Smartypants Chess's video: The Anderssen Game Every Chess Player Should Know An Astonishing Mate in 4

An incredible game all stemming from the Kings Gambit. Anderssen sacrifices a Rook for amazing compensation and goes on to deliver an astonishing mate. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019162 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Rosanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Anderssen Jakob Rosanes vs Adolf Anderssen "Rosanes Barred" (game of the day Feb-26-2005) Breslau (1863), Breslau GER King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Defense (C39) · 0-1 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.d4 Nh5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.Bxc6+ Kf8 13.Bxa8 Ng3 14.Rh2 Bf5 15.Bd5 Kg7 16.Nc3 Re8+ 17.Kf2 Qb6 18.Na4 Qa6 19.Nc3 Be5 20.a4 Qf1+ 21.Qxf1 Bxd4+ 22.Be3 Rxe3 23.Kg1 Re1 # 0-1 Add me on chess.com https://www.chess.com/member/smartypantschess Add me on lichess https://lichess.org/@/smartypantschess If you have a game you'd like me to commentate on let me know! Perhaps it's a well known game or one of your own. Whatever the game let me know in the comments below! WEBSITE: http://www.smartypantschess.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SmartyPantsChes PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/smartypantschess/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/smartypantschess/