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Fischer,Robert James Byrne,Robert E
Stevens,W Fischer,Robert James
Oklahoma City 1956 USA-ch 1956
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 24: Security of the King
¤xe4 6.d4 b5 7.¥b3 d5 8.dxe5 ¥e6 9.c3 ¥c5
10.¤bd2 0-0 11.¥c2 ¤xf2 12.¦xf2 ¥xf2+ 1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.d4 0-0 5.¥f4
13.¢xf2 f6 14.exf6 £xf6 15.¢g1 ¦ae8 16.¤f1 d5 6.£b3 dxc4 7.£xc4 c6 8.e4 ¤bd7
¤e5 17.¤e3 ¤xf3+ 18.£xf3 £xf3 19.gxf3 ¦xf3 commonsense development 9.¦d1 ¤b6 10.£c5
20.¥d1 ¦f7 ¥g4 11.¥g5 [ 11.¥e2 ¤fd7 12.£a3 ¥xf3 13.¥xf3
½-½ e5 14.dxe5 £e8 Black would have attained a
good game ] 11...¤a4!! This is a World Champion
type move (never miss a tactical opportunity
B92 B r a d l e y ! ! ) 12.£a3 [ 12.¤xa4 ¤xe4 13.£xe7
Dale,Ruth ( 13.£c1 £a5+ 14.¤c3 ¥xf3 15.gxf3 ¤xg5
Fischer,Robert James removing the guard) 13...£xe7 14.¥xe7 ¦fe8 ]
US Open 1956 12...¤xc3 13.bxc3 ¤xe4 14.¥xe7 £b6 15.¥c4
[ 15.¥xf8 ¥xf8 16.£b3 ¤xc3!© Pinning tactic]
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 15...¤xc3! 16.¥c5 [ 16.£xc3 ¦fe8 all these pins
5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤f3 ¥e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 based on the central King] 16...¦fe8+ 17.¢f1
¤bd7 10.¦e1 b5 11.a4 Provoking an advance he ¥e6!! Once in a lifetime move ... The uncommonly
isn't ready to meet. b4 12.¤d5 ¤xd5 13.£xd5 b e a u t i f u l p o i n t o f t h e c o m b i n a t i o n 18.¥xb6
£c7 14.£b3 White can't take the rook because of [ 18.£xc3 £xc5! pins 19.dxc5 ¥xc3 ; 18.¥xe6
14.. .Nb6, but the queen is still misplaced and smothered mate ... again based on the exposed
exposed on b3. It was best to retreat to d1 and King £b5+ 19.¢g1 ¤e2+ 20.¢f1 ¤g3+ 21.¢g1
s u f f e r q u i e t l y . ¤c5 15.£xb4 d5 16.exd5 £f1+ 22.¦xf1 ¤e2# ] 18...¥xc4+ 19.¢g1 ¤e2+
Now White loses by force. Black would have a 20.¢f1 ¤xd4+ free pawn 21.¢g1 ¤e2+ 22.¢f1
huge edge after 16 Qc3 d4 17 Qd2 Nxe4, but no ¤c3+ 23.¢g1 axb6 24.£b4 ¦a4 25.£xb6 ¤xd1
immediate win. e4 17.¤d2 ¤d3 18.£xe4 ¤xe1 The issue of the game is settled. For the Queen
19.d6 ¥xd6 20.£xa8 ¥b7 21.£xf8+ ¢xf8 Black has two Bishops and a Rook, not to mention
22.¢f1 ¤xc2 23.¦b1 ¤d4 24.¥d3 ¥b4 the White pawns which are going to fall like
0-1 ripeapples 26.h3 ¦xa2 27.¢h2 ¤xf2 28.¦e1
¦xe1 29.£d8+ ¥f8 30.¤xe1 ¥d5 31.¤f3 ¤e4
32.£b8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.¤e5 ¢g7 35.¢g1
A07 ¥c5+ 36.¢f1 ¤g3+ 37.¢e1 ¥b4+ [ 37...¦e2+
Fischer,Robert James Loh 38.¢d1 ¥b3+ 39.¢c1 ¥e3+ 40.¢b1 ¥a2+
Lapiken 41.¢a1 ¥d4# ] 38.¢d1 ¥b3+ 39.¢c1 ¤e2+
US Open 1956 40.¢b1 ¤c3+ 41.¢c1 ¦c2#
0-1
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.g3 d5 3.¥g2 ¥f5 4.0-0 e6 5.d3
c6 6.¤bd2 ¤a6 7.a3 White deci des to play on
the queenside rather than the normal 7 Qe1, 8 e4 B32
and kingside play. ¤c5 8.c4 b5 Creating a Fischer,Robert James
weakness on c6, which White exploits immediately. Vine,K
9.¤d4 £d7 10.¤xf5 exf5 11.¤b3 h6 12.¥e3 Manhattan CC Ch5657, sf, section 2 1956
¤e6 13.¤d4 Once again White attacks both c6
and f5. Now Black should play 13...Nxd4 14 Bxd4 Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05
Be7 and try to defend b5 and d5. g6 Trading the Variante 04 Luta do B bom contra o B mau
weak pawn on f5 for an entire weak diagonal Posições diversas # 11 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4
a1-h8. 14.£b3 ¦b8 This loses, but he had to drop cxd4 4.¤xd4 d5 5.¥b5 dxe4 6.¤xc6 £xd1+
something. His best chance was 14...Bg7. 15.¤xc6 7.¢xd1 a6 8.¥a4 ¥d7 9.¤c3 ¥xc6 10.¥xc6+
£xc6 16.cxd5 ¤c5 Black must have counted on bxc6 11.¤xe4 e6 12.¢e2 ¦d8 13.¥e3 ¤f6
this, but White has another double attack coming. 14.¤xf6+ gxf6 15.¦hd1² ¥e7 16.c4 e5 17.g4
17.£c3 £d6 18.¥xc5 £xc5 19.£xf6 h5! 18.h3 hxg4 19.hxg4 ¦h4 20.¢f3 [ 20.¦xd8+
1-0 ¥xd8 21.¦g1 f5 22.gxf5 ¦xc4= ] 20...¥d6
21.b3?! [Era superior 21.¥b6! ¦d7 22.¢g3 ¦h8
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23.c5 ¥b8 e depois de 24.¢f3 as brancas teríam on the move. Black's best is now 11. .. dxe5 12.
um final com probabilidades de vitória.] 21...¢e7 dxe5 Nd7 although Black's position would be
22.¦d2?! [E r a i n t e r e s s a n t e 22.¦h1!? ¦xh1 cramped and his pieces would be in each other's
23.¦xh1 ¦g8! 24.¦h6 ¢e6² com posição algo way. ¤d5 12.exd6 ¥xd6 13.¤e4 If 13... Be7
melhor para as brancas.] 22...¥c7? [ 22...¦g8! then 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bf4. If 13... cxd4 then 14. Nxd6
23.¦ad1 ¥b8 24.¦d7+ ¢e6= ] 23.¦xd8 ¥xd8 Qxd6 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bf4. c4 This is the only move
24.b4 [E r a m e l h o r 24.¦d1 ¥c7 25.¢g3 ¦h8 to avoid the loss of material. However, it takes the
26.f4! ¥d6 27.f5 com vantagem para as brancas.] pressure off of White's center leaving him free to
24...¢e6= Com equilibrio. 25.a4 f5 26.gxf5+ conduct a kingside attack. Black has no prospects
¢xf5 27.b5 '#' axb5 28.cxb5 cxb5 29.a5?! for a counterattack in the center or for a queenside
[ 29.axb5! ¦b4 30.¦a8 e4+! 31.¢g2! ( 31.¢e2? attack. 14.¤xd6 £xd6 15.¤g5 Beginning the
¦b2+ 32.¢d1 ¥g5 33.¦a7 f6³ ) 31...¥g5 32.¥xg5 kingside attack. Although it weakens his kingside, it
¢xg5 33.¦b8 ¢f4 as negras ficam algo melhor.] turns out that Black should have played 15... h6
29...¥g5 [ 29...¥f6! 30.¢e2 ¥g5 31.¥xg5 ¢xg5 here. ¤ce7 Bringing the knight to the defense of
32.a6 ¦h8 33.a7 ¦a8 34.¢d3 ¢f4 35.¢c3 e4 the kingside. 16.£c2 Threatening Qxh7#. ¤g6
36.¢b4 ¢f3 37.¦a2 f5= ] 30.¥b6 ¥f4 31.a6 e4+ 17.h4 Threatening h5 and the knight can't move
32.¢e2 ¦h8 33.a7 ¦a8 34.¦a5 ¢e6 35.¦xb5 because of the mate threat. ¤f6 18.¤xh7!
¥d6 36.¢e3 ¥e5+- Tablas. [Embora com 36...f5 A stunning surprise. If 18... Kxh7 then 19. Bf4
37.¢d4 ¥f4 38.¢c4+- ¥d6 39.¦b1 ¦c8+ winning the rook on b8. ¤xh7 19.h5 To drive
40.¢b5 f4 41.¢a6 ¦f8 42.¢b7+- as brancas a w a y t h e k n i g h t a n d t h e n p l a y B f 4 . ¤h4!
poderíam alcançar a vitoria.; 36...¥e5? 37.¢xe4 Black finds an ingenious way to counterattack.
f5+ 38.¢e3 ¦c8 39.¦a5 ¦a8 40.¢d3 ¥h2 20.¥f4 £d8 If now 21. Bxb8? then 21... Nxg2 22.
41.¢c4 ¥d6 42.¢b5+- ] Kxg2 Bb7+ 23. Kg1 Qxb8 and Black would have a
½-½ bishop and knight for a rook and would be in a
strong position. 21.gxh4 ¦b7! Helping in the
defense and tempting White to play 22. Bxb7 so
B30 that after 22... Bxb7 White would have no piece to
Fischer,Robert James defend his white squares. Black's queen and
Sherwin,James bishop would be very dangerous on the a8-h1
diagonal. 22.h6! Continuing e attack on the king.
Sicilian Defense, 33 moves. The 14 year old Bobby The best defense is now 22... g6 but White would
Fischer capitalizes on a few inaccuracies and still have a far superior position. £xh4? 23.hxg7
builds up a strong attack. Sherwin finds several ¢xg7 24.¦e4 Threatening 25. Be5+ winning the
ingenious moves but fails to avert defeat against queen. £h5 25.¦e3 Threatening 26. Rh3 Qg6 (Or
Fischer's exact play. Fischer was world champion 26... Qa5 27. Qxh7+) 27. Rg3 pinning and winning
f r o m 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 5 . 1.e4 Fischer almost always the queen. f5 Blocking the White queen's attack on
began with this move. c5 The Sicilian Defense. h7. 26.¦h3 £e8 27.¥e5+ If 25... Kg8 26. Rg3+
2.¤f3 Developing. e6 3.d3 More usual is 3. d4. Kf7 27. Rg7#. 25... Kg6 loses to 26. Qd2. ¤f6
White's move leads to a closed game called the 28.£d2 Threatening 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf7
King's Indian Reversed. ¤c6 A good developing 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Rh8#. ¢f7 29.£g5 If 29... Ke7
move. 4.g3 To place the bishop on g2 where it will then 30. Rh7+ Rf7 31. Qxf6+ £e7 30.¥xf6 £xf6
reinforce the pawn on e4 and put pressure on d5. 31.¦h7+ ¢e8 32.£xf6 If 32... Rxf6 then 33. Bxb7
¤f6 5.¥g2 ¥e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.¤bd2 This is better Bxb7 34. Rxb7 and White is a rook ahead. ¦xh7
than Nc3 which would prevent White from moving a 33.¥c6+ and Black resigned. His position is clearly
p a w n t o c 3 . ¦b8 This allows the b pawn to move hopeless. If 33... Bd7 then 34. Qxe6+
forward without fear that White's bishop on g2 will 1-0
threaten the rook. Black is planning a queenside
counterattack to White's coming kingside attack.
8.¦e1 Placing the rook in the center and leaving f1 B93
available for the knight which often, from there, Elo,Arpad
goes to e3 or even to g4 via h2. d6 This is more Fischer,Robert James
passive than the more usual d5. 9.c3 Preparing to Milwaukee 1957
play d4. b6 9... b5 would have given Black better
chances. 10.d4 White now has a strong positon in 1.e4 c5 The interesting point of this game is the
t h e c e n t e r . £c7? In a few moves White will have ending, so you might want to advance to move 37.
threats based on playing Bf4 and attacking both the 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.f4
queen and the rook. 11.e5! The center pawns are e5 7.¤f3 £c7 8.¥d3 ¤bd7 9.0-0 b5 10.£e1
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28.¦c1 ¦e3 29.¦c8+ ¢g7 30.¦c3 ¦e1 31.a3 ¤g6 51.¤xg5 ¤xe5 52.¤xf7 ¤xf7 53.g5 ¢f8
¢f6 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 ¢e6 34.b5 ¦e2+ 54.g6 ¤e5 55.¦b7 ¤xg6 56.¦xb6 ¢e7 57.¦a6
35.¦c2 ¦xc2+ 36.¢xc2 d5 37.exd5+ ¢xd5 ¤e5 58.¢c3 ¢d7 59.¢d4 ¤f3+ 60.¢c5 e5
38.¢b3 e5 39.¢b4 f5 40.b6 ¢c6 41.¢c4 61.¢d5 ¢c7 62.¦xa5 ¤d2 63.¦c5+ ¢b6 64.¦c2
1-0 Tal,M-Portisch,L/Oberhausen 1961/EU-chT ¤f3 65.¦b2+ ¢a5 66.¦b8 ¢a4 67.¦a8+ ¢b3
(41) ) 13.¢b1 b4 14.¤d5 ¥xd5 15.exd5 £b5 68.¢c5 e4 69.a4 1-0 Kuprejanov,G-Fuderer,A/
16.¦he1 a5 17.£e2 £xe2™ 18.¦xe2 a4 19.¥c4 Zagreb 1964/EXT 2001 (69)] 13.£d2 [ 13.£d1
¦fc8 20.¥b5 ¦a5 21.¥xf6 ( 21.¥c6? ¤xd5 ¤xe5 14.£e2 ¥d7 15.¥d4 ¤c6 16.¥xg7 ¢xg7
22.¥xg7 ¦xc6 ) 21...¥xf6 22.¥c6 a3 23.b3 ¢f8 17.0-0 ¤c7 18.¦ad1 ¥e8 19.¦fe1 ¦f5 20.£g4
24.c4± bxc3?+- 25.¢c2 ¦a7 ( 25...¦b8 26.¦e4 ) ¥f7 21.¦d7 ¦c8 22.£g3 e5 23.¤e4 ¤e6
26.b4 e6 ( ¹26...¦b8 / \ 2 7 . . . R b 6; 26...e5 24.¦xb7 ¤f4 25.£c3 ¥d5 26.f3 ¢f8 27.£c5 ¦e8
/\ 27... Bd8) 27.b5 exd5 28.b6 ¦e7 ( 28...¦a6? 28.¦d7 ¥xe4 29.fxe4 ¦f6 30.c3 ¢g7 31.b4 ¦ef8
29.¥b7!+- ; 28...¦xc6 29.bxa7 ¦a6 30.¦xd5 ¦xa7 32.¦dd1 a6 33.a4 ¦e6 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 ¤d8
31.¦xd6+- ) 29.¦xe7 ¢xe7 ( 29...¥xe7 30.b7 ¦b8 36.¦d7 ¤f7 37.b6 ¤d6 38.£c7 ¤c8 39.b7 ¦ef6
31.¦xd5+- ) 30.¦e1+ ¥e5 ( 30...¢f8 31.b7 ¦b8 40.¦dd1 1-0 Homuth,W-Kurzynsky,M/Germany
32.¦e8++- ; 30...¢d8?? 31.¦e8# ) 31.b7 ¦b8 1999/EXT 2003 (40)] 13...¥xe5 14.0-0 [ 14.0-0-0
32.f4 ¢e6 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.¦b1 ¢d6 35.¦b6 d4 ¤d6 15.£e2 ¥f6 16.h4 e5 17.¤d5 ¤f5 18.¤c7
36.¦a6 f5 37.¦a8 ¢c7 38.¥d5 e4 39.¦xa3 e3 ¦b8 19.g4 ¤d6 20.¤d5 ¤e8 21.h5 g5 22.h6
40.¢d3 g5 41.¢xd4 1-0 Tal,M-Larsen,B/Zuerich ¦g8 23.¦h5 ¥e6 24.f3 ¦g6 25.¤c3 ¤d6 26.¥c5
1959/MCL/[Bulletin] (41); B) 9...¤a5 10.g4 ¤xb3 ¤d4 27.£f2 ¤6b5 28.¤e4 b6 29.¥xd4 ¤xd4
11.axb3 a6 12.£d2 ¥d7 13.h4 h5 14.gxh5 30.c3 ¦c8 31.¢b1 ¤b5 32.£e3 ¦cg8 33.¦d2
¤xh5 15.0-0-0 a5 16.¥h6 e6 17.¥xg7 ¢xg7 ¤c7 34.£e2 ¦c8 35.£d1 ¦gg8 36.¦d3 ¤a6
18.¤de2 ¦a6 19.e5 d5 20.¦dg1 ¦h8 21.¤f4 37.b4 ¤b8 38.£c1 ¥c4 39.¦d2 ¦g6 40.¢b2
¢f8 22.¤xh5 ¦xh5 23.¦g5 ¦h8 24.£f4 ¢e8 ¦e8 41.£d1 ¦gg8 42.£c2 ¦g6 43.£a4 a6
25.h5 £b6 26.¢b1 £b4 27.£f6 £f8 28.¦hg1 44.£d1 ¦gg8 45.£g1 b5 46.£e3 ¦g6 47.¤xg5+
¦h6 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.£xf8+ ¢xf8 31.¦xg6 ¦xg6 ¢g8 48.¤e4 ¥f7 49.¦h1 ¥h8 50.¦hd1 ¤c6
32.¦xg6 ¦a8 33.¦f6+ ¢e7 34.f4 ¦g8 35.¢c1 51.g5 a5 52.£c5 axb4 53.cxb4 ¤d4 54.£c3 ¦f8
¦g2 36.¦h6 ¦f2 37.¦f6 b5 38.¤d1 ¦e2 39.¤c3 55.¦f2 ¥d5 56.£e3 ¦c6 57.¦c1 ¦a6 58.a3 ¥c4
¦f2 40.¤d1 ¦e2 41.c3 ¥e8 42.¦h6 b4 43.¦h7+ 59.¦g1 ¥f7 60.¤c3 ¦fa8 61.¤e4 ¤b3 62.g6
¢f8 44.¦h8+ ¢e7 45.¦h7+ ¥f7 46.¦g7 ¢f8 hxg6 63.h7+ ¢f8 64.¦d1 ¤d4 65.¤c5 ¦d6
47.¦g3 ¦e1 48.¢d2 ¦f1 49.¢e2 ¦xf4 50.¤f2 66.£e4 ¥d5 67.£h4 ¢e8 68.¤e4 ¦da6 69.¦d3
bxc3 51.bxc3 a4 1/2-1/2 Mednis,E-Palmason,G/ ¥c4 70.¦c3 ¤e2 71.¦e3 ¤d4 72.£g4 ¤f5
Reykjavik 1957/EXT 99 (51)] 9.e5!± ¤e8? 73.¦c3 ¦d8 74.£g1 ¤d4 75.£h2 ¦da8 76.£g2
Breaking communications between the Queen and ¤f5 77.¦d2 ¤d4 78.¤c5 ¦d6 79.¤b7 ¦da6
Rook. [ 9...¤xb3 10.exf6 ¤xa1 11.fxg7 ¢xg7 80.¤a5 ¥d5 81.£f1 ¦f6 82.£c1 ¥e6 83.¦f2 e4
12.£xa1± ] 10.¥xf7+!! 1-0 Humburg,H-Mandel,W/ 84.£e3 ¦xf3 85.¦xf3 exf3 86.£e4 ¦d8
Kiel 1965/EXT 2004 (10) ¢xf7 The 15-year-old 87.£xg6+ ¢d7 88.¦d3 f2 89.£g2 ¦f8 90.£c6+
Fischer has found the fatal flaw in Reshevsky's ¢d8 91.¤b7# 1-0 Toma,K-Baklanova,T/Warsaw
position. [ 10...¦xf7 11.¤e6 ] 11.¤e6 2001/CBM 82 ext (91)] 14...¤d6 15.¥f4 ¤c4
1-0 Bastrikov,G-Shamkovich,L/Sochi 1958/EXT 99 16.£e2 ¥xf4 17.£xc4 ¢g7 18.¤e4 ¥c7
(11) dxe6 [ 11...¢xe6? 12.£d5+ ¢f5 13.g4+ 19.¤c5 ¦f6 20.c3 e5 21.¦ad1 ¤d8 22.¤d7
'1-0 Valenti,G-Scharrer,P/Arco 2000/EXT 2001 ¦c6 23.£h4 ¦e6 24.¤c5 ¦f6 25.¤e4 ¦f4
(13)' ¢xg4 14.¦g1+ ¢h4 ( 14...¢h5 15.£g2 26.£xe7+ ¦f7 27.£a3 ¤c6 28.¤d6 ¥xd6
1-0 Palac,M-Ostojic,P/Belgrade 1988/CBM 10 29.¦xd6 ¥f5 30.b4 ¦ff8 31.b5 ¤d8 32.¦d5 ¤f7
(15) ) 15.¥g5+ ¢h5 16.£d1+ ¦f3 17.£xf3# ] 33.¦c5 a6 34.b6 ¥e4 35.¦e1 ¥c6 36.¦xc6
12.£xd8+- T h e r e s t i s c h i l d ' s p l a y . . . ¤c6 bxc6 37.b7 ¦ab8 38.£xa6 ¤d8 39.¦b1 ¦f7
[ 12...¤c4 13.¥g5 ¥xe5 14.£xe7+ ¢g8 15.£c5 40.h3 ¦fxb7 41.¦xb7+ ¦xb7 42.£a8 And Black
¤ed6 16.f4 b6 17.£f2 ¤xb2 18.fxe5 ¦xf2 finally gave up.
19.¢xf2 ¤f7 20.¥f6 ¥a6 21.¦ab1 ¤c4 22.¦he1 1-0
¦c8 23.¦b3 ¦c5 24.¥e7 ¦c6 25.¥f6 ¤a5
26.¦a3 ¥b7 27.¦b1 ¥c8 28.¤e2 ¦xc2 29.¦c3
¦xc3 30.¤xc3 ¤c4 31.¦e1 ¥d7 32.¦e2 g5
33.¤e4 h6 34.¤d2 ¤a5 35.g4 ¤c6 36.¦e4 ¢f8
37.¤f3 ¤e7 38.¥xe7+ ¢xe7 39.¦c4 ¤d8
40.¢e3 ¤c6 41.¦c1 ¥e8 42.h3 ¢d7 43.¦h1
¤b4 44.¤d4 ¢e7 45.h4 a5 46.hxg5 hxg5
47.¦h7+ ¥f7 48.a3 ¤d5+ 49.¢d2 ¤f4 50.¤f3
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19.g4! hxg4 20.fxg4 ¤xe4 21.£h2 ¤g5 22.¥xg7 ¤xc4 21.bxc4 £c6 22.e4 £e6 23.£c2 ¦xd5
¢xg7 23.¦d5 ¦c5 24.£h6+ ¢g8 25.¦xg5+ ¦xg5 24.cxd5 £d6 25.£a4 ¦a8 26.¦e1 ¥e5 27.£a6
26.£xh7# ] 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.g4 [ Evitando o £c7 28.£c4 g5 29.¤h2 £d7 30.¤f3 £d6
sôfrego 20.¥xf6? ¥xf6 21.£h6 e6!= ½-½
'=!' (ameaçando ... Qe5) com o que as pretas
d e f e n d e m t u d o .] 20...a5 As pretas, agora, só
precisam de mais um lance para desencadear E93
seucontra-ataqu e. Mas por um fio a batalha foi Tal,Mihail Nekhemye
p e r d i d a . . . 21.g5 ¤h5 [ Vasiukov,E sugere Fischer,Robert James
21...¤e8 como possível defesa 22.¥xg7 ¤xg7 Candidates' tournament 1959
( 22...¢xg7? 23.£h2+- ) 23.¦h6! e6 (Se 23...a4
24.£h2 ¤h5 25.¦xg6++- ) 24.£h2 ¤h5 25.¥xe6! When Tal won the Soviet championship, Moscow
fxe6 (Se 25...£xg5 26.¦xg6+! £xg6 27.¥xc8+- 1957, a star was born. His attacking and
ameaçando Rg1) 26.¦xg6+ ¤g7 27.¦h1+- ; speculative style won the hearts of chess fans
21...a4? 22.gxf6 axb3 23.fxg7! bxc2+ 24.£xc2! worldwide. The 'Magician of Riga' seemed to
e5 25.£h2+- e ganha ] 22.¦xh5! Fine comentou: ridicule the laws of classical chess in his wild
"Em posições assim, as combinações são tão adventures. Actually, his games had a sound
naturais quanto um sorriso de criança" ... gxh5 positional basis. He also played the endgame
[ 22...¥xd4 23.£xd4 gxh5 24.g6 £e5 ( 24...e6 accurately. Sometimes incredible fireworks set the
25.£xd6 ) 25.gxf7+ ¢h7 ( 25...¢f8 26.£xe5 dxe5 board on fire. He qualified for the interzonal by
27.¦g1 e6 28.¥xe6 ¢e7 29.¥xc8 ¦xc8 winning the next championship, Riga 1958, and got
30.¦g5+- ganha ) 26.£d3+- '/\ f3-f4' /\ f3-f4 seria in the candidates' tournament by winning Portoroz
decisivo. ] 23.g6 e5 [ 23...e6 24.gxf7+ ¢xf7 1958. The candidates' match tournament was
( 24...¦xf7 25.¥xe6 ) 25.¥xg7 ¢xg7 26.¦g1+ played in four cycles of seven rounds during the
¢h7 27.£g2 £e5 28.£g6+ ¢h8 29.¦g5 ¦g7 next year. Two cycles took place in Bled. The
30.¦xh5+ ¢g8 31.¥xe6+ ¢f8 32.¦f5+ ¢e7 Casino was the playing hall and Toplice the hotel.
33.¦f7++- venceria. ] 24.gxf7+ ¢f8 25.¥e3 d5! 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¥e2
Uma desesperada tentativa de libertação. [ 25...a4 0-0 6.¤f3 e5 7.d5 ¤bd7 8.¥g5 h6 9.¥h4 a6!?
26.£xd6+ ¦e7 27.£d8+! ¦xd8 28.¦xd8+ ¦e8 10.¤d2 £e8!? Fischer prepares an attack in a
29.¥c5+ +- £xc5 30.¦xe8# ; 25...¦d8 26.¥h6+- ] remarkable way. Tal reacts quietly. 11.0-0 ¤h7
26.exd5! [Não 26.¥xd5? ¦xc2! ] 26...¦xf7 [ Com 12.b4 ¤g5 13.f3 f5 14.¥f2 £e7 15.¦c1 ¤f6
26...a4 27.d6! axb3 28.dxc7+- ganharia. ] 27.d6 16.c5 ¥d7 17.£c2 ¤h5 18.b5!? Tal stirs up the
¦f6 [Com 27...¦d7 as brancas podem recuperar a g a m e . T h e m o v e s u r p r i s e d F i s c h e r . [ Equality
q u a l i d a d e c o m 28.¥e6+- ( ou tentar um pouco keeps 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.¤c4 fxe4 20.fxe4 ¤f4
mais com 28.¥h6‚ ; 28.¥h6‚ ); E com 27...¦xf3 21.¥e3! ] 18...fxe4! [Tal rejects 18...dxc5 due to
28.d7+- -- ameaçando …29.£d6# ] 28.¥g5 £b7 19.bxa6 b6 20.¤c4 ] 19.¤dxe4 ¤xe4 20.fxe4
[ Ou 28...£d7 29.£d5! £f7 (se 29...¦f7 ¤f4 21.c6 £g5 22.¥f3 bxc6 23.dxc6 ¥g4
30.¥e7+! ) 30.¥xf6+- ganhando material.] 29.¥xf6 24.¥xg4 £xg4 25.¥e3 axb5 26.¥xf4 exf4
¥xf6 30.d7 ¦d8? Um erro 31.£d6+! As pretas 27.¤xb5 ¦f7 [An attack starts 27...f3! (Tal). ]
a b a n d o n a m . [ ¹31.£h6+ forçaria mate em três 28.£c4 ¦c8 29.¦f3 ¥e5? 30.¦cf1?
lances. ¢e7 ( 31...¥g7 32.£d6# ) 32.£h7+ ¢f8 [ Both players miss the combination 30.h3! £g5
( 32...¥g7 33.£xg7# ) 33.£f7# ; 31.£d6+! ¢g7 31.£e6 ¦b8 32.¤xc7! ¦b2 33.£e8+ ¦f8
32.¦g1+ ¢h7 33.£xf6 £xd7 34.£g6+ ¢h8 34.£xf8+ ] 30...¢g7 31.a4 ¦a8 32.¢h1 £g5?
35.£xh5+ £h7 36.£xe5+ £g7 37.£xg7# ] [ C o r r e c t i s 32...£h5 ] 33.g3! Tal counterattacks
1-0 b r i l l i a n t l y . ¦af8 34.gxf4 ¥xf4 [ 34...¦xf4
35.¤xc7! ] 35.¤d4! £h4 36.¦xf4 ¦xf4 37.¤e6+
¢h8 38.£d4+ ¦8f6 39.¤xf4 ¢h7 40.e5 dxe5
D58 41.£d7+
Petrosian,Tigran 1-0
Fischer,Robert James
Bled/Beograd ct 1959
[ Com 27...¤d7 28.¦c7 ¤f6 29.¥b3 ¢h8 1966 Fischer, R-Geller,E Skopje 1967.] 6...e5
30.¦xa6 ¤xd5 31.¥xd5 ¦xd5 32.¦aa7+- 7.¤b3 ¥e7 [Para 7...¥e6 ver jogo 42; Unzicker,
venceria. Com a entrada da artilharia pesada, as W-Fischer,R Varna ol 1962.] 8.0-0 [ 8.¥g5 0-0!
pretas entram em colapso.; se 27...¦c8 a resposta ( 8...¤bd7 9.a4!± ) 9.¤d2 ¤xe4! 'Unzicker,W-
28.¦ac3ƒ manteria a pressão] 28.¦b3 ¦f7 29.d6 Fischer,R Varna ol 1962' 10.¥xe7 ¤xc3 11.¥xd8
'!' ¤d7 'O peão está obviamente imune. As pretas ¤xd1 12.¥e7 ¦e8 13.¤c4 ¤xb2! 14.¤b6 ¦xe7
tratam, portanto, de reativar o cavalo.' 30.¦c7 ¤f8 15.¤xa8 ¤a4 16.0-0-0 ¦d7!² Fischer,R-
[Também sem esperança seria 30...¤f6 31.¦bb7 Ghitescu,T Leipzig ol 1960 com melhor jogo.]
¦xc7 32.dxc7 ¦c8 33.¥b3 ¤e8 34.¦b8 ¤d6 8...0-0 9.¥e3 ¥e6 10.f3 [ 10.a4 £c7 11.a5
35.¦xc8 ¤xc8 36.¥e6+- etc. ] 31.¦bb7 ¦xc7 ¤bd7 12.¤d5 ¤xd5 13.exd5 ¥f5 14.c4 ¥g6
32.dxc7 ¦c8 33.¥b3 '!' 'As pretas estão 15.¢h1 ¦ac8 16.£d2 £d8 17.¦ac1 h6 18.f4
completamente imobilizadas, reduzidas a exf4 19.¥xf4 ¥g5= com igualdade, Smyslov,V-
movimentos de peões.' a5 34.a4 h6 35.h3 g5 Gligoric,S Habana 1962] 10...£c7 [ 10...d5
36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 'As pretas abandonam. # 11.exd5 ¤xd5 12.¤xd5 £xd5 13.£xd5 ¥xd5
Zugzwang! As pretas ficaram sem possibilidade de 14.¦fd1!² com ligeira vantagem no final.] 11.£e1
movimentar satisfatoriamente os peões. ' [ 37.hxg4 Este sistema, outrora popular, nada proporciona às
Se jogassem ¢f6 o lance (Se 37...¤g6 38.¥e6+- brancas, pois não impede o desenvolvimento das
daria a vitória as brancas, assim como qualquer pretas, nem a expansão da sua ala da dama.
movimento de torre, a saber:; 37...¦e8 respondido ¤bd7 12.¦d1 [ 12.a4 d5!= ] 12...b5 13.¦d2
com 38.c8£++- possibilitando fazer uma dama e, [ 13.a3 ¤b6 14.¥xb6! £xb6+= Fischer,R-
conseqüentemente, mate!) 38.¦b8+- ganharia G h i t e s c u , T L e i p z i g o l 1 9 6 0 c o m j o g o i g u a l .]
uma peça. ] 13...¤b6 [ 13...b4 14.¤d5 ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¥f5
1-0 16.£f2 a5³ >< c2 'com bom jogo contra o Pc2
branco, atrasado.'] 14.£f2? Descuido. [ 14.¥xb6™
seria indispensável.] 14...¦ab8? ~~ 'Pensei que se
B92 ele não tinha tomado o N no lance anterior, não o
Pilnik,Herman faria agora; por isso, procurei consolidar um pouco
Fischer,Robert James mais a posição e conservar a opção de mover o N
Mar del Plata 1959 para a4 ou c4. [ 14...¤c4 15.¥xc4 bxc4 16.¥b6
( 16.¤a1 ¦ab8 17.¦b1 ¦b7µ seria forte; 16.¤c1
Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer # ¦ab8 17.¤a4 c3!³ 18.bxc3? £c6 19.¤b6 ¥d8-+
4 Tato e tática A presença na Argentina de Pilnik, X c2 ) 16...£c8 17.¤a5? deixa as brancas com
Najdorf e Eliskases, que lá resolveram permanecer problemas. Por exemplo: ¤d7! 18.¤d5 ( 18.¥e3?
após participarem das Olimpíadas de Xadrez de ¥d8 19.¤d5 ¥xd5 20.¦xd5 ¤f6-+ ganhando no
Buenos Aires de 1939, provocou um renascimento mínimo qualidade) 18...¥xd5 19.¦xd5 ( 19.exd5
enxadrístico, atestado pelo torneio anual de Mar ¤xb6 20.£xb6 ¥d8 21.£b4 ¦b8 22.£a3 ¥xa5
del Plata, o qual, ainda que pouco sedutor em 23.£xa5 ¦xb2-+ ) 19...¦b8!µ ganhando pelo
prêmios, proporciona boas férias e atrai os menos um peão.] 15.¥xb6! Pilnik apressa-se a
melhores enxadristas do mundo. Fischer empatou c o r r i g i r s u a o m i s s ã o . [ 15.¤a5? d5!µ
com Ivkov, apenas meio ponto atrás de Pachman e Stahlberg,G] 15...¦xb6 16.¤d5 ¤xd5 17.exd5
Najdorf, num poderoso grupo de quinze. Após uma ¥d7 18.f4 ¥f6 [ 18...f5 19.c3 ¥f6 20.fxe5 dxe5
despretensiosa abertura, por ambos contendores, ( 20...¥xe5 21.¤d4 ) 21.¤c5= com igualdade.]
e um jogo intermediário que, à exceção de 26... 19.c3 ¦bb8 20.fxe5 ¥xe5 [ 20...dxe5 21.d6ƒ ]
bxa3, pode ser considerado pouco mais que 21.¤d4 g6 22.a3 [ ¹22.¥f3 b4 23.cxb4 ¦xb4
rotineiro, Fischer conduz o jogo para um final igual. 24.¤c6= c o m e q u i l í b r i o .] 22...a5 23.¢h1
Então, ele e Pilnik começaram a inventar [ ¹23.¥f3 é novamente melhor. As brancas
complicações e o último dá um passo em falso, começam a baquear.] 23...b4 24.cxb4 [ 24.axb4
que Fischer aproveita para obter um peão central axb4 25.c4 b3!ƒ conservam a iniciativa.] 24...axb4
passado. Desse ponto em diante, embora Pilnik 25.¦c2 [Stahlberg,G 25.¥f3 bxa3 26.bxa3 ¦a8µ
faça tudo para evitar o inevitável, Fischer não apresentam seus problemas.] 25...£b6 26.¤c6
comete sequer um engano. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 Essa é a posição que as brancas procuravam; o
3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 [ Para empate agora parece certo. bxa3!³ 27.£xb6
6.h3 ver jogos, 35, 40 e 43; Fischer,R-Bolbochan,J [ 27.¤xb8? £xf2 28.¦xf2 a2 29.¦f1 ( 29.¦c1
Stockholm izt 1962 Fischer,R-Najdorf,M Varna ol ¥xb2 ) 29...¥f5 30.¦cc1 ¦xb8-+ > ganharia.;
1962 Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S ch-USA 1962.; Para 27.bxa3³ também seria adequado] 27...¦xb6
6.¥c4 ver jogos 17, 55 e 58; Fischer,R-Tal,M 28.bxa3 ¦a8 29.¤xe5?³ Isso dá às pretas um
Beograd ct 1959 Fischer,R-Bednarski,J Habana ol forte Pe passado. [ ¹29.¦a2 ¦b2 30.¦xb2 ¥xb2
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31.¥b5! '>' ¦xa3 senão a4 32.¤e7+ ¢f8 hxg6 12.£d3 ¢f7 13.h5 gxh5 14.gxh5 ¤ge7=
33.¤xg6+ 'com empate em perspectiva. Com' A) Fischer,R-Smyslov,V/Bled ct/ 1959/ '=' 'igual,
33...¢e8 34.¦e1+! ( 34.¥xd7+ ¢xd7 35.¦xf7+ Fischer,R-Smyslov,V/Bled ct/1959/' '=' 'Fischer,R-
¢d8-+ ganharia uma peça) 34...¢d8 35.¥xd7 Smyslov,V/ Bled ct/1959/'] 5.£xf3 ¤f6 '#' [ 5...e6
fxg6= c o m i g u a l d a d e . ( 35...¢xd7 36.¤f8+ 6.d4 dxe4 7.¤xe4 £xd4 8.¥d3N 'dá as brancas
/\ Sxh7 ); B) 33...hxg6 34.¥xd7= ^- produziria um u m a b o a l i n h a d e a t a q u e e m t r o c a d o p e ã o ';
final de bispos de cores opostas] 29...dxe5 30.¦c3 5...dxe4 6.¤xe4 ¤d7 7.¤g5!? ( ¹7.d4 ;
[ 30.¦c7 ¦d6 31.¥b5?! seria refutado por ¥xb5 melhor seria simplesmente 7.d4 ; 7.d4 ) 7...¤gf6
32.¦fxf7 ¦c8!-+ ; 30.¦a2 ¦a5 31.¥c4 ( 31.¦d1 8.£b3 e6 9.£xb7 ¤d5!µ Fischer,R-Cardoso,R
¥a4-+ ) 31...¦c5-+ > e o Pd cairia.; 30.¦a1 Portoroz izt 1958 'As pretas ficam com boa
¦xa3-+ ] 30...¦b2! 31.¦c7 Desesperadamente situação, Fischer,R-Cardoso,R Portoroz izt 1958'
debatendo-se por um jogo de reação. [ 31.¥c4 'Fischer,R-Cardoso,R Portoroz izt 1958'] 6.d3
¢g7 32.d6 f5 33.¥d5 ¦a6-+ /\ Rxd6; também [ 6.d4 dxe4 7.¤xe4!? ( 7.£e3 ¤bd7 8.¤xe4
ganharia o Pd6.; 31.¥f3 f5 32.¦c7 ¥b5 33.¦e1 ¤xe4 9.£xe4 ¤f6 10.£d3 £d5!= Fischer,R-
e4-+ arrasaria o jogo das brancas.] 31...¥f5 '#' Keres,P Bled 1961 '=!' 'é igual, Fischer,R-Keres,P
32.g4 [ 32.¥c4 ¦c2 33.d6 ¦xc4! 34.¦xc4 ¥d3 Bled 1961' '=!' 'Fischer,R-Keres,P Bled 1961')
35.¦fc1 ¥xc4 36.¦xc4 ¦xa3 37.¢g1 ¢g7!-+ 7...£xd4 8.¥d3 ¤bd7µ 'ameaçando ... Ne5'; 6.e5
'e as pretas logo tomariam o Pd, vencendo ¤fd7 7.e6? ( 7.£g3 e6 8.¥e2 Spassky,B-
f a c i l m e n t e .] 32...¥e4+ 33.¥f3 ¥d3 34.d6 Reshko/Leningrad/1961/) 7...fxe6 8.d4 e5!µ ; 6.g3
[ 34.¦e1 e4! 35.¥g2 ( 35.¥xe4 ¦e8-+ ) 35...¦d8 dxe4 7.¤xe4 ¤xe4 8.£xe4 £d5! 9.£xd5 cxd5
36.¦c5 ¢g7! 37.¢g1 ( 37.g5 h6 38.h4 hxg5 10.¥g2 e6= Suetin,A '=' 'daria as pretas um final
39.hxg5 ¦h8+ 40.¢g1 ¦h5!-+ ganharia ) 37...f5 equilibrado, Suetin,A' '=' 'Suetin,A' 11.c4 ¤c6
38.gxf5 gxf5 'e os dois peões do centro passados 12.cxd5 ¤b4! ] 6...e6 7.g3 [ 7.¥d2 ; 7.a3 ¥c5
centrais deveriam vencer se' 39.d6 ¢f6!-+ ] 8.¥e2 0-0 9.0-0 ¤bd7= Fischer,R-Larsen,B/
34...¦d8 35.¦e1 ¦xd6 [Najdorf,M 35...e4! Zuerich/1959/ '=' 'com bom jogo para as pretas,
36.¥xe4 ¦b1! 37.¦xb1 ¥xe4+ 38.¢g1 ¥xb1-+ Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Zuerich/1959/' '=' 'Fischer,R-
vencendo. ] 36.¦xe5 Caindo na armadilha. Larsen,B/Zuerich/1959/'; Uma tentativa recente é
[ 36.¦e7 ¦f6 37.¥d5 e4 38.¥xe4 ¥xe4+ 7.¥d2 seguido de 0-0-0.; 7.¥d2 ] 7...¥b4 8.¥d2
39.¦7xe4 ¦ff2-+ ganharia. ] 36...¦f6! 37.¦e3™ [ 8.¥g2? d4 9.a3 £a5-+ ] 8...d4 [ 8...£b6
Forçado. [ 37.¥g2 ¦b1+-+ ] 37...¦xf3! 38.¦xf3 9.0-0-0 d4 10.¤e2± ] 9.¤b1 ¥xd2+ [ 9...£b6
¥e4 39.¦cxf7 ¦f2 40.¦f8+ ¢g7 As brancas 10.b3 ¤bd7 11.¥g2 a5 12.a3 ¥xd2+ ( 12...¥e7?!
a b a n d o n a r a m . [ 40...¢g7 A) 41.¦8f4 ¥d5-+ Fischer,R-Keres,P Bled ct 1959 0-1; o retraimento
( 41...¥xf3+ 42.¢g1 ¦g2+ 43.¢f1 ¥c6 44.¦c4 12...¥e7?! parece ilógico, embora eu tenha sido
¥b5!-+ também ganharia); B) 41.¦8f7+ ¢h6-+ derrotado por Keres, com ele, Fischer, R-Keres,P
venceria. ] Bled ct 1959 0-1; 12...¥e7?! Fischer,R-Keres,P
0-1 Bled ct 1959 0-1) 13.¤xd2 £c5 14.£d1 h5
15.h4!± Fischer,R-Benko,P/Belgrade ct/1959/1-0
'com vantagem, Fischer,R-Benko,P/ Belgrade ct/
B11 1959/1-0. Petrosian, aparentemente, não queria
Fischer,Robert James envolver-se com esta linha, a despeito de seu
Petrosian,Tigran V conterrâneo Tal acusar-me de "mau julgamento"
YUG ct Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade 1959 por promover as brancas nesse ponto.' 'Fischer,R-
Benko,P/Belgrade ct/1959/1-0'] 10.¤xd2 e5
1.e4 . . Fischer, Ragozin c6 2.¤c3 d5 3.¤f3 ¥g4 11.¥g2 c5 12.0-0 ¤c6 13.£e2 '#' £e7 [ 13...g5
[ 3...dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¥f5? 5.¤g3 ¥g6 ( 5...¥g4 A) 14.f4 gxf4 15.gxf4 £e7 16.¤c4 ¤d7 17.£g4
6.h3 ) 6.h4 h6 7.¤e5 ¥h7 8.£h5 g6 9.¥c4! e6 +/-; Smagin,V '"com vantagem", mas depois de' '+/-
10.£e2± 'ameaçando Nxf7 e as pretas ficam com ; Smagin,V' 0-0-0 18.fxe5 ¢b8³ >< e5 'as pretas
um jogo terrível.'; 3...¤f6 4.e5 ¤e4 5.¤e2! £b6 consseguem plantar um cavalo em e5 de onde não
6.d4 c5 7.dxc5 £xc5 8.¤ed4 ¤c6 9.¥b5 a6 pode ser desalojado' '>< e5'; B) 14.c3! £e7
10.¥xc6+ bxc6 11.0-0 £b6 12.e6! fxe6 13.¥f4± 15.¤f3 h6 16.cxd4! exd4 ( 16...¤xd4 17.¤xd4
Fischer,R-Olafsson,F/Belgrade ct/1959/ 1-0/ 'é cxd4 18.¦ac1 ; 16...cxd4 17.h4 ¦g8 18.hxg5
bom para as brancas, Fischer,R-Olafsson,F/ hxg5 19.¦fc1 0-0-0 20.b4! ¢b8 21.b5 ¤a5
Belgrade ct/1959/1-0/' 'Fischer,R-Olafsson,F/ 22.£d2± 'ganhando um peão') 17.e5! 0-0-0
Belgrade ct/1959/1-0/'] 4.h3 ¥xf3 [ 4...¥h5 18.¦fe1² 'Agora, a diagonal do bispo está liberada
5.exd5 cxd5 6.¥b5+ ¤c6 7.g4 ¥g6 8.¤e5 ¦c8 e as pretas não podem bloquear sua casa e5, tal
9.d4 e6 10.h4 ( ¹10.£e2! ; certo seria 10.£e2! como em nossa primeira partida.'; C) 14.¤f3? h6
para impedir ... Pf6; 10.£e2! ) 10...f6 11.¤xg6 15.h4 ¦g8 16.a3 £e7 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.£d2
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¤d7 19.c3 0-0-0 20.cxd4 exd4µ Fischer,R- causa de seu rei descoberto e do Pe passado das
Petrosian,T Bled ct 1959 0-1; 13...0-0 14.f4 ¢h8 brancas.' ] 28...a4 'Ainda jogando com negligente
15.f5 ¤g8 16.g4ƒ f6 'as brancas ficam com uma d e s c a s o ! ' [ ¹28...£d6 ; Mais seguro seria
situação difícil de ultrapassar, conservando, porém, 28...£d6 ; 28...£d6 ] 29.£f6 £c5 [ ¹29...£d6!
a iniciativa. O desenrolar do jogo indica que Ragozin 30.£g7 ¦dg8! 31.¦b7+ ¢c5 32.£f7 ¦f8
Petrosian pretende efetuar o grande roque sem 33.£g7 ¦hg8 34.£xh7 ¦h8 35.£xg6 £xg6
tentar impedir Pf4.'] 14.f4 0-0-0 15.a3 ¤e8 36.hxg6 ¤e2# ] 30.¦xh7! 'Decidi então começar a
[ 15...¤d7 16.b4 f6 e se 17.¤c4 b5 ] 16.b4 cxb4 jogar para ganhar. ' [ 30.£g7 ¦dg8! 31.¦b7+ ¢a6
'#' [ 16...f6 17.b5 ( 17.bxc5 £xc5 18.fxe5 ¤xe5 ) 32.£c7 ¦c8 33.£g7 ¦cg8= '=!' 'empata com
17...¤a5 18.¤b3 ¤xb3 19.cxb3 ¢b8 20.a4= xeque perpétuo sobre a dama.' '='] 30...¦df8!
