Berlin, casual game · 1852
The Evergreen Game
White: Adolf AnderssenBlack: Jean DufresneResult: 1-0 - Adolf Anderssen wins24 moves
An Evans Gambit that turns into a firestorm: Anderssen sacrifices his queen and rooks to drag the black king into a mating net. Forever green, never old.
The key moments
- 4. b4The Evans Gambit. A pawn for time, and time is everything.
- 17. Nf6+Knight to f6! The attack crashes in.
- 20. Rxe7+Rook takes e7, check. The final combination starts here.
- 21. Qxd7+Queen sacrifice on d7. The king has to take.
- 24. Bxe7#Bishop takes e7. Checkmate. Evergreen.
All moves
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 19. Rad1 Qxf3 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7# 1-0
Replay it on the living board
In When Kings Fall this game is replayed with living armies: Adolf Anderssen commands the Light, Jean Dufresne the Shadow. Every capture is a duel, the key moments are shown in slow motion with commentary, and the analysis mode shows Stockfish's evaluation after every move.