AdolfAnderssen

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KarlErnstAdolfAnderssen(July6,1818March13,
1879)[1]wasaGermanchessmaster.Heisconsideredtohave
beentheworld'sleadingchessplayerformuchofthe1850sand
1860s.HewasquitesoundlydefeatedbyPaulMorphywho
touredEuropein1858,butMorphyretiredfromchesssoonafter
andAnderssenwasagainconsideredtheleadingplayer.

AdolfAnderssen

AfterhisdefeatbySteinitzin1866,Anderssenbecamethemost
successfultournamentplayerinEurope,winningoverhalfthe
eventsheenteredincludingtheBadenBaden1870chess
tournament,oneofthestrongesttournamentsoftheera.He
achievedmostofthesesuccesseswhenhewasovertheageof
50.
Anderssenisfamouseventodayforhisbrilliantsacrificial
attackingplay,particularlyinthe"ImmortalGame"(1851)and
the"EvergreenGame"(1852).Hewasaveryimportantfigurein
thedevelopmentofchessproblems,drivingforwardthe
transitionfromthe"OldSchool"ofproblemcompositiontothe
eleganceandcomplexityofmoderncompositions.
Hewasalsooneofthemostlikeableofchessmastersand
becamean"elderstatesman"ofthegame,towhomothers
turnedforadviceorarbitration.

Contents
1 Backgroundandearlylife
2 Chesscareer
2.1 Firststeps
2.2 London1851
2.3 Morphymatch,1858
2.4 Othergames185162
2.5 London1862
2.6 Steinitzmatch,1866
2.7 186679
3 Assessment
3.1 Playingstrengthandstyle
3.2 Influenceonchess
3.3 Personality
4 Death
5 Notablegames
6 Tournamentresults
7 Matchresults
8 Seealso
9 References

Fullname

KarlErnstAdolfAnderssen

Country

KingdomofPrussia
GermanEmpire

Born

July6,1818
Breslau(nowWrocaw,Poland)

Died

March13,1879(aged60)

Itisimpossibletokeepone'sexcellencein
aglasscase,likeajewel,andtakeitout
wheneveritisrequired.
AdolfAnderssen,1858[2]

9 References
10 Furtherreading
11 Externallinks

Backgroundandearlylife
AnderssenwasborninBreslau(nowcalledWrocaw),inthePrussianProvinceofSilesia,in1818.Helivedthere
formostofhislife,sharingahousewithandsupportinghiswidowedmotherandhisunmarriedsister.Anderssen
nevermarried.Hegraduatedfromthepublicgymnasium(highschool)inBreslauandthenattendeduniversity,
wherehestudiedmathematicsandphilosophy.Aftergraduatingin1847attheageof29,hetookapositionatthe
FriedrichsGymnasiumasaninstructorandlaterasProfessorofMathematics.Anderssenlivedaquiet,stable,
responsible,respectablemiddleclasslife.Hiscareerwasteachingmathematics,whilehishobbyandpassionwas
playingchess.[3]
WhenAnderssenwasnineyearsold,hisfathertaughthimhowtoplaychess.[4]Anderssensaidthatasaboy,he
learnedthestrategyofthegamefromacopyofWilliamLewis'bookFiftyGamesbetweenLabourdonnaisand
McDonnell(1835).[5]

Chesscareer
Firststeps
AnderssenfirstcametotheattentionofthechessworldwhenhepublishedAufgabefrSchachspieler("Taskfor
chessplayers"),acollectionof60chessproblems,in1842.[3][4]Hecontinuedtopublishproblemsformanyyears,
bothinmagazinesandasasecondcollectionin1852.[6][7]Thesebroughthimtotheattentionofthe"Berlin
Pleiades"group,whichincludedsomeofthestrongestplayersofthetime,andheplayedmatchesagainstsomeof
them.[8]Anderssen'sdevelopmentasaplayerwasrelativelyslow,largelybecausehecouldspareneitherthetime
northemoneytoplaymanymatchesagainststrongplayers.Nevertheless,by1846hewasabletoputupagood
fightagainstanotherPleiadesmember,TassilovonHeydebrandundderLasa,whomayhavebeentheworld's
strongestplayeratthetime.[9]In1846,hebecametheeditorofthemagazineSchachzeitungderBerliner
Schachgesellschaft(latercalledDeutscheSchachzeitung)whenitsfounderLudwigBledow,oneofthe"Berlin
Pleiades",died.Anderssenheldthispostuntil1865.[10]

