Bobby Fischer - My 160 Memorable Games

My 160 Memorable Games1

C82Fischer,Robert JamesStevens,W

Oklahoma City 1956

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¤xe4 6.d4 b5 7.¥b3 d5 8.dxe5 ¥e6 9.c3 ¥c5 10.¤bd2 0-0 11.¥c2 ¤xf2 12.¦xf2 ¥xf2+ 13.¢xf2 f6 14.exf6 £xf6 15.¢g1 ¦ae8 16.¤f1 ¤e5 17.¤e3 ¤xf3+ 18.£xf3 £xf3 19.gxf3 ¦xf3 20.¥d1 ¦f7½-½

B92Dale,RuthFischer,Robert James

US Open 1956

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤f3 ¥e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 ¤bd7 10.¦e1 b5 11.a4 Provoking an advance heisn't ready to meet. b4 12.¤d5 ¤xd5 13.£xd5 £c7 14.£b3 White can't take the rook because of14.. .Nb6, but the queen is stil l misplaced andexposed on b3. It was best to retreat to d1 andsuf fer quiet ly . ¤c5 15.£xb4 d5 16.exd5Now White loses by force. Black would have ahuge edge after 16 Qc3 d4 17 Qd2 Nxe4, but noimmediate win. e4 17.¤d2 ¤d3 18.£xe4 ¤xe1 19.d6 ¥xd6 20.£xa8 ¥b7 21.£xf8+ ¢xf8 22.¢f1 ¤xc2 23.¦b1 ¤d4 24.¥d3 ¥b40-1

A07Fischer,Robert JamesLapiken

US Open 1956

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 onthe queenside rather than the normal 7 Qe1, 8 e4and kingside play. ¤c5 8.c4 b5 Creating aweakness on c6, which White exploits immediately. 9.¤d4 £d7 10.¤xf5 exf5 11.¤b3 h6 12.¥e3 ¤e6 13.¤d4 Once again White attacks both c6and f5. Now Black should play 13...Nxd4 14 Bxd4Be7 and try to defend b5 and d5. g6 Trading theweak pawn on f5 for an entire weak diagonala1-h8. 14.£b3 ¦b8 This loses, but he had to dropsomething. His best chance was 14...Bg7. 15.¤xc6 £xc6 16.cxd5 ¤c5 Black must have counted onthis, but White has another double attack coming. 17.£c3 £d6 18.¥xc5 £xc5 19.£xf61-0

D97Byrne,Robert EFischer,Robert James

USA-ch 1956

24: Security of the King

1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.d4 0-0 5.¥f4 d5 6.£b3 dxc4 7.£xc4 c6 8.e4 ¤bd7commonsense development 9.¦d1 ¤b6 10.£c5 ¥g4 11.¥g5 [ 11.¥e2 ¤fd7 12.£a3 ¥xf3 13.¥xf3 e5 14.dxe5 £e8 Black would have attained agood game ] 11...¤a4!! This is a World Championtype move (never miss a tact ical opportunityBradley! ! ) 12.£a3 [ 12.¤xa4 ¤xe4 13.£xe7 ( 13.£c1 £a5+ 14.¤c3 ¥xf3 15.gxf3 ¤xg5removing the guard) 13...£xe7 14.¥xe7 ¦fe8 ] 12...¤xc3 13.bxc3 ¤xe4 14.¥xe7 £b6 15.¥c4 [ 15.¥xf8 ¥xf8 16.£b3 ¤xc3!© Pinning tactic] 15...¤xc3! 16.¥c5 [ 16.£xc3 ¦fe8 all these pinsbased on the central King] 16...¦fe8+ 17.¢f1 ¥e6!! Once in a lifetime move ... The uncommonlyb 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 [ 18.£xc3 £xc5! pins 19.dxc5 ¥xc3 ; 18.¥xe6smothered mate ... again based on the exposedKing £b5+ 19.¢g1 ¤e2+ 20.¢f1 ¤g3+ 21.¢g1 £f1+ 22.¦xf1 ¤e2# ] 18...¥xc4+ 19.¢g1 ¤e2+ 20.¢f1 ¤xd4+ free pawn 21.¢g1 ¤e2+ 22.¢f1 ¤c3+ 23.¢g1 axb6 24.£b4 ¦a4 25.£xb6 ¤xd1The issue of the game is settled. For the QueenBlack has two Bishops and a Rook, not to mentionthe Whi te pawns which are going to fa l l l ikeripeapples 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 ¥c5+ 36.¢f1 ¤g3+ 37.¢e1 ¥b4+ [ 37...¦e2+Loh 38.¢d1 ¥b3+ 39.¢c1 ¥e3+ 40.¢b1 ¥a2+ 41.¢a1 ¥d4# ] 38.¢d1 ¥b3+ 39.¢c1 ¤e2+ 40.¢b1 ¤c3+ 41.¢c1 ¦c2#0-1

B32Fischer,Robert JamesVine,K

Manhattan CC Ch5657, sf, section 2 1956

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05Var ian te 04 Lu ta do B bom cont ra o B mauPosições diversas # 11 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 d5 5.¥b5 dxe4 6.¤xc6 £xd1+ 7.¢xd1 a6 8.¥a4 ¥d7 9.¤c3 ¥xc6 10.¥xc6+ bxc6 11.¤xe4 e6 12.¢e2 ¦d8 13.¥e3 ¤f6 14.¤xf6+ gxf6 15.¦hd1² ¥e7 16.c4 e5 17.g4 h5! 18.h3 hxg4 19.hxg4 ¦h4 20.¢f3 [ 20.¦xd8+ ¥xd8 21.¦g1 f5 22.gxf5 ¦xc4= ] 20...¥d6 21.b3?! [Era superior 21.¥b6! ¦d7 22.¢g3 ¦h8


23.c5 ¥b8 e depois de 24.¢f3 as brancas teríamum final com probabilidades de vitória.] 21...¢e7 22.¦d2?! [Era in teressante 22.¦h1!? ¦xh1 23.¦xh1 ¦g8! 24.¦h6 ¢e6² com posição algomelhor para as brancas.] 22...¥c7? [ 22...¦g8! 23.¦ad1 ¥b8 24.¦d7+ ¢e6= ] 23.¦xd8 ¥xd8 24.b4 [Era melhor 24.¦d1 ¥c7 25.¢g3 ¦h8 26.f4! ¥d6 27.f5 com vantagem para as brancas.] 24...¢e6= Com equilibrio. 25.a4 f5 26.gxf5+ ¢xf5 27.b5 '#' axb5 28.cxb5 cxb5 29.a5?! [ 29.axb5! ¦b4 30.¦a8 e4+! 31.¢g2! ( 31.¢e2? ¦b2+ 32.¢d1 ¥g5 33.¦a7 f6³ ) 31...¥g5 32.¥xg5 ¢xg5 33.¦b8 ¢f4 as negras ficam algo melhor.] 29...¥g5 [ 29...¥f6! 30.¢e2 ¥g5 31.¥xg5 ¢xg5 32.a6 ¦h8 33.a7 ¦a8 34.¢d3 ¢f4 35.¢c3 e4 36.¢b4 ¢f3 37.¦a2 f5= ] 30.¥b6 ¥f4 31.a6 e4+ 32.¢e2 ¦h8 33.a7 ¦a8 34.¦a5 ¢e6 35.¦xb5 ¥d6 36.¢e3 ¥e5+- Tablas. [Embora com 36...f5 37.¢d4 ¥f4 38.¢c4+- ¥d6 39.¦b1 ¦c8+ 40.¢b5 f4 41.¢a6 ¦f8 42.¢b7+- as brancaspoderíam alcançar a vitoria.; 36...¥e5? 37.¢xe4 f5+ 38.¢e3 ¦c8 39.¦a5 ¦a8 40.¢d3 ¥h2 41.¢c4 ¥d6 42.¢b5+- ]½-½

B30Fischer,Robert JamesSherwin,James

Sicilian Defense, 33 moves. The 14 year old BobbyFischer capitalizes on a few inaccuracies andbuilds up a strong attack. Sherwin finds severalingenious moves but fails to avert defeat againstFischer's exact play. Fischer was world championf rom 1972-1975 . 1.e4 Fischer almost alwaysbegan with this move. c5 The Sicilian Defense. 2.¤f3 Developing. e6 3.d3 More usual is 3. d4.White's move leads to a closed game called theKing's Indian Reversed. ¤c6 A good developingmove. 4.g3 To place the bishop on g2 where it willreinforce the pawn on e4 and put pressure on d5. ¤f6 5.¥g2 ¥e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.¤bd2 This is betterthan Nc3 which would prevent White from moving apawn to c3 . ¦b8 This allows the b pawn to moveforward without fear that White's bishop on g2 willthreaten the rook. Black is planning a queensidecounterattack to White's coming kingside attack. 8.¦e1 Placing the rook in the center and leaving f1available for the knight which often, from there,goes to e3 or even to g4 via h2. d6 This is morepassive than the more usual d5. 9.c3 Preparing toplay d4. b6 9... b5 would have given Black betterchances. 10.d4 White now has a strong positon inthe center . £c7? In a few moves White will havethreats based on playing Bf4 and attacking both thequeen and the rook. 11.e5! The center pawns are

on the move. Black's best is now 11. .. dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 although Black's posit ion would becramped and his pieces would be in each other'sway. ¤d5 12.exd6 ¥xd6 13.¤e4 If 13... Be7then 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bf4. If 13... cxd4 then 14. Nxd6Qxd6 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bf4. c4 This is the only moveto avoid the loss of material. However, it takes thepressure off of White's center leaving him free toconduct a kingside attack. Black has no prospectsfor a counterattack in the center or for a queensideattack. 14.¤xd6 £xd6 15.¤g5 Beginning thekingside attack. Although it weakens his kingside, itturns out that Black should have played 15... h6here. ¤ce7 Bringing the knight to the defense ofthe kingside. 16.£c2 Threatening Qxh7#. ¤g6 17.h4 Threatening h5 and the knight can't movebecause of the mate threat. ¤f6 18.¤xh7!A stunning surprise. If 18... Kxh7 then 19. Bf4winning the rook on b8. ¤xh7 19.h5 To drivea 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!Black finds an ingenious way to counterattack. 20.¥f4 £d8 If now 21. Bxb8? then 21... Nxg2 22.Kxg2 Bb7+ 23. Kg1 Qxb8 and Black would have abishop and knight for a rook and would be in astrong posit ion. 21.gxh4 ¦b7! Helping in thedefense and tempting White to play 22. Bxb7 sothat after 22... Bxb7 White would have no piece todefend his white squares. Black's queen andbishop would be very dangerous on the a8-h1diagonal. 22.h6! Continuing e attack on the king.The best defense is now 22... g6 but White wouldstill have a far superior position. £xh4? 23.hxg7 ¢xg7 24.¦e4 Threatening 25. Be5+ winning thequeen. £h5 25.¦e3 Threatening 26. Rh3 Qg6 (Or26... Qa5 27. Qxh7+) 27. Rg3 pinning and winningthe queen. f5 Blocking the White queen's attack onh7. 26.¦h3 £e8 27.¥e5+ If 25... Kg8 26. Rg3+Kf7 27. Rg7#. 25... Kg6 loses to 26. Qd2. ¤f6 28.£d2 Threatening 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf731. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Rh8#. ¢f7 29.£g5 If 29... Ke7then 30. Rh7+ Rf7 31. Qxf6+ £e7 30.¥xf6 £xf6 31.¦h7+ ¢e8 32.£xf6 If 32... Rxf6 then 33. Bxb7Bxb7 34. Rxb7 and White is a rook ahead. ¦xh7 33.¥c6+ and Black resigned. His position is clearlyhopeless. If 33... Bd7 then 34. Qxe6+1-0

