Berthold Suhle vs Adolf Anderssen (1859)

Berthold Suhle vs Adolf Anderssen
Cologne 1859 · Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Variation (B42) · 0-1

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May-30-04		fred lennox: Anderssen may be the boldest handler of rooks of his century, at least before 1890. Sometimes too bold though those mainly occur in his earlier years - I suspect he took note of Morphy's discreet restrain in handling the major pieces. So I like to dwell on the rook for a bit. The rook is the only piece which cannot fork and can only retreat one way. He's powerful but rigid. Since the rook does not gain power by being centrally located, one way to give the rook flexibility is to close the center and open up the wings. For a rook is far superior to a minor piece in shifting attack from wing to wing. This is white's strategy. Black isn't caught unaware. 29...Rde8 is subtle. It makes the devastating 33...Rg1+ possible.

May-24-05		offramp: <fred lennox: ...The rook is the only piece which cannot fork...> Anand vs Kramnik, 2005

Sep-26-06		RonB52734: <offramp> excellent example!

Oct-09-06		offramp: Another example is move 39 in Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984. They are pretty rare, though.

Aug-05-07		NguyenVo: Wow, a Modern Variation game played in 1859. This must have looked quite strange back then.

Oct-04-09		heuristic: mo' better moves: 12...Qxb2 13.Qe1 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Be2 21.Qd2 d4 22.Bxd4 b5 23.Kg2 Qe7 25...Bxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Qc6 27.Qxc6+ bxc6 28.Rad1 26.Bd6 Qf7 27.Rac1 Rxd6 28.exd6 Kb8 30.Rf2 Kd8 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 32.Qxc6 bxc6 31...Rg4 32.Rf1 Reg8 33.Rc2 Kd8 34.Rxc6 33.Rdc5 Kd7 34.Rxc6 bxc6 35.Qd3 Qb7 33...Rg4 34.Rdc3 Reg8 35.Qxc6+ Qxc6 36.Rxc6+

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