[Event "Vienna"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1873.08.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Anderssen, Adolf"] [Black "Paulsen, Louis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1873.07.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] {Both these players were German and top players of the time. Adolf Anderssen famously won the biggest tournament of the time, The London Exhibition of 1851, here he dances with his Knights a mesmerizing dance which fools Louis Paulsen. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 {White gets total control of the centre with this line, but the queen may become a target. Note- the reply 4... Nc6 may look strong but is actually refuted (atleast as an attacking weapon-but is actually very even infact) by 5.Bb5.} (4. Nxd4 {This is the modern way to play.}) 4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 $6 (5... Nge7 $1 6. O-O a6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Be2 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Qb3 h6 11. Be3 $11) 6. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O-O (9. O-O {Adolf can castling either way perfectly finely.} O-O $11) 9... O-O 10. Rhe1 {centralising the Rooks and playing a timely e5 move is the key to this position also note that Louis's Knight on f6 can redevelop to the e5 square preventing the attack Adolf plans so Adolf goes about swapping it off.} Re8 11. Kb1 Bd7 $2 12. Bxf6 $3 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 Be6 14. Qh4 Qc8 15. Nd4 $14) 12... Bxf6 13. e5 $3 {The 11...Bd7? move allows for this strategy as 13...dxe5?? is no longer possible due to the reply 14.Qxd7.} Be7 14. Nd5 $3 { The Knight commands the centre from here though at the moment there aren't any targets for the Knight so although Louis is in a passive position he is far from lost...yet.} Bf8 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Rxe8 Bxe8 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Ne4 f5 $1 19. Nec3 $1 {The Knights dance round the board to outmanouver their two religious enclined foes. Usually the Two Bishops have an advantage over the Two Knights but in this case the central position of the Knights dominates.} Qd7 20. a3 Qf7 21. h3 a6 22. g4 $1 {Now that the centre is closed off to Louis, Adolf makes a tenique flank attack on the Kingside.} Re8 23. f4 Re6 24. g5 b5 {Louis does the right thing by counter-attacking on the King stuck on the Queenside. If You cannot open up the centre when your opponent makes a flank attack, trying to attack on the opposite wing is usually the right thing to do.} 25. h4 Re8 26. Qd3 Rb8 27. h5 $3 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Qxh5 30. Qxf5 Qf7 31. Qd3 Bd7 32. Ne4 Qf5 33. Rh1 Re8 $4 {a terrible blunder that loses a few pawns due to some sparkling play.} (33... Kh8) 34. Nef6+ $3 gxf6 35. Nxf6+ Kf7 36. Rxh7+ $3 Bg7 37. Rxg7+ $3 (37. Nxe8 Qxf4 38. Rxg7+ Kxe8 $18) 37... Kxg7 38. Nxe8+ Kf8 (38... Bxe8 $4 39. Qxf5 $18) 39. Qxf5+ Bxf5 40. Nxd6 Bd7 {and after those brilliant spectacular moves we are left with Adolf in a completely won endgame, three pawns up including two connected passed pawns.} 41. Ne4 Kg7 42. Ng3 Kf7 43. f5 Ke7 44. Kc1 Kd6 45. g6 Be8 46. Kd2 Kd5 47. Kd3 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Kc4 50. Ne4 Kxb4 51. Nd6 $3 Bc6 52. f6 $1 Kc3 53. Nxb5+ $3 {snuffing out Louis's last chance, almost anything won there but this was a nice finish.} Bxb5 54. f7 { The pawn is unstoppable and will help the other to Queen too.} 1-0