[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Black "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[LongECO "B40/04 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Anderssen"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.07.27"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.02"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.08.03"]
1.e4 c5 
{Boden: Anderssen appears to have faith in this debut still,
 for the whole of the opening is played with the utmost
 care.}
2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 d5 7.exd5 exd5
8.h3
{The following sequence is given in the gamescore published
 in The Dial; 8.0-0 Bd6 9.h3 h6. -[Pope]}
8...h6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qf3 
{Boden: 10.Qe2 was better probably, for the attack of
 Black's c6-knight presently occasions White to lose a move
 in retreating.;
 Lowenthal: Up to this moment the opening is conducted with
 care and accuracy by both combatants. This move, however,
 appears weak; it loses time.;
 Staunton: This appears to have been a lost move.}
10...0-0 11.Nc3 Ne5 
{Lowenthal: An excellent move, and finely conceived. The
 effect will become apparent as the game advances. The
 knight here occupies a most commanding position, both for
 attack and defense. The feature of Anderssen's play, that
 is most worthy of notice, is the excellence of his
 openings. He invariably disposes his forces so as to be
 prepared for any emergency, and to take prompt advantage of
 the slightest error his adversary may commit. The move in
 the text is a good illustration of our remark.}
12.Qe2 a6 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Bf5 
{Lowenthal: Finely played. The bishop is here advantageously
 placed. The move retards the development of Black's forces,
 and at the same time protects White from any aggression on
 the part of his adversary.}
14...Bd7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.Nf3 
{Boden: Intending, apparently, to make Black's isolated
 d-pawn a mark for attack.}
16...Rad8 
{Staunton: Up to this point the game presents no
 particularly interesting features. Henceforward, however,
 it abounds in critical positions, and is admirably fought
 on both sides.}
17.Kh1 
{Lowenthal: The position here is one of great interest. It
 is so complicated that the utmost skill is required for
 both attack and defense.;
 Staunton: Had he taken the d-pawn Anderssen would have won
 the exchange.}
17...Bb8 
{Boden: A move to which Anderssen is very partial.;
 Staunton: The ulterior importance of this move becomes
 apparent presently; its immediate object was, of course, to
 save the d-pawn.}
18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.f4 Ree8 20.Qd3 Qd6 
{Lowenthal: At the first glance, playing 20...Nh5 seems to
 promise some advantage to Black.  Looking more closely,
 however, we find that on White's replying 21.Bb6, he avoids
 all danger.}
21.Bd4 Ne4 
{Lowenthal: Upon examination, this will be found far
 superior to 21...Nh5.}
22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qg3 Qf8 
{Lowenthal: Anderssen, with his usual accuracy, selected the
 best move, having in view the advance of the f-pawn.}
24.Qe3
{Staunton: Threatening to win the exchange by playing
 25.Bc5.}
24...f5 25.Rg1 
{Lowenthal: An excellent move, the beginning of complicated
 positions. In fact, from this point to the end, the game
 abounds in situations of remarkable interest. The able
 manner in which the Hungarian conducted the game, against
 an adversary of preeminent qualities, entitles him to our
 highest praise.;
 Staunton: Preparatory to a bold and well-conducted attack
 upon the black king.}
25...Rd7 
{Lowenthal: A good retort; White's contemplated maneuver is
 thereby rendered perfectly harmless.}
26.Rdf1 
{Lowenthal: In order to be enabled to advance the g-pawn
 with safety.}
26...Rf7 27.g4 
{Boden: From this point the game is played by both masters
 with the utmost boldness, determination, and precision;
 and through a series of positions of the most difficult
 possible class, their play is of the highest order.}
27...fxg4 28.Rxg4 g5 
{Staunton: As daring as it was unforeseen.}
29.f5 Kh7 
{Lowenthal: The position here is very instructive, and all
 this is well calculated by the German master. Either
 29...Rxf5, or 29...Qd6, would have involved Black in
 difficulties, extrication from which would have been
 impossible, because, had Black played in the first place
 29...Rxf5, White would have replied, with great effect,
 30.Qb3+, and if 29...Qd6, White would have rejoined with
 30.Rxg5+, etc.;
 Staunton: He dared not take the pawn, as White would
 afterwards have checked with his queen at b3, with great
 advantage.}
30.f6 Qd6 
{Lowenthal: A move which causes White great distress.}
31.Rf2 Qd5 
{Lowenthal: Finely played again, it defends the pawn at e4,
 and at the same time opens the diagonal for the bishop,
 which is thus brought into active cooperation.}
32.h4 Bf4 33.Qb3 Qd7 
{Lowenthal: Exchanging queens would have been bad play; it
 would have abandoned the advantage in position already
 obtained by Black.}
34.hxg5 Bxg5 35.Rh2 Rg8 36.Rxe4 
{Lowenthal: This move loses an important pawn, but there
 seems no better play.} 
36...Rxf6 
{Boden: It is long since we have seen anything finer than
 all these moves; White dare not take 37.Bxf6.;
 Staunton: Very fine, and equally sound.}
37.Qd3 
{Lowenthal: It is obvious that White dared not capture
 37.Bxf6, on account of Black's formidable reply, 37...Qd1+,
 etc.;
 Staunton: Had he ventured to take the rook he would have
 lost the game in a few moves, by Black playing 37...Qd1+,
 etc.}
37...Rfg6 
{Lowenthal: The play on both sides throughout this critical
 endgame will well repay the student for his time and labor
 in examining it.}
38.Rg2 Qc6 39.Reg4 Re8 40.Kg1 Re1+ 41.Kf2 Rh1 
{Lowenthal: Ingeniously conceived. The move secured a speedy
 and successful termination.}
42.Qe4 
{Boden: Singularly enough, this move loses White the
 exchange, and costs Kolisch the game - of which, however,
 he has, notwithstanding, good reason to be proud.;
 Staunton: This loses White the exchange.}
42...Qxe4 43.Rxe4 Bh4+ 
{The gamescore published in The Dial terminates here.
