Mar-25-10
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: It seemed unfair that exactly one game of the legendary chess legend Wordsworth "The Legend" Donisthorpe should remain unannotated. Fortunately, it is an entertaining game to replay. |
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| Apr-09-13 | | thomastonk: Steinitz has annotated this game in the "New York Daily Tribune", January 29, 1893, which can be found at chessarch.com. |
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Apr-09-13
 | | Phony Benoni: Link for the column mentioned by <thomastonk>: http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... |
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| Apr-09-13 | | thomastonk: Hello <Phony Benoni>, thank you for adding the link. I am almost always in doubt, whether I shall add the link or not. Links can become invalid and, what is really sad, they can be forbidden depending on the country, e.g. Google books. Very often I decided to give only the source, but in the future I will always add the links to chessarch.com and kranten.kb.nl, hoping that these sites will be valid for a while. |
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Jun-07-13
 | | Jonathan Sarfati: The annotations by Steinitz are found in this article by chess historian Edward Winter, “Professor Isaac Rice and the Rice Gambit”, http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/..., 2006. |
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Apr-09-21
 | | DanQuigley: Comments by Steinitz.
14.Rf1 "Fine repartee. If Black now take the knight, White recovers with advantage by 15 Nxh4+." 18...Bxg5 "A beautiful termination is here avoided if 18...Kg6 19 Qxg4 fxg4 20 Bd3+ Kh6 21 Nf7 mate." 21.Rxf5+ "White's conduct of the attack is of high scientific order. This involves a well devised sacrifice of the exchange which we find sound in various intricate complications." 22.d6 "White's play in the main deserves special marks of distinction." 23.Rxf6+ "Quite in keeping with the fine quality of the preceding train of moves on White's part." 24.Qd5 "White administers the quietus with this very clever stroke." |
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Apr-09-21
| | DanQuigley: Reading Steinitz's comments, Black was just doomed from the get-go. There's not a word as to what Black might have done to avoid annihilation. And what, pray tell, is quietus? Sounds like something I might enjoy if the form were but slightly altered. |
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Jun-19-21
| | louispaulsen88888888: Quietus definition, a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left. |
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Jan-23-22
| | louispaulsen88888888: < Reading Steinitz's comments, Black was just doomed from the get-go. There's not a word as to what Black might have done to avoid annihilation.> Those notes above are just some of Steinitz’ comments. He does, for example , say “10. B-B3 or Kt-Q2 were more pertinent to the situation “ |
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| Jan-23-22 | | Granny O Doul: You might say that Black himself his quietus made with a bare-bod king. Anyway, I'm not going to. |
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| May-27-23 | | rwbean: Computer notes here aren't good ...
10... ♗g3! is best, greed is good, and 13... f5? just loses, opens up the king, what was he thinking ... 13... ♘d7! |
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Kibitzing
sac: 23.Rxf6+