B93Elo,ArpadFischer,Robert James

Milwaukee 1957

1.e4 c5 The interesting point of this game is theending, so you might want to advance to move 37. 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.¤f3 £c7 8.¥d3 ¤bd7 9.0-0 b5 10.£e1


¥b7 11.a3 g6 12.£h4 ¥g7 13.g4 exf4 14.¥xf4 0-0 15.£g3 ¤e5 16.¤xe5 dxe5 17.¥xe5 £c5+ 18.¦f2 ¤h5 19.¥d6 £xc3 20.bxc3 ¤xg3 21.¥xf8 ¦xf8 22.hxg3 ¥xc3 23.¦b1 ¥d4 24.a4 ¥c8 25.axb5 axb5 26.¦xb5 ¥xg4 27.¢g2 ¥xf2 28.¢xf2 ¥e6 29.¦c5 ¢g7 30.¢f3 ¢f6 31.¢f4 ¦a8 32.g4 h6 33.g5+ hxg5+ 34.¦xg5 ¦h8 35.¦g2 g5+ 36.¢f3 ¦h3+ 37.¦g3 ¦xg3+ 38.¢xg3 We have reached a pure bishopendgame where Black has a good bishop andWhite has a bad bishop, hemmed in by the pawnsa t c 2 a n d e 4 . ¢e5 In any endgame, the kingshould play an active role. Here it infiltrates on thedark squares. 39.c3 White prevents the Black kingfrom reaching d4. ¥d7 40.¥c4 f6 On the darksquares the pawns are immune to attack from theenemy bishop. 41.¥d5 The bishop now protectsthe pawn f r om a more ac t i ve pos i t i on . ¥e8The bishop circles to a new post from which it canattack the pawn. 42.c4 White hopes this pawn willjust march down the board. In fact, all this does isweaken d4. ¢d4 43.¢g4 ¥g6 The White kingcannot get across the central line, and, since thepawns are safe, White is in a passive position. 44.¢f3 ¥h5+ 45.¢f2 ¥d1 The idea is that theWhite king is cut off from the other forces. Now thec-pawn is doomed. 46.¢g3 ¥e2 47.c5 ¢xc5 48.¥e6 ¢d4 49.¥f5 The White forces are bettercoordinated, but the game is lost. ¢e3 Here Whiteresigned, since Bf3 follows and the remaining pawnfalls.0-1

D35Euwe,Max (Machgielis)Fischer,Robert James

New York New York m Rd: 1 1957

The b1-h7 Diagonal 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.¥g5 ¥b4 6.e3 h6 7.¥h4 c5 8.¥d3 ¤c6 9.¤ge2 cxd4 10.exd4 0-0 11.0-0 ¥e6 12.¥c2 ¥e7 13.¤f4 £b6 14.¥xf6 ¥xf6 15.£d3 ¦fd8 [ 15...g6 technique sacrifice 16.¤xg6 fxg6 17.£xg6+ ¥g7 18.£xe6+ ] 16.¦ae1 ¤b4 [ 16...-- 17.£h7+ ¢f8 18.¤fxd5winning mater ial; 16...£xd4 17.£h7+ ¢f8 18.¦xe6+- f o r k t a c t i c s; 16...g6 17.¦xe6removing the guard] 17.£h7+ ¢f8 18.a3!The Bishop has done his duty on the diagonal andcan now be spared ¤xc2 19.¤cxd5! tacticallyopening a file ¦xd5 20.¤xd51-0

B88Fischer,Robert JamesCardoso,Radolfo Tan

New York m4 1957

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05Var ian te 04 Lu ta do B bom cont ra o B mauPosições diversas # 10 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.0-0 ¥d7 8.¥b3 ¤c6 9.¥e3 ¥e7 10.f4 £c7 11.f5 ¤xd4 12.¥xd4 b5 13.a3 e5 14.¥e3 ¥c6 15.¤d5 ¤xd5 16.¥xd5 ¥xd5 17.£xd5 ¦c8 18.c3 £c4 19.£b7 £c6 20.£xc6+ ¦xc6 21.a4 ¢d7 22.axb5 axb5 23.¦a7+ ¦c7 24.¦fa1 ¦b8 25.¢f2 ¦bb7 26.¦xb7 ¦xb7 27.¢e2 ¥d8 28.¢d3 h6 29.¦a8 h5 30.b4 ¥e7 31.¦g8 ¥f6 32.¦f8 ¢c6 33.c4 ¦d7 34.¦a8 bxc4+ 35.¢xc4 ¦c7 36.¦a7 ¦xa7 37.¥xa7 ¥d8 38.¥e3 f6 39.b5+ ¢d7 40.¢d5 ¥a5 41.¥a7 ¥b4 42.¥b8 ¥c5 43.g3 ¢e7 44.¢c6 g6 45.fxg6 f5 46.¥xd6+ As negras abandonam. [Se 46.¥xd6+ ¥xd6 47.g7 ¢f7 48.g8£+ ¢xg8 49.¢xd6 fxe4 50.b6+- ganhando.] ]1-0

C70Fischer,Robert JamesWalker,Robert

San Francisco ch-jr 1957

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 b5 5.¥b3 ¤a5 6.0-0 ¤xb3 7.axb3 d6 8.d4 f6 9.¤h4 ¤e7 10.¤c3 ¥e6 11.¥e3 g5 12.£f3 ¥g7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.¤f5 ¥xf5 15.exf5 0-0 16.¦fd1 £c8 17.¥c5 ¤xf5 18.¥xf8 ¥xf8 19.¤d5 ¢g7 20.g41-0

B35Fischer,Robert JamesReshevsky,Samuel Herman

US Championship 12.1958

Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variationwith Bc4 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 g6 5.¥e3 ¤f6 6.¤c3 ¥g7 7.¥c4 0-0 [ 7...£a5!=would have been much better.] 8.¥b3 ¤a5?A w e l l - k n o w n m i s t a k e - a R u s s i a n c h e s smagazine had recently given the following moves,known to Fischer, but not to Reshevsky! [ 8...d6 9.f3 A) 9...¤xd4 10.¥xd4² ¥e6 11.£d2 £a5 12.0-0-0 b5 ( 12...a6 13.h4 b5 14.¢b1 ¦fc8 15.¦he1 ¥xb3 16.cxb3 b4 17.¤d5 ¤xd5 18.¥xg7 ¤c3+ 19.bxc3 bxc3 20.¥xc3 ¦xc3 21.¦e3 ¦ac8 22.¦xc3 £xc3 23.£xc3 ¦xc3 24.¦c1 ¦e3 25.¦c7 a5 26.¢b2 ¢f8 27.¦c3 ¦e1


28.¦c1 ¦e3 29.¦c8+ ¢g7 30.¦c3 ¦e1 31.a3 ¢f6 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 ¢e6 34.b5 ¦e2+ 35.¦c2 ¦xc2+ 36.¢xc2 d5 37.exd5+ ¢xd5 38.¢b3 e5 39.¢b4 f5 40.b6 ¢c6 41.¢c41-0 Tal,M-Portisch,L/Oberhausen 1961/EU-chT(41) ) 13.¢b1 b4 14.¤d5 ¥xd5 15.exd5 £b5 16.¦he1 a5 17.£e2 £xe2™ 18.¦xe2 a4 19.¥c4 ¦fc8 20.¥b5 ¦a5 21.¥xf6 ( 21.¥c6? ¤xd5 22.¥xg7 ¦xc6 ) 21...¥xf6 22.¥c6 a3 23.b3 ¢f8 24.c4± bxc3?+- 25.¢c2 ¦a7 ( 25...¦b8 26.¦e4 ) 26.b4 e6 ( ¹26...¦b8 / \ 27. . . Rb6; 26...e5/\ 27... Bd8) 27.b5 exd5 28.b6 ¦e7 ( 28...¦a6? 29.¥b7!+- ; 28...¦xc6 29.bxa7 ¦a6 30.¦xd5 ¦xa7 31.¦xd6+- ) 29.¦xe7 ¢xe7 ( 29...¥xe7 30.b7 ¦b8 31.¦xd5+- ) 30.¦e1+ ¥e5 ( 30...¢f8 31.b7 ¦b8 32.¦e8++- ; 30...¢d8?? 31.¦e8# ) 31.b7 ¦b8 32.f4 ¢e6 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.¦b1 ¢d6 35.¦b6 d4 36.¦a6 f5 37.¦a8 ¢c7 38.¥d5 e4 39.¦xa3 e3 40.¢d3 g5 41.¢xd4 1-0 Tal,M-Larsen,B/Zuerich1959/MCL/[Bulletin] (41); B) 9...¤a5 10.g4 ¤xb3 11.axb3 a6 12.£d2 ¥d7 13.h4 h5 14.gxh5 ¤xh5 15.0-0-0 a5 16.¥h6 e6 17.¥xg7 ¢xg7 18.¤de2 ¦a6 19.e5 d5 20.¦dg1 ¦h8 21.¤f4 ¢f8 22.¤xh5 ¦xh5 23.¦g5 ¦h8 24.£f4 ¢e8 25.h5 £b6 26.¢b1 £b4 27.£f6 £f8 28.¦hg1 ¦h6 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.£xf8+ ¢xf8 31.¦xg6 ¦xg6 32.¦xg6 ¦a8 33.¦f6+ ¢e7 34.f4 ¦g8 35.¢c1 ¦g2 36.¦h6 ¦f2 37.¦f6 b5 38.¤d1 ¦e2 39.¤c3 ¦f2 40.¤d1 ¦e2 41.c3 ¥e8 42.¦h6 b4 43.¦h7+ ¢f8 44.¦h8+ ¢e7 45.¦h7+ ¥f7 46.¦g7 ¢f8 47.¦g3 ¦e1 48.¢d2 ¦f1 49.¢e2 ¦xf4 50.¤f2 bxc3 51.bxc3 a4 1/2-1/2 Mednis,E-Palmason,G/Reykjavik 1957/EXT 99 (51)] 9.e5!± ¤e8?Breaking communications between the Queen andRook. [ 9...¤xb3 10.exf6 ¤xa1 11.fxg7 ¢xg7 12.£xa1± ] 10.¥xf7+!! 1-0 Humburg,H-Mandel,W/Kiel 1965/EXT 2004 (10) ¢xf7 The 15-year-oldFischer has found the fatal flaw in Reshevsky'sposition. [ 10...¦xf7 11.¤e6 ] 11.¤e61-0 Bastrikov,G-Shamkovich,L/Sochi 1958/EXT 99(11) dxe6 [ 11...¢xe6? 12.£d5+ ¢f5 13.g4+'1-0 Valenti,G-Scharrer,P/Arco 2000/EXT 2001(13)' ¢xg4 14.¦g1+ ¢h4 ( 14...¢h5 15.£g21-0 Palac,M-Ostojic,P/Belgrade 1988/CBM 10(15) ) 15.¥g5+ ¢h5 16.£d1+ ¦f3 17.£xf3# ] 12.£xd8+- The rest is ch i ld 's p lay. . . ¤c6 [ 12...¤c4 13.¥g5 ¥xe5 14.£xe7+ ¢g8 15.£c5 ¤ed6 16.f4 b6 17.£f2 ¤xb2 18.fxe5 ¦xf2 19.¢xf2 ¤f7 20.¥f6 ¥a6 21.¦ab1 ¤c4 22.¦he1 ¦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

