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Anderssen's Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move: 1. a3. Anderssen's Opening is named after unofficial World Chess Champion Adolf Anderssen, who played it three times [1] [2] [3] in his 1858 match against Paul Morphy. Although Anderssen was defeated decisively in the match, the games he opened with the novelty scored 1½/3 ...
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.
This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system.The chess openings are categorised into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred subcategories ("00" through "99").
1.a3 d5 2.d4 (or 2.Nf3 followed by e3 and d4) with the idea of playing a delayed Reversed Queen's Gambit Accepted with a full extra tempo. 1.a3 c5 2.c4 (2.e4 is of course also possible) and if Black plays closed then White plays as in the Symmetrical variation and the move 1.a3 has full value (as it prepares the thrust b4 following g3, Bg2, Nc3 ...
White: Adolf Anderssen [a] Black: Lionel Kieseritzky Opening: King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit (ECO C33) 1. e4 e5 2. f4. This is the King's Gambit: Anderssen offers his pawn in exchange for faster development. This was one of the most popular openings of the 19th century and is still occasionally seen, though ...
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.
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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.