Move 62 blew my mind. So simple but I totally would have missed it in one of my own games. Paulsen applies consolidation in an excellent manner and showed great patience in this game. As we move up the date range in these classical evaluation... Read more »
This is the first documented game where the advantage of the pair of bishops in an open position is used. Paulsen executed the sequence to perfection. I wonder if it was happenstance or something he configured over the board. Read more »
Morphy gets a two pawn advantage and never looks back. Adolf Anderssen (1818-1879) won the first international chess tournament London 1851. He was a great attacker. His technics were shown in the first game of a match against Morphy. The best pla... Read more »
Howard Staunton lost a short match against De Saint-Amant in London 1843. Along return match was won by Staunton in Paris during the same year. It wasn't too often he lost so this is a treat. This is a pretty fiesty game. Around move 50 i... Read more »
Bernhard Horwitz (1807-1885) moved from Germany to London in 1846. Stauntondefeated him in a match. He cooperated with the chess composer Josef Kling.Endgame composition began with their joined effort. Read more »
De la Bourdonnais (1797-1840) played a series of six matches with MacDonnellin London 1834. It was the first long international chess event. The tacticaltalent of the Frenchman prevailed. He composed a simple endgame study. Black mates on the next... Read more »
12. Bc4!! was a great move. Endgame theory started with Polerio, Greco and Stamma. Philidor also made valuable contributions. He formulated the basics for the endgame of rook and bishop versus rook. Read more »
I will be submitting 150 classical endgame studies that I will study along with you. These were reviewed and annotated by Jan Van Reek. Thanks Jan! Read more »
Kasparov, Kramnik and many other Grandmasters have popularized and proofed the QG. Howard Staunton demonstrates his chess prowess by playing against an opening that 100 years later would prove to be as solid as ever. Read more »
Paris 1800s', a slow Closed Sicilian, White Fighting for breathing room. All the while enjoying good coffee. What more could you want? (ahhhhhhhhhhh, if only I were there) Coffee houses and chess were chic. De Saint-Amant vs S... Read more »
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