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| MrMojoRisin: Also personally I prefer the "Evergreen" game over the "Immortal" game. |
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| Mar-17-06 |
| AlexanderMorphy: Kasparov has better less known games than the one against Karpov in 85... |
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| Apr-18-06 |
| blackburne: Is Anderssen Better attack player of the history??. In a poll of Chess Attack... no
1- Tahl 87 p.
2- Fischer 44 p.
3- Alekhine 37 p.
4- Morphy 36 p.
5- Kasparov 27 p.
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Vote for 3 players of the list with 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. The list with 21 players is in http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/13%2...
VOTE PLEASE
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Apr-21-06
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| chessmoron: Adolf Anderssen--creator of the stupidest opening of all time 1. a4 |
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Apr-22-06
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| Holden: It was 1.a3 he liked, but only in his earlier years. Later in his career he "came to his senses" and gave it up. By the way, my vote for stupidest opening ever is 1.g4 |
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| Apr-23-06 |
| SBC: <Holden> <chessmoron> The first time Anderssen is seen playing the Anderssen's Opening (1. a3) in this database is in 1858:
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858
The last time is in 1878: Anderssen vs J Mason, 1878 Since Anderssen was born in 1818, 1858 could hardly be consided his early years and since he died in 1879, he could hardly been said to have given it up in his later years. He also seems to have not played it very frequently, but did have good overall results with it. |
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Apr-24-06
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| Holden: <SBC> Good point. I read that somewhere, can't recall where - I thought it was in My Great Predecessors I, but I couldn't find it. Obviously if he played it 1878 he never gave up the opening. |
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| May-16-06 |
| TylerD: Kamsky s comeback suddenly looking so good got me thinking of the following Anderssen quote, which he made after his defeat by Morphy in 1858:
"I was wrong in supposing that I could bottle up my chess and put it in a glass case."
Yep, usually doesn t work... |
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May-22-06
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| BishopBerkeley: Nicely done website on "Super Tournaments" contains many images I have not seen before. It opens with Baden-Baden 1870, which it presents as the first super tournament (Anderssen won.): http://www.endgame.nl/super.htm
Baden-Baden 1870:
http://www.endgame.nl/bad1870.htm
Drawing of Adolf Anderssen I had not seen before, presented under "London 1851": http://www.endgame.nl/wfairs.htm
Main "Chess Analyses" page:
http://www.endgame.nl/
The site appears to be maintained by Jan van Reek . Bravo!
(:  Bishop Berkeley :)
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| Jul-06-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Adolf Anderssen ANDERSSEN, Adolf
http://www.bidmonfa.com/anderssen_a...
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Feb-08-07
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| Joshka: Did Anderssen ever write about Morphy and what the chess world would have been like had he continued to play during the 60's and 70's. Would Steinitz have been World Champion were it not for Morphy being taken out of the equation? Would love to hear his views on these matters!:-)..thanks in advance |
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| Apr-22-07 |
| Paul123: I'm convinced .....Take away computers and few GM's could hang with guys like Anderssen, Morphy...etc... |
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May-19-07
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| Caissanist: <Joshka> For what it's worth, Irving Chernev quotes Anderssen as saying that Steinitz was better than Morphy after losing matches to both. |
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May-19-07
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| Plato: <Caissanist> Evans confirms the same thing in "New Ideas in Chess" Which Chernev book is that from? |
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May-21-07
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| Caissanist: I believe it was in "Wonders and Curiosities of Chess", but I don't have a copy of that book at hand so I can't say with any certainty. |
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Oct-15-07
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| notyetagm: Judit Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003 Position after 13 ... h6x g5?! 14 g2-g4!:
click for larger viewPolgar has just sacrificed a whole piece(!) (a ) on g5 in order to form the <PAWN LEVER> of Black g5-pawn versus White g4-pawn, with the goal of eventually opening the h-file with h2-h4. I read at the time of this game that this idea (a piece sacrifice to create a <PAWN LEVER>) was first played in a game by the great Adolf Anderssen. Does anyone know which Anderseen game this is? Thanks
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Feb-20-08
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| Knight13: Well, this guy DID beat Morphy with 1. a3. So it can't be THAT bad. |
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Mar-11-08
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| ketchuplover: Just 53 draws in 745 games. |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Adolf Anderssen
Born: 1818-Jul
Died: 1879-Mar
Best World Rank: #1 (7 different months between the December 1861 rating list and the August 1870 rating list ) Highest Rating: 2744 on the August 1870 rating list, #1 in world, age 52y1m Best Individual Performance: 2724 in Baden-Baden, 1870, scoring 11/16 (69%) vs 2611-rated opposition |
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Jun-28-08
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| BishopBerkeley: I see that Google Books has provided us with a collection of Chess puzzles published by Adolf Anderssen: http://tinyurl.com/56zk92
You can download the whole book as a PDF file for free if you wish (it is in the public domain). I did this myself, and the download worked nicely. There is a handwritten inscription visible in this copy from 1915. The volume apparently belongs to the New York Public Library. And here is a copy of "Neue Berliner Schachzeitung", a publication of Herr Anderssen and Herr Johannes Zukertort : http://tinyurl.com/4qm4yn
And here are a number of other works bearing Herr Anderssen's name: http://tinyurl.com/3uylj6
((I wonder if Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen is Herr Anderssen himself, or perhaps a relative?) (: Bishop Berkeley :)
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| Jul-06-08 |
| offtherook: I've always found Anderssen's games inspiring, largely because I enjoy playing completely unsound chess. It's much more fun. |
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Jul-06-08
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| brankat: R.I.P. in Chess Haven Master Anderssen! |
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| Jul-06-08 |
| Voltaic: i can't think of chess without Anderssen, it's like if his existence was necessary to define the game, with his amazing dazzling sacrifices he gave the board so much joy and excitement. he had a natural boldness, and baldness, but out of the board he was a kind person and a true gentleman, chess history will always remember him as the man who accepted without hesitation Morphy's challenge, not like Staunton who dodged the young American as the pest. may Anderssen be checkmating everyone with knights and bishops in heaven :) |
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Jul-06-08
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| ketchuplover: wishing herr anderssen an immortal birthday |
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| Sep-01-08 |
| myschkin: . . .
Photograph: http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scac... |
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