Adrian Mikhalchishin: 5.. Nc6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.

Be3
Fogelman against Bobby in the same year,
continued 8.Nc2 0–0 9.Ne3, and once more
here Fischer reacted actively: 9…d5 10.cxd5
Bobby and the Hedgehogs exd5
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
Every legendary champion had its own 9zpp+-vlpzpp0
favourite plan in classical structures. They 9-+n+-sn-+0
have own individual preferences how to 9+-+p+-+-0
conduct typical plans. Fischer have few 9-+-+P+-+0
interesting games in hedgehog structure for 9+-sN-sNP+-0
both sides. He played few games, but really 9PzP-+-+PzP0
high quality games. He even invented 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
classical attack with the g-pawn here! xiiiiiiiiy
Hedgehog was considered until 70-ies years 11.exd5 (clearly better would be
of the last century as extremely passive and 11.Nexd5!?) 11...Ne5 12.Qb3 Bc5 13.Bd2
boring structure, completely suffering from Re8 14.Be2 Ng6 15.Nc2 Nh4 and obtained
the lack of space. But suddenly games of very active position.
Adorjan, Ljubojevic, Andersson and Psakhis 8...0–0 9.Nc2 d5!?
showed a lot of dynamic potential here. Even Preferably was timid approach 9...Re8, but
such active player as Garry Kasparov Fischer hated to be in passive situations.
applied this kind of structure in a number of Nobody from greats enjoyed such situations
games. Nowadays enthusiasm of hedgehogs and they always and at all costs tried tо
disappeared - foxes are ruling! change the course of the game.
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxd5?!
Lombardy - Fischer Not the best reaction - much better would be
New York, 1960 11.exd5!? Nb4 12.Bc4 Bf5 13.Nxb4 Bxb4
14.0–0 with advantage.
In preface to this game it is written by GM 11...Nxd5 12.Qxd5
Larry Evans, that great Hungarian Geza After 12.exd5 Nb4 13.Bc4 Bf5 14.Nxb4
Maroczy left strange heritage - he found that Bxb4+ 15.Kf2 Re8 would arise the sharp
some special structure caused complete position with Blacks sufficient
paralysis of the opponents chances for the counterchances.
counterplay. Interesting comment, but he is 12...Qc7!
mixing Maroczy structure and the XIIIIIIIIY
Hedgehog! 9r+l+-trk+0
9zppwq-vlpzpp0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 9-+n+-+-+0
Nowadays it became popular continuation, 9+-+Q+-+-0
but in the old times was considered rather 9-+-+P+-+0
harmless. It’s really strange, as at that times 9+-+-vLP+-0
Hedgehog was considered to be favourable 9PzPN+-+PzP0
structure from the Whites’ point of view. At 9tR-+-mKL+R0
the beginning Fischer plays very simple xiiiiiiiiy
game. 13.Qb5?
It is too fearless, much better would be
13.Be2 Bh4+! 14.g3 Bf6 15.0–0 Bxb2

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16.Rab1 with equal chances.
13...Bd7 14.Rc1?!
Better would be to drive back - 14.Qe2.
14...Nb4! 15.Nxb4
In the case of 15.Qc4 Qa5 16.Nxb4 Bxb4+
17.Kf2 Rac8 18.Qd5 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Be1+!
20.Ke3 Qb6+! White King would have to
run out to dangerous square f4.
15...Qxc1+! 16.Bxc1 Bxb5 17.Nd5 Bh4+
Important intermediatory move, which was
well calculated by Fischer.
18.g3 Bxf1 19.Rxf1 Bd8
White has pawn for the exchange and some
chances to keep counterplay, because of
control over d5 square.
20.Bd2?
Correct was to secure d5 square - with
20.g4!
20...Rc8 21.Bc3 f5!
Now problems of Knight on d5 started.
22.e5 Rc5 23.Nb4
After 23.Nf4 Fischer planned 23…Ba5!,
winning a pawn.
23...Ba5 24.a3 Bxb4 25.axb4 Rd5 26.Ke2
Kf7 27.h4 Ke6 28.Ke3 Rc8 29.Rg1 Rc4
30.Re1?