¤g6 51.¤xg5 ¤xe5 52.¤xf7 ¤xf7 53.g5 ¢f8 54.g6 ¤e5 55.¦b7 ¤xg6 56.¦xb6 ¢e7 57.¦a6 ¤e5 58.¢c3 ¢d7 59.¢d4 ¤f3+ 60.¢c5 e5 61.¢d5 ¢c7 62.¦xa5 ¤d2 63.¦c5+ ¢b6 64.¦c2 ¤f3 65.¦b2+ ¢a5 66.¦b8 ¢a4 67.¦a8+ ¢b3 68.¢c5 e4 69.a4 1-0 Kuprejanov,G-Fuderer,A/Zagreb 1964/EXT 2001 (69)] 13.£d2 [ 13.£d1 ¤xe5 14.£e2 ¥d7 15.¥d4 ¤c6 16.¥xg7 ¢xg7 17.0-0 ¤c7 18.¦ad1 ¥e8 19.¦fe1 ¦f5 20.£g4 ¥f7 21.¦d7 ¦c8 22.£g3 e5 23.¤e4 ¤e6 24.¦xb7 ¤f4 25.£c3 ¥d5 26.f3 ¢f8 27.£c5 ¦e8 28.¦d7 ¥xe4 29.fxe4 ¦f6 30.c3 ¢g7 31.b4 ¦ef8 32.¦dd1 a6 33.a4 ¦e6 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 ¤d8 36.¦d7 ¤f7 37.b6 ¤d6 38.£c7 ¤c8 39.b7 ¦ef6 40.¦dd1 1-0 Homuth,W-Kurzynsky,M/Germany1999/EXT 2003 (40)] 13...¥xe5 14.0-0 [ 14.0-0-0 ¤d6 15.£e2 ¥f6 16.h4 e5 17.¤d5 ¤f5 18.¤c7 ¦b8 19.g4 ¤d6 20.¤d5 ¤e8 21.h5 g5 22.h6 ¦g8 23.¦h5 ¥e6 24.f3 ¦g6 25.¤c3 ¤d6 26.¥c5 ¤d4 27.£f2 ¤6b5 28.¤e4 b6 29.¥xd4 ¤xd4 30.c3 ¦c8 31.¢b1 ¤b5 32.£e3 ¦cg8 33.¦d2 ¤c7 34.£e2 ¦c8 35.£d1 ¦gg8 36.¦d3 ¤a6 37.b4 ¤b8 38.£c1 ¥c4 39.¦d2 ¦g6 40.¢b2 ¦e8 41.£d1 ¦gg8 42.£c2 ¦g6 43.£a4 a6 44.£d1 ¦gg8 45.£g1 b5 46.£e3 ¦g6 47.¤xg5+ ¢g8 48.¤e4 ¥f7 49.¦h1 ¥h8 50.¦hd1 ¤c6 51.g5 a5 52.£c5 axb4 53.cxb4 ¤d4 54.£c3 ¦f8 55.¦f2 ¥d5 56.£e3 ¦c6 57.¦c1 ¦a6 58.a3 ¥c4 59.¦g1 ¥f7 60.¤c3 ¦fa8 61.¤e4 ¤b3 62.g6 hxg6 63.h7+ ¢f8 64.¦d1 ¤d4 65.¤c5 ¦d6 66.£e4 ¥d5 67.£h4 ¢e8 68.¤e4 ¦da6 69.¦d3 ¥c4 70.¦c3 ¤e2 71.¦e3 ¤d4 72.£g4 ¤f5 73.¦c3 ¦d8 74.£g1 ¤d4 75.£h2 ¦da8 76.£g2 ¤f5 77.¦d2 ¤d4 78.¤c5 ¦d6 79.¤b7 ¦da6 80.¤a5 ¥d5 81.£f1 ¦f6 82.£c1 ¥e6 83.¦f2 e4 84.£e3 ¦xf3 85.¦xf3 exf3 86.£e4 ¦d8 87.£xg6+ ¢d7 88.¦d3 f2 89.£g2 ¦f8 90.£c6+ ¢d8 91.¤b7# 1-0 Toma,K-Baklanova,T/Warsaw2001/CBM 82 ext (91)] 14...¤d6 15.¥f4 ¤c4 16.£e2 ¥xf4 17.£xc4 ¢g7 18.¤e4 ¥c7 19.¤c5 ¦f6 20.c3 e5 21.¦ad1 ¤d8 22.¤d7 ¦c6 23.£h4 ¦e6 24.¤c5 ¦f6 25.¤e4 ¦f4 26.£xe7+ ¦f7 27.£a3 ¤c6 28.¤d6 ¥xd6 29.¦xd6 ¥f5 30.b4 ¦ff8 31.b5 ¤d8 32.¦d5 ¤f7 33.¦c5 a6 34.b6 ¥e4 35.¦e1 ¥c6 36.¦xc6 bxc6 37.b7 ¦ab8 38.£xa6 ¤d8 39.¦b1 ¦f7 40.h3 ¦fxb7 41.¦xb7+ ¦xb7 42.£a8 And Blackfinally gave up.1-0


B98Gligoric,SvetozarFischer,Robert James

Portoroz Interzonal 1958

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 ¥e7 8.£f3 h6 9.¥h4 g5 10.fxg5 ¤fd7 [ 10...¤h7 11.¥g3 hxg5 12.0-0-0 ¤f8 13.¥e2 ¤g6 14.¦hf1 ] 11.¤xe6 fxe6 12.£h5+ ¢f8 13.¥b5 ¦h7!N 14.£g6 ¦f7 15.£xh6+ ¢g8 16.£g6+ ¦g7 17.£xe6+ ¢h8 18.¥xd7 ¤xd7 19.0-0-0 ¤e5 20.£d5 ¥g4 21.¦df1 ¥xg5+ 22.¥xg5 £xg5+ 23.¢b1 £e7 24.£d2 ¥e6 25.g3 ¦d8 26.¦f4 £g5 27.£f2 ¢g8 28.¦d1 ¦f7 29.b3 £e7 30.£d4 ¤g6 31.¦xf7 £xf7 32.£e3½-½

B77Fischer,Robert JamesLarsen,Bent

Portoroz izt, IV 1958

Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer #2 Aniquilando o dragão Defesa Siciliana, Variantedo Dragão, Ataque Iugoslavo Embora a Sicilianaem geral, seja a melhor defesa ativa à disposiçãodas pretas, muito do valor já foi tirado da outroraprestigiada Variante do Dragão. Este é um dosjogos-chave que contr ibuíram para minar areputação desta variante. Num louvável esforçopara criar novas complicações. Larsen afasta-seda teoria no décimo quinto lance, o que se mostradesastroso, já que seu contra-ataque jamaisc o n s e g u e s e r d e s e n c a d e a d o . M e c â n i c a ero t ine i ramente , F i scher ab re a co luna "h " ,sac r i f i cando p r ime i ro um peão e depo i s aqualidade, como prenúncio do inevitável desfecho.Os comentários são tão instrut ivos e lúcidosquanto o texto, que constitui uma aula objetivasobre como montar um ataque contra o rei emfianqueto. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 Larsen era um dos renitentes e serecusava, até recentemente, a abandonar aV a r i a n t e D r a g ã o . O a t a q u e d a s b r a n c a sdesenvolve-se quase espontaneamente. Atéjogadores fracos derrotam Grandes Mestres queusam essa variante. Certa vez, folheei váriosnúmeros do "Shakhmatny Bulletin", quando oAtaque Iugoslavo estava em seus primórdios, everifiquei que a proporção era de nove vitórias emdez, a favor das brancas. As pretas conseguirãoreforçar a variante? Só o tempo dirá. 6.¥e3 ¥g7 [ 6...¤g4? perderia também para 7.¥b5+ ¤c6 ( 7...¥d7? 8.£xg4+- ; 7...¤d7? 8.£xg4+- ) 8.¤xc6 bxc6 9.¥xc6+ ¥d7 10.¥d4! ¥xc6 11.¥xh8+- ]

