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A famous amazing draw in the history of Chess! - "The Immortal Draw" - Brief commentary #55
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Instructive game tags: Immortal Draw From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_Draw The Immortal Draw was a chess game played in 1872 in Vienna by Carl Hampp... (Show Full Description)
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Immortal Draw
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_Draw
The Immortal Draw was a chess game played in 1872 in Vienna by Carl Hamppe and Philipp Meitner. This game is the main claim to fame of both Hamppe and Meitner, and has been reprinted widely. The variation of the Vienna Game it uses was named the Hamppe–Meitner Variation in honour of the two players.[1] The game was played in the 19th-century Romantic style, in which rapid development and attack were considered the most effective way to win, where many gambits and counter-gambits were offered (and not accepting them was considered slightly ungentlemanly), and where material was often held in contempt. These games, with their rapid attacks and counterattacks, are often entertaining to review even if some of the moves would no longer be considered the best by today's standards.
In the game, Black sacrifices huge amounts of material to drive the white king to his back rank and attempt to force checkmate, but White spectacularly manages to force a draw by perpetual check.
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[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1872.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carl Hamppe"]
[Black "Philipp Meitner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1872.??.??"]
{The Immortal Draw was a chess game played in 1872 in Vienna by Carl Hamppe
and Philipp Meitner. This game is the main claim to fame of both Hamppe and
Meitner, and has been reprinted widely. The variation of the Vienna Game it
uses was named the Hamppe-Meitner Variation in honour of the two players.[1]
The game was played in the 19th-century Romantic style, in which rapid
development and attack were considered the most effective way to win, where
many gambits and counter-gambits were offered (and not accepting them was
considered slightly ungentlemanly), and where material was often held in
contempt. These games, with their rapid attacks and counterattacks, are often
entertaining to review even if some of the moves would no longer be considered
the best by today's standards. In the game, Black sacrifices huge amounts of
material to drive the white king to his back rank and attempt to force
checkmate, but White spectacularly manages to force a draw by perpetual check.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Qh4+ 5. Ke3 (5. g3 Qxe4 6. Qe2 Qxh1
7. Qxe5+ Kf8) (5. Ke2 Qxe4+ 6. Kf2 Qxa4) 5... Qf4+ 6. Kd3 d5 7. Kc3 {Best move
according to Houdini!!} (7. Nc3 dxe4+ 8. Nxe4 (8. Ke2 Nd7 (8... Bg4+)) 8... Bf5
9. Qf3 Bxe4+ 10. Qxe4 Qxf1+) (7. Qe1 Nf6 8. g3 Qg4 9. Bh3 dxe4+ 10. Kc3 Nd5+
11. Kb3 Qg6 12. Bxc8 Nc6 13. a3 Rxc8 {Black is better}) (7. exd5 Qxa4) 7...
Qxe4 8. Kb3 (8. d4 {maybe better} Nc6 (8... exd4+ 9. Qxd4 (9. Kb3 Nf6 10. Nf3)
9... Qe1+ 10. Bd2 Qxa1 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qxg7 Bf5 13. Kb3 O-O-O 14. Qxh8 Qb1 15.
Qg7 {White better} Qxc2+) 9. b3 Qxd4+ 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bb5 f6)
8... Na6 9. a3 (9. d4 {White better} exd4 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. a3 (11. Nc5 Qg6)
11... Qxg2 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. Rg1 Qf2 14. Ka2) 9... Qxa4+ 10. Kxa4 (10. Ka2 Nb4+
11. Kb1 Nc6) 10... Nc5+ 11. Kb4 (11. Kb5 Ne7 (11... Bd7+ 12. Kxc5) 12. c4 (12.
Qh5 a5 13. Qxe5 Na6 14. Ka4 Nc5+ 15. Kb5 Na6 {amusing draw here!} 16. Kxa5 Nb8+
17. Kb4 Nbc6+ 18. Kc3 Nxe5) 12... d4 13. Kxc5 a5 14. Qa4+ Kd8 (14... Bd7 15.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nf3 f6 17. Kb5 {White better}) 15. Qxa5 {Wow!!} Rxa5+ 16. Kb4
Nc6+ 17. Kb3 b5 18. Kc2 (18. Nh3 Be6 (18... Ke7 19. d3 bxc4+ 20. dxc4 Bxh3 21.
gxh3) 19. d3 bxc4+ 20. dxc4 Kd7) 18... Bf5+ 19. Kd1 Nb4 20. cxb5 Bc2+ 21. Ke1
Bb3 22. Kf2 e4 23. Rb1 Nc2 24. Be2 d3 25. Bd1 Rxb5 26. Bxc2 Rf5+ 27. Ke1 Bxc2
28. Ra1 Bb3 29. Nh3 {Advantage to White by 0.82 apparently!}) 11... a5+ 12.
Kxc5 (12. Kc3 {seems to lose!} d4+ 13. Kc4 Be6+ 14. Kxc5 Nf6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16.
Qf3 b6+ 17. Kc6 Ra7) 12... Ne7 13. Bb5+ Kd8 (13... c6 14. Be2 {White wins here}
) 14. Bc6 {Houdini finds this move instantly - only move to avoid checkmate!} (
14. d4 b6#) (14. Be2 b6+ 15. Kb5 Bd7#) 14... b6+ 15. Kb5 Nxc6 16. Kxc6 Bb7+ 17.
Kb5 (17. Kxb7 Kd7 18. Qg4+ Kd6) 17... Ba6+ 18. Kc6 (18. Ka4 Bc4) 18... Bb7+
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