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The Immortal Game, one move at a time
Prep has a new shelf: Immortal Games, famous games you can play through on our board, with notes at the big moments and Stockfish’s other way to try. First up, London, 1851.
The short version
- Famous games to step through, move by move, free and with no account needed
- Our notes come up at the moments that matter
- “What else?” plays Stockfish’s line where it would have gone another way, then brings you back
- First game on the shelf: Anderssen against Kieseritzky, London, 1851
In 1851, in London, Adolf Anderssen gave away a bishop, both rooks and his queen, then mated with the three little pieces he had left. Black still had every one of his. People have been setting it up on kitchen tables ever since, and now you can do it on ours: it’s the first game in Immortal Games, a new shelf under Prep.
Step through it
Press Next (or the right arrow) and the game plays one move at a time on the printed board. Our notes come up at the moves that matter: why a bishop gets left hanging, why two rooks go begging, and how three minor pieces can be enough. Jump to any move from the list, or skip straight from one moment to the next.
What else?
Where Stockfish would have played something different, there’s a What else? button. It sets the board back to the moment before, shows Stockfish’s move, and lets you play its line through. Then Back to the game, and on you go. Sometimes the engine and the history books disagree. You get to see both and pick a side.
Free, like the guides
No account, no sign-in, nothing kept. More games are on the way. When a game’s opening is one we teach in the opening trainer, there’s a link to learn it, in case the King’s Gambit suddenly looks like a good idea for Tuesday.