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| Dec-23-03 | | derbyc: I've just read an interesting story (http://www.chessville.com/misc/Mad_... see the "Saw it, went home" article). I think that story is about this game. |
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| Dec-23-03 | | Resignation Trap: Bardeleben helped Pillsbury win this tournament, by withdrawing instead of playing the American. |
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| Jan-11-04 | | Benjamin Lau: I like the ideas behind the game and how Steinitz brilliantly manages to give his opponent a free IQP and use it as a method for a nice outpost, but 16...c6?? is a very large blunder. It's a classic game, but does it really deserve a score of 13/15 by Nunn and Emms? |
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| Mar-25-04 | | nikolaas: I think this isn't the whole game. I have a book from Euwe in which the game is continued.Strange. |
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Mar-25-04
 | | tamar: There was one more move according to most sources 24...♔h8 25 ♖xh7+. Bardeleben has always been severely criticized for leaving the scene after this move, but at this point, he was solely winning Hastings with 7.5 of 9pts.!
His ♔ has been made to walk the plank by the ♖ to the very edge of the board, and now it has to start a journey back and be chased by the ♕ after 25...♔g8 26 ♖g7+ ♔h8 27 ♕h4+! until mate. Unbearable. His ungracious behavior has only added to the legend and fame of this finish. |
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| Mar-26-04 | | nikolaas: In Euwe's praktische schaaklessen (practical chesslessons) the game goes on until move 35:24...♔h8 25.♖xh7+ ♔g8 26.♖g7+ ♔h8 27.♕h4+ ♔xg7 28.♕h7+ ♔f8 29.♕h8+ ♔e7 30.♕g7+ ♔e8 31.♕g8+ ♔e7 32.♕f7+ ♔d8 33.♕f8+ ♕e8 34.♘f7+ ♔d7 35.♕d6++. |
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| Jul-08-04 | | chessgameuser: Dubious moves: 7...d5, 10...Be7, 15. Qe2.
Bad moves: 16...c6
Blunders:
Interesting moves: 7. Nc3
Good moves: 9. O-O, 11. Bxd5, 22. Rxe7+, 22...Kf8, 23. Rf7+, 23...Kg8, 24. Rg7+, 24...Kh8, 25. Rxh7+
Brilliant moves: 17. d5 |
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| Jul-31-04 | | fred lennox: The only game between these two, but what a game! |
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| Aug-04-04 | | Marius: if 19...Rac8? 20.Qg4,g6 21.Ng5+,Ke8 22.Rxc8 and black is lost. I find that while i was trying on a board and i push the wrong rook |
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| Aug-06-04 | | patzer2: White's 21. Ng5+! is a strong discovered check, followed by an amazing 22. Rxe7+! deflection move. If 22...Qxe7, then 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nxh7 Ke7 27. f4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. g4 is a won endgame for White. If 22...Kxe7, then 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Qb4+ Rc5 (24...Kc7 25. Ne6+ Kb8 26. Qf4+ Rc7 27. Nxc7 b6 28. Nxa8 Kxa8 29. Qxf6  ; 24...Kc6 25. Rc1#) 25. Qf4+ Kc6 26. Re6+ Kb5 27. a4+ Ka5 28. b4+ Kxa4 29. bxc5+ Kb5 30. Qxf6 is winning for White. |
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| Sep-02-04 | | bunti: Does anyone know if this famous game has been annotated by any grandmasters on the internet or in print. if so, where? thanks |
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| Sep-02-04 | | Shadout Mapes: Vukovic annotates it in The Art of Attack (an excellent book, probably my favorite). A.J. Goldsby has it annotated at his site, http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj |
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| Sep-03-04 | | AdrianP: <bunti> <shadout mapes> ... also Kasparov OMGP Vol 1 and Nunn Emms Burgess Worlds Greatest Chess Games. |
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| Sep-28-04 | | themindset: this game has been annonated in countless books. |
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| Sep-28-04 | | Calculoso: Mate in 11 reminds me of my occasional woes against the ChessMaster 9000 program... I see "Mate in 11" at the bottom followed by my move and then "Mate in 3." Oops :) |
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Sep-28-04
| | tamar: Tarrasch has the notes in the Hastings tournament book. After 22 Rxe7+ he writes
"The position is most interesting, all the White pieces being en prise." |
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| Sep-28-04 | | marekg248: Famous game indeed! When I first played it over, I couldn't quite comprehend the move 22.♖xe7+. It was written in the book that Steinitz must have mainly foreseen 22...♔f8 after this move. For me it's a game of the century! There is a great poetic description in Kasparov's OMGP (I don't know who wrote it originally and I'm not 100% sure I recall it properly, but I liked it very much) "And so it was on agreeable August morning, when aging lion W. Steinitz won the most beautiful game of his life". I hope I didn't corrupt it much. |
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| Sep-28-04 | | percyblakeney: von Bardeleben could have had the tournament of his life, starting Hastings with +6 -0 =3, when this game destroyed it for him. He only won two more games, and withdrew against Pillsbury, but still finished at a respectable 7th place ahead of many great players. |
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| Sep-28-04 | | CavaleiroNegro: i hate giocco piano when i play with the black pieces. |
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| Sep-28-04 | | patzer2: If 24...Kf8, then 25. Nh7+ wins. |
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| Sep-28-04 | | kevin86: Steinitz is referred to as the "Austrian Morphy".
Game of the century,I agree,<marekq>,but of course it has to be the game of the nineteenth century-I would have a challenge,however, in Morphy's "opera box" game in c.1858 |
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| Sep-28-04 | | patzer2: <Shadout Mapes> Thanks for the great site by Life Master A.J. Cosby. I've added the site to My IE2 favorites, and after going through his annotations added 17. d5!! to my "clearance" game collection and 22. Rxe7+!! to my "deflection" game collection. |
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| Sep-28-04 | | Drudge: I do not comprehend the move 22.Rxe7+.
Can someone explain to me why black did not take it with his Queen? |
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| Sep-28-04 | | Drudge: oh i think i finally figured it out... if black takes the queen then white will take 2 rooks and mate? |
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Sep-28-04
 | | tpstar: <Drudge> 22 ... Qxe7 leaves White up a piece after 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ Qd8 (forced) 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nf3 or 26. Nxh7 (like patzer2 suggested) with a won endgame for White. See patzer2's previous analysis from 8/6/04, especially regarding the more intricate 22 ... Kxe7. Also note the annotation box below the board at game's end. |
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