Find the winning line: 4 moves of yours. Make any legal move: if it is not the right one, it is taken back and you can try again.
Move 1 of 4
About this position
Adolf Anderssen won this game against Jean Dufresne in 1852, probably in Berlin and in a friendly game. Wilhelm Steinitz, the first world champion, called it “evergreen” as a tribute to Anderssen, and the name stuck. It began with an Evans , an attacking opening where White gives up a pawn to gain time and open the centre. The position is a frightening one: Black threatens mate on g2, with the queen backed by the g8 rook. White does not defend. White attacks with , because a run of leaves the opponent no time to carry out the threat. The game ends on move 24. What to remember: when the enemy king is exposed, count your checks before you parry the opponent’s threat.