London1851
In1848AnderssendrewamatchwiththeprofessionalplayerDanielHarrwitz.[11]Onthebasisofthismatchand
hisgeneralchessreputation,hewasinvitedtorepresentGermanchessatthefirstinternationalchesstournament,
tobeheldinLondonin1851.Anderssenwasreluctanttoaccepttheinvitation,ashewasdeterredbythetravel
costs.Howeverthetournament'sprincipalorganizer,HowardStaunton,offeredtopayAnderssen'stravelexpenses
outofhisownpocketifnecessary,shouldAnderssenfailtowinatournamentprize.Anderssenacceptedthis
generousoffer.[5]
Anderssen'spreparationsforthe1851LondonInternationalTournamentproducedasurgeinhisplayingstrength:
heplayedover100gamesinearly1851againststrongopponentsincludingCarlMayet,ErnstFalkbeer,Max
LangeandJeanDufresne.[9]The1851InternationalTournamentwasaknockouteventinwhichpairsof
competitorsplayedshortmatches,andAnderssenwonitbybeatingLionelKieseritzky,JzsefSzn,Staunton,and
MarmadukeWyvillbymarginsofatleasttwogamesineverycase.[12]Hisprizewastwothirdsofthetotalprize

fundof500,i.e.about
Aproblemfrom
335[13]thatisequivalentto
Anderssen's1842collection
about240,000($370,200)in
a b c d e
f
g h
2006'smoney.[14]When
AnderssenandSznfoundtheyweretoplayeachother,theyagreedthat,if
eitherwonthetournament,theotherwouldreceiveonethirdoftheprize
thisdoesnotappeartohavebeenconsideredinanywayunethical.[13]

HowardStauntonwastheprincipal
organizerofthe1851London
InternationalTournament,andoffered
topayAnderssen'stravelexpenses
outofhisownpocket.

AlthoughmostchessbooksregardWilhelmSteinitzasthefirsttrueworld
champion,[4]oneoftheorganizersofthe1851LondonInternational
tournamenthadsaidthecontestwasfor"thebatonoftheWorldsChess
Champion".[15]InfactAnderssenwasnotdescribedas"theworld
champion",butthetournamentestablishedAnderssenastheworld's
leadingchessplayer,atthetimeithadsamemeaning.[4]TheLondonChess
Club,whichhadfallenoutwithStauntonandhiscolleagues,organizeda
tournamentthatwasplayedamonthlaterandincludedseveralplayerswho
hadcompetedintheInternationalTournament.Theresultwasthesame
Anderssenwon.[16]

Morphymatch,1858
Opportunitiesfortournamentplayremainedrare,andAnderssenwasreluctantto
travelfarbecauseoftheexpense.[4]Inhisonerecordedtournamentbetween1851and
1862,aonegameperroundknockouttournamentatManchesterin1857,hewas
eliminatedinthesecondround.[16]Theninlate1858hewasbeaten83bythe
AmericanchampionPaulMorphyinafamousmatchheldinParis,France(twowins,
twodraws,sevenlosses).[17]AlthoughAnderssenknewaswellasanyonehowto
attack,Morphyunderstoodmuchbetterwhentoattackandhowtoprepareanattack.
Morphyhadrecentlyscoredequallyconvincingwinsinmatchesagainstothertop
classplayers:JohannLwenthal,theRev.JohnOwenandDanielHarrwitz.[4]
HoweverMorphyreturnedtotheUSAin1859andsoonafterwardsannouncedhis
retirementfromseriouschess.HenceAnderssenwasonceagainthestrongestactive
player.[18]