'=' '=' ] 17.¤c4? 'As pretas agora podem consolidar 'Forçando o que parece ser um final favorável.'
sua posição. ' [ 17.fxe5! A) 17...bxa3 18.¤c4 ¦f8 31.£xg6 ¦xf1+ [ 31...¦xh7! Ragozin 32.£xh7 a3!
19.¦xa3± se b5 20.£g4+! ; B) 17...¤xe5 18.axb4 ( 32...¦xf1+ game ; 32...¦xf1+ game ; 32...¦xf1+
¢b8 19.¤f3 f6 20.£f2! ¤xf3+ ( 20...£xb4 game ) 33.£g7 ¤e2+ 34.¢h2 ¦xf1 35.¥xf1 a2
21.¤xe5 fxe5 22.£f7 'penetra' ) 21.£xf3 ¤d6 36.£g8 a1£ 37.£b8+= '=' '=' ] 32.¥xf1 ¦xh7
( 21...£xb4 22.e5! ) 22.¦a5 a6 23.£f4 ¦he8 33.£xh7 a3 'Petrosian estava contando com a
24.¦d5± ; C) 17...¢b8 18.axb4 ¤xb4 ( 18...¤xe5 velocidade de seu peão.' 34.h6 a2 35.£g8 a1£
19.¤f3 ) 19.¤c4 ¤c6 ( 19...¤c7 20.¤d6! ¦hf8 36.h7 '#' £d6? [ ¹36...¤e2+! 37.¢f2 ¤xg3!
21.¦fb1 ¤ca6 22.£d2 £xe5 23.¤xb7! ¢xb7 'com o que as brancas só teriam o recurso do
24.¦xa6!+- 'vence' ) 20.£f3 ¦f8 21.e6! £xe6 xeque perpétuo com' 38.£b8+= '=' '=' ] 37.h8£
22.e5!+- /\ Rfb1 -> 'seguido de Rfb1 e as brancas £a7 38.g4 ¢c5! 'Uma boa tentativa final.
têm um ataque para vencer' '/\ Rfb1 ->'; D) Curiosamente, o rei estaria mais seguro no campo
17...£xe5 18.¦xf7 £xg3 19.e5! £e3+ 20.£xe3 branco onde tem a proteção do agrupamento de
dxe3 21.¤c4± ] 17...f6! [ 17...bxa3 18.fxe5 ] peões' 39.£f8? [ ¹39.£h2! £f6 ( 39...£a1
18.fxe5 fxe5 19.axb4 ¤c7 'As pretas querem 40.£g7 ; 39...£a2? 40.£xa2 ¤xa2 41.£a8!+-
assegurar um bloqueio na ala da Q. O Pb4 não 'ganha uma peça'; 39...£ae7 40.£a8‚ ) 40.g5 ]
pode escapar.' [ 19...£xb4!? Ragozin ; 19...£xb4!? 39...£ae7! 'Forçado, defendendo-se da ameaça
Ragozin ] 20.¤a5 ¤b5!µ [ 20...¤xb4 Ragozin de Qxe5+.' [ 39...£xf8 40.£xf8+ ¢b6 41.£b4+
21.¦fb1 ¤ca6 22.£d2 b6 23.¤c4‚ ] 21.¤xc6 ¢a6 ( 41...¢c7 42.£e7+ ) 42.£a3+ ¢b7
bxc6 22.¦f2 g6 [ 22...£xb4 23.£g4+ ¦d7 24.¦f7 43.£xa7+ ¢xa7 44.g5+- 'e faz dama.'] 40.£a8
¦hd8 25.£xg7 'recupera o peão.'; ¹22...¦hf8 'Pensei que fosse o fim, as duas damas
Ragozin ; ¹22...¦hf8 Ragozin ; 22...¦hf8 Ragozin ] a p r o x i m a n d o - s e p a r a o g o l p e m o r t a l . ' ¢b4!
23.h4 ¢b7 [ 23...¦hf8! ; Seria normalmente de 41.£h2 ¢b3! 'Escorregadio como enguia!# As
esperar que Petrosian procurasse simplificar para brancas fazem um lance secreto; tudo fica
garantir um final vitorioso 23...¦hf8! seria forte.; fantasticamente complicado!' 42.£a1 'Após o jogo
23...¦hf8! ] 24.h5 £xb4 'Realmente arriscado. um espectador perguntou a Petrosian se ele sabia
Estava muito surpreso por ele permitir-me tantos que 42.c5 daria a vitória às brancas. Petrosian,
contragolpes.' [ 24...¦hf8! ; 24...gxh5 25.£xh5 (não sabendo qual o meu lance secreto) tendo
¦hf8 26.¦f5! ; 24...¦hf8! é ainda certo.; 24...¦hf8! ] analisado a situação durante horas, respondeu:
25.¦f7+ ¢b6 [ 25...¢b8 26.£f2 ¦hf8 27.c4! ¤c7 "não sei".' [ 42.c5 £xc5 ( 42...£g6 43.¥e2! £gg5
( 27...dxc3? 28.¦axa7 ¦xf7 29.£b6++- ) 28.£f6± 44.¥d1+! ) 43.£g8+ ¢a3 44.£c2 £b4 45.£a8+
'com boa partida.'] 26.£f2! a5 [ 26...¦hf8 27.c4! £a4 ( 45...¤a4? 46.£c1+ ¢a2 47.£g8+ £b3
¤c3 28.¦axa7+- 'ganha.' ; 26...£c5 Ragozin 27.c4 48.£c2+!-+ 'ganha' ) 46.£cxa4+ ¤xa4 47.£xc6±
dxc3? 28.¦a6+! ; 26...£c3 Ragozin 27.¦a4 ] 27.c4 Ragozin '"com boas possibilidades de vitória", mas
¤c3 '?' '#Ainda subestimando o perigo. ' despois de' 'Ragozin' ¤c3!= Fischer '=!' 'é possível
[ ¹27...¤d6 ; M a i s s e g u r o s e r i a 27...¤d6 ; as pretas empatarem.' '=!' 'Fischer'] 42...£a3
27...¤d6 ] 28.¦f1? [ 28.£f6! A) 28...¦hf8 29.¦f1! 'Único lance capaz de evitar o mate em b2.'
¦xf7 30.£xd8+! ¦c7 31.¦f7+- 'vence' ; B) 43.£xa3+ ¢xa3 44.£h6 /\g4-g5-g6-g7-g8Q
28...£c5 29.£g7! ¢a6 ( 29...a4 30.¦a7! ; 29...¦a8 'Agora as brancas devem tentar vencer com Pg4' '/
30.¦b7+ ¢a6 31.£c7 ¦hc8 32.¦b5!+- 'ganha' ; \g4-g5-g6-g7 -g8Q' £f7! 45.¢g2 [ 45.£xc6
29...¦dg8 30.¦b7+ ¢a6 31.£c7 ¦c8 ¤d1! ] 45...¢b3 /\Nd1 [ 45...¤d1 46.£c1+ ¤b2+-
32.¦xa5+!+- ) 30.¦a7+! £xa7 31.¦xa5+ ¢xa5 'ficando o cavalo fora de jogo. A seqüência renova
32.£xa7+ ¢b4 33.£b6+ ¢a3 34.c5ƒ a ameaça de ... Nd1.'] 46.£d2 £h7! 47.¢g3
'e o Pc branco torna-se perigoso'; C) 28...£d6 "An gross oversight, but probably best anyway."
Ragozin 29.£g7 ¦dg8? 30.¦b7+ ¢c5 Fischer 'Tremendo equívoco, mas provavelmente o
31.¦xa5++- ; D) 28...¦df8 29.£xe5 ¦xf7 30.£xh8 melhor a fazer. As brancas não podem mais
£c5 31.e5± 'torna a situaçã o das pretas difícil por vencer.' '"An gross oversight, but probably best
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¥h6 [ ¹28...h5 E ] 29.¦c3 £b7 [ 29...¦he8 63.¢b3 ¥d2 64.b6+ ¢b7 65.¢a4 ¢c6!
30.£d5 £b7 31.¦c6‚ E ] 30.f7 Muito eficiente. 66.¥b5+ ¢c5 67.¥e8 [ 67.b7 ¥f4 68.a6 ¢b6= ]
[ 30.¦xd6?? £h1+ F/E ] 30...¥g7 [ ¹30...¥f8 E ] 67...¥e1
31.¦cd3 [ 31.¦g3 ¥f8 32.¦g8 ¥e7 33.¦xh8 ¦xh8 ½-½
34.¥e4 £a7 35.a4! /\ 36.Rd6 ¦d8 36.axb5 axb5
37.£d5+- E ] 31...¥f8 32.£xe5!+- Deveria ser
decisivo. "Qualquer semelhança com xadrez é C87
mera coincidência". (Fischer) dxe5 33.¦xd8+ Fischer,Robert James
¢a7 34.¦1d7 h5 35.¦xb7+ ¢xb7 36.c3 ¢c7 Gligoric,Svetozar
Normalmente o jogo terminaria aqui, mas eu queria Candidates Tournament 07.10.1959
ver o que ele faria a seguir. 37.¦a8?! [F] Caminho
errado. [Com 37.¦e8!+- as pretas abandonariam, 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 d6 5.c3
[Fischer] h4 38.h3 ¢d6 39.¢c2 ¦h5 40.¥g4 ¤f6 6.0-0 ¥e7 7.d4 ¥d7 8.¤bd2 0-0 9.¦e1
¦h8 41.¢d3 ¢d5 42.¥f3+ ¢d6 43.¢e4+- E ] ¦e8 10.a3 ¥f8 11.b4 d5 12.¥b3 ¥g4 13.h3
37...¢d6! [ 37...¥g7?? 38.¦xh8 ¥xh8 39.f8£+- ; ¥h5 [ 13...¥xf3 14.¤xf3 ¤xe4 15.¦xe4 dxe4
37...¢b7? 38.¦e8! ] 38.¦xa6+ [ Eu ainda estava 16.¤g5 ] 14.dxe5 ¤xe5 15.g4 ¤xf3+ [ 15...¥g6
p e n s a n d o e m d e s i s t i r d e p o i s d e 38.¦e8!+- 16.¤xe5 ¦xe5 17.f4 ] 16.¤xf3 dxe4 [ 16...¥g6
As pretas não tinham como se mover; as brancas 17.e5 ] 17.gxh5 exf3 18.¦xe8 £xe8 [ 18...£xd1+
simplesmente de deslocar seu rei para e4, o que 19.¥xd1 ¦xe8 ] 19.£xf3 £e1+ 20.¢g2 ¦e8
criaria uma situação de zugzwang.] 38...¢e7 [ 20...h6 ] 21.h6 c6 22.¥c2 £e2 23.£xe2 ¦xe2
39.¦e6+ [ 39.¦a7+ ¢f6 40.¥d3+- F ] 39...¢xf7 24.¥d1 ¦e8 25.¥e3 ¤d5 26.¥d2 gxh6 27.c4
40.¦xe5 b4 adjourned A partida foi suspensa. ¥g7 28.¦c1 ¤c7 29.¥e3 ¤e6 30.c5 ¤d4
Estranhamente comecei a sentir que a situação 31.¥g4 f5 32.¥h5 ¦e4 33.¦d1 ¢f8 34.¦d3 ¢e7
tinha boas perspectivas de ser contornada. 35.¥d1 ¤e6 36.¢f3 [ 36.¢f3 ¤d4+ 37.¢g3 ¤e6
41.cxb4 ¥xb4 42.h3 ¢f6 43.¦b5 ¥d6 44.¥e4 38.¢f3 ¤d4+ 39.¢g2 ¤e6 40.¢f3= ]
[ 44.a4 ¦b8! 45.¦d5 ¥e5„ F ; ¹44.¥d3 E ] ½-½
44...¦e8 Minha primeira ameaça em toda a partida
45.¦f5+ ¢g7 46.¥f3 ¦e1+ 47.¢c2 ¦f1! 48.¦d5
[ [ F ] A a m e a ç a s e r i a 48.-- ¦f2+ 49.¢b1 B99
( 49.¢b3? ¢g6-+ ganharia uma peça) 49...¦f1+ Gligoric,Svetozar
com empate.] 48...¦f2+ 49.¦d2 [ 49.¢b1 ¥a3! Fischer,Robert James
50.bxa3 ¦xf3 51.¦xh5 ¦xa3+- [F] seria também Candidates Tournament 22.10.1959
sem esperança para as pretas.] 49...¦xd2+
[ 49...¦xf3 50.¦xd6 ¦xh3 51.a4+- etc. [F] ] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6
50.¢xd2 h4 51.¢d3 ¢f6 52.¢c4 ¢e7 53.¢b5 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 ¥e7 8.£f3 £c7
¢d7 54.a4?= A tese em que se apoia a defesa 9.0-0-0 ¤bd7 10.g4 b5 11.¥xf6 [ 11.¥g2 ¥b7
das pretas nesta situação é a seguinte: 12.¦he1 b4 13.¤d5!? exd5 14.exd5 ¢f8 15.¤f5
conseguindo as pretas trocar o B pelos peões, as ¦e8 Bernstein,S-Fischer,R ch-USA 1957 0-1]
brancas ficam com o "bispo errado" para o peão h, 11...gxf6!? ''!?' Bulletin. ' [ 11...¤xf6 Walther,E-
coroar na casa preta h8. [ 54.b4! ¢c7 55.¢a5 Fischer,R Zürich 1959 12.g5 ¤d7 13.a3 ¥b7
¢b8 56.b5 ¥a3 ( 56...¢a7 57.b6+ ) 57.b6 ( 13...¤c5 14.h4 ¥d7 15.f5³ ) 14.¥h3 ( 14.¦g1 g6
( 57.¢a4? ¥c5 58.¢a5 ¢a7= ) 57...¢c8 58.¢a6 15.¥h3 ¤c5 16.£e3 £b6µ ; 14.h4 0-0-0 15.¥h3
¢b8 59.¥g2! e as pretas ficariam em zugzwang. ¢b8-+ ) 14...0-0-0 15.f5 ( 15.¥xe6 fxe6
¢c8 ( 59...¥c5 60.a4 ) 60.¢a7 ¥c5 ( 60...¥d6 16.¤xe6 £c4 17.¤d5 ¥xd5 18.exd5 ¢b7 19.b3
61.a4 ) 61.a4+- Fontana etc.] 54...¢c7 55.b4 £c8 20.¦d3÷ ) 15...¥xg5+ 16.¢b1 e5 17.¤dxb5
¢b8 56.a5 ¢a7 57.¢c4 ¥g3 58.¢b3 axb5 18.¤xb5 £c5 19.¤xd6+ ¢b8 20.¤xf7
Hier gibt Wade, O'Connell "The Games of Robert J. Gligoric-Fischer/Bled 1959 (20) ( 20.£b3 £b6
Fischer" eine falsche Zug- folge (und Zügeanzahl!) 21.£xb6 ¤xb6 22.¤xf7³ ); 11...¥xf6 12.¥xb5! ]
an (siehe Variante 58.Kb3). [ Accoring to Fischer is 12.f5 [ 12.¥g2 ¥b7 13.¦he1 0-0-0 'N' 14.a3
this the played move: 58.b5 ¥f2 59.¥e2 ( 59.b6+ ¤b6= Gligoric,S-Fischer,R Zürich 1959; 12.a3
é neutralizado por ¥xb6! ) 59...¥e3 60.¢b3 ¥d2 ¥b7 ( 12...¦b8÷ ) 13.f5 e5 14.¤de2 ¤b6 'N'
( 60...¥f2 também empataria; 60...¥f2 remisiert 15.¤d5 ( 15.h4 b4 ) 15...¥xd5 16.exd5 ¦c8
auch ) 61.b6+ ¢b7 62.¢a4 ¢c6 63.¥b5+ ¢c5 17.¤c3 ¤c4 18.¥xc4 bxc4 19.¢b1 ¦b8
Empate. Os peões brancos estão bloqueados. 20.¢a2± Mednis,E-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1959/;
( Com 63...¢c5 64.b7 ¥f4 65.a6 ¢b6= )] 12.¥d3 ¥b7 13.¢b1 ¤c5 14.f5 b4 15.¤ce2 d5
58...¥e1 59.¢a4 ¥d2 60.¥h5 ¥e1 61.b5 ¥f2! 16.fxe6 dxe4 17.exf7+ ¢f8 18.¥xe4 ¥xe4
62.¥e2 [ 62.b6+ ¥xb6 63.axb6+ ¢xb6= ] 62...¥e3 19.£xe4 ¤xe4 20.¤e6+ ¢xf7 21.¤xc7 ¦a7=
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the pin on the back rank. ¢c6 22.¥xa7 g5 Tal - and his trainer, Koblentz - decided Fischer
The only way Black can get his pieces into play is was not 'at ease' playing the White side of these
by moving the bishop to g7. 23.a4 ¥g7 24.¦b6+ lines. Therefore they decided it would be a
¢d5 25.¦b7 ¥f8 26.¦b8 ¥g7 27.¦b5+ ¢c6 reasonable try against Bobby. 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3
28.¦b6+ ¢d5 It is not clear why Fischer repeated Fischer almost always played this move ...
the position. Probably he had not worked out the especially in his younger days. ¥b4 The Winawer
sinning moves yet. 29.a5 f5 30.¥b8 ¦c8 31.a6 System. (Invented by one of the better masters who
¦xc3 32.¦b5+ ¢c4 33.¦b7 ¥d4 34.¦c7+ ¢d3 ever lived. Most young players today cannot even
35.¦xc3+ ¢xc3 It looks as though Black is about tell you who Winawer was or when he lived.) The
to enter a long period of suffering after 36.a7. But Winawer is both the main line, and probably the
then Black will sacrifice the bishop for the pawn. best and most solid choice for Black at this point.
There is a better move. Do you see it? 36.¥e5 4.e5 c5 [ 4...¤e7 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.£g4
1-0 ¤g6 8.¥g5 £d7 9.h4 h6 10.¥d2 h5 11.£f3
£a4 12.¥d3 ¥a6 13.g4 hxg4 14.£xg4 ¥xd3
15.cxd3 ¤c6 16.£g5 ¤ce7 17.h5 ¤f5 18.¤e2
E70 ¤ge7 19.¤g3 0-0-0 20.£g4 ¦df8 21.¦h3 ¢b8
Letelier 22.¥g5 £c2 23.¦c1 £b2 24.a4 £a3 25.£d1
Fischer,Robert James ¤xg3 26.fxg3 ¤c6 27.h6 gxh6 28.¥f6 ¦hg8
Leipzig Olympiad 1960 29.¢f2 ¦g6 30.£c2 ¦fg8 31.¦b1 £f8 32.a5
¤xa5 33.£a4 ¢a8 34.¦b5 £e8 35.c4 ¤c6
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 0-0 5.e5 36.£a1 dxc4 37.dxc4 £d7 38.c5 £xd4+
This advance has disappeared completely from the 39.£xd4 ¤xd4 40.¦b4 ¤f5 41.c6 ¦g4 42.¦xg4
tournament scene. White is overextending his ¦xg4 43.¦h1 a5 44.¦g1 a4 45.¦d1 ¦d4 46.¦g1
center, and Black will be able to strike back easily. ¦d2+ 47.¢f3 ¦d3+ 48.¢f4 ¦xg3 49.¦c1 ¦d3
¤e8 6.f4 d6 7.¥e3 c5 Black moves quickly to 50.¢g4 a3 51.¦a1 b5 52.¦b1 a2 0-1 Fischer,R-
undermine White's center. 8.dxc5 ¤c6 9.cxd6 Ivkov,B/Santiago 1959/MCD (52); 4...b6 5.a3
exd6 10.¤e4 ¥f5 11.¤g3 11.Nxd6 Nxd6 12.exd6 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 £d7 7.£g4 f5 8.£g3 ¥a6 9.¥xa6
Bxb2 13.Nf3 Re8! ¥e6 12.¤f3 £c7 13.£b1 ¤xa6 10.¤e2 0-0-0 11.a4 ¢b7 12.0-0 £f7
White's queenside ambitions are unrealistic, but it 13.c4 ¤e7 14.¥g5 dxc4 15.£c3 ¤d5 16.£xc4
was time for the queen to leave the d-file anyway. ¦a8 17.¥d2 f4 18.¦a3 g5 19.a5 c6 20.axb6
The dual purpose is to support the advance of the f- axb6 21.£b3 ¤ac7 22.c4 ¦xa3 23.£xa3 ¦a8
pawn, but this has a tactical flaw. dxe5 14.f5 e4 24.£b3 ¤e7 25.¤c3 £f5 26.£b4 ¤c8 27.¤a4
15.fxe6 exf3 16.gxf3 f5 This is much stronger f3 28.¤c5+ ¢b8 29.¤d7+ ¢b7 30.£b3 £g4
than grabbing the weak pawn at e6. Black has now 31.¤c5+ ¢b8 32.g3 £xd4 33.¥e3 £a1 34.¦b1
secured the initiative. 17.f4 ¤f6 18.¥e2 ¦fe8 ¦a3 35.¤d7+ ¢b7 36.£d1 £a2 37.¤xb6 ¤xb6
19.¢f2 ¦xe6 20.¦e1 ¦ae8 The pressure on the 38.¦xb6+ ¢c8 39.£xf3 £xc4 40.£f8+ ¢d7
e-file and the active position of the minor pieces 41.£xa3 1-0 Fischer,R-Bisguier,A/New York 1957/
give Black a clear, and perhaps decisive MCD (41) ] 5.a3 ¥a5!? This line was considered
advantage. 21.¥f3 ¦xe3 22.¦xe3 ¦xe3 23.¢xe3 very, very, VERY risky ... at the time this game was
Now Fischer provides an aesthetic conclusion to actually played. It was actually one of the original
the game. Can you figure it out? £xf4+ and White ideas of Winawer, but he later stopped playing it
resigned, faced with checkmate. For example: entirely. (After a few reversals.) The move 5...Ba5
24.¢f2 24.Kxf4 Bh6++ ¤g4+ 25.¢g2 ¤e3+ was later picked up and revived by a whole
26.¢f2 ¤d4 27.£h1 ¤g4+ 28.¢f1 ¤xf3 generation of young Soviet players in the 1930's
and the end comes quickly. and the 1940's. But it was Botvinnik who really
0-1 forged this line into a coherent and viable system.
He used it in Soviet Championship tournaments,
and even at the World Championship level. (This
C17 line did not do very well against Smyslov, who
Fischer,Robert James began to show its seamier side.) But after several
Tal,Mihail Nekhemye losses, especially a noteworthy loss to Unzicker at
Leipzig ol 1960 an earlier Olympiad, opening theory had branded
this whole line as being completely unsound. Tal
French Defence, Winawer Variation had done much work with these lines in preparation
for his matches with Botvinnik. I guess he decided
1.e4 e6 A surprising decision, as Tal had usually that he did not want all that material to go
played VERY poorly with the French Defense. But forever unused! [The main line today is 5...¥xc3+
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6.bxc3² ¤e7 7.¤f3 ¥d7 8.a4 £a5 9.£d2 ¤bc6 41.¦e1 £g7 42.¦a1 £xg6 0-1 Fischer,R-
10.¥d3 c4 11.¥e2 f6 ( 11...0-0-0 12.¥a3 f6 Uhlmann,W/Buenos Aires 1960/MainBase/
13.0-0² ( K e r e s 6 9 )) 12.¥a3 ( 12.0-0 0-0!? [ChessBase] (42)] 6.b4! A very good move ... and
(Ivkov) ) 12...¤g6?! ( ¹12...0-0-0 ) 13.0-0! 0-0-0 basically a gambit for White. This is a sharp idea
14.¥d6 ( 14.¦fe1 fxe5 15.dxe5 ¤gxe5 16.¤xe5 originally of Rubinstein's that was later deeply
¤xe5 17.£d4 ¤c6 18.£xg7 ¦hg8÷ (eco 74/81)) analyzed and nearly perfected by Alekhine. cxd4
14...¤ce7! "Uhlmann gruppeirt um, weil seine The book line, and probably the best move.
Chancen auf dem Konigsflugel liegen." (Schwarz [ It is far too dangerous for Black to grab one ... or
67) ( 14...fxe5 15.dxe5 h6 16.¢h1 ¦he8 17.¦fd1 even two pawns in this position - as Alekhine was
¤h8! Gligoric-Sokolov 1956; 14...¦de8 15.¦fb1 the first to clearly demonstrate. 6...cxb4!? 7.¤b5‚
¤d8 16.¥b4 £c7 17.¥d6 £a5 18.£e3 ¤f7 bxa3+ 8.c3 ¤e7 9.¤d6+ ¢f8 10.£f3 ¤f5
19.¥c5 ¢b8 20.¦b2 Klavin-Fuchs 1961) 15.¤h4! 11.¤xf5 exf5 12.¤e2 ¥e6 13.g3 ¤c6 14.¥g2
"With this and the following series of fine moves, b5 15.0-0 g5 16.£h5 h6 17.h4 ½-½ Hase,R-
White ensures an excellent diagonal for his QB and R o s s e t t o , H / B u e n o s A i r e s 1 9 7 2 / E X T 9 9 ( 1 7 );
paralyzes any hopes Black may have for 6...¤c6!? ] 7.£g4!? A very sharp move ... and a
m e a n i n g f u l c o u n t e r p l a y . " ( M e d n i s 7 4 ) ¦de8 very interesting one. (White hits the obviously
16.¤xg6! hxg6 17.exf6! "Weiss will auf den u n d e f e n d e d g 7 - s q u a r e . ) [ Today theory
dunklen Feldern zu eimem Ubergewicht kommen, recommends that White play: 7.¤b5! ¥c7 8.f4²
daher die Linienoffnung fur den Th8." (Schwarz 67) with a solid advantage to White ¤e7 9.¤f3 ¤bc6
gxf6 18.h3! "Fischers Plan sieht gut aus: er will 10.¥d3 ¥b8 11.¤bxd4 a6 12.¥e3 ¥a7 13.c3!
den Laufer auf der Diagonale h2-b8 wirken lassen. ( 13.0-0 ; 13.£e2 ¤xd4 14.¥xd4 ¥xd4 15.¤xd4
" (Schwarz 67) ¤f5 19.¥h2 g5 20.f4? "But this £b6 16.£f2² (Kamyschov)) 13...h6 14.0-0 ¥d7
brute force attempt at an immediate win spoils 15.£e1 ¤xd4 16.¥xd4 ¥xd4+ 17.¤xd4 g6
everything." (Mednis 74) ( 20.¦fe1! "... White has a 18.¢h1 h5 19.c4!± (Keres 69, eco 74/81) dxc4
marvelous position: pressure on Black's somewhat 20.¥xc4 ¤f5 21.¤xf5 gxf5 22.¦d1 h4 23.h3
shaky center, open diagonals for both Bishops, £e7 24.¥e2!± (Schwarz 67) ¥c6 25.¥f3 ¥xf3
while Black's King can find himself uncomfortably 26.¦xf3 ¦d8 27.¦fd3 ¦xd3 28.¦xd3 £c7 29.¦c3
open soon." (Mednis 74)) 20...¤d6! 21.¥f3 g4!! £d7 30.£c1 0-0 31.¦c7 £d5 32.£e1 £d8
"Black sacrifices a pawn and allows a protected 33.¦xb7 £a8 34.¦e7 ¦e8 35.£xh4 ¦xe7
passed pawn to boot, for the strategic objective of 36.£xe7 £e4 37.£g5+ ¢h7 38.h4 £a8 39.h5
locking in White's QB. The damage done by £h8 40.a4 £f8 41.h6 1-0 Tal,M-Koblencs,A/Riga
White's 20 f4? is now very obvious." (Mednis 74) 1954/EXT 2000/[ChessBase] (41)] 7...¤e7
22.hxg4 ( 22.¥xg4? ¤e4 23.£e3 f5 24.¥f3 £xc3 [ 7...¢f8 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.a4! f5 10.£g3 ¤c6
25.£xc3 ¤xc3µ (Schwarz 67)) 22...f5! 23.g5 ¦e7 11.¤f3 ¤ge7 12.h4 ¥d7 13.h5 ¦c8 14.h6 g6
24.¥g3 ¥e8 25.£e3 ¤e4 26.¥xe4™ dxe4 15.a6 ¤b4 16.£h4 ¤ec6 17.¥a3 d4 18.axb7
27.¢f2 "Fischer evaluates this position much too ¦b8 19.¥b5 £xh4 20.¦xh4 ¢e8 21.¥xc6 ¤xc2+
optimistically and plans to husband the extra Pawn 22.¢d1 ¤xa1 23.¥d6 ¥xc6 24.¥xb8 ¥xa4+
to victory. The blocked nature of the position 25.¢e1 ¥c6 26.¤xd4 ¥xb7 27.¥d6 ¢d7 28.f3
makes winning attempts for either side less than ¦c8 29.¤e2 ¤b3 30.¥a3 ¥d5 31.¦a4 a5
f r u i t f u l . " ( M e d n i s 7 4 ) ( 27.d5!? ) 27...¦eh7 32.¤c1 ¤xc1 33.¥xc1 ¦c5 34.¦a3 ¢c6 35.¥e3
( 27...£d5 ) 28.¦fb1 ( ¹28.d5! £xd5 29.¦fd1 c2 36.¦a1 ¦b5 37.¦c1 ¥b3 0-1 Fischer,R-Platz,
(Schwarz 67)) 28...£d5! "Now we have a rather full J/Hartford 1964/EXT 2001 (37); 7...g6 8.¥g5
blockade and the game could well be called a draw ( 8.¤b5 ¥c7 9.¥g5 £d7 10.¤xc7+ £xc7
here." (Mednis 74) 29.£e1? ( 29.a5= ; 29.£d2!? 11.£xd4² ; 8.bxa5?! dxc3= ) 8...£c7 9.¤b5
¦h1 30.¢e3 ) 29...¦h1! 30.£xh1?? ( 30.£e3™ £xe5+ 10.¢d2² ¥d8 11.¥f4 £f6 12.¤d6+ ¢d7
¦xb1 31.¦xb1 ¥xa4 32.¦a1 ¥xc2 33.¦xa7 ¢b8 13.¤f3 h5 14.£g3 h4 15.£g4 ¤h6 16.¥xh6
34.¦a1 ¥d3³ ( M e d n i s 7 4 )) 30...e3+! 31.¢g1 ¦xh6 17.¤xf7 ¦h5 18.¥d3 £xf7 19.¥xg6 ¥g5+
( 31.¢e2? ¦xh1 32.¦xh1 £xg2+ 20.¢e2 £f6 21.£xh5 d3+ 22.¥xd3 1-0 Picanol
(Wade/O'Connell)) 31...¦xh1+ 32.¢xh1 e2! Alamany,A-Rios Torondell,J/Spain 1998/EXT 2003
33.¦b5!? "Bobby finally realized that he must be (22) ; 7...£c7 8.£xg7 ( 8.¤ce2?! f5 9.£xd4 ¥b6
lost and thus characteristically goes for active 10.£b2 ¤e7= 11.f4 a5 12.¥d2 axb4 13.¥xb4
counterplay. It is not good enough, but is as good ¤bc6 14.¥xe7 ¤xe7 15.¤f3 ¥d7 16.¤fd4 0-0
a try as any." (Mednis 74) ( 33.¦e1 £e4 ; 33.¦g1 17.c3 ¦ac8 18.¦c1 ¥a5 19.¤b3 £b6 20.¦b1
£e4 ) 33...¥xb5 34.axb5 £xb5! 35.¦e1 a5 ¤c6 21.£c1 ¦c7 22.¤bd4 £a7 23.¤b5 £b8
36.¦xe2 a4! 37.¦xe6 a3 38.g6 ( 38.¦e5 24.¤xc7 £xc7 25.£b2 d4 26.£xb7 ¦b8
£xe5-+ ) 38...£d7 ( 38...a2?? 39.g7 a1£+ 27.£xc7 ¦xb1+ 28.¢f2 ¥xc7 29.cxd4 ¥b6
40.¢h2= (Mednis 74)) 39.¦e5 b6 40.¥h4 a2 30.¢g3 ¤xd4 31.¤c3 ¦b3 32.¢h4 ¦xc3 33.¥a6
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¥d8+ 34.¢h5 ¥e8# 0-1 Gutierrez,O-Gonzalez £xc2 23.0-0 d4 24.¥c4 £a4 25.£a2 d3
M e n e n d e z , I / S e g o v i a 1 9 9 9 / E X T 2 0 0 2 ( 3 4 )) 26.¥e6+ ¢c7 27.£b3 £d4+ 28.¢h1 ¥xe6
8...£xc3+ 9.¢d1 A) 9...¤c6? 10.£xh8 ¤ce7 29.£xe6 d2 30.¥xd2 cxd2 31.¦d1 £xf4 32.£b3
( 10...£xa1 11.£xg8+ ¢e7 12.bxa5 ¤xe5 £f2 33.¦xb7+ ¢c8 34.h3 £e1+ 35.¢h2 £xe5+
13.£xh7+- ) 11.¦b1 ¥b6 12.¦b3 £a1 13.¦g3 36.¢h1 £e1+ 37.¢h2 £xd1 38.¦b8+ ¤xb8
1-0 Giaccio,A-Zamarbide Ibarrea,B/Lorca 2003/ 39.£xd1 ¤f5 0-1 Fichtl,J-Blatny,F/Brno 1964/
E X T 2 0 0 4 ( 1 3 ); B) 9...£xa1 10.£xh8 ¢f8 MCD (39) ) 20.¦b3 £d4 21.£h4 ¦g8 22.£f2 £e4
11.bxa5 ¤c6 12.¥d3+- ¤ce7 13.¤h3 ¤g6 23.£f3 ¦xg2 24.£xe4 ¥xe4 25.¦xc3 ¦xe2+
14.£xh7 ¤xe5 15.¢e2 £c3 16.¤g5 ¥d7 26.¢xe2 ¥xh1 27.h4 ¥e4 28.h5 ¤f5 29.¦h3
17.¥d2 £xa3 18.¦b1 ¤f6 19.£h6+ ¢g8 ¤cd4+ 30.¢f2 ¤h6 31.f5 ¤dxf5 32.¥xh6 ¤xh6
20.¥h7+ ¢h8 21.£xf6# 1-0 Chow,S-Zvedeniouk, 33.¢e3 ¢d7 34.¢f4 ¢e6 35.c4 b6 36.cxd5+
I/Canberra 2001/EXT 2002 (21)] 8.bxa5!? ¢xd5 37.e6 ¤g8 38.e7 ¤xe7 39.¦e3 ¤g6+
[ 8.¤b5!? ¥c7 9.£xg7 ¦g8 10.£xh7 ¥xe5 40.hxg6 ¥xg6 41.¦g3 ¥c2 42.¢e3 a5 43.¢d2
11.¤f3 ¦h8 ( 11...¥f6 12.¥f4 ) 12.£d3 ¥f6 ¥e4 44.¦g5+ ¢c4 45.¦g4 ¢d4 46.¢c1 ¢d3
( 12...f6? 13.¤bxd4± (Schwarz 67); 12...¤bc6 47.¢b2 b5 48.¦g5 ½-½ Gligoric,S-Szabo,L/Santa
13.¤xe5 ¤xe5 14.£xd4± (Schwarz 67)) 13.¥f4 Fe 1960/MCL (48); 10...¤d7 '?!' 11.¤f3 £c7
¤bc6? ( 13...¤a6? 14.¤d6+ ¢f8 15.¤e5± 12.¥b5 ( 12.¥f4 ¤f8 13.¥b5+ ¥d7 14.¥xd7+
(Schwarz 67)) 14.¤c7+ ¢f8 15.¤xa8 e5 16.b5! £xd7 15.£d3 ¦g4 16.g3 ¤fg6 17.¥e3 ¤c6
exf4 ( 16...¤g6 17.¥g3 ) 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.¦b1 18.h3 ¦c4 19.0-0 ¤cxe5 20.¤xe5 ¤xe5
¥f5 19.£d2± (Schwarz 67). 1-0 Kots,Y-Khasin,A/ 21.£h7 0-0-0 22.¥xa7 ¤f3+ 23.¢g2 ¤d2
Leningrad 1952/EXT 99/[ChessBase] (19); 8.£xg7 24.¦fe1 d4 25.f3 f5 26.£xd7+ ¢xd7 27.¦e5
¦g8 9.£xh7 ¥c7 10.¤b5 ] 8...dxc3 9.£xg7 ¦g8 ¢e7 28.¦ae1 ¦c6 29.¦b5 d3 30.¦c1 ¤c4
10.£xh7 ¤bc6! This is a big improvement ... a TN, 31.¦xb7+ ¢f6 32.cxd3 ¦xd3 33.¦b3 ¦d2+
actually ... over how this line had been previously 34.¥f2 c2 35.a6 ¦xa6 36.¦c3 ¤xa3 37.f4 ¦d1
played. [ 10...¥d7!? 11.f4 ( 11.¤f3 £c7 12.¥h6 38.¦1xc2 ¤xc2 39.¦xc2 ¦a4 40.¦b2 ¦c4
¤bc6 13.¥g7 0-0-0 14.¥d3 £xa5 15.0-0 £a4 41.¥e3 ¦d3 42.¢f2 ¦cc3 43.¦e2 ¢e7 44.¢f3
16.h3 £f4 17.£h6 ¤g6 18.¥xg6 £xh6 19.¥xh6 ¢d6 45.g4 ¢e7 46.¦e1 ¢f7 47.¦e2 ¦b3 48.¦e1
fxg6 20.¥g5 ¦df8 21.¥f6 g5 22.¦ad1 g4 ¦dc3 49.¦e2 ¦c4 50.gxf5 exf5 51.¦a2 ¦e4
23.hxg4 ¦xg4 24.¦d3 ¦fg8 25.g3 ¦c4 26.¦e1 52.¦e2 ¢g6 53.¦e1 ¢h5 54.h4 ¦a4 55.¦g1
¦gg4 27.¦ee3 d4 28.¦e1 ¥e8 29.¤h4 b5 ¦aa3 56.¦e1 ¦a2 57.¦h1 ¦c2 58.¦g1 ¦h2
30.¦dd1 b4 31.¦a1 a5 32.¢g2 a4 33.axb4 0-1 Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1951/EXT
¤xb4 34.¦ec1 ¤xc2 35.¦xc2 d3 36.¦cc1 c2 2001 (58) ) 12...a6 13.¥xd7+ ¥xd7 14.0-0 d4!?
