[Event "Vienna"] [Site "Vienna AUT"] [Date "1873.08.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Wilhelm Steinitz (?)"] [Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne (?)"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Anderssen's Opening"] [Termination "Unterminated"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. a3 { A00 Anderssen's Opening } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. dxc5 Qc7 5. Bd3?! { (0.86 → 0.27) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (5. Nf3 Qxc5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qd7) 5... Qxc5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Qa5+ 8. Nbc3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b4 Qd8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. h3 Rg8 16. f4 Nc6?! { (0.40 → 1.13) Inaccuracy. Nxd3 was best. } (16... Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qc8 18. Rf3 Qb7 19. Re3 O-O-O 20. Qf1 Bh8 21. b5 Kb8 22. a4 Rc8 23. Qd1 Bf6 24. d4) 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. c4 Nd8 19. Rfc1 Ne6 20. Nc3 Qb7 21. Nd5 Bh8 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Qf2 Bc6 24. Qh4 Nd4? { (1.07 → 2.47) Mistake. Bg7 was best. } (24... Bg7 25. Kg1 b5 26. cxb5 Bxd5 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. exd5 Qc3 29. dxe6 Qxd3 30. Re1 f6 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Qf2) 25. Bg5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Kd7?? { (2.56 → 5.45) Blunder. h6 was best. } (26... h6 27. Qxh6 Rf8 28. Qh7 a6 29. Bh6 Bf6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. h4 Bg7 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qxh5 e6 34. Qg4) 27. Bxe7 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc3? { (5.28 → 10.50) Mistake. Kc7 was best. } (29... Kc7 30. Bf6 Kb8 31. Bxh8 Rxh8 32. Qf6 Re8 33. Qxd4 Qd7 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Kh2 h5 37. e5) 30. Bf6 Qc8 31. Qg4+ Nf5 32. Bb5+ Kc7 33. Bxc3 h5 34. Qf3 Nh4 35. Bxh8 Qxh8 36. Rc1+ Kb7?! { (12.62 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd8 was best. } (36... Kd8 37. Qg3 Nxg2 38. Qg5+ f6 39. Qxg2 Qg7 40. Rc6 Qd7 41. Rxb6 Qc7 42. Rc6 Qd7 43. Kh2 g5 44. fxg5) 37. Qc3?! { (Mate in 11 → 11.58) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe2 was best. } (37. Qe2 a5 38. bxa5 Qb8 39. axb6 Kxb6 40. Rc6+ Kb7 41. Ba4 Qc7 42. Qa6+ Kb8 43. Rxc7 Kxc7 44. Qa7+ Kc8) 37... Qd8?! { (11.58 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxc3 was best. } (37... Qxc3 38. Rxc3 g5 39. fxg5 Ng6 40. Rc6 a6 41. Be2 h4 42. Rxd6 Kc7 43. Rc6+ Kd8 44. Rxb6 a5 45. bxa5) 38. Qc6+ Kb8 39. Ba6 *