Wilhelm Steinitz vs Curl von Bardeleben

jQuery(document).ready(function($) { var selector = '#' + "rpbchessboard-6475b2e68fea5-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor'; RPBChessboard.renderPGN($(selector), {"pgn":"[Event \"?\"][Event \"Hastings\"] [Site \"Hastings ENG\"] [Date \"1895.08.17\"] [Round \"10\"] [White \"Wilhelm Steinitz\"] [Black \"Curt von Bardeleben\"] [Result \"1-0\"] [ECO \"C54\"] [Annotator \"Mac\"] [PlyCount \"69\"] [EventDate \"1895.08.05\"] [SourceDate \"2014.01.17\"] 1. e4 {This is one of my absolute favorite games to teach to my students. Not only is it a brilliant game with a fantastic combination to top it off, it also has a very memorable incident. Von Bardeleben was so frustrated by the end of this game that he didn’t resign, didn’t aknowledge defeat, he just left the tournament hall and didn’t come back. It was the first rage quit! Von Bardeleben would have fit in well with the age of internet players disconnecting every time they get frustrated or a lost position…} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 (6. b4 $5 {This new exciting idea was just featured in the game between Dubov and Karjakin from the 2020 Russian Championship.}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 $6 {[#][%csl Re4][%cal Rb4e1,Yf6e4] This invites a gambit that isn’t actually that great for white, despite the fact it is seen very often in scholastic chess. At the time of the gambit, the opening hadn’t been worked out as well as it is now.} (7. Bd2 $1 {The standard Bd2 is now known as the way to go.}) (7. Nbd2 $6 {Not too bad actually but doesn’t set many challenges for black.}) 7... d5 $2 (7... Nxe4 $1 {Now this is known as the best move.} 8. O-O Bxc3 $1 {[%cal Yd7d5]} 9. d5 $1 (9. bxc3 $6 d5 $1) 9... Ne5 {I think this move is the simplest defense for black.}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $1 {[#][%csl Rd5][%cal Ye1e8] This creates a threat against the knight on d5. Black has to take care of that in order to castle but Steinitz next few moves are all played with tempo and ruin black’s hope of castling.} Be6 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 (10... f6 $4 11. Re1 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ye1e8,Yc4d5]} Kf7 12. Rxe6 $1) 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 $1 (13. Re1 $2 f6 {Now it is black that is better.} 14. Bf4 O-O-O $1 {[%cal Rd8d4]}) 13... Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 (15. Qa4+ $1 {This move is also quite strong.} c6 $4 16. Qb4 Qd7 17. Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 18. Re1 $18) 15... Qd7 16. Rac1 $2 c6 $2 (16... Kf7 $1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ye7d5] Black should have taken this moment to deal with the pin to their king. If the black knight can sink itself in on the d5-square black will be very solid and will have all key e and c-file squares protected.}) 17. d5 $1 {[#][%csl Ye6][%cal Yf3d4,Yd4e6]} cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 {[%cal Ye6g7,Yc1c7,Ye6c7]} Rhc8 20. Qg4 {[%cal Yg4g7,Yg4d7]} g6 21. Ng5+ {[%cal Yg5f7,Yg4d7,Ye1e7]} Ke8 22. Rxe7+ $1 Kf8 $1 {[#][%cal Rc8c1,Rd7g4,Rf6g5,Rd7e7] This is an incredible defense that only narrowly misses the mark. White has all 4 pieces hanging right now! White can’t capture anything due to the weak back rank.} 23. Rf7+ $1 {[%cal Yf7g7, Yg7h7]} (23. Nxh7+ $2 Kxe7 $16) (23. Rxc8+ $2 Rxc8 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Rc8c1]}) 23... Kg8 (23... Ke8 $4 24. Qxd7#) 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ {Steinitz showed the crowd of players the following forced mate: …Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6# Seeing until checkmate and demonstrating it to the crowd only adds to the legend of this game. I have the moves played out on the analysis board so you can take a look for yourself.} Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 { [%cal Rh4h8]} 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6# 1-0","nboSquareSize":50,"idoSquareSize":50,"nboCoordinateVisible":true,"idoCoordinateVisible":true,"nboColorset":"greenvintage","idoColorset":"greenvintage","nboPieceset":"new-set-mac","idoPieceset":"new-set-mac","nboAnimated":true,"nboMoveArrowVisible":false,"nboMoveArrowColor":"b","pieceSymbols":"native","navigationBoard":"frame","withFlipButton":true,"withDownloadButton":true}); });