Anderssen's 17.Nd5

White to play

Adolf Anderssen(white)vsLionel Kieseritzky(black)

Casual game · 1851

SPEED1.2s

Solution

The opening salvo of the Immortal Game's final combination.

Review

Anderssen plays 17.Nd5!! offering the rook on a1. Black grabs it with 17...Qxb2, but 18.Bd6!! cuts the king off from escape, and the king walk to mate is unstoppable. The Romantic era's defining brilliancy.

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Opening: King's Gambit

More tactics

Anderssen's 19.Rad1
Kasparov's 24.Rxd4
Rubinstein's 22...Rxc3
Lasker's Double Bishop Sacrifice

Themes

SacrificeMating AttackRomantic Era