Saturday, February 3, 2007

Solution to Problem # 22


This position is from "The Immortal Game," Anderssen-Kieseritzky 1851. White wins with 1.Nxg7+ Kd8 2.Qf6+ Nxf6 3.Be7#.

Note: In order to reach this position, Anderssen earlier sacrificed both rooks. The entire game score is reproduced here:

Anderssen,Adolf - Kieseritzky,Lionel [C33]
'Immortal Game' 1851 London
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg6 13.h5 Qg5 14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Bd6 Qxa1+ 19.Ke2 Bxg1 20.e5 Na6 21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6 23.Be7# 1–0

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