Polish Immortal is the name given to a

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

game between Glucksberg and

Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentinian chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a ...

played in

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. The game is celebrated because of Black's sacrifice of all four of his . Some sources give the date of this game as 1930 or 1935, and give the name of the player of the white pieces as "Glucksberg".

Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...

gives the date of the game as 1928, and the name of Najdorf's opponent as "Glinksberg", attributing these facts to Najdorf and his daughter.

The game

White: Glucksberg Black: Miguel Najdorf

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Dutch Defence The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: :1. d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's ; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to an extent (especia ...

('' ECO'' A85)

Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak Elo rating system, rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until ...

's ''My Great Predecessors, Part IV'', unless otherwise indicated] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 :Savielly Tartakower suggests 5.Bf4.I.A. Horowitz and Jack Straley Battell (editors), ''The Best in Chess'', E.P. Dutton, 1965, p. 93. 5... c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne2 :Tartakower recommends 8.Ne5 followed by 9.f4, "countering the Stonewall with another Stonewall".Tartakower, in Horowitz and Battell, p. 93. 8... Nbd7 9. Ng5 :This move looks like an elementary blunder, losing a pawn, but in fact the position is more complicated than that. 9... Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 :After 10.Kxh2 Ng4+ 11.Kh1 Qxg5 Black is up a pawn for nothing. After 10.Kh1, White threatens both Nxe6, winning , or to trap Black's bishop with g3 or f4. 10... Ng4! 11. f4 :Defending White's knight on g5 and cutting off the escape route of Black's bishop; not 11.Nxe6? Qh4! 11... Qe8 12. g3 Qh5 13. Kg2 (see diagram) :White has surrounded Black's bishop and threatens to win it with Rh1, Nf3, and Nxh2. 13... Bg1 :Sacrificing the bishop in order to continue the attack on White's king. 14. Nxg1 :Not 14.Kxg1? Qh2, or 14.Rxg1? Qh2+ and 15...Qf2#. 14... Qh2+ 15. Kf3 e5! 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+ 19. Kf3 f4!! :Threatening both 20...Ne5# and 20...Bg4+. 20. exf4 :If 20.Bxg6 then 20...Bg4+ 21.Kxg4 Qxg3+ 22.Kh5 hxg6+ 23.Kxg6 Rf6+ 24.Kh5 Rh6#. 20... Bg4+!! 21. Kxg4 Ne5+! 22. fxe5 h5#

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* Edward Winter
The Polish ImmortalFirst day cover showing the moves in "La Inmortal Polaca"
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