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Sep-29-04 | | marekg248: Yes, <kevin>, great game too. Very instructive:) There were many great players and games in the 19th century, so there are more games of the century than one, that's for sure. Have you read this? (Nr.217) Interesting stuff. http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/... |
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Oct-08-04
 | | LIFE Master AJ: BTW, this is one of the greatest chess games ever played ... it is also Tal's FAVORITE GAME OF CHESS!!!!! |
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Oct-26-04 | | Doctor Who: There's a very interesting account of a treasure hunter who solved a puzzle to find a hidden urn effectively worth $1,000,000. Interestingly, this very game figures into the puzzle and the puzzle-maker to large degree. http://www.steinitzpuzzlers.com/fir... |
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Oct-29-04 | | Bobak Zahmat: This great game of Steinitz is very well annonated at www.academicchess.com Go and visit this great page, there are more nice games to see! |
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Nov-26-04
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Feb-14-05 | | aw1988: chessgames, the annotation is wrong. Bardeleben did not resign, he fled the hall! (he resigned later- but this important detail should be included) |
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Apr-25-05 | | Deji: I Love "The Art Of The Attack Collection. It's Beautiful!' |
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Aug-03-05 | | dac1990: According to Kasparov's OMGP, the date was August 17, 1895. |
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Aug-29-05 | | turkishgrandmaster: 15.c6?? |
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Aug-29-05 | | posoo: If LifeMasterAJ is so spectacular, why does he not have any games posted here on chessgames.com? |
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Sep-19-05 | | Ultra: <posoo: If LifeMasterAJ is so spectacular, why does he not have any games posted here on chessgames.com?> You must have broad shoulders. |
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Oct-08-05 | | Nightwalk: Who says the 1st World Champion couldn't attack? The great man demonstrates here the all too common and sorry tale of an uncastled King at the mercy of a coordinated assault. |
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Oct-18-05 | | Averageguy: What a wonderful final combination. |
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Oct-18-05
 | | chancho: The famous story about this game is that,when Von Bardeleben realized he had lost,he left the room without resigning.One version of this story states that Steinitz was out of the room at the time and Von Bardeleben left a message saying "Saw it-went home." The final combination is so stunning that Steinitz is said to have been very upset when he realized he wouldn't get a chance to play it! His only satisfaction was to show it to the spectators after the game. From the book, Best Lessons of a Chess Coach. |
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Dec-17-05 | | DeepBlade: Mate in eleven!!
Steinitz was playing like Tal/Greco, constant risk of losing material or getting mated. 16... c6 was an weird move indeed, 0-0 or 0-0-0 is prefered. |
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Dec-20-05 | | AlexanderMorphy: incredible stuff! |
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Dec-20-05 | | Averageguy: <DeepBlade> Castling either side would lose the knight on e7. 16.c6 was to blunt white's pressure on the c-file and to seemingly prevent white playing d5. Needless to say, it didn't work. |
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Dec-20-05 | | notyetagm: What a beautiful <clearance sacrifice>, 17 d5! cxd5 18 ♘d4, clearing the central d4-square for the f3-knight. This f3-knight is the only White piece that is not pulling its weight. After this little two-move combination, the knight now has the magnificent d4 central outpost for its use, with a further outpost available on e6. |
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Dec-25-05
 | | tamar: Leopold Hoffer was one of two judges awarding Brilliancy Prizes, which was objected to by Steinitz and Bird. Hoffer and Steinitz couldn't stand each other.
At one point, Hoffer wrote,
<"since he has grown fat, unfair and over forty, he has thrown off the mask and gives full play to the floodgates of his accumulated venom."> But this game was too good to ignore, and it received 1st Brilliancy Prize. |
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Jan-26-06 | | morphyvsfischer: 10 ...Be7? is definitely too passive here. I think 10...Qd6 is probably best here, as White is now only slightly better. 9...Be6 is actually the best move. 16 Rad1! is advantageous to White
16...Kf7! is actually equal!
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Jan-26-06 | | morphyvsfischer: Oope; the b4 square is occupied by the bishop; I missed that. 11 Nb5! 10...Qd7 is still almost equal. |
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Apr-12-06 | | Paintbucket: Steinitz played a great game. He dosen't allow black to castle, sacs a pawn at d5 for his knight, and makes what looks like a blunder at first the game winner - 22.Rxe7+. Under the gun (Rxc1+ followed by mate) and still found a way to win. |
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May-15-06 | | prinsallan: The more I look at this game the more it stuns me, beautiful and binding. |
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May-21-06 | | PolishPentium: Is not 22 ... KxR an option for Black? Sorry that in my putz-ery i can't identify the reason Black failed to play that... |
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May-21-06 | | Malawi Nick: <PolishPentium> I got out my wooden pieces and after 30 minutes I think I have the answer: 22 ...KxR 23 Re1, then if .. Kd8 24 Ne6 and followed by Nc5+ winning the Q. Else 23 .. Kd6 24 Re6+ Kc7 25 Qf4+ Kd8 26 Qf6 Kc7 27 Re7 Rf8 27 Ne6+ wins material. In there, I have not tried what happens after 24 .. Kc5 but it does not look good for Black. Should I have spent longer?? |
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