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    Winning Chess Brilliancies \ scintillating move-by-anove Teco Oe hee ema esa Cai h Oca Om Rem ao meee Nal bs KG CHD IUAKD ERS SU rea (OSU ne ia abs Yasser Seirawan Intemational Grandmaster ee ee eee Acknowledgments Introduction Gane Ov Gave Two Gawt THA Nis Tew Fic Postscript Inclex Ahout the Author Contents Making History Slaying the Dragon Sparkling Originality Time- Trouble Misery A Sunny Moment Olympian Effort nc ene Effort Moscaw Miracle A la Morphy Lightning and Thunder 4 Rapid Coup Game ON Making History west, After mm Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Seattle jing down, woed bored zept into my life, It was the perfe ated enuiinely bad at: chess. Soo jouse nea y of Washing pcalls to play chess wit! a chess Wor America's own Bobby Fischer was due! was being waged in Reykja Spaseky from the Soviet U cold war was world’s media, Soon eve her Fischer could wre the follow When I played thi s were good. I'm atthe ¢ first game by grabbing rganizers. He then e 5 saw Spassk cone be 1 a lost position, G iss a simple Sudder to win, it nis third win with muid have th win, he would regain the lead and Fis he was the challenger, would be behind In case of a tied match, the cham orld —p his title. boy in Seattle nd th wee Queen Pawn Oper ngs tend to be more Queen's Gambit Declined The the GM Robert James Fischer spponents h ir piece GM Boris Spassky Only then does the siege begin. Int World Revk Bobt known as culator. Throughout his career, Le always been Fisher's choice. He reveled in sharp tactical positions and wasn rally drawn ing Pawn Openings. He the chess world. Is d of taking the fight to Spassky? Does he wanta breather? A dif undan ‘The openingrt 's Quee sendstheopen- Opening ig to see if Most often, games that start it back into mn Qe enings. A player mig! Fischer ti ind of game? Or has to bust one of Spasske in this game is known Fischer has ¢ career Op In gene are two types of English move rather than the direct in which White plays Queen Pawn Opening (1.d4) in order ti ctively as King Pawn penings. T Openings. The se White plays 14 nown as Queen m Opi Openings rend to be muc ingle racy in King Pawn game cast t luring the oppone player a game bef tarts.Incontrast, lecting the defense that you want him t Making History pendent al en fits into 2 » English hasa lot of ind wn controls the crit anche Strategy in- which White 08 his King's Bishop with g2g3 and Bfl-g2, controlling 45, and nts this move with Nb1-c3, also hitting the 45 sau Anc per reason for chc ts exibitity. WE mitments, allowing himeither ww, developing g move into a classical Queen Pawn game, 16 tothe action. Afier overcoming his surprise, Spassky selects his favored defense: Queen's Gambit Declined. He b control aver intends to battle Fischer's cf-pawn for Given the opportunity, he plans ta follow up this fi with .d7-45 and keep tral pawn firmly planted on the d5. he. d5-squ m0 i7-d hise of a solid game while also remind \s White's in Spassky is employing his favor ather thé ing the mai awback of the English Opening: it 8 Black the opportunity for 1..eé which would have been the best response according to chess principles. Thus, the those-of a reversed Sicilian (Led c5). After 1_e7- Id have be opening moves: kc could have immediately fought through active d mentof his pieces, and the g: hav me woul been sharpened considerably 2.NR With this move, Fischer develops.a pieve while observing the center, Th ooks after the eS-square and th ware. White still hasn’t com self full expecting Black to show his intended text dé. te defense Deal A defining moment. Black stakes out the center with his d5-pawn in order to develop his pieces. Notice that Black's pawn structure has one drawback. The the c8 Bishop, For Black yment a e6-pawn bh to achieve a harmonious dep his pieces, he will have to solve the probs ng the e®Bishop add White now develops.a pawn to take cd trol over two mot res, cS: and 6. The cl-Bishop is unleashed so that he GAME ONE can be developed, This move leaves White's c-pawn under capture — the reason that this Queen Pawn game became known as.2 Queen's Gambit. ‘The players have now moved into-the ‘Queen's Gambit, although they haven't finished refining the opening. Keep in ntind that many chess openings run one dozen to two dozen moves deep, with many 'side branches as well. As the open- ing moves unfold, the playersare follow: ing the games of thousands of others, ‘Thus, somechess openingshaveextraor- dinarily unusual names. Some-are Teal tongue twisters! Ni. Black develops his King’s Knight and prepares to castle early in the game, fol lowing time-tested opening principles. Black had two other choices that, superficially at least, could appear attractive, In White's last move, he played a gambit, offering the cf pawn as bait. Why shouldn't Black take it? Here is bow that choice would play out. If 3..dxct, strictly speaking, the c4- pawn isn't ost, White could use a double attack with 4.Qa4+, followed by Qaixo4, and reclaim the pawn, Black doesr’t fear thisimmediate recapture of thect-pawn. He reckons, however, that after 3..dxo4, tel would create a big problem for him, His d5-pawn would no longer be prevent- ing e2e4, and now White would have a nice central pawn duo. Also, if White were allowed to play Bflxe4, Black ‘would fall far behind in development, Therefore, aseriesof turbulent moves: are put into action: after 3x4 4. in order to justify munching White's ct- pawn, Black must try to hang on to his extra pawn: 4...b5 protects the cd-pawn, Then with 5.a4!, White prepares to destroy the e4-pawn's support, With 5..c6, Black tries to defend the bS-pawn, ‘Note that a6 would be a terrible move, because 5...a6 would be followed by Gaxb5!