Wilhelm Steinitz vs Simon Winawer (1882)

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Simon Winawer
Vienna it plof 1882 · French Defense: Steinitz Attack (C00) · 0-1

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Sep-11-02		bishop: Winawer beats Steinitz's eccentric 2.e5. Steinitz could not make himself play 6.exf6 as that would have admitted that his opening experiment had failed.

Sep-11-02		Honza Cervenka: Steinitz could make draw through 16. Qh5 Ng6 17.Qh6+ Kg8 (17...Ke7 18.Qg7+) 18.Ne8 Kf7 19.Nd6+ etc.

Jul-06-05		offramp: It's quite funny to see someone make a two-rook sacrifice and lose really badly.

Dec-15-05		Caissanist: White wins with 14.exf6. This was demonstrated in the game J McConnell vs Steinitz, 1886

Feb-04-07		ksadler: I was just playing through this game this morning, and I'm not sure what Steinitz was thinking with a few moves. Honza's repetition was the thing that jumped into my mind, but perhaps Steinitz was just in a bad mood and wanted to checkmate his opponent!

Feb-04-07		IMDONE4: was 2. e5 the general move during the era?

Feb-04-07		An Englishman: Good Afternoon: 2.e5 has always been an eccentric move, and Winawar's response was just as eccentric (2...d6 is equal). Frankly, these two played the game as if drunk.

Feb-04-07		ksadler: I have been playing through Steinitz's games lately and he played a lot of 2. e5 Repertoire Explorer: Wilhelm Steinitz (white)

Sep-10-07		keypusher: <offramp><It's quite funny to see someone make a two-rook sacrifice and lose really badly.> Perhaps this should be called the Mortal Game. <Frankly, these two played the game as if drunk.> They had just finished a 34-round tournament; I hope they were drunk.

Feb-26-08		Knight13: Steinitz attemps "The Immortal Game" and fails miserably..

Sep-21-08		GrahamClayton: <offramp>It's quite funny to see someone make a two-rook sacrifice and lose really badly. Offramp, This is the only game of the 136 games featured in "Take My Rooks" by Yasser Seirawan and Nikolay Minev (International Chess Enterprises, 1991) where the player sacrificing the two Rooks loses.

Dec-20-08		chocobonbon: <Keypusher> <Perhaps this should be called the Mortal Game.> Funny. You nailed it.

Dec-20-08		thebribri8: White gives away two rooks and loses. Go figure.

Jan-03-09		GlassCow: 17 Qd4 was a clunker. either Nf5 or Nxc8 preserved the initiative and kept winawer in defense mode.

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