PaulMorphycrushedall
oppositionin1858

Anderssenplayedthecuriousopeningmove1.a3inthreegamesofhismatchagainst
Morphy,andbrokeevenwithit(oneloss,onedraw,onewin).[19]Thisopeningmove,nowreferredtoas
"Anderssen'sOpening",hasneverbeenpopularinseriouscompetition.[20]

Othergames185162
Shortlyafterthe1851LondonInternationaltournament,Anderssenplayedhistwomostfamousgames,both
casualencounterswhichhewonbycombinationsthatinvolvedseveralsacrifices.Inthefirst,asBlack,butmoving
first,againstLionelKieseritzkyinLondonjustaftertheInternationaltournament(1851)andnowcalledthe
"ImmortalGame",hesacrificedabishop,bothrooksandfinallyhisqueen.[21]Inthesecond,playedinBerlinin
1852aswhiteagainstJeanDufresneandnowcalledthe"EvergreenGame",thetotalsacrificewasmoremodest,
butstillexceededaqueenandaminorpiece.[22]

AfterthematchwithMorphy,AnderssenplayedtwomatchesagainstIgncKolisch,oneoftheleadingplayersof
thetime,wholaterbecameawealthybankerandpatronofchess.[23][24]Anderssendrewtheirmatchin1860and
narrowlywonin1861(5/9wonfour,drewtwo,lostthreeKolischwasaheadatthehalfwaystage).[25]

London1862
AnderssenwontheLondon1862chesstournament,thefirstinternationalroundrobintournament(inwhicheach
participantplaysagameagainsteachoftheothers)withascoreoftwelvewinsoutofthirteengames.Helostonly
onegame,totheRev.JohnOwen[26]andfinishedtwopointsaheadofLouisPaulsen,whohadthebestplaying
recordintheearly1860s.[27][28]Morphyhadretiredfromchessatthistime,soAnderssenwasagaingenerally
regardedastheworld'sleadingactiveplayer.[18]
Anderssen'sonlyknowncompetitivechessbetween1862and1866wasadrawnmatch(threewins,threelosses,
andtwodraws)in1864againstBertholdSuhle,[25]whowasastrongplayerandrespectedchesswriter.[29]

Steinitzmatch,1866
In1866Anderssenlostaclosematchwith30yearoldWilhelmSteinitz(sixwins,
eightlosses,andnodrawsSteinitzwonthelasttwogames).[30]AlthoughSteinitzis
nowknownforinventingthepositionalapproachtochessanddemonstratingits
superiority,the1866matchwasplayedintheattackatallcostsstyleofthe1850sand
1860s.[31]ThisisgenerallyseenasthepointatwhichSteinitzsucceededAnderssenas
theworld'sleadingactiveplayer.Althoughideasofacontestfortheworld
championshiphadbeenfloatingaroundsincethe1840s,[15]the1866Anderssen
Steinitzmatchwasnotdefinedasbeingfortheworldchampionship,andmanywere
opposedtotheclaimofsuchatitlewhileMorphywasretiredfromchessandstill
alive.Furthermore,Anderssenremaineddominantbothintoptournaments&in
personalmatchesagainstZukertortuntil1871.[32]

