1.
e4
e5
2.
Nf3
Nc6
3.
Bb5
Nf6
4.
d3
d6
5.
Bxc6+
bxc6
6.
h3
g6
7.
Nc3
Bg7
8.
O-O
O-O
9.
Bg5
h6
10.
Be3
c5
11.
Rb1
Ne8
12.
b4
cxb4
13.
Rxb4
c5
14.
Ra4
Bd7
15.
Ra3
f5
16.
Qb1
Kh8
17.
Qb7
a5
18.
Rb1
a4
19.
Qd5
Qc8
20.
Rb6
Ra7
21.
Kh2
f4
22.
Bd2
g5
23.
Qc4
Qd8
24.
Rb1
Nf6
25.
Kg1
Nh7
26.
Kf1
h5
27.
Ng1
g4
28.
hxg4
hxg4
29.
f3
Qh4
30.
Nd1
Ng5
31.
Be1
Qh7
32.
d4
gxf3
33.
gxf3
Nh3
34.
Bf2
Nxg1
35.
dxc5
Qh3+
36.
Ke1
Nxf3+
37.
Rxf3
Qxf3
38.
Nc3
dxc5
39.
Bxc5
Rc7
40.
Nd5
Rxc5
41.
Qxc5
Qxe4+
42.
Kf2
Rc8
43.
Nc7
Qe3+
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Event
Site
London ENG
Date
1866.08.08
Round
13
White
Black
Result
0-1
WhiteElo
2600
BlackElo
2590
Anderssen–Steinitz, from their 1866 London match — Emanuel Lasker held up Steinitz's win as a model of the new method: a king-side pawn-storm prepared with painstaking care after White's premature exchange on the fifth move. From Common Sense in Chess (1896); his public-domain notes follow.
- 5.Bxc6+ This exchange is decidedly uncalled for. Black's Q R gains thereby an open file, as well as the Q B. White has no compensation whatever; for to speak in the early stage of a game of the weakness of a double Pawn or an isolated Pawn for end game purposes is nothing but a chimera.
- 6…g6 Black has already the advantage, and can therefore afford to lose a move for development, which will later on support his plan of attack.
- 10…c5 An excellent coup. Black's plan, as will be seen, is to make the fighting on the K side with his Pawns; he therefore keeps the White Q P back, to preserve the obstructions in the centre.
- 11.Rb1 It would have been much more to the interest of White to forestall the imminent attack, for instance by (11) Q - Q 2, K - R 2; (12) P - K Kt 4, Kt - Kt; (13) Kt - R 2, P - B 4; (14) P - B 3.
- 15…f5 The White K Pawn, which intercepts the B file from Q B 3, blocks the K P and holds back the Q P, dare not be removed. It is, therefore, an excellent object of attack.
- 19.Qd5 White's game suffers of want of design. There is no possible object in all this manoeuvring of the heavy pieces. His policy should have been one of defence, which he might conduct on the Kt - R 2, P - K B 3 and so on, and perhaps successfully.
- 20…Ra7 In order to have his Queen free for the following threat: (21) ..., P - B 5; (22) B - Q 2, B x P; (23) P x B, Q x P; (24) Kt - R 2, P - B 6, etc.
- 25…Nh7 The R P shall advance and then the Kt P, to be followed by Kt - Kt 4, where the Kt will have, in conjunction with his advanced Pawns, a commanding sway. Mark how carefully all this is prepared. No strong point is left to the White party in the rear of the Black Pawns, nor in front of them, during the whole of the tedious process.
- 31…Qh7 Here we have the beau ideal of the concluding stages of a King side attack supported by a chain of Pawns. If P x P, all the lines are opened by P - B 6 with tremendous effect. White cannot much improve his position, as his pieces have no space to execute any movements. So Black has any amount of time to prepare the finishing stroke.
- 35.dxc5 Of course, if (35) B x Kt, B - R 6 ch. wins.
- 36.Ke1 or (36) K x Kt, B - K B 3, the White King being quite helpless.
- 37…Qxf3 And Black won easily a few moves later. Do not overlook how the apparently unimportant sixth move on the part of White (6. P - K R 3) was the real reason of all the trouble that he had to undergo.
[Event "Match"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "1866.08.08"] [Round "13"] [White "Anderssen, Adolf"] [Black "Steinitz, Wilhelm"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "C65h"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. h3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 c5 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. b4 cxb4 13. Rxb4 c5 14. Ra4 Bd7 15. Ra3 f5 16. Qb1 Kh8 17. Qb7 a5 18. Rb1 a4 19. Qd5 Qc8 20. Rb6 Ra7 21. Kh2 f4 22. Bd2 g5 23. Qc4 Qd8 24. Rb1 Nf6 25. Kg1 Nh7 26. Kf1 h5 27. Ng1 g4 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. f3 Qh4 30. Nd1 Ng5 31. Be1 Qh7 32. d4 gxf3 33. gxf3 Nh3 34. Bf2 Nxg1 35. dxc5 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Nxf3+ 37. Rxf3 Qxf3 38. Nc3 dxc5 39. Bxc5 Rc7 40. Nd5 Rxc5 41. Qxc5 Qxe4+ 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Nc7 Qe3+ 0-1