Zukertort vs Blackburne • London, England (1883) • English Opening: Agincourt Variation (A13)
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Francisco Yepes Barrera
The game is a strategic battle in the English Opening between Johannes Zukertort and Joseph Henry Blackburne,...
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Steinitz vs Paulsen • Baden-Baden, Germany (1870) • King’s Gambit: Vienna Variation (C25)
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This game from the Baden-Baden tournament of 1870 features a sharp King’s Gambit–style battle between Wilhelm Steinitz...
Kitson vs Tatnall • USA corr. (1884) • King’s Gambit Accepted: Salvio–Silberschmidt Gambit (C37)
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This correspondence game from the USA (1884) features a wildly tactical King’s Gambit Accepted, Salvio–Silberschmidt Gambit, between...
Steinitz vs Sellmann • Baltimore, USA (1885) • French Defense: Classical (Steinitz) Variation (C11)
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This first-round game from the Baltimore tournament of 1885 shows Wilhelm Steinitz at his most characteristic in...
Morphy vs Anderssen • Paris, France (1858) • Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Szen Variation (B44)
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This historic game, played in Paris in December 1858, features Paul Morphy against Adolf Anderssen, two of...
On January 20, 1999, at the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament in the Netherlands, Gary Kasparov and...