 -[Pope]}
44.Rxh4 
{Boden: If 44.Kf3, Black clearly gains a piece by playing
 44...Rh3+, winning a rook. Young students will perceive
 that in the closing position White has no chance of drawing
 with his bishop and pawns against the adverse rook and
 pawns.}
44...Rxg2+ 45.Kxg2 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Black "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[LongECO "C01/12 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "French: Exchange"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.07.27"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.09"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.10.26"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.0-0 0-0
7.h3 h6 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Be3 Nc6 
{Boden: The positions on the two sides are now perfectly
 similar.;
 Staunton: The opening has been played irreproachably up to
 this point; and, curiously enough, the disposition of the
 forces on one side is identical with that on the other.}
12.Qd2 Re8 
{Lowenthal: The game is well opened on both sides, the moves
 being made in strict accordance with the theoretical
 analysis laid down by the authors.}
13.Rae1 Ne7 14.Ne5 Bf5 15.f4 Rc8 16.g4 
{Boden: Now the game begins to assume a very interesting
 aspect; this move, together with the one following it, are
 quite in Anderssen's artistic style.}
16...Ne4 17.Qg2 Nxc3 18.gxf5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 
{Lowenthal: Anderssen explained to us that he made this move
 without due deliberation, being of opinion that 19.f6 would
 have given him a fine game.}
19...dxe4 20.Qxe4 
{Boden: By making this capture White gains a pawn, but
 subjects himself to a most harassing series of attacking
 moves from Black's pieces. We believe 20.f6 would have been
 far better.;
 Lowenthal: We believe that 20.f6, instead of the move in
 the text, would have led to at least an even game.;
 Staunton: Here Anderssen appears to have overshot his mark.
 Instead of snatching at this pawn, he should have played
 20.f6.}
20...f6 
{Boden: Black proceeds to take advantage of his situation in
 correct style, and all his moves, hereabouts, are most
 carefully considered.;
 Lowenthal: Kolisch does not fail to take immediate
 advantage of his adversary's weak play; Black's position is
 now very superior, and with due care victory must be
 certain.;
 Staunton: This subjects White to a very embarrassing attack
 upon his queen, and ought to have been foreseen.}
21.Ng4 Bb4 
{Staunton: A good move preparatory to playing his knight to
 d5.}
22.Re2 Nd5 23.Qd3 
{Staunton: Is this move as good as 23.Qg2?}
23...Kh8 24.Bc1 
{Boden: White has now a most uncomfortable game to play.;
 Lowenthal: The best move under the circumstances.}
24...Qd7 
{Boden: At this juncture we believe Kolisch might also have
 played 24...Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nxf4 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 and have come
 off with the better game.;
 Staunton: He might here have taken 24...Rxc1, and then
 25...Nxf4, and have had a fine game.}
25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Ne3 Ba5 27.a3 Nxe3 28.Bxe3 Bb6 
{Staunton: Threatening 29...Rxe3, etc.}
29.Bf2 Qd5 30.Kh2 Re4 31.Be3 Qxf5 32.b4 
{ Boden: Owing to Anderssen's having a bad game, there is no
 opportunity for that high order of play which characterized
 the first contest.}
32...Bc7 
{Lowenthal: Played with Kolisch's usual ability; after this
 move the game is irrecoverable.}
33.d5 Rxf4 
{Staunton: Cleverly played. White's game is now past skill -
 almost past hope.}
34.Qxf5 Rxf5+ 35.Kg2 Rxd5 36.Bxa7 Rg5+ 37.Kf2 Rg3 38.Rd1
Rxa3 39.Bc5
{Lowenthal: 39.Rd7 would have been unavailing, since Black
 would have replied with 39...Be5, and if White had then
 taken 40.Rxb7, Black would have rejoined with 40...Rxa7,
 and winning a piece.}
39...b6 40.Be3 Rb3 41.Rd4 Be5 42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.Bxb6 Rxb4
44.Be3 Rb2+ 45.Rd2 Rxd2+ 
{The gamescore published in The Illustrated London News
 terminates here. -[Pope]}
46.Bxd2 Kg6 
{The gamescore published in The Field terminates here.
