Shocking Grandmaster Checkmate in 12 moves: Zukertort vs Anderssen

[DieguezZ]

mmm what about Ke8 instead of going e7?

[DanielManahan]

Black should have blocked the check from the white bishop with his own instead of moving the king

[CruzmarvinG]

lol. weak

[rcrespo357]

best top two comments hahah.

[dfabian24]

Tom Woods wuz here!

[syeddawdye747]

omg that's like one of the coolest checkmates that i have ever seen. This game goes to show you that a Queen sometimes is worth absolutely nothing!

[dsadwarf]

Black could have done Pawn to A6 after white move his Bishop to B5.

[WennieBoy01]

Rybka's Mind

[mattecarini]

the opponent's sooo bad

[ILITTHEWORLDONFIRE]

i am under the impression that many of us have missed chances at perfect checkmates and didnt even no it

[Eldinarcus]

@ILITTHEWORLDONFIRE Just about all of us are like that. That is why the best chess players like Garry Kasparov can think like 10 moves ahead. So he will think what are all the possible moves you can use and then counters it.

[CharlieVeitch911LIAR]

amazing use of the bishops

[I3uttSweat]

moral of the story: when the opponent offers you his queen, you know something is really wrong

[MADMAC572]

@I3uttSweat It was too late by then. The Queen put him in check and he couldn't interpose.

[Pirlo0721]

Great Strategy !! ;)

[royplayer]

The queen sac was for show as Bg5+, hxg5, Qxg5 is also mate.

[IxFito95xI]

ima try these moves, i'm still a beginner, I'm a noob

[KevinByrne2]

Once again: when your opponent offers you his Queen, you should suspect that disaster lies around the corner.

[TheUniverseExists]

This was played in 1865, chess was basically played off of intuition. They had little theory to study from.

[JuicersSuck]

HOLY SHIT ... NICE ONE

[HarriHaffi]

nice! But isn't the resistence kinda weak? why would anybody let bishop stay at b5?

MVHH

[MADMAC572]

@HarriHaffi Indeed. In fact, it fell apart with Blacks pawn development and slowness to caste and then counter.

[thugly921]

brilliant queen sac

[MrPhil1912]

oh very nice thank you very much for this.

[adiladil78]

@MrPhil1912

Glad you liked it, buddy.

[Kinjutsuu]

fucking noob anderssen

Ke8 not e7 @ 0:47

[Shadowboost]

@Kinjutsuu yep, and then Qf6

[qweboost23]

OMG i wish i was that good

[AliGrulez]

at 0:18 the horse from G8 to E7? what's the reason?

[thetyrousey]

all i asked was what it was called ok that's it thanks to the 2 people that told me fuck the rest of you

[TheBlasianAsian]

@endrake2 O.O AHAHAHHAHAHAHHALMALMALMAMAOAO

[1Moregano1]

Holy shit!

[Coastlinewalks]

He made that classic mistake .. he lost!

[vanishy0urself]

Brilliant game... kinda hate that queen sac at the end though... it's so uselessly flashy and I dislike such things, lol. Game is really good, though.

[jacovc1986]

@vanishy0urself this is what make it beautiful! he couldn't have won without sacing his queen

[vanishy0urself]

@jacovc1986 he could have saced his bishop and that's the way it should have been... sacing the queen without the need to do so is needlessly flashy and very "glitz-glamoury".

[pizzaguy462]

Checkmate

[endrake2]

I would have done the little known move called Democracy Revolution. The pawns on both teams join together, kill the King and Queen, then party and get drunk while the knights argue politics and the Bishops are busy explaining why homosexuality is wrong. And the people go on tours to look at the rooks because castles are just cool.

[cvetko5]

@endrake2 i agree

[BLaCkKsHeEp]

@endrake2

which one is "the people" chess piece?

[endrake2]

@BLaCkKsHeEp The pawns of course :P

[BLaCkKsHeEp]

@endrake2

sounds great to me

[jrmenard630]

what a sexy queen sacrifice

[irondogon]

Zukertort must have been having fun. Bg5 first works just as well as Qg5. It's still mate next move, but Zukertort chose the Q move to make the game flashier, more memorable. His prerogative, I suppose.

[thetyrousey]

im sorry i didnt know what happened with the fork or whatever its called i play go just got bored and looked this up so stfu about how stupid i am because i didnt know what the hell was going on ok

[ManilasFinest2010]

Actually a very complicated combination and sacrifice..

[ShadeToSun]

I've heard Bobby Fischer once won a match in one move.

[humanresourcism]

great trick. great play.

[padperson]

And giving away the queen as well. Classic.

[rwsmith29456]

There is a story that as a result of a tournament in 1914 the Tsar named Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Frank Marshall to be 'Grandmasters' but the term was in use long before then. Whether the Tsar coined the term or not he wasn't slack in picking three world champions and two that had lost matches for the world title. I'd say that Anderssen and Zuckertort were definitely Grandmaster class even if they didn't use the title.

[rwsmith29456]

Amazing. I wonder why I haven't come across this brilliancy in my reading?

