The evergreen game is the name of a famous chess game was played in 1852 by Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne.
Adolf Anderssen was one of the stongest players of his time, and was considered by many to be the world champion after winning the 1851 London tournament. Jean Dufresne was popular author of chess books, and did manage to win a few games against masters.
This was an informal game, like the "immortal game". Grandmaster Wilhelm Steinitz later identified the game as being the "evergreen in Anderssen's laurel wr[e]ath", giving this game its name.
The game is recorded below in algebraic notation. It can also be .
- '''1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
- 4...Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3?!
- 8. Qb3!?
- 8.... 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+!?
- 17.... gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 19. Rad1! 19.... Qxf3
- 20. Rxe7+! 20.... Nxe7? 21. Qxd7+!! Kxd7 22. Bf5+
- 22.... Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7# 1-0
References
- Burgess, Graham, John Nunn, and John Emms. The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games. 1998. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-7867-0587-6.
- Eade, James. Chess for Dummies. 1996. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. ISBN 0-7645-5003-9.
- Wheeler, David A. http://www.dwheeler.com