Immortal Chess Game- Anderssen vs Kieseritzky (Kings Gambit Accepted) 

Wow, white never captured a single minor or major piece from black the whole game. I'm no chess expert, but even I can appreciate how amazing that is.

"Go ahead and pause to see if you can find the move" *reaches for mous- "ITS BISHOP TO d6!"

Don't try this at home

I love how everything happens " at the same time."

Incredible play by Anderssen. I can imagine myself playing every one of black's losing moves!

Kieseritzky got pawned

Thanks for uploading this amazing game!

The funny thing is the white captures only three pawns and sacrificing his major pieces but ended up the black with a checkmate. This game is IMMORTAL.

Thanx for posting all these

Who stabbs a coffin?! Jeez...

When Kevin said, "This is THE Immortal Game," I got up and went popcorn.

What a game !!! Immortal indeed ! ive never seen such sacrificing of pieces to maintain the tempo with minor pieces... Thanks for posting Kevin

Your analysis is always very interesting, thanks for the upload.

Excellent analysis, very articulate and helpful. Thanks a ton!

You got my sub with this review! Thanks for rekindling my interest in the King's Gambit! Had to watch it again...

Awesome job Kevin, please keep more like this coming

Very great match... Thanks for commentaries, very helpful

Thanks Kevin, i really enjoyed ur informative commentary on this immortal game.

awesome video, thank you very much

This was realy fun to watch, a very nice check mate

Hind sight is 20/20 it is easy to say what is bad and what is good when you know the out comes, but during the game proper you never know what could or could not work out.

this wasnt an official game cuz this was played during a tournament break. but still its so beatful and deserves to be called an immortal game! ^_^

To clarify a lot of peoples questions: 6:36 pawn is legal because of en passant rule 5:01 knight blocks the other because black would've forked king and rook, then white rook is gone because if pawn takes knight leaving his rook open for queen to take and gain a check. 11:00 e5 pawn is bad because of queen c6 defending both rook and queen then Andersson is forced to waste a turn and destroy some positioning defending/moving his queen

great game by anderssen - too bad we don't see many games like this at the top level anymore. do you know of any games between Anderssen and Paul Morphy? I believe they played around the same time period, but not 100% Thanks for the video!

JF Sebastian/Roy Batty vs Dr. Eldon Tyrell

Love it. Great Work....

Stumbled across these games based on Kasparov Deep Blue...great work ChessWebsite. I'm a total novice am able to follow the explanations...excellent job friend!

I am a real chess newbie, but also a new enthusiast. Your videos has taught me a lot and they are my favourite way of wasting time these days. I will probably never play chess seriously, but winning against a computer still gives me ample satisfaction. Thank you for developing my interest in chess.

Incredible game. Genius

It's a perfect length. I think the point of these videos is more about learning from these games rather than simply watching them.

what happens if Qxe5 after Ke2? (sacrificing the queen but with a lead of two rooks and a minor piece)

WOW amazing game! Make more videos like this! Loved it =)

#AWESOME game. Ill be watching this vid over & over for some time to come

EXCELLENT commentary, Kevin!

This was a nice commentary and also a very well played game by both players.

10:33 pawn to e5? discovered attack on the rook?

7:52 "black king" looks different is it an update?

2:20 he can't recapture because of the hanging h rook.? Am I missing something..??

@chessguy213 Yeah.. can someone find out how to mate if black played f6 at 14:14 instead?

Hi Kevin, Thank you for all the videos, I've learnt a lot from your videos so far. What program do you use to display all these games? And where do you get the PGNs? Thanks

@SoraOwnsAll8745 En passant, might want to google it, be really hard to explain in this reply. Definitely something you want to know about though.

Why not pawn to h3 to support pawn on g4 instead of Rook to g1? Just couldn't figure that out!

@Varepsilon07 Umm I was wondering if black played pawn to f6, not knight.

at 9:56 I think The best move be pawn to E5 instead of knight to C3. Because then it is a discovered attack at the rook and at the same time attacking the queen. What do u think?

At 12:45, what if white played Rc1, and if Qxc1 mate in 2 with Ng7... Bc7...?

at 6:39 how does the black pawn remove the white pawn..?? im pretty new at chess and would greatly appreciate some information

at 12:50 what is ur opinion of the bsest move for black

@tdotallstar I think to relieve pressure on d5 and f7

Vladimir Nabokov wrote of this Game in the Forward to Zashchita Luzhina, where he wrote of "the unfortunate and noble Kieseritzky - who is doomed to accept it over and over again through an infinity of textbooks, with a question mark for monument." There's a Film adaptation of Nabokov's work, which I believe exists in a truncated form on RU-vid.

A good example of how sacrifices can help... great video!

I get into a chess mood every few years, and I have always resorted to reading books on the topic, such as some by Larry Evans. Hearing a game explained via the Net is a new experience. Thank you for this series. Those who like chess might like books and websites with Olympiad problems.

thanks a lot for this really like it, i've got a question at 9:57 why din't white play e5 threatening the queen n rook.. sorry if it's silly

at 10:00, i noticed i very deadly fork/ attack of pawn to e5, which would essentially guarantee at least a queen trade and if played poorly a huge gain in material for white. Any idea why this wasn’t considered or played?

