Klangstabil - Hanham vs. Steinitz

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22 Dec '08 18:16

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22 Dec '08 18:16
German electronic band Klangstabil made a computer-voiced song out of the notation of this game.

EVENT New York"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1894.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Hanham,James Moore"] [Black "Steinitz,William"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C54
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[Event "New York"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1894.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Hanham,James Moore"] [Black "Steinitz,William"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 Bb6 7.Bb3 Ne7 8.Nc4 Ng6 9.h3 c6 10.0-0 Bc7 11.a4 Qe7 12.Re1 0-0 13.d4 Kh8 14.Qd3 Nh5 15.Nh2 Nhf4 16.Bxf4 Nxf4 17.Qg3 Be6 18.Rad1 f6 19.Nf1 Qf7 20.Nfe3 d5 21.exd5 cxd5 22.dxe5 dxc4 23.Bxc4 fxe5 24.b3 e4 25.Qh4 Rae8 26.Rd4 g5 27.Qh6 Nxh3+ 28.Kh1 Nxf2+ 29.Kg1 Nh3+ 30.Kh1 Qf2 31.Rf1 Qg1+ 32.Rxg1 Nf2+ 0-1

If anyone knows why they picked this game among millions, please do enlighten us.

It /might/ be included on a DVD by Dr. Helmut Pfleger that they have?
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22 Dec '08 18:58
hi where can you listen to the track?
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23 Dec '08 16:031 edit
Originally posted by robbie carrobie
hi where can you listen to the track?
Should be available (at least as a snippet) on last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/Klangstabil/Math%2B%2526%2BEmotion
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23 Dec '08 16:294 edits
This game is very close to Hanham, James - Steinitz, Wilhelm New York 1894.

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1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. c3 Nf6
5. d3 d6
6. Nbd2 Bb6
7. Bb3 Ne7
8. Nc4 Ng6
9. h3 c6
10. O-O Bc7
11. a4 Qe7
12. Re1 O-O
13. d4 Kh8
14. Qd3 Nh5
15. Nh2 Nhf4
16. Bxf4 Nxf4
17. Qg3 g6
18. Rad1 f6
19. Nf1 Qf7
20. Nfe3 d5
21. exd5 cxd5
22. dxe5 dxc4
23. Bxc4 Be6
24. b3 fxe5
25. Rd2 e4
26. Qh4 Rae8
27. Rd4 g5
28. Qh6 Nxh3+
29. Kh1 Nxf2+
30. Kg1 Nh3+
31. Kh1 Qf2
32. Rf1 Qg1+
33. Rxg1 Nf2#

Ends with the same mate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz

Just read the title of this thread...so I suppose you knew that.

Apparently he won 1st in this tournament, and this was just after he lost his title to Emanuel Lasker. (Source is wiki)

I don't really know why they chose this game, just trying to provide useful information.
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23 Dec '08 19:13
Originally posted by ResigningSoon
This game is very close to Hanham, James - Steinitz, Wilhelm New York 1894.
Are you saying the game I posted /isn't/ Hanham - Steinitz? I got the notation from chesslive.de after searching for the names.

Which one is the correct notation, then? (and which one does the song follow?)
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26 Dec '08 20:551 edit
I dunno which one is the correct version; the game I posted came from the chesslabs database I think. Either way, they're very similar. They both end the same position, though one game ends one move sooner.

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