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Berlin, 1852. Anderssen against his friend Jean Dufresne in a swashbuckling Evans Gambit. The finish — a quiet rook move, then a queen sacrifice into forced mate — was later called 'evergreen' by Wilhelm Steinitz because its beauty never fades.
Bring every piece into the attack before you strike. Anderssen's 19.Rad1! looks modest, but it adds the last attacker; only then does he sacrifice the queen and hunt the king with a string of forcing checks. Quiet preparation, then forcing finish.
Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Champion, described it as 'an evergreen in the laurel crown' of Anderssen — beauty that never fades. The nickname stuck.
Get every piece into the attack first (19.Rad1!), then use forcing checks and a queen sacrifice to hunt a king stuck in the centre.
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