This game is the ultimate beauty of what chess is made. I remember studying chess and reading about this game when I was 12 and I was amazed by Romantic Chess. Definately my favourite game in the all history of chess. King's Gambit is my one of my favourite openning, if not my favourite! Thank you for this analysis :)

you have the best commentary on youtube

13:05 why didn't he move queen to d1 so that queen on b2 would not attack rook on a1 or will sacrifice itself if does attack

I'm not that great of a chess player, yet I really like watching your videos, because I'm always glad to learn new techniques, to see that some of my moves would've been mistakes, as you explain, and because you have a very understandable voice. So yeah, these are great. Please continue ^^

at 13:00 the move played in the video is 18... BxR but in many chess books like Max Euwe's The Development of Chess Style it is given as 18... QxR+

at 02:20 after white retakes the pawn on g3 why not take the white rook on h1 using the black queen on h4 if im black and ever in that situation id take the rook but is there a hidden reason why black didnt take the rook on h1? please answer

5:01, how does the white knight block the black knight's movement? Also, I don't understand how the pawn at 6:38 could take the other pawn.

At 12:51 Doesnt Bg1 allow e5? That cuts the queen off on that diagonal and threatens multiple mates, such as Ng7 Kd8 Bc7# and black cannot play Bb6 to defend bc of Ng7 Kd8 Qf6 Nf6 Be7# ? Or did I miss something?

at 10:00 , why didnt the white move his pawn from c4 to c5 then attack the rook with his queen ?

whats that move on 6:38? ive never heard of it

@chessenthusiast I looked at it again and you're right, thanks. Still pretty sure that Ba6 is the correct move though because of the additional escape on b7. What's you're take on this? If you disagree maybe we can play out some moves.

JS verus Dr Ivan Tryrell ( Bladerunner is my all time favourite film) 'The Immortal Game' is just that - it is my favourite chess game ever. thank you Mr Anderssen

Nice One Kevin!!

THE DAGGER IN THE COFFIN!!

! One of the greatest games... ever.

Why does black play pawn to b5 at 3:07?

at 6:36 how is pawn to g3 legal??? i've never heard of pawns being able to move like that (im new but can't they only move diagonally if they take a piece?)

What is the strongest chess game for pc at the moment?

Kevin an you maybe make a video on the King's Gambit accepted lines?

Why not Nc6 than Na6??!

hey kevin can you do an analysis of the game Reinisch vs Traxler?

at 13:54 why didnt black move the knight from b8 to c6, it defends e7 and cant be taken

Would the mating net have still worked if instead of Black playing the knight to a6 at the end played it to c6 defending the final mating square?

why would black sacrifice a pawn to get the bishop off the long diagonal whe he almosts forces him back on it at 6:13 ?

An amazing game. Nice channel too. :)

I will show this amazing game to my Chess Workshop in Saskatchewan University

Watching this game really helped me when I got into a similar situation where black brought out the queen too early, and had to waste so many moves moving it into safety. Meanwhile I was able to develop my pieces, managed to isolate his queen from the King and eliminate every last safe move. After capturing the queen I was able to get the checkmate a few turns after.

I should have been familiar with this game. Thanks for sharing. Take Care, Buddy.

at 8:55 wouldn't it be better for the knight to take a pawn? specifically the e pawn because retreating the knight does nothing, he probably wont get it out anytime soon, and its one less place his king can go since the queen side is to undeveloped for real play. if the knight took the pawn, whites center would be slightly compromised, right?

I would like a more in-depth look at the final mating attack. At 12:37 you say "it probably would've been a lot smarter if the queen captured on a1 first" - would it have prevented mate? Also, how does white mate at 14:18 if black plays f6 instead of Na6? I'm guessing neither move would save black since the "immortal game" doesn't really seem a very fitting name if black lost by missing such simple moves, but it would have been interesting to look into this more.

sjd83 You've probably realised by now but if Qe1+ then kxe1! Basically the king just takes the queen so besides it not been checkmate with the escape square of f3 if e1 was covered, it's just giving up the queen for no reason at all.

at 2:20, why wouldnt black take white's rook? thanks for the help :)

@4:11, why isn't e5 also played?

@9:52 why not pawn e5, attacking the queen and discovery check on the rook with the queen as opposed to knight c3

Amazing, this is a game a beginner, intermediate and advanced player can all enjoy and learn from. :)

can someone explain to me why that black pawn move at 6:38 from F4 to G3 works?

10:00 why not E4 to E5 atacking queen and discovered attack on black rook?

@chumaster2 and if Qc6 then Qa8.

can someone please explain how knight to c6 is also a lose... reading the comments at 14:07

at 14:06 what if Nc6?

why does black play Na6 but not Nc6 at the end?

At 4:49 when white played Nh4 why black still can not play Ng3+ because if white takes with a pawn, the black can play Pg5 attacking white knight and if it moves black Queen takes the rook on h1?

At 11:52, why not pawn e4 to e5?

An impossibly amazing game, which will last forever, and brilliantly explained. It almost wants me to give chess after 60 years. This simply cannot be beaten.

at 2:17, why not move pawn to g3 to block the check then if black pawn takes back at g3 white would move knight to f3, threatening the queen and opening up for a castle on the king's side?

At 13:00 what would happen if black bishop went d6 taking white bishop instead of the rook?

@SuperMyfamily01 Oh and playing f6 : Nxg7+, Kf7, Nxf6 (king can't take on g7 because: Ne8+, Kh6, Qf4+) and now there is nothing to prevend Nxd7+ (discovered queen attack) and letting the queen do it's mate.