7.f3 0-0 8.£d2 ¤c6 9.¥c4 [Ver também o livro"The Sicilian Dragon Yougoslav 9.Bc4", LaszloS a p i a n d A t t i l a S c h n e i d e r ] [ Este refinamentosubstitui o antigo 9.0-0-0 A idéia é evitar ...d5.] 9...¤xd4 O modo pelo qual as pretas pretendemat ing i r o equ i l íb r io não es tá c laro . [ Digna demenção é a tentativa de Donald Byrne: 9...a5!?A resposta mais enérgica seria 10.g4! e se ¤e5 11.¥e2 d5? 12.g5!+- ganhando um peão.] 10.¥xd4 ¥e6 11.¥b3 £a5 12.0-0-0 b5 [ Após 12...¥xb3 13.cxb3!‚ as pretas não conseguemdesenvolver nenhum ataque contra essa peculiarconfiguração de peões. É verdade que as brancasestariam perdidas em um final de rei e peões, masas pretas normalmente levam o mate muito antes.Como disse Tarrasch: "Antes do final, os deusescolocaram o meio jogo..."] 13.¢b1 b4 14.¤d5 [ Mais fraco seria 14.¤e2? ¥xb3 15.cxb3 ¦fd8 ] 14...¥xd5 [Má opção seria 14...¤xd5 15.¥xg7 ¢xg7 16.exd5 ¥d7 17.¦de1± ' uetin,A-Kortschnoj,V/UY -ch/1953/' Suetin,A-Kortschnoj,V/URS-ch/1953/ com nít ida superior idade.] 15.¥xd5 [ Mais forte seria 15.exd5! £b5 16.¦he1 a5 17.£e2!± 'Tal,M-Larsen,B ZPrich 1959' Tal,M-Larsen,B Zürich 1959, variante na qual as brancasabandonam o ataque e buscam pressionar nacoluna "e"] 15...¦ac8? Lance decisivo da derrota. [ Após a partida, Larsen esclareceu que estavajogando para vencer e, por isso, rejeitou forçar oempate com 15...¤xd5 16.¥xg7 ( 16.exd5 £xd5 17.£xb4÷ mantendo vivo o jogo.) 16...¤c3+ 17.bxc3 ( 17.¥xc3 bxc3 18.£xc3 £xc3 19.bxc3 ¦fc8= torna inútil o peão a mais das brancas) 17...¦ab8! 18.cxb4 £xb4+! 19.£xb4 ¦xb4+ 20.¥b2 ¦fb8= ] 16.¥b3! Ele não teria outra chancecom o bispo! Senti que a partida estava ganha, seeu não a jogasse fora. Já havia vencido dúzias dejogos amistosos em posições análogas, tanto quehavia estabelecido uma "regra científica": abria acoluna h, e pam! ... pam! .. . mate! ¦c7 Essa perdade tempo é infelizmente necessária, caso as pretasp r e t e n d a m a v a n ç a r s e u P a 7 . [ 16...£b5?ser ia re fu tado com 17.¥xa7 ] 17.h4 £b5Agora as pretas ameaçam revidar com ...a5 e ...a4. [ Não há maneira satisfatória de impedir oataque das brancas. Se 17...h5 18.g4! hxg4 ( 18...¦fc8 19.¦dg1 hxg4 20.h5! gxh5 21.fxg4 ¤xe4 22.£f4 e5 23.£xe4 exd4 24.gxh5 ¢h8 25.h6 ¥f6 26.¦g7!+- '+-' venceria) 19.h5! gxh5 ( 19...¤xh5 20.¥xg7 ¢xg7 21.fxg4 ¤f6 22.£h6++- ) 20.fxg4 ¤xe4 ( 20...hxg4 21.¦dg1 e5 22.¥e3 ¦d8 23.¥h6+- ; 20...¤xg4 21.¦dg1 ¥xd4 22.¦xg4+ hxg4 23.£h6+- conduziria aomate ) 21.£e3 ¤f6 ( 21...¥xd4 22.£xe4 ¥g7 23.¦xh5+- ) 22.gxh5 e5 23.h6+- as brancasganhariam.] 18.h5! Não há necessidade de perdertempo com o antiquado g4. ¦fc8 [Com 18...gxh5


19.g4! hxg4 20.fxg4 ¤xe4 21.£h2 ¤g5 22.¥xg7 ¢xg7 23.¦d5 ¦c5 24.£h6+ ¢g8 25.¦xg5+ ¦xg5 26.£xh7# ] 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.g4 [ Evitando osôfrego 20.¥xf6? ¥xf6 21.£h6 e6!='=! ' (ameaçando ... Qe5) com o que as pretasdefendem tudo.] 20...a5 As pretas, agora, sóprecisam de mais um lance para desencadearseucontra-ataqu e. Mas por um fio a batalha foip e r d i d a . . . 21.g5 ¤h5 [ Vasiukov,E sugere 21...¤e8 como possível defesa 22.¥xg7 ¤xg7 ( 22...¢xg7? 23.£h2+- ) 23.¦h6! e6 (Se 23...a4 24.£h2 ¤h5 25.¦xg6++- ) 24.£h2 ¤h5 25.¥xe6! fxe6 (Se 25...£xg5 26.¦xg6+! £xg6 27.¥xc8+-ameaçando Rg1) 26.¦xg6+ ¤g7 27.¦h1+- ; 21...a4? 22.gxf6 axb3 23.fxg7! bxc2+ 24.£xc2! e5 25.£h2+- e ganha ] 22.¦xh5! Fine comentou:"Em posições assim, as combinações são tãonaturais quanto um sorriso de criança" ... gxh5 [ 22...¥xd4 23.£xd4 gxh5 24.g6 £e5 ( 24...e6 25.£xd6 ) 25.gxf7+ ¢h7 ( 25...¢f8 26.£xe5 dxe5 27.¦g1 e6 28.¥xe6 ¢e7 29.¥xc8 ¦xc8 30.¦g5+- ganha ) 26.£d3+- '/\ f3-f4' /\ f3-f4 seriadecisivo. ] 23.g6 e5 [ 23...e6 24.gxf7+ ¢xf7 ( 24...¦xf7 25.¥xe6 ) 25.¥xg7 ¢xg7 26.¦g1+ ¢h7 27.£g2 £e5 28.£g6+ ¢h8 29.¦g5 ¦g7 30.¦xh5+ ¢g8 31.¥xe6+ ¢f8 32.¦f5+ ¢e7 33.¦f7++- venceria. ] 24.gxf7+ ¢f8 25.¥e3 d5!Uma desesperada tentativa de libertação. [ 25...a4 26.£xd6+ ¦e7 27.£d8+! ¦xd8 28.¦xd8+ ¦e8 29.¥c5+ +- £xc5 30.¦xe8# ; 25...¦d8 26.¥h6+- ] 26.exd5! [Não 26.¥xd5? ¦xc2! ] 26...¦xf7 [ Com 26...a4 27.d6! axb3 28.dxc7+- ganharia. ] 27.d6 ¦f6 [Com 27...¦d7 as brancas podem recuperar aqua l idade com 28.¥e6+- ( ou tentar um poucomais com 28.¥h6‚ ; 28.¥h6‚ ); E com 27...¦xf3 28.d7+- -- ameaçando …29.£d6# ] 28.¥g5 £b7 [ Ou 28...£d7 29.£d5! £f7 (se 29...¦f7 30.¥e7+! ) 30.¥xf6+- ganhando material.] 29.¥xf6 ¥xf6 30.d7 ¦d8? Um erro 31.£d6+! As pretasa b a n d o n a m . [ ¹31.£h6+ forçaria mate em trêslances. ¢e7 ( 31...¥g7 32.£d6# ) 32.£h7+ ¢f8 ( 32...¥g7 33.£xg7# ) 33.£f7# ; 31.£d6+! ¢g7 32.¦g1+ ¢h7 33.£xf6 £xd7 34.£g6+ ¢h8 35.£xh5+ £h7 36.£xe5+ £g7 37.£xg7# ]1-0

D58Petrosian,TigranFischer,Robert James

Bled/Beograd ct 1959

1.d4 d5 2.¤f3 e6 3.c4 ¥e7 4.¤c3 ¤f6 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.¥d3 ¥b7 9.0-0 ¤bd7 10.¦c1 c5 11.£e2 dxc4 12.¥xc4 ¤e4 13.¥g3 ¤xg3 14.hxg3 £c7 15.¦fd1 ¦ad8 16.d5 exd5 17.¤xd5 ¥xd5 18.¦xd5 ¥f6 19.¦cd1 ¤e5 20.b3

¤xc4 21.bxc4 £c6 22.e4 £e6 23.£c2 ¦xd5 24.cxd5 £d6 25.£a4 ¦a8 26.¦e1 ¥e5 27.£a6 £c7 28.£c4 g5 29.¤h2 £d7 30.¤f3 £d6½-½

E93Tal,Mihail NekhemyeFischer,Robert James

Candidates' tournament 1959

When Tal won the Soviet championship, Moscow1 9 5 7 , a s t a r w a s b o r n . H i s a t t a c k i n g a n dspeculative style won the hearts of chess fansworldwide. The 'Magician of Riga' seemed toridicule the laws of classical chess in his wildadventures. Actual ly, his games had a soundposit ional basis. He also played the endgameaccurately. Sometimes incredible fireworks set theboard on fire. He qualified for the interzonal bywinning the next championship, Riga 1958, and gotin the candidates' tournament by winning Portoroz1958. The candidates' match tournament wasplayed in four cycles of seven rounds during thenext year. Two cycles took place in Bled. TheCasino was the playing hall and Toplice the hotel. 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¥e2 0-0 6.¤f3 e5 7.d5 ¤bd7 8.¥g5 h6 9.¥h4 a6!? 10.¤d2 £e8!? Fischer prepares an attack in aremarkable way. Tal reacts quietly. 11.0-0 ¤h7 12.b4 ¤g5 13.f3 f5 14.¥f2 £e7 15.¦c1 ¤f6 16.c5 ¥d7 17.£c2 ¤h5 18.b5!? Tal stirs up thegame. The move surpr ised F ischer . [ Equalitykeeps 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.¤c4 fxe4 20.fxe4 ¤f4 21.¥e3! ] 18...fxe4! [Tal rejects 18...dxc5 due to 19.bxa6 b6 20.¤c4 ] 19.¤dxe4 ¤xe4 20.fxe4 ¤f4 21.c6 £g5 22.¥f3 bxc6 23.dxc6 ¥g4 24.¥xg4 £xg4 25.¥e3 axb5 26.¥xf4 exf4 27.¤xb5 ¦f7 [An attack starts 27...f3! (Tal). ] 28.£c4 ¦c8 29.¦f3 ¥e5? 30.¦cf1? [ Both players miss the combination 30.h3! £g5 31.£e6 ¦b8 32.¤xc7! ¦b2 33.£e8+ ¦f8 34.£xf8+ ] 30...¢g7 31.a4 ¦a8 32.¢h1 £g5? [ Correct is 32...£h5 ] 33.g3! Tal counterattacksb r i l l i an 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 41.£d7+1-0