[LtStarkiller]

I always take a woman when it's open. Not always the best move ;)

[Bewarethe1]

Blacks mistake was QE8 ive made similar mistakes though

[MLNforever]

Awesome! 12th check mate, sacrificing a queen i'll do that to my classmate hahahaha. hope he doesn't know that move. =)

[JsusDI]

man, a checkmate with nothing but bishops in the 12th move!??!!

[settigirl1998]

Good check mates

[settigirl1998]

I hate mates that move your queen because everyone knows it is a stupid move to move you queen at the beginning of the game so people can sense its coming

[kikook222]

@settigirl1998 It's only stupid for a beginner to move his queen, a moderate player has no issues moving a queen early. Only inexperienced players, the only downside to moving your queen early is if you at any point blunder your queen, you pretty much lost.

[kikook222]

Back then I guess they had a low expectation of their opponents because nowadays, GM's know that a Queen Blunder is rare.

[13shepi]

@kikook222 It didn't matter if he knew it was mate in one if he took or not. His only move was to take, he was in check with no way to block and no squares to move to. I am suprised that at that point he didn't resign.

[RexNunc]

Anserssen moving the king to f7 was blunder one, and moving the queen behind it was blunder two so he deserved it

[Maliginobserver]

nice classic example, for a early kings attack and mate. Nice, like two bishops and weird kings position are enough to mate

[MsSaywhattt]

aweh. poor 'thetrousey'

[YtubeUserr]

pity this guy 'thetrousey'

[itsmeemario89]

brilliant!

[Maartenols]

Black simply missed the Q Sac.

[doncabron23]

Black king to E7?

[rgpfighter]

@doncabron23 i was thinking the same thing... i would prob moved the king back to its original position

[Mezocosm]

The queen move on video looks like a mistake... even on a real board it would be nearly impossible to resist. Still, Zukertort obviously researched a new position and its positive genius to find this and play it in a tournament. Thanks for the post

[Neueregel]

1 dislike by Anderssen's descendant

[GimpIsNuts]

lol xD its easy to checkmate in 4 moves ...

[OvoJeGovno]

Huh, since when did Anderssen get a YouTube account?

[Neueregel]

Typical Tal style f7 sac. 3..Ne7 = a huge blunder that allowed this

[toiletscrubbr]

That was really smart of him to move the queen to threaten the knight, so black would move the queen to protect the knight and block off the king's escape. I would never be able to think up of that.

[AznAndy562]

DAYM WHEN HE PUT HIS QUEEN THERE I SAID stupid... then i saw the next move i said wow

[thetyrousey]

no one else notice the pieces switching at 30?

[adiladil78]

@thetyrousey

Pieces switching? It's called castling.

[thetyrousey]

@adiladil78 never seen it before even when i play i dont see it but i mostly play go but ive seen a lot of chess but never this

[JESSExERA]

@adiladil78 LOL!

[rog944]

@adiladil78 Okay... so we're making up new moves???

[oreo8118]

@adiladil78 lol... that's probably the noobiest comment I've ever seen haha

[clockwise3559]

@thetyrousey ....really?

[SLACkBOOTFILMS]

@thetyrousey Hahaha! 

[BigDTinyE]

@thetyrousey

Castle is a legit move in chess.

[BigDTinyE]

Stupid

Knight to G3 at :33 makes no sense. 

[EyeBlowTreez]

@thetyrousey you fucking idiot! hahahahha lmao pieces switching? you must play with lego's and children

[papalolita]

@thetyrousey 16 years old and still don't know about castling? Of course, you're too busy banging your mother.

[pedarikarhu]

@papalolita lol you're a fucking retard

[Mudcrab1337]

lol

[rainbowburger]

@thetyrousey

/facepalm

[RandomStereotype]

@thetyrousey LOL tha`s called castling ....^^

[kikook222]

@thetyrousey Since you don't know what castling is, look up En Passant too, it's another crucial rule that many beginners don't know.

[wattacoolguy]

@kikook222 its not TOO crucial.. as most players don't really use it.

[adiladil78]

@wattacoolguy

I would call it REALLY crucial, dude. You will feel its importance in games where your pawns have advanced deep into enemy territory. Like kikook222 says, and indeed, you yourself make the point, what makes it really crucial is that not many new players use it BECAUSE they don't know it, and sometimes it can be the difference between promoting your pawn or having it blocked by a stationary pawn.

[Kinjutsuu]

@wattacoolguy

lol everybody use it .....

[imsopathetic1369]

@thetyrousey

Dumbass

[DJCVIDE0S]

@thetyrousey its called a fork u idiot

[fredderfnation]

@thetyrousey lol

[LynxCoding]

@thetyrousey LMAO you're so dumb..

[BigBoss1R]

@thetyrousey

Why you even open your mouth? Lolz.

[24cincyreds]

@thetyrousey lol learn the rules of chess before you make yourself look like an idiot.

[chrism216]

these arent grandmasters.

the title "grandmaster" appeared in the 20th century.

