Polish Immortal is the name given to a chess game between Glucksberg and Miguel Najdorf played in Warsaw. The game is celebrated because of Black's sacrifice of all four of his minor pieces.
Some sources give the date of this game as 1930 or 1935,[1] and give the name of the player of the white pieces as "Glucksberg". Garry Kasparov gives the date of the game as 1928, and the name of Najdorf's opponent as "Glinksberg", attributing these facts to Najdorf and his daughter.[2]
After 10.Kxh2 Ng4+ 11.Kh1 Qxg5 Black is up a pawn for nothing. After 10.Kh1, White threatens both Nxe6, winning material, or to trap Black's bishop with g3 or f4.
10... Ng4! 11. f4
Defending White's knight on g5 and cutting off the escape route of Black's bishop; not 11.Nxe6? Qh4!
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Position after 13.Kg2; Black begins a series of sacrifices to hunt White's king.
11... Qe8 12. g3 Qh5 13. Kg2 (see diagram)
White has surrounded Black's bishop and threatens to win it with Rh1, Nf3, and Nxh2.