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9zpp+-+-zpp0
9-+-+k+-+0
9+-+rzPp+-0
9-zPr+-+-zP0
9+-vL-mKPzP-0
9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-tR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Better here would be 30.Ra1!?, but it would
not save White. Now Fischer transfer into
pawn end, completely according with the
great Capablanca advice – to realize an
excahnge it is necessary to return it back,
winning the pawn.
30...Rxc3+! 31.bxc3 Rxe5+ 32.Kd2 Rxe1
33.Kxe1 Kd5 34.Kd2 Kc4 35.h5 b6 36.Kc2
g5! 37.h6 f4 38.g4 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Kb2
a4 41.Ka3 Kxc3 42.Kxa4 Kd4 43.Kb4 Ke3
0:1.
Fischer – Taimanov,
Palma de Mallorca, 1971
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6
5.Nb5 d6 6.c4
Fischer played here 6.Bf4, with good results,
but this system is dubious as was shown by
Petrosian in their match in Buenos Aires
1971.
6...a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0–0 0–0
10.Na3 b6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.f3
Ra7 14.Nc2 Rd8 15.Qe1 Be8 16.Qf2 Rb7
XIIIIIIIIY
9-wq-trl+k+0
9+r+-vlpzpp0
9pzpnzppsn-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+P+P+-+0
9+-sN-vLP+-0
9PzPN+LwQPzP0
9+-tR-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Taimanov was one of the top opening
specialists at that times. He obtained rather
good position and now threats b6-b5.
17.a4
White could try to react here a bit differently
17.b4 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Rfd1, but Fischer
always preferred the radical measures.
17...a5!
Taimanov was not just the top theoretician in
Sicilian, he was one of the top practioneers.
Now he starts very dangerous strategy of
occupying the Black squares.
18.Nd4
A bit too directly, much more interesting
would be 18.Rfd1, with the idea Nc2-a3-b5.
18...Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Nd7 20.Qg3
It was possible to transfer Bishop to с2, after
20.Bd1.
20...Bf6
Not bad, but a bit passive was 20...Bf8.
21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Rfd1 e5! 23.Qh4 h6
24.Rd2 Nd7
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XIIIIIIIIY 34… dxe5 35.Qxe5 Rdb8
9-wq-trl+k+0 Probably it would be better to try 35...Ne6,
9+r+n+pzp-0 as 36.Qe4 is not so dangerous.
9-zp-zp-+-zp0 36.Bf5!
9zp-+-zp-+-0 An excellent move, cutting Knight g5.
9P+P+P+-wQ0
36…Qxe5 37.Rxe5 g6 38.h4 Nh7?
9+-sN-+P+-0
Much better would be 38...f6!? 39.Be6+ Kg7
9-zP-tRL+PzP0
9+-tR-+-mK-0 40.Re1 Nxe6 41.Rxe6 and in Rook endgame
xiiiiiiiiy nothing is clear, as usual. Taimanov here
25.Bd1 would have chances to survive.
Did not work 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxd8 Rb8 39.Bg4 Nf6 40.Bf3 Rd7?
XIIIIIIIIY
27.Qh4 Qd2 28.Rb1 Nc5 29.Qe7 Bxa4 9-tr-+-+k+0
30.Qxe5 Rd8 and Black has good 9+-+r+p+-0
compensation for the pawn. 9-zp-+-snpzp0
25...Nc5 26.f4 9zp-+-tR-+-0
Once more Fischer showes his energy. A bit 9P+P+-+-zP0
smarter would be 26.Bc2, then Rcd1, and 9+-tR-+L+-0
immediately after it, preparing f3-f4. 9-zP-+-+P+0
26...exf4 27.Qxf4 Ne6? 9+-+-+-+K0
It was necessary to play on Black squares xiiiiiiiiy
immediately: 27...Re7 28.Bc2 Re5 and after It was necessary to fight the Black squares
29.Rcd1 f6 30.b3 Bc6 situation would be till to the end: 40...Rc7!?
extremely unclear. 41.Rb5 Rd4 42.c5!!
28.Qg3 Qc7 29.Nd5 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Bc6 Fantastic pawn sacrifice idea is to create the
31.Rc3! passed pawn, which will be powerfully
Multifunctional move – prepares both Bc2 supported by the Bishop f3.
and transfer of the Rook to the Kings flank. 42…Rxh4+ 43.Kg1 Rb4 44.Rxb4 axb4
31…Ng5 32.Bc2 Bxd5 45.Rc4 bxc5
XIIIIIIIIY After 45...Rc8 follows 46.c6 g5 47.g3! and
9-+-tr-+k+0 the capture on b4.
