The first called “Immortal Game”
was an informal Chess game played on June 21, 1851 between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky during a break
in the first International Tournament at the Simpson’s-in-the-Strand
Divan in London. French Chess magazine “La Regence”
published the game in July of 1851 which later was nicknamed
“The Immortal Game” by the Austrian Ernst Falkbeer
in 1855. The stunning sacrifices made by Anderssen
throughout the game by giving up both Rooks, a
Bishop, and the Queen, allowed him to checkmate his opponent with
the three remaining minor pieces. |