Breslau (now Wroclaw) 1859
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6
When Anderssen had the black pieces against the Ponziani he usually played 3...d5 (including a loss in 1848 to Daniel Harrwitz, who featured in the first part of this series playing against Howard Staunton's Ponziani). Suhle's ...Nf6 is overwhelmingly Black's most popular third move today.
4.d4 Nxe4 5.dxe5?!
Normal is 5.d5.
5...d5?!
White faces more problems after 5...Bc5.
6.Be3 Be7 7.Bb5 0-0 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nbd2 f5 10.Nd4 Qe8 11.f4 Qg6 12.0-0 c5 13.N4f3 h5 14.Re1 h4 15.h3 Rd8 16.Qc2 c4!? 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.b3??
A blunder caused by Anderssen uncharacteristically underestimating tactical threats to his king.
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18...c5??
Black's idea in playing 16...c4 was to cover the hole at d4 with ...c5, but Suhle misses the win of a piece by 18...d4 19.cxd4 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf3.
19.Nxe4 fxe4?
White gets the upper hand after this, so Black should have played 29...dxe4.
20.bxc4 Qg3?
Better, although unappetising, was 20...dxc4.
21.Nh2 d4 22.Nf1 Qg6 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 (1-0, 35 moves)
Not exactly a well-played game, but indicative of how tactical the Ponziani can be even in the 'quiet' 3...Nf6 lines.
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