B45Fischer,Robert JamesBolbochan,Jacobo

Mar del Plata 1959

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05Var ian te 04 Lu ta do B bom cont ra o B mauPosições diversas # 14 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e6 6.¤db5 ¥b4 7.a3 ¥xc3+ 8.¤xc3 d5 9.¥d3 dxe4 10.¤xe4 ¤xe4 11.¥xe4 £xd1+ 12.¢xd1 ¥d7 13.¥e3 f5 14.¥f3 e5 15.b4 0-0-0 16.¢c1 ¤d4 17.¥xd4 exd4 18.¦e1 ¦he8 19.¢d2 ¥b5 20.¦xe8 ¦xe8 21.a4 ¥c4 22.¦c1 ¢b8 23.c3 dxc3+ 24.¦xc3 ¥f7 25.a5 ¦e7 26.¦e3 ¦d7+ 27.¦d3 ¦e7 28.¦d8+ ¢c7= 29.¦h8 h6 30.¢c3 a6? [ 30...¥e8 ] 31.¢d4 ¥e8 32.¦f8 ¥d7 33.h4 ¥c8 34.¥d5 ¥d7 35.f4 g6 36.¦f6 ¥e8 37.¥e6 ¥c6 38.g3 ¦g7 39.¢e5 ¥e8 40.¥d5 h5 41.¦b6 '#' ¢c8 42.¥e6+ ¢c7 43.¢f6 ¦h7 44.¥d5 ¢c8 45.¦e6 ¢d8 46.¦d6+ ¢c7 47.¦b6 ¢c8 48.¥g8 ¦c7 49.¥e6+ ¢b8 50.¦d61-0

B41Fischer,Robert JamesRossetto,Hector

Mar del Plata 1959

Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer #5 Obr igação ingrata Esta part ida demonstradramaticamente o significado da expressão alemãzugzwang. Impossibilitado de obter, tanto no iníciocomo até à metade da partida, qualquer vantagemexplorável, Fischer lança-se a um final tambémpouco promissor. Consegue, porém, depois dolance 19.Nd5, trocar um bispo por um cavalo. Emcontinuação, realiza uma manobra insólita de torre,ao longo da terceira linha, objetivando ganharespaço para incursões no território adversário.Rosseto inconscientemente colabora, colocando-se em situação difícil; embora a partida pareçaigual, qualquer movimento de Rossetto romperá oequilíbrio, apressando seu próprio f im. Isso é"ZUGZWANG" , e Rosse t to ace r tadamen teabandona. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 5.c4 £c7 [Melhor seria 5...¤f6 6.¤c3 ¥b4=teoricamente igualando a posição das pretas.] 6.¤c3 ¤f6 7.¥d3 '?' [ Posicionamento errado dobispo; o certo seria 7.a3! e se ¤c6 ( prevenindo ...Bb4, obrigaria definitivamente as pretas a tomaremum espécie de formação de SCHEVENINGEN,deixando-as desesperadamente inibidas. Ems i tuação idên t i ca , a pa r t i da Sp ie lmann ,R-Tartakover,S prosseguiu: 7...¥e7 8.¥e2 0-0 9.0-0 d6 10.¥e3 ¤bd7 11.¦c1 b6 12.b4! ¥b7

13.f3 ¦ac8 14.£e1 £b8 15.£f2± com uma ótimaposição para as brancas. (do livro More ChessQuestions Aswered)) 8.¥e3 etc. se ¤e5 9.¥e2! ¤xc4? 10.¥xc4 £xc4 11.¦c1+- ganharia. ] 7...¤c6 8.¥e3 ¤xd4 '?' [ Em vez de tentarsimplificar, as pretas deviam ter usado a jogadamais agressiva 8...¤e5! 9.¦c1 (ou então 9.¥e2 ¤xc4 10.¥xc4 £xc4 11.¦c1 £b4 12.0-0 d6e se 13.¤b3? ¤xe4! 14.a3 ¤xc3-+ etc. ; nunca 9.0-0 ¤eg4! ) 9...¤fg4! com vantagem.] 9.¥xd4 ¥c5 10.¥c2 d6 11.0-0 ¥d7 12.¤a4 'Forçandouma série de trocas que dariam as brancas umapequenina vantagem' ¥xd4 13.£xd4 ¦d8 14.¦fd1 0-0 15.¦ac1 [Com 15.£xd6 £xd6 16.¦xd6 ¥xa4 17.¦xd8 ¦xd8 18.¥xa4 ¤xe4=igual ] 15...£a5 [ 15...b5? 16.cxb5 axb5 17.¤c3±e o peão de b5 seria fraco. (não 17.e5? dxe5 18.¥xh7+ ¤xh7-+ ); 15...¥c6!?= seria sólido maspreso. ] 16.£b6 £xb6 [Duvidoso seria 16...£e5 17.¦xd6 ¤g4 18.g3 £h5 19.h4± ] 17.¤xb6 ¥c6 18.f3 ¤d7 '!' 'As pretas esperavam, com esselance, sair do perigo. ' 19.¤d5 '!' 'Uma respostainesperada que lança as pretas em injustificávelconfusão. #' [Mas com 19.¤xd7 ¦xd7 20.¦d2 ¦fd8 21.¦cd1 ¢f8= tudo igualmente senormalizaria.; Ou 19.¤a4 ¤e5 20.¥b3 g5!=equilibraria a situação.] 19...¥xd5 [ Surpreendido,Rossetto não consegue encontrar a resposta maisadequada: 19...¤e5! 20.¤e7+ (se 20.¤e3 g5! ) 20...¢h8 21.¤xc6 bxc6 22.¥a4 g5!= seguido deKg7-f6-e7, igual .; também conveniente seria 19...exd5 20.exd5 ¤e5 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.b3 c5 23.¥e4 ¦fe8= ] 20.exd5 e5 [ Mais seguro seria 20...¤e5 21.¥e4 b6= (não 21...f5 22.dxe6! )] 21.b4 'Manobrando para abrir a grande sortida emc5.' g6 [Com 21...a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 ¦a8 24.¥f5!± sustentaria a vantagem.] 22.¥a4 b6 [ Com 22...¤b6 23.¥b3 seguido de Pc5.] 23.¦d3 f5 '?' 'Alheio ao perigo! ' [ A melhor defesa seria 23...a5 24.a3 (depois de 24.¥xd7 ¦xd7 25.bxa5 bxa5 26.c5 dxc5 27.¦xc5 a4= as pretassustentariam o jogo) 24...f5² tornando difícil oprogresso das brancas. As pretas nunca deverãopermitir Pc5 sem obrigar as brancas a conceder atroca do bispo pelo cavalo.] 24.¦a3 '!' 'A ameaça ésimplesmente 25.Bxd7. O velado e aparentementeinsignificante ataque sobre o Pa6 é um meio deforçar as pretas a abandonarem a proteção daposição c5.' ¤b8 '[]' 'Forçado!' [ 24...¤f6 25.¥c6+-ganharia um peão.;A outra alternativa seria 24...a5 25.bxa5 bxa5 26.¥c6! ¤c5 (em 26...¤b8 27.¥b5! ; ou então 26...¤b6 27.¦b1! ¤xc4? 28.¦c3 ¤d2 29.¦b2+- imobilizando o cavalo) 27.¦xa5+- devendo as brancas vencer.] 25.c5 '!' bxc5 [Com 25...b5 26.¥b3 ¦f7 27.c6 ¦c7 28.¦a5! ¢f7 29.a4 bxa4 30.¦xa4 ¢e7 31.¥c4+-eliminaria o Pa6.] 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.¦xc5 ¢g7


[ Com 27...¤d7 28.¦c7 ¤f6 29.¥b3 ¢h8 30.¦xa6 ¤xd5 31.¥xd5 ¦xd5 32.¦aa7+-venceria. Com a entrada da artilharia pesada, aspretas entram em colapso.;se 27...¦c8 a resposta 28.¦ac3ƒ manteria a pressão] 28.¦b3 ¦f7 29.d6'!' ¤d7 'O peão está obviamente imune. As pretastratam, portanto, de reativar o cavalo.' 30.¦c7 ¤f8 [Também sem esperança seria 30...¤f6 31.¦bb7 ¦xc7 32.dxc7 ¦c8 33.¥b3 ¤e8 34.¦b8 ¤d6 35.¦xc8 ¤xc8 36.¥e6+- etc. ] 31.¦bb7 ¦xc7 32.dxc7 ¦c8 33.¥b3 '!' 'As pretas estãocomp le tamen te imob i l i zadas , r eduz idas amovimentos de peões.' a5 34.a4 h6 35.h3 g5 36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 'As pretas abandonam. #Zugzwang! As pretas ficaram sem possibilidade demovimentar satisfatoriamente os peões. ' [ 37.hxg4Se jogassem ¢f6 o lance (Se 37...¤g6 38.¥e6+-daria a vitória as brancas, assim como qualquermovimento de torre, a saber:; 37...¦e8 respondidocom 38.c8£++- possibilitando fazer uma dama e,conseqüentemente, mate!) 38.¦b8+- ganhariauma peça. ]1-0

B92Pilnik,HermanFischer,Robert James

Mar del Plata 1959

Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer #4 Tato e tática A presença na Argentina de Pilnik,Najdorf e Eliskases, que lá resolveram permanecerapós participarem das Olimpíadas de Xadrez deBuenos Aires de 1939, provocou um renascimentoenxadrístico, atestado pelo torneio anual de Mardel Plata, o qual, ainda que pouco sedutor emprêmios, proporc iona boas fér ias e a t ra i osmelhores enxadristas do mundo. Fischer empatoucom Ivkov, apenas meio ponto atrás de Pachman eNajdorf, num poderoso grupo de quinze. Após umadespretensiosa abertura, por ambos contendores,e um jogo intermediário que, à exceção de 26...bxa3, pode ser considerado pouco mais querotineiro, Fischer conduz o jogo para um final igual.En tão , e l e e P i l n i k começa ram a i nven ta rcomplicações e o último dá um passo em falso,que Fischer aproveita para obter um peão centralpassado. Desse ponto em diante, embora Pilnikfaça tudo para evitar o inevitável, Fischer nãocomete sequer um engano. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 [ Para 6.h3 ver jogos, 35, 40 e 43; Fischer,R-Bolbochan,JStockholm izt 1962 Fischer,R-Najdorf,M Varna ol1962 Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S ch-USA 1962.; Para 6.¥c4 ver jogos 17, 55 e 58; Fischer,R-Tal,MBeograd ct 1959 Fischer,R-Bednarski,J Habana ol

