Watch the famous game, then train the tactics that made it work.
Material only matters if your king survives long enough to spend it.
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Some chess games are famous because one player played perfectly. This one is famous because the attack refuses to die. Anderssen keeps sacrificing material, Dufresne keeps accepting it, and every time Black thinks the danger is over, another white piece enters with check. This is the Evergreen Game: not a quiet lesson, not an engine lecture, but a full romantic-era crime scene where the king is the victim and the evidence is everywhere.
Pause before grabbing material: king safety, development, and forcing moves decide the tactic.
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Can you find it?
White to move: find the final bishop move that ends the game.
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The answer is a mating net idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Bxe7# — Bxe7# works because the bishop lands on e7 with mate. Black’s king has no escape squares, no useful interposition, and the white pieces cover the exits.
Can you find it?
White to move: keep the king boxed in after ...Ke8.
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The answer is a forcing checks idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Bd7+ — Bd7+ keeps the king under forcing checks. White does not let Black consolidate; every move comes with tempo.
Can you find it?
White to move: after the queen sacrifice, how does the attack continue?
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The answer is a follow-up after sacrifice idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Bf5+ — Bf5+ is the quiet-looking killer. The bishop enters with check and keeps the exposed king trapped in the mating net.
Can you find it?
White to move: drag Black’s king into the open.
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The answer is a queen sacrifice / king drag idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Qxd7+ — Qxd7+ is the queen sacrifice that forces Kxd7. White gives up the queen because the bishops will finish the exposed king.
Can you find it?
White to move: start the forcing sequence.
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The answer is a remove the defender idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Rxe7+ — Rxe7+ removes a defender and forces Black into the line where the queen sacrifice becomes possible.
See why the tactic worked in the original game.
Train the same motif before revealing the answer.
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[Event "Berlin"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "1852.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Adolf Anderssen"] [Black "Jean Dufresne"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 19. Rad1 Qxf3 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7#
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