The Immortal Game

Introduction

The Immortal game is one of the most famous games in chess history, played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21 June 1851 in London. It shows some very bold sacrifices by Anderssen, who sacrificed his bishop, both his rooks, and the queen and finally checkmated Kieseritzky with just 3 minor pieces. You will be surprised to know that Anderssen was down 21 points but still managed to checkmate Kieseritzky.

A Stunning Bishop Sacrifice for an Unsuccessful Queen Trap

The game starts in the King's Bishop Gambit Accepted - a variation of the King's Gambit Accepted. Anderssen sacrificed his bishop on move 11 after Kieseritzky sacrificed a pawn earlier on. Anderssen was smartly laying a trap for the Queen and completely ignored his bishop but the Queen trap was unsuccessful as the Queen went back to f6 on move 15.

The Amazing Rooks and Queen Sacrifice for a Beautiful Checkmate!

This iconic game witnessed some bold moves by Anderssen who developed his knight while Kieseritzky attacked the rook. Anderssen ignored the rook and simply moved his knight to d5, attacking the Queen and sacrificing another pawn. The Queen gleefully took the pawn and now both the rooks were under attack. But Anderssen still ignored the threat and played Bd6. He was smartly laying a trap again. First the bishop grabbed the rook, Anderssen simply played e5, Queen took the rook and king e2 by Anderssen. Meanwhile, Kieseritzky developed his knight which was a big blunder and cost him the match!
Nxg7+ from Anderssen, king d8 and Qf7+. Knight took the Queen and Be7 leads to a beautiful mate! The knight was defending e6 and after Anderssen sacrificed his Queen, the knight had to take it and then it just leads to one of the best Checkmates ever!

Conclusion

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