37.f4 d2 38.¥g5 ¦xh4 0-1 Morozov,D- ( 14...£c4 15.¤g5 0-0-0 16.g3 ¤f5 17.¤xf7
F a k h r e t d i n o v , R / P e r m 1 9 9 7 / E X T 2 0 0 0 ( 3 8 )) ¥b5 18.¥g5 ¦df8 19.¥e7 ¦e8 20.¤d6+ ¤xd6
11...¤bc6 12.¤f3 £xa5 13.¦b1 b6 ( 13...0-0-0! ) 21.¥xd6 ¥d7 22.¦ab1 1-0 Vukcevich,M-Maric,R/
14.¤g5 ¦f8 15.£d3 d4 16.¤h7 ¦h8 17.¤f6+ Sombor 1957/MCD (22)) 15.¤xd4 £xe5 16.£d3
¢d8 18.¥e2 ¥c8 19.£c4 a6 20.0-0 ¢c7 £d5µ ] 11.¤f3 [ 11.f4 bolsters the centre but shuts
21.¤e4 ¥b7 22.¤d6 ¦h7 23.¥f3 ¤d5 24.a4 in the queen's bishop and weakens the dark
¦ah8 25.h3 ¥a8 26.¥xd5 exd5 27.£b3 ¦g8 squares. ] 11...£c7 [ 11...£xa5 12.¤g5! ¦f8 13.f4
28.¥a3 ¤d8 29.¥b4 1-0 Morozov,D-Senik,V/ t i e s B l a c k u p] 12.¥b5!? A very sharp and
Perm 1997/EXT 2000 (29); 10...£xa5!? 11.¤f3 interesting move that was praised by some ... and
¤bc6 12.¤g5 ¦f8 13.f4 ¥d7 14.¦b1 A) 14...¤d4 c o n d e m n e d b y o t h e r s . [ I think the move is both
15.£d3 ( 15.¥d3± (Pachman 68, Keres 69)) viable and playable, but current theory seems to
15...£a4 16.¢d1 (Panov/Estrin 73); B) 14...0-0-0! prefer 12.¥f4! ¥d7 13.¥e2 ( 13.¥d3 0-0-0©
15.¤xf7 'µ' '(eco 74)' 'µ' '(eco 74)' ¦xf7 '!' '!' 16.£xf7 × £h7, 14... ¦g2? 15.¥g3+- 14.¥g3 ¦h8 15.£xf7
¥e8! B1) 17.£f6 ¥g6 18.¥e2 ¥xc2 ( 18...£a4!µ ¦df8 16.£g7 ¦fg8 17.£f6 ¦f8 18.£g5² ; 13.a6
(Pachman 68, Keres 69, eco 74/81)) 19.¦b5 £a4 0-0-0! 14.axb7+ ¢b8 15.£d3 ¦g4© ; 13.g3 )
20.¦c5 ¢b8 21.¦xc3 £e4 22.¦e3 ( 22.¢f2 d4 ) 13...0-0-0 14.£d3 £xa5 15.0-0 ¦g4 16.¥g3
22...£xg2 23.¥f3 £g8 24.¦e2 ( 24.¢f2‰ ) ¤f5µ 17.¦fb1 a6?! ( 17...¤cd4! 18.¤xd4 ¦xd4
24...¤d4 25.£xe7 ¤xf3+ 26.¢f2 ¥e4 27.¦d1 19.£f3 ¦d2!µ ) 18.¦b3 ¦c4 19.£d1 ¦c5 20.a4
¦c8 28.¥b2 £g4 29.£d6+ ¢a8 30.¦c1 ¦h8 ¤ce7 21.¥f4 ( 21.¦ab1 ¥c6 ) 21...¥xa4?!
31.£d7? ( 31.¢e3 £h3 ; 31.¦h1 ¦xh2+ 32.¦xh2 ( ¹21...¦g8 … ¦g4-a4 ) 22.£b1 b5 23.¥d3 ¤c6
£g1# ) 31...¦xh2+ 32.¢e3 ¦xe2+ 33.¢xe2 £g2+ 24.g4 ¦g8?! 25.h3 ¤fe7? ( ¹25...¤fd4 ) 26.¥e3
Schwarz p103#81 (Schwarz). 0-1 Matanovic,A- d4 27.¤xd4 ¤xe5? ( 27...¦xe5 28.¤xc6 ¤xc6
Mititelu,G/Budapest 1960/EXT 2001 (33); B2) 29.£e1= ) 28.¤xe6! ¤f3+ 29.¢g2 ¦e5?
17.£xe6+ ¥d7 18.£f6 ¥f5 19.¥e2 £a4 ( 29...¦c6 30.¢xf3 fxe6 ) 30.¢xf3 ¦xe6 31.¥d4
( 19...£c5 20.¦b5 £d4 21.£h4 £e4 22.£f2 £d8?“ ( 31...¦c6? 32.£e1 ¤d5 33.£e5
My 160 Memorable Games
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B54 E98
Lombardy,William Reshevsky,Samuel Herman
Fischer,Robert James Fischer,Robert James
New York ch-US 1960 New York/Los Angeles m 10.08.1961
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.f3 1.c4 ¤f6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 0-0
¤c6 6.c4 e6 7.¤c3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 9.¤c2 d5 'Nao ha necessidade de jogar ...d6 como
10.cxd5 exd5 11.¤xd5 ¤xd5 12.£xd5 £c7 d e m o n s t r a a l i n h a a s e g u i r ' 5.¥e2 [ 5.e5
13.£b5 ¥d7 14.¦c1 ¤b4 15.¤xb4 £xc1+ Letelier,R-Fischer,R Leipzig ol 1960 'Letelier,R-
16.¥xc1 ¥xb5 17.¤d5 ¥h4+ 18.g3 ¥xf1 19.¢xf1 Fischer,R Leipzig ol 1960'] 5...d6 6.¤f3 e5 7.0-0
¥d8 20.¥d2 ¦c8 21.¥c3 f5 22.e5 ¦c5 23.¤b4 [ 7.d5 Olafsson,F-Fischer,R Zürich 1959 'Olafsson,
¥a5 24.a3 ¥xb4 25.axb4 ¦d5 26.¢e2 ¢f7 F-Fischer,R Zuerich 1959'] 7...¤c6 8.d5 [ 8.¥e3
27.h4 ¢e6 28.¢e3 ¦c8 29.¦g1 ¦c4 30.¦e1 ¦e8 9.dxe5 ( 9.d5 ¤d4!= '=!' ) 9...dxe5 10.£xd8
¦xc3+ 31.bxc3 ¦xe5+ 32.¢d2 ¦xe1 33.¢xe1 ¤xd8 11.¤b5 ¤e6 12.¤g5 ¦e7= Reshevsky,S-
¢d5 34.¢d2 ¢c4 35.h5 b6 36.¢c2 g5 37.h6 f4 Fischer,R (9) Los Angeles 1961 '=' 'Reshevsky,S-
38.g4 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.¢b2 a4 41.¢a3 Fischer,R (9) Los Angeles 1961'] 8...¤e7 9.¤e1
¢xc3 42.¢xa4 ¢d4 43.¢b4 ¢e3 ¤d7 'A estrutur a de peoes desta posicao eh
0-1 tematica na India do Rei. As negras vao combater
o centro das brancas com ...f5, as brancas devem
deter o avanCo negro ao mesmo tempo que
B36 contra-atacam na ala da dama usando a ruptura
Fischer,Robert James c5.' 10.¤d3 f5 'Aqui comeca uma interessante
Reshevsky,Samuel Herman luta estrategica. Os peoes e4 branco e f5 negro
New York/Los Angeles m 1961 tem papel principal nas definicoes estrategicas.
Caso as brancas troquem exf5, as negras podem
All About Chess, by I. A. Horowitz Fischer vs. jogar ...Cxf5 deixando que as brancas dominem a
Reshevsky Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 casa e4(casa ideal para um cavalo) ou ...gxf5 que
3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 g6 5.c4 ¤f6 6.¤c3 ¤xd4 dominaria a casa e4 e abriria a coluna 'g' para o
7.£xd4 d6 8.¥e2 ¥g7 9.¥e3 0-0 10.£d2 ¥e6 ataque. Ja as negras podem trocar ...fxe4 cedendo
11.0-0 £a5 12.¦ac1 ¦fc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 ¥g4 a casa e4 as brancas ou jogar ...f4 fechando o
15.¥d3 ¥d7 16.h3 ¥c6 17.£f2 ¤d7 18.¤d5 centro e planejando um ataque a ala do rei com g5-
¥xd5 19.exd5 b5 20.¦fe1 ¤c5 21.¥b1 bxc4 g4' 11.exf5 'Trocando imediatamente Reshevsky
22.¦xc4 ¤d7 23.¥d2 £b6 24.¦xc8+ ¦xc8 evita que Fischer avance na ala da dama' [ 11.f3
25.£xb6 ¤xb6 26.¦xe7 ¥c3 27.¥xc3 ¤xd5 f4 /\ g6-g5 -> >> '/\ g6-g5 -> >> Iniciaria uma tipica
28.¦d7 ¤xc3 29.¥d3 d5 30.¥xa6 ¦a8 31.¦d6 luta da India do Rei onde as negras atacam na ala
¤xa2 32.¥b7 ¦b8 33.¥xd5 ¤c1 34.f5 gxf5 do rei e as brancas na ala da dama'; 11.¥d2 ¤f6
35.¦f6 ¤xb3 36.¦xf5 ¢h8 37.¦xf7 ¤c5 38.¦c7 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 as negras atacam com tudo na
¤a6 39.¦c4 ¦d8 40.¥e6 ¦d6 41.¥f5 ¦f6 ala do rei enquanto as brancas tem que se
42.¥d3 h6 43.¢h2 ¢g7 44.¢g3 ¤b8 45.¥e4? defender e ao mesmo tempo buscar uma reacao
[ ¹45.¦c7+! ¦f7 46.¦xf7+ ¢xf7 47.¥b5+- ] na ala da dama pois dificilmente conseguem exito
45...¦f7 46.¥d5 ¦d7 47.¥f3 ¦f7 48.¥h5 ¦a7 com uma defesa passiva] 11...¤xf5 [ 11...gxf5
49.¦g4+ ¢h8 50.¦e4 ¢g7 51.¦e6 ¤a6 52.¦g6+ 12.f4! e4 13.¤f2 ¤f6 14.¥e3 as brancas tem o
¢h7 53.¦d6 ¤c5 54.¥g6+ ¢g7 55.¥f5 ¦a6 plano Rh1 seguido de g4 para minar o centro das
56.¦d5 ¤e6 57.¦e5 ¦a3+ 58.¢f2 ¤f4 59.¦e4 negras ] 12.f3 ¤d4 [ 12...¤f6 Gligoric,S-Fischer,R
¤d5 60.¦g4+ ¢f6 61.¥e4 ¤e7 62.¦f4+ ¢g7 B l e d 1 9 6 1 ' G l i g o r i c , S - F i s c h e r , R B l e d 1 9 6 1 ']
63.¥f3 ¦a5 64.¦c4 ¦e5 65.¢g3 ¦e6 66.¦c7 13.¤e4 'as brancas uem a casa e4 enquanto as
¢f6 67.¢g4 ¦e5 68.h4 ¦b5 69.¦c4 ¦b6 negras tem a coluna 'f' semi-aberta possibilitando
70.¥e4 ¢f7 71.¦c7 ¢f6 72.¢h5 ¦b5+ 73.¢g4 u m a p r e s s a o n a a l a d o r e i ' b6 14.¥g5?
¦b4 74.¢f3 ¦b3+ 75.¢f2 ¦b4 76.¢e3 ¦b3+ 'Este lance nao resolve muito ja que para atacar as
77.¢f4 ¤g6+ 78.¢g4 ¦b4 79.¦c6+ ¢f7 negras vao avancar os peoes g e h e somente
½-½ entao a dama chegara a ala do rei para apoiar o
avanco destes peoes' [ 14.¥d2 >= '>=' ; 14.¦e1
>= '>=' ] 14...£e8 15.¥d2 a5 16.¦e1 ¤xe2+
17.£xe2 h6 18.b3 [ 18.a3 /\ b2-b4 '/\ b2-b4' a4! ]
18...g5 19.a3 'Reshevsky corretamente busca
contrajogo na ala da dama' £g6 20.b4 ¤f6
21.bxa5? 'este lance dificulta a futura ruptura c5,
My 160 Memorable Games
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8.¤bc3 ¤xd4? 9.¤d5 £c5 10.¤xd4 ¥xd4 73.£xg2 £f4+! A) 74.¢h3 £h6+!-+ ( 74...£h6+
11.¥e3! ¥xe3 12.fxe3 £a5+ 13.b4 £d8 14.¦c1 /\ Qg6+ und Qxg2 75.¢g4 ); B) 74.£g4 £xg4+
¦b8 15.0-0 ¥d7 16.£d4 f6 17.¤c7+ ¢f7 75.¢xg4 ¢g6!-+ '-+' ] 72...£h1+ [ 72...£f2+
18.e5!‚ Samarian,S-Wesen/corr/1958/] 5...¤c6 73.¢h3 g1£ ( 73...g1¤+ 74.¢g4= ) 74.¥f5+ ¢h6
6.c3 e5! 7.d3 ¤ge7 8.a3 [ ¹8.¥e3 0-0 9.d4 ( 74...£xf5+ 75.£xf5+ £g6 76.£xg6+ ¢xg6
exd4 10.cxd4 cxd4 ( 10...d5 11.¤bc3 ¥g4! ) 77.¢g4= '=' ) 75.£f6+ ¢h5 76.¥g6+! £xg6
11.¤xd4 ¤e5ƒ Pachmann,L-Tal,M Amsterdam 77.£g5+!! 'patt' ¢xg5= ] 73.¥h3 £xh3+ [ 73...g1£
1964 ] 8...0-0 [ 8...a5 9.a4! >< b5 ] 9.b4 b6 10.f4 74.£h5+ ¢g7 75.£g6+!= '!' ( 75.£g6+! ¢f8
exf4! 11.gxf4 [ 11.¤xf4? cxb4 12.axb4 ¤xb4! ; 76.£f6+ ¢e8 77.£e6+ Dauerschach)] 74.¢xh3
11.¥xf4 d5 ] 11...d5! [ 11...cxb4 12.axb4 ¤xb4? g1£ 75.£e7+ ¢h8 76.£f8+ ¢h7 77.£f7+
13.f5! ¤ec6 14.e5 ] 12.e5 ¥g4 [ ¹12...¤f5 [ 77.£f7+ £g7 78.£xg7+! ¢xg7 79.¢g3! '=' ¢f6
13.¤g3 ¤ce7 /\ f7-f6 ] 13.h3 ¥xe2 [ ¹13...¥e6 80.¢f4 ¢e6 81.¢e4 ¢d6 82.¢d4 ¢c7 83.¢d5
14.¤g3 £d7 15.¢h2 f6 ] 14.£xe2 f6 15.b5 ¢b7 84.¢c4 ¢c7 85.¢d5 ¢d7 86.¢e5= ]
[ 15.e6 f5 >< e6 ] 15...¤a5 16.¤d2 [ ¹16.¦a2 ½-½
fxe5 17.fxe5 ¦xf1+ 18.£xf1 ¥xe5 19.¥g5! ]
16...fxe5 17.fxe5 ¦xf1+ 18.¤xf1 [ 18.¥xf1 £c7!
19.¤f3 ( 19.d4 cxd4 20.cxd4 £c3 ) 19...¤b3 ] B90
18...¤b3 19.¦b1 ¤xc1 20.¦xc1 £c7! 21.¦e1 Fischer,Robert James
[ 21.d4? cxd4 ] 21...¦d8 22.¤h2 [ 22.d4 cxd4 Reshevsky,Samuel Herman
23.cxd4 ¤f5ƒ /\ Bh6 ] 22...d4 23.cxd4 cxd4 New York 1962
24.¤f3? [ 24.¤g4! ¦f8 25.¦f1= ] 24...¥h6!
25.£a2+ ¢h8 26.£e6 ¤d5? [ 26...¤f5! 27.£f6+ FISCHER (Born 1943) Usually the style of a
( 27.¤h2? ¥e3+-+ ) 27...¥g7 28.£e6 ¦f8 /\ Bh6 chessmaster has to grow; it may take years before
29.¤g5 ( 29.¤h2 £c3! ) 29...¥h6 30.¤e4 ¥e3+ one may speak of any style at all. As a rule the
31.¢h1 ¥f4 32.¤f6 £c3 33.¦d1 £c2ƒ ] 27.¤h2! young player begins with pure combination, and
[ 27.¤xd4? £c5 ] 27...¤e3 [ 27...¤f4? 28.£f6+ then in the course of time finds that he must add
¢g8 29.¤g4+- ] 28.¥c6! ¦f8 29.¤f3= ¥f4 water to win. He learns the methods of positional
[ 29...£d8 30.£d6 ] 30.¤xd4 ¥xe5 31.¤f3 ¥d4! play, and develops endgame technique. It is quite
32.¦xe3 [ 32.¤xd4?? £g3+ ] 32...¥xe3+ [ 32...£f4 possible to begin as a combinative player - a
33.¢f2! ] 33.£xe3 £g3+ 34.¢f1 £xh3+ 35.¢e1 tactician - and yet in maturing to acquire an out-
£f5 36.d4 ¢g7 [ 36...h5? 37.£h6+ ¢g8 and-out positional style of play. The exceptional
38.¥d5+ £xd5 39.£xg6+= ] 37.¢f2! [ 37.£e5+ Grandmaster Fischer, however, is another and
£xe5+ 38.dxe5 ¦f4 /\ Ra4 ] 37...h5 38.¢g3 £g4+ almost unique story in modern chess. At the age of
39.¢h2 ¦f4 [ 39...£f4+ 40.£xf4 ¦xf4 41.¢g3³ ; twenty he already possessed a fully rounded style.
39...h4? 40.£e7+ ¦f7 41.£xf7+! ] 40.£e7+ ¢h6 He is both tactician and strategist, an openings
41.£e2 £f5 42.£e3 g5 43.¢g2 ¦g4+ 44.¢f2 expert without peer, and a virtuoso of the endgame.
¦f4 45.¢g2 £c2+ 46.¢h1 [ 46.¢g3? ¦g4+ The following game against Reshevsky is a good
47.¢h3 £g2# ] 46...£b1+ 47.¢h2 £a2+ 48.¢h3 example of his super-class, technical style 1.e4
£f7 49.¢h2 £f6 50.¢g2 ¢g7 [ 50...g4? c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6
51.¢g3 ] 51.¢g3 h4+ 52.¢g2 [ 52.¢h2? g4-+ ] 6.h3 g6 7.g4 ¥g7 8.g5 ¤h5 9.¥e2 e5 10.¤b3
52...¦g4+ [ 52...g4 53.¤xh4! ] 53.¢h1 ¦g3 ¤f4 11.¤d5 ¤xd5 [ 11...0-0 12.¤xf4 exf4
54.£e4 g4 55.¤h2 £g5 56.¤f1? [ 56.£e5+! 13.¥xf4 ¥xb2 14.¥xd6 ] 12.£xd5 ¤c6 13.¥g4
£xe5 57.dxe5 ¦xa3 58.¤xg4= ] 56...¦h3+? ¥xg4 [ 13...£e7 14.-- ¥e6 ] 14.hxg4 £c8
[ 56...¦xa3! 57.d5 g3 58.d6 ( 58.¥d7 ¦a1 15.£d1 ¤d4 16.c3 ¤xb3 17.axb3 £e6 18.¦a5
59.¢g2 ¦a2+ 60.¢g1 £f6 61.¥f5 ¦f2 ) 58...¦a1 f6 19.£d5! £xd5 [ 19...£xg4 20.£xb7 0-0
59.£e7+ ( 59.¢g1 £c5+-+ ) 59...£xe7 60.dxe7 21.gxf6! ] 20.¦xd5 ¢d7 21.gxf6 ¥xf6 22.g5!
h3! 61.e8¤+ ¢f8-+ ] 57.¢g1 ¦xa3 58.d5 g3 ¥e7 [ 22...¥g7 23.¦d3 -- 24.¦dh3 winning the h-
59.¥d7! ¦a1 60.¥f5! £f6 61.£f4 ¦e1 62.d6 pawn ] 23.¢e2 ¦af8 24.¥e3 ¦c8 25.b4
¦e5 63.£g4+! [ 63.d7? ¦xf5 64.£xf5 £xf5 Intending in due course to dissolve his doubled
65.d8£ £f2+ 66.¢h1 £xf1# ] 63...¢f8 64.d7 ¦d5 pawn by Pb5, and saddle Black with a weak pawn
[ 64...¦xf5 65.d8£+! £xd8 66.£xf5+= ] 65.¢g2! o n t h e Q u e e n s i d e b5 This should be avoided if
¦xd7! [ 65...£b2+ 66.¢h3 £f2 67.¥e4! £xf1+ possible. Black now has three vulnerbla points - a6,
68.¥g2 £f2 69.£b4+= '!' ] 66.¥xd7! £f2+ 67.¢h3 d6 and h7. How to profit from a situation like this
£xf1+ 68.¢xh4 g2 69.£b4+ ¢f7! [ 69...¢g7 was the subject of "Technique of Maneuvering".
70.£e7+ £f7 71.£g5+ £g6 72.£e7+= ] 70.£b3+ The present game prettily supplements the
¢g7 71.£g3+ [ 71.£c3+? £f6+-+ ; 71.£b2+? examples there given 26.¦dd1! ¢e6 27.¦a1 ¦c6
£f6+-+ ] 71...¢h7! 72.£e5!! '!' [ 72.¥f5+ £xf5 28.¦h3 threatening to win the h-pawn ¥f8 [ 28...--
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24.¤c4 bxc3 25.bxc3 ¤d4 26.¤b6 16.gxh7+, when his own pawn on h7 would keep
1-0 the kingside closed, but 16.gxf7+ Kh8 17.Qxe3,
when h7 is a target and White already threatens 18.
R x h 7 + K x h 7 1 9 . R h 1 + . 16.¥h6 e6 17.f4
B90 Threatening 18.Qh3, when Black will have no
Fischer,Robert James d e f e n s e t o m a t e o n h 7 o r h 8 . e5 18.¤f5
Najdorf,Miguel Renewing the threat of Qh3. If Black takes the
Varna Olympiad 1962 knight he gets mated after 18...gxf5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7
20.Qg3+ Kf6 21.Qg5+ Ke6 22.ef. ¥xf5 19.exf5
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ¤xb2 A last desparate bid for counterplay, but
5.¤c3 a6 6.h3 b5 7.¤d5 ¥b7 Black should F i s c h e r h a s s e e n e v e r y t h i n g . 20.¢xb2 e4
probably take the pawn. White gets an initiative 21.¥xg7 Black may have missed this move. He
after 8.Qf3, but Black seems to hold. Now Najdorf's can't take the queen because of 22.f6 and mate on
king has nowhere to hide. 8.¤xf6+ gxf6 9.c4 h8. ¢xg7 22.¤xe4
The kingside is already unsafe, and no Fischer 1-0
goes to work on the center and the queenside.
bxc4 10.¥xc4 ¥xe4 11.0-0 d5 12.¦e1
No rest for the weary. Black's last move is shown to E26
have serious drawbacks-- he can't get his bishop Rivera
back to b7, and his dark squares look weak. e5 Fischer,Robert James
13.£a4+ ¤d7 14.¦xe4 This sacrifice reopens the Varna Olympiad 1962
a2-g8 diagonal and gives White control of all the
light squares in the center. dxe4 15.¤f5 ¥c5 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 d5 5.a3
16.¤g7+ Typically, Fischer's play is ruthlessly ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.¥d3 dxc4 8.¥xc4 £c7
a c c u r a t e . T h e t e x t a l l o w s W h i t e t o f i n i s h h i s 9.¥b3 b6 10.¤e2 0-0 11.¥b2 ¤c6 12.0-0 ¤a5
development with the Black king a sitting duck in 13.¤g3 ¥b7 14.¦c1 This loses instructively--
t h e c e n t e r . ¢e7 17.¤f5+ ¢e8 18.¥e3 White obviously saw Black's next but figured that
Again, simple but deadly-Black must either lose after 15.f3 he had met the threat, but didn't notice
time retreating the bishop or give up d6. If 18...Qb6, that 14...Qb6 contained a subtler threat. £c6 15.f3
19.Bxf7+. ¥xe3 19.fxe3 £b6 20.¦d1 ¦a7 £b5 The subtler threat of 14... Qb6--White must
21.¦d6 £d8 22.£b3 Now if Black could only now lose a bishop, and, though he gives it a try, he
castle there would be some hope, but White's 16th can't trap Black's queen. 16.¥a4 £xb2
move ruled that out. £c7 23.¥xf7+ ¢d8 24.¥e6 0-1
Black is helpless-if he tries 24...Qc1+, after 25.Rd1
he has no way to cover b6 and b8 without giving up
d7. B92
1-0 Unzicker,Wolfgang
Fischer,Robert James
Varna olm, XV finals 1962
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Purevzhav Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and
Varna Olympiad 1962 O'Connell # 564 Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por
Bobby Fischer #42 Sicilian Defence, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 Variation 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 7.f3 ¤c6 8.£d2 0-0 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e6 [ 7...¥e7
9.¥c4 ¤d7 The slowest continuation accepted by Pilnik,H-Fischer,R Mar del Plata 1959] 8.0-0
theory. Black hopes to get play against White's ¤bd7 9.f4 £c7 10.f5 ¥c4 11.a4 ¥e7
queenside with his knights, but weakens his king [ 11...¦c8? 12.a5 ¥e7 13.¥xc4 £xc4 14.¦a4!
position. 10.0-0-0 ¤b6 11.¥b3 ¤a5 12.£d3 £c7 15.¥e3 h6 16.¦f2± Schmid,L-Evans,L Varna
White doesn't want to allow either knight to move to ol 1962 ] 12.¥e3 0-0 13.a5 [ 13.g4 d5! 14.exd5
c4, which would force him to give up his Be3. Black ( 14.g5 d4! ; 14.¤xd5 ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¤f6 16.d6?
might then get strong play on the dark squares. ¥xd6 17.¥xc4 £xc4 18.£xd6 £xg4+ 19.¢h1
¥d7 13.h4 ¦c8 14.h5 So White draws first blood. £e4+ ) 14...¥b4 15.g5 ¥xc3 16.gxf6 ¥xb2
Once he takes on g6 he will be able to play Bh6, 17.fxg7 ¦fd8 18.¦b1 ¥c3µ ] 13...b5 [ 13...h6
l e a v i n g B l a c k ' s k i n g n a k e d t o t h e w i n d . ¤ac4 14.g4 ¤h7 15.¥f2ƒ /\ h2-h4 ] 14.axb6 ¤xb6
15.hxg6 hxg6 If 15...Nxe3, White would not play 15.¥xb6? [ 15.¢h1! ¦fc8 16.¥xb6 £xb6 17.¥xc4
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¦xc4 18.£e2 ¦b4 19.¦a2! Geller,E-Fischer,R cxd6 = ) 16...e5 ! 17.dxe6 ?! ¥xc3+ ! 18.bxc3
Curacao ct 1962 h6! 20.¦fa1 ¥f8 21.¦xa6 ¦xa6 £xe6 ] 15...£f6 ! [ 15...£xc5 ? 16.¥xc5 c6
22.¦xa6 £b7 23.¤a5 £c7 24.¤b3 £b7= 17.¤c7 ( 17.¤xa7 ? ¤a4 ) 17...¦ab8 18.¥xe7
Z u c k e r m a n , B] 15...£xb6+ 16.¢h1 ¥b5! ¦d7 19.d6 ¤c8 20.¤e8 ! ¤xe7 21.¤xg7 ¢xg7
/ \ B c 6 , a 6 - a 5 17.¥xb5 [ 17.¤xb5 >= axb5 22.f4 !$16 Fischer] 16.f4 ¤ed7 17.e5 [ 17.£xc7
18.£d3 ^- ] 17...axb5 18.¤d5 ¤xd5 19.£xd5 '# ' ? £xb2 'with the idea'Qb4] 17...£xf4 ! [ 17...£f5
¦a4! a <->, >< e4 20.c3 [ 20.¤d2? ¦d4 ] 20...£a6 18.£b4 a5 19.£d4 ('with the idea'Bg4) c5
[ 20...¦fa8? 21.£xa8+! ] 21.h3 '?' [ 21.¦ad1 ¦c8 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.¥g4 c5 22.£xd7² Botvinnik ]
22.¤c1 b4 23.¤d3!? bxc3 24.bxc3 A) 18.¥xf4 [ 18.£xb6 ? £e4 ! 19.f3 £h4+ ! 20.¥f2
24...¦xc3-+ 25.¤xe5 dxe5 26.£xe5 ( 26.£d8+ £b4+-+ ] 18...¤xc5 19.¤xc7 ¦ac8 20.d6 exd6
¥f8! ) 26...¥b4! 27.£xc3 £xf1+! Kmoch,H ; B) 21.exd6 [ 21.¦xd6 ? ¤bd7 ] 21...¥xb2 22.0-0
24...¦a5 Tal,M-Fischer,R Curacao ct 1962; ¤bd7 [ 22...¤cd7 23.¥f3 ¥e5 24.¥xe5 ¤xe5
21.¦ad1 ] 21...¦c8 22.¦fe1 h6! 23.¢h2 [ 23.¦xa4 25.¥xb7 ¦b8² Botvinnik ] 23.¦d5 [ 23.¤d5 ¢g7 ]
bxa4 24.¤c1 a3 ] 23...¥g5 24.g3? weakening 23...b6 ' p a s s e d p a w n ' 24.¥f3 ? [ 24.¥c4
[ 24.¦ad1 >= ] 24...£a7! 25.¢g2 ¦a2! 26.¢f1 ! ('with the idea'Re1-e7$36) ¤e6 25.¥h2 ¤d4
[ 26.¦xa2 £xa2 27.¦e2 ¦xc3! ] 26...¦xc3! 26.¥a6 ( 26.¦b1 ¥c3 27.¦c1 ¥b2 = ) 26...¦b8
[ 26...¦xc3 White resigns for: 27.¦xa2 ( 27.bxc3? 27.¢g2 !? ¤f6 28.¥e5 ! ¤xd5 29.¤xd5ƒ
£f2# ) 27...¦f3+ 28.¢e2 ¦f2+ 29.¢d3 ( 29.¢d1 'with the idea'Nf6; 'with the idea'Rb1; 'with the
£xa2 ) 29...£xa2 30.¦a1 £xb2-+ ] idea'Rd1 ] 24...¤e6 ! 25.¤xe6 [ 25.¥h2 ¤d4
0-1 26.¦xd4 ( 26.¥g2 ¤f6 ) 26...¥xd4 27.¦e1 ¥c5
28.¤d5 ¢f8 'with the idea'Re8, Ne5] 25...fxe6
26.¦d3 [ 26.¦d2 ? ¥c1 27.¦d4 e5 ; 26.¦dd1 ?
D98 ¦f8 27.¥g4 ¦xf4 28.¥xe6+ ¦f7-+ Fischer ]
Botvinnik,Mikhail M 26...¤c5 27.¦e3 [ 27.¦d2 ¦f8 28.d7 ¦cd8µ ]
Fischer,Robert James 27...e5 [ 27...¥d4 ?! 28.¦a3 e5 29.¥g5 ¦xd6
XV Olympiad Varna 1962 30.¥e7 ¦d7 31.¥g4 Botvinnik ] 28.¥xe5 ¥xe5
29.¦xe5 ¦xd6 30.¦e7 ¦d7 31.¦xd7 [ 31.¦fe1
1.c4 g6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.£b3 ¦cc7 ! ] 31...¤xd7 32.¥g4 [ 32.¦e1 %03'better is'
dxc4 6.£xc4 0-0 7.e4 ¥g4 8.¥e3 [ 8.¤e5 ¥e6 ¢f8 33.¥d5 ] 32...¦c7 33.¦e1 ¢f7 34.¢g2 ¤c5
9.d5 ¥c8 = 'with the idea'e6] 8...¤fd7 9.¥e2 ¤c6 35.¦e3 ¦e7 36.¦f3+ [ 36.¢f3 ? h5 !$19 ;
[ 9...¤b6 Botvinnik - Smyslov, Moscow (m/4), 36.¦xe7+ ¢xe7µ ] 36...¢g7 37.¦c3 ¦e4 38.¥d1
1958 ] 10.¦d1 [ 10.d5 ¤a5 11.£a4 c6 ; 10.0-0-0 ¦d4 [ 38...¦e1 ! ] 39.¥c2 ¢f6 40.¢f3 ¢g5
¤b6 11.£c5 e6 12.¢b1 £c8 13.h3 ¥xf3 41.¢g3 ¤e4+ [ 41...¦b4 42.a3 ¦d4 43.f3 a5
14.¥xf3 a5 15.¤b5² Portisch - Hort, Palma de 44.¢g2 ¢h4-+ 'with the idea'Ne6-f4 Botvinnik]
Mallorca, 1971] 10...¤b6 11.£c5 [ 11.£d3 ¥xf3 42.¥xe4 ¦xe4 43.¦a3 'passed pawn' [ 43.¦c7
12.gxf3 e5 13.d5 ¤d4 = Botvinnik] 11...£d6 ! ¦a4 44.¦xh7 ¦a3+ ! 45.f3 ¦xa2 46.h4+ ¢f5µ ]
12.h3 [ 12.£xd6 cxd6 != ; 12.d5 ¤e5 13.¤xe5 43...¦e7 ? [ 43...a5 ! 44.¦b3 ¦b4 45.¦xb4 axb4
¥xe2 14.¢xe2 ¥xe5 15.£xd6 cxd6 16.¥d4 ¦fc8 46.f4+ ¢f5 47.¢f3 ¢e6 48.¢e4 ( 48.¢g4 h6 )
17.¥xe5 dxe5 18.¦c1 ¤c4 19.b3 ¤d6 48...¢d6 49.¢d4 b5 50.¢d3 ¢d5 51.¢c2 ¢c4
Arencibia - Konguveel, Linares, 1997 =; 12.e5 !? 52.¢b2 b3 ! 53.axb3+ ( 53.a3 h6 54.h4 h5-+ )
£xc5 13.dxc5 ¤d7 ( 13...¤c8 14.h3 ¥xf3 53...¢d3 54.¢a3 ¢c3-+ ] 44.¦f3 ¦c7 45.a4 ¦c5
15.¥xf3 ¥xe5 16.¦d7 a6 17.¥xc6 bxc6 18.f4 [ 45...¢h6 46.¦d3 ! ¦c5 47.h4 ¦a5 48.¦d4
¥f6 19.¦xc7² Kaufman - Kudrin, Chicago, 1997) = Botvinnik] 46.¦f7 ¦a5 47.¦xh7 ! [ 47.¦f4 ¦f5
14.h3 ¥e6 15.¤g5 ¤dxe5 16.¤xe6 fxe6 17.f4 48.¦c4 ¦f7µ 'with the idea'Kf5] 47...¦xa4 48.h4+ !
¥h6 18.0-0 ¦ad8 19.g3 ¤b4 20.¥f2 ¤ed3 ¢f5 [ 48...¢f6 49.¦b7 ! ¦a5 50.¢g4 b5 51.f4 a6
21.a3 ¤xf2 22.¦xd8 ¤xh3+ 23.¢g2 ¦xd8 52.¦b6+ ¢g7 53.¦b7+ = Botvinnik] 49.¦f7+ ¢e5
24.axb4 ¤xf4+ 25.gxf4 ¦d4 26.b5² Ziegler - 50.¦g7 ¦a1 51.¢f3 ' p a s s e d p a w n ' b5 ?
Pribyl, Goeteborg, 1997] 12...¥xf3 13.gxf3 [ 51...¢d5 52.¦xg6 b5 53.¢e2 ¢c4 54.h5 b4
[ 13.¥xf3 £xc5 14.dxc5 ¤c4 15.¥c1 ¤d4÷ ] 55.¦g4+ ¢b5 56.¢d3 = Botvinnik; 51...¢d4 !
13...¦fd8 [ 13...£xc5 14.dxc5 ¥xc3+ 15.bxc3 52.¦xg6 b5 53.h5 b4 A) 54.¢g2 b3 55.h6 b2
¤a4 16.¢d2 !$16 Furman] 14.d5 [ 14.e5 £xc5 56.h7 ¦h1 ! 57.¢xh1 b1£+ 58.¢h2 £b8+
15.dxc5 ¦xd1+ 16.¢xd1 ¤d7 17.f4 g5 ! 18.fxg5 59.¢g1 £h8 ( 59...£e5 ! 60.¦g8 £e1+ 61.¢h2
¥xe5 = ; 14.¤b5 £xc5 15.dxc5 ¤a4 ! 16.¦xd8+ £xf2+ 62.¢h3 £f3+ !$19 ) 60.¦g4+ ¢c3 61.¦h4
¦xd8 17.b3 ¤c3 18.¤xc7 ¤d4 ] 14...¤e5 a5 62.¢g2 ¢b3 63.¦h3+ ¢c2 64.¦h4 a4
15.¤b5 'passed pawn' [ 15.f4 ¤ed7 ( 15...¤ec4 ! 65.¦xa4 £g7+ ! ( 65...£xh7 66.¦g4 = 'with the
16.¥xc4 £xc5 17.¥xc5 ¤xc4 18.e5 ¤xb2 idea'Rg3-e3) 66.¢f1 £xh7 67.¦a2+ ( 67.¦a3
19.¦d4 f6 !$17 Botvinnik) 16.£b5 ( 16.£xd6 £h1+ 68.¢e2 £d1+ 69.¢e3 £c1+-+ ; 67.¦g4
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£h1+ 68.¦g1 £h3+ 69.¦g2 ¢d2 70.¢g1 ¢e1 43.¢g3 [ 43.¦e2? £xg4 44.¦xg4 ¦h2+-+ ;
71.¦g3 £f1+-+ ) 67...¢b3 68.¦a5÷ ; B) 54.h6 ! b3 43.¢f3 ¦xg2 /\ 44... Qc1 -+] 43...¦xg2+ 44.¢xg2
( 54...¦h1 55.¢g2 ! ¦h5 56.¦a6 b3 57.¦xa7 £c1!
¦xh6 58.¦b7 ¢c4 59.¢f3 = Botvinnik) 55.¦g4+ ! 0-1
( 55.h7 ¦h1 56.¦g7 a5-+ ) 55...¢c5 ! ( 55...¢c3
? 56.¦h4 b2 57.h7 b1£ 58.h8£+ ; 55...¢d3 ?
56.¦b4 ¢c2 57.¦c4+ = ) 56.¦g5+ ¢c6 ! C15
( 56...¢b4 57.¦g7 ! b2 58.h7 ¦h1 ! 59.¦xa7 ¢b3 Fischer,Robert James
60.¦b7+ ¢c2 61.¦c7+ ¢d2 62.¦b7 = Botvinnik) Finegold,Ronald
57.¦g6+ ¢b7 ! 58.¦g7+ ( 58.¦g4 ? a5-+ ) Bay City 1963
58...¢a6 ! 59.¦g6+ ( 59.¢g2 ? b2 60.h7 b1£
61.h8£ £e4+-+ ) 59...¢a5 60.¦g5+ ( 60.¦g7 ? Fischer's Chess Games by Wade and O'Connell
b2 61.¦xa7+ ¢b6-+ ) 60...¢a4 ! 61.¦g4+ p150 #284 Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez -
( 61.¦g7 a5 62.¦b7 ¦h1 ; 61.¦h5 b2 62.h7 b1£ Aula 05 Variante 04 Luta do B bom contra o B mau
63.h8£ £d3+ 64.¢f4 ¦e1 ! 65.¦e5 £d4+ 66.¢f5 Posições diversas # 4 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3
£xf2+ 67.¢e6 £b6+-+ ) 61...¢a3 62.¦h4 b2 ¥b4 4.a3 ¥xc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.£g4 ¤f6
63.h7 b1£ 64.h8£ £b3+ ! 65.¢e2 ( 65.¢f4 ? 7.£xg7 ¦g8 8.£h6 ¦g6 In "Schach Archiv" 1971,
£f7+ ; 65.¢g2 ? £d5+ 66.f3 £d2+-+ Fischer ) Euwe remarks that the maneuver Rg8-g6 seems
65...£d1+ 66.¢e3 ¦b1 !! 67.¦c4 ! ( 67.£c3+ ? to entail more drawbacks than advantages for
¦b3 ; 67.¦h3 ¢a2 ! 68.£g8+ £b3+-+ ; 67.£f8+ Black. 9.£e3 From here the white Q brings
¢a2 68.£c5 = Botvinnik) 67...¦b3+ 68.¦c3 £e1+ pressure to bear on Black's e-pawn; on the other
69.¢d3 £f1+ 70.¢d2 ( 70.¢e3 ? £h3+ !$19 ) hand, the position of the white Q gives Black the
70...£xf2+ 71.¢d3 = Kasparov] 52.h5 ! [ 52.¦xg6 additional possibility of Nf6-g4 with tactical threats.
