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Immortal Game animation. Anderssen shown playing as White. The Immortal Game was a chess game played in 1851 between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky during the London 1851 chess tournament, an event in which both players participated.
Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (Russian: Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий; 1 January 1806 [O.S. 20 December 1805] – 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1853) was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, known as the "Immortal Game".
Adolf Anderssen won both the London International Tournament and the rival London Club Tournament.. London 1851 was the first international chess tournament. [1] The tournament was conceived and organised by English player Howard Staunton, [2] and marked the first time that the best chess players in Europe would meet in a single event.
Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (6 July 1818 – 13 March 1879) [1] was a German chess master.He won the great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866.
Anderssen Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxb5 c6 [34] Thorold Gambit ... Bishop Gambit, Kieseritzky Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 b5 [158]
John William Schulten (1821–1875), also spelled Johann Wilhelm, was a 19th-century chess master from Germany and the United States.In the 1840s and 1850s, he traveled widely in Europe and the United States to play some of the best chess players in the world—Adolf Anderssen, Alexandre Deschapelles, Daniel Harrwitz, Bernhard Horwitz, Lionel Kieseritzky, Paul Morphy, Gustav Neumann, Jules ...
The Bishop's Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4. White attacks Black's f7-square and prevents Black from advancing the d-pawn to d5. By ignoring the beginner's maxim "develop knights before bishops", White leaves their f-pawn unblocked, preserving the possibility of f2–f4.
Rio Gambit Accepted (C67), 1-0 Sometimes, Rosanes was able to beat even one of the best masters of his time, Adolf Anderssen... Jakob Rosanes vs Adolf Anderssen, Breslau, 1863, King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritzky Gambit Anderssen Defense (C39), 0-1...but as shows this beautiful game, the opposite result was probably quite usual in their games.