WilhelmSteinitzin1866

186679
Bythistimetournamentswerebecomingmorefrequent,andtheroundrobinformatwasadopted.Atthesame
time,Anderssen,afterlosingthematchtoMorphyin1858andtoSteinitzin1866,rededicatedhimselftochess,
particularlystudyingbothendgamesandpositionalplay.TheresultwasthatAnderssen,inhisearlyfifties,was
playingthefinestchessofhiscareer.Asaresult,Anderssencompiledaverysuccessfultournamentrecordinthe
latestagesofhiscareer:fivefirstplaces,twosecondplaces,twothirdplacesandasixthplaceinthefinalyearof
hislife,whenhishealthwasfailing.[16][33]OneofhisfirstplaceswasaheadofSteinitz,GustavNeumann,Joseph
HenryBlackburne,LouisPaulsenandseveralotherverystrongplayersattheBadenBaden1870chess
tournament.Thisisregardedasoneofthetop20strongesttournamentseverdespitetheproliferationof"super
tournaments"since1990.[34][35]OneofAnderssen'sthirdplaceswasatthestrongVienna1873tournament,when
hewas55.AbouthalfofAnderssen'stournamentsuccessescameatchampionshipsofthedifferentregional
GermanChessFederationsbutthesewereopentoallnationalities,andmostofthemhadafew"topten"oreven
"topfive"competitors.[16]AnderssenusuallybeatZukertortinmatchesbuthisdominancecametoanendcame
1871.
TheLeipzig1877tournament,inwhichAnderssencamesecondbehindLouisPaulsen,wasorganizedto
commemoratethe50thanniversaryofAnderssen'slearningthechessmoves.TheinitiativesprangfromtheCentral
GermanChessFederation.Itistheonlytournamenteverorganizedtocommemorateacompetitor.[3]

StillatLeipzig,AnderssenlostamatchagainsttournamentwinnerLouisPaulsen(threewins,onedraw,andfive
losses).MatcheswereAnderssen'srelativeweaknesshisonlymatchwininthisperiodwasin1868,againstthe
26yearoldJohannZukertort(eightwins,onedraw,andthreelosses).[30]

Assessment
Playingstrengthandstyle
AnderssenwasverysuccessfulinEuropeantournamentsfrom1851toearly1878,
takingfirstprizeinoverhalfoftheeventsinwhichheplayed.[16]Hisonlyrecorded
tournamentfailureswereaonegameperroundknockouteventin1857andsixth
placeatParis1878whenhishealthwasfailingandhehadonlyaboutayearto
live.[16][33]Hismatchrecordwasmuchweaker:outofthe12thatheplayed,hewon
onlytwo,drewfourandlostsix.
ArpadElo,inventoroftheEloratingsystem,retroactivelycalculatedratingsthrough
history,andestimatedthatAnderssenwasthefirstplayerwitharatingover2600.[36]
ChessmetricsranksAnderssenasoneofthetopfiveplayersformostoftheperiod
from1851toshortlybeforehisdeathin1879.[37]
AdolfAndersseninlater

SteinitzratedAnderssenasoneofthetwogreatestattackingplayersofhistime:"We
life
allmaylearnfromMorphyandAnderssenhowtoconductakingssideattack,and
perhapsImyselfmaynothavelearntenough."[38]AlthoughAnderssenisregardedas
amemberofthe"heroic"attackingschool,[8]hewasnotinfavorofmindlessaggression,forexamplehesaid:
"Movethatoneofyourpieces,whichisintheworstplight,unlessyoucansatisfyyourselfthatyoucanderive
immediateadvantagebyanattack",[39]aprinciplemorerecentlylabelled"Makogonov'srule".[40]Accordingto
Fine,hisapproachtodevelopmentwashaphazardandhetotallyfailedtounderstandwhyMorphywon.[4]
Anderssen'shometownwassoproudofhimthatin1865BreslauUniversityawardedhimanhonorary
doctorate.[4]

Influenceonchess
The"heroic"attackingschoolofplaytowhichAnderssenbelongedwaseclipsedbySteinitz'positionalapproach
by1894itwasgenerallyacknowledgedthattheonlywaytobeatSteinitzwastoapplySteinitz'principles.[41]
Anderssenhashadamoreenduringinfluenceonchessproblemcomposition.Hestartedcomposinginthelast
yearsofthe"OldSchool",whosecompositionswerefairlysimilartorealisticovertheboardpositionsand
featuredspectacular"key"moves,multiplesacrificesandfewvariations.[7]Hewasoneofthemostskilful
composersofhistime,andhisworkformsanearlystageofthe"TransitionPeriod",betweenthemid1840sand
theearly1860s,whenmanyofthebasicproblemideaswerediscovered,therequirementforgamelikepositions
wasabandonedandtheintroductionofcomposingcompetitions(thefirstofwhichwasin1854)forcedjudgesto
decideonwhatfeatureswerethemostdesirableinaproblem.[6]
OutsidethefieldofchessproblemsAnderssenwasnotaprolificauthor.Howeverheeditedthemagazine
SchachzeitungderBerlinerSchachgesellschaft(latercalledDeutscheSchachzeitung)from1846to1865,andwas
coeditorwithGustavNeumannofNeueBerlinerSchachzeitungfrom1864to1867.[10]

