Immortal forced draft game

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The Immortal Zugzwang game is one of the most famous games in the history of chess . It was won by Aaron Nimzowitsch with the black stones. The white stones were led by Friedrich Sämisch .

It was played in the 7th round of the international tournament in Copenhagen in 1923 .

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Force to move means that the obligation to move leads to the deterioration of the position. Force to move is more common in the endgame , rarely in the middlegame and only achievable in strictly positional play. Therefore, Nimzowitsch was rightly proud of his achievement.

Nimzowitsch on the game

“May my dear colleague Samisch forgive me if I now take every opportunity to publish this game, which is known in Denmark as the 'Immortal Zugzwang game'. But I have no choice, because in terms of its spirit of sacrifice, which seems completely unconventional, it is just as characteristic of our times as the 'Immortal Part' is for the Anderssen age. Today we sacrifice to prevent prophylaxis or to bring about some kind of blockage ... and not with brute force. Brutality is no longer in. "

- Aaron Nimzowitsch

The game Samisch - Nimzowitsch

1. d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 e7-e6 3. Ng1-f3 b7-b6

The Ladies Indian Defense .

4. g2-g3 Bc8-b7 5. Bf1-g2 Bf8-e7 6. Nb1-c3 0-0 7. 0-0 d7-d5

Here today 7.… Nf6 – e4 is usually played.

8. Nf3 – e5 c7 – c6 9. c4xd5 c6xd5 10. Bc1 – f4 a7 – a6 11. Re1 – c1 b6 – b5 12. Qd1 – b3 Nb8 – c6 13. Ne5xc6 Bb7xc6 14. h2 – h3?

White plays haphazardly and Black takes the initiative . 14. Ne4, however, with a slight advantage for White.

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Position after 14th h2 – h3
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14.… Qd8 – d7 15. Kg1 – h2 Nf6 – h5 16. Bf4 – d2 f7 – f5 17. Qb3 – d1 b5 – b4 18. Nc3 – b1 Bc6 – b5 19. Rf1 – g1 Be7 – d6
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Position after 19.… Be7 – d6
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20. e2 – e4 f5xe4!
This otherwise quite surprising sacrifice is given by the sober calculation: two pawns and 7th row and opposing inextricable queenside - all for just one piece! (Nimzowitsch)
21. Qd1xh5 Rf8xf2 22. Qh5 – g5 Ra8 – f8 23. Kh2 – h1 Rf8 – f5 24. Qg5 – e3 Bb5 – d3

With 24.… Rf2 – e2 25. Qe3 – b3 Bb5 – a4 Black could gain decisive material. But Nimzowitsch had other things in mind.

25. Rc1 – e1 h7 – h6 !!
A brilliant move that declares the pressure to act. White has no more moves; on Kh2, for example, R5f3 happens, as does g3-g4. Black now makes waiting moves with the king and White has to run into him by himself. (Nimzowitsch). Reuben Fine described the final move as the most remarkable in history .
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The final position of the game. Samisch gave up after an hour's consideration.
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See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Ehn, Hugo Kastner: Everything about chess: Myths. Curiosities. Superlatives. Humboldt, Hannover 2010, p. 220. ISBN 978-3-86910-171-2 .
  2. a b Aaron Nimzowitsch: My system . The Hamburg Chess Archive, 2nd edition 1965, page 79.

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