 -[Pope]}
47.Kf3 f5 48.Bb4 Kh5 49.Kg2 g5 50.Bd2 Kg6 51.Bc1 h5 52.Ba3
g4 53.Bc1 f4 54.Bd2 Kf5 55.Kf2 Ke4 56.Be1 g3+ 57.Kg1 f3
{(...)} 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Black "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[LongECO "B40/04 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Anderssen"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.08.03"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.09"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.08.10"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
{Lowenthal: An excellent move; in fact, the best to
 counterbalance White's attack of Nb5.}
5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.0-0 Bd6 9.h3 h6 10.Nc3 0-0
11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rad1 Bc7 13.Rfe1 
{Staunton: The opening on both sides is played with uncommon
 care. In a match of greater scope White would probably have
 exchanged knights and then have taken the h-pawn, gaining a
 powerful though hazardous attack.}
13...Qd6 14.Nf3 a6 
{Boden: To prevent Nb5, and evidently intending to push
 15...d4 next move. Anderssen, however, ought to have played
 14...d4 at once, compelling White to move 15.Nb5, and then,
 after the exchanges, it will be found that Black would have
 come off with considerably the better position and equal
 force.;
 Lowenthal: Played by Anderssen, no doubt, with the object
 of preventing White from playing Nb5. The move, however,
 was a bad one, as the sequel shows. The following variation
 would tend to show that Anderssen might have ventured on
 playing 14...d4, when the ensuing continuation would
 probably have occurred:- 14...d4 15.Qc1 (best; or 15.Nb5
 dxe3 16.Nxd6 exd2 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Nxe8 Bf4 19.g3 Bb8 and
 the white knight has no escape) 15...dxe3 16.Bh7+ Kxh7
 17.Rxd6 exf2+ 18.Kxf2 Rxe1 19.Qxe1 Bxd6  and Black remains
 with more than an equivalent for his queen.;
 Staunton: He ought rather, we think, to have played
 14...d4.}
15.Bxh6 
{Lowenthal: Kolisch takes prompt advantage of Black's weak
 play.}
15...Rxe1+ 
{Boden: To this bold step Kolisch is, in a measure, driven
 by the threatened "fork" of the adverse d-pawn.}
16.Rxe1 gxh6 17.Qxh6 Ne4 
{Boden: It is difficult to find any move that looks better
 for Black at this juncture.}
18.Qh5 
{Lowenthal: The attack is well sustained by White, and the
 move made secures a speedy victory.}
18...f5 
{Boden: 18...Be6 was preferable here, as Anderssen himself
 observed afterwards.;
 Staunton: After this, Black's position is indefensible. His
 best play appears to be 18...Be6. In any case, however, he
 would have had a difficult game.}
19.Nxd5 
{Boden: The termination is all capitally played by Kolisch.; 
 Lowenthal: Finally conceived.;
 Staunton: Very well played.}
19...Qxd5 20.Bxe4 Qd7 21.Bd5+ Kg7 
{Staunton: Taking the bishop would have been equally
 disastrous.}
22.Qg5+ 
{Boden: We may just observe, for the satisfaction of young
 players, that at the moment Black resigns White threatens
 to play 23.Qg8+, and 24.Re6+, winning the queen, etc.}
1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Black "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[LongECO "A02/01 (2nd ed.)"]
[Opening "Bird"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.08.03"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.08.10"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.16"]
1.f4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bb5+ Nc6
{Lowenthal: A very bad move in principle, in fact, the loss
 of the game may be traced to this defense.}
5.Bxc6+ bxc6 
{Lowenthal: The two pawns on the c-file are both weak and
 unsupported.}
6.c4 
{Lowenthal: The correct move; White has thus early in the
 game obtained a very superior position.}
6...Ba6 7.Na3 Bd6 
{Lowenthal: It is obvious that 7...dxc4 instead would be of
 but little avail.}
8.0-0 Nf6 9.b3 0-0 10.Bb2 
{Staunton: The importance of this move in games of a close
 character is well exemplified in the present partie.}
10...Ne8 11.Qc2 
{Boden: All this game is played with the greatest care and
 judgment on Andressen's part.}
11...f5 12.Rae1 Nf6 13.Nb1 Qa5 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.d3 Rae8 16.Bb2
Nd7 17.Nbd2 e5 18.g3 d4 
{Boden: Kolisch sacrifices a pawn or two here; and, against
 a less finished master, the open diagonal which he obtains
 for his a6-bishop would have been a full equivalent.;
 Staunton: The sacrifice of a pawn or pawns here was not
 judicious; but Kolisch seems to have grown impatient of
 defensive tactics, and determined at all risks to make an
 opening.}
19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.exd4 cxd4 23.Bxd4
Bxd4+ 24.Nxd4 c5 
{Boden: Tempting White to win the exchange with his knight,
 when Black would have moved 25...Qc6, and then 26...Bb7,