¢d4-+ ] 52...¦a3+ 53.¢g2 gxh5 54.¦g5+ ¢d6 [Zeuthen/Jarlnaes 71] b6 10.¥b2 [ 10.¤e2 ¥b7
55.¦xb5 h4 56.f4 ¢c6 57.¦b8 ! h3+ 58.¢h2 a5 11.h3 ¤bd7 12.¥b2 £e7= (eco 74/81)
59.f5 ¢c7 60.¦b5 ¢d6 61.f6 ¢e6 62.¦b6+ ¢f7 Strelakovsky-Petrov USSR 1955 If 13 0-0-0,
63.¦a6 ¢g6 64.¦c6 a4 65.¦a6 ¢f7 66.¦c6 ¦d3 game transposes to main variation.] 10...¥b7
67.¦a6 a3 68.¢g1 11.0-0-0 ¤bd7 12.h3 £e7 13.¤e2 0-0-0
½-½ 14.c4 e5 15.dxe5 ¤xe5 16.¦xd8+ ¢xd8
17.¤f4² [Zeuthen/Jarlnaes 71] ¦g8 18.¥e2 ¢c8
19.¦d1 ¦d8 20.¦xd8+ ¢xd8 21.£g3 ¤g6 22.h4
B80 ¤xf4 23.£xf4 ¤e8 24.h5 ¥c8 25.h6 £d6
Fischer,Robert James 26.£g5+ £e7 27.£d5+ £d6 28.£g5+ £e7
Gligoric,Svetozar 29.£g3 ¥f5 30.£f4 £e6 31.g4 ¥g6 32.£g5+
Varna ol (Men) 1962 £e7 33.£d5+ £d6 34.¥e5 £xd5 35.cxd5 f6
36.¥g3 ¢e7 37.¢d2 ¤d6 38.¢e3 b5 39.¥xd6+
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ¢xd6 40.¢d4 a6 41.c4 bxc4 42.¥xc4 a5
5.¤c3 a6 6.g3 e6 [ 6...e5 7.¤de2 ¥e7 8.¥g2 43.¥a2 f5 44.gxf5 ¥xf5 45.¥b3 ¥g6 46.¥a4
0-0 9.0-0 b5 10.h3 ¥b7= ] 7.¥g2 ¥e7 8.0-0 ¥f5+- [Se 46...¥f7 47.¥c6 ¥g6 48.¥b7 ¥f5
0-0 9.f4 [ 9.b3 £c7 10.¥b2 ¤c6 11.¤ce2 ¥d7 49.¥a6 ¥g6 50.¥c8 ¥f7 51.¥f5 ¥g8 52.¥xe4
12.c4 ¦ac8 13.¦c1 £b8 14.¥a3 ¦fd8 15.£d2 com vantagem decisiva.] 47.¥e8 ¢e7 48.¢e5
b5= ] 9...£c7 10.g4 ¤c6 11.¤xc6 bxc6 12.g5 ¥g4 49.¥g6! ¥d7 50.¥xh7 c6 51.dxc6 ¥xc6
¤d7 13.f5 ¦e8 14.¢h1 ¥f8 15.¥f4 ¤e5!³ 16.f6 52.¥xe4 ¥xe4 53.¢xe4 ¢f6 54.f4
g6 17.h4 [ 17.£e1 /\Qh4,RBe1-e3-h3] 17...a5 1-0
18.h5 ¥a6 19.¦e1 £b6 20.hxg6 fxg6
[ 20...hxg6? ] 21.¥xe5 dxe5 22.£f3 ¦a7 23.¥f1
¦f7 24.¥xa6 £xa6 25.£g3 £b6 26.£xe5 C52
[ 26.b3 £c5³ ] 26...£xb2 27.¦ad1 h6 Fischer,Robert James
[ 27...£xc2? 28.¦e2! ; 27...¥b4 28.¦e3 £xc2 Fine,Reuben
29.¦ed3 £f2 30.¦d8 £h4+ 31.¢g2 £g4+ Poughkeepsie 1963
32.¢h1 ¦xd8 33.¦xd8+ ¥f8µ ] 28.¦e3 ¥b4
29.gxh6 £xc2 '/\ 30... Bxc3 or 30... Qf2' 30.¦g1 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3
¢h7 31.£g3 [ 31.¦xg6? £c1+ /\ 32... Qxe3] ¥a5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3 8.£b3 £e7
31...¦g8 32.e5 ¥xc3 33.¦xc3 £e4+ 34.¦g2 ¦d8 8...Qf6 is normal. Black's move uses the threat of a
'-/+' 35.¦e3 ¦d1+ 36.¢h2 £b1 37.£g4 ¦h1+ later ... Qb4 to get play, but Black's pieces just get
38.¢g3 £c1 39.¦e4 ¦d7 '-+' 40.£e2 £g5+ i n e a c h o t h e r s ' w a y . 9.¤xc3 ¤f6 10.¤d5
41.£g4 [ 41.¦g4 £h5µ ] 41...¦d3+ 42.¢f2 ¦d2+ White forces Black to open the e file onto his own
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king, accentuating his lead in development. ¤xd5 passed pawn will eventually win the game for black
11.exd5 ¤e5 12.¤xe5 £xe5 13.¥b2 in classic style. The pawn is untouchable 56.
White's lead in development is decisive, but the Rxa5? Rb1+ grabs the Bishop. 56.¦h2 a4 57.¥h3
tactics Fischer uses to prove this are most ¤e7 58.¥g5 ¢f7 59.¦e2 ¦e6 60.¦xe6 ¢xe6
instructive. £g5 14.h4 Deflecting the queen from 61.¢d1 ¤c8 62.¢d2 ¥d7 63.¥g2 ¦a7 64.¦e1+
g7. If Black doesn't White wins by doubling on the e ¢d6 65.¥h6 a3 66.¥f8+ ¢c6 67.¥c5 ¦a8
file and mating on e7 or e8. £xh4 15.¥xg7 ¦g8 68.¦a1 a2 69.¢e3 ¤d6 70.¢f4 ¤b5 71.¥b4 h4
16.¦fe1+ ¢d8 17.£g3 The second deflection of 72.¥h3 ¤c7 73.¥e7 White resigns after making
the queen, and this time there is no answer-- this move in adjournment. There might follow, 73...
Black can't hold both his queen and the d8-h4 Re8! (threatening Ne6+) 74. Bxh4 Rh8! (75. Kg3
diagonal. f4+) 75. Bxf5 Rxh4+ wins a piece for 3 pawns, but
1-0 white's extra pawns are not enough to turn the tide.
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Fischer,Robert James B09
Mednis,Edmar Fischer,Robert James
U.S. Championship 1963 Benko,Pal Charles
US Championship 1963
1.e4 C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7
Qg4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 1.e4 g6 2.d4 ¥g7 3.¤c3 d6 4.f4 ¤f6 5.¤f3
¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 £c7 This move is designed to 0-0 6.¥d3 ¥g4 7.h3 ¥xf3 8.£xf3 ¤c6 9.¥e3
discourage 7. Qg4 when black would play 7... f5. e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 gxf5 12.£xf5 ¤d4
However, a more modern idea is simply 6... Ne7. 13.£f2 ¤e8 14.0-0 ¤d6 15.£g3 ¢h8 16.£g4
Then if 7. Qg4, then 7... cxd4 is complicated, but c6 17.£h5 £e8 White has the f-file, well-placed
OK for black. 7.¤f3 ¥d7 8.a4 ¤e7 9.¥d3 ¤bc6 pieces and a slightly better pawn structure. Black's
10.0-0 c4 [ The Bishop must be dislodged from its forces are scattered, and the bishop does little from
powerful diagonal before black castles. For its post at g7. Fischer exploits these factors quickly.
example 10...0-0 11.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 12.¤g5+ ¢g8 18.¥xd4 The knight at d4 was a potential defender
13.£h5 ¦fc8 14.£xf7+ ¢h8 15.f4! and black will on the kingside, and the bishop was not going to
find it hard to stop 16. Rf3 and 17. Rh3. For participate in the attack anyway. exd4 18...exd4 19.
example: A) The defensive recourse 15...¥e8 e5 looks like it wins a piece, because of the threat
16.£xe6 ( is good for a draw because white gets of Qxh7 mate, but Black has a defense. f5! Qxe8
into trouble after the complicated 16.£f8+ ¤g8 Nxe8 19.¦f6 A brilliant move. The idea is to
17.¦f3 ¥h5! ); B) 15...¤f5 16.¦f3 ¤h6 17.¦h3 encourage Black to move the bishop to a position
cxd4 what else? 18.¦xh6+ is mate next] 11.¥e2 f6 where it blocks the f-pawn from advancing,
12.¥a3 0-0 [ 12...fxe5 13.dxe5 ¤xe5 14.¤xe5 eliminating the defense mentioned in the previous
£xe5 15.¥h5+ ¤g6 wins a pawn at the expense note. 19.Rf6 Bxf6 20.e5 h6 21.Qxh6+ Kg8 22.Qh7+
of opening the center uncastled for one of history's ¢g8 20.e5 h6 21.¤e2 Here Black resigned,
great attacking players.] 13.¦e1 ¦f7 14.exf6 gxf6 because mate is still unavoidable, for example ¤c8
15.¥f1 ¦e8 16.¤h4 ¤g6 17.£h5 ¦g7 18.g3 22.£f5
£a5! Forcing an ugly defensive move. 19.¥b2 1-0
¤d8 The isolated pawn on a4 becomes a target.
20.¦e3 ¤f7 21.¢h1 ¤d6 [ Now the immediate
21...¥xa4 gets refuted by 22.¤f5! ] 22.¤xg6 hxg6 D71
23.£e2 ¦h7 24.¢g1 ¢f7 25.h4 f5 26.£f3 ¤e4 Byrne,Robert E
27.£f4 ¦c8 28.¥g2 £c7 29.£xc7 ¦xc7 30.a5 Fischer,Robert James
¦c6 31.¥a3 ¦a6 32.¥b4 ¦h8 33.¦ee1 ¥c6 USA-ch New York 18.12.1963
34.¥f3 ¤d2 35.¥e2 ¤e4 36.¢g2 ¤f6 37.¦h1
¥e8 38.¢f3 ¤e4 39.¢e3 ¤f6 40.f3 ¥d7 41.g4 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.¥g2 [ 4.d5 b5!
¥e8 42.¢f4 ¥b5 43.h5 gxh5 44.¦ag1 ¥e8 5.dxc6 bxc4 6.cxd7+ ¤bxd7 7.¥g2 ¦b8 8.¤f3
45.¢e3 b6 46.axb6 ¦xb6 47.¦a1 ¦b7 48.¥d6 ¥g7 9.0-0 0-0= Byrne,R-Fischer,R ch-USA
¦h7 49.gxf5 White is not prepared to exploit the 1962 ] 4...d5 5.cxd5 [ 5.£b3 ] 5...cxd5 6.¤c3
attacking chances created by this line opening ¥g7 7.e3 [ 7.¤f3 0-0 8.¤e5 ( 8.0-0 ¤e4!= )
move. Perhaps this move was a bit impatient. exf5 8...¥f5 9.0-0 ¤e4 10.£b3 ¤c6 11.£xd5 ¤xc3
50.¦h4 ¢e6 51.¥h2 ¦b2 52.¢d2 ¦hb7 53.¢c1 12.bxc3 £xd5 13.¥xd5 ¤xe5 14.dxe5 ¥xe5=
¦2b6 54.¥f1 ¤g8 55.¥f4 a5 This outside Benko,P-Fischer,R ch-USA 1962] 7...0-0
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[ 16.a4! ¦b8 17.axb5 axb5 18.g3! g6 19.h4! 5.¤c3 e6 6.¤db5 ¥b4 7.a3 ¥xc3+ 8.¤xc3 d5
( 19.¢h2 ¥e6 20.¤e3 c4= Kmoch ) 19...¥e6 9.e3 0-0 10.cxd5 exd5 11.¥e2 ¥f5 '/\ 12... d4
20.¤e3 c4 21.¤g5 ¥xg5 22.hxg5 ¤a5 23.¤g4 13.exd4 Nxd4 =/+' 12.¤b5 £b6 13.0-0 a6
¥xg4 24.£xg4 ¤b3 25.¥xb3 cxb3 26.¥e3± 14.¤d4 ¤xd4 15.£xd4 £xd4 16.exd4 ¦ac8
Fischer,R-Eliskases,E Mar del Plata 1960 'Fischer- 17.¥d1 ¥c2 18.¥e3 ¥xd1 19.¦fxd1 ¦c2 20.¦d2
Eliskases 1960'] 16...g6 [ ¹16...¤f6 17.h4 h6 ¦fc8 21.¦xc2 ¦xc2 22.¦c1 ¦xc1+ 23.¥xc1
18.¤e3 ¥e6 ; 16...¥xh3 17.¤g5 A) 17...¥xf1 ¤d7³ 24.¢f1 ¤f8 25.¢e2 ¤e6 26.¢d3 h5
18.£xh5 ¥xg5 19.¥xg5 f6 20.¥xf6! ( 20.¥e3 27.¥e3 ¢h7 28.f3 ¢g6 29.a4 ¢f5 30.¢e2 g5
¥d3 21.¥xd3 ¦xd3 22.¥xc5² Komch ) 20...gxf6 31.¢f2 ¤d8 32.¥d2 ¢g6 33.¢e3 ¤e6 34.¢d3
21.¢xf1± ; B) 17...¥xg5 18.¥xg5 ¤f6 ( 18...¥xf1? ¢f5 35.¥e3 f6 36.¢e2 ¢g6 37.¢d3 f5 38.¢e2
19.¥xd8 ) 19.¥xf6 gxf6 20.¤e3² ] 17.h4! [ 17.¢h2 f4 39.¥f2 ¤g7 40.h3 ¤f5 41.¢d3 g4 42.hxg4
Bronstein,D-Reshevsky,S Zürich ct 1953; 17.¢g2 hxg4 43.fxg4 ¤h6 44.¥e1? [ 44.¢e2 ¤xg4
W e i n s t e i n , R] 17...¥e6 18.¤e3 f6 [ 18...c4 45.¥g1! ¢f5 ( 45...a5 46.¢f3 ¢f5 47.g3! ) 46.¢f3
19.¤g5! ] 19.¤d5! £b7 [ 19...¥xd5 20.exd5 ¦xd5 '/\ 47.g3' ¤f6 47.¥h2 ( 47.g3? fxg3 48.¢xg3
21.c4! ¤d4 22.¤xd4 ¦xd4 23.cxb5 axb5 ¢e4! ) 47...¤h5! 48.a5! ( 48.¥g1? ¤g7 49.¥h2
24.£xb5 c4 Eliskases,E 'Eliskases' 25.¥e3 ¦b8 ¤e6 50.¥g1 ¤g5+-+ ; 48.g3? ; 48.g4+? ) 48...¢g5
26.£a4 ¦b4? 27.£e8+ ] 20.¤xe7+ £xe7± ^^ 49.g4!= ( 49.g3!= ) 49...fxg3 50.¥xg3= - ACQ ]
21.¤h2 /\ Nh2-...-d5 '/\... Nd5' ¤g7 [ ¹21...c4 44...¤xg4-+ 45.¥d2 [ 45.¢e2 ¢f5 46.¢f3
Kmoch /\Rd7,Rad8] 22.¤g4 c4 [ 22...¤h5 ¤h2+-+ ] 45...¢f5 46.¥e1 ¤f6 47.¥h4 [ 47.g3
23.¤e3 £f7 24.£f3 ¤e7 25.a4± Kmoch ] 23.£f3! f3! 48.¢e3 ¢g4-+ ; 47.¥f2 ¤e4 48.¥g1
¥xg4 [ 23...¦f8 24.¤e3 >< d5 ] 24.£xg4 ¤e6 ( 48.¢e2? ¤xf2 49.¢xf2 ¢e4-+ ) 48...¢g4
25.h5? [ ¹25.¥e3 [Fischer] ¤c5? 26.¥xc5 £xc5 49.¢e2 ( 49.¥h2 ¤g3 50.¢d2 ¤f1+-+ ) 49...¢g3
27.£e6+ ¢g7 28.¦ad1+- ] 25...¢h8! [ 25...g5 50.¢f1 ¤d2+ 51.¢e2 ¢xg2-+ ] 47...¤h5 48.¥e1
26.¥e3 ] 26.¢g2! [ 26.hxg6 ¦g8„ ] 26...g5™ ¢g4 49.¢e2 ¤g3+ 50.¢d3 [ 50.¥xg3 ¢xg3
[ 26...¦g8 27.¦h1 gxh5? ( 27...g5 >= ; 27...g5 ) 51.¢f1 f3-+ ; 50.¢f2 ¤f5 51.¥c3 ¤e3 ] 50...¤f5
28.£xh5 ¤f4+ 29.¥xf4 exf4 30.e5! ¦g7 31.exf6 51.¥f2 ¤h4 52.a5 [ 52.¥xh4 ¢xh4 53.¢e2 ¢g3
£xf6 32.¥xh7+- ] 27.¥e3 ¤f4+! 28.¢h2! 54.¢f1 f3 ] 52...¤xg2 53.¢c3 ¢f3 54.¥g1 ¢e2
[ 28.gxf4? gxf4µ /\ Rg8; fxe3] 28...¤d3 29.¥xd3 55.¥h2 f3 56.¥g3 ¤e3!-+ /\ 57... Nf5 -+
cxd3? [ ¹29...¦xd3 30.¦ed1 ¦ad8 ( 30...¦xd1 0-1
31.¦xd1 ¦d8 32.¦xd8+ £xd8 33.£e6± Kmoch ;
30...¦dd8 31.¦d5! ¦xd5 32.exd5 ¤d8 33.¦d1
¤f7 34.d6! ¤xd6 35.¥c5 ¦d8 36.¦d2 £c7 C51
37.£e6 ¤e8 38.¦xd8 £xd8 39.£f7+- Kmoch ) Fischer,Robert James
31.¦xd3 cxd3 ( 31...¦xd3? 32.£c8+ ¤d8 Celle
33.£xa6 ) 32.¦d1 ¦d7 33.¦d2ƒ /\ Bc5 /\ 34.Bc5 Davies simul 1964
+- ] 30.¦ed1 ¦d7 [ 30...b4 31.¦d2 bxc3 32.bxc3
£a3 33.¦ad1 ( 33.£e6 ! Kmoch ) 33...£xc3 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3
34.£e6 ¢g7 35.h6+!+- ] 31.¦d2+- ¤a5 ¥e7 6.d4 d6 7.dxe5 ¤xe5 8.¤xe5 dxe5 9.£h5
[ 31...¦ad8 32.¦ad1 £f7 33.¥b6 ¦b8 34.¥c5 g6 10.£xe5 ¤f6 11.¥a3 ¦f8 12.0-0 ¤g4
¦bd8 35.£f3+- >< d3 ] 32.b3 £d6 [ 32...¦c8? 13.£g3 ¥xa3 14.¤xa3 £e7 15.¥b5+ c6 16.¤c4
33.¦xd3! ] 33.¦ad1 ¦e8 [ 33...¦ad8 34.¦xd3 £e6 17.¦ad1 cxb5 18.£c7 ¥d7 19.¤d6+ ¢e7
£xd3 35.¦xd3 ¦xd3 36.¥b6! ] 34.¦xd3 £xd3 20.¤f5+ gxf5 21.exf5 ¦ac8 22.¦xd7+ £xd7
35.£xd7! [ 35.£xd7! £xd7 36.¦xd7 ¦e6 23.f6+ ¤xf6 24.¦e1+ ¤e4 25.¦xe4+ ¢f6
37.¢h3+- /\ Kh3-g4-f5 ] 26.£xd7 ¦fd8 27.£g4
1-0 1-0
A33 C41
Saidy,Anthony F 2618 Fischer,Robert James
Fischer,Robert James 2629 Chaney
USA-ch 6364 New York 02.01.1964 Houston (simul) 1964
The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 f5 Black opens up his
and O'Connell # 68 English Opening Estratégia - kingside while he's behind in development, a
Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 04 Variante 05 formula for an early demise. 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.¤g5
Luta do N contra o B mau Estrutura central d4-d5 # Threatening Black's e-pawn and preventing 5...
10 1.c4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 dxe5. d5 6.¤c3 This develops a piece with gain of
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tempo. ¤e7 Blocking in his whole kingside. 7.e6 Black blocks the bishop's diagonal but weakens his
This wins at least the exchange, since Black can't kingside. 3.e4 With Black having weakened his
do anything to keep the knight out of f7. ¤g6 8.¤f7 kingside White shifts into gambit mode and plays
£f6 9.¤xh8 Black has no appetite for 9...Nxh8 10. for attack. ¥xb4 4.¥c4 Now Black will be unable
Nxd5, when he must lose at least another to castle. ¤e7 5.£h5+ ¤g6 5...g6 6.Qh4 leaves
exchange. Play this out against Gambit if you don't Black's knight awkwardly placed, but now the pin
see why. o n t h e k n i g h t w i l l b e c o m e u n p l e a s a n t . 6.f4
1-0 White offers another pawn to open his queen
bishop's diagonal. exf4 7.¤f3 Threatening to
attack the pinned knight by 8.Nh4. ¤c6 8.¤c3
C51 Now White threatens 9.Nh4 Ne7 10.Nd5. ¥xc3
Fischer,Robert James 9.¥xc3 d6 10.¤h4 ¤ce7 11.¤f5 ¢f8 12.0-0
Boatner White threatens 13.Rxf4 followed by 14.Nxg7 and
Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 15.Rxf6 or 15.Bxf6. £e8 This loses by cutting off a
possible escape square for Black's king. 13.¥xf6
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 Black can't take the bishop because of 14.Qh6
¥e7 Black doesn't want to gain a tempo after 6.d4 mate. ¥xf5 14.exf5 d5 15.fxg6 gxf6 16.£h6+
as he would after 5...Bc5. 6.d4 d6 This is a ¢g8 17.g7
mistake. Black should play 6...Na5 to neutralize 1-0
White's bishop. 7.£b3 White should play 7.dxe5.
The text lets Black defend by 7...Na5, since 8.
Bxf7+ is no good. ¤h6 8.¥xh6 Now 8...Na5 C30
doesn't work as Black will come out a piece down. Fischer,Robert James
gxh6 9.¥xf7+ ¢f8 10.¥h5 Black can only stop Jones
the mate on f7 by 10...d5, when he will end up two Simultaneous Exhibition 1964
pawns down with his king still exposed.
1-0 1.e4 e5 2.f4 f6 After this Black is almost lost.
3.fxe5 ¤c6 3...fxe5 4. Qh5+ gives Black the
unhappy choice of losing a rook after 4...g6 5.
C43 Qxe5+ or his king after 4...Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.
Fischer,Robert James Bc4+. 4.d4 ¥e7 5.exf6 gxf6 If 5...Nxf6 White
Chalker plays 6.Bd3 threatening 7.e5 and 8.Qh5+. 6.£h5+
Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 ¢f8 7.¥c4 £e8 8.¥h6+
1-0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 ¤e4 5.£e2
White tries to prove Black's knight is misplaced. 5...
f5 or 5...would lose a pawn for shaky C10
c o m p e n s a t i o n . ¥b4+ If White interposes on d2 Fischer,Robert James
Black will take over the initiative; if he moves his Kral,Peter
king Black will have two exposed minor pieces. Simultaneous Exhibition 1964
6.¢d1 Now that W te's king is stuck in the center
Black show sacrifice a pawn by 6...d5 7. exd6 f5, 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¤d7
with complications. ¤c5 By cutting his bishop off 5.¤f3 ¤gf6 6.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 7.¥d3 ¥e7 8.£e2
from the kingside Black lets his queen get trapped. 0-0 9.¥g5 c5 10.dxc5 £a5+ 11.c3 £xc5
7.¥g5 d3 Black's best try, keeping White's queen 12.0-0-0 Here Black makes a big mistake. b5
out of c4, but not good enough. 8.cxd3 f6 9.exf6+ N o w t h e r e i s a p a t h t o t h e r o o k a t a 8 o n o n e
¢f7 10.¤e5+ ¢e6 11.¤c6+ diagonal, and a path to h7 on another diagonal.
1-0 The diagonals intersect at e4. If the White queen
occupies that square, we would have a double
attack. 13.¥xf6 ¥xf6 White to move and win.
A00 14.£e4 g6 15.£xa8 b4 16.c4
Fischer,Robert James 1-0
Gloger
Simultaneous Exhibition 1964
C33 C57
Fischer,Robert James Fischer,Robert James
Nyman Burger,Robert
Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 San Francisco sim 1964
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.¥c4 d5 4.¥xd5 ¤f6 5.¤c3 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¤f6 4.¤g5 d5
¥b4 6.¤f3 0-0 7.0-0 ¥xc3 8.dxc3 c6 9.¥c4 5.exd5 ¤d4 6.c3 b5 7.¥f1 ¤xd5 8.cxd4 £xg5
£b6+ Black should trade queens and live with a 9.¥xb5+ ¢d8 10.£f3 ¥b7 11.0-0 exd4?
slight disadvantage after White takes on f4. 10.¢h1 [ 11...e4!? 12.£xe4 ¥d6 13.d3 ( 13.¦e1?! c6
¤xe4 11.£e1 ¦e8 12.¥xf4 ¤d6 13.¥xd6 ¦xe1 14.¥d3 ¢d7 15.h4² ; 13.f4 ¥xf4 14.¤c3 ¦b8
14.¦axe1 For his queen White has a huge lead in 15.£e2= ) 13...¥xh2+ ( 13...£h5 14.h3 ¦b8= )
development and threats against f7. Now 14...Be6 14.¢xh2 ¤f4 15.£xb7?? ( 15.¥xf4! £h4+
would lose to 15 Ng5. ¥d7 15.¤g5 ¤a6 16.¦xf7 16.¢g1 ¥xe4 17.¥g3 £g5 18.dxe4 £xb5
After 16...Kh8, the only defense to the threatened 19.¤c3 £xb2 20.¦fc1 ¦e8 21.¥f4 ¦c8³ )
discovered check, White takes the bishop and will 15...£h4+ 16.¢g1 ¤e2# ] 12.£xf7?? [ ¹12.d3
mate by Nf7+. £e5 13.¥d2± ] 12...¤f6 [ 12...¤f6 13.f3 ( 13.g3
1-0 ¥d5 14.d3 £f5 15.£xd5+ £xd5+- ) 13...¥d5
14.d3 £e5 15.£xd5+ ¤xd5 16.f4 £f5-+ ]
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Fischer,Robert James
Sugerman E67
Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 Pietzsch,Wolfgang
Fischer,Robert James
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 Havana 1965
¥a5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 d6 8.£b3 In this standard
line of the Evans Gambit White plays for pressure
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 0-0 5.0-0
a g a i n s t f 7 t o c o m p e n s a t e f o r h i s p a w n . ¥b6
d6 6.d4 ¤bd7 7.¤c3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.£c2
This loses--Black gives back the pawn for noc6 10.¦d1 £e7 11.¤g5 This just loses time. The
reason and lets his king get pushed around. night can't stay on e4, so it should stick to f3. ¤e8
9.¥xf7+ ¢f8 10.¥xg8 ¦xg8 11.¤g5 This double Now if either knight moves to e4, then ...f5 is strong,
a t t a c k a g a i n s t f 7 a n d h 7 w i n s m a t e r i a l . ¤e5
so Pietzsch tries something else, but he soon finds
11...Qe8 12.Nxh7+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ Kd7 12.¤xh7+ the position opening up to his disadvantage. 12.e4
Black loses a rook after 12... Ke8 13.Qxg8+ or his
¤c7 Eyeing the new weakness on d4. 13.¥e3
queen after 12...Ke7 13.Bg5+ The bishop is now a target for f7-f5-f4. h6 14.¤f3
1-0 ¤e6 15.¦ab1 Hoping to ge t something on the
queenside, but this is too slow. Black gets the
initiative right away on the kingside, since he can
B86 gain time attacking White's pieces. f5 16.¤h4
Fischer,Robert James Since White can't follow up with f4 due to the
Blackstone,John weakness of the f file, this just misplaces another
Unites States simul 1964 piece. Pietzsch hopes to get light square play, but
just misplaces another piece. £f7 17.exf5 gxf5
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 18.¥h3 Another pot ential target. Fischer now hits
a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.0-0 ¥e7 8.¥b3 £c7 9.f4 b5 all White's pieces with tempo, and it's no surprise
10.f5 b4 11.fxe6 bxc3 12.exf7+ ¢f8 13.¥g5 that in the end something must drop. f4 This does
¤g4 14.¥f4 cxb2 15.¦b1 ¤c6 16.¥d5 ¤xd4 weaken the light squares, but such considerations
17.¥xa8 £a7 18.¢h1 ¤b5 19.£d2 £xa8 20.c4 are of lesser importance than king safety, which
¤a7 21.¥xd6 ¤c6 22.¥xe7+ ¢xe7 23.£g5+ White lacks. 19.£g6 White must have thought this
¢f8 24.£c5+ ¤e7 25.£c7 ¤f6 26.e5 £c6 move got him out of trouble, but punishment is
27.£d8+ ¢xf7 28.£xh8 ¥b7 29.¦xb2 £xc4 swift. ¤g5 The winning move. White has too many
30.¦bf2 ¤g6 31.¦xf6+ gxf6 32.¦xf6+ ¢e7 pieces hanging. 20.¥xd7 ¥xd7 21.£xf7+ ¦xf7
33.£xh7+ ¢d8 34.¦d6+ ¢c8 35.£d7+ ¢b8 22.gxf4 Otherwise Black will trade on g3 and
36.£d8+ ¢a7 37.£b6+ ¢a8 38.¦xg6 penetrate to f2. exf4 23.¥d4 ¥g4 24.¦d2 ¦d7
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[ 27.¤d2!? ] 27...¦xb8 28.¦b1 ¦b5 '!' 29.¦xb5 ¦c6! 18.¥f3 ¤d5µ Addison,W-Fischer,R/USA-ch/
axb5 30.¢e2 h6 31.¢d2 g5 32.h4 g4 33.¤d4 1965 ] 6...¥xc3+! '!?' ''!' Ftacnik. ' [ 6...0-0 7.e4
e6 34.¥f4 h5 35.¥g5 ¤b7 36.¥f6 ¥h6+ 37.¥g5 ¤c6 ( 7...c5 8.d5 d6 9.¥e2 exd5 10.exd5 ¥xc3+
'?' ¥xg5+ 38.hxg5 ¢g7 39.¢e3 ¢g6 40.¢f4 11.bxc3 ¤bd7 12.0-0 ¦e8 13.£a4ƒ Portisch,L-
¤c5 41.g3 ¥d7 42.a3 ¥e8 43.¥b1 [ 43.¤e2 Reshevsky,S/Santa Monica Piatigorsky /1966/)
¤d3+! ] 43...¤a4 44.¤e2 ¤b2 45.¤d4 ¤d1 8.¥d3! d5 ( 8...¤xd4? 9.£a4+- ) 9.cxd5 ¥xd3
46.¤e2 ¤f2 'N!' 47.¢e3 ¤h3 48.¤f4+ ¢xg5 10.£xd3 exd5 11.e5 ¤e4 12.a3± Portisch,L-
49.¤g2 f6 50.exf6 ¢xf6 51.¤h4 [ 51.¢d4 e5+ Spassky,B/ Moscow/1967; 6...d5?? 7.£a4+ ]
52.¢d5 ¤g1! ] 51...e5 52.¥c2 ¥d7 53.¥b1 ¤g5 7.bxc3 d5 8.£f3!? [ 8.¥a3? dxc4! 9.£f3 £d5
54.¥c2 ¤f7 55.¥b1 ¤h8 56.¥c2 ¤g6 57.¤xg6 10.e4 £c6µ ; ¹8.cxd5 F ¥xf1 9.¢xf1 £xd5
[ 57.¤g2 ¢g7 58.¥b1 ¢h6 59.¥c2 h4 ] 10.£d3 Gligoric-Portisch/Malaga/1961/] 8...0-0
57...¢xg6 58.¢f2 ¢g5 59.¢g2 h4 60.¢h2 h3 [ 8...£d7? ''?' Ftacnik. ' 9.cxd5 exd5 10.¥xa6±
'!' [ 60...hxg3+? 61.¢xg3 ] 61.¢g1 ¢f6 62.¢h2 Bronstein-Portisch/Budapest/1961 ''±' Ftacnik.
¢e7 63.¢g1 ¢d6 64.¢f2 ¢c5 65.¢g1 ¢b6 Ftacnik: 'Bronstein-Portisch/Budapest/1961'' ¤xa6
66.¢h1 ¢a5 67.¢g1 ¥c6 68.¢h1 ¥b7 69.¢g1 11.£e2 ¤b8 12.0-0 0-0 13.c4 ¤e4 14.cxd5
' #' ¥xe4 '!' '!!' 70.¥xe4 ¢a4 71.¥f5 [Se 71.¥c6 ¤xg3 15.hxg3 £xd5 16.¥a3 ¦e8 17.¦ac1 c6
¢b3!! 72.¥xb5 ¢xc3 73.a4 e4 74.¥d7 ¢d2 18.¦c2 ¤d7 19.¦fc1 ¦ac8 20.£f3 £a5 21.¥d6
75.¥xg4 c3 resulta decisivo.] 71...¢b3 72.¥xg4 c5 22.£f5 ¤f6 23.¥e5 ¦c6 24.dxc5 bxc5
e4 73.¥xh3 [ 73.¥f3 e3 ] 73...¢xc3 74.g4 ¢d2 25.¥xf6 ¦xf6 26.£xc5 £xc5 27.¦xc5 ¦a6
[ 74...¢d2 75.g5 e3 76.¥g4 c3 ] 28.¦1c2 g6 29.g4 h6 30.¦c8 ¦xc8 31.¦xc8+
0-1 ¢g7 32.¦c2 ¢f6 33.f4 ¦a3 34.¢f2 ¢e6 35.¢f3
¢f6 36.¢e4 ¦a4+ 37.¢d5 ¦a3 38.¢d4 ¦a4+
39.¢d5 ¦a3 40.¢d4 ¦a4+ 41.¢c5 ¦a3 42.¦e2
E45 a5 43.¢d4 ¢e6 44.e4 ¦a4+ 45.¢c5 ¦a3
Portisch,Lajos 46.¦b2 ¦g3 47.¦b6+ ¢e7 48.f5 ¦xg4 49.f6+
Fischer,Robert James ¢d7 50.¢d5 ¦g5+ 51.e5 ¦xg2 52.¦b7+ ¢e8
Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd 03.08.1966 53.¦e7+ ¢f8 54.¦a7 ¦d2+ 55.¢e4 ¦e2+
56.¢d4 ¢e8 57.¦e7+ ¢f8 58.¦a7 ¢e8 59.¦e7+
Nimzo-Indian, Rubinstein Variation ½-½ Bronstein,D-Portisch,L/Budapest 1961/EXT
98 (59) ] 9.e4!? [ ¹9.cxd5 exd5 ( 9...¥xf1?
La Pasion del Ajedrez 22 10.dxe6! ) 10.¥xa6 ¤xa6 11.£e2 £c8 12.0-0 c5
13.dxc5 ¤xc5 14.c4= Fischer ] 9...dxe4!
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 [ 4.¥g5 [ 9...dxc4!? 10.¥g5 h6 A) ¹11.h4!‚ ¥b7! A1)
Spassky,B h6 5.¥h4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 ¥xc3+! 12.¤h5!? ¤bd7! ( 12...hxg5? 13.hxg5 ¤xe4
8.bxc3 e5= Fischer ] 4...b6 5.¤ge2 [ 5.¥d3 ¥b7 14.¤f6+!!+- Spassky,B ); A2) 12.¥xf6 £xf6
6.¤f3 A) 6...¤e4! 7.0-0 f5 ( 7...¤xc3! 8.bxc3 13.£xf6 gxf6 14.¥xc4 ; B) 11.¥d2? ''?' Ftacnik. '
¥xc3 9.¦b1 ¤c6!µ ) 8.¥xe4 fxe4 9.¤d2 ¥xc3 ¤bd7 12.e5 ¤d5 13.¤f5 ( 13.¤h5 £h4! )
10.bxc3 0-0 11.£g4 ¦f5!= Gligoric,S-Larsen,B/ 13...exf5 14.£xd5 ¦e8! ''!' Ftacnik. ' 15.¥xc4
Habana/1967/ 12.¤xe4? h5 ; B) 6...0-0 7.0-0 ( 15.0-0-0 c5 ) 15...¤xe5! ''!' Ftacnik. ' 16.£xd8
¥xc3 ( 7...d5 ) 8.bxc3 ¥e4 9.£c2 ¥xf3! ( 9...¥xd3 ¤xc4+ 17.£xe8+ ¦xe8+ 18.¢d1 ¤xd2 19.¢xd2
Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965) 10.gxf3 ¦e2+-+ Saidy,A-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965 ''-+'
c5÷ ] 5...¥a6 [ 5...¤e4!? 6.£c2 ¥b7 7.f3 ( ¹7.a3 ) Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Saidy,A-Fischer,R/USA-ch/
A) 7...¤xc3! ¹ 8.¤xc3 ( 8.bxc3 ¥d6! 9.e4 ¤c6³ 1965'' 20.¢c1 ¦xf2 21.g3 ¥b7 22.¦e1 ¥e4
× c3, c4 ) 8...£h4+ 9.£f2 ¥xc3+ 10.bxc3 £xf2+ 23.¦e3 ¦xh2 24.a4 h5 25.¦a3 g5 26.¦b3 f6
11.¢xf2 ¥a6!= … ¤ b 8 - c 6 - a 5; B) 7...¥xc3+ 27.a5 h4 28.gxh4 ¦xh4 29.¦a3 ¦h7 30.axb6
Taimanov,M-Levin,N/URS-ch/1967] 6.¤g3 [ 6.a3 axb6 31.¦a7 ¦e7 32.d5 ¢f7 33.¢d2 f4 34.¦e1
¥xc3+ ( 6...¥e7 7.¤f4 d5 8.cxd5 ¥xf1 9.¢xf1 f5 35.c4 g4 36.¦b7 g3 37.d6 cxd6 38.¦xb6 f3
exd5 10.g4!² Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V/Wch- 0-1 Saidy,A-Fischer,R/New York 1965/MCL (38)]
Moscow/1954) 7.¤xc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.a4 ¤c6 10.¤xe4 ¤xe4 11.£xe4 £d7? … ¤b8-c6-a5: ×
A) 10.¥e2 dxc4 11.¥a3! ¦e8 12.b4 ¤e7 13.0-0 c4
( 13.b5 ¥b7 14.0-0² ) 13...¤ed5 14.¦c1 c6! Diagram [ 11...¤d7 12.¥d3 ¤f6 13.£h4= -,ƒ ]
15.¥f3 b5 16.a5 £c7 17.£c2 ¦ad8 18.¦fd1 ¥b7 12.¥a3 [ 12.£xa8? ¤c6 13.£xf8+ ¢xf8™ 14.¥d3
19.¦d2 ¤xc3 20.£xc3 c5! 21.dxc5 ¥xf3 22.gxf3 ¤a5 15.¥xh7 ¤xc4 16.0-0 g6 17.¥h6+ ¢e7
¦xd2 23.£xd2 ¦d8 24.£e1 ¦d3 25.¥b2 ¤d5µ 18.¦fd1 £d5 19.¦d3 ¤d6 20.¦f3 ¤f5 21.¥g5+
Evans,L-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965; B) 10.¥b2? ¢f8 ; 12.¥d3 f5 13.£e2 ¤c6 14.0-0 ¦fe8! 15.f4
dxc4 11.bxc4 ¤a5 12.¤b5 c6 13.¤a3 £e7! ( 15.¥f4 ) 15...¤a5µ Portisch ] 12...¦e8 13.¥d3
14.£c2 c5 15.¥e2 cxd4 16.exd4 ¦fc8 17.0-0 [ ¹13.0-0-0 ] 13...f5 14.£xa8? [ ¹14.£e2 ]
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14...¤c6-+ 15.£xe8+ £xe8µ 16.0-0 ¤a5 e também pelo mestre holandês Barendregt e foi
17.¦ae1 ¥xc4 [ 17...£a4! 18.¥b4 ( 18.¥c1 ¥xc4 por longo tempo estuda por mim antes de ser
19.¥xc4 £xc4-+ ) 18...¥xc4 19.¥xc4 ¤xc4 incluída em meu arsenal.' [ 5.d4 ] 5...f6 '!' '"Esta
20.¦xe6 a5 21.¥e7 ¤d2! 22.¦fe1 ¤e4 23.f3 situação é pouco encontrada nas partidas
£xa2!-+ Fischer ] 18.¥xc4 [ 18.¥xf5? £a4-+ ] atualmente jogadas e, graças à imaginação de
18...¤xc4-+ 19.¥c1 c5! 20.dxc5 [ 20.d5? e5 ] Fischer, foi necessário voltar ao século XIX para
20...bxc5 21.¥f4 h6! 22.¦e2 '?' [ 22.h4 e5! encontrar as alternativas capazes de oferecer às
23.¥xe5 ¤xe5 24.f4 ¤f3+! 25.gxf3 £a4-+ pretas melhores perspectivas. Entretanto, ainda
× a2, c3, f3, f4, h4 Fischer] 22...g5 23.¥e5? não está definitivamente claro o meio que têm as
[ 23.¥e3! £b5 ( 23...£c6 24.f4 g4 25.¥f2 ) 24.f3! pretas de defender o PK" (Gligorich). As pretas
( 24.f4? ¤d6 … 2 5 . . . ¤ e 4) 24...e5 25.¥f2 poderão defender o PK de diversas maneiras.
… ¦e1= Portisch] 23...£d8 24.¦fe1 [ 24.f4 ¤d2! Tratemos das piores, em primeiro lugar.' [ 5...¥e7?