9+r+-+pzp-0 46.Rxc5 Kg7 47.a5 Re8 48.Rc1!
9-zp-zp-+-zp0 Elementary prophylactic, limiting the
9zp-wql+-sn-0 activity of the opponents Rook.
9P+P+P+-+0
48… Re5 49.Ra1 Re7 50.Kf2!
9+-tR-+-wQ-0
Now King starts the decisive activization.
9-zPLtR-+PzP0
9+-+-+-+K0 50…Ne8 51.a6 Ra7 52.Ke3 Nc7 53.Bb7
xiiiiiiiiy Ne6 54.Ra5!
Sooner or later it will be necessary to Last prophylactics against Nс5.
exchange this strong Knight. After 32..Re8 54… Kf6 55.Kd3 Ke7 56.Kc4 Kd6
was very strong reply 33.h4! Nxe4 34.Bxe4 57.Rd5+! Kc7 58.Kb5! 1:0.
Rxe4 35.Nf6+.
33.Rxd5 Qc7 34.e5!
Now Fischer starts to destroy the fortress on
the Black squares.

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Fischer : Andersson,
Siegen, 1970 13.Kh1!
Start of the most unusual plan for those
1.b3 times. Years later Yusupov repeated it
Sometimes Fisher liked to use this move, we against Taimanov in a well-known game.
can remember his spectacular game against 13...Qd7 14.Rg1 Rad8 15.Ne4 Qf7 16.g4 g6
Mecking. Maybe it was influence of 17.Rg3±
Nimcovich? Now idea is to concentrate both Rooks on
1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 the Kings side.
Much more direct would be 4...d5 5.cxd5 17...Bg7
Nxd5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Qc2 0–0 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Nc3 Wrong was 17...Nb6 18.g5!.
(9.d3 f5 10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.Nc4 Bd7 12.Be2 18.Rag1 Nb6 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Nh4 Nd7?!
Rae8 13.0–0 Rf6 Stein : Brinck-Claussen, 20...Kh8!? was better, to eliminate sacrifices
1987; 14.g3∞) 9...Nxc3 10.Qxc3 f5 11.Bb5 on f5 forever.
e4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ne5 c5 14.b4 cxb4 21.Ne4 Nf8
15.axb4 Bb7 16.Ra4 a6 17.0–0 f4 18.exf4 XIIIIIIIIY
Rxf4 19.b5 axb5 20.Rxa8+ Bxa8 21.Qb3+ 9-+ltrrsnk+0
Kh8 22.Qxb5 Rf8 23.h3 Qe8 24.Qxe8=, 9+pzp-+qvlp0
Larsen : Spassky, Leiden 1970. 9-+n+-zpp+0
9zp-+-zp-+-0
5.a3 0–0 6.Qc2
9-+-+N+PsN0
A bit different approach he applied in the 9zPP+PzP-tR-0
other game 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd6 9-vLQ+LzP-zP0
9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Qc2 Rfd8 11.Rd1 h6 12.h3 9+-+-+-tRK0
Qe6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Be2, Fischer : xiiiiiiiiy
Tukmakov, Buenos Aires, 1970; 14...Qg6! 22.Nf5! Be6
6...Re8 7.d3 Others captures don't help:
7.b4!? would be possible, but question arises 22...Bxf5 23.gxf5 g5 24.Nxg5 fxg5
- why not 1 b4? 25.Rxg5+-;
7...Bf8 8.Nf3 a5 22...gxf5 23.gxf5 Bxf5 (23...Kh8 24.Rxg7
More passive was Kings Indian strategy Qxg7 25.Rxg7 Kxg7 26.Bg4 …f4)
8...g6 9.b4 d6 10.Be2 Bg7 11.0–0. 24.Rxg7+ Qxg7 25.Nxf6+.
9.Be2 d5 23.Nc5 Ne7?!