1966 Fischer, R-Geller,E Skopje 1967.] 6...e5 7.¤b3 ¥e7 [Para 7...¥e6 ver jogo 42; Unzicker,W-Fischer,R Varna ol 1962.] 8.0-0 [ 8.¥g5 0-0! ( 8...¤bd7 9.a4!± ) 9.¤d2 ¤xe4! 'Unzicker,W-Fischer,R Varna ol 1962' 10.¥xe7 ¤xc3 11.¥xd8 ¤xd1 12.¥e7 ¦e8 13.¤c4 ¤xb2! 14.¤b6 ¦xe7 15.¤xa8 ¤a4 16.0-0-0 ¦d7!² Fischer,R-Ghitescu,T Leipzig ol 1960 com melhor jogo.] 8...0-0 9.¥e3 ¥e6 10.f3 [ 10.a4 £c7 11.a5 ¤bd7 12.¤d5 ¤xd5 13.exd5 ¥f5 14.c4 ¥g6 15.¢h1 ¦ac8 16.£d2 £d8 17.¦ac1 h6 18.f4 exf4 19.¥xf4 ¥g5= com igualdade, Smyslov,V-Gligoric,S Habana 1962] 10...£c7 [ 10...d5 11.exd5 ¤xd5 12.¤xd5 £xd5 13.£xd5 ¥xd5 14.¦fd1!² com ligeira vantagem no final.] 11.£e1Este sistema, outrora popular, nada proporciona àsbrancas, pois não impede o desenvolvimento daspretas, nem a expansão da sua ala da dama. ¤bd7 12.¦d1 [ 12.a4 d5!= ] 12...b5 13.¦d2 [ 13.a3 ¤b6 14.¥xb6! £xb6+= Fischer,R-Ghi tescu,T Le ipz ig o l 1960 com jogo igual .] 13...¤b6 [ 13...b4 14.¤d5 ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¥f5 16.£f2 a5³ >< c2 'com bom jogo contra o Pc2branco, atrasado.'] 14.£f2? Descuido. [ 14.¥xb6™seria indispensável.] 14...¦ab8? ~~ 'Pensei que seele não tinha tomado o N no lance anterior, não ofaria agora; por isso, procurei consolidar um poucomais a posição e conservar a opção de mover o Npara a4 ou c4. [ 14...¤c4 15.¥xc4 bxc4 16.¥b6 ( 16.¤a1 ¦ab8 17.¦b1 ¦b7µ seria forte; 16.¤c1 ¦ab8 17.¤a4 c3!³ 18.bxc3? £c6 19.¤b6 ¥d8-+X c2 ) 16...£c8 17.¤a5? deixa as brancas comproblemas. Por exemplo: ¤d7! 18.¤d5 ( 18.¥e3? ¥d8 19.¤d5 ¥xd5 20.¦xd5 ¤f6-+ ganhando nomínimo qualidade) 18...¥xd5 19.¦xd5 ( 19.exd5 ¤xb6 20.£xb6 ¥d8 21.£b4 ¦b8 22.£a3 ¥xa5 23.£xa5 ¦xb2-+ ) 19...¦b8!µ ganhando pelomenos um peão.] 15.¥xb6! Pilnik apressa-se ac o r r i g i r s u a o m i s s ã o . [ 15.¤a5? d5!µStahlberg,G] 15...¦xb6 16.¤d5 ¤xd5 17.exd5 ¥d7 18.f4 ¥f6 [ 18...f5 19.c3 ¥f6 20.fxe5 dxe5 ( 20...¥xe5 21.¤d4 ) 21.¤c5= com igualdade.] 19.c3 ¦bb8 20.fxe5 ¥xe5 [ 20...dxe5 21.d6ƒ ] 21.¤d4 g6 22.a3 [ ¹22.¥f3 b4 23.cxb4 ¦xb4 24.¤c6= com equi l íb r io .] 22...a5 23.¢h1 [ ¹23.¥f3 é novamente melhor. As brancascomeçam a baquear.] 23...b4 24.cxb4 [ 24.axb4 axb4 25.c4 b3!ƒ conservam a iniciativa.] 24...axb4 25.¦c2 [Stahlberg,G 25.¥f3 bxa3 26.bxa3 ¦a8µapresentam seus problemas.] 25...£b6 26.¤c6Essa é a posição que as brancas procuravam; oempate agora parece certo. bxa3!³ 27.£xb6 [ 27.¤xb8? £xf2 28.¦xf2 a2 29.¦f1 ( 29.¦c1 ¥xb2 ) 29...¥f5 30.¦cc1 ¦xb8-+ > ganharia.; 27.bxa3³ também seria adequado] 27...¦xb6 28.bxa3 ¦a8 29.¤xe5?³ Isso dá às pretas umforte Pe passado. [ ¹29.¦a2 ¦b2 30.¦xb2 ¥xb2


31.¥b5! '>' ¦xa3 senão a4 32.¤e7+ ¢f8 33.¤xg6+ 'com empate em perspectiva. Com' A) 33...¢e8 34.¦e1+! ( 34.¥xd7+ ¢xd7 35.¦xf7+ ¢d8-+ ganharia uma peça) 34...¢d8 35.¥xd7 fxg6= com igua ldade . ( 35...¢xd7 36.¤f8+/\ Sxh7 ); B) 33...hxg6 34.¥xd7= ^- produziria umfinal de bispos de cores opostas] 29...dxe5 30.¦c3 [ 30.¦c7 ¦d6 31.¥b5?! seria refutado por ¥xb5 32.¦fxf7 ¦c8!-+ ; 30.¦a2 ¦a5 31.¥c4 ( 31.¦d1 ¥a4-+ ) 31...¦c5-+ > e o Pd cair ia.; 30.¦a1 ¦xa3-+ ] 30...¦b2! 31.¦c7 Desesperadamentedebatendo-se por um jogo de reação. [ 31.¥c4 ¢g7 32.d6 f5 33.¥d5 ¦a6-+ /\ Rxd6; tambémganharia o Pd6.; 31.¥f3 f5 32.¦c7 ¥b5 33.¦e1 e4-+ arrasaria o jogo das brancas.] 31...¥f5 '#' 32.g4 [ 32.¥c4 ¦c2 33.d6 ¦xc4! 34.¦xc4 ¥d3 35.¦fc1 ¥xc4 36.¦xc4 ¦xa3 37.¢g1 ¢g7!-+'e as pre tas logo tomar iam o Pd, vencendofac i lmen te .] 32...¥e4+ 33.¥f3 ¥d3 34.d6 [ 34.¦e1 e4! 35.¥g2 ( 35.¥xe4 ¦e8-+ ) 35...¦d8 36.¦c5 ¢g7! 37.¢g1 ( 37.g5 h6 38.h4 hxg5 39.hxg5 ¦h8+ 40.¢g1 ¦h5!-+ ganharia ) 37...f5 38.gxf5 gxf5 'e os dois peões do centro passadoscentrais deveriam vencer se' 39.d6 ¢f6!-+ ] 34...¦d8 35.¦e1 ¦xd6 [Najdorf,M 35...e4! 36.¥xe4 ¦b1! 37.¦xb1 ¥xe4+ 38.¢g1 ¥xb1-+vencendo. ] 36.¦xe5 Caindo na armadilha. [ 36.¦e7 ¦f6 37.¥d5 e4 38.¥xe4 ¥xe4+ 39.¦7xe4 ¦ff2-+ ganharia. ] 36...¦f6! 37.¦e3™Forçado. [ 37.¥g2 ¦b1+-+ ] 37...¦xf3! 38.¦xf3 ¥e4 39.¦cxf7 ¦f2 40.¦f8+ ¢g7 As brancasabandonaram. [ 40...¢g7 A) 41.¦8f4 ¥d5-+ ( 41...¥xf3+ 42.¢g1 ¦g2+ 43.¢f1 ¥c6 44.¦c4 ¥b5!-+ também ganharia); B) 41.¦8f7+ ¢h6-+venceria. ]0-1

B11Fischer,Robert JamesPetrosian,Tigran V

YUG ct Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade 1959

1.e4 . . Fischer, Ragozin c6 2.¤c3 d5 3.¤f3 ¥g4 [ 3...dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¥f5? 5.¤g3 ¥g6 ( 5...¥g4 6.h3 ) 6.h4 h6 7.¤e5 ¥h7 8.£h5 g6 9.¥c4! e6 10.£e2± 'ameaçando Nxf7 e as pretas ficam comum jogo terrível.'; 3...¤f6 4.e5 ¤e4 5.¤e2! £b6 6.d4 c5 7.dxc5 £xc5 8.¤ed4 ¤c6 9.¥b5 a6 10.¥xc6+ bxc6 11.0-0 £b6 12.e6! fxe6 13.¥f4±Fischer,R-Olafsson,F/Belgrade ct/1959/ 1-0/ 'ébom para as brancas, Fischer,R-Olafsson,F/Belgrade ct/1959/1-0/' 'Fischer,R-Olafsson,F/Belgrade ct/1959/1-0/'] 4.h3 ¥xf3 [ 4...¥h5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.¥b5+ ¤c6 7.g4 ¥g6 8.¤e5 ¦c8 9.d4 e6 10.h4 ( ¹10.£e2! ; certo seria 10.£e2!para impedir ... Pf6; 10.£e2! ) 10...f6 11.¤xg6

