In a casual game in Breslau in 1860, Adolf Anderssen gave up his queen and a rook to force checkmate. So why does the finishing pattern carry someone else's name? This video breaks down the game and the question.
The game
Anderssen, the great attacking player of the Romantic era, opens with the aggressive Evans Gambit against Berthold Suhle and uses his opponent's inaccuracies to build an edge. When Suhle slips at the critical moment, Anderssen strikes:
Anyone learning attacking patterns. Rook-and-bishop mates like this one appear in real games at every level, and seeing it built from the opening onward helps it stick. The video ends with a daily puzzle to test yourself.
Quick answers
Who played this game?
Adolf Anderssen (White) against Berthold Suhle, Breslau, 1860.
In this famous casual game played between two German chess masters, Adolf Anderssen and Berthold Suhle White is sacrificing a queen and rook thus announcing Pillsbury’s mate! Everything starts from the opening, Anderssen goes for hyper-aggressive Evans gambit and using opponent’s inaccuracies gets a slightly preferable position! At a critical moment Suhle makes a mistake and once stepping into a deadly combination Black faces a forced mate in 5! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Adolf Anderssen vs Berthold Suhle
(1860), Breslau
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4
exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Nc3 c6
13.Ne2 O-O 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.Qg5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 cxd5 17.Kh1 Nc4
18.Rg1 Ne8 19.Qxg7+ Nxg7 20.Rxg7+ Kh8 21.Rg8+ Kxg8 22.Rg1+ Qg5 23.Rxg5#
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