Personality
Steinitzwrote:"Anderssenwashonestandhonourabletothecore.Withoutfearorfavourhestraightforwardly
gavehisopinion,andhissinceredisinterestednessbecamesopatent....thathiswordalonewasusuallysufficientto
quelldisputes...forhehadoftengivenhisdecisioninfavourofarival..."[5]Ontheotherhand,ReubenFine,a
20thcenturyplayer,wrote,"Thereisacuriouscontrastbetweenhisovertheboardbrillianceandhisuninspired
safetyfirstattitudeineverydayaffairs."[4]

Death
AnderssendiedonMarch13,1879inhishometown.TheDeutscheSchachzeitungnotedhisdeathin1879witha
nineteenpageobituary.[3]BombingraidsduringWorldWarIIdamagedhisgraveinBreslau.Afterthewar,the
citybecamepartofPolandandisnowknownunderitsPolishnameWrocaw.In1957,thePolishChess
FederationdecidedtoreburyAndersseninanewgraveattheOsobowickiCemetery.[42][43]

Notablegames
AdolfAnderssenvsLionelKieseritsky,1851,King'sGambit:Accepted.Bishop'sGambitBryan
Countergambit(C33),10(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018910)The"Immortal
Game".Anderssensacrificeshisqueenandbothrooksinordertowin
AdolfAnderssenvsJeanDufresne,Berlin1852,ItalianGame:EvansGambit.PierceDefense(C52),10(ht
tp://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018961)The"EvergreenGame".Anothershortgamefull
ofsacrificesandendingwithanicetwobishopscheckmate
AdolfAnderssenvsPaulMorphy,Match,Paris1858,AnderssenOpening.10(http://www.chessgames.co
m/perl/chessgame?gid=1019048)AnderssenbeatsMorphyafteropening1.a3
AdolfAnderssenvsJohannesZukertort,Barmen1869,ItalianGame:EvansGambit.PaulsenVariation
(C51),10(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019346)Blackresignedbeforeallowing
Anderssentofinishthecombination:29.Qxh7+Kxh730.f6+Kg831.Bh7+Kxh732.g8Q+Rxg833.
Rh3#

Tournamentresults
Sources:[3][12][16][27][33][44][45]

Date

Location

London
1851 International
Tournament

London
1851 ChessClub
Tournament

Place

Score

15/21

AheadofMarmadukeWyvill,ElijahWilliams,HowardStaunton,
JzsefSzn,HughAlexanderKennedy,BernhardHorwitz,Henry
EdwardBird,LionelKieseritzky,CarlMayet,JohannLwenthal,
EdwardLwe,AlfredBrodie,JamesMucklow,SamuelNewham,and
E.S.Kennedy.
Aknockouttournamentinwhichthecontestantsplayedminimatches
ineachround,increasingfrombestof3inthe1stroundtobestof8in
thefinal.AnderssenhimselfbeatKieseritzky,Szen,Stauntonand
Wyvillhisclosestminimatchwas+42=1inthefinalagainst
Wyvill.[12]

7/8

AheadofKarlMeyerhofer,DanielHarrwitz,FredericDeacon,
Kieseritzky,Horwitz,Szabo,Lwe,andEhrmann.Apparentlyintended
toberoundrobin,buttheweakerplayersquicklydroppedout.
8playerknockouttournamentinwhichthecontestantsplayedjust1
gameineachround.AnderssenbeatHarrwitzinthe1stround,andlost
toLwenthalinthe2ndround.Lwenthaldrewthefinalagainst
SamuelBoden,thenBodenretired.