 but Anderssen is too wary to be springed.}
25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Nxf5 Bb7 27.Qf2 
{Boden: An unlooked for and beautiful move, which at once
 decides the game; if Black now play 27...Qc6, he either
 loses his queen or is mated by White's moving 28.Ne7+. From
 this point to the end White played in a style worthy of the
 master.;
 Staunton: Irresistible! If in reply Black play the move he
 calculated on — 27...Qc6 - White wins at once by 28.Ne7+.}
27...h6 
{Lowenthal: Had Black played 27...Qc6, White would have won
 speedily, by replying with 28.Ne7+, etc.}
28.d4 
{Lowenthal: Played with Anderssen's usual ability Black
 contemplated playing 28...Qc6, threatening mate, the move
 chosen was the best calculated not only to avert the danger
 but also to commence an embarrassing attack.}
28...cxd4 29.Qxd4 Re2 30.Nxh6+ Kh7 31.Rf7 {(...)} 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Black "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[LongECO "C84/03 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Closed (Knight Attack)"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.08.10"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.16"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.08.17"]
1.e4 e5 
{Boden: An unusual luxury to find the second player in such
 a short match risking all the attacks contingent upon an
 "open game."}
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 
{Staunton: How long are we to regret the want of some
 satisfactory defense to White's third move? As we have
 repeatedly said, until one is found the second player in a
 short match is hardly warranted in playing 1...e5.}
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nc3 
{Boden: Played, doubtless, for variety, as being less
 hackneyed and well known than the customary lines of
 attack. Nevertheless, we consider this move, in the present
 opening, to be a weak one; and, indeed, a few moves
 afterwards we find Anderssen "coming through the Ruy" with
 a secure and equal game.}
6...b5 
{Lowenthal: We do not approve of this line of play at this
 juncture.}
7.Bb3 d6 
{The following sequence is given in the gamescores published
 in The Dial and The Illustrated London News; 7...0-0 8.d3
 d6. -[Pope]}
8.d3 0-0 9.Be3 h6 10.Qd2 Kh8 11.Ne2 
{Lowenthal: 11.Nd5 would also have been a good move.}
11...Qe8 12.Ng3 
{Lowenthal: With a splendid game.}
12...Nh7 
{Staunton: Fearing, probably, that his adversary would take
 the h-pawn.}
13.Bd5 Rb8 14.Ne1 Bg5 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ne7 17.Bxg5 Nxg5
18.Bb3 f5 19.Nf3 Nh7 20.Nh4 f4 
{Staunton: This appears to have been the result of an
 erroneous calculation.}
21.Rxf4 Rxf4 22.Qxf4 g5 
{Boden: All Black's ingenious combination to obtain this
 "fork" is worse than useless, for he clearly overlooks the
 resource which White has in the move made with his queen.;
 Staunton: Upon this move Black relied, apparently, when he
 sacrificed his f-pawn, overlooking the fact that White
 could save the piece by quietly retreating his queen to a
 square whence she might check the adverse king.}
23.Qd2 
{Boden: The winning move, and excellently played;
 threatening, if Black take 23...gxh4, to move 24.Qc3+,
 winning back the piece with a much better position. He
 having previously calculated upon all this wins the present
 game for Kolisch.;
 Lowenthal: All this is admirably played by White; Black's
 game is now very much compromised, his king very much
 exposed.}
23...Qc6 
{Staunton: It is obvious that had he taken the knight White
 would have won easily by 24.Qb3+.}
24.Qf2 
{Staunton: We should have preferred playing 24.Rf1. If in
 answer Black took 24...gxh4, then by 25.Qxh6, and
 afterwards moving Rf7, White must have won in a few moves.
 Indeed, after 24.Rf1, it looks very difficult for Black to
 avert immediate defeat.}
24...Qb6 
{Boden: Black has nothing better now; and with his king so
 fearfully exposed, and with the adverse knights so strongly
 planted, he can only make up his mind to an hour or so of
 hopeless struggling.}
25.Qxb6 Rxb6 26.Nhf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 c5 28.Re1 Rb7 29.Re6
{Staunton: Good; but 29.Nh5 would, we believe, have been
 still better. Kolisch, however, plays the ending very
 skillfully.}
29...d5 30.f6 Nxf6 31.Rxf6 c4 32.dxc4 dxc4 33.Rxh6+ Kg7
34.Rxa6 cxb3 35.cxb3 Rc7 36.Re6 Kf7 37.Re5 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+
39.Re2 Rc5 40.Ne4 Rd5 41.Kg3 Nf5+ 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Nc3 Rc5
44.b4 Rc4 45.Re6+ Kh5 46.Re4
{The gamescore published in The Illustrated London News
 terminates here. -[Pope]}
46...Nd4 47.a3 Kg6 48.Ne2 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Black "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[LongECO "A02/01 (2nd ed.)"]
