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What can this mean?

A thread called 162 Games and the first post is blank?

An intriguing puzzle. The answer is Adolf Anderssen.

2013 (the year it was posted) minus 162 = 1851.

1851 was the year of the first International Chess Tournament and it was
won by Adolf Anderssen.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
What can this mean?

A thread called 162 Games and the first post is blank?

An intriguing puzzle. The answer is Adolf Anderssen.

2013 (the year it was posted) minus 162 = 1851.

1851 was the year of the first International Chess Tournament and it was
won by Adolf Anderssen.
Great idea- let's start with 1851 and add a game a year to 2013. It will be like the RHP version of the March of Chess Ideas.

Here's the Immortal Game:



Next up- 1852!

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Originally posted by woodypusher
162= new baseball season coming? 🙂

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Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne
"The Evergreen Partie"
Berlin GER 1852



Next up- 1853


Schulder vs. Boden 1853


Maybe not just games. 1854 was the year of the birth Isidor Gunsberg who came close
to winning the World Chamionship in 1891. winning 4, losing 6 and 9 draws
playing against Steinitz who was no longer the great player he was.
Steinitz lost the title to Lasker in 1894.

Wiki reports Gunsberg succesfully sued a newspaper for saying his chess column had blunders!

I like this idea. Where can I get myself a good lawyer.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Maybe not just games. [b]1854 was the year of the birth Isidor Gunsberg who came close
to winning the World Chamionship in 1891. winning 4, losing 6 and 9 draws
playing against Steinitz who was no longer the great player he was.
Steinitz lost the title to Lasker in 1894.

Wiki reports Gunsberg succesfully sued a newspaper for saying his chess column had blunders!

I like this idea. Where can I get myself a good lawyer.[/b]
I know a good Japanese lawyer, Nomani Sosumi. And yes, he does work for the firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howell...

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Robert Barnett Brien vs Franciscus G Janssens
London 1854



Next up- 1855

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1856: Andersson loses to Hillel in 23 moves on the black side of a King's Gambit. Even better, it is a Muzio Gambit where white passively sacrifices a knight right in the opening!



Next up- 1857


John William Schulten vs Paul Morphy
New York 1857



Next up - 1858

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Since the answer is Anderssen, here he is beating Morphy.

Anderssen - Morphy, Paris 1858


I'm Polish, so here's Wincenty Budzynski getting beaten by Morphy in 1859. Morphy was black.


Augustus Mongredien vs Paul Morphy
Paris 1859




Next up - 1860

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I love the ending position in the Mongredien game. Morphy has about eight different threats.