John William Schulten vs Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritsky (1851)

John William Schulten vs Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritsky
London2 1851 · Sicilian Defense: Bowlder Attack (B20) · 0-1

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Aug-06-04		DanielBryant: The final combination is pretty as Black, with his powerful bishops, drag the white king along the first rank.

May-18-05		soberknight: Pawn takes rook = queen, mate. Maybe the first time I've ever seen that.

Feb-07-06		Autoreparaturwerkbau: <sober> That's because in ancient times chessplayers played till the bitter end.

Apr-15-06		MorphyMatt: 26... exd1=# is also mate

Apr-15-06		IMDONE4: Thank you for that observation <MorphyMatt>. White gets greedy and grabs a rook, to soon be faced with a Queen sacrifice and checkmate. A beautiful classic worthy of recognition.

Oct-06-06		chessworm: What if white plays 22. Rf2 ? How will black continue?

Oct-07-06		beatgiant: <chessworm: What if white plays 22. Rf2 ? How will black continue?> Black can reply 22. Rf2 d3, threatening 23...Bxf2 and I don't see how White can avoid at least major loss of material.

Oct-18-07		nimh: Rybka 2.4 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.33. Schulten 6 mistakes: 11.Ng5 -1.81 (11.Be3 -0.41) 13.Kh1 -1.17 (13.Bxd4 -0.73) 19.Nf7+ -0.09 (19.b4 1.04) 21.Ne2 0.59 (21.Nd5 1.12) 22.Rf3 -2.03 (22.Rg1 0.57) 25.Kf1 #2 (25.Nd4 -1.85) Kieseritsky 6 mistakes: 12...b6 -0.73 (12...h6 -1.78) 13...Bb7 -0.73 (13...Bf6 -1.17) 15...Bc5 -0.11 (15...Bf6 -0.72) 16...f5 0.82 (16...g6 -0.10) 17...d4 1.03 (17...Qd6 0.63) 20...Qc8 1.12 (20...Ra7 -0.14)

Jan-04-08		DanLanglois: I prefer 21 Na4 to 21 Ne2 (or Rybka's putative recommendation 21 Nd5).

Jan-04-08		DanLanglois: Rybka's putative recommendation of 15...Bf6 does not seem obviously best to me. What about something like 15...Rc8.

Jan-19-09		WhiteRook48: great king hunt.

Feb-03-09		WhiteRook48: what does White have after 25...Bxd4+?

Nov-12-11		Whitehat1963: Phenomenal Wednesday puzzle after 22. Rf3

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