9...g6 was passive. Any strong GM has to 23...Bc8!?
take advantage of the strong center. 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.g5
10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6 XIIIIIIIIY
Here it was possible once more to park 9-+-trrsn-+0
Bishop on g7 11...g6 12.0–0 Bg7 13.Rac1. 9+pzp-snqmkp0
12.0–0 Be6 9-+-+lzpp+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-sN-zp-zP-0
9r+-wqrvlk+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+pzp-+-zpp0 9zPP+PzP-tR-0
9-+n+lzp-+0 9-vLQ+LzP-zP0
9zp-+nzp-+-0 9+-+-+-tRK0
9-+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zPP+PzPN+-0 Now the Black's squares control is
9-vLQsNLzPPzP0 destroyed.
9tR-+-+RmK-0

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25...Nf5 Fischer : Spassky,
25...fxg5 26.Rf3 Nf5 27.e4 (27.Bxe5+ Kg8 S. Stefan/Beograd (m/21), 1992
28.Ne4!? Nd7 29.Nxg5+-) (Matanovic,A; Chess Informant)
26.Rf3 b6 27.gxf6+! Kh8
27...Qxf6 28.Ne4+-. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6
28.Nxe6 Rxe6 29.d4 exd4 30.Bc4 d3 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N5c3
31.Bxd3 Rxd3 7.N1c3.
31...Red6 32.Bc4!+- (32.Bxf5! Rd2 7...Be7 8.g3 N
(32...gxf5 33.Rg7 Qd5 34.f7 h6 35.Rgg3+ 8.Be2.
Kh7 36.Qc3+-) 33.Qc3 c5 34.Ba1+-) 8...0–0 9.Bg2 a6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Na3 Qc7
32.Qxd3 Rd6 33.Qc4 Ne6 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.h3 Rfc8 15.f4
XIIIIIIIIY Ng6 16.Qd2 Be8 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Qf2 h6
9-+-+-+-mk0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-zp-+q+p0 9-trr+l+k+0
9-zp-trnzPp+0 9+-wq-vlpzp-0
9zp-+-+n+-0 9pzp-zppsnnzp0
9-+Q+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9zPP+-zPR+-0 9-+P+PzP-+0
9-vL-+-zP-zP0 9sN-sN-vL-zPP0
9+-+-+-tRK0 9PzP-+-wQL+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-tRR+-mK-0
34.Be5 xiiiiiiiiy
Here Fischer could finish the game much 19.Kh2?!
faster: 34.Rxf5! gxf5 35.Rg7 Qf8 (35...Qh5 Useful move, but White's main problem in
36.f7 Qf3+ 37.Rg2+ +-) 36.Qxe6! this position is to include into the game
(36.Rxc7+-) 36...Qa8+ (36...Rxe6 37.f7!+-) Knight on a3. At this moment it was possible
37.e4 Rxe6 38.f7 Qxe4+ 39.Rg2+ Qe5 to do, while pawn c4 is poisoned. 19.Nab1!
40.f8Q#. Bc6 (19...Qxc4 20.b3! (20.Nd5 Qxa2;
34...Rd8 35.h4 20.Bf1 Qb4 21.a3 Qb3) 20...Qb4 (20...Qc7
Once more it was possible to sacrifice on f5: 21.Nd5) 21.Rd4 Qc5 (21...Qa5 22.f5 exf5
35.Rxf5 gxf5 36.Rg7 Qh5 37.Rd7! (22...Ne5 23.b4+-) 23.exf5 Nf8 24.b4 Qe5
(37.Qxe6?? Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Rd1#) 37...Qf3+ 25.Re1+-) 22.Rc4 Qh5 23.Bxb6±) 20.a4
38.Kg1 Rg8+ 39.Kf1 Qg2+ 40.Ke2 Qg4+ Qb7 21.Nd2 a5 (21...Nd7 22.b4) 22.Re1 Nd7
41.Qxg4 fxg4 42.Re7+- 23.Nb3±.
35...Nd6 36.Qg4 Nf8 37.h5 Ne8 38.e4 Rd2 19...Qa7 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Bf3?!
38...gxh5 39.Qg8+ Qxg8 40.Rxg8+ Kxg8 It was time to start protecting own pawn.
41.f7#. 21.Re1!?
39.Rh3 Kg8 40.hxg6 Nxg6 41.f4 Kf8 21...Bc6!
