Best Chess Game of the 19th Century – Petrov’s Immortal | Greatest Queen Sacrifice, Moves & Traps

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Here’s one of the most beautiful games in chess history played in 1844 between Alexander Hoffman (white) & Alexander Petrov (black). This game from the romantic era of chess is known as Petrov’s Immortal & features one of the greatest queen sacrifice ever & probably the best castling move of all time. This game also features some interesting moves, tactics, ideas, strategies, tricks & traps. Alexander Dimitrovich Petrov, the inventor of Petrov’s Defense, and author of one of the first Russian chess manuals (1824), was the outstanding Russian player of his day. He gained this supremacy in his teens, and held the top position for more than fifty years! This game illustrates the finest example of castling in chess, and may be used to help beginners study a master game while learning about the rules for castling, sacrificing material for the attack, and constructing a mating net. The opening employs the very unusual Ghulam Kassim Variation of the Giuoco Piano. I also have an interesting chess puzzle at the end of this video, let’s see if you can find the mate in 2 moves.

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  1. Answer for the puzzle is
    Nc7+ , R×c7 is forced, after that the brilliant move Rd8#

  2. White – Nf8+
    Black is force to capture the knight so, Black – R×f7
    1st move
    White ends the game by playing Re8#
    2nd move

  3. first knight c7 check black is forced to take the knight then rook to d8 is a beautiful smothered checkmate.

  4. Knight to C7 check, rook kills the knight then white knife rook to D8 is a simple checkmate

  5. Bxc6 (bxc6 Nc7 check Rxc7 Rd8 mate) if Rxc6 Nc7 Rxc7 Rd8 mates

  6. Knight F2
    Rook takes and the black rook gives a check e1

  7. answer to the puzzle: NC7 (king cannot escape because all the squares are covered by white) forced RXC7. Then the amazing ending move RD8#

  8. Sacrificing horse and mate with rooke and bishop 👍

  9. White should Sacrifice he's knight by placing in c7 n let the black rook take the knight n then move the white rook d8 n it's checkmate

  10. Nc6 rook must take the knight ,rd8 mate

  11. i sacrificed my bishop but my dad captured it without thinking then i doubled check him with a knight

  12. suution knight to c7 and then rook to d8 checkmate

  13. Bxc6+, if Rxc6 or bxc6 doesn't matter ,Nc7+RxN,Rd8+#

  14. Ideagenius - computer, laptop and mobile videos! says:

    Answer to the chess puzzle: Nc7+ , Rxc7 , Rd8# .

  15. I know that one move we do is rook to e1 in this way we save our knight and idk abt the second can plz tell this 😅

  16. Ans of chess puzzle is mate in 2

    First Nc7+ if Rxc7 than Rd8#

  17. Bishop take C6, if pawn takes bishop, knight goes c7 rook takes & white rook simply checkmates with d8. And if rook takes bishop same thing will happen

  18. Knight to c7 the Rook is forced to capture the Knight and then Rook to d8 is a stunning checkmate

  19. Puzzle = Nc7+ And He must tack that Night with his rook. Then Rd8# ..It's A beautiful checkmate and He can't cut with his Night because Our bishop is pinned his Night.. Thank you for your puzzles and This invincible super game ..Good Luck !

  20. Knight c7 check rook is forced to take the knight then rook d8 is a mate because knight cannot take the rook because there is a bishop

  21. Nc7 check,R x c7 the only legal move and Rd8 is a beautiful checkmate

  22. Knight in front of the rook it's a check rook takes and white rook on the dark square beside the king supported by our dark squared Bishop delivers a checkmate

  23. White : bishop take knight c6(check)
    Black: either rock c6 Or pawn c6
    White : knight c7 (check)
    Black: rock c7
    White: rock d8
    Checkmate

  24. சே.நளன் ஆறுமுகம் says:

    1 Nf7+ Rxf7
    2 Rd8#

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