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  Marshall's immortal queen sacrifice   Withe : Stefan levitsky Black : Frank Marshall Poland , 1912 . 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5    - French defence - 3. Nc3 c5 - Marshall variation - 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg4 Qd6 13. Bh3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Bb4 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. bxc Qxc 19. Rxd5 Nd4 20. Qh5 Ref8 21. Re5 Rh6 22. Qg5 ?? ..... Rxh3 23. Rc5 Qg3!!! 0-1 withe resigned . Enjoy the game in our channel : Encyclopedia of chess                           
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  The Lasker's immortal rooks Emanuel Lasker vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury, St Petersburg 1895 . 1: d4-d5 2: c4-e6 Queen's Gambit declined   3: Nc3-Nf6  4: Nf3-c5 semi-tarrasch variation   5: Bg5-c×d 6: Q×d4 primitive pillsbury variation   Nc6 7: Qh4-Be7 8: 0-0-0-Qa5 9: e3-Bd7 10: Kb1-h6 11: c×d-e×d 12: Nd4-0-0 13: B×f6-B×f6 14: Qh5-N×d4 15: e×d4-Be6 16: f4-Rac8 17: f5-R×c3 18: f×e6- Ra3 19: e×f7+ -R×f7 20: b×a3-Qb6+ 21: Bb5-Q×b5 22: Ka1-Rc7 23: Rd2-Rc4 24: Rhd1-Rc3 25: Qf5-Qc4 26: Kb2-Rxa3   27: Qe6+ -Kh7 28: K×a3-Qc3+ 29: Ka4-b5+ 30: K×b5-Qc4+ 31: Ka5-Bd8+ 32: Qb6-B×b6# enjoy the game in our channel : Encyclopedia of chess

The steintiz's immortal game

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  The steinitz's immortal game  Wilhelm steinitz vs Curt Von Badeleben in England 1895 . 1: e4-e5 2: Nf3-Nc6 3: Bc4-Bc5 The Italian game 4: c3-Nf6 5: d4-e×d 6: c×d-Bb4+ 7: Nc3 Gerco's attack -d5 8: e×d-N×d 9: 0-0 -Be6 10: Bg5-Be7 11: B×N-N×B 12: N×N-Q×N 13: B×e7-N×B 14: Re1-f6 15: Qe2-Qd7 16: Rac1-c6 18: e5 -c×e 19: Nd4-Kf7 20: Ne6-Rhc8 21:Qg4-g6 22:R×e7+ -Kf8 23:Rf7+ -Kg8 24: Rg8+ Kh8 25: Rh7+  black resigns, White wins . you can enjoy the game in our channel : Encyclopedia of chess                             

The king walk game

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The king walk game  Edward Lasker against G Alan Thomas ,  London 1912 : 1: d4-f5 Dutch defence   2: e4 Staunton gambit  -f×e 3: Nc3-Nf6 4: Bg5-e6 5: N×e-Be7 6: B×f6-B×f6 7: Nf3-0-0 8: Bd3-b6 9: Ne5-Bb7 10: Qh5-Qe7 11: Q×h7-k×h 12: N×f3+ -Kh6 13: Neg4+ -Kg4 14: h4+ -Kf4 15: g3+ -Kf3 16: Be2+ -Kg2 17: Rh2+ -Kg1 18: Kd2 # You can enjoy the game on our channel : ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHESS  .                   

The Petrov's immortal

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  The Petrov's immortal   This game was played in Warsaw 1844 by Alexander Petrov the russian chess master , who is usually remembered as the first great russian chess master . Against Alexander Hoffmann.  1: e4-e5 2: Nf3-Nc6 3: Bc4-bc5 Italian game  4: c3-Nf6 5: d4-e×d 6: e5-Ne4 7: Bd5-N×f2 8: K×f2-d×c+ 9: Kg3-c×b 10: B×b2-Ne7 11: Ng4-N×e5 12: N×f7-0-0 13: N×d8-Bf2+ 14: Kh3-d6+ 15: e6-Nf4+ 16: Kg4-N×e6 17: N×e6-B×e6+ 18: Kg5-Rf5+ 19: Kg4-h5+ 20: Kh3-Rf3# 0-1 you can enjoy the game on our channel : ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHESS  .

The Opera Game

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The opera game This game was played at an opera house in Paris 1858,  between the American chess player Paul Morphy and two strong amateurs , Paul Morphy was the greatest chess master of his era , a chess prodigy and is often considered as the unofficial world chess champion . Morphy started : 1: e4-e5 2: Nf3-d3  This is philidor's defence it is a solid defence but slightly passive, and it ignores the important d4 square.  3: d4-Bg4  Thought common at the time Bg4 is considered inferior, today e×d4 or Nf6 are usual, philidor's defence original idea , f5 is a risky alternative.  4: e×d-B×f3 5: Q×f3-d×e 6: Bc4  attacking the f7 pawn withe a threat of checkmate,  -Nf6 7: Qb3-Qe7 Now if 8:Q×b7 black can exchange queens and mitigate white's attack by Qb4+ . 8: Nc3-c6 9: Bg4-b5 Morphy sacrifice his knight,  10: N×b5-c×b 11: B×b5+-Nbd7 12: 0-0-0-Rd8 After looking at the position we can see why Morphy sacrificed his knight all his pieces are active , and ...

The evergreen game

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  The evergreen game                 The evergreen game is one of the immortal games played by Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne 1852 in Berlin. Anderssen start with : 1: e4-e5 2: Nf3-Nc6 3: Bc4-bc5  italien Game 5: b4-B×b4  Evans Gambit 6: c3-Ba5 7: d4-e×d 8: 0-0-d3 preventing white from taking the d5 pawn and getting the great center . 9: Qb3 attacking the f7 pawn -Qf6 10: e5-Qg6 11: Re1-Ne7 12: Ba3-b5 to open the b file , but strategically we have a rule that says don't open the play if your king still in the center. 13:Q×b5-Rb8 14: Qa4-Bb6 15: Nbd2-Bb7 16: Ne4- -Qf5 . 17: B×d3-Qh5 18: Nf6+!! In order to open the dangerous E file wich is occupied by the rook . -g×f3 19: e×f3-Rg8 attacking the f3 knight by pinning the g2 pawn 20: Rad1-Q×f3 21: R×e7+-N×e7 Now the white king is under the threat of checkmate in 1,  Anderssen found a brilliant move that makes this game one of the immortal games . 22: Qd7+!! What a fantasy sac...