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white. black.
14. Q—B3. Kt—Ktsq.
15. B×P. Q—B3.
16. Kt—B3. B—B4.
17. Kt—Q5. Q×P.
18. B—Q6. B×R.
19. P—K5. Q×R(ch.).
20. K—K2. Kt—QR3.
21. Kt×P(ch.). K—Qsq.
22. Q−B6(ch.)
Mates in next move.

This game is considered one of the most brilliant on record and is known among Chess players as the "Immortal Game."


Example III.—Opened from a Guioco Piano and played between Neuman (White) and Von Guretzky-Cornitz (Black), in Berlin in 1863.

White plays first, and after seventeen moves, Black resigns. The game is notated thus:—

white. black.
1. P—K4. P—K4.
2. Kt—KB3. Kt—QB3.
3. B—B4. B—B4.
4. P—B3. Kt—B3.
5. P—Q4. P×P.
6. O—O. Kt×P.