Manchester
(British
1857
Chess
Association)

1/2

London
1862 International
Tournament

12/13

Aachen
(West
1868 German
Chess
Federation)
Hamburg
(North
1869 German
Chess
Federation)
Barmen
(West
1869 German
Chess
Federation)

1=

Notes

AheadofLouisPaulsen,(11/13),Rev.Owen(10/13),GeorgeAlcock
MacDonnell,SerafinoDubois,WilhelmSteinitzand8others.[27]
Oneofthefirstsuccessfulroundrobintournaments.

AnderssenandMaxLangetiedfor1sttheorderaftertheplayoffwas
3/4
(1)Lange,(2)AnderssenallfinishedaheadofWilfriedPaulsen,
then0/1
JohannesZukertort,andEmilSchallopp.

1=

4/5
then
1/2

AnderssenandLouisPaulsentiedfor1sttheorderaftertheplayoff
was(1)Anderssen,(2)PaulsenallfinishedaheadofZukertort,
JohannesvonMinckwitz,Schallopp,andAlexanderAlexander.

5/5

AheadofZukertort,vonMinckwitz,SchalloppandWilfriedPaulsen
andRichardHein.

Baden
Baden
1870
International
Tournament

Krefeld
(West
1871 German
Chess
Federation)

1=

11/18

AheadofSteinitz,GustavNeumann,JosephHenryBlackburne,Louis
Paulsen,CecilValentineDeVere,SzymonWinawer,Samuel
Rosenthal,vonMinckwitzandAdolfStern.

Anderssen,vonMinckwitz,andLouisPaulsentiedfor1sttheorder
4/5
aftertheplayoffwas(1)Paulsen,(2)Anderssen,(3)Minckwitzall
then1/2
finishedaheadofKarlPitschel,CarlGring,andWilfriedPaulsen.

Date

Location

Place

Leipzig
(Central
1871 German
Chess
Federation)

1=

Altona
(North
1872 German
Chess
Federation)

Score

Notes

4/5 AnderssenandSamuelMiesestiedfor1stthenAnderssenwona
then1/1 playoffgame.

3/4

AheadofNeumann,Gring,SchalloppandPitschel.

Vienna
1873 International
Tournament

BehindSteinitz(10/11:22/25)andBlackburneaheadofRosenthal
(7/11:17/28),LouisPaulsen,HenryEdwardBird,MaxFleissig,Josef
Heral,PhilippMeitner,OscarGelbfuhs,AdolfSchwarzandPitschel.
8/11: Thistournamenthadaveryunusualscoringsystem:eachplayerplayed
19/30 a3gameminimatchwitheachoftheothersandscored1forawon
minimatchandforadrawnminimatch.Thenumbersbeforethe
colons(:)arethepointsawardedtheother2numbersaretheusual
"gameswon/gamesplayed"scoring.

Leipzig
(Central
1876 German
Chess
Federation)

1=

Anderssen,GoeringandPitscheltiedfor1sttheorderaftertheplayoff
3/5
was(1)Anderssen,(2=)GoeringandPitschelallfinishedaheadof
then2/2
LouisPaulsen,SchalloppandCarlBerber.

Leipzig
(Central
1877 German
Chess
Federation)

2=

BehindLouisPaulsen(9/11)tiedwithZukertort(8/11)aheadof
Winawer(7/11),Goering,BertholdEnglisch,Schalloppand5others.
8/11
Thistournamentwasspeciallyarrangedtohonourthe50thanniversary
ofAnderssen'slearningthechessmoves.

Frankfurt
(West
1878 German
Chess
Federation)

Paris
1878 International
Tournament

6/9

BehindLouisPaulsen(8/9)andAdolfSchwarz(6/9)aheadofvon
Minckwitz(5/9),WilfriedPaulsen(4/9)and5others.

[33]
12/22 Anderssenwasinpoorhealth. TheeventwaswonbyWinawerand
Zukertort.