25.¦fe1 ¤e4ƒ Fischer ] 24...¢f7 25.h3 f4 '!' von Reshevsky gespielt 6.¤xe5! £d4 7.¤f3
26.¢h2 a6 [ 26...£d5 27.¥b8 ] 27.¦e4 £d5! £xe4 8.¦e1 Um exemplo: ( 8.d3? £f5 9.¤c3
28.h4 '?' [ ¹28.¦4e2 f3! 29.gxf3 ( 29.¦e4 fxg2-+ ¥d7 10.¤d4 £f6 11.¥e3 0-0-0³ Malesic,S-
… ¤d2 ) 29...¤d2-+ Fischer ] 28...¤e3! 29.¦1xe3 Reshevsky,S/Maribor/1967/0-1/33/ '?'; em vez de
[ 29.f3 £d2 30.¦g1 £f2-+ Fischer ] 29...fxe3 8.d3? como na partida Malesic,n-Reshevsky,S
30.¦xe3 £xa2 31.¦f3+ [ 31.f3 £f2 32.¦e4 Maribor 1967 sendo duvidoso que as pretas
gxh4-+ ] 31...¢e8 32.¥g7 £c4 33.hxg5 saíssem da abertura com igualdade.) 8...£f5 9.b3
[ 33.¥xh6 £xh4+ 34.¦h3 £xf2 35.¥xg5 a5-+ ] '!' ¤f6 10.¥a3 ( 10.¦e5!± ; 10.¦e5-+ ;ou 10.¦e5! )
33...hxg5 34.¦f8+ ¢d7 35.¦a8 ¢c6 10...¥e6 11.¤d4± 'Malesic,S-Reshevsky,S/
'0-1 Portisch,L-Fischer,R/Santa Monica 2/549 Maribor/1967/0-1/33/' 'etc.'; 5...£f6? /\ ...Bg4 /
1966/Inf02/[Ivkov,B] (35)' '0-1 Portisch,L-Fischer,R/ Schallopp-Harmonist/Frankfurt/1887/ 6.d4 exd4
Santa Monica 1966/MCL/[Ftacnik] (35)' 7.¥g5 '!' £g6 8.£xd4± '=' '|^' 'as brancas podem
0-1 obter a iniciativa.'; 5...¥d6? 6.d4 exd4 ( 6...f6?
7.dxe5 fxe5 8.¤xe5! '=' ; 6...¥g4 7.dxe5 ¥xf3
8.£xf3² Schallopp-Blackburne/Frankfurt/1887/ '?'
C69 '+/-' 'com confortável maioria de peões na ala do
Fischer,Robert James rei, como na partida Schallopp,E-Blackburne,J
Gligoric,Svetozar Frankfurt/ Main 1887') 7.£xd4 f6 8.¤bd2 '!' ¤e7
La Habana olm fin-A, XVII 1966 9.¤c4² ' ? ' ' e t c . '; 5...£d6!? A) 6.¤a3? b5!
( 6...¥e6? 7.¤g5² ); B) 6.d4 exd4 7.¤xd4 etc. ; C)
All About Chess, by I. A. Horowitz Bobby Fischer: A 6.d3 f6 7.¥e3 c5 8.¤bd2 ¥e6 9.£e2 0-0-0=
Welter of Winning Possibilities Ruy Lopez Inf.2/236 Der weisse Plan: a3,Tfb1,b4 '?' '=' 'As brancas têm
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6! possibilidades de irromper na ala da dama após a3
'Surpresa! Utilizei esse lance em partida anterior seguido de Rfb1 e b4, mas provavelmente as
contra Portisch (ver nota sobre o sexto lance das pretas poderão impedir essa expansão. '; 5...¥g4
pretas). Observando Gligorich, à minha frente, 6.h3 h5 '!?' ( 6...¥xf3 7.£xf3 A partida Hort-
decidi que ele estava pronto a repetição da linha. Kolarov, Polônia, 1967, continuou com: £f6 8.£g3
dxc6 'Esta jogada é tão automática que quase ¥d6 9.d3 £g6 10.¥e3 '!?' £xg3 11.fxg3²
ninguém a comenta.' [ 4...bxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.£xd4 Hort,V-Kolarov/Polanica Zdroj/1967/1-0/34/ '!' 'e as
'|^' 'as brancas mantêm iniciativa duradoura. Se' brancas conseguiram vencer o final') A) 7.c3
£f6 7.£d3!² '~~!' '!' ( 7.e5 £g6 8.0-0 ¥b7 9.e6? £d3! 8.hxg4 ( 8.£b3? ¥xf3 9.£xb7 ¢d7
fxe6 10.¤e5 £xg2+ '!' 11.¢xg2 c5+-+ 10.£xa8 ¥xg2! 'Der weisse Plan: a3,Tfb1,b4'
'N' 'uma velha armadilha')] 5.0-0 '!' '#"Para as 11.¢xg2 ¦h6! '~~' 12.¦g1 ¦g6+ 13.¢h2 ¦xg1
pretas, um imediato 5.d4 apresentaria menos 14.¢xg1 ¥c5-+ 'Hort,V-Kolarov/Polanica Zdroj/
problemas do que o lance do texto, confirmando 1967/1-0/34/' 'com um ataque vitorioso') 8...hxg4
mais uma vez a opinião de Nimzovich que disse 9.¤xe5 ¥d6! 10.¤xd3 ¥h2+= '!' '=' 'empata'; B)
que ameaça é mais forte que sua execução. 7.d4 ¥xf3 8.£xf3 exd4 9.c3© ; C) 7.d3! '?' £f6
Embora trocando o bispo pelo cavalo e um bispo 8.¤bd2! '?' ( 8.hxg4? hxg4 9.¤g5 £h6 10.¤h3
que usualmente desempenha funcões estratégicas £h4 11.¢h2 g6 12.¤c3 gxh3 13.g3 £e7µ
importantes nesta abertura, as brancas cometeram Analyse Keres '!' 'com vantagem') C1) 8...g5
erros táticos importantes e ganhando tempo para 9.¤c4! ( 9.¦e1? ¥e6 10.d4 g4 11.¤xe5 gxh3
se desenvolver, prejudicaram um pouco a 12.g3 h2+ 13.¢g2 h4ƒ '=/+' 'com iniciativa')
estrutura dos peões das pretas, reativando a 9...¥xf3 10.£xf3 £xf3 11.gxf3 f6 12.h4 '!' gxh4
ameaça do PK preto (Gligorich). A continuação do 13.f4© '!' 'com jogo promissor para o peão.'; C2)
texto era preferida por Emanuel Lasker, Bernstein 8...¤e7 9.¦e1 '!' ( 9.¤c4! ¥xf3 10.£xf3 £xf3
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'=' 'Cedendo definitivamente ao cavalo a posição 22.¥xg6+ hxg6 23.£xg6+ ¢d7 24.¥xe7+- ; B)
c5. ' [ 14...¢b8 15.¤c5 £e7 ] 15.fxg3 ¢b8 20...e4 21.¥g4 ¥c8 ( 21...¥e7 22.£f2 0-0-0
[ 15...b6 16.d5! ¥f7 ( 16...cxd5 17.¤xb6+ ) 23.¥f4!+- Tal-Bogdanovic/Budva 1967) B1)
17.£e2 '!' 'etc.'] 16.¤c5 £d6 17.£a4! '?' '#' 22.¦d1 ¥d7 ( 22...£b4÷ ) 23.cxd5 ¥a4
¢a7?? '~~' 'Catastrófico.' [ 17...¥c8 18.¦c3 24.£xe4+- ¥xd1 25.dxe6 ¦d8 26.£xh7
a s p r e t a s p o d e r i a m t e r a g ü e n t a d o c o m ¤f8! 1-0 Fransson,P-Persson,B/cr 1978; B2) 22.cxd5
( 18...£xg3? 19.¤e5 £h4 20.¤xc6++- '=/+' )] £d3 23.£c1 e5? ( 23...exd5 24.£f4 £xf1+
18.¤xa6+- '+-!' 'Golpe final.' ¥xh3 'Desespero!' 25.£xf1 ¥xg4 26.£a1± ; 23...£xd5 ) 24.¦d1
[ 18...bxa6 19.¦xc6 ] 19.e5 '!' 'O método mais ( 24.¥e7!!+- ) 24...£b5 25.¥xc8 ¦xc8 26.£c3!
v i g o r o s o . ' ¤xe5 'Desespero total!!' [ 19...fxe5 Lepeskin ¢f7 27.£h3 ¦e8 28.£xh7± ; 20.¦f3÷
20.¤c5+ ¢b8 21.¦c3! 'Gligoric' 'seguido de Ra3 Gipslis ] 20...dxc4 21.¥xe6? [ 21.£c2 £d3
seria muito convincente.'] 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.¤c5+ 22.£a4+ £d7 23.£xd7+ ¢xd7 24.¦f7+ ¢c8
¢b8 22.gxh3 e4 23.¤xe4 £e7 24.¦c3 b5 25.¥xe6+ ¢b8 26.¦xg7 ] 21...£d3 22.£e1 ¥e4
25.£c2! Hora de consolidar. Segundo um jornal de 23.¥g4 ¦b8 24.¥d1 ¢d7 25.¦f7+ ¢e6
Havana, alguns espectadores casuais, chegados 0-1
nesta altura do jogo, pensaram que as brancas
haviam somente trocado duas peças por uma torre.
Ninguém poderia supor que Gligorich estava E92
jogando com duas peças a menos!. O rude Gligoric,Svetozar
despertar veio com... As pretas abandonam. Fischer,Robert James
[ 25.£a6+- também seria bom. ] Monaco 1967
1-0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3
0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.¥e3 £e7 8.d5 ¤e8 9.h4 f5
B97 10.h5 f4 11.¥d2 g5 12.h6 ¥f6 13.¤h2 ¢h8
Fischer,Robert James 14.¥g4 ¥xg4 15.¤xg4 ¤d7 16.£f3 ¦g8
Geller,Efim P 17.0-0-0 ¦g6 18.g3 c5 19.¦dg1 ¤c7 20.¤d1
Monaco 1967 b5 21.£e2 bxc4 22.£xc4 ¤b6 23.£e2 ¦ag8
24.f3 £e8 25.¤c3 a6 26.¦g2 ¥d8 27.¦hg1 ¤d7
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 28.£f1 ¦f8 29.¦h2 ¤f6 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.¤xf6
5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6 8.£d2 £xb2 ¥xf6 32.¦xg6 hxg6 33.b3 ¢h7 34.¤d1 ¤b5
9.¦b1 £a3 10.f5 ¤c6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.¤xc6 35.¤b2 ¥e7 36.¤c4 £d7 37.¥a5 ¤d4 38.¥c3
bxc6 13.e5 ¤d5 [ 13...dxe5 ] 14.¤xd5 cxd5 ¤b5 39.¥b2 ¥d8 40.a4 ¤a7 41.¥c3 g5
15.¥e2 dxe5 16.0-0 ¥c5+ [ 16...¦a7 ] 17.¢h1 42.¥xe5 dxe5 43.¤xe5 £d6 44.¤c4 £g6
¦f8 18.c4 ¦xf1+ 19.¦xf1 ¥b7 [ 19...¥d4 20.£c2 45.¦g2 ¤c8 46.£f2 ¤d6 47.£xc5 ¥e7 48.£d4
£b2 21.£xh7!+- £xe2 22.£g8+ ¢d7 23.£d8+ ¤xc4 49.bxc4 £xh6 50.¢c2 £h3 51.£g1 £d7
¢c6 24.cxd5+ ¢b5 25.£e8+ ¢c4 26.£c6+ ¢d3 52.¦h2+ ¢g7 53.¢d3 £xa4 54.¦c2 ¦b8 55.¦c3
27.¦c1 £b2 28.£xa8 ¥b7 29.£f8 £e2 30.£a3+ ¦b3 56.£d4+ ¢g6 57.e5 ¦xc3+
¢e4 31.£b4 1-0 Sirotkin-Sorokin/URS 1967; 0-1
19...¦a7 20.cxd5 ¦d7 21.£c2+- Djukic,Z-
Marjanovic ,S YUG 1970; 19...h6!? 20.¥h5+ ¢d7
21.¦f7+ ¢c6 22.¥f3 e4 23.¥xe4 dxe4 24.£f4 B88
¥d7 25.£xe4+ ¢c7 26.¥f4+ e5! 27.¥xe5+ ¥d6 Fischer,Robert James
28.¦xd7+ ¢xd7 29.£b7+ ¢e6 30.£d5+ ¢e7 Dely,Peter
31.£b7+ ¢e6= ( 31...¥c7?! 32.£xc7+ ¢e6 Skopje 1967
33.h3 )] 20.¥g4 [ 20.¥d1 ¥e7 ( 20...¦c8 21.£e2!!
¥e7 22.£h5+ g6™ 23.£xh7 ¥xg5 24.£xg6+ 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6
¢d7 25.£xg5± £d3 26.¦f7+ ¢c6 27.£g4 ¢b6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 a6 8.f4 £a5
28.¥e2 £e4 29.£xe6+ ¦c6 30.£e7 £xe2 The queen isn't really doing anything here and
31.£b4+ 1-0 Zhuravlev,N-Gutman/Riga 1967) Black's king will soon feel the heat. Black should
21.¥xe7 ¢xe7 ( 21...£xe7 22.¥a4+ ¢d8 just play 8...Be7. 9.0-0 ¤xd4 10.£xd4 d5
23.cxd5 exd5 24.£a5+ ¢c8 25.£b6 ¢b8 The point of Black's eighth move. He threatens 11...
26.¥c6 ¦a7 27.¥xd5 a5 28.¦f7 1-0 Joseph- Bc5, but White has no trouble preventing that and
Scalisi/cr ITA 1972) 22.£g5+ ¢d6 23.¦f7 ¦e8 Black is inviting White to open the center while his
24.c5+ ( 24.¦xb7 £d3÷ ) 24...£xc5 25.¦xb7 £f2 king still lives there. 11.¥e3 ¤xe4 This makes
26.h3 £e1+ 27.¢h2 £xd1 28.£xg7+- ; 20.£c2 things really bad, opening the d-file and wasting
A) 20...¥e7 21.¥h5+ ( 21.£xh7± ) 21...g6 more time. 12.¤xe4 dxe4 13.f5 White plays to
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open more lines, espescially the a2-g8 diagonal shot sets the theme for the rest of the game:
and the f- file. £b4 Hoping to ease the pressure Fischer snipes alternately against the White king
by exchanging, but White doesn't have to agree to and e pawn, and his initiative snowballs. 14.h4 b4
this. 14.fxe6 ¥xe6 14...Qxd4 15.exf7+ Kd8 16. Now White must either give up a pawn or allow the
Bxd4 The threat to take on g7 freezes Black's h file to be opened. 15.¥xf6 ¥xf6 16.¤d5 ¥xh4
kingside and White will simply bring his rooks to the 17.¤xh5 £g5 Bringing the heavy artillery to bear
e 15.¥xe6 fxe6 15...Qxd4 16.Bxf7+ And White against White's king in a wonderfully unorthodox
comes out a piece ahead. 16.¦xf8+ White forces manner. 18.f6 A desperate attempt to get play, but
Black's queen back in order to penetrate with his after Black's next move, White's knight becomes
own queen. £xf8 17.£a4+ Black resigned here. i r r e l e v a n t . g6 19.¤g7+ ¢d8 20.¦f3 ¥g3
17...Ke7 and 17...Kf7 lose the queen, and 17... Kd8 Black's threats on the h file are now decisive.
gets mated after 18.Rd1+ and 19.Qd7+, as you can 21.£d3 ¥h2+ 22.¢f1 ¤c5 23.¦h3 ¦h4 24.£f3
confirm with Gambit. ¤xb3 25.axb3 ¦xh3 26.£xh3 ¥xd5 27.exd5
1-0 £xf6+ 28.¢e1 £f4
0-1
B89
Fischer,Robert James A08
Sofrevski,Jovan Fischer,Robert James
Skopje 1967 Miagmasuren,Lhamsuren
Sousse izt 1967
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6
5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.¤d2 ¤f6 4.g3 c5 5.¥g2 ¤c6
9.£e2 Fischer has always enjoyed playing the 6.¤gf3 ¥e7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e5 ¤d7 9.¦e1 b5
White side of this opening, known as the 10.¤f1 b4 11.h4 a5 12.¥f4 a4 13.a3 bxa3
Velimirovic Attack in the Sicilian Defense. £a5 14.bxa3 ¤a5 15.¤e3 ¥a6 16.¥h3 d4 17.¤f1
10.0-0-0 ¤xd4 11.¥xd4 ¥d7 12.¢b1 ¦ad8 ¤b6 18.¤g5 ¤d5 19.¥d2 ¥xg5 20.¥xg5 £d7
13.£e3 b6 14.¥xf6 gxf6 Black's ki ng is 21.£h5 ¦fc8 22.¤d2 ¤c3 23.¥f6 £e8 24.¤e4
completely undefended, but White does not have g6 25.£g5 ¤xe4 26.¦xe4 c4 27.h5 cxd3
much in the way of an attack. The Black queen can 28.¦h4 ¦a7 29.¥g2 dxc2 30.£h6 £f8 31.£xh7+
transfer to the kingside and help in the defense. 1-0
Fischer eliminates that possibility with a brilliant
stroke. 15.¤d5 ¦fe8 Black has t o decline the
sacrifice, otherwise White's rook joins the queen in B25
the attack, while Black's queen is forced out of the Bernstein
way. 15...exd5 16.Rxd5 Qa6 17.Rh5 Bg4 18.Qg3 Fischer,Robert James
Qe2 19.f3 f5 20.h3 16.¤xe7+ ¦xe7 17.¦xd6 Netanya 1968
So, White does not get the desired attack, but gains
material instead. ¦c8 18.£d4 This is a double 1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 d6 3.g3 ¤c6 4.¥g2 g6 5.d3
attack on the bishop at d7 and pawn at f6, earning ¥g7 6.f4 b6 Black waits to commit his king knight
W h i t e e v e n m o r e m a t e r i a l . ¥e8 19.£xf6 in order not to give White a kingside target. 7.¤f3
Black now resigned, as Fischer threatened a big ¥b7 8.0-0 £d7 9.¥e3 f5 In one stoke Black
sacrifice at e6. Try playing 19...Rec7 against prevents White from getting play by f5, prepares to
Gambit and see what he does! pile up on White's e-pawn and enhances his
1-0 queen bishops diagonal. 10.£d2 ¤f6 11.¢h1
To save his queen bishop from 11...Ng4. 0-0-0
12.¦ae1 White tries to play in the center where he
B87 has no real object of attack. He should have gone
Byrne,Donald after Black's king with 12.a3 intending to follow up
Fischer,Robert James with b4. ¢b8 13.¥g1 Losing. White pursues his
Sousse Interzonal 1967 imaginary play on the e-file completely oblivious to
how tangled his pieces are becoming on the
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 kingside. fxe4 14.dxe4 14.Nxe4 is no better. ¥a6
5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 b5 8.f4 ¥b7 9.f5 e5 Black wins the exchange for nothing, since 15.Rf2
10.¤de2 ¤bd7 11.¥g5 ¥e7 12.¤g3 ¦c8 doesn't work after 15...Ng4. 15.¤g5 ¥xf1 16.¥xf1
13.0-0 Now White's king becomes a target. He had ¦he8 17.¥b5 White hopes to get counterchances
to play 13.Nh5 to keep equality. h5 This sharp rim by e4-e5-e6, but Black's next move squelches
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this. e5 18.fxe5 ¦xe5 19.¥xc6 £xc6 20.¤f7 36.¦e2 g5 37.b4 axb4 38.cxb4 ¦c1+ 39.¢g2
¦de8 Black gives back the exchange to eliminate ¦h8 40.¤e7+ ¢f6 41.¦xd6 ¦ch1 42.¦exe6+ ¢f7
White's only active piece. 21.¤xe5 ¦xe5 22.£f4 43.¦f6+ ¢xe7 1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Bednarski,J/
b5 23.a3 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.¥d4 This loses a Polanica Zdroj 1965/MCD (43); A2) 10.h3 b5
piece, but if the knight moves away Black plays 25... 11.a4 ( 11.f4 ¥b7 12.g4 b4 13.¤d5 ¤xd5
Nxe4 and Black will win by a discovered check on 14.exd5 £b6+ 15.¢h2 exf4 16.¥xf4 ¥f6 17.c3
the a8-h1 diagonal. ¦f5 ¦ac8 18.¦c1 ¦fe8 19.£c2 ¤f8 20.c4 ¤g6
0-1 21.¥g3 £e3 22.¦ce1 ¥e5 23.¤f4 £d4 24.¦e4
£c5 25.¤xg6 ¥xg3+ 26.¢xg3 hxg6 27.b3 £c7
28.¦fe1 £d7 29.£e2 ¢f8 30.¦xe8+ ¦xe8
B91 31.£xe8+ £xe8 32.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 33.¢f4 ¥c8
Matulovic,Milan 34.¥e4 ¢e7 35.h4 a5 36.¥f3 ¢d8 37.¢e3 ¢c7
Fischer,Robert James 38.¥e2 ¢b6 39.¢d4 ¥d7 40.¥f3 ¥c8 41.¥e2
Vinkovci it 09.09.1968 ¥d7 42.c5+ dxc5+ 43.¢e5 ¥b5 44.¥xb5 ¢xb5
45.¢d6 c4 46.bxc4+ ¢xc4 47.¢c6 a4 48.d6 b3
The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade 49.axb3+ axb3 50.d7 b2 51.d8£ b1£ 52.£d5+
and O'Connell # 484 Winning Chess Strategies by ¢c3 53.£xf7 £e4+ 54.¢d6 £xg4 55.£xg7+
Yasser Seirawan and Jeremy Silman Sicilian ¢d3 56.£f6 ¢e3 1/2-1/2 Cardoso,R-Fischer,R/
Defence, Najdorf Zagreb Fianchetto Variation 6/ New York 1957/MCD (56)) 11...b4 12.¤d5 ¤xd5
560 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 13.£xd5 £c7 14.c3 ¥b7 15.£d1 ¤c5 16.f3 a5
5.¤c3 a6 6.g3 Najdorf Zagreb Fianchetto 17.¥e3 ¥a6 18.¦c1 ¦ab8 19.f4 bxc3 20.¦xc3
Variation. This is rarely played. e5 7.¤de2 [ 7.¤f3 ¦xb2 21.¦f2 £b6 22.¦c1 £b3 23.¤c3 exf4
i s a n o t h e r p o s s i b i l i t y] 7...¥e7 8.¥g5!?N 24.¦xb2 £xb2 25.¥xc5 dxc5 26.gxf4 c4 27.¤d5
With this and his next move Matulovic reveals that ¥c5+ 28.¢h2 ¥b4 29.¦c2 £b3 30.e5 £xa4
h e a i m s t o c o n t r o l d 5 . [T h e r o u t i n e 8.¥g2 31.¥e4 g6 32.£g4 ¥b7 33.¤f6+ ¢g7 34.£h4
allows Black to achieve comfortable development ¦c8 35.£xh7+ ¢f8 36.e6 ¦c7 37.£g8+ ¢e7
by 0-0 9.0-0 A) 9...¤bd7 A1) 10.a4 b6 38.£xf7+ ¢d8 39.¦d2+ ¥d5 40.¦xd5+
( 10...h6 11.h3 b6 12.g4 ¦e8 13.¤g3 ¥f8 1-0 Cardoso,R-Fischer,R/New York 1957/MCD
14.¥e3 ¤c5 15.£d2 ¥b7 16.b4 ¤e6 17.¤d5 (40) ; B) 9...b5 10.a3 ( 10.a4 b4 11.¤d5 ¤xd5
¤xd5 18.exd5 ¤g5 19.f4 exf4 20.¦xf4 b5 21.a5 12.£xd5 ¦a7 13.¥e3 ¥e6 14.£d2 ¦b7 15.f4
¦c8 22.¥d4 ¦c4 23.¦af1 £a8 24.¥b2 £c8 ¤c6 16.b3 ¥g4 17.¦f2 £a5 18.¦af1 ¦d7 19.f5
25.¦1f2 f6 26.¤h5 ¤e4 27.¥xe4 ¦cxe4 28.¦xf6 ¥xe2 20.£xe2 ¥f6 21.£h5 £d8 22.g4 h6 23.h4
£c4 29.¦g6 ¦e1+ 30.¢h2 ¦8e2 31.¤f6+ ¢f7 ¥xh4 24.f6 ¥xf2+ 25.¦xf2 ¦e8 26.g5 ¦e6
32.¤d7+ ¢e7 33.¦e6+ ¦xe6 34.dxe6 £e4 27.¥h3 £e8 28.gxh6 1-0 Kagan,S-Ree,H/Siegen
35.¤xf8 £h1+ 36.¢g3 ¦g1+ 37.¢h4 g5+ 1 9 7 0 / M C D ( 2 8 )) B1) 10...¥b7 11.h3 ¤bd7
38.¢h5 ¥e4 39.£c3 1-0 Matulovic,M-Barczay,L/ ( 11...a5 12.¥g5 ¥c6 13.¥xf6 ¥xf6 14.¤d5 ¤a6
Sarajevo 1968/MCD (39)) 11.h3 ¥b7 12.g4 b5 15.¤ec3 ¤c7 16.£d3 ¦b8 17.b4 ¤xd5 18.¤xd5
13.¤g3 b4 14.¤a2 ¤c5 ( 14...a5 15.c3 ¥a6 ¥e7 19.¦fd1 ¥xd5 20.£xd5 £c7 21.¦a2 £c3
16.¦e1 bxc3 17.¤xc3 ¤c5 18.¥f1 ¥xf1 19.¢xf1 22.¦b1 h5 23.h4 ¥d8 24.¥f1 ¥b6 25.¢g2 axb4
g6 20.¥e3 ¦c8 21.¢g2 £d7 22.g5 ¤e8 23.¤d5 26.¦xb4 ¥c5 27.¦b3 £a5 28.c3 ¦b6 29.£d3
£b7 24.£g4 ¤g7 25.h4 ¤ge6 26.h5 ¤f4+ £a8 30.£d5 £xd5 31.exd5 ¦fb8 32.¦ab2 ¦a8
27.¥xf4 exf4 28.¤xf4 £xb2 29.¤d5 ¦ce8 33.¥xb5 ¦xa3 34.¦xa3 ¥xa3 35.¦b3 ¥c5
30.¦ad1 ¥d8 31.¦e2 £b3 32.¦e3 £xa4 33.¦h1 36.¥c4 f5 37.¦xb6 ¥xb6 38.¥e2 g6 39.¥b5
£d7 34.£h4 ¤e6 35.f4 ¤c7 36.¤b6 £e7 37.e5 1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Ubilava,E/Tallinn 1983/
¤e6 38.¤e4 £b7 39.¤c4 dxe5 40.¤cd6 £b2+ MegaBase 97 (39) ) 12.g4 ¤b6 13.g5 ¤e8 14.h4
41.¢f1 £c1+ 42.¢f2 £c2+ 43.¦e2 ¥b6+ 44.¢f1 f6 15.f4 ¤c7 16.f5 fxg5 17.hxg5 ¥xg5 18.¥xg5
£d1+ 45.£e1 £d3 46.£g3 £xg3 47.¤xg3 exf4 £xg5 19.£xd6 ¤c4 20.£xc7 £e3+ 21.¦f2 ¦f7
48.¤xe8 ¦xe8 49.¤e4 ¥d4 50.hxg6 fxg6 22.£xf7+ ¢xf7 23.¦d1 ¢e7 24.¦d3 £b6 25.¦g3
51.¤d6 ¦e7 52.¦e4 a4 53.¦h3 ¥c5 54.¤c8 ¢f6 26.¤d5+ ¥xd5 27.exd5 ¤e3 28.¤c3 ¦c8
¦e8 55.¦c3 a3 56.¦xc5 a2 57.¦a5 29.¤e4+ ¢f7 30.¦xe3 £xe3 31.¤d6+ ¢e7
1-0 Matulovic,M-Tringov,G/Sarajevo 1965/MCD 32.¤xc8+ ¢d7 33.¥f1 ¢xc8 34.a4 h5 35.axb5
(57) ) 15.¤xb4 ¤fxe4 16.¤xe4 ¥xe4 17.¥e3 axb5 36.¢g2 e4 37.¦e2 £f3+ 38.¢g1 h4
¥xg2 18.¢xg2 ¤e6 19.£d2 ¥g5 20.¦ad1 ¥f4 39.¦h2 e3 40.d6 ¢d7 41.¥xb5+ ¢xd6 42.¥e2
21.¤d5 £g5 22.¥xf4 exf4 23.f3 h5 24.¦h1 ¦fe8 £xf5 43.¥d3 £f4 44.c4 ¢c5 0-1 Gadia,O-
25.¦de1 ¦ac8 26.c3 ¦c5 27.¦d1 a5 28.h4 £g6 Wexler,B/Mar del Plata 1960/MegaBase 97 (44);
29.g5 f6 30.£d3 £xd3 31.¦xd3 fxg5 32.hxg5 B2) 10...¤bd7 11.¥e3 £c7 ] 8...¤bd7 [ 8...¥e6
¢f7 33.¦xh5 ¢g6 34.¦h2 ¢xg5 35.¢f1 ¢f5 [Fischer,RJ] 9.¥xf6 ¥xf6 10.£d3 0-0 11.¥g2
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¤c6 12.0-0 ¦c8 1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Bogdanovic, hand, is well defended by the Black Q and K.
R/Sarajevo 1968/MCD (12)] 9.¥h3!? b5! Black's natural plan is to double his Rooks on the c-
Fischer does not waste any time with routine file and add to the pressure against c2. The
development, but sets about fighting for e5. advantages of the position are not going away, so
[ Matulovic - Minic, Belgrade 65 went 9...0-0!? Black decides to kill his enemy's counterplay
10.a4!² h6 11.¥xf6 ¤xf6 12.¥xc8 with the better chances first. Then he will be free to pursue his
game £xc8 13.0-0 £c4 14.b3 £c5 15.£d3 queenside dreams. Here's how Fischer neutralized
¦fd8 16.¦fd1 ¦ac8 17.¦a2 £b4 18.a5 ¦c6 M a t u l o v i c . h5! Black stops g3-g4 in its tracks.
19.¦a4 £c5 20.h3 ¦d7 21.b4 £a7 22.¦a2 ¥d8 [ 20...£c6? 21.¤d4!!= ; Unfortunately, 20...¦c4?!
23.¢g2 £b8 24.¤d5 ¤xd5 25.exd5 ¦c8 26.c4 which attacks e4 and prepares for this doubling,
¦dc7 27.¦c1 f5 28.c5 ¥g5 29.f4 e4 30.£b3 ¥f6 would give White some counterplay chances with
31.¦ac2 ¢h7 32.g4 £a7 33.gxf5 dxc5 34.£e3 21.g4! because ¤xe4?! 22.¥xe4 ¦xe4 23.¤g3=
¦d7 35.£xe4 c4 36.¦xc4 ¦e7 37.£f3 ¦xc4 followed by -- 24.¤f5+ is not what Black wants.]
38.¦xc4 ¦e3 39.£g4 £b8 40.¤g3 £e8 41.£g6+ 21.b3? This move keeps the R out of c4 but
£xg6 42.fxg6+ ¢xg6 43.f5+ ¢h7 44.¤e4 ¥e5 weakens the c3-square. [ 21.¦ac1 ] 21...¥xe2!
45.d6 ¦d3 46.¦c7 ¦e3 47.¤c5 ¥xd6 48.¦xb7 Why give up this nice B for the lame N? Because
¦g3+ 49.¢f2 ¦g5 50.¤xa6 ¦xf5+ 51.¢e2 ¦e5+ only the N was keeping Black out of c3. 22.£xe2
52.¢f3 ¦h5 53.¢g2 ¦g5+ 54.¢f2 ¦f5+ 55.¢e2 With White's counterplay crippled, Black can
¦e5+ 56.¢d1 ¦d5+ 57.¢e1 ¦e5+ 58.¢d2 proceed with the occupation of the c-file. ¦c3!
¥xb4+ 59.¤xb4 ¦xa5 60.¤d3 ¦h5 61.¤f2 ¦e5 23.¦d3 ¦bc8 24.¦xc3 ¦xc3 25.¢h2 [If 25.£b5
62.¦b3 h5 63.¦e3 ¦f5 64.¢e2 g5 65.¤e4 ¦a5 £a7 threatening both c2 and f2.] 25...£c5!
66.¢f2 ¢g6 67.¤g3 ¦a2+ 68.¦e2 ¦a5 69.¢g2 White, who is bound hand and foot to the weakling
¦b5 70.¦d2 ¦b6 71.¦c2 ¦a6 72.¦b2 ¦c6 on c2, eventually lost the game. 26.¦a2 [ On
73.¦a2 ¦b6 74.¦c2 ¦a6 75.¤e2 ¦d6 76.¢f2 26.¦c1? ¦xb3! wins a pawn. Matulovic is given no
¦f6+ 77.¢e3 ¦a6 78.¤c3 ¦a1 79.¤e4 ¦e1+ time to bring the B to d3 and free the R.] 26...g6!-+
80.¦e2 ¦h1 81.¤f2 ¦g1 82.¦d2 ¦e1+ 83.¦e2 27.¥f1 £d4 28.f3? ¦e3! 29.£g2 [ 29.£f2?
¦g1 84.¦c2 ¦e1+ 85.¢d2 ¦e6 86.¦c5 ¦a6 ¦xe4 ] 29...£d1! 30.¥c4 [ 30.¥d3 h4! ( 30...g5 )]
87.¤e4 ¦a2+ 88.¢e3 ¦a3+ 89.¦c3 ¦a6 90.¦d3 30...£xf3 31.£xf3 ¦xf3 32.¢g2 ¦e3 33.¥d3
¦a5 91.¦d6+ ¢f7 92.¦c6 ¢g7 93.¢d4 ¦a3 ¤xe4 34.¥xe4 ¦xe4 35.¢f2 d5 36.¦a1 d4
94.¦c3 ¦a4+ 95.¢e5 g4 96.h4 ¦a2 97.¢f4 ¦h2 37.¦d1 ¦e3 38.h4 ¦c3 39.¦d2 ¢e6 40.¢g2 f5
98.¢g5 1-0 Maric,R-Bogdanovic,R/Titograd 1965/ Matulovic availed himself of the privilege of sealing
MCD (98) ] 10.a4?! [ 10.¥xd7+ £xd7 11.¥xf6 a move and adjourning before resigning.
¥xf6 12.¤d5 ¥d8÷ ; The best chance is the 0-1
immediate 10.¤d5 ] 10...b4 11.¤d5 [ 11.¥xd7+?!
£xd7 12.¥xf6 bxc3! 13.¥xg7? ¦g8 14.¥h6 £h3!
15.¥e3 cxb2 16.¦b1 £g2 17.¦g1 £xe4 18.¦xb2 E97
¥e6µ ] 11...¤xd5 12.£xd5 ¦b8 13.¥xe7 ¢xe7! Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvo
Recapturin g thus allows Fischer to get his Q Fischer,Robert James
rapidly into play on the queenside. 14.£d2 ¤f6 Herceg Novi blitz 1970
15.¥g2? Matulovic has refrained from exchanging
this B on the last two moves, rightly preferring to The King's Indian Defence by Leonard Barden,
have some control over the white squares. William Hartston and Raymond Keene Preface
[ 15.¥xc8 £xc8 16.f3 £c5!³ ] 15...¥b7? 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¥e2
[ 15...£b6!µ ] 16.£d3? [ 16.£e3! £c7 17.0-0 ] 0-0 6.¤f3 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¤d2
16...£b6µ It is amazing that with such a clear 'As brancas procuram levar o cavalo a b3 para
positive plan on moves 8 and 9 Matulovic should apoiar o avanco dos peoes na ala da dama' c5
have been so easily pushed back into such a state 'Interessante e 9...a5 parando 10.b4 e ficando
of passivity as afflicts him now. Black has the preparado para responder 10.Cb3 com 10...a4'
simple plan of doubling rooks on the c file, and 10.a3 ¤e8 11.b4 'Horchnoi segue o plano de
there is very little to be done about it. 17.0-0 a5! expansao na ala da dama' b6 12.¦b1 f5
18.¦fd1 ¥a6 19.£d2 ¦hc8 20.h3! This position 'Fischer contra-ataca na ala do rei' 13.f3 f4 14.a4
is another example of the superior side treading g5 'luta tipica da India do Rei, ambos jogadores
carefully to avoid giving the opponent any devem avaliar com precisao as possibilidades de
counterplay. White suffers from a terrible B on g2, a ataque sem descuidar da defesa' 15.a5 ¦f6
N that doesn't appear to be going anywhere, and 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.¤b3 ¦g6 'Fischer bloqueou
pawns that are in need of constant defense on c2 bem a investida de Korchnoi e comecou seu
and e4. Black's backward d-pawn, on the other ataque na ala do rei' 18.¥d2 ¤f6 19.¢h1 g4
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20.fxg4 ¤xg4 21.¦f3 ¦h6 22.h3 ¤g6 23.¢g1 finally decides to try his hand at the single-rook
¤f6 24.¥e1 'Korchnoi se defendeu das ameacas e endgame. ¦xd3 65.¦xd3 ¦f1 66.¦d2 ¢h4
parece que as negras nao tem como continuar seu 66...Kg6 67.Ra2 Black could never make any
ataque' ¤h8 '!' 'O genial Fischer manobra seu progress here. 67.¢xf5 g3 Black uses the pin to
cavalo e coloca mais pressao na ala do rei' 25.¦d3 advance the pawn. After the game, Geller said he
¤f7 26.¥f3 ¤g5 27.£e2 ¦g6 'Ameacando ... was confused, and thought that he could capture
Cxh3' 28.¢f1? [ ¹28.¢h2 ¥a6 29.¤d2 £xa5³ ] the pawn with check here. 68.f4 ¢h3 69.¦d3
28...¤xh3!-+ '!!' 29.gxh3 ¥xh3+ 30.¢f2 ¤g4+ White is prepared to sacrifice the rook for the pawn
31.¥xg4 ¥xg4 'As negras abandonam ja que nao at the appropriate time, when the Black king is
podem defender sua dama e a ameaca ...Dh4+ de further down the board. The idea is that king and
uma so vez. 0-1 Kortchnoi,V-Fischer,R/Herceg pawn against rook is drawn provided that the pawn
Novi 1970/ Lapertosa (31)' [ 31...¥xg4 32.£xg4 i s f a r e n o u g h a d v a n c e d . ¢h4 70.¦d2
( 32.£d2? £h4+ 33.¦g3 £xg3+ 34.¢f1™ £f3+ A big mistake. White needs a certain amount of
35.¥f2 ¥h3+ 36.¢e1™ ¦g1+ 37.¥xg1 £f1# ) distance between his rook and the enemy king, in
32...¦xg4 33.¢f3 £g5-+ ] order to constantly give check without the king
0-1 being able to come up and attack the rook. 70.Rd7
Kh3 71.Rh7+ Kg2 72.Kg4 Kf2 73.f5 g2 74.Rh2 Rh1
75.Rxg2+ Kxg2 76.f6 and a drawn position results.
D79 ¦a1 71.¢e5 This is the decisive error. White could
Geller still have drawn with the correct move . 71.Rd8 g2
Fischer,Robert James 72.Rh8+ Kg3 73.Rg8+ Kf3 74. Ke6 g1Q 75.Rxg1
Palma de Mallorca 1970 Rxg1 76.f5 Kf4 77.f6 Kg5 78.f7 Rf1 79.Ke7 Re1+ 80.
Kd8 Rf1 81. Ke8 Re1+ 82.Kd8 ¢g4 Now White is
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 0-0 5.0-0 going to lose the f-pawn. 72.f5 72.Rd8 Re1+ 73.
c6 6.d4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.¤e5 ¥f5 9.¤c3 Kf6 Kxf4 ¦a5+
¤e4 10.¥e3 ¤xc3 11.bxc3 ¤c6 12.¤xc6 bxc6 0-1
13.£a4 £b6 14.¦ac1 ¦ab8 15.c4 ¥xd4
16.¥xd4 £xd4 17.e3 £e5 18.cxd5 cxd5
19.¦fd1 e6 20.£xa7 ¦a8 21.£d4 £xd4 A01
22.¦xd4 ¦xa2 23.e4 dxe4 24.¥xe4 ¥xe4 Fischer,Robert James
25.¦xe4 We have reac hed a double-rook Andersson,Ulf
endgame. Black has an extra pawn and control of Siegen TV Exhibition Game 1970
the seventh rank, but the large number of open files
gives White plenty of room to maneuver and, with I may be wrong but I think this game was played for
no pawn weaknesses, White should survive. ¦b8 a TV audience. Bobby Fischer was White and
26.¦e3 g5 27.h3 ¢g7 28.¦c7 White takes the transformed a Larsen Opening into a Najdorf
seventh rank and threatens to play Rf3, tying down Sicilan. Fischer as Black has played the plan King
Black's forces. ¢g6 29.¦f3 f6 30.¦e7 ¦e2 31.g4 to rook-one, Pawn to King's knight 4 and doubling
White has a good defensive formation and it is hard rook on the King's Knight file at least twice as
to see how Black can make progress. But Fischer Black.
is famous for his refusal to agree to draws while
there is still play in the position. ¦b1+ 32.¢g2 Nimzowitch - Larsen Opening
¦ee1 33.¦a3 This creates an escape path for the
king. h5 34.¦aa7 ¦g1+ 35.¢f3 hxg4+ 36.hxg4
¦b3+ 37.¢e2 ¦xg4 38.¦xe6 The picture has 1.b3 e5 2.¥b2 ¤c6 3.c4 ¤f6 4.e3 ¥e7 5.a3
clarified a bit. But White still has no reason to worry. 0-0 6.£c2 [ 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 £xd5 8.¤c3 £d6
¦b1 39.¦aa6 ¦f4 40.¦a2 ¦h1 41.¦ea6 ¦b4 9.¤f3 ¥f5 10.£c2 ¦fd8 11.¦d1 h6 12.h3 £e6
42.¦6a4 If a pair of rooks are exchanged now, the 13.¤d2 ¤d7 14.¥e2 ¢h8 15.0-0 ¥g6 16.b4 a6
d r a w w o u l d b e f a i r l y s i m p l e f o r W h i t e . ¦bb1 17.¦c1 ¦ac8 18.¦fd1 f5 19.¤a4 ¤a7 20.¤b3
43.¦a8 ¦hg1 44.¢f3 ¦b5 45.¦8a5 ¦b3+ b6 21.d4 f4 22.e4 ¤b5 23.¥g4 £f6 24.dxe5
46.¢e2 ¦bb1 47.¦a8 ¢f5 48.¦2a5+ ¢g4 ¤xe5 25.¥xc8 ¦xc8 26.¦d5 1-0 Fischer,R-
49.¦a4+ ¢h5 50.¦h8+ We enter an arid period of Tukmakov,V/Buenos Aires 1970/MCD (26); 6.b4
maneuvering without much purpose. ¢g6 51.¦g8+ d6 7.¤c3 ¥f5 8.d3 ¦e8 9.¥e2 e4 10.d4 h6
¢f7 52.¦d8 ¦be1+ 53.¢f3 ¦e5 54.¦d2 ¦f5+ 11.g4 ¥d7 12.h3 a5 13.b5 ¤a7 14.£c2 c6
55.¢e2 ¦e5+ 56.¢f3 ¢g6 57.¦e4 ¦f5+ 58.¢e2 15.bxc6 ¥xc6 16.d5 ¥d7 17.a4 ¥f8 18.¦d1 ¤c8
¦a5 59.¦e3 ¢h5 60.¦ed3 ¦aa1 61.¦d8 f5 19.¦d4 ¤b6 20.£b3 ¥c8 21.£c2 ¥d7 22.£b3
62.¢f3 ¦a3+ 63.¦2d3 g4+ 64.¢f4 Now Fischer ½-½ Rogers,I-Kempinski,R/Germany 1999/EXT
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2000 (22) ] 6...¦e8 7.d3 ¥f8 8.¤f3 a5 9.¥e2 d5 10.¤f3 £b6 11.a4 A novelty prevents an
10.cxd5 ¤xd5 11.¤bd2 [ 11.0-0 g6 12.¤bd2 exchange by 11...Bb5. ¦c8 12.¤bd2 ¤c6
¥g7 13.¦ac1 £e7 14.¦fe1 ¥d7 15.£b1 ¦ad8 13.£b1 Now 13...Nb4 needed attention. ¤h5
16.£a1 ¤b6 17.¤e4 ¥c8 18.¦ed1 f5 19.¤c5 14.¥e3 h6 15.¤e5 ¤f6 [ Fischer analyses
¦d5 20.¤a6 ¦d6 21.¤c5 ¦d5 22.¤a4 ¤xa4 15...¤xe5?! 16.dxe5 ¥c5 17.a5 £c7 18.¤f3! ]
23.bxa4 ¦d6 24.¦d2 ¤d8 25.¦c5 e4 26.¤e1 16.h3 ¥d6 17.0-0 ¢f8? This move sustains a
¥xb2 27.£xb2 ¦xd3 28.¦dc2 ¤e6 29.¦xa5 ¦d6 white attack on the f-file. [ 17...£c7 18.¤df3 0-0
30.¦a8 ¥d7 31.¦xe8+ ¥xe8 32.a5 c6 33.h4 ¥f7 completes a normal development.] 18.f4 ¥e8
34.g3 h6 35.¤g2 g5 36.¦c1 ¤d8 37.a4 ¦d5 19.¥f2! £c7 [Avoids 19...g6?! 20.f5! gxf5
38.a6 bxa6 39.¥xa6 £d6 40.¥f1 ¦d2 41.£c3 21.¥xf5 exf5? 22.£xf5 ¤d8 23.¥h4 ] 20.¥h4
¦a2 42.¦a1 £d2 43.£xd2 ¦xd2 44.a5 ¦d7 ¤g8 21.f5 ¤xe5 22.dxe5 ¥xe5 23.fxe6 ¥f6
45.a6 ¦a7 46.¦d1 ¥d5 47.¦b1 ¢f7 48.¤e1 24.exf7 ¥xf7 25.¤f3 ¥xh4 26.¤xh4 ¤f6
¢e7 49.¤c2 ¢d7 50.¤d4 ¥e6 51.¦b8 ¥d5 27.¤g6+ ¥xg6 28.¥xg6 ¢e7! The last chance.
