Zukertort's Immortal

Submitted by ShahidAnwer on Sat, 11/22/2008 at 6:24am.

Johannes Hermann Zukertort (7 September 1842 – 20 June 1888) was a leading chess master of German-Polish-Jewish origin. He was the "world number two" for most of the 1870s and 1880s behind Wilhelm Steinitz, who won both of the matches they played (1872 and 1886).

This game is called Zukertort's Immortal game. Zukertort sacrifices his Queen but Blackburne cannot accept, Zukertort sacrifices a rook which Blackburne declines, soon Zukertort forces Blackburne to take the rook and resign 3 moves later. Steinitz described this as "one of the most brilliant games on record.

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by ShahidAnwer - 9 months ago
Lahore Pakistan

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Thanks for sharing information with us.

by aristeidis9 - 9 months ago
Thessaloniki Greece

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Excellent game,thank you..Zukertort is my favorite player from the romantic period.He knew to speak fluently English,French,Greek,Latin,Hebraic,Russian,Italic and also knew good Turkish and Arabic.He wrote a lot of philosophical and theological essays,he was critic of musicals,publisher of a political newspaper.He was swordplayer,marksman and at the age of thirty he was awarded with medals and honors for his bravery at the battlefield..