If you are a chess history fan or just a fan of 19th century romantic attacking chess, McFarland has put out one of its usual magnificent clothbound gems—this time about 19th century Berlin Chess: “Neumann, Herschfeld and Suhle.” It contains 711 games with notes and authors Hans Renette and Fabrizio Zavatarelli have done a remarkable amount of digging with all sorts of artifact reproductions. Chock full of gambits, it’s also a handbook of attacking chess amidst all the history. Lot’s of fun! Our position today is from his defeat of Anderssen in 1860. Mate in at most eight. We’re starting with an easy one!

1.Bxf7+ Kh8 [1...Rxf7 2.Re8+ Rf8 3.Qe6+ Kh8 4.Rxf8#; 1...Kxf7 2.Qe6#]2.Ng6+ Qxg6 3.Bxg6 h6 4.Qd7 Nb8 5.Qf7 Nd7 6.Re8 Rxe8 7.Qxe8+ Nf8 8.Qxf8#

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