This one truly is heartbreakingly. Chigorin had sacced his Queen for a
Knight and Bishop and a raging attack. Alas He never found the moves
to pull off a combination that would put this game amongst the Immortals
FEN
r3kbnr/pppb2pp/2n2pq1/8/8/2N2N2/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 10
8
a
7
b
6
c
5
d
4
e
3
f
2
g
1
h
1.
Ne5
Nxe5
2.
Bh5
O-O-O
3.
Bxg6
hxg6
4.
Qe2
Bd6
5.
Ne4
Nf3
6.
gxf3
Bxh2
7.
Kg2
Bh3
8.
Kh1
Be5
9.
Kg1
Bh2
10.
Kh1
Be5
11.
Qe1
Bg4
12.
Kg1
Bxf3
13.
Ng3
Ne7
14.
Qe3
Bc6
15.
Qxa7
Rh1
16.
Nxh1
Bh2
17.
Kxh2
Rh8
18.
Kg3
Nf5
19.
Kg4
Rh4
0
[FEN "r3kbnr/pppb2pp/2n2pq1/8/8/2N2N2/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 10"] 10. Ne5 {We start just as Chigorin is about to sac his Queen.} 10... Nxe5 11. Bh5 O-O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nf3+ {Now all Black has for the Queen is a Bishop. Kh1 Rxh2 mate.} 15. gxf3 {Taking with the Pawn to give the square g2 to the King.} 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kg2 Bh3+ {Kxh2 Bxf1+ and Bxe2} 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Kg1 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Be5 {Black has a cheeky draw but White wants more.} 20. Qe1 {Getting the Queen off a light square to avoid the discovered checks.} 20... Bg4+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3 22. Ng3 {Covering h1.} 22... Ne7 23. Qe3 Bc6 24. Qxa7 {A pawn steal proving white has also missed the coming combination.} 24... Rh1+ {Here it is. In the game Black played b6 and the game was drawn.} 25. Nxh1 {Only move.} 25... Bh2+ {It's looks crazy but it works.} 26. Kxh2 {Only move.} 26... Rh8+ {Kg1 is mated with Rxh1.} 27. Kg3 Nf5+ {Kf4 or Kg4 are the only moves but both get checkmated with....} 28. Kg4 Rh4# {One of the saddest unheard melodies in chess history.} *
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