Zukertort's Immortal: Zukertort vs Blackburne - London 1883

Johannes Zukertort vs Joseph Henry Blackburne
Zukertort's Immortal
London 1883
English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13)
1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nd6 cd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nd2 14. Qd2 dc4 15. Bc4 d5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 g6 21. Re3 f5 22. ef6 Nf6 23. f5 Ne4 24. Be4 de4 25. fg6 Rc2 26. gh7 Kh8 27. d5 e5 28. Qb4 R8c5 29. Rf8 Kh7 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Be5 Kf8 32. Bg7 Kg8 33. Qe7
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[@Jalapablo]

Zukertort found such beautiful combinations. Like uncovering gems deep in the earth. Amazing calculations. I can only wonder how many brilliant gems are overlooked in my own games because I am not able to dig this deep and see them.

[@andriusstasiukynas1921]

This is one of the most beautiful combination in chess history. I know this game by heart from book.

[@baderb52]

Absolutely beautiful game!! Thanks Mato!

[@TheAntiChr1st]

I sometimes go back in time in Mato Jelic's upload history, and choose a random video to watch, only to discover that I've already seen it, because the moves look so familiar. So much video's by Mato I have seen, so many killer moves I tried to find. Even if I would never play OTB games anymore and quit studying chess, I would still enjoy these videos.

[@bigtrainpaulin]

Brilliant tactics, I only saw one of them (Rf8), but was unsure about it. Thanks for sharing, Mato.

[@dudetr00]

great historical match! Thanks Mato!

[@lowlypeasant]

I've never seen so many Greek gifts declined.

[@ggbltboi]

Hey Mato! I would like (and hopefully many others) to see you play. I am very curious of your playstyle. Maybe you could even do it live! The possibilities are endless, but hopefully you see this and get an idea. Thank you for the amazing commentary. Good luck on your king hunt :)

[@WilVisser-Coaching]

Increidible and ingenius game..! Real Gran Master level..! Thanks Mato for sharing for learning! ;)

[@sherratto3087]

Great game thanks for posting!

[@vincentmanengamambo1567]

Zukertort invitational indeed. What a masterpiece.

[@gerardfeisvuc1241]

I really can't see anything like that...thanks again "Matojelicus" :D

[@MatoJelic]

My pleasure

[@MrGyges]

Great and famous game. ( I didn’t know you’d analysed this one, Mato, but thank you. ) Zukertort's nerves often got the better of him, but not here. Immortal indeed. Hope he didn’t pinch Blackburne's whisky as well.

[@joeldenring]

In the critcal position I would've played d6.

[@Oscar7468]

So, you would have played the second best move at this moment, Arun Nair; congratulations, because it's really the only other possibility to win , although with more difficulty after the answer 28...Qg5 for example...

[@reshad8570]

those who admire the technique of Zukertot, i recommend studying mating patterns. If GM Zukertod hadn't known the patterns that well, he wouldn't be able to play that brilliantly.

[@dishil1]

Brilliant Game.. Thanks Mato..:) #TrueFan

[@alihabiban3217]

Hi Mato! Can today's chess engins guess the correct moves in the critical position of the game? Have you ever tested it?

[@MaheshKumar-cx6uq]

Blackburn was equally brilliant to study his opponent.

[@giovannicappello2916]

I love immortal's games!!!!

[@Neueregel]

2 giants playing here.. Zuke vs Black Death.. this epicness hasn't happened lately since Kasparov vs Karpov

[@kowalityjesus]

I am kind of glad that you did not elaborate on how alternative moves besides King to g8 did not help the outcome of the game. It gave me something to compute.

[@renangivenu125]

Really wonderful game Simple explanation Do some Chess fizzle...... Videos Thanking you sir.

[@joe43822]

at 4:09, instead of zukertorts brilliant move, Rf8+ directly is good as well, if I'm not mistaken.if RxR, then QxR and the problem of the c2 rook attacking B and Q is solved. If QxR (on f8) then white has a forced mate in several moves. (and if, instead of somehow taking on f6, Kxh7 and thus escaping the check, its also a quick forced mate)

[@Oscar7468]

I don't see any forced mate after QxR, on the contrary: Black would be winning (sorry if I'm wrong..)

[@KillberZomL4D42494]

Great game. Thanks

[@nicholasgranat2999]

Amazing

[@mahmoudhachem4034]

Amazing game

[@3trilogy]

Beautiful game!

[@MichaelFlynn0]

Great attacking play.

[@cahyanathan97]

what can I say is, good lecture.

[@grassfedgrassfinished]

I think it was an amazing game

[@jovinjw]

Brilliance

[@jmg2958]

magnifique!

[@sanskarsingh9538]

In this video I'll show you the game between Zukertort and Blackburne, in the next video I'll show you the game between Zukertort and dairy milk

[@powerguido1299]

Tnks!

[@wisnualonso4255]

mr.mato,,please upload your game again...you only uploading other GM

[@vitakyo982]

I thought about queen to d4 instead of b4 , i'm not sure it works ...

[@d2asca]

what about d6 at the pause?

[@zzimp1]

2:00 i prefer when Mato says oypen.

[@n8style]

uypen lol

[@farzadmoosavi9232]

At time 7:46, black to play, why not to move the black queen to g5, threat is checkmate in one? And then white bishop to e 5 doesn't work

[@MrLimon27]

Then, I think, Rg3, attacking the Queen.

[@MrSadflkja]

Blackburne why you no use Blackburne shilling trap?

[@vitorcoelho5214]

mato are you using arena?

[@zithromaxzomax4610]

I see Qd4, not Qb4

[@filipekof9784]

gallant move

[@iweirjkdkfmk]

Mato, more games from Carlsen!

[@Tuberted]

21...f5 was very bad. Black should have tried to keep game closed. I was thinking 21...ng7 and possibly going to f5 eventually with the knight.

[@nathanielpeter3296]

Classic bishop escape.

[@TowenOG]

who is here from Danya's twitch

[@ddavid29]

those were hopeless positions.. turned into chess rainbows ... UN Beeelievable!!

[@zarion1181]

Qb4!!. Zukertort was considered a coward.. lol.

[@shantoreywilkins651]

😇👼🌞🌞

[@Hallands.]

Carlsen wouldn't have crushed him like a tomato...

[@darankanga5110]

Amazing