hxg6 12.£d3 ¢f7 13.h5 gxh5 14.gxh5 ¤ge7=Fischer,R-Smyslov,V/Bled ct/ 1959/ '=' ' igual,Fischer,R-Smyslov,V/Bled ct/1959/' '=' 'Fischer,R-Smyslov,V/ Bled ct/1959/'] 5.£xf3 ¤f6 '#' [ 5...e6 6.d4 dxe4 7.¤xe4 £xd4 8.¥d3N 'dá as brancasuma boa l inha de ataque em troca do peão'; 5...dxe4 6.¤xe4 ¤d7 7.¤g5!? ( ¹7.d4 ;melhor seria simplesmente 7.d4 ; 7.d4 ) 7...¤gf6 8.£b3 e6 9.£xb7 ¤d5!µ Fischer,R-Cardoso,RPortoroz iz t 1958 'As pretas f icam com boasituação, Fischer,R-Cardoso,R Portoroz izt 1958''Fischer,R-Cardoso,R Portoroz izt 1958'] 6.d3 [ 6.d4 dxe4 7.¤xe4!? ( 7.£e3 ¤bd7 8.¤xe4 ¤xe4 9.£xe4 ¤f6 10.£d3 £d5!= Fischer,R-Keres,P Bled 1961 '=!' 'é igual, Fischer,R-Keres,PBled 1961' '=!' 'Fischer,R-Keres,P Bled 1961') 7...£xd4 8.¥d3 ¤bd7µ 'ameaçando ... Ne5'; 6.e5 ¤fd7 7.e6? ( 7.£g3 e6 8.¥e2 Spassky,B-Reshko/Leningrad/1961/) 7...fxe6 8.d4 e5!µ ; 6.g3 dxe4 7.¤xe4 ¤xe4 8.£xe4 £d5! 9.£xd5 cxd5 10.¥g2 e6= Suetin,A '=' 'daria as pretas um finalequilibrado, Suetin,A' '=' 'Suetin,A' 11.c4 ¤c6 12.cxd5 ¤b4! ] 6...e6 7.g3 [ 7.¥d2 ; 7.a3 ¥c5 8.¥e2 0-0 9.0-0 ¤bd7= Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Zuerich/1959/ '=' 'com bom jogo para as pretas,Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Zuerich/1959/' '=' 'Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Zuerich/1959/'; Uma tentativa recente é 7.¥d2 seguido de 0-0-0.; 7.¥d2 ] 7...¥b4 8.¥d2 [ 8.¥g2? d4 9.a3 £a5-+ ] 8...d4 [ 8...£b6 9.0-0-0 d4 10.¤e2± ] 9.¤b1 ¥xd2+ [ 9...£b6 10.b3 ¤bd7 11.¥g2 a5 12.a3 ¥xd2+ ( 12...¥e7?!Fischer,R-Keres,P Bled ct 1959 0-1; o retraimento 12...¥e7?! parece ilógico, embora eu tenha sidoderrotado por Keres, com ele, Fischer, R-Keres,PBled ct 1959 0-1; 12...¥e7?! Fischer,R-Keres,PBled 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/1959/1-0. Petrosian, aparentemente, não queriaenvolver-se com esta linha, a despeito de seuconterrâneo Tal acusar-me de "mau julgamento"por promover as brancas nesse ponto.' 'Fischer,R-Benko,P/Belgrade ct/1959/1-0'] 10.¤xd2 e5 11.¥g2 c5 12.0-0 ¤c6 13.£e2 '#' £e7 [ 13...g5 A) 14.f4 gxf4 15.gxf4 £e7 16.¤c4 ¤d7 17.£g4+/-; Smagin,V '"com vantagem", mas depois de' '+/-; Smagin,V' 0-0-0 18.fxe5 ¢b8³ >< e5 'as pretasconsseguem plantar um cavalo em e5 de onde nãopode ser desalojado' '>< e5'; B) 14.c3! £e7 15.¤f3 h6 16.cxd4! exd4 ( 16...¤xd4 17.¤xd4 cxd4 18.¦ac1 ; 16...cxd4 17.h4 ¦g8 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.¦fc1 0-0-0 20.b4! ¢b8 21.b5 ¤a5 22.£d2± 'ganhando um peão') 17.e5! 0-0-0 18.¦fe1² 'Agora, a diagonal do bispo está liberadae as pretas não podem bloquear sua casa e5, talcomo em nossa primeira partida.'; C) 14.¤f3? h6 15.h4 ¦g8 16.a3 £e7 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.£d2


¤d7 19.c3 0-0-0 20.cxd4 exd4µ Fischer,R-Petrosian,T Bled ct 1959 0-1; 13...0-0 14.f4 ¢h8 15.f5 ¤g8 16.g4ƒ f6 'as brancas ficam com umasituação difícil de ultrapassar, conservando, porém,a inic iat iva. O desenrolar do jogo indica quePetrosian pretende efetuar o grande roque semtentar impedir Pf4.'] 14.f4 0-0-0 15.a3 ¤e8 [ 15...¤d7 16.b4 f6 e se 17.¤c4 b5 ] 16.b4 cxb4'#' [ 16...f6 17.b5 ( 17.bxc5 £xc5 18.fxe5 ¤xe5 ) 17...¤a5 18.¤b3 ¤xb3 19.cxb3 ¢b8 20.a4='=' '=' ] 17.¤c4? 'As pretas agora podem consolidarsua posição. ' [ 17.fxe5! A) 17...bxa3 18.¤c4 ¦f8 19.¦xa3± se b5 20.£g4+! ; B) 17...¤xe5 18.axb4 ¢b8 19.¤f3 f6 20.£f2! ¤xf3+ ( 20...£xb4 21.¤xe5 fxe5 22.£f7 'penetra' ) 21.£xf3 ¤d6 ( 21...£xb4 22.e5! ) 22.¦a5 a6 23.£f4 ¦he8 24.¦d5± ; C) 17...¢b8 18.axb4 ¤xb4 ( 18...¤xe5 19.¤f3 ) 19.¤c4 ¤c6 ( 19...¤c7 20.¤d6! ¦hf8 21.¦fb1 ¤ca6 22.£d2 £xe5 23.¤xb7! ¢xb7 24.¦xa6!+- 'vence' ) 20.£f3 ¦f8 21.e6! £xe6 22.e5!+- /\ Rfb1 -> 'seguido de Rfb1 e as brancastêm um ataque para vencer' '/\ Rfb1 ->'; D) 17...£xe5 18.¦xf7 £xg3 19.e5! £e3+ 20.£xe3 dxe3 21.¤c4± ] 17...f6! [ 17...bxa3 18.fxe5 ] 18.fxe5 fxe5 19.axb4 ¤c7 'As pretas queremassegurar um bloqueio na ala da Q. O Pb4 nãopode escapar.' [ 19...£xb4!? Ragozin ; 19...£xb4!?Ragozin ] 20.¤a5 ¤b5!µ [ 20...¤xb4 Ragozin 21.¦fb1 ¤ca6 22.£d2 b6 23.¤c4‚ ] 21.¤xc6 bxc6 22.¦f2 g6 [ 22...£xb4 23.£g4+ ¦d7 24.¦f7 ¦hd8 25.£xg7 'recupera o peão.'; ¹22...¦hf8Ragozin ; ¹22...¦hf8 Ragozin ; 22...¦hf8 Ragozin ] 23.h4 ¢b7 [ 23...¦hf8! ; Seria normalmente deesperar que Petrosian procurasse simplificar paragarantir um final vitorioso 23...¦hf8! seria forte.; 23...¦hf8! ] 24.h5 £xb4 'Realmente arriscado.Estava muito surpreso por ele permitir-me tantoscontragolpes. ' [ 24...¦hf8! ; 24...gxh5 25.£xh5 ¦hf8 26.¦f5! ; 24...¦hf8! é ainda certo.; 24...¦hf8! ] 25.¦f7+ ¢b6 [ 25...¢b8 26.£f2 ¦hf8 27.c4! ¤c7 ( 27...dxc3? 28.¦axa7 ¦xf7 29.£b6++- ) 28.£f6±'com boa partida.'] 26.£f2! a5 [ 26...¦hf8 27.c4! ¤c3 28.¦axa7+- 'ganha.' ; 26...£c5 Ragozin 27.c4 dxc3? 28.¦a6+! ; 26...£c3 Ragozin 27.¦a4 ] 27.c4 ¤c3 '?' '#Ainda subestimando o perigo. ' [ ¹27...¤d6 ; M a i s s e g u r o s e r i a 27...¤d6 ; 27...¤d6 ] 28.¦f1? [ 28.£f6! A) 28...¦hf8 29.¦f1! ¦xf7 30.£xd8+! ¦c7 31.¦f7+- 'vence' ; B) 28...£c5 29.£g7! ¢a6 ( 29...a4 30.¦a7! ; 29...¦a8 30.¦b7+ ¢a6 31.£c7 ¦hc8 32.¦b5!+- 'ganha' ; 29...¦dg8 30.¦b7+ ¢a6 31.£c7 ¦c8 32.¦xa5+!+- ) 30.¦a7+! £xa7 31.¦xa5+ ¢xa5 32.£xa7+ ¢b4 33.£b6+ ¢a3 34.c5ƒ'e o Pc branco torna-se perigoso'; C) 28...£d6Ragozin 29.£g7 ¦dg8? 30.¦b7+ ¢c5 31.¦xa5++- ; D) 28...¦df8 29.£xe5 ¦xf7 30.£xh8 £c5 31.e5± 'torna a situaçã o das pretas difícil por

causa de seu rei descoberto e do Pe passado dasbrancas.' ] 28...a4 'Ainda jogando com negligented e s c a s o ! ' [ ¹28...£d6 ; Mais seguro seria 28...£d6 ; 28...£d6 ] 29.£f6 £c5 [ ¹29...£d6!Ragozin 30.£g7 ¦dg8! 31.¦b7+ ¢c5 32.£f7 ¦f8 33.£g7 ¦hg8 34.£xh7 ¦h8 35.£xg6 £xg6 36.hxg6 ¤e2# ] 30.¦xh7! 'Decidi então começar ajogar para ganhar. ' [ 30.£g7 ¦dg8! 31.¦b7+ ¢a6 32.£c7 ¦c8 33.£g7 ¦cg8= '=!' 'empata comxeque perpétuo sobre a dama.' '='] 30...¦df8!'Forçando o que parece ser um final favorável.' 31.£xg6 ¦xf1+ [ 31...¦xh7! Ragozin 32.£xh7 a3! ( 32...¦xf1+ game ; 32...¦xf1+ game ; 32...¦xf1+game ) 33.£g7 ¤e2+ 34.¢h2 ¦xf1 35.¥xf1 a2 36.£g8 a1£ 37.£b8+= '=' '=' ] 32.¥xf1 ¦xh7 33.£xh7 a3 'Petrosian estava contando com avelocidade de seu peão.' 34.h6 a2 35.£g8 a1£ 36.h7 '#' £d6? [ ¹36...¤e2+! 37.¢f2 ¤xg3!'com o que as brancas só teriam o recurso doxeque perpétuo com' 38.£b8+= '=' '=' ] 37.h8£ £a7 38.g4 ¢c5! 'Uma boa tentativa final.Curiosamente, o rei estaria mais seguro no campobranco onde tem a proteção do agrupamento depeões' 39.£f8? [ ¹39.£h2! £f6 ( 39...£a1 40.£g7 ; 39...£a2? 40.£xa2 ¤xa2 41.£a8!+-'ganha uma peça'; 39...£ae7 40.£a8‚ ) 40.g5 ] 39...£ae7! 'Forçado, defendendo-se da ameaçade Qxe5+.' [ 39...£xf8 40.£xf8+ ¢b6 41.£b4+ ¢a6 ( 41...¢c7 42.£e7+ ) 42.£a3+ ¢b7 43.£xa7+ ¢xa7 44.g5+- 'e faz dama.'] 40.£a8' P e n s e i q u e f o s s e o f i m , a s d u a s d a m a saprox imando-se para o go lpe mor ta l . ' ¢b4! 41.£h2 ¢b3! 'Escorregadio como enguia!# Asbrancas fazem um lance secre to ; tudo f i cafantasticamente complicado!' 42.£a1 'Após o jogoum espectador perguntou a Petrosian se ele sabiaque 42.c5 daria a vitória às brancas. Petrosian,(não sabendo qual o meu lance secreto) tendoanalisado a situação durante horas, respondeu:"não sei".' [ 42.c5 £xc5 ( 42...£g6 43.¥e2! £gg5 44.¥d1+! ) 43.£g8+ ¢a3 44.£c2 £b4 45.£a8+ £a4 ( 45...¤a4? 46.£c1+ ¢a2 47.£g8+ £b3 48.£c2+!-+ 'ganha' ) 46.£cxa4+ ¤xa4 47.£xc6±Ragozin '"com boas possibilidades de vitória", masdespois de' 'Ragozin' ¤c3!= Fischer '=!' 'é possívelas pretas empatarem.' '=!' 'Fischer'] 42...£a3'Único lance capaz de evi tar o mate em b2. ' 43.£xa3+ ¢xa3 44.£h6 /\g4-g5-g6-g7-g8Q'Agora as brancas devem tentar vencer com Pg4' '/\g4-g5-g6-g7 -g8Q' £f7! 45.¢g2 [ 45.£xc6 ¤d1! ] 45...¢b3 /\Nd1 [ 45...¤d1 46.£c1+ ¤b2+-'ficando o cavalo fora de jogo. A seqüência renovaa ameaça de ... Nd1.'] 46.£d2 £h7! 47.¢g3"An gross oversight, but probably best anyway."Fischer 'Tremendo equívoco, mas provavelmente omelhor a fazer. As brancas não podem maisvencer.' '"An gross oversight, but probably best


