The French chess magazine La Régence published the game in July 1851. Kieseritzky was very impressed when the game was over, and telegraphed the moves of the game to his Parisian chess club. Played between the two great players at the Simpson's-in-the-Strand Divan in London, the Immortal Game was an informal one played during a break in a formal tournament. Kieseritzky was well known for being able to beat lesser players despite handicapping himself - by playing without his queen, for example. Lionel Kieseritzky lived in France much of his life, where he gave chess lessons, and played games for five francs an hour at the Café de la Régence in Paris. It has been called an achievement "perhaps unparalleled in chess literature".Īdolf Anderssen was one of the very strongest players of his time and was considered by many to be the world champion after winning the London 1851 chess tournament. The very bold sacrifices made by Anderssen to finally secure victory have made it one of the most famous chess games of all time.
The Immortal Game was a chess game played on Jby Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky.
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