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ANNOTATED GAME
Exhibition Game (Stalking the Enemy King 101)
Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Rock (unknown)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Evans gambit (C52), Richardson attack
Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Rock (unknown)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Evans gambit (C52), Richardson attack
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I was playing through some games by Steinitz and ran across this one. In it, Steinitz sacs his queen for a beautiful 6 move forced combination that sends the enemy king right to the morgue. Enjoy:) | |
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 |
Italian Game. |
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4. b4 |
Evan's Gambit. White cedes material for rapid development. |
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4... Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 |
Black leaves the book. 6...d6 was the play. |
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7. Ba3 |
Develops and prevents enemy castling. |
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7... Bb6 |
? Again, 7...d6 was better. |
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8. d4 |
Steinitz initiates the action. |
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8... exd4 9. Qb3 |
! f7 is a target of opportunity. |
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9... d5 |
Logical - center is staked, light squared bishop now active, and the attack on f7 is slowed. |
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10. exd5 |
Creating a totally open file white will rush to. |
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10... Na5 |
! Looking to break up the threat along the a2-g8 digonal. |
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11. Re1+ |
We all saw this coming..........Black must interpose the check and lose a piece, as 11...Kd7 gets messy after 12.Bb5 . |
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11... Be6 |
Black opts to sac his bishop, and probably hopes to castle queenside. |
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12. dxe6 |
!! Steinitz sacs his queen! A six move combo of death is unleashed. |
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12... Nxb3 13. exf7+ |
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13... Kd7 14. Be6+ |
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14... Kc6 15. Ne5+ |
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15... Kb5 16. Bc4+ |
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16... Ka5 |
[16...Ka4 17.BxN Ka5] |
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17. Bb4+ |
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17... Ka4 18. axb3# |
6! A real gem of a mini! The calculating ability of Steinitz was really incredible. I hope you enjoyed it:) - Thomas |
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