42.Qg5 Nd6 43.Bxd6+ XIIIIIIIIY
43.Bxd6+ Rxd6 44.f5 Qxf6 (44...Nh8 45.e5 9-trr+-+k+0
Qd5+ 46.Rg2 Rd7 47.Rd3+-) 45.fxg6 9+-wq-vlpzp-0
(45.Qxf6+ Rxf6 46.fxg6 hxg6 47.e5 Re6 9pzplzppsnnzp0
48.Rh7) 45...Qxg5 46.gxh7 Qe5 47.h8Q+ +-. 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+P+PzP-+0
1:0
9sN-sN-vLLzPP0
9PzP-+Q+-mK0
9+-tRR+-+-0
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22.Nab1?! 37.f6 was very unpleasant for Black.
More active and better was 22.Nd5 Qb7 37...Qa3
23.Nxe7+ Nxe7 24.Rxd6 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 37...Rb4 was much better chance,
Qxe4 26.Rd4 Qg6 27.Rd3 Ne4 28.Qg4 Qxg4 eliminating the defence of pawn a2.
29.hxg4 b5 30.b3, with very tense end. It 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.Nxb5 Bxb5 40.Qxb5 Rd3
was possible to start action on the Queens 41.Rg2
side - 22.b4. XIIIIIIIIY
22...Qb7 23.Nd2 b5 24.cxb5 9r+-+-+k+0
24.a3 was another typical option of fighting 9+-+-+-zp-0
against b7-b5. 9-+-+p+-zp0
24...axb5 25.b4 Qa8 26.Rc2 9+QzP-zP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0
9qtrr+-+k+0 9wq-+r+-zPP0
9+-+-vlpzp-0 9P+-+-+RmK0
9-+lzppsnnzp0 9+-+-tR-+-0
9+p+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zP-+PzP-+0 White protected everything and their free
9+-sN-vLLzPP0 pawns are ready to run.
9P+RsNQ+-mK0 41...Qc3 42.Ree2
9+-+R+-+-0 42.Re4 was more powerful - young Bobby
xiiiiiiiiy would play it!
26...d5 42...Ra3 43.Rc2 Qxe5 44.Rce2
More direct attack on the Queens side was 44.Rb2 Kh7 45.Rbe2 Qd5 46.Qb4 Rac3
preferable: 26...Qa3!? 27.Rdc1 (27.Rb1 47.Qe4+ Qxe4 48.Rxe4 Rxc5 49.Rxe6 Ra5
Bxe4! 28.Ndxe4 (28.Bxe4 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 was close to draw.
Qxc3) 28...Nxe4) 27...Bf8 28.Ncb1 Qa8 44...Re3 45.Rxe3 Rxe3 46.a4 Rc3 47.c6!
29.Nc3 Qa3 30.Ncb1 with repetition. Fischer decides to sacrifice its c pawn and
27.e5 Ne4! starts to prepare run of another,more
Of course active approach-Russians never go dangerous one. 47...Qd6 48.c7 Rxc7
back! 27...Nd7 28.Rb1 Nb6 29.Bxb6 49.Qb8+ Kh7 50.a5 h5! 51.h4
(29.Bd4) 29...Rxb6 30.Qe3 Qb8 31.Ne2, XIIIIIIIY
with mutual chances. 9-wQ-+-+-+0
28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Bc5 9+-tr-+-zpk0
Maybe better strategy would be attack of the 9-+-wqp+-+0
e4 pawn. 29.Rb1 Bd5 30.Bf2. 9zP-+-+-+p0
9-+-+-+-zP0
29...Bxc5 30.bxc5 Rd8! 31.Re1 Ne7!?
9+-+-+-zP-0
Similar idea could be conducted differently: 9-+-+-+RmK0
31...e3!? 32.Qxe3 Ne7 33.Qf2 Nf5 34.Nce4 9+-+-+-+-0
Nd4 35.Rb2 Qa3, with initiative. xiiiiiiiiy
32.Ncxe4 Nf5 33.Nb3 Nd4 34.Nxd4 Rxd4 51...Qc5?
35.Nd6 Qa4 It was very difficult way to draw: 51...Rc6!
