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Anderssen vs Kieseritzky "The Immortal Game" (1851)
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Published: 23 September 2025
[Event "Casual game"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "1851.06.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Adolf Anderssen"] [Black "Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "La Régence, v3 n7, July 1851, pp221-222"] [SourceNote "ends 19.Ke2"] [Source2 "The Chess Player, vol.i no.1, 1851.07.19, p.2"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg6 13.h5 Qg5 14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Bd6 Bxg1 19. e5 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Na6 21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6 23.Be7# 1-0
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