[Event "World Championship 1st"] [Site "USA"] [Date "1886.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"] [Black "Steinitz, William"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav Defense"] [StudyName "Steinitz - Zukertort 1886"] [ChapterName "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann - Steinitz, William"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/zrM1Wejs/XVDvSV9I"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/NikolayKhomyakov"] [Orientation "white"] { "Slavish Sacrifice" Games 1 to 5 were played in New York City } 1. d4 { [%eval 0.25] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.36] [%csl Ge4,Gc4] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.28] [%csl Gd5][%cal Ge2e4] } 2... c6 { [%eval 0.4] [%csl Gc6] } 3. e3 { [%eval 0.05] } 3... Bf5 { [%eval 0.19] } (3... e6 { [%csl Re6][%cal Rc8e6] }) 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.08] [%csl Ge4][%cal Gc3e4] } (4. cxd5?! cxd5 5. Qb3 Bc8? (5... Qc7 6. Bb5+ Nd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Nf6 $10) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne5 e6?! 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. f4 $10) 4... e6 { [%eval 0.0] [%csl Ge6][%cal Gc8f5,Gg1f3,Gg2g4,Gf1d3] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.18] [%csl Gf3,Ge5,Gc5] } 5... Nd7 { [%eval 0.24] [%csl Gc5,Ge5] } 6. a3 { [%eval 0.0] } (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3) 6... Bd6 { [%eval 0.21] [%csl Gc5][%cal Gd7c5,Gd6c5] } 7. c5?! { [%eval -0.28] } (7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 dxc4 9. Qxc4) 7... Bc7 { [%eval -0.4] } 8. b4 { [%eval -0.58] } 8... e5?! { [%eval 0.17] } { Inaccuracy. Ngf6 was best. } (8... Ngf6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bb2 O-O) 9. Be2? { [%eval -0.88] } { Mistake. dxe5 was best. } (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 $15 { [%csl Gc3][%cal Ge5c3] }) (9. Bb2 e4 10. Nd2 $15) (9. dxe5!? Nxe5 (9... Ne7) 10. Nd4 $10) 9... Ngf6?! { [%eval -0.13] } { Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (9... e4 10. Nd2) 10. Bb2?! { [%eval -0.69] } { Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd4 Rfe8 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4) 10... e4 { [%eval -0.43] } 11. Nd2 { [%eval -0.49] } 11... h5 { [%eval -0.38] } 12. h3 { [%eval -0.51] } 12... Nf8 { [%eval -0.43] [%cal Gf8g6] } 13. a4 { [%eval -0.47] } 13... Ng6 { [%eval -0.43] } 14. b5 { [%eval -0.72] } 14... Nh4 { [%eval -0.38] } 15. g3?? { [%eval -2.04] } { Blunder. Bf1 was best. } (15. Bf1 Bd7 (15... O-O) 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. g3 Ng6) 15... Ng2+ { [%eval -2.0] } 16. Kf1 { [%eval -1.13] } 16... Nxe3+ { [%eval -1.7] } 17. fxe3 { [%eval -1.27] } 17... Bxg3 { [%eval -1.14] } 18. Kg2 { [%eval -1.2] } 18... Bc7?? { [%eval 0.58] } { Blunder. Qb8 was best. } (18... Qb8 19. Nf1 Bh4) 19. Qg1?? { [%eval -2.59] } { Blunder. Qf1 was best. } (19. Qf1 Qc8 20. Kf2 Rh6 21. Ke1) 19... Rh6 { [%eval -2.45] } 20. Kf1 { [%eval -2.46] } 20... Rg6 { [%eval -1.96] } 21. Qf2 { [%eval -2.0] } 21... Qd7 { [%eval -1.44] } 22. bxc6?? { [%eval -3.65] } { Blunder. Rg1 was best. } (22. Rg1 Bxh3+ 23. Ke1 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Ne2) 22... bxc6 { [%eval -3.53] } 23. Rg1 { [%eval -3.54] } 23... Bxh3+ { [%eval -3.43] } 24. Ke1 { [%eval -3.56] } 24... Ng4 { [%eval -3.32] } 25. Bxg4 { [%eval -3.3] } 25... Bxg4 { [%eval -3.26] } 26. Ne2 { [%eval -3.77] [%csl Gf4][%cal Ge2f4] } 26... Qe7?! { [%eval -2.38] } { Inaccuracy. Rf6 was best. } (26... Rf6 27. Qh4 (27. Qg2 Rf3)) 27. Nf4?! { [%eval -3.61] } { Inaccuracy. Kd1 was best. } (27. Kd1 Rf6) (27. Bc3) 27... Rh6 { [%eval -4.0] } 28. Bc3 { [%eval -4.14] } 28... g5 { [%eval -4.31] } 29. Ne2 { [%eval -4.86] } 29... Rf6 { [%eval -4.41] } 30. Qg2 { [%eval -4.68] } 30... Rf3 { [%eval -4.57] } 31. Nf1 { [%eval -4.28] } 31... Rb8 { [%eval -4.49] } 32. Kd2 { [%eval -4.61] } 32... f5? { [%eval -2.56] } { Mistake. Bh3 was best. } (32... Bh3) 33. a5?? { [%eval -7.66] } { Blunder. Nh2 was best. } (33. Nh2 Qe6) 33... f4 { [%eval -5.89] } 34. Rh1 { [%eval -7.89] } 34... Qf7 { [%eval -8.19] } 35. Re1 { [%eval -8.93] } 35... fxe3+ { [%eval -8.76] } 36. Nxe3 { [%eval -8.54] } 36... Rf2 { [%eval -7.8] } 37. Qxf2 { [%eval -11.08] } (37. Qg1 Qf3 38. Nxg4 Qd3+ 39. Kc1 Rb1#) 37... Qxf2 { [%eval -10.73] } 38. Nxg4 { [%eval -11.66] } 38... Bf4+ { [%eval -11.47] } 39. Kc2 { [%eval -11.11] } 39... hxg4 { [%eval -10.6] [%csl Gf4][%cal Gh1h8,Gh8b8,Gf4b8] } 40. Bd2 { [%eval -14.62] } 40... e3 { [%eval -10.76] } 41. Bc1 { [%eval -17.4] [%cal Ge2f4,Gf2c2] } 41... Qg2 { [%eval -10.07] [%cal Gg2e4,Ge4c2] } 42. Kc3 { [%eval -11.6] [%cal Ge2f4,Gh1h8,Gh8b8] } (42. Rh8+ Kd7 43. Rxb8 Qe4+ 44. Kc3 Bxb8) 42... Kd7 { [%eval -11.03] } 43. Rh7+ { [%eval -11.95] } 43... Ke6 { [%eval -10.41] } 44. Rh6+ { [%eval -17.11] } 44... Kf5 { [%eval -15.18] } 45. Bxe3?! { [%eval #-12] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ba3 was best. } (45. Ba3 Qf2) 45... Bxe3 { [%eval #-11] } 46. Rf1+ { [%eval #-8] } 46... Bf4 { [%eval #-9] } { 0-1 White resigns. } (46... Qxf1 47. Ng3+ { [%cal Gg3f5,Gg3f1] }) 0-1