Lissowski Tomasz, Macieja Bartlomiej. Lionel Kieseritzky: A Famous Loser

Выходные данные не указаны.New Edit of Lissowski & Macieja.It is a pleasure to present "A Famous Loser" by chess historian Tomasz Lissowski and Grandmaster Bartlomeij Macieja. Written especially for ChessCentral, this important article provides for many of us our first glimpse into the life and work of Lionel Kieseritzky - perhaps the most famous "loser" in the annals of chess. As we will see, however, Kieseritzky was far more than that; he was indeed a chess artist of the first order, surpassed in his day only by Anderssen and (probably) Staunton.The authors have written an excellent book about Kieseritzky entitled Zagadka Kieseritzky'ego, or "The Mystery of Kieseritzky". It is unfortunately available only in Polish, but even so it is well worth obtaining for the games alone, which number 170 - a fivefold increase over what is found in the typical database. The book was conceived with the idea of contributing to Polish chess history, but the authors were surprised to find that Kieseritzky eluded them even in his nationality. What they discovered instead was a sensitive man of wide-ranging interests, who happened to play Romantic chess with consummate skill. [Sid Pickard]Which game of chess is the most famous? Among the millions played and recorded, which single game is so distinguished? Perhaps it is the short offhand game played in 1851 at Simpson's on the Strand, in London, between Anderssen and Kieseritzky. Within 5 years of its conclusion this contest was known everywhere as the "Immortal" game (German "Unsterbliche").