Steinitz – Chigorin Steinitz Chigorin Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1892.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1892.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Steinitz"] [Black "Chigorin"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 {Black decides to fianchetto the dark squared bishop as it would be very passive on e7.} 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ba4 {White wishes to keep his light squared bishop to attack the Black king. This is why he brings the bishop a little closer to home before it can be exchanged off.} Nd7 {Black removes his knight from the kingside in order to begin a queenside attack.} 9.Ne3 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.h4 {With Black's knight no longer defending the h5 square White starts a kingside attack.} Ne7 12.h5 d5 13.hxg6 fxg6 {13...hxg6 14.Qe2 Re8 Now there is an escape square at f8.} 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Bb3 {The exchanges have left White with the better position due to Black's worse pawn structure and exposed king.} Qc6 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Be3 Kh8 19.O-O-O Rae8 20.Qf1 a5 {20...Nf4 21.d4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ng5 Attacking the Black rook and h-pawn would also be good for White.} 21.d4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Nxd4 {This leads to a brilliant finish for White. 23...Rf7 Protecting the h-pawn offered more resistance.} 24.Rxh7+ {With this rook sacrifice the Black king is flushed out into the open.} Kxh7 25.Qh1+ Kg7 26.Bh6+ Kf6 27.Qh4+ Ke5 {27...g5 would allow White a mate in one.} 28.Qxd4+ {Black resigned since after 28...Kf5 White would have mate in one.} 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1892.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Steinitz"] [Black "Chigorin"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 {Black decides to fianchetto the dark squared bishop as it would be very passive on e7.} 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ba4 {White wishes to keep his light squared bishop to attack the Black king. This is why he brings the bishop a little closer to home before it can be exchanged off.} Nd7 {Black removes his knight from the kingside in order to begin a queenside attack.} 9.Ne3 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.h4 {With Black's knight no longer defending the h5 square White starts a kingside attack.} Ne7 12.h5 d5 13.hxg6 fxg6 {13...hxg6 14.Qe2 Re8 Now there is an escape square at f8.} 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Bb3 {The exchanges have left White with the better position due to Black's worse pawn structure and exposed king.} Qc6 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Be3 Kh8 19.O-O-O Rae8 20.Qf1 a5 {20...Nf4 21.d4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ng5 Attacking the Black rook and h-pawn would also be good for White.} 21.d4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Nxd4 {This leads to a brilliant finish for White. 23...Rf7 Protecting the h-pawn offered more resistance.} 24.Rxh7+ {With this rook sacrifice the Black king is flushed out into the open.} Kxh7 25.Qh1+ Kg7 26.Bh6+ Kf6 27.Qh4+ Ke5 {27...g5 would allow White a mate in one.} 28.Qxd4+ {Black resigned since after 28...Kf5 White would have mate in one.} 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.
