Zugzwang Editions

Volume 02King's Gambit, Bishop's Gambit45 half-moves

The Immortal
Game

White
Adolf Anderssen
Black
Lionel Kieseritzky
Played
London, 1851
Result
1–0 · Checkmate, move 23

( London, 1851 )

A casual game in London, played between rounds of the first international tournament. White gives away a bishop, both rooks and the queen, and mates with the three minor pieces that are left.

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Final position

Start position

Scroll

Scroll to play the game, one half-move at a time.

  1. 1.e4e5
  2. 2.f4exf4
  3. 3.Bc4Qh4+
  4. 4.Kf1b5
  5. 5.Bxb5Nf6
  6. 6.Nf3Qh6
  7. 7.d3Nh5
  8. 8.Nh4Qg5
  9. 9.Nf5c6
  10. 10.g4Nf6
  11. 11.Rg1cxb5
  12. 12.h4Qg6
  13. 13.h5Qg5
  14. 14.Qf3Ng8
  15. 15.Bxf4Qf6
  16. 16.Nc3Bc5
  17. 17.Nd5Qxb2
  18. 18.Bd6Bxg1
  19. 19.e5Qxa1+
  20. 20.Ke2Na6
  21. 21.Nxg7+Kd8
  22. 22.Qf6+Nxf6
  23. 23.Be7#

Zugzwang Editions · Volume 02The Immortal GameLondon 1851 · 1–0

The print

Every move,
one sheet

Folded loose inside the book: the whole game drawn on one sheet, 45 lines, one of them red.

Book
170 × 240 mm, 72 pages, Swiss binding
Print
594 × 841 mm (A1), uncoated 170 g
Edition
300 copies, numbered by hand
Price
CHF 48, shipping included in Switzerland
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