[Event "GotM #42"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hewitt, M."]
[Black "Steinitz, Wilhelm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1866.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
{[%evp 0,52,15,16,5,15,90,80,80,32,89,26,31,1,-8,-65,-76,-117,-131,-146,-119,
-147,-153,-130,-130,-218,-194,-203,-211,-508,-334,-382,-382,-653,-473,-504,
-280,-364,-280,-346,-311,-315,-518,-518,-426,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,
-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} e5 {
Open Game} 2. Bc4 {Bishop's Opening} f5 {Aggressive but risky surge from Black
early in the game.} 3. d3 Nf6 4. Ne2 Bc5 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 fxe4 8.
Bf4 d5 {This will allow for castling.} 9. Bb5 Bxd4 {Reducing pressure on the
c6-Knight.} 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#] As we move into the middlegame
Black through clever exchanges has completed all of his opening goals and now
stands well.} 12. Qa4 $6 {Chasing after pawns when he should be developing.}
Bd7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qb3 {Too many Queen moves and White is falling behind.} Ng4
15. Bh4 e3 {[#] The King which should have been castled several moves ago must
scurry and Black will have a monster passed pawn without really working too
hard for it.} 16. O-O Qh5 17. Bg3 e2 {[#]} 18. Re1 {Even if White's play in
this game has been questionable, Black shows wonderful mastery in the upcoming
attack.} Rxf2 $1 {White can't take or it's curtains.} 19. Nd2 (19. Bxf2 $4
Qxh2#) 19... Raf8 {More pressure.} 20. c4 {Hoping for counterplay.} Rxg2+ $1 {
[#] Audacious sacrifice leads White into deeper trouble.} 21. Kxg2 Qh3+ $3 {
[#] Black gives even more material up to drag the White King forward to his
demise.} 22. Kxh3 (22. Kh1 Rf2 $19 {[%CAl Rf2h2]}) 22... Ne3+ {Cutting off the
retreat.} 23. Kh4 Ng2+ {The White King is relentlessly driven forward.} 24. Kg5
Rf5+ 25. Kg4 {The White King can finally start retreating but the terrain has
changed from what he once knew.} h5+ 26. Kh3 {Back again he goes but...} Rf2# {
[#] A really ingenious mating attack and the game ends.} 0-1