Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers vs Mikhail Chigorin

St Petersburg m7879 · 1879 · Ruy Lopez · 0-1 in 33 moves

The Game

White Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers
Black Mikhail Chigorin
Result 0-1
Event St Petersburg m7879
Site St Petersburg
Date 1879.00.00
Opening Ruy Lopez (C77)
Moves 33
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

6n1/1Q4bk/2pp3p/2p1p3/2Pq4/1P2K3/P4r1N/6RR w - - 2 34

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 e5
  2. 2.Nf3 Nc6
  3. 3.Bb5 a6
  4. 4.Ba4 Nf6
  5. 5.d3 d6
  6. 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
  7. 7.h3 g6
  8. 8.Nc3 Bg7
  9. 9.Bg5 h6
  10. 10.Be3 O-O
  11. 11.Qd2 Kh7
  12. 12.g4 Ng8
  13. 13.O-O-O c5
  14. 14.Rdg1 c6
  15. 15.h4 f6
  16. 16.Ne2 Qe7
  17. 17.Qc3 Rb8
  18. 18.Nh2 f5
  19. 19.gxf5 gxf5
  20. 20.exf5 Bxf5
  21. 21.Ng3 Rb4
  22. 22.Ne4 Bxe4
  23. 23.dxe4 Qe6
  24. 24.b3 Rxe4
  25. 25.Qd3 Qd5
  26. 26.Qxa6 Rxh4
  27. 27.c4 Qd3
  28. 28.Qb7 Qc3+
  29. 29.Kd1 Rd4+
  30. 30.Bxd4 Qxd4+
  31. 31.Kc1 Qa1+
  32. 32.Kd2 Rxf2+
  33. 33.Ke3 Qd4#

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