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Lionel Kieseritzky vs Hyacinthe Boncourt
Match? (1839), rd 2
Anderssen Opening: General (A00)  ·  0-1

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Sep-13-05  DAL9000: An outstanding game. I'm not easily impressed, but Black's play from moves 20 to 24 is superlative, just a marvelous attacking sequence.

Now, 20... g5 and 21... Nxg4 are strong moves in their own right, and 22... e3! is very nice, but the move that really frosts my cupcake here is 24... f3!!, starting a very unusual pawn avalanche landing squarely on the White King's head.

I've never seen anything remotely like that. Wow.

Aug-31-10  echector: I agree, very nice, but quite honestly anyone with good calculating skills could have played boncourt's sequence from moves 20 to 24
Nov-26-10  sirfraix: 23. Qxf4 is of course stronger, and more evident, I think.
Jan-17-13  chesssalamander: This is the 1st Anderssen's Opening in the database. What inspired K to try it? What does 1.a3 do for White other than burn a tempo?
Sep-27-17  Serpentin: 7.Bg5 is better than 7.Ne2?!
Feb-13-23  generror: So Kieseritzky didn't just invent the first 3D chess, but also <1.a3>? Sure it's not an opening that can be recommended, but the more I learn about this guy, the more I like him. He was an original and creative player.
Feb-13-23  sudoplatov: If followed up with 2.c4, it may be useful in a Sicilian reversed. However, even a tempo extra doesn't make a defensive idea into an attack. Sometimes b3 becomes a hole (happens in the English or the Rossilomo version of the Sicilian for Black.)

Anderssen used it to avoid being outbooked (Morphy) or just to lure White into a poor setup against the Sicilian.

Feb-13-23  generror: Not sure if Anderssen already thought in terms of opening "setups", he lived about a century before this became a concept. In his case it was really just desperation. Kieseritzky however seemed to have played it just to see what happens.

Also there's much worse moves than <1.a3>, like Barnes' Opening. It's totally playable, especially if you prefer playing black. I think I might try it one of these days, just like Kieseritzky.

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