Matchresults
Sources:[3][8][11][25][44][45][30][46][47]

Date

Opponent

Result

Location

Score

Notes
Sourcesvaryabout
thescore.[8]

1845

LudwigBledow

Lost

Breslau

/5

+0=14

1845
1846

Tassilovonder
Lasa

Lost

Breslau

2/6

+2=04

1848

DanielHarrwitz

Drew

Breslau

5/10

+5=05

1851

Tassilovonder
Lasa

Lost

Breslau

5/15

+?=??

1851

KarlPitschel

Drew

Leipzig

2/4

+1=21

1851

JeanDufresne

Won

Berlin

13/18

+12=2

1851

ErnstFalkbeer

Won

Berlin

4/5

+4=01

1851

CarlMayet

Won

Berlin

4/4

+4=00

1851

EduardJenay

Won

London

4/8

+?=?? Casualgames

1851

Lionel
Kieseritzky

Lost

London

6/16

+5=29 Casualgames

Casualgamessourcesgive
alsoseparateresults:
5/8 +5=12 +51,+52,and+54forAnderssen,and
+4=13forLwenthal[48]

1851

Johann
Lwenthal

Won

London

1858

DanielHarrwitz

Won

Paris

4/6

Sourcesgivealso
+3=21 separateresults:
+3=31and+2=21[49]

1858

PaulMorphy

Lost

Paris

3/11

+2=27

1858

PaulMorphy

Lost

Paris

1/6

+1=05 Casualgames

1859

MaxLange

Lost

Breslau

1859

CarlMayet

Won

Berlin

7/8

+7=01

1859

JeanDufresne

Won

Berlin

4/4

+4=00

1859

BertholdSuhle

Won

Berlin

31/48

1860

Philipp
Hirschfeld

Won

Berlin

16/29

1860

Ignatzvon
Kolisch

Drew

Paris

5/11 +5=15

1860

PaulJournoud

Won

Paris

3/5 +3=11

1860

JulesArnousde
Rivire

Drew

Paris

2/5 +2=12

1861

Ignatzvon
Kolisch

Won

London

5/9

+4=23

1861

Johann
Lwenthal

Won

London

2/3

+2=01 Casualgames

1862

LouisPaulsen

Drew

London

4/8

+3=23

1862

WilhelmSteinitz

Won

London

2/3

+2=01 Casualgames

3/8 +3=14 Casualgames

+27=8
Casualgames
13
+14=5

10

Date

Opponent

Result

Location

Score
4/8

Notes

1864

BertholdSuhle

Drew

Berlin

+3=23

1865

CarlMayet

Won

Berlin

5/8 +5=12

1866

Johannes
Minckwitz

Won

Berlin

8/12 +8=13

1866

GustavNeumann

Lost

Berlin

10/24

+9=2
13

1866

WilhelmSteinitz

Lost

London

6/14

+6=08

1867

SamuelMieses

Won

Breslau

4/5 +4=10

1868

Johannes
Zukertort

Won

Berlin

8/12 +8=13

1870

LouisPaulsen

Lost

Baden
Baden

/3

+0=12

1871

Johannes
Zukertort

Lost

Berlin

2/7

+2=05

1876

LouisPaulsen

Lost

Leipzig

4/10 +4=15

1877

LouisPaulsen

Lost

Leipzig

3/9 +3=15

Seealso
Listofchessgames

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Hooper,DavidWhyld,Kenneth(1992).TheOxfordCompaniontoChess(2nded.).OxfordUniversity
Press.ISBN0192800493.
WorldChessChampionsbyEdwardG.Winter,editor.1981ISBN0080240941
TheWorld'sGreatChessGamesbyReubenFineDover1983.ISBN0486245128
Gottschall,Hermannvon(2006)[reprintof1912edition].AdolfAnderssen,derAltmeisterdeutscher
Schachspielkunst.ElibronClassics.ISBN0543773337.classicalstandardbiographyonAnderssen(only
inGerman)
Kasparov,Garry(2003).MyGreatPredecessors,partI.EverymanChess.ISBN1857443306.Some
materialonAndersseninthefirstchapter.

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