[Opening "Bird"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.08.10"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.30"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.09.14"]
1.f4 f5 
{Lowenthal: Anderssen holds this move to be the only safe
 one in this defense. How far Anderssen is justified in
 assuming this assertion we are not prepared to say at
 present, because the analysis would require more time than
 we can bestow upon it. But Anderssen has no doubt based his
 opinion on a practical test of this defense, and so far we
 can place reliance in his judgment and skill.}
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Be2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 
{The following sequence is given in the gamescore published
 in The Field; 6.g3 b6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Bf3 c6 9.Bg2 Qc7 10.Nc3
 d6 11.Nd3 Nbd7 12.Nf2 Rae8 13.Nh3 e5 14.b3 d5 15.Qe2 e4
 16.Bb2. -[Pope]}
6...b6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Bf3 c6 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 d6 11.Nd3 Nbd7
12.Nf2 e5
{Staunton: Kolisch manages to advance his center pawns so
 judiciously as to relieve himself in a few moves from all
 the constraint the opening occasioned him.}
13.g3 
{Lowenthal: Necessary, in order to open a retreat for the
 f3-bishop.}
13...Rae8 14.Qe2 
{Staunton: In violation of the "wise saw" which admonishes
 you never to play your queen in front of an adverse rook,
 though the rook may be ever so much masked by intervening
 men. But nice rules courtesy to great players.}
14...d5 15.Nh3 
{Lowenthal: Loosing valuable time, which against a player of
 Kolisch's force, must prove more or less serious.;
 Staunton: White is beginning to suffer a little from the
 same sort of limitation under which his opponent labored in
 the outset.}
15...e4 16.Bg2 Nc5 
{Lowenthal: Very well played. Black's game at this point
 looks much better than his antagonist's.;
 Staunton: Threatening an ugly attack upon the queen by
 17...Ba6.}
17.Qd1 Ba6 18.Ne2 
{Boden: Throughout the whole of this difficult game
 Anderssen has good need to take care, for be it remembered
 that at present he has only to lose one game to decide the
 match in favor of his antagonist.}
18...Ne6 
{Lowenthal: Kolisch plays all this with remarkable precision
 and skill.}
19.Rc1 Qd7 
{Lowenthal: On examination this will be found to be the
 means of deterring Black from advancing his c-pawn.}
20.Nf2 
{Lowenthal: It will be seen that the remarks we made on
 Anderssen's 15th move are now corroborated by this one.}
20...d4 
{Lowenthal: The care and exactitude of calculation displayed
 nearly to the end of the game can hardly be exceeded. This
 move is a very good one, and leads to highly interesting
 combinations.}
21.exd4 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Nxd4 23.Qc4+ Ne6 24.Rcd1 Nd5 25.Rfe1
Bf6 26.c3 Kh8  
{The following sequence is given in the gamescore published
 in The Field; 26...Qf7 27.Qe2 Kh8. -[Pope]}
27.Qe2 Qf7 
{Lowenthal: The game is here extremely complicated and
 difficult, and the greatest nicety of play is required.}
28.d4 Rd8 29.Nd3 
{Lowenthal: This looks promising; it is a combination which
 might no doubt have proved advantageous to may an amateur;
 but mark how admirably Kolisch turned the tables upon his
 opponent.;
 Staunton: Regardless of the clever combination Black has
 been maturing, and which results in the gain by him of a
 clear pawn.}
29...Nxc3 
{Lowenthal: This sacrifice is one of Kolisch's brilliant
 conceptions. It is as ingenious as it is sound.;
 Staunton: Kolisch is fairly entitled to all the honors of
 the play in this game, and they ought to have secured him
 those of victory as well.}
30.Bxc3 Bxd4+ 
{Lowenthal: Taking 30...Nxd4 instead would have been bad
 play; because in that case White would have replied with
 31.Bxd4, and if Black then took 31...Bxd4+, White could
 have interposed 32.Nf2 and thus retained the piece.}
31.Bxd4 Nxd4 32.Qf1  
{The following sequence is given in the gamescore published
 in The Field; 32.Qf2 exd3 33.Rxd3 c5 34.Rde3 Rde8 35.Re5
 Rxe5 36.Rxe5 h6 37.Qe1. -[Pope]}
32...exd3 33.Rxd3 c5 34.Rde3 Rde8 35.Re5 Rxe5 36.Rxe5 h6
37.Qe1 Qh5
{The following sequence is given in the gamescore published
 in The Field; 37...Rd8 38.Re7 Qh5. -[Pope]}
38.Re7 Rd8 39.Qe5 Qd1+ 40.Kf2 Qc2+ 
{Staunton: If 40...Ne6, White would have replied with
 41.Bf3.}
41.Kf1 Qb1+ 42.Qe1  
{The following sequence is given in the gamescore published
 in The Field; 42.Kf2 Qxa2+ 43.Kf1 Qb1+ 44.Qe1 Nxb3 45.Qxb1
 Nd2+ 46.Ke1 Nxb1 47.Rxa7 Nc3 48.Bf3 b5 49.Rc7 c4 50.Rc5 Rb8
 51.h3 Kg8 52.Rxf5 Nb1 53.h4 b4 54.Bd5+ (...), 1/2-1/2.
