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Opening: Giuoco Piano: LaBourdonnais variation
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: The game presented below was a tense struggle which ultimately decided both players' places in the tournament. The ending features opposite-coloured Bishops in one of the rare examples of this...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Giuoco Piano
Annotations by: Alkhemyst
From the analysis: This game was played in 1863 in Manchester; probably at the Manchester Chess Club. Blackburne played several games with Steinkuhler. Blackburne was well known for his particular mating style....
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Giuoco Piano: Grecos attack
Annotations by: jim42078, Lord Ptarmigan
From the analysis: This is an early example of the attacking potential of the isolated queen's pawn position. Obviously, because it was early in chess history, white misses things, but nevertheless there is a lot...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Evans gambit
Annotations by: jim42078, Lord Ptarmigan
From the analysis: Adolf Anderssen was one of the great players of the 1800's. He was renowned for his romantic style, and two of his games live on today as the Immortal and the Evergreen games. Samuel Rosenthal...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Evans gambit
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: Adolf Anderssen (1818 - 1878) of Prussia (later a part of Germany) played what are arguably the two most anthologised games in chess history. The first was dubbed "The Immortal Game," and the...
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