52.¤xf5 gxh4 53.gxh4 ¢c7 54.¦b1 ¤f7 55.¢h2 29.£f5 ¢d8 30.¦ae1 £c5+ 31.¢h1 ¦f8
c5 56.¤e7 ¥e6 57.¦b5 ¦xa6 58.¦xc5+ ¢b6 32.£e5! ¦c7 [ 32...£c7 33.£xd5+! ] 33.b4 £c6
59.¥xa6 ¢xc5 60.¥c8 ¥xc8 61.¤xc8 ¢d5 34.c4 dxc4 35.¥f5 ¦ff7 36.¦d1+ ¦fd7 37.¥xd7
62.¢g3 ¢e5 63.¢g4 ¤d8 64.¢h5 ¤f7 65.¤e7 ¦xd7 38.£b8+ ¢e7 39.¦de1+
¢f6 66.¤d5+ ¢f5 67.¤c3 ¤e5 68.¢xh6 ¤g4+ 1-0
69.¢g7 ¤xf2 70.h5 ¤g4 71.h6 1-0 Rogers,I-
Mantovani,R/Lugano 1999/EXT 2000 (71)] 11...f6
12.0-0 ¥e6 13.¢h1 £d7 14.¦g1 ¦ad8 15.¤e4 A37
£f7 16.g4?! [ 16.d4 exd4 17.¤xd4 ¤xd4 Petrosian,Tigran
18.¥xd4= ] 16...g6?! 17.¦g3 ¥g7 18.¦ag1 ¤b6 Fischer,Robert James
19.¤c5 ¥c8 20.¤h4 ¤d7 21.¤e4 ¤f8?! USSR-World [board 2] 1970
[ 21...¤b6 22.¤c5 ¥f8 23.¤e4= ] 22.¤f5 ¥e6
23.¤c5 ¤e7?! [ 23...¤d7 24.¤xe6 £xe6 1.c4 g6 2.¤c3 c5 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 ¤c6 5.¤f3
25.¤xg7 ¢xg7 26.¥f3± ] 24.¤xg7 ¢xg7 25.g5 e6 6.0-0 ¤ge7 7.d3 0-0 8.¥d2 d5 9.a3 b6
¤f5 26.¦f3 b6 27.gxf6+ ¢h8 28.¤xe6 ¦xe6 10.¦b1 ¥b7 11.b4?! cxb4 12.axb4 dxc4
29.d4 exd4 30.¥c4 d3 [ 30...b5 31.¥d3 ¦ed6 13.dxc4 ¦c8 The hanging pawns are vulnerable.
32.¥xf5 gxf5 33.¥xd4+- ] 31.¥xd3 ¦xd3 14.c5!? bxc5 15.bxc5 ¤a5 16.¤a4 ¥c6!
32.£xd3 ¦d6 33.£c4 ¤e6 34.¥e5 [ 34.¦xf5!! 17.£c2 ¤b7 18.¦fc1 £d7 19.¤e1! ¤d5
gxf5 35.¦g7! £f8 36.£xe6!! ¦xe6 37.f7! h5 [ 19...¥xa4 20.¦xb7! ( F i s c h e r ) .] 20.¤b2 ¥b5
38.¦g8+ ¢h7 39.¦xf8 ¢g6 40.¦g8+ ¢xf7 21.¤ed3?! [ 21.¤bd3! a6 22.£b3
41.¦g7+ ¢e8 42.¦xc7+- ] 34...¦d8 35.h4 ¤d6 defends properly (Petrosian).] 21...¥d4 22.£b3
36.£g4 ¤f8 37.h5 ¤e8 38.e4 ¦d2 39.¦h3 ¢g8 ¤xc5 23.¤xc5 ¦xc5 24.¦xc5 ¥xc5 25.¤d3
40.hxg6 ¤xg6 41.f4 ¢f8 42.£g5 ¤d6 ¥xd3 26.£xd3 ¦d8 27.¥f3 £c7 28.¥g5 ¥e7
43.¥xd6+ 29.¥xe7 £xe7 30.£d4? e5! 31.£c4 ¤b6
1-0 32.£c2 ¦c8 33.£d3 ¦c4 34.¥g2 £c7 35.£a3
¦c3 36.£a5 ¦c5 37.£a3 a5 38.h4 ¤c4 39.£d3
¤d6 40.¢h2 ¢g7 41.¦d1 ¤e8 42.£d7?! £xd7
B13 43.¦xd7 ¤f6? [ Fischer gives the easy win
Fischer,Robert James 43...¤c7! 44.¥e4 a4 45.¥b1 ¤b5 ] 44.¦a7 ¤g4+
Petrosian,Tigran 45.¢g1 ¦c1+ 46.¥f1 ¦a1 47.e4 a4 48.¢g2 ¦a2
USSR-World [board 2] 1970 49.¦xf7+! ¢xf7 50.¥c4+ ¢e7 51.¥xa2 a3
52.¢f3 ¤f6 53.¢e3 ¢d6 54.f4! ¤d7 55.¥b1?
The adventures of Fischer in Yugoslavia 1959 and Petrosian blunders. [The hard fight 55.¥c4! ¤c5
Curacao 1962 have been described. Bobby 56.f5 gxf5 57.exf5 ¤a6! 58.g4! ¤b4 59.g5 a2
refused to participate in Amsterdam 1964, because 60.¥xa2 ¤xa2 61.g6 hxg6 62.fxg6 results in a
he found the payment too low. He started with a draw. ] 55...¤c5 56.f5 ¤a6 57.g4 ¤b4 58.fxg6
score of 8 1/2 / 10 in the interzonal tournament, hxg6 59.h5 gxh5 60.gxh5 ¢e6 61.¢d2 ¢f6
Sousse 1967, and left! When he played a mini- 62.¢c3 a2 63.¥xa2 ¤xa2+ 64.¢b2 ¤b4
match of four games against Petrosian in 1970, he 65.¢c3 ¤c6 66.¢c4 ¤d4 Fischer won the mini-
had not encountered a top player in three years. A match with 3-1 (+2, =2).
sensation happened. Fischer had become the 0-1
greatest strategist in the history of chess. 1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.¥d3 ¤c6 5.c3 ¤f6
6.¥f4 ¥g4 7.£b3 ¤a5 8.£a4+ ¥d7 9.£c2 e6
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4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 ¥e7 6.¥d3 ¤f6 7.h3 0-0 34.¦e1 ¤d6 35.¥h5 ¤b5+? [ Correct ia
8.0-0 ¦e8 9.c4 ¤c6 10.¤c3 h6 11.¦e1 ¥f8 35...¦c8+! 36.¢d3 ¤c4 ] 36.¢b2 axb4 37.axb4
12.¦xe8 £xe8 13.¥f4 ¥d7 14.£d2 £c8 15.d5 ¦d4 38.c3 ¦h4 39.¥xe2 ¤d6 40.¦d1 ¢c7
¤b4 16.¤e4 ¤xe4 17.¥xe4 ¤a6 18.¤d4 ¤c5 41.h3 ¦f4 42.¦f1 ¦e4 43.¥d3 ¦e5 44.¦f2 h5
19.¥c2 a5 20.¦e1 £d8 21.¦e3 b6 22.¦g3 ¢h8 45.c4 ¦g5 46.¢c3 ¢d7 47.¦a2 ¢c8 48.¢d4
23.¤f3 £e7 24.£d4 £f6 25.£xf6 gxf6 26.¤d4 ¢c7 49.¦a7+ ¢d8 50.c5? [ White misses the
¦e8 27.¦e3 ¦b8 28.b3 b5 29.cxb5 ¥xb5 s u b t l e w i n 50.¦a6 ¢c7 51.c5 bxc5+ 52.bxc5
30.¤f5 ¥d7 31.¤xh6 ¦b4 32.¦g3 ¥xh6 ¤e8 53.¦g6 ( B a l a s h o v ) ¦xg6 54.¥xg6 ¤f6
33.¥xh6 ¤e4 34.¥g7+ ¢h7 35.f3 [2.12-2.19] 55.h4 ] 50...bxc5+ 51.bxc5 ¤e8! 52.¦a2 ¤c7
1-0 53.¥c4 ¢d7 54.¦b2 ¢c6 55.¥b3!? ¤b5+
56.¢e3 ¢xc5 57.¢f4 ¦g6 58.¥d1 h4 59.¢f5
¦h6 60.¢g5 ¤d6 61.¥c2 ¤f7+ 62.¢g4 ¤e5+
E97 63.¢f4 ¢d4 64.¦b4+ ¢c3 65.¦b5 ¤f7 66.¦c5+
Taimanov,Mark E 2620 ¢d4 67.¦f5 g5+ 68.¢g4 ¤e5+ 69.¢xg5 ¦g6+
Fischer,Robert James 2740 70.¢xh4 ¦xg2 71.¥d1 ¦g8 72.¥g4 ¢e4
1.f Vancouver 1971 73.¢g3 ¦g7 74.¦f4+ ¢d5 75.¦a4 ¤g6 76.¦a6
¤e5 77.¢f4 ¦f7+ 78.¢g5 ¦g7+ 79.¢f5 ¦f7+
Fischer won the interzonal Palma de Mallorca 1970. 80.¦f6 ¦xf6+ 81.¢xf6 ¢e4?? [ The nicest draw
His opponent in the quarterfinal was Taimanov. gives 81...¤d3 82.h4 ¤f4 83.¢f5 ¢d6
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 (Botvinnik).] 82.¥c8! ¢f4 [Pointes are 82...¤f3
0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¥d2 ¤e8 83.¥b7+ ;and 82...¤d3 83.¥f5+ ] 83.h4 ¤f3 84.h5
10.¦c1 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.¤g5!? Taimanov ¤g5 85.¥f5 ¤f3 86.h6 ¤g5 87.¢g6 ¤f3 88.h7
plays actively against Fischer's favourite opening. ¤e5+ 89.¢f6 Taimanov lost again.
h6 13.¤e6 ¥xe6 14.dxe6 £c8 15.£b3 c6! 1-0
16.¥h5?! [ 16.f4 e4 17.¥e3 has more effect.]
16...£xe6 17.£xb7 ¤f6 18.¥e2 ¦fb8 19.£a6
¦xb2 20.¦fd1 e4?! 21.£a3 ¦b7 22.¥f4 d5 E97
23.cxd5 cxd5 24.¤b5 ¤g6 25.¤d4 £d7 Taimanov,Mark E 2620
26.£e3 Fischer,Robert James 2740
Black has allowed a blockade of the centre. ¢h7 1.f Vancouver 1971
27.h3 ¦f8 28.¥a6?! Heroic play leads to
difficulties. ¦b6 29.¦c7 £a4 30.¦xg7+! ¢xg7 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3
31.¥xh6+ ¢f7 32.¥e2 ¦fb8 33.¤xf5 ¦b1 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¥d2 ¤e8
34.¦xb1 ¦xb1+ 35.¢h2 £d7 White has no real 10.¦c1 f5 11.£b3! Taimanov diverts from game
attack. 36.¤d4? [ 36.¤g3 £c7 37.£d2! one. b6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.¤g5 ¤f6 14.f4 h6
keeps an effective defence line.] 36...£d6+ 37.g3 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.c5? Taimanov plays too hasty.
£b4 38.¤c6 £b6 39.¤xa7 £xe3 40.¥xe3 ¦e1 [ C o r r e c t i s 16.¤f3 ¤g6 and now 17.c5! ]
0-1 16...¤fxd5 17.¤xd5 ¤xd5 18.cxb6 axb6
19.¦c6!? ¢h8 Taimanov thinks for one hour and
fourteen minutes. 20.¤f3 [ Commentators regard
B44 20.£h3 ¤f6 21.¥c3 as good for White, but f4!
Fischer,Robert James 2740 22.£h4 ¥b7 23.¤e6 £d7 24.¤xg7 £xg7
Taimanov,Mark E 2620 refutes this idea.] 20...¥b7 21.¦g6 ¤f4! 22.¥xf4
1.f Vancouver 1971 exf4 23.¦d1 £e7 24.¦e6 £c5+ 25.¢f1 ¦fd8
26.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 Black has taken over the attack.
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e6 27.£a4 £c1+ 28.¢f2 ¥f8 29.b4 ¥e4 30.¦e8?!
5.¤b5 d6 6.¥f4 e5 7.¥e3 ¤f6 8.¥g5 £a5+?! ¥c6! 31.£xc6 £xc6 32.¦xd8 £f6 33.¦c8 £e7
9.£d2 ¤xe4 10.£xa5 ¤xa5 11.¥e3! 34.¢f1 ¢h7 35.¤d4 ¥g7 36.¤b5 ¥e5 37.a3
Fischer exerts pressure for a pawn. ¢d7 12.¤1c3 £d7 38.¦a8 f3 39.gxf3 ¥xh2 40.¢g2 £g7+
¤xc3 13.¤xc3 ¢d8 14.¤b5 ¥e6 15.0-0-0 b6 41.¢xh2 £e5+ 42.¢g1
16.f4! He avoids the capture on d6. exf4 17.¥xf4 0-1
¤b7 18.¥e2! ¥d7 19.¦d2 ¥e7 20.¦hd1 ¥xb5
21.¥xb5 ¢c7 22.¦e2 ¥f6 23.¦de1 ¦ac8
24.¥c4 ¦hf8 25.b4 a5 26.¥d5! White threatens
27.Re7+. ¢b8 27.a3 ¦fd8 The pawn is returned
for activity. 28.¥xf7 ¥c3 29.¥d2 d5 30.¦d1 d4
31.¥xc3 ¦xc3 32.¢b2 d3 33.¢xc3 dxe2
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33.£c5+ ¢f6 34.£f2+ ¢e5 35.£e1+ ¢d5 ¤b5 37.¦b6 ¤xd4+ 38.¢d3 ¤xe6 39.¦xe6 a5
and perpetual check.] 26.¢f1 ¦d2 27.£c6+ ¦e6 40.¢d4 ¢f7 41.¦e2
28.¥c5! ¦f2+ 29.¢g1 ¦xg2+! 30.¢xg2 £d2+ 1-0
31.¢h1 ¦xc6 32.¥xc6 £xc3 33.¦g1+ ¢f6
34.¥xa7 g5 35.¥b6 £xc2 36.a5 £b2 [ 36...£a2!
offers the last chance.] 37.¥d8+ ¢e6 38.a6 £a3 E97
39.¥b7 £c5 40.¦b1 c3 41.¥b6 Larsen,Bent 2660
1-0 Fischer,Robert James 2760
2.f Denver 1971
21.¦xf7+ ¥f6 22.¥xf6+ ¢g8 23.¦g7+ ¢h8 31...¥c8 32.¦ff1 ¦f7 33.£h6 ¥b7 34.¤xe6 £f6!
24.¥c3 ¦ac8 25.¦c7++- ] 20.¥xd5 ¥d6? 35.£e3 ¦e7 36.¦de1 ¦d6 37.£g5+ £xg5
[ 20...¥xd5 21.¦xe7 ¦fe8 leads to a defendable 38.¤xg5 ¦xe1 39.¦xe1 ¥d5 40.¦e8+ ¢g7
endgame (Gipslis). '=' Chernev,Irving.] 21.¦xe6! Again Fischer had won with 6-0, an incredible
C h e r n e v , I r v i n g : ' ' ! ' ' ¥xg3 [ 21...fxe6? result.
Chernev,Irving 22.¥xe6+ ¦f7 23.¦f3+- ] 22.¦e7 0-1
¥d6 23.¦xb7 ¦ac8 [Larsen prefers 23...a5
after the game, but 24.c4 ¦ae8 25.¦d7 ¥b4
26.a3 ¦e7 27.axb4 ¦xd7 28.bxa5 B42
favours White.] 24.c4 a5 25.¦a7 Black can grab Fischer,Robert James 2760
h i s l a s t c h a n c e w i t h a n a t u r a l m o v e . ¥c7? Petrosian,Tigran V 2640
C h e r n e v , I r v i n g : ' ' [ ] ' ' [ Larsen does not believe in Buenos Aires cf 19.10.1971
25...¥c5! 26.¥xc5 ¦xc5 27.¢f2 but Chernev,
Irving: '/\...Kd4' ¦fc8 28.¥xf7+ ¢f8 29.¥d5 ¦xc4! The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade
30.¥xc4 ¦xc4 31.¦xa5 ¦c2+ 32.¢f3 ¦xb2 and O'Connell # 747 Simple Chess by Michael
might draw.; 25...¥b4 Chernev,Irving 26.a3 ¥d2 Stean 3. Weak Pawns Sicilian Defence, Kan
27.¢f2 /\ 28.Ke2 ¦ce8 28.¥c5 ] 26.g3 ¦fe8 Variation 1.e4 JvR c5 History is to repeat itself. In
27.¢f1 ¦e7 28.¥f6 ¦e3 29.¥c3 h5 his 1969 match defending his world title, Petrosian
Chernev,Irving: ''/\ 30... h4'' 30.¦a6 Chernev,Irving: adopted the Petroff in games 13 and 15 and
' ' ! ' ' / \ 3 1 . R x g 6 + o r 3 1 . R c 6 ' ' ¥e5 31.¥d2 obtained comfortable though uninteresting draws in
Chernev,Irving: ''!'' ¦d3 32.¢e2 ¦d4 [ 32...¦xd2+ 25 and 19 moves respectively; then in the 17th and
Chernev,Irving 33.¢xd2 ¥xb2 34.¦xa5 ¢f8 19th gaames he switched to the Sicilian and lost
35.¦a6+- ] 33.¥c3 ¦cxc4 [ 33...¦xd5 both, the latter being in a shattering 24 moves. Had
Chernev,Irving 34.cxd5 ¥xc3 35.bxc3 ¦xc3 he retained the nerve to bore his audiences, he
36.d6 ¦c2+ 37.¢e3+- ] 34.¥xc4 ¦xc4 35.¢d3 might have retained his championship. 2.¤f3 e6
[ 35.¥xe5? C h e r n e v , I r v i n g ¦e4+= ] 35...¦c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 Introducing a system
36.¦xa5 ¦xa5 37.¥xa5 ¥xb2 38.a4 ¢f8 39.¥c3 named in various countries after the German
¥xc3 [ 39...¥a3 Chernev,Irving 40.a5 ¥c5 41.a6 master, Louis Paulsen (1833-91), who was second
/ \ 4 2 . B d 4 + - ¥d6 42.¥b4+- ] 40.¢xc3 ¢e7 to Morphy in the first American Congress (1857);
41.¢d4 ¢d6 42.a5 f6 43.a6 ¢c6 44.a7 ¢b7 Paulsen was the pioneer of many modern opening
45.¢d5 h4 46.¢e6 Fischer played a fantastic systems. The Russian, Ilya Kan, is credited with
endgame. dove-tailing the ideas into its present workable
1-0 shape. The aim of a6 is to fianchetto Black's queen
B after b5 with latent effect on White's centre.
5.¥d3 ¤c6 6.¤xc6 bxc6?! [ 6...dxc6! ] 7.0-0 d5
A02 8.c4! ''!'' '# ' [ 8.¤d2 ¤f6 9.£e2 ¥e7 10.b3 0-0
Larsen,Bent 2660 11.¥b2 a5 12.f4! g6?! ( 12...¤d7! 13.£g4 g6 )
Fischer,Robert James 2760 13.¦ad1 ( 13.exd5 cxd5 14.£e5 ¥a6 15.¤f3 )
2.f Denver 1971 13...¤d7 14.c4 ( 14.f5! e5 15.exd5 cxd5
16.¥xe5 ) 14...a4 15.f5 exf5 16.exf5 ¥f6 17.¥xf6
1.f4 c5 2.¤f3 g6 3.e4 ¥g7 4.¥e2 ¤c6 5.0-0 ¤xf6 18.£f2 axb3 19.axb3 ¦a2 20.fxg6 fxg6
d6 6.d3 e6 7.¤a3 ¤ge7 8.c3 0-0 9.¥e3 a6 21.h3 £e7 22.£d4 c5 23.£f4 ¥b7 24.¦de1 £g7
10.d4 cxd4 11.¤xd4 b5 12.¤xc6 ¤xc6 13.£d2 25.£e3 d4 26.£e6+ £f7 27.£e2 ¦e8 28.£f2
£c7 14.¦ad1 ¦d8 15.¤c2 ¦b8 16.a3 ¤a5 ¦xe1 29.£xe1 £e8 30.£xe8+ ¤xe8 31.¥e4
17.e5 ¥f8 18.b4 ¤c6 19.¤d4! Larsen gives a ¦xd2 32.¥xb7 ¤d6 33.¥d5+ ¢g7 34.b4 cxb4
pawn for the attack. dxe5 20.fxe5 ¤xe5 21.¥g5 35.c5 ¤f5 36.c6 ¦c2 37.g4 ¤d6 38.¦f4 d3
¦d5 22.£f4 ¥g7 23.h4?! ¦b7 [ Risk takes 39.¦d4 d2 40.¥b3 ¦xc6 41.¦xd2 ¤e4 42.¦d7+
23...£xc3 24.¥f6 ] 24.¥f6 ¥xf6 25.£xf6 £xc3 ¢f6 43.¦xh7 ¦c1+ 44.¢g2 ¤c5 45.¥f7 b3
26.h5 gxh5!? [ 26...¦xd4! 27.£xe5 ¦d3 28.£g5 46.g5+ ¢xg5 47.h4+ ¢f6 48.h5 ¦c2+ 49.¢f3 b2
£d4+! 29.¢h1 £e3 t r i e s t o w i n .] 27.¢h1 50.¥a2 gxh5 51.¦xh5 ¦c1 52.¦h6+ ¢e5 53.¦b6
[ Larsen avoids 27.¤xe6 fxe6 28.¦xd5 exd5 ¤a4 54.¦e6+ ¢d4 55.¦e4+ ¢c5 56.¦xa4 ¦a1
29.£d8+ ¢g7 30.£f6+ because he wants to win.] 0-1 Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1969/
27...¤g4 28.¥xg4 hxg4 29.£h6 ¥d7 30.¦f4 MegaBase 97 (56)] 8...¤f6 [ 8...dxc4 9.¥xc4
[ 30.¦xf7 ¢xf7 31.£xh7+ leads to a perpetual £xd1 10.¦xd1 ¤f6 11.¤c3 ¥c5 12.¥g5 e5± ]
(Suetin). ] 30...f5 The game can end peacefully. 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.exd5 exd5? Fischer thought for
31.£f6? [Larsen avoids 31.£g5+! ¢f7 32.£h5+ 20 minutes and played: [JvR: Correct is 10...¤xd5
¢e7 33.£g5+ ¢f7 because he wants to lose.] 11.¥e4! ¥e7 ( 11...¥b7! JvR 12.£a4+ £d7
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(Horvath-Izsak, Budapest 1995).) 12.¤c3 ¥b7 26.¦e7 ; 25...a5 26.¥b5 ¤f6 27.¦ee7 ; 25...¦e8
13.£a4+ £d7 ( 13...¢f8 14.¦d1 ) 14.£xd7+ ¢xd7 26.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 27.¦a7 ¤b8 28.b5! axb5
15.¦d1 ¥f6 16.¤xd5 ¥xd5 17.¥xd5 exd5 29.¥xb5+ ¢f8 ( 29...¤d7 30.¢f2 ¢d8 31.¥xd7
18.¦xd5+ winning a pawn ¢e6 19.¦d2 ¦hd8 ¦xd7 32.¦xd7+ ¢xd7 33.¢e3 ¢d6 34.¢d4 )
20.¦e2+ ( ¹20.¦b1 ) 20...¢f5 21.¥e3! ¦ab8 30.¦b7! ¦d8 31.¢f2 ] 26.¢f2 h5 27.f4 h4?
22.¦b1 a5 23.¢f1 a4 24.¦c2 ¦b4 25.a3 ¦e4 '?!' JvR. [ 27...¤b6 28.¦ee7 ¦f6 ] 28.¢f3 ''/\Kg4''
26.¦e1 ¦b8 27.¦ee2 h5 28.f3 ¦ee8 29.¥c1 f5 29.¢e3 ''/\Kd4'' d4+ 30.¢d2 ¤b6 '?' JvR.
¦bc8 30.¦ed2 h4 31.¦d5+ ¢g6 32.¦dc5 ¦cd8 [ Correct is 30...¢f7 JvR ] 31.¦ee7 ¤d5 32.¦f7+
33.¦d2 ¦xd2 34.¥xd2 ¥xb2 35.¦g5+ ¢f6 ¢e8 33.¦b7 ¤xf4 [ 33...¤xb4 34.¥c4! ¤c6
36.¦a5 h3 37.gxh3 ¥xa3 38.¦xa4 ¥d6 39.¥c3+ 35.¦h7 ¦f6 36.¦h8+ ¦f8 37.¥f7+ ¢d8 38.¦xf8# ;
¢f5 40.¥xg7 ¥xh2 41.h4 ¢g6 42.¦g4+ ¢h5 33...¦b8 JvR 34.¦a7 ¦a8 35.¦xa8+ ¢xf7
43.¢g2 f5 44.¦g5+ ¢xh4 45.¥f6 ¦e2+ 46.¢f1 36.¥c4! ] 34.¥c4! B l a c k r e s i g n s [ 34.¥c4 g5
¦e6 47.¦xf5+ ¢h3 48.¦h5+ ¢g3 49.¥d4 ¢xf3 35.¦g7 ¦f6 ( 35...¤g6 36.¥f7+ ) 36.¦g8+ ¦f8
50.¦xh2 ¢e4 51.¦e2+ ¢d5 52.¦d2 ¢c6 53.¢f2 37.¥f7+ ]
¦e7 54.¢f3 ¦e6 55.¢f4 ¦e1 56.¢f5 ¦e7 1-0
57.¥e5 ¦d7 58.¥d4 ¦d5+ 59.¢e4 ¦d6 60.¦b2
¢d7 61.¥c5 ¦d1 62.¦b6 ¦h1 63.¥d4 ¦f1
64.¢d5 ¦f5+ 65.¥e5 ¦f7 66.¥f6 ¢c7 67.¢c5 B44
¢d7 68.¦d6+ ¢c8 69.¥d4 ¦c7+ 70.¢b5 ¦d7 Fischer,Robert James 2760
71.¦c6+ ¢d8 72.¥c5 ¦b7+ 73.¢c4 ¦f7 74.¢d5 Petrosian,Tigran 2640
¢d7 75.¦d6+ ¢e8 76.¦e6+ ¢d7 77.¢e5 ¦h7 cf Buenos Aires 1971
78.¦d6+ ¢e8 79.¥d4 ¦e7+ 80.¢f5 ¦d7 81.¦e6+
¢d8 82.¥b6+ ¢c8 83.¢e5 ¢b7 84.¥d4 ¢c7 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6
85.¢e4 ¦f7 86.¢d5 ¢d7 87.¥f6 ¢c7 88.¦c6+ 5.¤b5 d6 6.¥f4 e5 7.¥e3 ¤f6 8.¥g5 ¥e6
¢b7 89.¥e5 ¦h7 90.¢c5 ¦f7 91.¦b6+ ¢c8 9.¤1c3 a6 10.¥xf6 gxf6 11.¤a3 d5 Petrosian
92.¢c6 ¦c7+ 93.¢d6 ¦b7 94.¦c6+ ¢d8 95.¥f6+ diverts from the sixth match game Fischer-
¢e8 96.¢e6 ¦e7+ 1/2-1/2 Averbakh,Y-Taimanov, Taimanov. 12.exd5 ¥xa3 13.bxa3 £a5 14.£d2
M/Leningrad 1960/URS-ch (96); 10...£xd5 0-0-0 15.¥c4? [Correct is the immediate 15.¦d1 ]
11.¤c3 £c6 12.¥c2 ] 11.¤c3 [ 11.¥e3 ¥e7 15...¦hg8! A chess enthusiast had sent this move
12.¥d4 0-0 13.¤c3 ] 11...¥e7 12.£a4+! £d7!? to Petrosian. The electricity fails at this moment.
[ 12...¥d7 A) 13.£c2 0-0 ( 13...d4 14.¤e4 ¤xe4 Fischer thinks redheaded in the darkness. 16.¦d1
15.¥xe4 ¦c8 16.£d1 ) 14.¥g5 ; B) 13.£d4 ] ¥f5? [He does not play the prepared 16...¦xg2
13.¦e1! [ JvR: Fischer takes the positional plus A fine endgame brings 17.¤e4 £b6 18.£e3
instead of the matter in 13.¥b5 '!?' JvR. axb5 £xe3+ 19.fxe3 ¥g4 20.¦b1 ¥f3 (Timman). ]
14.£xa8 0-0 15.£a5 d4 16.¤xb5 ¥b7„ ] 17.¥d3 ¥xd3 18.£xd3 ¤d4 19.0-0 ¢b8
13...£xa4 [ 13...0-0? 14.£xd7+- ] 14.¤xa4 ¥e6 20.¢h1 £xa3 21.f4 ¦c8 22.¤e4 £xd3 23.cxd3
15.¥e3 0-0 '# ' [ 15...¤d7 16.f4 g6 17.¥d4 0-0 ¦c2 24.¦d2 ¦xd2 25.¤xd2 f5 26.fxe5 ¦e8
18.¦ac1 ] 16.¥c5! ¦fe8 [ 16...¥xc5 17.¤xc5 ¦fb8 27.¦e1 ¤c2 28.¦e2 ¤d4 29.¦e3 ¤c2 30.¦h3!
18.¤xe6 fxe6 19.¦xe6 ¦xb2 20.¦xa6 ¦xa6 ¦xe5 31.¤f3 ¦xd5 32.¦xh7 ¦xd3 33.h4 ¤e3?
21.¥xa6 ¤e4 22.a4 ¤c5 23.¥b5 ¢f8 24.¦c1 [ The best defence is 33...¤d4! 34.¤g5! f6
¤b3 25.¦c8+ ¢e7 26.h3 ¤d4 27.¥d3 ¦a2 35.¤h3! (Kholmov) ¦g3! 36.h5 ¦g4 37.h6 ¦h4
28.¦a8 g6 29.a5 ¦a1+ 30.¢h2 ¤c6 31.a6 ¢d6 38.¢h2 f4 Black will be able to hold the position.]
32.¥b5 d4 33.¥xc6 ¢xc6 34.a7 ¢c7 35.¦h8 34.¦xf7 ¦d1+ 35.¢h2 ¦a1 36.h5 f4 37.¦xf4
¦xa7 36.¦xh7+ ¢b6 37.¦xa7 ¢xa7 38.¢g3 ¦xa2 38.¦e4 ¤xg2 39.¢g3 ¦a5 40.¤e5
1-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Ginsberger,A/ISR-ch 1984/MCD Fischer had won his last twenty games in the
(38) ] 17.¥xe7 ¦xe7 18.b4! ¢f8 [ 18...a5 19.b5 ] interzonal and candidates' matches.
19.¤c5 ¥c8 20.f3 ''!'' [ 20.¦xe7? ¢xe7 21.¦e1+ 1-0
¢d6 ] 20...¦ea7 '?!' JvR. [ 20...¤d7 ; 20...¤d7
21.¤b3 ¤e5 22.¥f1 ¥d7 23.¦ed1 ( 23.¦ad1?
¥b5 24.¦xd5?! ¤xf3+! ); The last chance gives D82
20...¦xe1+ JvR 21.¦xe1 ¦b8 22.a3 ¦b6 ] 21.¦e5 Petrosian,Tigran 2640
¥d7 [ 21...¦b8³ ] 22.¤xd7+ 'surprising that this Fischer,Robert James 2760
exchange of the good N for the bad B is so cf Buenos Aires 1971
devestating [Ruben Fine] '!'' '!?' JvR. [ 22.a4± ;
22.a4 ¥c6 /\Nd7 ] 22...¦xd7 23.¦c1 ''/\Rc6'' ¦d6 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¥f4 ¥g7 5.e3 c5
'?' [ 23...¦da7± ] 24.¦c7 ¤d7 25.¦e2 JvR: 'Black 6.dxc5 £a5 7.¦c1 ¤e4 8.cxd5 ¤xc3 9.£d2
has little choice.' g6 [ 25...¤f6 26.¦ee7 ; 25...¢g8 £xa2 10.bxc3 £a5 11.¥c4 ¤d7!? 12.¤e2
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53.¦xh7 ¥b6! 54.¦f7 ¦a8 55.¦xf6 ¦a3+ the final of the candidates' matches over a
(Shamkovich).] 53...¥b6 54.¦d5+ ¥c5 55.¤c1 maximum of twelve games ended relatively quickly.
¢a4 56.¦d7 ¥b4 57.¤e2 ¢b3 58.¦b7 ¦a8 1-0
59.¦xh7 ¦a1 60.¤xd4+ exd4 61.¢xd4 ¦d1+
62.¢e3 ¥c5+ 63.¢e2 ¦h1 64.h4 ¢c4 65.h5
¦h2+ 66.¢e1 ¢d3 Petrosian was demoralised E56
because he had played well and only scored 2 1/2 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660
out of 6. Fischer had crushed 'the other guy's ego'. Fischer,Robert James 2785
0-1 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972
very upset about the defeat. 1986. ] 17...¥xc5+ 18.¢h1 £g5 19.£e2 ¦ad8
1-0 20.¦ad1 ¦xd1 21.¦xd1 h5! Spassky played for a
win. He is not 'demoralised' as commentators
describe him. 22.¤d6 ¥a8 23.¥c4 h4! 24.h3
A00 ¥e3! 25.£g4 £xe5! [ 25...£xg4 26.hxg4 h3
Fischer,Robert James 2785 27.¥f1 ¥f4 28.¤c4 and White holds the position.]
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 26.£xh4 g5! 27.£g4 ¥c5! [ 27...¦d8 28.¤xf7!
Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 ¦xd1+ 29.£xd1 ¢xf7 30.£d7+= ] 28.¤b5 ¢g7!
29.¤d4 ¦h8! 30.¤f3 ¥xf3 31.£xf3 ¥d6?
0-1 [ 31...¦h4 offers superb chances. 32.g4!? ( 32.¦f1
¦f4 33.£e2 ¦xf1+ 34.£xf1 £xb2 is horrible.)
32...¥d6! 33.£g2 £e3 34.¦d3 £c1+ 35.£g1
A77 £xb2 ] 32.£c3! £xc3 33.bxc3 ¥e5 34.¦d7 ¢f6
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 35.¢g1 ¥xc3 36.¥e2 ¥e5 37.¢f1 ¦c8 38.¥h5
Fischer,Robert James 2785 ¦c7 39.¦xc7 ¥xc7 40.a4 ¢e7 41.¢e2 f5
Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 42.¢d3 ¥e5 43.c4 ¢d6 44.¥f7 ¥g3 45.c5+
½-½
The game is played in a private room at the request
of Fischer. He starts to shout when he notices the
film camera. It is removed. Schmid restores the E41
peace between the players. 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660
3.¤f3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.¤c3 g6 Fischer,Robert James 2785
7.¤d2 ¤bd7 8.e4 ¥g7 9.¥e2 0-0 10.0-0 ¦e8 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972
11.£c2 ¤h5!? The preparation by the Soviet
grandmasters has not foreseen this provocative 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.¤f3 c5 5.e3
opening at all. 12.¥xh5 gxh5 13.¤c4 ¤e5 ¤c6 6.¥d3 ¥xc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e4 e5 9.d5
14.¤e3 £h4 15.¥d2 [The initiative keeps 15.¤b5 [ 9.h3 h6 10.£e2 8.0-0!?, 8.Pd2!? cxd4 11.cxd4
£e7 16.a4 a6 17.¤c3 (Smith). ] 15...¤g4 exd4 12.¥b2 ] 9...¤e7 [ 9...¤a5 10.h3 b6 11.¥e3
16.¤xg4 hxg4 17.¥f4 £f6 ¥a6 12.£e2 £d7!? 13.a4÷ ] 10.¤h4 [ 10.¤d2
18.g3?
White weakens his kingside. [Solid is 18.¥g3 h5 0-0 ( 10...£a5 11.£c2 h5 12.h4 ¥d7 13.g3
19.f3! (Byrne). ] 18...¥d7 19.a4 b6 20.¦fe1 a6 0-0-0 ) 11.¤f1 £a5 12.¥d2 ¤e8 13.¤g3 f5
21.¦e2 b5! 22.¦ae1 Spassky wants to counter in Portisch-Miles, IBM 1981 14.exf5 ¤xf5 15.£c2
the centre, but Fischer prevents it. £g6 23.b3 ¦e7 g6 16.0-0 ¥d7 17.¤e4 ¤f6 18.¤g5 ¦ae8 19.f3
24.£d3 ¦b8 25.axb5 axb5 26.b4 c4 27.£d2 ¤g7 20.g4 £a4 ( 20...b5 21.cxb5 c4 22.¥xc4
¦be8 28.¦e3 h5!? Black postpones the capture ¥xb5 J 13..Da4 ) 21.£b3 ¦b8= ] 10...h6 [ 10...¤g6
on c3. 29.¦3e2 ¢h7 30.¦e3 ¢g8 31.¦3e2 ¥xc3 11.¤f5 ¥xf5 12.exf5! ] 11.f4 '!?' [ 11.0-0 g5
32.£xc3 ¦xe4 33.¦xe4 ¦xe4 34.¦xe4 £xe4 12.¤f5 ¤xf5 13.exf5 e4 14.¥c2 ¥xf5 15.f3 ¥g6
35.¥h6 £g6 36.¥c1 £b1 37.¢f1 ¥f5 38.¢e2 16.h4 ¤d7 17.f4 gxh4 18.f5 ¥h7 19.f6 ¥g6³ ;
£e4+ 39.£e3 £c2+ 40.£d2 £b3 41.£d4?! 11.f3 g5 ( 11...£a5 12.£c2 g5 13.¤f5 ¤xf5
¥d3+! 14.exf5 ¥d7 15.h4 g4 16.fxg4 ¤xg4 17.¥e2
Bobby is jubilant, because he has defeated
Boris for the first time. ¦g8 18.¥xg4 ¦xg4 19.¥xh6 ¥xf5 20.£xf5
0-1 £xc3+ 21.¢f2 £b2+ 22.¢e3 ¦xg2 ) A) 12.¤f5
A1) 12...¥xf5 13.exf5 £a5 A1a) 14.£c2 0-0-0
15.¢f2 ( 15.h4 e4 16.¥xe4 ¦de8 17.¢f2 ¤xe4+
B88 18.fxe4 f6 19.¥e3 ¢b8 20.e5 dxe5 21.d6 ¤c6
Fischer,Robert James 2785 22.¦ad1 £a6 23.hxg5 £xc4 24.¦xh6 £g4 25.d7
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 ¦d8 26.£d3 b6 27.¦dh1 ¦xh6 28.gxh6 ¢c7
Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 29.h7 c4 30.£e2 £xf5+ 31.£f3 £c2+ 32.¢g3
£g6+ 33.£g4 £d3 34.¢f2 £c2+ 35.¢f3 f5
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 36.£xc4 b5 37.£d5 e4+ 38.¢g3 £xc3 39.¢f2
5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 ¤b4 40.¥f4+ ¢b6 41.£d6+ ¢b7 42.h8£ ¦xh8
9.0-0 a6 10.f4 ¤xd4 11.¥xd4 b5 12.a3 ¥b7 1-0 Donner,J-Damjanovic,M/Cienfuegos 1972/
13.£d3 a5! A novelty has been prepared in EXT 99 (42)) 15...¦de8 16.h4 g4 17.h5 b5
Fischer's favourite opening. 14.e5! dxe5 15.fxe5 18.¦b1 bxc4 19.¥xc4 gxf3 20.gxf3 ¤exd5
¤d7 16.¤xb5 ¤c5 17.¥xc5? [The quiet 17.£e3! 21.£b3 ¤b6 22.¥xf7 ¦e7 23.¥e6+ ¢c7 24.¥e3
¤xb3 18.£xb3 a4 19.£d3 ¥a6 20.¦ad1 £d7 £a6 25.a4 £xa4 26.£xa4 ¤xa4 27.¦a1 ¦xe6
21.c4 ¦ab8 will draw in Carlson-Thompson, corr. 28.fxe6 ¤xc3 29.¦xa7+ ¢c6 30.¦f7 ¤fd5 31.e7
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¦cb8 19.£c3 ¦b4 20.¤e5 ¤xe5 21.£xe5 ¦c8 24.e6 ¤e5 25.£g3! ¤xc4? 26.¦f7+- Timman ]
22.¥f3 £c7 23.£xc7 ¦xc7 24.¦d1 c4 25.¥xd5 22.e5! ¦b8 [ 22...¤b6? 23.f5 /\ 24.f6 ( 23.£b3!
