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Anderssen, Adolf vs Szen, Jozsef, 1851

Anderssen won this London game as White. LibreChess uses games like this for the daily Guess-the-Move trainer: you replay the opening, then try to find the master’s moves yourself.

White
Anderssen, Adolf
Black
Szen, Jozsef
Event
London
Year
1851
Result
1-0
Opening
C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation
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Training position around move 5 — start guessing Anderssen's moves from here.

Opening reference: French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation (C01).

Move score

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qe7+ 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Be6 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Qe6 14. Ne5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bc1 Rfe8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qb3 h6 19. c4 Nf6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bb2 b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. d5 Ne4 24. Rd4 f6 25. Rfd1 Qf5 26. d6+ Kh8 27. f3 Ng5 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Qc2 Qg3 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe8 33. Qc7 Rd7 34. Qc6 Qe6 35. Qxb5 Nf7 36. Ba3 Kh7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. f4 f5 39. Bb2 Nd8 40. Qc3 g5 41. Rxf5 Qg8 42. Re5 1-0

PGN

[Event "London"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1851.??.??"] [White "Anderssen, Adolf"] [Black "Szen, Jozsef"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qe7+ 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Be6 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Qe6 14. Ne5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bc1 Rfe8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qb3 h6 19. c4 Nf6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bb2 b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. d5 Ne4 24. Rd4 f6 25. Rfd1 Qf5 26. d6+ Kh8 27. f3 Ng5 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Qc2 Qg3 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe8 33. Qc7 Rd7 34. Qc6 Qe6 35. Qxb5 Nf7 36. Ba3 Kh7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. f4 f5 39. Bb2 Nd8 40. Qc3 g5 41. Rxf5 Qg8 42. Re5 1-0

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