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If you're not a chess expert, you might not realize that Black is losing badly until it's too late.
Proposed caption
The immortal game was a chess game played on 21 June 1851 by Adolf Anderssen (white) and Lionel Kieseritzky (black). It is one of the most famous chess games of all time, and acclaimed as an excellent deomonstration of the style of chess play in the 19th century, when where rapid development and attack were considered the most effective way to win. In this game, Anderssen achieves checkmate and wins despite sacrificing a bishop, both rooks, and the queen.
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Chess, Immortal game
Creator
User:Karophyr, with edits by User:Capmo
This game is included in most introductory chess books, such as The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games (ISBN 978-0786705870). The portable game notation is available here. MER-C 03:16, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Support Ryo 15:34, 17 November 2007 (UTC) I suspect this was made with a chess program. I think anything that raises the interest in chess is great, but it is hard to support an export type file. If it were unique, and easy to discern it from the "Save as animated gif" feature of several programs it would get my support for sure. Cheers, Ryo 15:34, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ahh good point and thanks for pointing that out. Revised to support...cheers, Ryo
  • Oppose I'd support a slower version with smoother transitions. It's interesting, entertaining and educational, just a headache to watch. --mikaultalk 18:46, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It's not that hard to follow if you at least know the rules of movement of chess pieces, but the last frame should be a little longer though. --antilivedT | C | G 10:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support IF the motions were more apparent. It doesn't need to be actual motion - it could be a line from the source to the destination. The image should also show the sacrificed pieces on the sidelines, since that is an important part of the subject. Also I would hold on the last frame for much longer. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-11-20 14:29Z
  • Oppose but only because of the concerns above; this can and should be featured, but it needs refinement. Perhaps a line showing each move, and showing which move number they're on? --Golbez (talk) 22:28, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Despite speed issues it is a very good animation of a chess game, which I think is fairly hard to do well. Cat-five - talk 23:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 04:48, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]