In our look at classical attacking chess, many of the games have come from King's Gambits. It seemed easy: open the f-file, castle, put your bishop on c4, your knight on e5 or g5 and your queen on f3 and attack. Black eventually caught up with openings like the Falkbeer Counter Gambit which you will see here. Suddenly, great attackers like Anderssen were on the defensive. He gets demolished by Zukertort--a great player in his own right. The position is the moment when Zuk initiates the final phase of the attack, and it's a memorable one. See if you can figure out his plan. If not, just sit back and enjoy it! In keeping with recent practice, here’s how it started. Well worth playing through to watch the counterattack develop.1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.d4 Nf6 7.h3 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 e3 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Bxe3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxc3+ 13.Kf2 Ba6 14.Ne2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 0–0 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.Rd3 Qc4 18.Ra1 Re4 19.Qd1 Rae8 20.Kf3 Nd5 21.Bc1 Nc3 22.Qd2 [SEE DIAGRAM]

Anderssen-Zukertort, Berlin, 1868: 22...Re2 23.Qxc3 Qd5+ 24.Kg4 Rxg2+ 25.Rg3 Ree2 26.Rb1 f5+ 27.Kh4 Qd8+ 28.Rg5 Qxg5+ 29.fxg5 Re4+ [White Resigned because of]30.Kh5 g6+ 31.Kh6 Rh4#

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