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Johannes Zukertort vs NN
Leipzig - 1877  ·  Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C26)  ·  1-0
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Oct-13-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: Mate in 15?! Complicated indeed! Maybe this one will silence the folks who keep saying "too easy!" =)
Dec-19-03
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  kevin86: I love the deadly quiet move,Pc3
Dec-19-03
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  karnak64: This is breathtaking.
Dec-19-03  CapablancaRules: Why this guy zukertort never became WCH? He plays much better than Steinitz and his games are fairly more stunning
Dec-19-03  ughaibu: I'd guess DRF.
Dec-19-03
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  kevin86: Zukertort had some brilliant wins! and brilliant losses. I guess he could not beat Steinitz head-to-head.

NN-is in his very position because he was an amateur or was bad enough to play like a beginner.(he may have just chose to be anonymous) LOL

Dec-20-03  Shadout Mapes: <Why this guy zukertort never became WCH? He plays much better than Steinitz and his games are fairly more stunning>

He played some matches with Steinitz and lost them all.

Dec-20-03  CapablancaRules: Maybe he did not have luck playing with Steinitz
May-28-05  Plastic Man: Can this game be classed as a King-Hunt?
May-28-05  iron maiden: I think it can only be called a king-hunt if you chase the king into enemy territory--the fifth rank or beyond.
Jun-01-05  Plastic Man: There should be another term similar to King-hunt because of the sacrifice and bringing the King out closer.
Jun-17-05  Halfpricemidge: How about 'King harrassment' or 'partial king hunt'
Aug-09-05  Jafar219: I wonder how this wonderful game was played in 1877 ?!.This is very impressive.Just think 128 years ago.
Dec-25-06  Rubenus: 11...Kg8 and white has nothing more than perpetual check. Why am I wrong?
Feb-02-07  hellstrafer: <Rubenus> 11.. Kg8 12.Bf7+ Kf8 13.Be6+ Ke8 14.Bd7+ wins the queen and white will be ahead of material.
Apr-08-07  sanyas: <iron maiden>, <Plastic Man>; I think that simply dragging the king out of its comfort zone should be sufficient for classifying a game as a king-hunt. For example, in Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2005 the Black king only ever gets to the sixth rank, yet I think most people would definitely call that game a king-hunt.

It is interesting how Zukertort shuns the straightforward 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+ in favor of the spectacular 8.fxe5 Nxe5 (8...O-O was much better) 9.Nxe5.

<hellstrafer> 11...Kg8 12.Bf7+ Kf8 13.Be6+ allows 13...Bf6, when 14.Rxf6+ gxf6 15.Nf7 (15.Bh6+ Ke7 16.Nf7 Qb8 17.Bc4 b5 18.Nxh8 bxc4 19.Nd5+ Kd7 20.Rxd1 Qxb2 21.Nf7 Rb8 22.Be3 Qxc2 23.Nxf6+ Kc8 ) 15...Qe8 16.Bc4 Bxc2 17.Nxh8 c6 doesn't yield enough. 14.Nf7 Qe8 15.Bc4 Bxc2 16.Nxh8 c6 17.Bf4 d5 18.exd5 b5 19.Rae1 Qc8 is also clearly less than is deserved.

Of course, White could simply play 13.Nd7+ Qxd7 14.Be6+, winning easily :)

Oct-08-07  xeroxmachine: Inspired by this game I went out on the free internet chess server. I must say i am pretty pleased with result.^^

[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "-"]

[TimeControl "180"]

1. e4 d5 2. f4 d4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Rxd1 Qd6 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. Na3 Qxb2 13. Nac4 Qxc2 14. Rab1 h6 15. Rf1 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. Rxb7 Kd8 18. Rxf6 Be7 19. Nc6+ Kd7 20. Rxc7#
checkmated 1-0

Mar-20-09  WhiteRook48: took a while to see Bf4#
May-19-09  WhiteRook48: In fact I thought about d4+ for a while then realized this leaves the e4 pawn unprotected
Feb-06-11  blackburne: This is a blindfold game
Sep-07-12  nirvanapirate: Bishop delivers mate on f4 and no pieces can intervene.
Oct-28-12
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  FSR: Viennese Waltz.
Feb-17-13  ZeejDonnelly: <FSR>: Very elegant, but in a game against NN, I like Ba-Zuke-a Jo... A common chewing gum for a common opponent.
Feb-20-13
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  Eduardo Bermudez: Zukertort was until now, the chess player whitout being world champion, who has been most years number one !!
Feb-20-13  JimNorCal: <blackburne>: This is a blindfold game

Wow!

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