 -[Pope]}
42...Nxb3 
{Lowenthal: Followed up in splendid style.;
 Staunton: Another proof that the best play in this game is
 on the side of Black.}
43.Qxb1 
{Staunton: If he had taken the knight, it would evidently
 have cost him his queen for a rook and knight.}
43...Nd2+ 44.Ke1 Nxb1 45.Rxa7 Nc3 46.Bf3 b5 47.Rc7 c4 
{Lowenthal: We call the attention of the student to the
 position at this stage. White's game is utterly hopeless,
 and with but ordinary care on the part of Black victory is
 certain. Kolisch, however, after conducting the game in a
 manner which commands the highest admiration, and after
 having obtained such an advantage in position as to render
 victory an easy matter, threw the game away. His genius
 deserted him altogether. In fact, the play is conducted in
 a manner totally at variance with what we should expect
 from a player like Kolisch.}
48.Rc5 Rb8 
{Staunton: Apprehensive of 49.a4.}
49.a3 Kg8 
{Lowenthal: To what end this move was directed we have not
 been able to discover.}
 Staunton: A pitiable error; when 49...Nb1 must have won the
 day.}
50.Rxf5 Nb1 
{Lowenthal: Making matters worse.}
51.a4 b4 52.Bd5+ Kh8 53.Bxc4 b3 54.Rb5 
{Lowenthal: We believe that 54.Bxb3 would have been a more
 scientific way of conducting the game, leading to the same
 result much more speedily.}
54...Re8+ 55.Kf2 Na3 56.Rb4 Nxc4 57.Rxc4 Rb8 58.Rc1 Rb4
59.Rb1 Rxa4 60.Rxb3  
{The gamescore published in The Illustrated London News
 terminates here. -[Pope]}
60...Ra2+ 61.Kg1 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Black "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[LongECO "B40/04 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Anderssen"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.08.17"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.23"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.08.24"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 d5
7.exd5 exd5 8.0-0 Bd6 9.h3 h6 10.c4 0-0
{Boden: By taking White's c-pawn, Black would have given his
 antagonist a very fine game.}
11.Nc3 Be5 12.Nf3
{Boden: 12.Nce2 strikes us a being better play.;
 Staunton: As this involves the isolation of a pawn, he had
 better, possibly, have played 12.Nce2.}
12...Bxc3 
{Lowenthal: 12...d4 would not have been good play. White
 would have rejoined with 13.Nxe5.}
13.bxc3 Be6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Qd2 
{Boden: Menacing the same sort of attack as gained him a
 victory in the third game, by sacrificing his e3-bishop.}
15...Qf6 16.Nd4 Ne5 
{Lowenthal: This gives Black a good game.}
17.Bc2 Rfd8 
{Boden: Had Black played 17...Nc4 attacking the queen and
 bishop, White would have replied with 18.Qd3, winning a
 piece in a few moves.;
 Staunton: 17...Nc4 would have been imprudent, on account of
 White answering with 18.Qd3, etc.}
18.Nxe6 
{Boden: White's knight stands so well at d4 that we should
 think it much better to keep him there than change him
 off.;
 Staunton: This is not a good move, as we shall presently
 see.
18...fxe6 
{Staunton: We should have preferred playing 18...Nf4; for,
 suppose - 18...Nf4 19.Bd4 (any other move would be fatal to
 White) 19...Nf3+ (If, instead of this, Black play
 19...Rxd4, his adversary's best plan is to move 20.Qe3;
 for, should he take 20.Nxd4, Black must win the queen by
 playing 20...Qg5; and, if he take 20.cxd4, Black will first
 check with 20...Nf6+, then take 21...fxe6, and afterwards
 win easily) 20.Kh1 (If he take 20.gxf3, Black may take
 20...Rxd4, and win) 20...Nxe6 21.Bxf6 Rxd2 and Black has
 much the better game.}
19.Bd4 
{Lowenthal: A slip which loses a valuable pawn.}
19...Nxc3 
{Boden: Beautifully played and evidently quite unforeseen by
 White.;
 Lowenthal: This seems to have been quite overlooked by
 White.;
 Staunton: A fine move; 19...Nf4, however would have been at
 least as effective.}
20.Qxc3 Rxd4 21.Rae1 
{Boden: The best move on the board; he would of course have
 lost his queen by capturing the rook.;
 Staunton: It is hardly necessary to show that he would have
 lost his queen by capturing, the rook.}
21...Rc4 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Rxe5 Rxc2 24.Rxe6 Rxa2 
{Boden: Up to this point Anderssen's play is excellent, but
 his next few moves are incorrect; for Kolisch might have
 drawn the game, but for the mistake of his 31st move.}
25.Re7 b5 26.Rc1 Rf8 27.Rcc7 Rfxf2 28.Rxg7+ Kf8 29.Rxa7
Rxg2+ 30.Rxg2 Rxa7 31.Rg6 
{Lowenthal: What a mistake, and in a match game! But for
 this error the game must have been drawn.}
