adolf anderssen: 59 brilliant moves from his chess games
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Here are nearly 60 chess diagrams from the games of Adolf Anderssen that invite the reader to discover the winning moves and mates. Solutions are provided at the end of the publication. The disk color on each diagram indicates which side moves first. Bill Harvey is webmaster of the site wtharvey.com where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles from modern and historic games.TRANSCRIPT
Adolf Anderssen 59 brilliant moves
from his chess games
Bill Harvey
8/21/2015
Here are nearly 60 chess diagrams from the games of Adolf Anderssen that invite the reader to discover the winning moves and mates. Solutions are provided at the end of the publication. The disk color on each diagram indicates which side moves first. Bill Harvey is webmaster of the site wtharvey.com where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles from modern and historic games.
1) T Van Der Lasa vs Adolf Anderssen
Breslau, 1846
2) Daniel Harrwitz vs Adolf Anderssen
Breslau, 1848
3) S Nathan vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1850
4) Ernst Falkbeer vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1851
Black mates in 4.
5) Carl Mayet vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1851
Black mates in 5.
6) Johann Loewenthal
vs Adolf Anderssen London, 1851
Black mates in 3.
7) Jean Dufresne vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1851
8) Lionel Kieseritzky vs Adolf Anderssen
London, 1851
9) M Wyvill vs Adolf Anderssen
London, 1851
Black Mates in 6.
10) Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne
Berlin, 1851
White mates in 2.
11) Adolf Anderssen
vs Carl Mayet Berlin, 1851
White mates in 5.
12) Adolf Anderssen vs Howard Staunton
London, 1851
White mates in 4.
13) Adolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritzky
London, 1851
White Mates in 3.
14) Adolf Anderssen
vs Ernst Falkbeer Berlin, 1851
White Mates in 3.
15) Adolf Anderssen
vs M Wyvill London, 1851
16) Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne
Berlin, 1852
White Mates in 4.
17) Adolf Anderssen
vs Karl Lepge Leipzig, 1855
White Mates in 3.
18) Adolf Anderssen
vs Carl Mayet Berlin, 1855
White mates in 3.
19) Adolf Anderssen vs Carl Mayet Berlin, 1855
White Mates in 5.
20) Carl Mayet vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1855
Black Mates in 5.
21) Carl Mayet vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1855
Black mates in 2.
22) D Hillel vs Adolf Anderssen
Breslau, 1856
Black mates in 4.
23) Adolf Anderssen vs Daniel Harrwitz Manchester, 1857
White Mates in 3.
24) Adolf Anderssen
vs Carl Mayet Berlin, 1859
White mates in 4.
25) Adolf Anderssen vs P Journoud
Paris, 1860
White mates in 3.
26) Adolf Anderssen
vs Berthold Suhle 1860
White Mates in 5.
27) Adolf Anderssen
vs Javier Pinedo Amsterdam, 1861
White mates in 3.
28) Adolf Anderssen vs Anonymous
Rotterdam, 1861
White mates in 2.
29) Javier Pinedo
vs Adolf Anderssen Amsterdam, 1861
30) H Kloos vs Adolf Anderssen
Amsterdam, 1861
Black mates in 5.
31) Christian Mohr vs Adolf Anderssen Amsterdam, 1861
Black mates in 5.
32) Carl Mayet vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1862
Black mates in 2.
33) J Robey vs
Adolf Anderssen London, 1862
Black Mates in 3.
34) Adolf Anderssen vs Valentine Green
London, 1862
White mates in 4.
35) Adolf Anderssen
vs Carl Mayet Berlin, 1862
36) J Rosanes vs Adolf Anderssen
Breslau, 1863
Black Mates in 5.
37) J Rosanes vs Adolf Anderssen
Breslau, 1863
Black Mates in 4.
38) Bertholod Suhle vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1864
39) Adolf Anderssen vs Johannes Zukertort
Breslau, 1865
White Mates in 5.
40) Adolf Anderssen vs Johannes Zukertort
Breslau, 1865
41) Adolf Anderssen vs Gustav Neuman
Berlin, 1865
White Mates in 8.
42) Adolf Anderssen
vs Victor Knorre Berlin, 1865
White Mates in 5.
43) Adolf Anderssen vs Johannes Zukertort
Breslau, 1865
White mates in 4.
44) Carl Mayet vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1865
Black mates in 4.
45) Gustav Neumann vs Adolf Anderssen
Berlin, 1866
46) Johannes Zukertort vs Adolf Anderssen
Breslau, 1866
Black Mates in 3.
47) Adolf Anderssen vs Wilhelm Steinitz
London, 1866
White mates in 4.
48) Adolf Anderssen
vs NN Berlin, 1866
White Mates in 4.
49) Adolf Anderssen vs Gustav Neumann
Berlin, 1866
50) Adolf Anderssen vs Wilhelm Steinitz
London, 1866
51) Adolf Anderssen vs Carl Mayet Breslau, 1867
White Mates in 7.
52) Adolf Anderssen vs Johannes Zukertort
Barmen, 1869
White Mates in 5.
