Steinitz – MacDonnell Steinitz MacDonnell Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1866.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: London Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "London"] [Site "?"] [Date "1866.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Steinitz"] [Black "MacDonnell"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.g3 {White's idea is to fianchetto his light squared bishop on g2 Thus preventing Black from striking back in the center with pawn d5.} Bc5 {6...Nf6 would be less commital.} 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 {A good move. The idea is to restrain Black's normal development by controlling the key squares f6 and d6.} Qb6 9.Qd2 Ne7 10.Ne4 {The White knight gains a grip on the dark squares.} O-O 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.f4 d6 13.exd6 f5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 {Black stands worse due to his broken pawn structure and bad bishop.} 15.Qc3 {The White queen wastes no time in attacking Black's weakened dark squares.} Qxd6 {15...Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Rd8 17.Ba3 would allow White to keep his extra pawn.} 16.b3 a5 17.a3 Qd5 {17...a4 18.b4} 18.Rf1 Ra7 19.Bb2 {White's two bishops and control of the dark squares give him a winning advantage.} c5 20.O-O-O Qc6 {20...Ba6 would allow White to win material.} 21.h4 R8f7 {Played to protect the seventh rank. However, by moving this rook Black has weakened his back rank.} 22.h5 Ne7 23.Bc4 {White's bishops have the Black pieces tied down defending each other.} Nd5 24.Qe5 {This centralization of White's queen brings just enough extra pressure to break Black's position.} Qc7 {24...Rfc7 would allow White a winning rook sacrifice.} 25.Rxd5 {A brilliant sacrifice which exposes Black's weakened back rank.} exd5 {25...Qxe5 26.Rd8+ Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Bxe5 would simply leave White a pieceup.} 26.Qe8+ Rf8 27.Bxd5+ Qf7 28.Bxf7+ Raxf7 29.Qe5 Rf6 30.h6 {Black resigned since he has no compensation for his lost material.} 1-0 [Event "London"] [Site "?"] [Date "1866.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Steinitz"] [Black "MacDonnell"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.g3 {White's idea is to fianchetto his light squared bishop on g2 Thus preventing Black from striking back in the center with pawn d5.} Bc5 {6...Nf6 would be less commital.} 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 {A good move. The idea is to restrain Black's normal development by controlling the key squares f6 and d6.} Qb6 9.Qd2 Ne7 10.Ne4 {The White knight gains a grip on the dark squares.} O-O 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.f4 d6 13.exd6 f5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 {Black stands worse due to his broken pawn structure and bad bishop.} 15.Qc3 {The White queen wastes no time in attacking Black's weakened dark squares.} Qxd6 {15...Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Rd8 17.Ba3 would allow White to keep his extra pawn.} 16.b3 a5 17.a3 Qd5 {17...a4 18.b4} 18.Rf1 Ra7 19.Bb2 {White's two bishops and control of the dark squares give him a winning advantage.} c5 20.O-O-O Qc6 {20...Ba6 would allow White to win material.} 21.h4 R8f7 {Played to protect the seventh rank. However, by moving this rook Black has weakened his back rank.} 22.h5 Ne7 23.Bc4 {White's bishops have the Black pieces tied down defending each other.} Nd5 24.Qe5 {This centralization of White's queen brings just enough extra pressure to break Black's position.} Qc7 {24...Rfc7 would allow White a winning rook sacrifice.} 25.Rxd5 {A brilliant sacrifice which exposes Black's weakened back rank.} exd5 {25...Qxe5 26.Rd8+ Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Bxe5 would simply leave White a pieceup.} 26.Qe8+ Rf8 27.Bxd5+ Qf7 28.Bxf7+ Raxf7 29.Qe5 Rf6 30.h6 {Black resigned since he has no compensation for his lost material.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
