[Event "GotM #100"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1874.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Knorre, Victor"] [Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [ECO "C50"] [PlyCount "28"] [Beauty "8246739873327"] [GameId "1114896727814144"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [EventCountry "ZAR"] {[%evp 0,28,19,18,-17,18,18,2,16,24,7,17,10,-14,7,-27,-17,-25,79,54,29,60,163,180,209,266,236,61,-1011,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} e5 {Open Game} 2. Nf3 {King's Knight Opening} Nc6 3. Bc4 {[#] Italian Game, Black's treatment of this opening in this game was so good that his moves in this miniature became book moves all the way up to when White threw in the towel.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 $5 {[#]} (8... Be6 {looks less reckless} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 g4 11. Nh4 Qd7 $11) 9. Nxg5 $2 {Seems a no brainer but Black's push on the h-file contains a latent threat. Black is in fact winning decisively now.} (9. h4 $11 {halting the pawn storm was actually necessary.}) 9... h4 10. Nxf7 hxg3 $1 {[#] Black must continue with the attack.} 11. Nxd8 (11. Nxh8 $19) 11... Bg4 {No time to even bother taking the Knight.} 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nc3 Nf3+ $1 {This final sacrifice demonstrates the # is coming swiftly.} 14. gxf3 (14. Kh1 Rxh2#) 14... Bxf3 {[#]} (14... Bxf3 {[%CAl Rc5g1]} 15. h4 (15. Nxb7 gxh2#) (15. hxg3 Rh1#) (15. Ne6 gxh2#) 15... Rxh4 16. Ne6 Rh1#) 0-1