31...Rg7 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Black "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[LongECO "B20/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Philidor"]
[Annotator "Boden, Lowenthal & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.08.17"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.08.24"]
[Source "The Dial, London, 1861.08.30"]
1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 Nge7 6.Bf4 
{Lowenthal: The best mode of bringing the bishop into active
 operation.}
6...d5 7.Ba2 
{Boden: 7.Bb3, as appears from the sequel, would have been
 better.}
7...Ng6 8.Bg3 Nb4 9.Bb3 
{Lowenthal: It would now appear that White's 7th move was
 not a good one; he should then have retreated the bishop to
 b3, instead of a2.}
9...Bd6 10.Nge2 0-0 11.0-0 Bb8 12.f3 
{Staunton: The opening is played on both sides very timidly,
 which is not surprising when victory depends on either
 party winning only four games.}
12...Kh8 
{Lowenthal: Kolisch, no doubt, intended to advance the
 f-pawn; the move in the text facilitated that object, since
 the commanding diagonal of White's f-pawn might have become
 embarrassing.}
13.a5 d4 14.Nb1 f5 15.Nd2 f4 16.Be1 Bc7 17.Nc4 Nc6 18.Bd2
Qg5 19.Kh1 Qh5 
{Boden: Kolisch is now commencing an attack which promises
 to prove a terribly strong wrong one; the present move is
 preparatory to doubling the action of queen and f8-rook
 upon White's h-pawn.}
20.Rf2 Rf6 21.Qg1 
{Staunton: Foreseeing where the pressure will be 'ere long.;
 Lowenthal: Anderssen's game was not a good one, Black
 having already obtained a very superior and attacking
 position; it therefore required great accuracy and
 correctness in the defense, by which alone immediate danger
 could be averted. The move adopted by White, followed by
 the next series, was the best under the circumstances.}
21...Bd7 
{Staunton: 21...Nh4 would perhaps have been better play.}
22.g3 fxg3 23.Nxg3 Qh3 24.Qf1 Qh4 
{Boden: Threatening to take 20...Bxg3.}
25.Qg1 Raf8 26.Raf1 Qh3 
{Lowenthal: Black has failed to profit by the fine position
 he had so ably obtained, he should have played 26...Nge5;
 had that move been made Black would have acquired a decided
 superiority in position. Let us suppose - 26...Nge5 27.Qg2
 (If 27.f4 Ng4 winning, at least, a  pawn; 27.Nxe5 would not
 have led to any better result) 27...Rg6 28.Nxe5 (we see no
 better move) 28...Nxe5 29.f4 (the only move, as Black
 threatens ...Nxd3, and then ...Rxg3) 29...Ng4 30.Rf3 (best)
 30...Rh6 with a winning position.}
27.Ba4 
{Boden: White defends himself with great skill throughout a
 difficult game; he wisely prepares to cut off Black's
 d7-bishop, which would otherwise ultimately have proved a
 thorn in his side.;
 Lowenthal: The best move to prevent the combination just
 indicated.}
27...Nce5 28.Bxd7 
{Lowenthal: Getting rid of Black's d7-bishop, which
 threatened to become a dangerous auxiliary to Black's
 future operations.}
28...Nxd7 29.b4 
{Lowenthal: Very well played; it breaks up the force of the
 advanced pawns.}
29...Nde5 30.Nxe5 Nxe5 31.Qg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 cxb4 33.Bxb4 Rc8
34.Rb1 Nc6 35.Bd2 Rb8 36.Ra1 Rff8 37.f4
{Staunton: White has pretty well overcome his difficulties
 now, but at one period the attack on his king's quarters
 looked very serious, and, had it been well followed up,
 might have proved so.}
37...g6 38.c4 dxc3 39.Bxc3+ Kg8 40.Ne2 Rf7
{Boden: The latter part of this game is not particularly
 well played on either side; for Kolisch, after acquiring
 the better position with a pawn more, as will be seen, only
 draws after all.}
41.d4 Rbf8 42.e5 Rd8 43.Kf3 
{The following sequence is given in the gamescores published
 in The Field and The Illustrated London News; 43.Ng3 Rd5
 44.Ne4 Bxa5 45.Bxa5 Rxa5 46.Rxa5 Nxa5 [Staunton: Black,
 with a pawn more than his adversary, and with two passed
 pawns, has apparently the advantage, but he plays the
 ending, as he played the beginning, with little of his
 usual spirit.] 47.Nc3 Rc7 48.Na4 Rc4 49.Nc5 Kf7 50.Rb2 b5
 [Staunton: The better course, we apprehend, would have been
 to take the d-pawn, and then play 51...Nc4.] 51.Nxa6 Nc6
 52.Rd2 b4 53.Nc5 Nxd4 [Staunton: After this the game was
 prolonged for several moves, and finally terminated as a
 drawn battle.]} 
43...Rd5 44.Ke4 Bxa5 45.Bxa5 Rxa5 46.Rxa5 Nxa5 47.Nc3 Rc7 48.Na4 Rc4
49.Nc5 Kf7 50.Rb2 b5 51.Nxa6 Nc6 52.Rd2 b4 53.Nc5 Nxd4 54.Rxd4 Rxc5
55.Rxb4 Rc7 {(...)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "GBR London (London Chess Club)"]
[Date "1861.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolisch,I.F."]