¥xd5 26.¦xd5 c3 27.b3 a4 28.¢f1 axb3 ¤d5 24.f5! ) A) 23...c4 24.£a5 £c5 25.b4! £b5
29.axb3 ¦xb3 30.¢e2 ¦b1 31.h4 g6 32.h5 g5 ( ¹25...£c6 26.¦f4 ) 26.a4!! ¤xa4 27.¦xc4! ¦xc4
33.g4 ¢g7 34.¦d1 ¦b6 35.¦d4 ¦b1 36.¢d3 28.£d8++- -> Timman ; B) 23...exf5? 24.£b3++-
¦d1+ 1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Ciric,D/Beverwijk 1967/ Purdy ] 23.¥c4! Fischer has changed his strategy
MCD (36) ] 14...a6 [P l a y a b l e i s 14...£b7 from attack on the queenside to restraint of the
(Timman-Geller, Hilversum 1973). '/\ 15... c4 centre. ¢h8 [ ¹23...¤b6 24.£xc5 ( 24.£b3!+-
Pachmann' 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.¦xc5 ¦xc5 17.£xc5 Tal ) 24...¤xc4 25.£xc4 ¦xb2 26.£xd4 ( 26.f5
a6 18.¥d3 £xb2 19.0-0 ¤d7 ( 19...£xa2? £g5 ) 26...¦ab7 Purdy ( 26...¦xa2? 27.f5 ¦d7
20.¤d4 ) 20.£c6 ¦b8 21.¤d4 £b6 22.¦c1² 28.f6!+- )] 24.£h3 ¤f8? Spassky accepts his
Timman ; 14...¢f8 / \ c 4 , a 6 , b 5 15.dxc5 A) p a s s i v i t y . [Counteraction gives 24...¦xb2 (Tal)
15...¦xc5! 16.¦xc5 £xc5! 17.¢d2 ( 17.£xc5+ 25.£xe6 £xe6 26.¥xe6 ¦c7 ] 25.b3 a5 26.f5!+-
bxc5 18.¢d2 ¢e7 19.¦c1 ¢d6 /\ 20...Nd7 exf5 27.¦xf5 ¤h7 28.¦cf1 [ 28.¦f7?? ¤g5 ]
Zelinskis ) 17...£xa3 18.bxa3 ¤d7 19.¥xd7 ¥xd7 28...£d8 29.£g3 ¦e7 30.h4 ¦bb7 31.e6! ¦bc7
20.¤e5 ¥e8 21.¦c1 ¢e7 22.¢d3 f6 23.¤f3 32.£e5 £e8 [ 32...d3 33.¦5f3+- Timman ] 33.a4!
¢d6 24.¢d4 ¥d7 25.¤d2 ¦e8 26.f3 g5 £d8 [ 33...¤f6 34.¦xf6! gxf6 35.¦xf6! ; 33...¢g8?
1/2/Zelinskis-Sichov/corr/1971; B) 15...bxc5 34.¦f7 ] 34.¦1f2 £e8 35.¦2f3 £d8 36.¥d3! £e8
16.b3 c4 17.£xe7+ ¢xe7 18.¤d4 a6 19.¥a4± [ 36...¦c6 37.£e4 ] 37.£e4! ¤f6 [ 37...¦xe6
Timman ] 15.dxc5 bxc5 [ 15...¦xc5?! 16.0-0! ] 38.¦f8+ ¤xf8 39.¦xf8+ £xf8 40.£h7# ] 38.¦xf6!
16.0-0 ¦a7?! [Donner advices 16...¤c6! 'Donner' gxf6 39.¦xf6 ¢g8 40.¥c4 /\ 41.Rf7 Timman ¢h8
17.¥xc6 ¦xc6 18.¤e5! ( 18.¤d4 ¦c7 19.¤b3 41.£f4 An attack on the kingside decided the
d4!„ ) 18...¦c7 19.¤d3± ; 16...£b7 Geller 17.¥a4! game. [ 41.¦f7! ; 41.£f4 ¢g8 42.£xh6 ( 42.£g3+
( 17.¥e2 ¤d7 ) 17...£b6 18.¤e5 /\ 19.Nd3 A) ¢h8 43.£e5! )]
18...¦a7 19.f4! ( 19.¤d3 ¦ac7 ); B) 18...a5 19.f4! 1-0
( 19.¤d3 ¤a6 ) 19...f6 20.f5 ¥f7 ( 20...fxe5
21.fxe6 ¤a6 22.e4! ) 21.¤xf7 ¢xf7 22.¦fd1±
Andersson ; 16...£a7 Larsen 17.¥e2 ( 17.¥a4 a5 B97
18.¤e5 f6! 19.¤d3 ¤a6= )] 17.¥e2 The bishop Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660
returns to protect the kingside. Black has a weak Fischer,Robert James 2785
c5 pawn and an undeveloped queenside. ¤d7 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972
[ 17...c4 18.£xe7 ¦xe7 19.¤d4 ¤c6 Tal
20.¤xe6 fxe6 21.b3 ¤a5 22.bxc4 ¤xc4 23.e4± 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6
¦ec7 24.¥g4 Purdy ; 17...a5 18.¦c3 ( 18.¦c2 a4 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6 8.£d2 £xb2
19.¥b5! ) 18...¤d7 19.¦fc1 ¦e8 20.¥b5± 9.¤b3 £a3 10.¥d3 ¥e7 11.0-0 h6! 12.¥h4?!
F u r m a n - G e l l e r / U S S R c h / 1 9 7 0 /] 18.¤d4! [ Theory will become 12.¥xf6 ¥xf6 13.e5! dxe5
/\ 19.Nb3, 19.Ne6 £f8? Timman [ ¹18...¢f8± 14.¤e4 ¤d7 (Tal-Zaid, Moscow 1973).] 12...¤xe4
Purdy ; ¹18...¤f6 19.¤b3 A) 19...¤e4 A1) 13.¤xe4 ¥xh4 14.f5! exf5 15.¥b5+!
20.¥f3 c4 21.£xe7 ¦xe7 22.¥xe4 ( 22.¤d4 ¤c5 Spassky attacks the king. axb5 [Wild is 15...¢e7!
23.b3 cxb3! 24.axb3 ¤d3 25.¦a1 ¤b4µ ) 16.£f4 g5! 17.£e3! ¥e6! 18.¥c4 ¥xc4 19.¦xf5
22...cxb3! ( 22...dxe4 23.¤d4± ) 23.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 ¥e6 20.¦af1! (Timman). ] 16.¤xd6+ ¢f8
24.¥xd5 bxa2 25.¥xa2 ¦b7= 26.¦c1 ¥f5 [ Black can try 16...¢e7 17.¤xb5 £a6! 18.£b4+
Timman ; A2) 20.f3! c4 21.£xe7 ¦xe7 22.¤d4 ¢f6 19.£xh4+ ¢g6 ] 17.¤xc8 ¤c6 18.¤d6
( 22.fxe4 cxb3= ) 22...¤c5 23.b3 _|_ +/-/+/= [ Complicatives are presented by 18.£d7 g6
Timman ; B) 19...c4± Purdy 20.£xe7 ¦xe7 19.¤d6 ¥e7 20.¤xf5! gxf5 21.£xf5
21.¤d4± ; C) 19...¤d7÷ Timman 20.¥b5 ¤f6 ] (Tal & Timman).] 18...¦d8 19.¤xb5 £e7!? [ Or
19.¤xe6! fxe6 20.e4!! [ 20.¥g4 ] 20...d4? 19...¦xd2 20.¤xa3 ¦d5 ] 20.£f4 g6 21.a4 ¥g5
[ Better moves are 20...c4 21.£h3 £f7 A) 22.¥g4 22.£c4 ¥e3+ 23.¢h1 f4 24.g3 g5 25.¦ae1
¦e8 23.exd5 exd5 24.¦fe1 ¤e5 ( 24...¦xe1+ £b4 26.£xb4+ ¤xb4 27.¦e2 ¢g7 28.¤a5 b6
25.¦xe1 ¢f8 ) 25.¥h5 g6 26.£g3 ¦ae7 27.f4 29.¤c4 ¤d5 30.¤cd6 ¥c5 31.¤b7 ¦c8 32.c4
¤d3 ( 27...¢h7!? ) 28.¦xe7 ¦xe7 29.¥xg6 £xf4 ¤e3 33.¦f3 ¤xc4 34.gxf4 g4?! [ 34...¦a8
30.¥f7+! ¢xf7 31.¦f1 £xf1+ 32.¢xf1 ¦e1+ 35.fxg5 ¦xa4 36.¤xc5 bxc5 keeps the attack
33.£xe1 ¤xe1 34.¢xe1+- Tal ; B) 22.¥h5 £e7 going. ] 35.¦d3 h5 36.h3 ¤a5 37.¤7d6 ¥xd6
( 22...g6? 23.¥g4+- ) 23.exd5 exd5 24.¦fe1 £f6 38.¤xd6 ¦c1+ 39.¢g2 ¤c4 40.¤e8+ ¢g6
25.¥g4+- Timman ; and 20...¤f6 Purdy 21.exd5 41.h4 f6 42.¦e6 ¦c2+ 43.¢g1 ¢f5 44.¤g7+
exd5 22.¥f3± Timman ] 21.f4 £e7 [ ¹21...¢h8 ¢xf4 45.¦d4+ ¢g3 46.¤f5+ ¢f3 47.¦ee4 ¦c1+
/\ 22.e5 Nb6 22.¥c4 /\ 23.e5 +/- e5 23.fxe5 £e7
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39.¦g7 ¢f6 40.¦d7 ¢e6 32.¦xd6 ¦xf2 33.¦xa6 ¦xh2 34.¢f3 ¦d2
½-½ 35.¦a7+ ¢f6 36.¦a6+ ¢e7 37.¦a7+ ¦d7 38.¦a2
¢e6 39.¢g2 ¦e7 40.¢h3 ¢f6 41.¦a6+ ¦e6
42.¦a5 h6 43.¦a2 ¢f5 44.¦f2+ ¢g5 45.¦f7 g6
B99 46.¦f4 h5 47.¦f3 ¦f6 48.¦a3 ¦e6 49.¦f3 ¦e4
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 50.¦a3 ¢h6 51.¦a6 ¦e5 52.¢h4 ¦e4+ 53.¢h3
Fischer,Robert James 2785 ¦e7 54.¢h4 ¦e5 55.¦b6 ¢g7 56.¦b4 ¢h6
Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 57.¦b6 ¦e1 58.¢h3 ¦h1+ 59.¢g2 ¦a1 60.¢h3
¦a4
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ½-½
5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 ¥e7 8.£f3 £c7
9.0-0-0 ¤bd7 10.¥d3 b5 11.¦he1 ¥b7 12.£g3
0-0-0!? 13.¥xf6 ¤xf6 [ Black has to give up a B09
pawn due to 13...¥xf6? 14.¥xb5! axb5 15.¤dxb5 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660
(Timman). ] 14.£xg7 ¦df8 15.£g3 b4 16.¤a4 Fischer,Robert James 2785
¦hg8 17.£f2 ¤d7 18.¢b1 ¢b8 19.c3 ¤c5 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972
20.¥c2 bxc3 [ 20...¤xa4? 21.¥xa4 bxc3 22.¦c1
£c4 is refuted by 23.¤c6+! ¥xc6 24.£b6+ ¥b7 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.f4 ¥g7 5.¤f3 c5
25.¦xc3 (Geller). ] 21.¤xc3 ¥f6 22.g3 h5 6.dxc5 £a5 Fischer plays the Pirc as Black for the
23.e5?! dxe5 24.fxe5 ¥h8 [ Risk takes first time. 7.¥d3 £xc5 8.£e2 0-0 9.¥e3 £a5
24...¥xe5?! 25.¤db5! axb5 26.¤xb5 (Timman). ] 10.0-0 ¥g4 11.¦ad1 ¤c6 12.¥c4 ¤h5
25.¤f3 ¦d8 26.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 27.¤g5 ¥xe5 13.¥b3!? Spassky sacrifices a pawn, because he
28.£xf7 ¦d7?! [Right is 28...¥xg3! 29.hxg3 has to play for a win. ¥xc3 14.bxc3 £xc3 15.f5
£xg3 ] 29.£xh5 ¥xc3 30.bxc3 £b6+ ¤f6 16.h3 ¥xf3 17.£xf3 ¤a5 18.¦d3 £c7
A g r e a t b a t t l e r a g e s o n t h e b o a r d . 31.¢c1? 19.¥h6 ¤xb3 20.cxb3 £c5+ 21.¢h1 £e5!?
[ An advantage keeps 31.¢a1! ¦d2 32.¦b1 £a5 Black forces the draw in a special way. [ 21...¦fc8
33.£h8+ ¢a7 34.¦b2 e5 (Timman) 35.£h7! ¦d7 22.fxg6 hxg6 is okay. ] 22.¥xf8 ¦xf8 23.¦e3 ¦c8
36.£h6 £xc3 37.£b6+ ] 31...£a5 32.£h8+ ¢a7 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.£f4 £xf4 26.¦xf4 ¤d7 27.¦f2
33.a4 ¤d3+?! [Annotators praise 33...¤xa4! ¤e5 28.¢h2 ¦c1 29.¦ee2 ¤c6 30.¦c2 ¦e1
34.¥xa4 £xa4 35.£e5 £a1+ ] 34.¥xd3 ¦xd3 31.¦fe2 ¦a1 32.¢g3 ¢g7 33.¦cd2 ¦f1 34.¦f2
35.¢c2 ¦d5 36.¦e4 ¦d8? [ The attack continues ¦e1 35.¦fe2 ¦f1 36.¦e3 a6 37.¦c3 ¦e1 38.¦c4
with 36...¦d7! 37.¦d4 ¦c7 ] 37.£g7 £f5 38.¢b3 ¦f1 39.¦dc2 ¦a1 40.¦f2 ¦e1 41.¦fc2 g5
£d5+ 39.¢a3 £d2 40.¦b4 £c1+ 41.¦b2 £a1+ 42.¦c1 ¦e2 43.¦1c2 ¦e1 44.¦c1 ¦e2 45.¦1c2
42.¦a2 £c1+ 43.¦b2 £a1+ ½-½
½-½
B69
C69 Fischer,Robert James 2785
Fischer,Robert James 2785 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972
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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.¤c3 ¤c6 4.d4 cxd4
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.¤xd4 ¤f6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d2 a6 8.0-0-0 ¥d7
5.0-0 f6 6.d4 Fischer plays a favourite opening at 9.f4 ¥e7 10.¤f3 b5 11.¥xf6 gxf6 12.¥d3 £a5
last. Spassky is prepared. ¥g4 7.dxe5 £xd1 13.¢b1 b4 14.¤e2 £c5 So far, the players have
8.¦xd1 fxe5 9.¦d3 ¥d6 10.¤bd2 ¤f6 11.¤c4 followed Unzicker-Perez, Oberhausen 1961. 15.f5
¤xe4!? 12.¤cxe5?! [A plus keeps 12.¤fxe5 ¥e6 a5 16.¤f4 [ Fischer avoids the adventures of
13.f3 ¥xe5 14.¤xe5 (Bronstein-Lenguel, Moscow 16.£h6!? b3 17.axb3 a4 because he wants to
1971). ] 12...¥xf3 13.¤xf3 0-0 14.¥e3 b5 15.c4 draw. ] 16...a4 17.¦c1 ¦b8 18.c3 b3?!
¦ab8 16.¦c1 bxc4 17.¦d4 ¦fe8 18.¤d2 ¤xd2 [ T h e p r e f e r a b l e 18...¤e5! 19.cxb4 £xb4
19.¦xd2 ¦e4 20.g3 ¥e5 21.¦cc2 ¢f7 22.¢g2!? 20.£xb4 ¦xb4 leads to exchanges.] 19.a3!
[ 22.¦e2 prevents the next move.] 22...¦xb2! T h e c l o s e d p o s i t i o n i s b e t t e r f o r W h i t e . ¤e5
23.¢f3! White does not have to worry about the 20.¦hf1 ¤c4 21.¥xc4 £xc4 22.¦ce1 ¢d8!?
lost pawns. c3 24.¢xe4 cxd2 25.¦xd2 ¦b5 [ The 'logical' positional move is 22...¥c6 ] 23.¢a1
26.¦c2 ¥d6 27.¦xc6 ¦a5 28.¥f4! The exchange [ 23.£d1! ¢c7 24.¤d2 £a6 25.£h5 seeks the
of bishops leads to a drawn rook ending. ¦a4+ attack. ] 23...¦b5 24.¤d4 [ 24.£d4! £xd4
29.¢f3 ¦a3+ 30.¢e4 ¦xa2 31.¥xd6 cxd6 25.¤xd4 ¦e5 26.g4 brings a pleasant endgame.]
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24...¦a5 25.¤d3 ¢c7 26.¤b4 h5 27.g3 ¦e5!? del Plata 1955).; Theory will become 11.¤f3 £a5
S p a s s k y w a n t s c o m p l i c a t i o n s . 28.¤d3 12.e5 dxe5 13.¥xf6 ¥xf6 14.£xd7 e4 15.¤e5
[ A f i n e p o s i t i o n a l s o l u t i o n g i v e s 28.¦f4!
¤xe5 (Jansa-Pavlovic, Nis 1970).] 11...h6 12.¥h4
Black cannot do anything.] 28...¦b8!? 29.£e2 ¤xe4! 13.¥xe7 ¤xd2 14.¥xd8 ¤xf3 15.¤xf3
[ 29.¤xe5! dxe5 ( 29...fxe5 30.f6! ) 30.fxe6 fxe6 ¦fxd8 16.¦xd6 ¢f8 17.¦hd1 ¢e7 18.¤a4 ¥e8
31.£e2 £c5 32.¦c1! is dangerous for Black.] 19.¦xd8 ¦xd8 20.¤c5 ¦b8!? Spassky wants to
29...¦a5 30.fxe6 fxe6 31.¦f2 e5 32.¤f5 ¥xf5 play. 21.¦d3 a5 22.¦b3 b5 23.a3 a4 24.¦c3
33.¦xf5 d5 34.exd5 £xd5 35.¤b4 £d7 ¦d8 25.¤d3 f6 26.¦c5 ¦b8 27.¦c3 [ 27.h4!
36.¦xh5 ¥xb4 37.cxb4 ¦d5 38.¦c1+ ¢b7 stops the counteraction.] 27...g5 28.g3 ¢d6
39.£e4 ¦c8 40.¦b1 ¢b6 41.¦h7 Fischer has 29.¤c5 g4 30.¤e4+ ¢e7 31.¤e1 ¦d8 32.¤d3
avoided the battle. ¦d4 42.£g6 £c6 43.¦f7 ¦d6 ¦d4 33.¤ef2 h5 34.¦c5 ¦d5 35.¦c3?! [ Better is
44.£h6 £f3 45.£h7 £c6 46.£h6 £f3 47.£h7 35.¢d2 ] 35...¤d4 36.¦c7+ ¦d7 37.¦xd7+ ¥xd7
£c6 38.¤e1 e5 [Annotators prefer 38...¥c6 39.¢d2
½-½ ¤f5 but 40.¤ed3! ¢d6 41.¤b4 is alright for
White. ] 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.¢d2 ¥f5 41.¤d1! ¢d6
[ After 41...¤f3+ 42.¤xf3 gxf3 43.¤f2! ¢d6
B05 44.¢e3 e4 the passed pawns are blockaded.]
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 42.¤e3 ¥e6 43.¢d3 ¥f7 44.¢c3 ¢c6 45.¢d3
Fischer,Robert James 2785 ¢c5 46.¢e4 ¢d6 47.¢d3 ¥g6+ 48.¢c3 ¢c5
Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 49.¤d3+ ¢d6 50.¤e1 ¢c6 51.¢d2 ¢c5
52.¤d3+ ¢d6 53.¤e1 ¤e6 54.¢c3 ¤d4
1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 5.¥e2 The results were even in the second series of ten
e6 6.0-0 ¥e7 7.h3 ¥h5 8.c4 ¤b6 9.¤c3 0-0 g a m e s ( + 1 , = 8 , - 1 ) . C h e s s w a s p l a y e d o n a
Fischer applies the Alekhine for the second time. superior level in the games 13 and 19. Fischer kept
10.¥e3 d5 11.c5 ¥xf3 12.¥xf3 ¤c4 13.b3!? choosing enterprising openings, but he played the
¤xe3 14.fxe3 b6?! [Petrosian prefers 14...¤c6 ] middle game cautiously from game 15 on.
15.e4! c6 16.b4 bxc5 [ Pressure can be relieved ½-½
by 16...a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 ¦xa1 19.£xa1
bxc5 20.bxc5 ¥g5 ] 17.bxc5 £a5 18.¤xd5!
¥g5! Capture of the knight leads to horror. Fischer B46
starts a prophylactic manoeuvre. 19.¥h5! cxd5 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660
20.¥xf7+! ¦xf7 21.¦xf7 The Soviet seconds are Fischer,Robert James 2785
impressed by the next move. £d2! Capture of the Wch28 Reykjavik 1972
rook permits a horrible attack. [ 21...¤c6! is okay. ]
22.£xd2 ¥xd2 23.¦af1 ¤c6 24.exd5 14/374 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6
[ T h e g r e a t c o m p l i c a t i o n s o f 24.¦c7! dxe4! 5.¤c3 ¤c6 [ 5...£c7 ] 6.¥e3 [ 6.g3 ; 6.¥f4!? ]
25.¦xc6 e3 ( O l a f s s o n ) 26.¦xe6 e2 27.¢f2! 6...¤f6 7.¥d3 d5! 8.exd5 exd5!= Black follows
exf1£+ 28.¢xf1 ¦d8 29.¦d6 ¦xd6 30.exd6 ¢f7 the game Anderssen-Minckwitxz, Berlin 1866.
31.¢e2 ¥a5! 32.¢d3! ¢e6 33.¢e4 ¥e1 9.0-0 ¥d6 10.¤xc6 bxc6 11.¥d4 0-0 12.£f3
lead to a draw.] 24...exd5 25.¦d7 ¥e3+ 26.¢h1 ¥e6 [ 12...¤g4 13.h3 ¤h2? ( 13...£h4 14.¦fe1 )
¥xd4 27.e6 ¥e5! 28.¦xd5 ¦e8 29.¦e1 ¦xe6 14.£h5 g6 15.£h6 ] 13.¦fe1 c5! Fischer forces a
30.¦d6! ¢f7 [Fischer avoids 30...¦xd6 31.cxd6 ] simplification. 14.¥xf6 £xf6 15.£xf6 gxf6
31.¦xc6 ¦xc6 32.¦xe5 ¢f6 33.¦d5 ¢e6 34.¦h5 16.¦ad1 ¦fd8 17.¥e2 ¦ab8 18.b3 c4 19.¤xd5!
h6 35.¢h2 ¦a6 36.c6 ¦xc6 37.¦a5 a6 38.¢g3 Spassky keeps the equality. [ 19.¤a4= ] 19...¥xd5
¢f6 39.¢f3 ¦c3+ 40.¢f2 ¦c2+ 20.¦xd5 ¥xh2+ 21.¢xh2 ¦xd5 22.¥xc4 ¦d2 '±!'
½-½ 23.¥xa6 ¦xc2 24.¦e2 ¦xe2 25.¥xe2 ¦d8 26.a4
¦d2 27.¥c4 ¦a2! [ 27...¦xf2 '?' 28.a5 ¢f8 29.a6
¦b2 ( 29...¦a2? 30.b4! ¦a4 31.b5 ¦xc4 32.a7
B68 ¦a4 33.b6+- ) 30.¥d5 ¦a2 31.¥c4 ¦b2= ] 28.¢g3
Fischer,Robert James 2785 ¢f8 29.¢f3?! [ 29.f4 f5 30.¢f3 ¢e7 31.g3
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 builds a fortress (Karpov).] 29...¢e7 30.g4?!
Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 [ 30.g3 ] 30...f5! 31.gxf5 f6 32.¥g8? h6 33.¢g3
¢d6 34.¢f3 ¦a1 35.¢g2? [Right is 35.¥c4 ¦g1
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 36.a5 ¢c5 37.a6 ¢b6 38.¢e3 h5 39.f3 h4
5.¤c3 d6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d2 a6 8.0-0-0 ¥d7 40.¢f2 ¦g5 41.¥f1! ¦xf5 42.¢g2 ] 35...¢e5
9.f4 ¥e7 10.¥e2 0-0 11.¥f3 [ Fischer diverts 36.¥e6 ¢f4 37.¥d7 ¦b1 38.¥e6 ¦b2 39.¥c4
from the known 11.¤b3 (De Greiff - Szabo, Mar ¦a2 40.¥e6 h5 White is lost in the adjourned
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¦fc8 14.h3 ¢f8 15.¢f1 Both kings head for the 27.¢xe1 £d7 There are tw o threats here: Qd1+
center. ¢e7 Now the occupation of this square by and Qh3. Now White must play with extreme
the king is appropriate. 16.¤e1 16.a4 bxa4 17. caution. 28.£b3 28.Rd3 Qh3 29.Ne3 Rxe3! 30.
bxa4 Bc6 with good counterplay, since White's Rxe3 Qf1+ 31.Kd2 Qd1+ and a draw will result.
r o o k s a r e m i s p l a c e d . ¥d6 The position is £h3 29.¤e3 £xh2 29...Rxe3? 30.Rxe3 Qf1+ 31.
completely equal. 17.a4 ¥c6 18.axb5 axb5 Kd2 and the d1-square is covered by the Qb3.
19.¦c2 ¦c7 20.¦dc1 ¦ac8 21.¥f3 ¥xf3 30.g4 ¦b8 31.£d5 31.Qc2?? would lose to Rxb2!!
Now the pieces fly off the board and a peace pact 32.Qxb2 Qg1+ 33.Kxe2 Qh2+ 34.Kd3 Qxb2 and
is forthcoming. 22.¤dxf3 e5 23.¦xc7 ¦xc7 White's pawns will fall quickly. ¦xb2 Now White
24.¦xc7 ¥xc7 25.¤c2 ¤e4 26.¤a3 b4 27.¤c4 must force the draw. 32.£d8+ ¢g7 33.¤f5+ gxf5
f6 28.¤e1 ¤dc5 29.¤c2 ¤xb3 30.¤xb4 ½-½
¤bd2+ 31.¤xd2 ¤xd2+ 32.¢e2 ¤c4
½-½
E70
Spassky,Boris Vasily
E07 Fischer,Robert James
Fischer,Robert James Belgrade 1992
Spassky,Boris Vasily
Belgrade 1992 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 Like a conjurer,
Fischer pulls yet another surprise opening out of
1.c4 Something of a surprise, although Fischer did his sleeve. He plans to go his own way in this
play the English in the first match too. e6 2.¤f3 opening, neither opting for the popular Benko
¤f6 3.g3 The choice of the kingside fianchetto Gambit nor playing the standard modern Benoni
means that we are headed for a Tarrasch, Catalan, idea of e7- e6. 4.¤c3 g6 5.e4 ¥g7 6.¥g5
English, or Hedgehog. Still a wide choice! d5 This is played in the spirit of the Averbakh Variation
4.¥g2 ¥e7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Now we have a of the King's Indian. Other ideas include 6. Nf3 and
Catalan Opening, and Spassky opts for the closed 6.Bd3. This line leads to greater complications
v a r i a t i o n . ¤bd7 7.¤bd2 This is a fairly popular appropriate to the match standing. h6 7.¥h4
line, but does not place much pressure at d5, and An unusual choice. Usually the bishop retreats
White can hope for a minimal advantage, at best. along the c1-h6 diagonal and later forms a battery
b6 8.cxd5 The double fianchetto approach. exd5 with the queen. Now Black can develop
9.¤e5 ¥b7 10.¤df3 10.Ndc4 perhaps makes counterplay quickly. g5 8.¥g3 £a5 Black must
better use of the long diagonal, exploiting the pin at not delay his counterplay! 8...O-O 9.Bd3 would
d5. ¤e4 11.¥f4 ¤df6 Black has achieved full give White excellent attacking prospects. 9.¥d3
equality. 12.¦c1 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 Black's hang Inviting immediate complications, but this is still
ing pawns at c5 and d5 are strong in this known to theory. 9. Qd2 is correct. ¤xe4 10.¥xe4
configuration. One can compare game 6 of the first ¥xc3+ 11.bxc3 £xc3+ 12.¢f1 After a few forced
match, where they proved to be weak. 14.¤g5 moves Black is a piece down for two pawns, but
¤xg5 15.¥xg5 ¤e4 The excellent coordination of White's material advantage cannot be maintained.
Black's forces lead to simplifications without risk. f5 By sacrificing a piece for two pawns, Black
16.¥xe7 £xe7 17.¥xe4 dxe4 17...Qxe5 18.Bf3 attacks both of White's bishops, deprives the
maintains strong pressure at d5. 18.¤c4 e3 enemy monarch of his castling privilege and
This is a bold attempt to punish White for ignoring thereby disrupts the communication of the rooks.
Nimzowitsch's principle that central pawns must be 12... Qxc4+ 13.Bd3 Qxd5?? 14.Bb5+ wins the
blockaded. 19.f3 Now the question is whether the queen. 13.¦c1 13.Ne2 Qf6 14.Bc2 f4 15.h4 Rf8
pawn at e3 is strong or weak. 19.Nxe3? Qe4 ¦ad8 and White has a hopeless position. £f6 14.h4
20.£b3 ¦fe8 21.¦c3 ¥d5 This preserves the 14.Qh5+ Kd8 15.h4 g4! A theme later exploited by
important e-pawn. 22.¦fc1 22.Rxe3 Bxc4 23.Rxe7 Fischer. g4 15.¥d3 White has to part with one of
Bxb3 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.axb3 Rxe2 with a drawish his bishops, but which one? The dark- squared
endgame. g6 23.£a3 23.Qa4 was preferred by bishop seems more important. 15.Bxf5!? deserves
Deep Thought. ¥xf3 Spassky pl ays with youthful consideration, enabling White to complete his
vigor. The piece sacrifice is romantic and worthy of d e v e l o p m e n t . f4 16.¤e2 fxg3 17.¤xg3
consideration, but there was a less interesting Things have calmed down a bit, and Black has an
drawing line. 23...Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd2! 25.Re4 Qd7 extra pawn, but some weak light-squares. ¦f8
26.Qxe3 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Qd4+! 28.Qxd4 cxd4 with 18.¦c2 White is almost out of the woods, but his
e q u a l c h a n c e s i n t h e e n d g a m e . 24.exf3 rook still stands idly at h1, and this is all Fischer
24.Rxe3? Be4! e2 25.¦e1 ¦d1 26.¢f2 ¦xe1 needs to get things going. ¤d7 Black returns the
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¤e7 36.£a8+ ¢g7 37.£b7 ¢f8 38.a4 f4 axb5 25.b4 It is necessary to stop Black's b-pawn
Black is busted, but Spassky creates some from advancing and taking control of valuable
complications. 39.a5 fxg3 40.a6 £f4 41.¥f3 t e r r i t o r y . £a8 Now that there are weaknesses on
41.Bg2?? Qg4++ ¤f5 42.£e4 g2 43.£xf4 g1£ the a-file, this is a good place for the queen. 25...
44.¥e4 £a1 45.a7 £xa7 46.¥xf5 gxf5 Ra8 also comes into consideration. 26.¦c2 d5
47.£xf5+ ¢g7 48.£g5+ ¢f8 49.£h6+ ¢g8 This is gener ally a strong strategic move in the
50.£xh5 £c7 51.£g6+ ¢h8 52.£f6+ ¢g8 Sicilian, but there was an interesting alternative in
53.£e6+ 53.Kg4 Qd7+ 54.Kg5 Qxd3?? 55.Qg6+ 26. ..Qa3!? 27.e5 ¤e4 28.¥xe4 dxe4 29.¥c5
and White wins easily. ¢h8 54.£d5 54.h5! was This is very strong, achieving the strategic goal of
best. £f7 55.¢g2 55.Qxf7 is stalemate! 55.d4 closing the c-file. Spassky now counts on the
Qf1+ 56.Kg4 Qg1+ 57. Kh5 Qd1+ 58.Kg6 Qg4+ 59. pressure on the long diagonal and his active
Kf7 Qg8+! 60.Ke7 Qh7+ 61.Kd8 Qxh4+ 62.Kc7 pieces. ¥xc5 30.bxc5 ¦d8 31.¦e1 31.Ndxe4?
Qxd4= £g6+ 56.¢h3 £f7 57.£e5+ ¢h7 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Bxe4 ¤e7 The knight prepares to
58.¢g4 £g6+ 59.¢f4 £h6+ 60.¢f3 £g6 o c c u p y d 5 . 32.¤cxe4 ¤f5 32...Qa4 is an
61.£e4 ¢h8 62.¢e2 62.Qxg6 is also stalemate. interesting option, leading to unclear complications.
£d6 63.£e3 £h2+ 64.¢d1 £h1+ 65.¢d2 £h2+ 33.¤b3 ¤d4 34.¤xd4 ¦xd4 35.¤d6 £a4 36.f5
66.¢c3 £xh4 67.d4 ¢h7 67...cxd4+ 68.Qxd4+ A n i m p o r t a n t t h r u s t ! ¦a8 37.¦b2 £a3
Qxd4+ 69.Kxd4 and White wins. 68.d5 68.dxc5! This is better than 37...Rb4. 38.fxe6 fxe6
would have won, since the pawns create a barrier 39.¤xb5 ¥xb5 40.£xb5 ¦d3
against perpetual check. £f6+ 69.¢d3 £d6 Spassky targets g3. 41.¦g2 £c3 42.¦ee2 ¦a3
70.£g5 ¢h8 71.¢d2 £b6 72.£e5+ ¢g8 43.¦c2 £xe5 44.¦ce2 ¦e3 45.¦xe3 ¦xe3 46.a4
73.£e8+ ¢g7 74.£b5 £c7 75.¢c2 ¢f8 76.£a6 ¦c3 47.c6 £d6 The c-pawn just marches along...
£h2+ 77.¢b3 £b8+ 78.£b5 £c7 79.¢a3 £a7+ 48.c7 ¦xc7 This is the decisive mistake. Black
80.¢b3 ¢e7 81.¢c2 ¢d8 82.¢d2 £c7 83.£a6 should have played 48. ..Qxc7 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.
£f4+ 84.¢c2 Now there is no avoiding the Qxe6 and tried to grovel in the endgame. 49.£b8+
perpetual check. Fischer's endgame play in this ¢h7 50.a5 h5 50...Rc6 51.Qxd6 Rxd6 52.Ra2
game was simply terrible, and he must have been Ra6 53.Kg2 and White will win. 51.h4 £c5 52.a6
kicking himself all night. £e4+ ¦f7 53.£b1+ ¢h6 54.£a2 ¦e7 55.£d2+ ¢g6
½-½ 56.¦e2 ¢h7 57.£c2+ £xc2 58.¦xc2 ¢g6
59.¦a2 Simple technique brings the game to a
close. ¦a7 60.¦a5 e5 61.¢g2 ¢f6 62.¢f2 ¢e6
B44 63.¢e3 ¢f5 64.¢f3 g6 65.¦a3 g5 66.hxg5
Fischer,Robert James ¢xg5 67.¢e4
Spassky,Boris Vasily 1-0
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b5 20.c3 Kf6 h3 ¥h5 Ng3 24.g4 is more active. axb4 35.axb4 Na6 36.Rb2 Qa7! with a slight
Bf7 21.¤f3 g6 Nf1 g5!? This is an attempt to rattle advantage for Black. £d8 33.¢a2 £e7 34.¥g4
White's position and create some targets for the ¥d7 35.¥d1 ¥e8
bishops. But it allows White to establish strong ½-½
outposts on the weakened light squares. 22.¢e2
Bg6 N3d2! With this move Fischer completes his
defensive program. Now the game is even, but E83
Spassky presses on. h5Ne3 c6 Kf3 Bf7 The Spassky,Boris Vasily
exchange of dark-squared bishop for knight would Fischer,Robert James
bring Black nothing. Ndf1 a5 Ke2 Be6 Ng3 Kg6 Belgrade 1992
23.a3 Bf7 Ngf5 6 Kf3 Bd7 Kg3 Be6 h4! Fischer
loses patience, but 38.Ke2 would also have been 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0
equal. Bd7 hxg5 Kxg5 Nh4 ¥g4 Now Black has to 6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.h4 h5 9.¤c1 ¤d7
play carefully in order to maintain the balance. Fischer decides to innovate, using a less direct
Nxg4 41.Nf3+ Bxf3 42.Kxf3 h4 hxg4 Nf5 24.a4 method of placing pressure at d4. Eventually, he
f 3 g x f 3 K x f 3 ¥f8 This prevents the White knight will move the knight from c6 and play c7-c5.
from reaching e7 and d6. 25.¤e3 Kh5 Nf5 ¥c5 10.¤b3 This seems logical, but as we will see it
The bishop at c5 dominates the knight at f5, turns out to be a dubious idea. 10.Qd2 e5 11.d5
preventing it from entering. So a draw was agreed. N d 4 1 2 . N b 3 w o u l d h a v e b e e n s t r o n g e r . a5
g4+ would have been too risky: Kg5 Ng7 Kf6 This is another component of Fischer's new plan.
Ne8+? Kf7 Nc7 Be7 followed by Bg5 and Black is He threatens to advance the pawn and drive away
better. the knight at b3, thus indirectly undermining the
½-½ support of the d4-square. 11.a4 A direct reply, but
it weakens b4 and allows Black to establish a
strong outpost there. The knight should have
E83 retreated to c1, even though that would amount to a
Spassky,Boris Vasily waste of time. Still, b5 would be a target. 11. Nc1 e5
Fischer,Robert James 12.d5 Nd4 13.Nb3 ¤b4 12.¥e2 b6 This prepares
Belgrade 1992 the important advance of the c-pawn to c5, adding
t o t h e p r e s s u r e a t d 4 . 13.g4 Spassky, in a
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 desperate situation in the match, tries to play
6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.h4 h5 9.¤c1 e5 10.d5 sharply but this is a premature break. In game 20, it
¤d4 Fischer does not repeat his mistake from succeeded, but only because the center was
game 12. 11.¤b3 ¤xb3 12.£xb3 12.axb3 Kh7! closed. 13.Qd2! was correct, e.g., c5 14.Rd1 Bb7
13.Qd2 Ng8 and Black will play Bh6, solving his 15.O-O Here White would have had a very good
major problem in this opening. ¢h7 13.¥e2 ¥h6 game. hxg4 14.fxg4 c5 15.h5 cxd4 16.¤xd4
14.¥xh6 ¢xh6 15.0-0-0 ¢g7 16.¢b1 £e7 A mistake, gh Black is already gaining the upper
17.¦dg1 ¦h8 18.g4 Spassky tries the same hand because White's king is stuck in the center
attacking method as in game 8, but Black's defense and the pawn at e4 is becoming a liability. 16. Bxd4
is easier here because his pieces are better Nc5! 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 and in this unclear position
coordinated. hxg4 19.fxg4 ¤d7 20.g5 ¤c5 B l a c k h a s g o o d c h a n c e s . ¤c5 17.¤d5
21.£d1 a5 This preserves the knight's outpost at This is an empty gesture which only weakens the
c5, which is very important in this formation. pawn at e4. Still, it is hard to find anything
Positionally, it can already be said that Black has a convincing for White. 17.h6 Be5 17.Qd2 e5! 18.Bh6
better game, so White must attack on the kingside. Bh8 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.hxg6 exd4?? 21.Qg5 f6 22.
22.¦f1 ¥d7 23.£e1 ¦h7 Fischer pressures the h- Rxh8+ ¥b7 17...Nxe4? 18.Nxb4 axb4 19.hxg6
pawn, by doubling rooks a few moves from now. fxg6 20.Qc2 Ng3 21.Qxg6 Nxh1 22.Bd3 White will
24.£g3 ¦f8 25.¦f6 ¦fh8 The advance of the h- win. 18.¤f5 This may have some psychological
pawn is no longer possible, even if it were effect, but objectively Fischer has nothing to worry
d e s i r a b l e . 26.b3 26.Rhf1 Be8 and White would about. 18.Bf3 The idea is to pave the way for the
have to worry about the dangling h- pawn. ¥e8 queen to get to e2. gxf5 19.gxf5 ¥xd5 20.exd5
27.¥g4 ¥d7 28.¥d1 ¥e8 29.¥g4 ¥d7 30.¥d1 Now 20...Bf6 is a solid defense, but Fischer
¥e8 31.¦f2 Spassky avoi ds the repetition of calculated that he could afford to grab the pawn at
moves, but objectively the game is completely b2. ¥xb2 21.¢f1 £d7 An important component of
even. c6 32.a4 A wise choice, as if White plays Black's defense. He attacks the pawn at f5 and ties
with too much ambition he can find himself in a down White's pieces. 21. ..Bxa1 22.Qxa1 f6 23.
difficult position. 32.a3 b5! 33.cxb5 cxb5 34.b4 Rg1+ Kh8 24.Rg6 and White has serious threats.
