Wilhelm Steinitz vs Philipp Hirschfeld (1863)

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Wilhelm Steinitz vs Philipp Hirschfeld
Casual game (1863), London ENG
King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Paulsen Defense (C39) · 1-0

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Jul-23-03		kevin86: A strange reversal of moves,based on the varation: if NxN 20 QxQ; if QxQ,20 NxN+ and 21 PxQ;and if QxP+,20 QxQ NxQ and 21 NxN+. in all cases,white wins at least a piece

Jul-23-03		Fulkrum: 19...Qxd3. 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. cxd3 and white is up the exchange? Is that it? Am I missing something here.

Jul-23-03		crafty: 19. ... ♕xd4+ 20. ♕xd4 ♘xd4 21. ♘xf6+ ♔f7 22. ♘xg4+ ♔g6 (eval 1.49; depth 14 ply; 500M nodes)

Jul-23-03		BeautyInChess: Crafty 22 should be 22. ♘xd7 shouldn't it? Why take the pawn when you can take the bishop?

Jul-23-03		jmcd2002: <should be 22. Nxd7?> I guess the idea is to make white's king mobile and push the g/h pawns to victory?

Jul-23-03		jmcd2002: And what about 19. Qc4+? That seems to win the exchange, too, no?

Jul-23-03		MoonlitKnight: 19.Qc4+ d5 How does that win?

Jul-23-03		Mondhir: Some possible continuations are: 19. ... Qxd3 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21. cxd3 Nxd4 22. Nxg4+, which is better than 22. Nxd7+, because of 22. ... Nf3+ and the threat of 23. ... Ke7. Note that 20. ... Kf7 is better than 20. ... Kg7, which leads to 21. cxd3 Be8 22. Rae1 Bg6 23. Nd5! (also playable is 23. Nxg4), and white has a big advantage. Seemingly more logical for black, but not better, is 19. ... Qxd4+. This will lead to 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxf6+ Kf7 22. Nxg4+.

Jul-24-03		jmcd2002: <9.Qc4+ d5 How does that win?> It doesn't, I guess... That's what I get for posting late at night. I only looked at 19. ...Nd5 or 19. ...Be6

Oct-30-04		aw1988: Steinitz's last game in the database... poor man... lost his marbles in the end. :( On the good sign, he is a major influence on modern chess (and no not the 12 move GM draws).

Jun-15-05		sneaky pete: <last game in the database> Only because the date is wrong, played around 1870 (when S. was living in England) is more likely. Hirschfeld died October 1896.

Jun-15-05		aw1988: Oh. violin music stops

Jun-26-05		Knight13: Steinitz was 64 years old when he played this game. He was pretty old. Also, Steinitz died in 1900 so this might be the last game he played. 28... Qxe4?? is a blunder. Better would've been 28... Rf8, leading to 29. Rae1 30. Qc4+ Kg7 and so on.

Feb-02-06		MorphyMatt: Reminds me of Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1948

Feb-24-18		TheFocus: Informal game played in 1863 in London, according to Sid Pickard's book <The Games of Wilhem Steinitz> #605, pg. 164.

Feb-17-20		Gaito: The combination that began with 18.Nf4! was chosen as an example or exercise for the theme "decoying" in the book "Test Your Tactical Ability" by Yakov Neishtadt (diagram 12, page 20). In case of 18...Nxf4?, then 19.Nd5! and then, after the queen has withdrawn, 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Nf6+ and 22.Nxe4 with extra material.

Feb-17-20		Gaito: Black resigned on account of the variations: A) 19....Qxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Nxd4 21.Nxf6+, and 22.Nxd7. Or else B) 19...Qxd3 20.Nxf6+ and the material advantage guarantees White an uncomplicated win.

Sep-06-21		MissScarlett: 1900...1870...1863? According to Harding (p.96), this game was first published in the <Westminter Papers> in May 1870, p.7. <Although the Westminster Papers did not state date or place for this game, internal evidence suggests it was much earlier and perhaps from Hirschfeld's first visit to London.>

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