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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.
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.
Game animation. The Evergreen Game is a famous chess game won by Adolf Anderssen against Jean Dufresne in 1852.. This was probably an informal game.At the time, there was no formal title of "World Champion", but the German mathematics professor Anderssen was widely considered the best player in the world after winning the first major international chess tournament in London in 1851.
It was won by Adolf Anderssen, ahead of Wilhelm Steinitz. In comparison with earlier major tournaments such as London 1851 chess tournament , London 1862 chess tournament and Paris 1867 chess tournament , there were two major innovations: chess clocks were used for the first time [ 1 ] [ better source needed ] (20 moves had to be made per hour ...
An international chess tournament was held in London, during the second British world exhibition, in 1862.. The prizes were won by Adolf Anderssen (£100), Louis Paulsen (£50), John Owen (£30), George Alcock MacDonnell (£15), Serafino Dubois (£10) and Wilhelm Steinitz (£5) who was awarded the brilliancy prize for his win over Augustus Mongredien.
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.
Louis Eichborn (1812 – 9 May 1882) was a banker [1] and a strong amateur chess player who played a series of casual games against Adolf Anderssen who was among the best players in the world in the 1850s. Almost all of his known games are wins against Anderssen, found in Eichborn's papers after his death.
"The Immortal Game" Lionel Kieseritzky neglects his development and Adolf Anderssen sacrifices his queen and both rooks for a win. [9] 1852: Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne, Berlin. "The Evergreen Game". Adolf Anderssen mates with what Savielly Tartakower termed "[a] combination second to none in the literature of the game." [10]