[Event "Hastings"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1895.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Steinitz, Wilhelm"] [Black "Von Bardeleben, Curt"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "Academia Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1895.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.20"] {[%evp 0,69,19,38,25,16,15,18,43,51,-8,6,6,-6,-19,-4,60,102,84,82,68,75,105,96, 103,107,122,115,99,87,97,91,91,79,117,107,316,145,115,90,205,205,201,209,209, 209,424,443,438,406,496,482,578,610,29983,29984,29985,29986,29987,29988,29989, 29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000] Wilhelm Steinitz was the first official World Champion. This is one of his most memorable victories. How to play with white in the diagram position?} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 $6 (7... Nxe4 {is the right option according to modern theory.}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $16 Be6 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Qb3 Bxa1 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Ba3+ Ne7 14. Bg8 $18) (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 $2 11. Qe1+ $18) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 $2 ( 16... Kf7 {and black would solve the opening problems.}) 17. d5 $1 cxd5 18. Nd4 $18 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ $1 Kf8 {[#]} (22... Qxe7 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nxh7 $18) (22... Kxe7 23. Re1+ Kd8 (23... Kd6 24. Qb4+ Rc5 (24... Kc6 25. Rc1#) 25. Re6+ $18) 24. Ne6+ Ke7 25. Nc5+ $18) 23. Rf7+ $1 (23. Rxd7 Rxc1+ 24. Qd1 Rxd1#) 23... Kg8 (23... Qxf7 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxc8+ Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Kxe8 27. Nf3 $18) (23... Ke8 24. Qxd7#) 24. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 (24... Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Kxg7 26. Qxd7+ $18) 25. Rxh7+ {an black resigned due to:} Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Other chess gamesKorchnoi x SokolovStein x KeresKasparov x AkessonRubinstein x HromadkaGranda Zuniga x Polgar
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