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It was a bad game. Sloppy play overall but it was a very good mate. Kierseritzky got greedy. A game typical of that era
KillaBeez wrote: It was a bad game. Sloppy play overall but it was a very good mate. Kierseritzky got greedy. A game typical of that era
Before I simply call you out as insane, my I point out that a good number of the sacrifices were sound?
Yes I agree. But if Kierzeritzky had played a proper defense, Anderssen would be down a rook and a piece for not enough compensation. A big attack to be sure, but a player like Karpov would have found the refutes easily. I am not denying that some were sound, but the number of opening principles broken was atrocious.
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Just finished reading David Shenk's " The Immortal Game." I highly recommend this book, which intertwines the spectacular match between Anderssen and Kieseritzky in London with a general history of chess. The book was highly entertaining and informative. Though I had read the notation of the game itself, I never realized all the drama that was swirling about both at the tournament and the Tavern just a few blocks away where the game actually took place. So I pose to you - was this the greatest game played?