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22.£b1 ¥xa1 Now the rook can be safely ¤b4 21.£xb7 ¤xc2 22.¦c1 £xb7 23.¥xb7 ¤b4
captured. 23.¦g1+ 2 3 . Q x a 1 Q x f 5 + ¢h8 24.¥e4 ¥xa2 25.¥d2 ¥d5 26.¥xd5 ¤xd5
23...Kh7? would have been dangerous for Black. 27.¦xc5 ¤b6 28.¢f1 f6 29.¦a5 ¦e7 30.¥b4 ¦d7
24.f6+ Kh8 25.Bg4! and if 23... Bg7 then 24.Bh6! 31.¥c5 ¢f7 32.¢e2 g5 33.¢f3 ¢g6 34.¢e4 h5
24.£xa1+ f6 25.£b1 The f-pawn is once again 35.¥xd4 ¦e7+ 36.¢f3 h4 37.¥c5 ¦e1 38.¦xa7
p r o t e c t e d . ¦g8 26.¦g6 ¦xg6 27.hxg6 ¢g7 ¤d5 39.¥f8 ¦e8 40.¥d6 ¦e6 41.¦d7 ¤b6
Spassky resigned the game, and the match comes 42.¦d8 ¤d5 43.b4 ¦e1 44.b5 ¦b1 45.¦b8 ¦b3
to an end. Final Score: Fischer 10, Spassky 5, 15 46.¢e4 ¤c3+ 47.¢d4 ¤xb5+ 48.¢c4 ¦c3+
draws. 49.¢xb5 ¦xd3 50.¢c6 ¦xh3 51.¢d5 ¦f3
0-1 52.¢e6 ¦xf2 53.¦g8+ ¢h7 54.¢f7 ¦a2 55.¦g7+
¢h6 56.¥f8 ¦a7+ 57.¢xf6 ¦a6+ 58.¢f7
1-0
A48
Forbes,Cathy
Fischer,Robert James B24
Beograd blitz 1992 Spassky,Boris Vasily
Fischer,Robert James
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 g6 3.¥f4 ¥g7 4.¤c3 d6 5.e4 Beograd m 1992
0-0 6.h3 c5 7.dxc5 £a5 8.¥d2 £xc5 9.¥d3 a6
10.a4 b6 11.0-0 ¥b7 12.¦e1 ¤bd7 13.¥e3 £c7 1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 ¤f6 3.¤bc3 e6 4.g3 ¤c6 5.¥g2
14.£e2 e6 15.¥f4 e5 16.¥g3 ¤c5 17.¤d2 ¤h5 ¥e7 6.0-0 d6 7.d3 a6 8.a3 £c7 9.f4 b5
18.¥h2 ¤f4 19.¥xf4 exf4 20.¤b3 ¤d7 21.£d2 10.¢h1 0-0 11.¥e3 ¥b7 12.¥g1 ¦ab8 13.h3
f3 22.g3 ¤e5 23.¥f1 h5 24.¦ad1 ¦ad8 25.¤d5 ¥a8 14.g4 b4 15.axb4 cxb4 16.¤a4 ¤d7
¥xd5 26.exd5 ¤c4 27.£d3 ¤xb2 17.£d2 ¦fc8 18.b3 a5 19.g5 ¥f8 20.¦a2 ¤e7
0-1 21.¤d4 g6 22.¤b2 ¥g7 23.¤c4 d5 24.¤xa5
dxe4 25.dxe4 e5 26.¤e2 exf4 27.¤xf4 ¤e5
28.¤d3 ¦b5 29.¤xe5 £xe5 30.¤c4 £xg5
B31 31.¥e3 £h4 32.¤d6 ¥c3 33.£f2 £xf2 34.¦xf2
Fischer,Robert James ¦bb8 35.¤xc8 ¦xc8 36.¦a7 ¢f8 37.¥h6+ ¢e8
Spassky,Boris Vasily 38.¥g5 f6 39.¥xf6 ¥xf6 40.¦xf6 ¥c6 41.¢g1
Beograd m 1992 ¥d7 42.¦d6 ¥c6 43.¥f1
1-0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 g6 4.¥xc6 bxc6
5.0-0 ¥g7 6.¦e1 f6 7.c3 ¤h6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4
0-0 10.¤c3 d6 11.£a4 £b6 12.¤d2 ¤f7 C69
13.¤c4 £a6 14.¥e3 £xa4 15.¤xa4 f5 16.exf5 Fischer,Robert James
¥xf5 17.¦ac1 ¦fc8 18.¤a5 ¥d7 19.b3 ¦ab8 Spassky,Boris Vasily
20.¤c3 ¢f8 21.a3 ¤h6 22.b4 ¤f5 23.¦ed1 ¢e8 Beograd m 1992
24.¤e4 ¦b5 25.h3 h5 26.¦d2 a6 27.¢f1 ¦d5
28.¦cd1 ¦b5 29.¢e2 ¥e6 30.¦c1 ¢d7 31.¤c3 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6
¦bb8 32.¢f1 h4 33.¢e2 ¥f6 34.¤e4 ¥d5 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.¤xd4 c5 8.¤e2 £xd1
35.¢d3 ¥g7 36.¦dc2 ¦c7 37.¦e1 ¦f8 38.f3 ¦b8 9.¦xd1 ¥d7 10.¤bc3 ¤e7 11.¥f4 0-0-0 12.¥g3
39.¤c3 ¥g8 40.¤e2 ¥f7 41.¥d2 ¥f6 42.¦ec1 ¤g6 13.¦d2 ¤e5 14.¥xe5 fxe5 15.¦ad1 c4
¦bc8 43.¤c4 ¦b7 44.¤a5 ¦bc7 45.¤c4 ¦b7 16.¢f1 ¥c5 17.¤g1 ¥g4 18.¦xd8+ ¦xd8
½-½ 19.¦xd8+ ¢xd8 20.¤ce2 ¢e7 21.¢e1 b5 22.c3
¢f6 23.h3 ¥h5 24.¤g3 ¥f7 25.¤f3 g6 26.¤f1
g5 27.¢e2 ¥g6 28.¤3d2 h5 29.¤e3 c6 30.¢f3
B23 ¥f7 31.¤df1 a5 32.¢e2 ¥e6 33.¤g3 ¢g6 34.a3
Fischer,Robert James ¥f7 35.¤gf5 ¥e6 36.¢f3 ¥d7 37.¢g3 ¥e6
Spassky,Boris Vasily 38.h4 ¥d7 39.hxg5 ¢xg5 40.¤h4 ¥g4 41.¤xg4
Beograd m 1992 hxg4 42.¤f5 a4 43.f3 gxf3 44.¢xf3 ¥f8 45.¤e3
¢h5 46.¤f5 ¥c5
1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤ge2 e6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 ½-½
exd5 6.¥g2 d4 7.¤d5 ¤f6 8.¤ef4 ¤xd5 9.¤xd5
¥d6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d3 ¥e6 12.¤f4 ¥f5 13.h3
¦b8 14.¥d2 ¦e8 15.¦e1 ¦xe1+ 16.£xe1 £d7
17.g4 ¦e8 18.£d1 ¥xf4 19.¥xf4 ¥e6 20.£f3
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C95 the center and for its fellow steed at f3. ¦xa7
Fischer,Robert James 35.¦xa7 ¦a8 36.g4 Fischer strives to open the
Spassky,Boris Vasily 2560 position, even if this entails exposing his king to
Beograd m 1992 some danger. This is better than exchanging at a8,
as the resulting simplification would not help
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 White's attack. hxg4 37.hxg4 ¦xa7 38.£xa7 f4
¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8 Well-timed! 38...Qa8 would lead to an easy win for
10.d4 ¤bd7 11.c4 c6 12.cxb5 axb5 13.¤c3 White. 39.¥xf4 Fischer's superb technique is
¥b7 14.¥g5 b4 15.¤b1 h6 16.¥h4 c5 17.dxe5 evident as he returns his trophy immediately. If he
¤xe4 18.¥xe7 £xe7 19.exd6 £f6 20.¤bd2 had tried to hang on to it, victory would have been
¤xd6 21.¤c4 ¤xc4 22.¥xc4 ¤b6 23.¤e5 ¦ae8 less likely. 39.Bb6?! Qa8! 40. Qd7 Bxf3 41.Nxf3
24.¥xf7+ ¦xf7 25.¤xf7 ¦xe1+ 26.£xe1 ¢xf7 Q x f 3 4 2 . B d 8 B x d 8 4 3 . Q x d 8 + i s u n c l e a r . exf4
27.£e3 £g5 28.£xg5 hxg5 29.b3 ¢e6 30.a3 40.¤h4 Another strong move which is not obvious.
¢d6 31.axb4 cxb4 32.¦a5 ¤d5 33.f3 ¥c8 The natural path would lead White astray: 40.Qd4+
34.¢f2 ¥f5 35.¦a7 g6 36.¦a6+ ¢c5 37.¢e1 K e 6 4 1 . Q g 7 N f 8 a n d B l a c k c a n h o l d o n . ¥f7
¤f4 38.g3 ¤xh3 39.¢d2 ¢b5 40.¦d6 ¢c5 The fatal err or. The knight retreat was called for.
41.¦a6 ¤f2 42.g4 ¥d3 43.¦e6 ¢d5 44.¦b6 ¢c5 40...Nf8! 41.Qd4+ Ke6 42.Nf5 Bf6! 43. Qxf4 Be5
45.¦e6 and Black could still put up a fight. 41.£d4+ ¢e6
½-½ 42.¤f5 There is the threat of a big fork at g7. ¥f8
42...gxf5 43.Bxf5++ 43.£xf4 ¢d7 44.¤d4
The b5-pawn is unprotected. Spassky makes one
C95 more attempt at counterplay. £e1+ 45.¢g2 ¥d5+
Fischer,Robert James 46.¥e4 ¥xe4+ 47.¤xe4 ¥e7 48.¤xb5 ¤f8
Spassky,Boris Vasily 49.¤bxd6 ¤e6 Spassky resigned here, rather
Sveti Stefan m 1992 than face... 50.£e5
1-0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 Quite brave of
Spassky, to test Fischer in the latter's favorite
opening. But then Spassky is also the master of the E80
Black side of the Spanish Game! a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 Spassky,Boris Vasily
5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Fischer,Robert James
¤b8 The Breyer System, Spassky's pride and joy. Sveti Stefan m 1992
10.d4 ¤bd7 11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8 13.¤f1
13.b4 a5! prevents the planned advance of White's 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 The King's Indian,
a-pawn to a5. ¥f8 14.¤g3 g6 15.¥g5 h6 another Fischer favorite. 4.e4 d6 5.f3 The sharp
16.¥d2 ¥g7 17.a4 c5 18.d5 c4 19.b4 Saemisc h variation, though dulled somewhat by
This is an , and perhaps a strong one. It is not just Spassky's choice of continuations. c5 Normal is 5...
the move that is new, but the idea of a delayed b4 O-O, but the early hypermodern advance is also
after Black has advanced to c4. ¤h7 20.¥e3 h5 seen. 6.dxc5 6.d5 would lead to an ultra-sharp
21.£d2 ¦f8 22.¦a3 Spassky mu st have been Modern Benoni, but Spassky prefers the accepted
feeling a creeping uneasiness, caused by the l i n e , w h i c h l e a d t o a n e a r l y e n d g a m e . dxc5
potential problems on the a-file, where White's 7.£xd8+ ¢xd8 8.¥e3 8.e5?! Nfd7 9.f4 f6! 10.exf6
heavy artillery will congregate. ¤df6 Black lack s exf6 11.Bd2 Re8+ 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O-O Nd4=
adequate counterply, since there is no real hope of was agreed drawn in Marovic-Ivkov, Malaga 1981.
playing f7-f5. Therefore he tries to regroup his ¤fd7 9.¤ge2 9.O-O-O b6 10. f4 Bxc3 11.bxc3
pieces to prevent a capture at b5, and also Bb7 12.Nf3 Ke8 13.e5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6
prepares to sacrifice a piece for the dominating 16.f5 gave White an advantage in Spassky-
central pawns. 23.¦ea1 £d7 24.¦1a2 ¦fc8 Gheorghiu, b6 10.0-0-0 Now Fischer introduces
25.£c1 ¥f8 26.£a1 £e8 27.¤f1 ¥e7 28.¤1d2 a completely new plan, developing his knight on the
28.N3d2 is an interesting alternative, intending to flank. ¤a6 11.g3 ¤c7 12.f4 e6 The Black
advance the f-pawn. ¢g7 29.¤b1 This threatens knights look very artificial. 13.¥h3 This connects
to liquidate a lot of pieces following captures on a5 the rooks and prepares f4-f5, but White could have
and a8, after which Nb1-a3 will win the weak pawn played more strongly by exchanging light-squared
at b5. So Black must try a desperate sacrifice. bishops. 13.e5!? Bb7 14.Rg1 Ke7 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16.
¤xe4 30.¥xe4 f5 31.¥c2 ¥xd5 32.axb5 axb5 Rxg2 f6 17.g4! fxe5 18.f5! and White has a strong
33.¦a7 ¢f6 34.¤bd2 The knight has done its duty attack. ¢e7 14.¦hf1 h6 15.e5 ¥b7 16.g4
on the queenside and returns to provide support for White prepares to play Ng3 and f5. ¦ad8 17.¤g3
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f6 18.¤ce4 fxe5 19.f5 White has full 10.d4 ¤bd7 11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8 13.¤f1
compensation for the sacrificed pawn, but Fischer ¥f8 14.¤g3 g6 15.¥g5 h6 16.¥d2 exd4
defends well. ¥xe4 20.¤xe4 gxf5 21.gxf5 ¤f6 Spassky deviates from the first game of the match.
22.¦g1 This lets Fischer escape. 22. Ng3!? Rxd1+ The idea is to create more scope for the dark-
23.Kxd1 Rd8+ 24.Ke2 gives White a dangerous squared bishop. 17.cxd4 c5 18.¥f4 This is the
initiative. After capturing on e6, the light squares most logical reaction, targeting the weak pawn at
will be very weak. ¦xd1+ 23.¢xd1 ¥f8 24.¤xf6 d6. Black's position is solid however, with the
¢xf6 25.¦f1 exf5 26.¦xf5+ ¢g7 27.¦xe5 bishop guarding d6 from f8. cxd4 This second
This is natural, but nevertheless questionable, exchange brings Spassky good fortune. It is hardly
since Black can now both consolidate his position a new idea, however. The idea was used in a game
and win the important pawn at h2. 27.Rf2! deserved between Tal and Keres, at Curacao 1962. Black
consideration, for example Be7 28.Bd2 Rd8 29.Ke2 gets active piece play in return for his suspect
intending 30.Bc3. ¥d6 28.¦e4 ¥xh2 29.¢e2 h5 p a w n s t r u c t u r e . 19.¤xd4 1 9 . Q x d 4 N c 5 ¤e5
This modest pawn will reach the seventh rank in a 20.b3 d5 This classical central thrust gives Black
few moves and dramatically grow in stature. an active game. 21.£d2 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.f4 Rxe4
30.¦e7+ ¢f6 31.¦d7 ¥e5 32.b3 h4 33.¢f3 ¦g8 23.Nxe4 dxe4 dxe4 22.¤xe4 ¤d5 23.¥g3 ¦c8
34.¥g4 This is wrong, though few commentators 24.¦e2 Perhaps this was an error. 24.Rad1 f5 25.
noticed it at the time. Alternatives promised Nc5 Bxc5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Bxd4 28. Qxd4
excellent drawing chances. 34.Bf4! Bxf4 35.Kxf4 Rxc2 f5 25.¥xe5 ¦xe5 26.¤g3 ¦xe2 27.¤gxe2
Ne6+ 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37.Rxa7 Rh8 38.Rg7 h3 39. ¤b4 28.¦d1 ¤xc2 28...Nxa2 29.Bxf5 gxf5 30.
Rg6+! Ke7 40.Rg1= h3 35.¦h7 h2 36.¥f4 ¦f8 Qxa2 Qg5 In this complicated position both sides
A very strong move. White now must part with the h a v e c h a n c e s . 29.¤xc2 £xd2 30.¦xd2
exchange because of the threat of 37...Kg6. We have reached a position where Black should
37.¥xe5+ 37.Bxh2 Kg6+ 38.Ke4 Kxh7 39.Bxe5 hold the advantage thanks to his bishop pair, but in
g i v e s W h i t e m o r e c h a n c e s t o e s c a p e . ¢g6+ fact it is hard to achieve much. ¦c7 31.¤e3 ¢f7
38.¢e4 ¢xh7 39.¥xh2 ¦e8+ 40.¢f5 Intending to 32.h4 ¥c8 32...h5 looks good, too. 33.¤f4 g5
tether Black's king to the edge of the board. 40.Kd3 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.¤d3 ¥g7 Black could have
i s n o b e t t e r . ¤e6 41.¢f6 ¤d4 Fischer has tried for a little more with 35...Be6. 36.¤d5 ¦c6
achieved a technically winning position, but 37.¤5b4 ¦c7 38.¤d5 ¦c6 39.¤5b4 ¦c7
surprisingly he does not find the resources to crush ½-½
his opponent. 42.¥d6 ¦e4 43.¥d7 ¦e2 44.a4
¦b2 44...Nxb3 was more logical, but even after the
text the position is still a win. 45.¥b8 a5 46.¥a7 D27
¦xb3 47.¢e5 ¤f3+ 48.¢d6 ¤d2 49.¥e6 ¦b4 Spassky,Boris Vasily
50.¢c6 ¤b3 This throws away the win. 50...Nxc4 Fischer,Robert James
51.Bxc4 Rxc4 52. Kxb6 Rxa4 53.Kxc5 Kg6 54.Kb5 Sveti Stefan m 1992
Ra2 55. Bc5 a4 56.Kb4 Kf5 and the Black king will
march to d3. [ 50...¤xc4 51.¥xc4 ¦xc4 52.¢xb6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 Perhaps influenced by the
¦xa4 53.¢xc5 ¢g6 54.¢b5 ¦a2 55.¥c5 a4 renewed interest in the opening in the 1980s. The
56.¢b4 ¢f5 ] 51.¥d5 ¦xa4 52.¥xb6 ¦a1 Queen's Gambit Accepted is an unusual choice
53.¥xc5 a4 54.¥b4 Now the winning chances are from Fischer, who usually prefers a more
gone, since the c-pawn is preserved. a3 55.c5 hypermodern treatment of 1.d4. 3.¤f3 3.e4 is a po
¤d4+ 56.¢d7 ¦d1 56...a2 57.Bxa2! Rxa2 58.c6= pular alternative which has been the subject of
57.¥xa3 ¤c2 58.c6 ¦xd5+ 59.¥d6 much scrutiny lately. ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 c5
Agreed drawn, because a piece must be sacrificed 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 Spassky shows a definite
to stop the pawn. Try playing on against Gambit if preference for endgames in this match! 7.Qe2 and
you need proof. 7 . a 4 a r e t h e m o r e c o m m o n m o v e s . £xd1
½-½ 7...Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nbd2 Ke7 10.b3 b6 11.
Bb2 Bb7 12.Be2 Nbd7= 8.¦xd1 ¥xc5 9.b3
9.a3 with the idea of playing b4, is more common
C95 here. ¤bd7 10.¥b2 b6 The cautious approach.
Fischer,Robert James The extended fianchetto (10...b5) is riskier because
Spassky,Boris Vasily the pawn chain can be undermined by a2-a4.
Sveti Stefan m 1992 11.¤c3 ¥b7 12.¦ac1 ¥e7 12...O-O? 13.Na4 Be7
14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxb6 13.¤d4 ¦c8 14.f3 b5
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 15.¥e2 ¥c5 Black has achieved full equality.
¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8 16.¢f1 A very lame move. 16.Kf2 Ke7 17.a4 bxa4
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18.Nxa4 Ba7 maintains equality. ¢e7 17.e4 another plan. ¤bd7 10.¥b2 b5 Fischer departs
A strategic disaster. White weakens the long from the path of the fourth game, which saw 11..b6.
diagonal without any good reason, allowing Fischer 11.¥e2 ¥b7 12.¤bd2 ¢e7 12...O-O is probably
to develop an interesting counterattack. 17.Kf2 was playable, for example 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb6!?
the correct move. g5 Black intends to advance the 13.a4 It is precisely this move which often
g-pawn, capture at f3, bring a knight to f4 and put a discourages the extended fianchetto by Black. The
rook on the g-file, a simple and effective plan. following exchange leaves the a-pawn weak. Few
18.¤b1 The point of this move is to try to exchange players seem to enjoy the Black side of these
dark squared bishops after Ba3. g4 18...Bd6 might p o s i t i o n s . bxa4 13...b4 is not on because of 14.
have been more accurate, e.g., 19.Kf2 g4 with at Nc4 with tremendous pressure. 14.¦xa4 ¦hb8
least equality. 19.¥a3 b4 It is hard to believe that 14...Nb6 seems best. 15.Ra5 Bb4 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.
Fischer overlooked the obvious exchange sacrifice Rxa3 Nfd5 18.Rda1 Nb4 secures the defense.
which follows. 19...Bxa3 20.Nxa3 gxf3 21.gxf3 15.¦c1 This ties down the Nd7 and Bc5 therefore
Rhg8 22.Kf2 Ne5 with good play for Black. 20.¦xc5 B l a c k e x p e r i e n c e s s o m e d i s c o m f o r t . ¥d5
¤xc5 21.¥xb4 Now White's position is superior 15...Nd5? 16.Rxc5 Nxc5 17.Ba3 is reminiscent of
thanks to his ferocious bishop and the vulnerable game 4 of the match! 16.¤e5 The weakness of c6
Black king. The distance between a very good is important. Black's light-squared bishop can
position and a very bad one is very small indeed! easily be placed in a position where it has too much
¦hd8 22.¤a3 gxf3 23.gxf3 ¤fd7 24.¤c4 work to do. ¥d6 17.¤xd7 ¤xd7 18.¦xa6 ¦xa6
White has already achieved a completely 19.¥xa6 f6 A mistake. 19...Bxb3 20.Bxg7 19...Nc5
dominating position because all of his pieces are 20.¥c4 ¥xc4 21.¦xc4 ¤c5 22.¦c3 The inactivity
active, while Black lacks any counterplay. ¥a8 of White's pieces reduces the advantage of the
25.¢f2 ¦g8 26.h4 ¦c7 27.¤c2 ¦b8 28.¥a3 extra pawn. f5 23.¥a3 ¤e4 An interesting move.
This prevents Fischer from countersacrificing the 24.¦c7+ ¢d8 25.¥xd6 ¤xd2 26.¦xg7 ¦xb3
e x c h a n g e , a n d m a i n t a i n s t h e s t r o n g p i n . h5 27.h4 h5 28.¥f4 One might well expect White to
29.¦g1 ¢f6 30.¢e3 a5 31.¦g5 win from this position. ¢e8 29.¢h2 ¦b2 30.¢h3
Spassky intensifies the pressure with every move. ¤e4 31.f3 ¤f2+ 32.¢h2 ¤d3 33.¥g5 e5
a4 This makes 's task easier, but it is hard to find 34.¢h3 ¤f2+ 35.¢h2 ¤d3 36.¥h6 ¤e1
an alternative. Now White gets a powerful passed The pin on the g-pawn is most annoying. 37.¢g1
pawn. 32.b4 ¤b7 33.b5 ¤bc5 34.¤d4 ¤d3 38.¥g5 ¦b1+ 39.¢h2 ¦b2 40.¦e7+
White's domination is complete. Fischer now Instead, 40.Rh7 would have won, as discovered by
embarks on a desperate sacrifice, but it doesn't t h e c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m D e e p T h o u g h t I I . ¢f8
work. e5 A mistake. 35.¤xe5 ¤xe5 36.¦f5+ ¢g7 41.¦e6 ¢g7 42.¢h3 ¦e2 43.¦d6 ¤e1 44.¥f6+
37.¦xe5 ¤xe4 The point of the combination. If ¢g8 45.¥xe5 ¦xe3 46.¥f4 46.Rd5 The computer
Black takes the knight Fischer will escape. 38.¥d3 program Deep Thought II claimed that White would
38.fxe4 Rc3+ ¦c3 39.¥b4 Spassky's ship steers have won here, but human analysts felt that 46...
clear of the final reef and the game heads for home. Kf7 would pro ¦e2 47.¦g6+ More problems would
¦xd3+ 40.¢xd3 ¤f6 41.¥d6 ¦c8 42.¦g5+ ¢h7 have followed 47.Rf6. ¢f7 48.¦g5 ¢e6 49.¥c7
43.¥e5 ¤e8 44.¦xh5+ ¢g6 45.¦g5+ ¢h7 ¦a2 50.¥b6 ¤d3 51.¢h2 ¤e1 52.¢h3 ¤d3
46.¥f4 f6 47.¦f5 ¢g6 48.b6 This modest pawn 53.¥c7 ¦c2 54.¥b6 ¦a2 55.¢g3 ¤e1 56.¦xh5
decides the outcome of the game. ¦d8 49.¦a5 ¦xg2+ 57.¢f4 ¤d3+ 58.¢e3 ¤e5 59.¦h6+ ¢d5
¥xf3 50.h5+ ¢f7 50...Bxh5 51.b7 51.¦a7+ 60.¥c7 ¦g7 61.¥xe5 ¢xe5 Score: Spassky 2,
Black resigns. The worst game by Fischer in the Fischer 1, 3 draws.
first half of the match. Spassky played quite well. ½-½
1-0
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Spassky,Boris Vasily Spassky,Boris Vasily
Fischer,Robert James Sveti Stefan m 1992
Sveti Stefan m 1992
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d3
c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 £xd1 8.¦xd1 ¥xc5 9.b3 Fischer decides to avoid the main lines, rather
9.Nbd2 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Na5 Forced uncharacteristically. ¤a5 Spassky shifts from the
Spassky to grovel with the Black pieces against Breyer to the Classical Chigorin formation. 10.¥c2
Bronstein at Moscow 1964, so Spassky chose c5 11.¤bd2 ¦e8 11...Nc6 is a good alternative.
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12.h3 12.Nf1 might lead to some messy Black does not allow the h-file to be opened easily
complications, for example h6 13.a4 b4 14.cxb4 with h4-h5. 10.¥h6 Probably Spassky thought that
cxb4 15.Ne3 Bf8 16. d4 Qb6 ¥f8 13.¤f1 ¥b7 his attack will be assisted by the inclusion of the
14.¤g3 g6 15.¥g5 h6 16.¥d2 d5 A tactical error. pawn moves on the h-file, but the pawn at h5 is
Black must be very careful with this methodical better than at h7. e5 Evidently a new idea, though
break. The Spassky himself succeeded with d5 vs. very much in the spirit of the position. 11.¥xg7
Tal in a fairly similar situation. 16... Nc6 is correct. ¢xg7 12.d5 12.O-O-O is more logical, because
17.exd5 c4 Apparently Spassky overlooked a with the bishops gone it does not make sense to
tactical point here or at the next move. 17...Qxd5 18. keep the position closed. ¤e7 13.¤g3 To stop b7-
c4! Qd8 19.Ne4 is clearly better for White. 18.b4 b5. c6 Time to chip away at the central wedge!
It is even more effective, then the same break in the 14.dxc6 ¤xc6 15.0-0-0 Black could now defend
first game. cxd3 18...cxb3 19.axb3 and there is no his backward pawn with ...Nd4, but the weakness
way to prevent c4, after which White is cruising. of White's c-pawn and the presence of the king on
19.¥xd3 £xd5 19...Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Nxe5 t h e c - f i l e p r o v i d e o p t i o n s . ¥e6 16.¢b1
Qxd5 22.Qf3! Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxb7 and 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Nd4 and White would have
Black has no compensation for the pawn. 20.¥e4 difficulty extricating the rook, while the eventual
This is the point. ¤xe4 21.¤xe4 ¥g7 22.bxa5 f5 occupation of the c-file by a Black rook. ¤e8
Spassky decides that he is going to sacrifice a Now Black pr otects the d-pawn and the g5-
piece for active counterplay, the bishop pair, and a square against the idea of Nf5+. This disrupts the
pawnstorm. 23.¤g3 e4 24.¤h4 ¥f6 The critical coordination of Black's rooks but the knight will be
mistake. 24...Rad8 would have provided adequate redeployed at c7 or f6 at an appropriate moment.
counterplay. 25.¤xg6 e3 This sharp continuation 17.¤d5 b5 18.¤e3 ¦h8 Since there is no
regains the piece, because of the threat of mate at possibility of playing f7-f5 without great risk,
g2 , but the endgame nevertheless favors White. Fischer supports the h5-square. Fischer is playing
26.¤f4 Guarding g2 and forcing the next few in the style of Nimzowitsch here, using prophylactic
moves. £xd2 27.¦xe3 £xd1+ 28.¦xd1 ¦xe3 moves. 19.¦c1 £b6 20.¥d3 ¤d4 21.¤d5 £a7
29.fxe3 The smoke clears and Spassky's bishops Black will capture at d5 at a more opportune
are not enough compensation for the pawns. ¦d8 moment. From a7 the queen can be transferred to
29...Bxc3 30.Nxf5 is an easy win for White. e7 and help protect the kingside. 21...Bxd5 22.cxd5
30.¦xd8+ ¥xd8 31.¤xf5 ¥xa5 Black hopes that Nf6 23.Rc3 Rbc8 24.Rhc1 with control of the c-file.
the bishops will compensate for the missing pawns, 22.¤f1 ¤f6 The knight has done its tour of duty at
but the clerics are not all-powerful ayatollahs! e8 and now it gets out of the way and reconnects
32.¤d5 ¢f8 32...Bxd5 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxd5 33.e4 t h e r o o k s . B u t t h i s i s a b i t r i s k y . 23.¤fe3
¥xd5 What else? 33...Ke8 34.Nd6+ 34.exd5 h5 Spassky could have more aggressively exploited
35.¢f2 ¥xc3 Black finally gets this pawn out of the t h e k i n g s i d e s t r u c t u r e . ¥xd5 24.cxd5
way, but White has one passed pawn and one 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 and the knight is obviously
potential passed pawn, which prove decisive. m u c h m o r e p o w e r f u l t h a n t h e b i s h o p . ¦bc8
36.¢e3 ¢f7 37.¢d3 ¥b2 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 25.¦cf1 Spassky avoids the exchange of rooks
¢f6 40.d6 ¢e6 41.g5 a5 41...Kxf5 42.d7 42.g6 and prepares the advance of the f- pawn. But he
¥f6 43.g7 The pawns are just too active. Even never gets a chance to play it. £e7 26.g4
sacrificing the remaining piece will not help. ¢f7 This break turns out to be ineffective. 26.f4!? The
43...Bxg7 44. Nxg7+ Kxd6 45.Kd4 a4 46.Nf5+ is a idea is to play f5. ¤d7 27.g5 White gains some
simple winning endgame, since Black cannot space, but his pawn structure will be more
eliminate the White pawn. 44.d7 vulnerable in an endgame. ¢f8 This is heavy-duty
1-0 prophylaxis. Perhaps Fischer re-read
Nimzowitsch's My System before the match. But he
may have missed the redeployment of White's
E84 bishop at h3. 28.¦f2 ¢e8 Black is m oving his king
Spassky,Boris Vasily to a secure position. It can reoccupy the kingside
Fischer,Robert James later. The immediate effect is to discourage f3-f4.
Sveti Stefan m 1992 29.¥f1 ¤c5 30.¥h3 ¦c7 31.¦c1 A good move or
an oversight? As Spassky handles it, things turn
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 out badly, but perhaps this move is actually very
6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.£d2 ¦b8 This is the strong! 31.f4? Nxe4 31.Rhf1 intending Bg2 and f4
starting position of the hypermodern Saemisch. comes into consideration since Black has no
9.h4 An aggressive move. Alternatives include 9. immediate threats. ¤cb3 A simple but effective
N c 1 , 9 . a 3 , 9 . R b 1 , 9 . B h 6 a n d 9 . O - O - O . h5 c o m b i n a t i o n . 32.axb3 ¤xb3 This is the critical
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position. 33.¦c6 33.Qc2!? is Kasparov's takes advantage of the abandonment of the d-file
p r e f e r e n c e . ¤xd2+ 34.¦xd2 ¢f8 35.¦xa6 by the White queen, undermining the support of d4.
35.Rdc2 Ra7 Intending Kg7. ¦a7 36.¦c6 ¢g7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.¥g5 A natural con tinuation,
37.¥f1 White could probably have resigned here. keeping up the battle for d5 and employing themes
¦a1+ 38.¢xa1 £a7+ 39.¢b1 £xe3 Finally the of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange
queen achieves an active position! 40.¢c2 b4 V a r i a t i o n . h6 There are all sorts of alternatives
White resigned, facing threats of b4-b3 and Qxf3. here, but Fischer sticks to the main line. 7.¥h4 c5
One of the most dramatic games in the first part of 8.dxc5 ¤c6 9.e3 Black continues to develop
the match. Score: Fischer 3, Spassky 2, 3 draws. quickly, rather than waste time picking up the weak
0-1 p a w n a t c 5 . g5 10.¥g3 £a5 11.¤f3 ¤e4
12.¤d2 ¤xc3 13.bxc3 ¥xc3 The critical position
of the opening. Fischer clearly is happy to get into a
C69 theoretical brawl. 14.¦b1 £xc5 15.¦b5 £a3
Fischer,Robert James 16.¦b3 ¥xd2+ 17.£xd2 £a5 18.¥b5
Spassky,Boris Vasily Spassky plays for a win after three disappointing
Sveti Stefan m 1992 games. 18.Rc3!? was probably wiser, avoiding the
exchange of queens. Spassky is enough of a
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 specialist in the Tarrasch to appreciate that! £xd2+
Fischer abandons the Spanish Inquisition in favor 19.¢xd2 Once again we have an early endgame.
of one of his old weapons, the Exchange Variation. ¥d7 20.¥xc6 ¥xc6 21.h4 ¢e7 22.¥e5 f6
5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.¤xd4 c5 8.¤b3 £xd1 23.¥d4 The bishops of opposite color, and the fact
9.¦xd1 ¥g4 10.f3 ¥e6 11.¤c3 This is an that White's is more active, suggest an evaluation
important move order finesse. 11.Be3 b6 12.Nc3 of the position as roughly level. g4 24.¦c1 ¢e6
Ne7 Black has a comfortable position since 13.Bf4 25.¦b4 h5 26.¦c3 ¦hc8 27.a4 This creates a
can be met by 13...c4, when the d-file will be weakness. 27.a3 was wiser, with a balanced game.
blocked. ¥d6 12.¥e3 b6 13.a4 0-0-0 14.a5 b6 28.¢c2 ¥e8 Black wants to exchange rooks.
¢b7 15.e5 A strong move, but contrary to some Fischer has the advantage now. 29.¢b2 ¦xc3
opinion, not a new idea. ¥e7 16.¦xd8 ¥xd8 30.¥xc3 ¦c8 31.e4 After this advance Black's
Here is where Fischer innovates, improving on a bishop gains additional scope. 31.Bd4 Bg6 32.Bc3
1 9 7 6 g a m e . 17.¤e4 Exploiting the possibility of a was a safer option, though White's game would be
fork at c5. 17.axb6 cxb6 18.Ne4 Bxb3 19.Nd6+ Kc6 very passive. ¥c6 32.exd5+ ¥xd5 33.g3 ¥c4
20.cxb3 Ne7 21.Rxa6 Nd5 was agreed drawn in This locks in the White rook. Black plans Kd5, and
Adorjan-Ivkov, Skopje 1976. ¢c6 17...Bxb3 18. then Re8-e2+. 34.¥d4 ¢d5 35.¥e3 ¦c7 36.¢c3
cxb3 f5 19.Rd1! Ne7 20.Ng5 Nc6 21.axb6 Bxg5 22. f5 37.¢b2 ¢e6 38.¢c3 ¥d5+ 39.¢b2 ¥e4
Bxg5 Kxb6 23. Rd7 Re8 24.Rxg7 Rxe5 25.Rxh7 40.a5 bxa5 41.¦b5 a4 42.¦c5 ¦b7+ 42...Rxc5?
R e 1 + 2 6 . K f 2 R b 1 2 7 . h 4 ! 18.axb6 cxb6 43.Bxc5 would be a dead draw. 43.¢a3 a6
18...Bxb3 1 9.b7! Kxb7 20.Nxc5+ and White should 44.¢xa4 ¥d5 45.¢a5 ¢e5 46.¢xa6
win easily. Or 18.. .fxe5 19.b7 Kxb7 20. Nbxc5+ The position appears very drawish but Fischer is
and White wins. 19.¤bxc5 ¥c8 19...bxc5 20. determined to fight to the end and he almost
Rxa6+ Kb7 21.Nxc5+ 20.¤xa6 fxe5 21.¤b4+ succeeds. The basic idea is to sacrifice the
and Spassky resigned. An effective opening exchange at just the right moment, when the pawns
preparation leading to a quick kill and a big match can be activated. ¦b3 47.¦c7 ¢e4 48.¦h7
lead. This is the only chance for counterplay. Spassky
1-0 tries to get a passed h- pawn. The complications
which follow are both interesting and instructive.
¦xe3 49.fxe3 49.Re7+? Kf3 50.Rxe3+ Kg2 51.Ra3
E35 Bf3 52.Ra2 Kf1 intending Be2+ and Kxf2. ¢xe3
Spassky,Boris Vasily 50.¦xh5 ¥e4 51.¦h8 White is ready to advance
Fischer,Robert James his pawn. ¢f3 52.¦e8 ¢xg3 53.h5 ¥d3+
Sveti Stefan m 1992 54.¢b6 f4 All the passed pawns are racing toward
the goal line, but who get the prize first? 55.¢c5
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 The Nimzoindian The most accurate move, forcing a draw. Even
Defense, another of Fischer's hypermodern against less precise play a draw would still be likely,
f a v o r i t e s . 4.£c2 Spassky responds with the however. 55.h6 f3 56.Rf8 f2 57.Kc5 Kg2 58.Kd4
Classical variation, which has surged in popularity Bh7 59.Ke3 g3 60.Rf7 Kg1 61.Ke2 Bg8 62.Rf6
in the last decade. Has Fischer kept up Bc4+ 63. Ke3= f3 56.¢d4 ¥f5 57.¦f8 ¢f4 58.h6
withthetheory? d5 This is an proved plan, which g3 58...f2 59.h7 f1Q 60.h8Q and a draw is likely,
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since Black cannot do anything with his initiative, 26.Rb5 and Black has no counterplay at all. 25.e6
since the bishop is pinned. 59.h7 g2 60.h8£ The protected passed pawn will remain a pain in
g1£+ 61.¢c4 Now all White has to do is avoid the B l a c k ' s s i d e f o r s o m e t i m e . ¥c6 26.¦c1
e x c h a n g e o f q u e e n s . £c1+ 62.¢b3 £c2+ T h i s f o r c e s t h e e x c h a n g e o f r o o k s . ¦xc1
63.¢b4 £e4+ 64.¢c3 £c6+ 65.¢b3 £d5+ 26...b3 27. Rxc2 bxc2 28.Rc1 Be4 29.g4 a5 30.Kf2
66.¢c3 £c5+ 67.¢b2 £b4+ 68.¢a2 a4 31.Ke3 and Black can give up. 27.¦xc1 ¢d6
½-½ 28.¦d1+ ¢e5 28...Ke7 29.Ra1 and the a-pawn
goes. 29.e7 a5 Black's last gasp. 29...Kxf5 30.Rd6
Ba4 31.Ra6 30.¦c1 ¥d7 31.¦c5+ ¢d4 32.¦xa5
B31 The rest is simple. b3 33.¦a7 ¥e8 34.¦b7 ¢c3
Fischer,Robert James 35.¢f2 b2 36.¢e3 ¥f7 37.g4 ¢c2 38.¢d4 b1£
Spassky,Boris Vasily 39.¦xb1 ¢xb1 40.¢c5 ¢c2 41.¢d6 [ 41.¢d6
Sveti Stefan m 1992 and Black resigned, since a losing endgame is
inevitable: ¢d3 42.¢d7 ¢e4 43.e8£+ ¥xe8+
1.e4 c5 After the disaster of the previous Spanish 44.¢xe8 ¢f4 45.¢f7 ¢g5 46.¢g7 etc. ]
Inquisition, Spassky slides into Sicilian territory. 1-0
2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 Somewhat of a surprise.
Fischer usually prefers the well-traveled paths of
more topical lines, enjoying the theoretical duels.
g6 4.¥xc6 bxc6 Theory prefers 4...dxc6, but there
is nothing wrong with this choice. 5.0-0 ¥g7
6.¦e1 e5 A critical advance, which prevents White
from playing e4-e5 or d2-d4. But the blocking of
the long diagonal creates an interesting opportunity
for White. Spassky consistently rejects previous
p r a x i s , b u t o p t s f o r 6 . . . f 6 i n g a m e 1 3 . 7.b4
A typical example of a move which is trivial when
played prematurely (at move 2) but which can be
quite effective if delayed until an appropriate
moment. cxb4 8.a3 This gambit underlines the
defects of 6...e5. c5 8...d6 9.axb4 Ne7 10. h3 O-O
11.d3 gives White a slightly better position,
because there are some weaknesses in Black's
position. But 8...bxa3 9.Bxa3 d6 gives White
sufficient compensation for the pawn, but how
much more? 9.axb4 cxb4 10.d4 10.Bb2 d6 11.d4
exd4 would transpose back to the game. exd4
10...d6?! 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bd2!
regains the pawn with interest. 11.¥b2 d6
Now the long diagonal can be the site of some
tactical operations. 12.¤xd4 12.Bxd4 Nf6 would
be roughly equal, with the bishop pair working to
Black's advantage. £d7 12...Qb6 13.Nd2 Bxd4 14.
Nc4 Bxf2+ 15.Kh1 Qc5 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nf5+!
wins for White. 13.¤d2 ¥b7 13...Ne7 would have
been more cautious but White would have had a
s t r o n g p o s i t i o n i n a n y c a s e . 14.¤c4 ¤h6
Now the White knight makes a brilliant leap. 15.¤f5
¥xb2 15...Nxf5 16.exf5+ Kf8 17.Bxg7+ Kxg7 18.f6+
Kg8 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Bc6 21. Ra6! Bd5 22.
Rxa7! would lead to a rapid White victory.
16.¤cxd6+ ¢f8 17.¤xh6 f6 The losing move.
18.¤df7 £xd1 19.¦axd1 ¢e7 20.¤xh8 ¦xh8
21.¤f5+ A reprise of the main theme. This time, it is
decisive. gxf5 22.exf5+ ¥e5 The only way to
avoid losing a rook. 22...Kf8 23.Rd8+ Kg7 24.Re7+
23.f4 ¦c8 24.fxe5 ¦xc2 24...fxe5 25.Rxe5+ Kf6