[Black "Anderssen,K.E.A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[LongECO "A02/01 (2nd ed.)"]
[Opening "Bird"]
[Annotator "Boden & Staunton"]
[Source "The Field, London, 1861.08.24"]
[Source "The Illustrated London News, 1861.08.31"]
1.f4 f5 
{Staunton: In this opening the second player, perhaps, does
 better in replying 1...d5.}
2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Be2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c5
{Boden: Anderssen has a knack of varying these dull
 openings, which evinces the ingenuity of a master.}
8.h3 
{Staunton: The primary cause, apparently, of Kolisch's
 subsequent difficulties.}
8...Nc6 9.c4 Ne4 
{Boden: This is beautifully played; the knight threatens to
 move next to g3, which Kolisch must prevent, and
 afterwards, as will be seen, Anderssen gives his adversary
 no time to dislodge the knight, but compels him at once to
 play d4.}
10.Kh2 Bf6 
{Staunton: Very well conceived. Play as he may, White must
 now get a constrained position.}
11.d4 cxd4 12.exd4 Bd7 13.Na3 
{Boden: This is a bad move, and appears even to cause the
 loss of so much time as to involve the game. Why not move
 13.Nc3?}
13...Qe8 14.Nb5 Qg6 15.Qe1 Qh6 16.Bd3 
{Staunton: Well played; if Black now capture 16...Qxf4+, his
 queen will be driven back by 17.g3, and White can then take
 18.Bxe4, and win a pawn in return for the one sacrificed.}
16...a6 17.Na3 
{Boden: He evidently cannot retreat 17.Nc3 without losing
 his d-pawn.}
17...Be8 
{Boden: Black seizes the right moment for bringing this
 bishop into effective service. By taking 17...Qxf4+, he
 could not win a pawn, as White would cover 18.g3, and then,
 on the queen retreating, take 19.Bxe4, etc., regaining the
 pawn.;
 Staunton: This bishop now becomes a formidable auxiliary in
 Black's attack.}
18.Nc2 d5 19.g3 Bh5 20.Ne5 Be7 
{Boden: Intending to take 21...Nxe5, and then push 22...g5;
 but it so happens that, on his very next move, Kolisch
 makes a slip which enables Anderssen to obtain a winning
 position with this bishop, deciding the game and the match
 at a blow.;
 Staunton: The object of this move was to take 21...Nxe5,
 and then throw forward 22...g5; but White's next step - a
 manifest slip - enables Black to turn the move to much more
 account than he had reckoned on.}
21.Ne3 
{Staunton: The fatal consequence of this move are so obvious
 that it is amazing they were not foreseen.}
21...Bb4 22.Qc1 
{Boden: If 22.Qb1, he loses the exchange, and gets a bad
 game.;
 Staunton: He had nothing better left.}
22...Bd2 23.Qc2 Nxe5 
{Boden: Foreseeing that, if 23...Bxe3, White will take
 24.Nxc6, and then move 25.Rae1, regaining the piece, as
 Black's bishop would have no escape; nevertheless, we are
 not certain that the mode of play rejected would not have
 been a certain road to victory, as he would have had time
 to obtain an irresistible attack on White's king.;
 Staunton: Had he taken 23...Bxe3, White would first have
 captured 24.Nxc6, and then have played 25.Rae1, winning the
 bishop.}
24.Bxe4 
{Boden: All these positions are extremely difficult, and
 Kolisch plays admirably to avoid the loss of a piece, but
 to regain the lost ground is impossible.}
24...fxe4 
{Boden: The right move; had Black instead taken 24...Bxe3,
 White would have retreated 25.Bg2 - and if Black retire
 with 25...Nc6, White plays 26.Qd3, winning back the
 bishop.;
 Staunton: Suppose 24...Bxe3 25.Bg2 Nc6 26.Qd3, etc.}
25.Qxd2 Nf3+ 26.Rxf3 Bxf3 27.cxd5 exd5 28.Nxd5 Rad8 29.Ne3
Rd6
{Boden: Threatening mate in two moves, by 30...Qxh3+, and
 31...Rh6#.;
 Staunton: A terrible advance, by which Black threatens to
 take the h-pawn with his queen, and mate next move.}
30.h4 Rxf4 
{Staunton: Quite sound; if White take it he will be mated in
 a very short time.}
31.Qe1 Rg6 
{Staunton: Good again.}
32.Bc1 
{Boden: Now Anderssen announced mate in five moves.;
 Staunton: After this step Anderssen announced that he
 should give checkmate in five move.}
32...Rxh4+ 33.gxh4 Qf4+ 34.Kh3 Bg2+ 35.Nxg2  
{The gamescore published in The Field terminates here.
 -[Pope]}
35...Qf3+ {( # in 1)} 0-1
