Adolf Anderssen: 59 brilliant moves from his chess games

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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+

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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+