The evergreen game is (like the immortal game) another famous chess game from Adolf Anderssen. The game was played against Jean Dufresne in 1852 and can also be found in the ICOFY database that we have used during one of our previous lessons. The name evergreen means something like “Forever Young”.
The whole game can be replayed below, but I think that the most interesting part of the game are the last moves starting from the position in the diagram below.
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This is a mate in four exercise. Can you solve it, or do you have to look at the full game?
The mating pattern is rather nice.
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Evergreen |
7... d3
( The move 7... d3 is probably not an appropriate response. The moves 7...dxc3, 7...d6 and 7... Nge7 are played more frequently. )
( 11... O-O is far more safer )
( 14... O-O can be played again [Not at the previous move] )
17… gxf6 18.exf6 Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3? 20.Rxe7+ Nxe7? and now the game is over and out 21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bf5+ Ke8 23.Bd7+ Kf8 24.Bxe7# 1-0
Are you already familiar with the Immortal Game or do you want to proceed with revisiting the Pin.
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