— White could snap off the b5- pawn, pinning the a6-pawn because the aB-Rook isn't protected. Lets recap: Black didn’t grab White's cef-pawn on move 3 because it would pro- duce this series of moves: 3..dxc4 4.e4! b5-Sadlc6, Then White would play 6 bat in order to expase the b5:pawn to the fl- Bishop and to advantageously recapture his gambited pawn. Play the post with a friend: 6...cxb3 7.axb5! cxb5 &Bxb5+, You will see that White has ‘developed a piece and controls the center ‘while Black has made only pawn moves. ‘The second possibility for Black at move3 would havebeen 3_Bb4+,checking years, Iwas opponent's been mocked ite King. In-m ager to attack sters: "Pa iyer] sees a check, patzer play check” That is, when a beginner sees the opportunity to for it without realizing no follow-up. By checking a King inating an attack, the beginner st realize that he can actually help his opponent! Here is the sequence that would follow such a move by Black. After 3..Bb4+, White blocks the check with 4.842, thus ‘attacking Black's Bishop. Seeing another h inks he's on a roll and ut c0a1 Bxd2+ with triumph, White responds with 5.Qx White develop his posi Go back to the posil ore od he ‘opportunity to develop a piece Black squanders his move, develops a p with che fter a sub- sequent exchange, all that has is that White has developed his Qu i With 5. Nbxd2, a Knight: White's History 4.Ne3 tastes & > develop his army, White More Continuing blocksa possible ..BES-b tant, hecontinues to fightfor over the center, The c3-Ki of esa fine job Square and attack rotecting the the iS pawn, The paramount principle of opening a chess ga to concentrate pieces and pawns in the center of the board Beginner games are marked by a fail: ure to control the center and to develop all pieces. 4..Be7 but consequential deve it, Black prepare jure, but White ¥ capture open nk up 1 Two important p ioned re s should be men: e aswell. First, (QGD) Inthe QGD, Black's prineipa is to watch over his d5-pawnand tolkeep opening is to find a nice, safe place for g. Why, then, didn't White try to we know t at a crucial p it firmly stat of the his kingside pieces with L-Bishe es that he cou! point is that it would block in the el If the cl-Bish y have misplaced the shop. Atter 4. Bas? E exposed himself to the possibleattacks — midleg 1 proble Second, if White €L-Bishop and the al his pieces —he wrong with E piece that has already lately nothing oped. After 5. Idicome under pressureas White while controlling the crucial ck would have more space and play’an active role in the ontinuin Black'scen- vates the Bishop on the ture the 16-Koi There ‘snap off the d5-pawn. or tather style. (Later in the match, in tea game 14, Fischer would employ 5,BF4, 5.Bg5 & y SBF, i which ended in a di (0 moves) This move: activates the cl-Bishop and In the earliest pha: attacks the f6-Knight. By attacking the there aren't any: al White indirectly attacks 7 ately best moves a wren to the p per cf the d5-pawn. d by three choose the openi of immediate caP- ji, be 6 History 0-0 brought it out not necessarily with ntion of exchanging it for the f6: Here Black completes.a primary directive thon A aaaies Bs Knight, Actually, he didn’t want to lock safe King! Black's King, hides behi n before paying ee. Now be faces solid wall of pawns, andhecanstopwor. the question of whether to retreat exchange the Bishop. Gran usefulness of having side by side, Therefa giving up their Bishops too early; after n questioned, least for now! Black's nex and t work they a ters (GMs) under na note the mumbe f pieces and tb players have moved wriginal squares. White has oyed five: two Knights, nda Bishop. Black’s last mc of their Bishops| their most grandmasters retreat the Bishop. From Black’s perspective this isa fine 0 pawns, re W7-HB with h7-h6 to n. He gets the me pa, That i to develop six. That's retreats, the Black pawn has been developed to hé hasn't why-strong players lave to castle. It is t only move in which a player gets to move sare. The move cost Black his move — be has ful in the time count 603 Sovwhat's the Black no longer has to worry about a back-rank which pawns areexeh: bigtdea : Now W Bishop, to be fol rd the W ‘ text is a crucial link in Whites opening tempc n side to safegu pel pawnand known as making lift. Lief strategy. He reinforces the : protects the el-pawn. an word fi heck. Now Black's King can breathe, In tense a giving your King a sq se of a back-rat Anexcellent move witha long-term pur ove is known as pose. This type of is important, ting the question to the Bishop.” nut, hen White developed his ¢1-Bishop, he 7.Bh4 sonant with career a the two Bishops, this advantage tection. Th bose as we influence: longa again? In fact, the move does appes tempting. Black could develop his g pawn with tempo, and after the forced 8.Bg3, Black could look fc leveloping move, The ali pawn acts the shield fa grives less protection. The problem wit is that the pawn could never go Black King needed its .g7-g5 would gain ft would weaken Black’: King ial compensa Ww OF F ake m weakne bT-bb6 bel to Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956), Thus the variation from the diagram is ne Tartakower Syste QGD. At the time ge Spassky was known as the world's lea exponent of this variation. Fischer knew he could sky toemplay this deferise. He there e did a great deal of homework wen as “prepa nedmaster pre Fischer had pot on memorized ther. F Making History in this variation. In short, Fischer hoped to ambush his opponent with some pun preparation. i Bends ‘ The first trade occurs. White opens up the c-file for his Rook. That is, by trading is cl-pawn, White will play Ral-

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