Evergreen Game
The Evergreen game is a chess game between Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne, which was played in July 1852 in Berlin. Because of the spectacular final combination was printed in countless publications.
Designation
The future world chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz called it, is how often to read as " evergreen laurel wreath in the largest German chess master ." What is meant is apparently evergreen, which was braided from time immemorial as a symbol of youth in wreaths. The figurative meaning is the French term as " Forever Young game " (La Toujours Jeune ) for expression. In an original source, the remark by Steinitz refers ("An Evergreen in the laurel crown of the departed hero Chess. " ) Specifically to the 19 train of white and the introduction of the following combination.
Anderssen - Dufresne
The Evans Gambit, at the time a very popular opening a pawn sacrifice in white for attack.
Black does not beat on c3 to not allow the development of the white knight on this field, and because on the other hand threatened to form with an impressive c3xd4 Bauer center white.
Black sacrifices a pawn for his part, to promote the development of his queenside.
With his next train sacrificed a white figure. Lens would be stronger now the train was 17 Ne4 - g3, but Anderssen had planned the following in the lot combination already here.
In this position, Anderssen plays the train, which looks like a big mistake, because his opponent with his next train wins a figure because of the bondage to the g-line and a single-train checkmate on g2 is imminent.
It's hard to blame Dufresne, that he did not see through the intention of Anderssen. The white rook move, the praised Steinitz and many other commentators, viewed objectively doubtful. According to the proposed by Paul Lipke in 1898 19 ... Rg8 - g4 it would not come to the following conclusion section. There is then no clear win for White, eg can follow 20.Ld3 - c4 DH5 f5 21.Td1xd7 Ke8xd7 22.Sf3 - e5 Kd7 - c8 23.Se5xg4 Ne7 -d5 -d1 24.Da4 Sd5xf6 25.Lc4 -d3 Dh5xg4 26.Dd1xg4 Sf6xg4 27.Ld3 - f5 KC8 -d8 28.Te1 -d1 Nc6 -d4 -d5 29.Lf5xg4 Bb7 30.c3xd4 Ld5xa2.
Dufresne allows for a spectacular Matt, but also the better train would have him 20 ... Ke8 -d8 no longer saved, eg 21.Te7xd7 Kd8 - c8 -d8 22.Td7 Kc8xd8 23.Ld3 - e2 Nc6 -d4 24.Le2xf3 Lb7xf3 25.g2 - g3 Lf3xd1 26.Da4xd1 c7 - c5 27.c3xd4 c5xd4 28.La3 - e7 with a winning position.