[adiladil78]

The title "Grandmaster" was used to refer to the strongest players long before the time of these players. This is what Wikipedia has to say about this topic:

"The first known use of the term grandmaster in connection with chess was in an 1838 issue of Bell's Life, in which a correspondent referred to William Lewis as "our past grandmaster". Lewis himself later referred to Philidor as a grandmaster, and the term was also applied to a few other players."

[chrism216]

@adiladil78 yes but it was a term merely describing a player's abilities, and there were very few men who people called "grandmasters".

a grandmaster by later standards would have never fallen for such cheap tactics. sure its beautiful to sac the queen, but a grandmaster?? dont know.

[adiladil78]

@chrism216

Thanks for your comment dude. You suggest as if these two were average players who fall for "cheap tricks". Sure, chess theory was not as developed then, but they were still two of the best. About modern day grandmasters not falling for cheap tricks, I think Kramnik's "blunder of the century" is much worse. Here, at least there is a little combination, but Kramnik missed a mate-in-one, unthinkable for a good chess player. Stuff happens, not just in the old days but now as well.

[thegreatsolar]

@adiladil78 Anand has missed a mate in one as well!

[adiladil78]

@thegreatsolar

Really? That's a real shocker. When did this happen? Against who?

[thegreatsolar]

@adiladil78 Against Ivanchuk. watch?v=7Ix69sCFahw

[thegreatsolar]

@adiladil78 Actually Ivanchuk missed it vs Anand, hehe.

[adiladil78]

@thegreatsolar

Wow, dude. That was just awesome! Ivanchuk's nerves got the better of him. Great example of a GM missing a mate in one. Thanx.

[Schachbenno]

schach-brett.de

[PabloDPena]

@chrism216 Andersson DID fall for the cheap trick and Kasparov has stated that at that time he was one of the strongest players in the world. If you check out "MY GREAT PREDECESSORS" by G. Kasparov there are quite a few Anderssen games he analyzes, defintely at the level we would call Grandmaster today. As for "falling for a cheap shot like Qg5" well his position was already lost so it didn't much matter how the game concluded.

[SovereignFOTL]

@chrism216 Zukertort n Anderssen not GMs? You're having a Steffi ..lol

[NumbFlynn]

@chrism216 Zuckertort and Anderssen were both extremely strong players and would certainly be grandmasters today.

[riotofdablood]

@chrism216

[SuperMyfamily01]

I wonder what would have happened at 0:52 if Anderssen had played Be8 instead of Qe8? I think the best for white after that would be f4, where black is still under a lot of pressure, but perhaps he can survive?

[SuperMyfamily01]

@SuperMyfamily01 Actually, never mind, Be8 results in a mate in 4. The best move according to Fritz is Qc8, but this loses Ng6, so the position is obviously lost. The decisive mistake by black was playing Ke7 at 0:48. He should have played Ke8 so that he could play ... Qf6 after white plays Qh5, after which the position is roughly equal.

[RawlstonLee]

now this is good shit.

[SuperMyfamily01]

At 0:54 he could've just as well played Bg5, but he just just had to sac his queen didn't he!

[RsGhost1]

@SuperMyfamily01 Queen sacs are very flashy :P

[albertlopez1234]

@SuperMyfamily01 It would kill his bishop

[Stonemeister]

@SuperMyfamily01 Bringing the bishop up reveals his plans to a greater degree. Putting his queen's head on the board tempted Anderssen into making the error.

[Mondrae205]

@Stonemeister but at that point it was already too late, what else could he do but catch it?

[BATAMANish]

@SuperMyfamily01

I think he want to mate his oponent, before hes resigns. He probably think: "Haha, I show you that, you didn't even realized what happens"

Sorry for my english

[Mezocosm]

@SuperMyfamily01 Oh please if you reseached and discovered that play its obvious to anyone that the queen sac was instrumental in making it work. Don't try and pretend that chess is exclusive of psychology, nothing is.

[kikook222]

@SuperMyfamily01 It's like the ultimate insult, "I could have sac'd my bishop, but I don't need my queen to win"

[TheKittyCharm]

@SuperMyfamily01 The GM might've thinked that He was going for the Horse, so He moved His queen to defend the Horse, apparently, He's incorrect, Whoever's using the white is a very unpredictable player (Dunno who's black 'n white since there's no info about who's using the black and white)

[keyar87]

That is just beautiful!!

[derschachfreund]

pretty game thanks for the video...

ps ok beware topschachde they totally rip you of and then lie to you!!!

vorsicht vor topschach das sind voll die abzocker und lügner.....

[njstuckey]

A lot of games like this from the earlier days of chess (pre-1900 or so) are not actual "games", but rather they are "explorations" by two players into quick checkmates or sharp positions that they wouldn't have played under normal competitive circumstances. Still fun to watch and informative, IMO. Besides, I couldn't tell you 100% for sure that this game was "fabricated", just that it was a common thing to do back then.

[Migue261]

yes, anderssen was particulary strong i don't get it

[bastiaan0741]

Didn't last long :)

[adiladil78]

@bastiaan0741

Sure didn't. It's the kind of checkmate one usually expects to see a novice suffer at the hands of a seasoned player. Hard to believe a grandmaster suffered it.