1846 - 1865
In the year 1847 Københavns skakforening ( Copenhagen chess
club ) had to close down due to the demand from the monarchy
to pay tax.
The chess masters in Copenhagen then had to practise their
passion on various restaurants and cafees, among which were :
Kehlets kaffehus
Østergade 55
Hotel d´Angleterre
Kgs.Nytorv
Kafeerne "Himmerrige" og "Helvede"
h.h.v.Købmagergade 47 og 49 ( på hvert sit hjørne af Skinder-
gade )
Svendsens restauration
Hjørnet af Nørrebrogade og Dosseringen
A new generation of strong players came up :
Magnus Oscar Møllerstrøm
Severin From
Govert Nielsen
Søren Anton Sørensen
They were more serious about chess, games were taken
down more often, and the leading masters published articles
in "Deutsche schachzeitung" the most famous one are of course
the analyse of the From gambit 1862.
The game were played by correspondance, Møllerstrøm who
had taught From to play chess, and eventually couldn´t win a
single game ( o.t.b. ) thought that a correspondance game
were the only way to win, but From proved otherwise.
White : Møllerstrøm
Black : From
Copenhagen 1862
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nh6 5.e4 Ng4 6.g3 Nxh2
7.Rxh2 Bxg3+ 8.Ke2 Bxh2 9.Nxh2 f5 10.Bg2 fxe4 11.Bxe4 Qh4
12.Qh1 0-0 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.Qg1 Qh5+ 15.Bf3 Rxf3 16.Nxf3 Bg4
17.d3 Nc6 18.Bf4 Rf8 19.Bg3 Rxf3 20.Ke1 Qh6 21.Nc3 Nb4
22.Resign.
kilder : Nordisk skaktidende 1873 -1881
Skak i 1000 år / Hartvig Nielsen
Deutsche schach zeitung 1862