53) Adolf Anderssen vs Joseph Blackburne Baden-Baden, 1870
White Mates in 6.
54) Wilhelm Steinitz vs Adolf Anderssen Baden-Baden, 1870
Black Mates in 6.
55) Adolf Anderssen vs Claus Pitschel
Altona, 1872
56) Johannes Minckwitz vs Adolf Anderssen
Leipzig, 1872
Black mates in 4.
57) Adolf Schwarz
vs Adolf Anderssen Vienna, 1873
Black mates in 3.
58) Adolf Anderssen vs Samuel Rosenthal
Vienna, 1873
White Mates in 4.
59) Adolf Anderssen
vs Henry Bird Vienna, 1873
White mates in 3.
Solutions 1) 1...Nxf3 if 2.Rxf3 Qf2+ 2) 1...Ne3 if 2.Qh5 Qd6 3) 1...Nd3 4) 1...Qh2+ 2.Kf2 Bb6+ 3.Ke1 Qe5+ 5) 1...Bxf2+ 2.Rxf2 Rh1+ 3.Kxh1 Qd1+ 6) 1...Nh6+ 2.Kf6 Rg6+ 7) 1...Be2 8) 1...Bg4 if 2.Nf3 Nf4 3.Qd2 Nxd3 9) 1...Rxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Ng4+ 10) 1.Qxe7+ Kc6 2.Nd4# 11) 1.Re7+ Kh8 2.Ng6+ 12) 1.Rxf6+ Rxf6 2.Qxg5+ Kf7 3.Qg7+ 13) 1.Nxg7+ 14) 1.Re3+ 15) 1.Nxh7 16) 1.Qxd7+ Kxd7 2.Bf5+ 17) 1.Rxa6+ Rxa6 2.Qd7+ 18) 1.Rdd7 19) 1.Rf8+ Kd7 2.R1f7+ 20) 1...Nf3+ 21) 1...Qh1+ 22) 1...Nb6+ 2.Kc3 Na4+ if 3.Kc4 Qc6+ or if 3.Kb3 b5
23) 1.Nf5+ 24) 1.Qd7+ if 1…Kg5 2.Qe7+ Kg4 3.Qxe4+ 25) 1.Rc7+ 26) 1.Qxg7+ Nxg7 2.Rxg7+ Kh8 3.Rg8+ 27) 1.Qf6+ 28) 1.Rg8+ Kxg8 2.Rg1# 29) 1...Nxe4 if 2.Rxe4 Rh1+ 3.Kxh1 Qh4+ 30) 1...Rxg3+ 2.fxg3 Qxg3+ 3.Kh1 Qh3+ 4.Kg1 Bxe3+ 31) 1...Rxg3+ 2.Kxg3 Rg8+ 32) 1...Qxg2+ 2.Qxg2 Rxf1# 33) 1...Ng4+ 2.Kh3 Rh1+ 34) 1.Bd5 if 1…Kc8 2.d7+ 35) 1.g4 if 1…Qh3 2.Bf1 Qh6 3.Bc1 36) 1...Qxb3 2.axb3 Rxb3 37) 1...Qf1+ 2.Qxf1 Bxd4+ 3.Be3 Rxe3 38) 1...Nxe4+ 2.Rxe4 Nf5+ 3.Kg2 Rxe4 39) 1.Bh6+ if 1…Kg8 2.Nxe7+ or if 1…Qxh6 2.Rf1+ 40) 1.Qxd6+ 41) 1.f6 Kh8 2.Rxg7 Qxg7 3.fxg7+ Bxg7 4.Qg6 42) 1.Rxh7+ 43) 1.Bh6 Qxh6 2.Rf1 Qg7 3.Qe8+ 44) 1...Qg2+ 2.Ke1 Qd2+ 45) 1...Rxf4 if 2.gxf4 Qg7+
46) 1...Rg1 if 2.Qf4 Qg5+ 47) 1.Nf7+ Qxf7 2.Qh3+ 48) 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.g6+ Kh8 3.Rh4+ 49) 1.b5 if 1…Nd8 2.Ba3 50) 1.Nxd8 if 1…Rxd8 2.f6 51) 1.Bb4+ if 1…cxb4 2.Qc7+ Ka4 3.Nc5+ Ka3 4.Qa5+ or if 1…Kxb4 2.Qd2+ 52) 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.f6+ Kg8 3.Bh7+ w/4.Rh3+ 53) 1.Rxg7+ Kxg7 2.Qf6+ 54) 1...Qh5+ 2.Kg2 Rf2+ 3.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 4.Ke1 Re3+ 55) 1.Nh5+ if 1…gxh5 2.Qg3+ Kh8 3.Nxf7 Rxf7 4.Rxe8 Bxe8 5.Qxd6 or if 1…Kh8 2.Nxf6 Qxf6 3.Nxd7 56) 1...Bg3+ 2.Kd1 Qg1+ 3.Ke2 Qf2+ 57) 1...Rxg1+ 2.Kxg1 Qb1+ 58) 1.Nf6+ 59) 1.Qa6+ Ka8 2.Bxc6+