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MacDonnell, George Alcock vs Anderssen, Adolf, 1862

Anderssen won this London mt game as Black. 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
MacDonnell, George Alcock
Black
Anderssen, Adolf
Event
London mt
Year
1862
Result
0-1
Opening
B40 Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal
♜♝♛♚♝♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♞♟♞♞♟♝♝♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♛♚♜
Training position around move 6 — start guessing Anderssen's moves from here.

Opening reference: Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal (B40).

Move score

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 d5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 f5 10. O-O Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rf3 Bxe3+ 13. Rxe3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Ne4 15. Rf1 a5 16. Rff3 Ra7 17. Rh3 Qb6 18. Nf1 g6 19. g4 Rg7 20. Kg2 c5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Kg3 c4 24. Ra3 g5 25. fxg5 Qxe5+ 26. Kg2 d4 27. Rh5 e3 28. Ng3 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 Rf2 30. Qxf2 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rf7+ 0-1

PGN

[Event "London mt"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1862.??.??"] [White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"] [Black "Anderssen, Adolf"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 d5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 f5 10. O-O Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rf3 Bxe3+ 13. Rxe3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Ne4 15. Rf1 a5 16. Rff3 Ra7 17. Rh3 Qb6 18. Nf1 g6 19. g4 Rg7 20. Kg2 c5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Kg3 c4 24. Ra3 g5 25. fxg5 Qxe5+ 26. Kg2 d4 27. Rh5 e3 28. Ng3 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 Rf2 30. Qxf2 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rf7+ 0-1

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