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B01 Scandinavian

Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack

1-0, 25 moves

1019059 (#631)

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1.e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} d5 {We consider this mode of evading an open game as decidedly inferior to either ...e6 or ...c5, (the French and Sicilian openings) though but some short time ago it was in high repute, and was even adopted by Mr. Staunton at the Birmingham meeting.} 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 {...Qd8 is frequently played, but the move in the text is preferable.} 4.d4 e5 5.dxe5 Qxe5+ 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Nf3 {Sacrificing a pawn to obtain a more speedy development of his pieces.} Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qxc3+ 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Rb1 Nc6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bf4 O-O {Attempting to defend the c pawn would only have led him into difficulty.} 13.Bxc7 Nd4 14.Qxd4 Qxc7 15.Bd3 Bg4 16.Ng5 Rfd8 17.Qb4 Bc8 {There appears to be no other mode of saving the pawn; for if ...b6, White would have taken the h pawn with the knight, and won a pawn.} 18.Rfe1 a5 19.Qe7 Qxe7 20.Rxe7 Nd5 {This is an instructive position} 21.Bxh7+ Kh8 22.Rxf7 Nc3 23.Re1 Nxa2 24.Rf4 Ra6 25.Bd3 1-0

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