnus Carlsen vs. Wesley So, David Shahinyan vs. Vahe Danielyan, Sergey Karjakin vs.

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