Americans Found The Annotation Of This Game In German Archives After World War II

January 20, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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The annotation of this game Americans found in German archives after World War II! The game was played between Frederick the Great (ruled the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786) and French philosopher Voltaire!
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Frederick II vs Voltaire
Sanssouci, 1754
C23 Bishop’s Opening: Calabrese Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. Bxg8 Rxg8 4. exf5 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Rxg6 7. h3 Qf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9. Nh4 Bc5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Bf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. Qxd5 Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 Rd8 15. Qxc5 Be4 16. Re1 Qf3+ 17. Re2 Qh1+ 18. Re1 Qxe1#
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