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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	The game is Mayet - Anderssen, Berlin 1851. It is a position from the Ruy Lopez opening. Black to Move
1 [Next]	It would have been more standard for White to castle or play d4. Black to Move
2 [Next]	Black to Move
3 [Next]	Black to Move
4 [Next]	Fritz 10 thinks that the bishop sacrifice gives White a 2/3 pawn advantage, whereas it thinks that Bh5 is equal. Black to Move
5 [Next]	What should white do here? White to Move
6 [Next]	Fritz 10 thinks that d4 still gives white .56 pawn advantage. If for example .. White to Move
7 [Next]	White has few problems because he is threatening to trade queens. The game actually continued ...
8 [Next]	Now white is lost. Black to Move
9 [Next]	This is not how the game continued, but it is how it should have gone according to Fritz 10. Black to Move
10 [Next]	Black to Move
11 [Next]	Black to Move
12 [Next]	etc.
13 [Next]	This pawn to g3 move is not as accurate as Nxe4 according to Fritz. White to Move
14 [Next]	White to Move
15 [Next]	Again, this is not how it continued, but how Fritz thinks that it should have continued. White to Move
16 [Next]	White to Move
17 [Next]	White to Move
18 [Next]	And white is fine ...
19 [Next]	Instead White's queen move was a mistake. Black to Move
20 [Next]	This move followed by Rh1+ is the more accurate way to play this according to Fritz. This is not what was played...
21 [Next]	If white takes the bishop he still loses to the gxf2+ followed by Rh1+ trick. white to Move
22 [Next]	Black to Move
23 [Next]	Black to Move
24 [Next]	Black to Move
25 [Next]	Black to Move
26 [Next]	Mate.