Two other options were more direct - 52.Qxd6 (52.Qb1+ Kh6 53.Rc2 (53.Qe1
35...Ra4 or 35...Qa3!?. Rc4) 53...Rxc2+ 54.Qxc2 Qa3=) 52...Rxd6
36.f5 Ra8? 53.Ra2 Ra6 54.Kg2 Kg6 55.Kf3 Kf5 56.Ra3
Better was 36...Rd5! 37.Rd2 Ra8 38.Rb2 e5 57.Ra4 e4+ 58.Ke3 Kg4 59.Kxe4 Kxg3
exf5 39.Nxf5 Rxc5, with very tense position. 60.Kf5 g6+ 61.Ke5 Kf3 62.Kd5 Kg3 63.Kc5
37.Rb2 g5 64.hxg5 h4 65.g6 h3 with draw.

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52.a6 Rf7 XIIIIIIIIY
52...Ra7 53.Qb1+ Kh6 54.Rc2 Qf5 55.Qc1+ 9-+-tr-trk+0
Kh7 56.Ra2 was stiil winning for White. 9+p+l+pzpp0
53.Qb1+ Kh6 54.Qa2 Re7 55.Qd2+! Kg6 9p+-zppsn-+0
56.Re2 9wq-+-+-+-0
9N+PwQP+-+0
56.Rf2 was not bad.
9+-+-+-+-0
56...Kh7 57.Qc2+ +- 9PzPL+-zPPzP0
Transposition into winning Rook end. 9+-tRR+-mK-0
57...Qxc2 58.Rxc2 Kg6 59.Ra2 Ra7 60.Ra5 xiiiiiiiiy
e5 61.Kg2 Kf6 62.Kf2 Ke6 63.Ke3 Kf5 16.Qb6!
64.Kf3 g6 65.Ra3! g5 66.hxg5 Kxg5 It is Bobby's plan - to try to exploit his own
67.Ke4 1:0. better technique in the endgame.
Fischer : Rossetto, 16...Qxb6
Or 16...Qg5, where to very sharp play led the
Mar del Plata, 1959
piece sacrifice 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qxa6 Ra8
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4
19.Qxd6 Bxa4 20.b3 Be8 21.a4 and three
Qc7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Be3 Nxd4
pawns will become dangerous sooner or
9.Bxd4 Bc5
later.
Black's idea in such situations, as it was
mentioned before, is to fight over the control 17.Nxb6 Bc6 18.f3 Nd7 19.Nd5!?
Possible was 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.b4 Rc8
of Black squares. It is very instructive to
21.Bb3 Rdd8 22.Kf2 Kf8 23.Ke3 Ke7 24.f4,
follow, how Fischer is destroying the
but the advantage is minimal.
opponents plan.
19...Bxd5 20.exd5 e5 21.b4 g6 22.Ba4 b6
10.Bc2! d6 11.0–0 Bd7 12.Na4
22...a5! was the only chance to create own
Another interesting option was 12.Bxc5
counterplay.
Qxc5 (12...dxc5 13.f4 e5 14.Nd5 Nxd5
15.exd5 exf4 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.d6 led to very 23.Rd3 f5 24.Ra3! Nb8
XIIIIIIIIY
unpleasant position, with the King in the 9-sn-tr-trk+0
center) 13.Qd3 Ke7 14.Rad1 Rhd8 15.Qg3, 9+-+-+-+p0
which lead to very unclear position, as King 9pzp-zp-+p+0
in the center is placed not bad at all. 9+-+Pzpp+-0
12...Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Rd8 9LzPP+-+-+0
Stronger was 13...e5 14.Qd2 0–0 15.Nc3 9tR-+-+P+-0
Be6, with sufficient control over d5 and 9P+-+-+PzP0
Whites efforts to attack pawn d6 are not real. 9+-tR-+-mK-0
14.Rfd1 0–0 15.Rac1 xiiiiiiiiy
Nothing would give 15.Nb6 Bc6 16.f3 e5 25.c5!
17.Qe3 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 19.b3 Be6, Destroying the opponents structure in the
preparing f7-f5 later. center and opening the position, while
15...Qa5 Black's Knight is out of action.
25...bxc5 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Rxc5 Kg7
28.Rb3 Rf7 29.d6!
Passed pawns function is to go forward.
29...Nd7 30.Rc7 Nf8 31.Rbb7 Rxc7
32.dxc7 Rc8 33.Bb3 a5 34.a4 h6 35.h3 g5
36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 1:0.