anyway." Fischer' [ 47.g5 £h4© ] 47...£xe4! '#' 48.£f2? 'Eu estava algo abalado por ter deixadode ver o últ imo lance de Petrosian!' [ 48.dxe4? ¤xe4+ 49.¢h4 ¤xd2 50.g5 ¤xf1 51.g6 d3-+'ganharia'; 48.£d1+? ¤xd1 49.dxe4 ¤e3 50.¥e2 ¤xc4 51.g5 ¤d6 52.g6 ¤e8-+ 'e as pretasganhariam novamente.'; 48.£xc3+? dxc3 49.dxe4 c2-+ 'ganhar ia '; ¹48.g5!÷ ; A resposta certa,portanto, seria 48.g5!÷ e com árdua luta.; 48.g5!÷ ] 48...£h1!µ Petrosian accepte d the offered draw."After having fought so hard for the draw, however,Petrosian was obviously unprepared to readjust hisframe of mind and start playsing for a win." Fischer'O fe rec i o empate receoso de que e le nãoaceitasse, porque certamente as pretas têm avantagem.' 'Petrosian accepted the offered draw."After having fought so hard for thedraw, however,Petrosian was obviously unprepared to readjust hisframe ofmind and start playsing for a win." Fis' [ 48...£h1! 49.g5 ( 49.¥g2 £h6µ ) 49...e4!µ'Depois de lutar tão duramente pelo empate,obviamente Petrosian não estava preparadomentalmente para reiniciar a luta em busca davitória e portanto... Empate' ]½-½

B99Walther,EdgarFischer,Robert James

Zuerich 1959

Partidas Decisivas - Un siglo de ajedrez magistral,Ludèk Pachman Victory in the Balance Minhas 60Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer # 9 Do pratoà boca... Aqui, jogando contra um mestre menoreuropeu, Fischer aparenta estar batido depois dedezessete lances, admitindo que estava pronto aabandonar no lance 36. Não obstante, consegueum empate miraculoso, com dois peões a menos.De vez em quando, Walther se confunde e permitea Fischer prolongar a luta e encontrar uma saídano lance 54. O que torna memorável esta partida éo exemplo que ela dá de como um grande-mestrese redime, depois de começar a partida como umprincipiante e de como um adversário mais fraco,depois de magistralmente construir uma situaçãovitoriosa, quase sempre perde por falta de técnicapara desfer i r o go lpe f ina l . Conforme d isseCapablanca, "o bom jogador sempre tem sorte". 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 ¥e7 [ 7...£b6 8.£d2 £xb2 9.¦b1 £a3÷ [Fischer=:F] que tentei comsucesso posteriormente em minha carreira.] 8.£f3 ¤bd7 [Mais exato seria ¹8...£c7 para impedir 9.Bc4. ] 9.0-0-0 Der Partiezug gibt SchwarzG e l e g e n h e i t s e i n e u n g e n a u e

Zugreihenfolgeauszugleich en. [ 9.¥c4 A) 9...£c7? 10.¥xe6! fxe6 11.¤xe6 £b6 12.¤xg7+ ¢f7 ( 12...¢f8 13.¤f5 mit vernichtendem Angriff) 13.¤f5+- -> com um ataque esmagador; B) 9...0-0 10.0-0-0÷ [F] O texto dá oportunidade àspretas de corrigir seus erros iniciais.] 9...£c7 10.¥d3 [Para 10.¥e2 ver partida 14. Keres,P-Fischer,R/Bled ct/1959;Para 10.g4 ver partidas 12e 15. Gligoric,S-Fischer,R/Beograd ct/1959 /Smyslov,V-Fischer,R/Beograd ct/1959] 10...b5 11.¥xf6 Sem objet ivo. [Me lhor ser ia ¹11.a3 ] 11...¤xf6 [ 11...¥xf6? 12.¥xb5! axb5 13.¤dxb5+- [Euwe=E] [F/E] ganham; [E] 11...gxf6 12.£h5 ] 12.¦he1 [[F] ¹12.a3 é necessário.; 12.e5 ¥b7 13.£g3 dxe5 14.fxe5 ¤d7 15.¦he1 0-0-0!µ Paoli,E-Tolusch,A/Balatonfuered/1958] 12...¥b7 Wie ich später (Smyslov-Fischer, 1959)lernte, sollte Schwarz zu b4!, gefolgt von Lb7 undd6-d5, greifen, sobald er dazu Gelegenheit hat. [ ¹12...b4! /\ Bb7, d6-d5 [F]; Como eu aprendi (verpartida 15), as pretas devem aproveitar-se de 12...b4! seguido de 13.-- ¥b7 e ... d6-d5 assimque surgir oportunidade.; 12...b4! /\ Bb7, d6-d5 F] 13.¢b1 [A r r i s c a n d o r e p e t i r - m e , ¹13.a3é o b r i g a t ó r i o .] 13...¦c8? Este lance édesvantajoso para as pretas pois as fazem perdera opção do grande roque. [ ¹13...b4 14.¤ce2 ( 14.¤a4 ¤d7= /\ 15.f5 e5 E) 14...g6! 15.g4 e5 16.¤b3 d5 17.¤d2 0-0ƒ [F] com a iniciativa.] 14.g4 [ ¹14.a3 ainda seria correto. Ambossofremos com a idéia fixa de que ... b4 não eraexeqüível.] 14...¤d7 [ ¹14...b4 15.¤a4 d5 E ( 15...¤d7 )] 15.g5 ¤b6? [ 15...b4! 16.¤ce2 ( 16.¤d5! exd5 17.exd5 g6 E ) 16...¤c5÷[F] ainda mantém a luta.] 16.f5! e5 [ 16...b4? 17.fxe6!+- F ; 16...¥xg5? 17.¥xb5+! ¢e7 ( 17...axb5 18.¤dxb5 £c6 19.¤xd6+ ) 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.¤xe6! [F] Mas eu ainda achava que aspretas estavam bem; entretanto, o lance seguintede Walther rapidamente desfez essa impressão. ¢xe6 20.£f5+ ¢e7 21.£xg5+ +- ; 16...exf5 17.¤d5 ¤xd5 18.exd5 0-0 19.¤xf5 ¥xg5 20.¦g1+- E ] 17.f6! gxf6 [ 17...exd4 18.¤d5!+-F/E ] 18.gxf6 ¥f8 19.¤d5!+- [F] As pretas estãoem má situação. ¤xd5 [ 19...£c5? 20.¤b3 £c6 21.¤a5+- E ; 19...£d8 20.¤e6! fxe6 21.£h5+ ¢d7 22.£f7+ ¢c6 23.¤b4+ ¢c5 24.£xb7 ¢xb4 25.a3+ ¢c5 26.b4+ ¢d4 27.¥f1+ ¢c3 28.¦e3#[E] ; 19...¥xd5 20.exd5 >< c6 E ] 20.exd5 ¢d8 '#' 21.¤c6+!‚ Investimento sensato. A tomada dopeão é insignificante, comparada com a aberturadas l inhas cen t ra is con t ra o re i p re to . ¥xc6 22.dxc6 £xc6 23.¥e4 £b6 [ 23...£c7 24.¥f5/\ 25.Re5 E] 24.£h5 /\ 25.Qe5, 25.Qf7 E [ 24.¥f5 ¦c5? 25.£a8++- E ] 24...¢c7 25.¥f5! F [ ¹25.£xf7+ ¢b8 26.£d5+- E ] 25...¦d8 26.£xf7+ ¢b8 27.£e6 /\ 28.Re5 E £c7 28.¦e3!


¥h6 [ ¹28...h5 E ] 29.¦c3 £b7 [ 29...¦he8 30.£d5 £b7 31.¦c6‚ E ] 30.f7 Muito eficiente. [ 30.¦xd6?? £h1+ F/E ] 30...¥g7 [ ¹30...¥f8 E ] 31.¦cd3 [ 31.¦g3 ¥f8 32.¦g8 ¥e7 33.¦xh8 ¦xh8 34.¥e4 £a7 35.a4! /\ 36.Rd6 ¦d8 36.axb5 axb5 37.£d5+- E ] 31...¥f8 32.£xe5!+- Deveria serdecisivo. "Qualquer semelhança com xadrez émera coincidência". (Fischer) dxe5 33.¦xd8+ ¢a7 34.¦1d7 h5 35.¦xb7+ ¢xb7 36.c3 ¢c7Normalmente o jogo terminaria aqui, mas eu queriaver o que ele faria a seguir. 37.¦a8?! [F] Caminhoerrado. [Com 37.¦e8!+- as pretas abandonariam,[Fischer] h4 38.h3 ¢d6 39.¢c2 ¦h5 40.¥g4 ¦h8 41.¢d3 ¢d5 42.¥f3+ ¢d6 43.¢e4+- E ] 37...¢d6! [ 37...¥g7?? 38.¦xh8 ¥xh8 39.f8£+- ; 37...¢b7? 38.¦e8! ] 38.¦xa6+ [ Eu ainda estavap 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!+-As pretas não tinham como se mover; as brancassimplesmente de deslocar seu rei para e4, o quecriaria uma situação de zugzwang.] 38...¢e7 39.¦e6+ [ 39.¦a7+ ¢f6 40.¥d3+- F ] 39...¢xf7 40.¦xe5 b4 adjourned A partida foi suspensa.Estranhamente comecei a sentir que a situaçãot inha boas perspect ivas de ser contornada. 41.cxb4 ¥xb4 42.h3 ¢f6 43.¦b5 ¥d6 44.¥e4 [ 44.a4 ¦b8! 45.¦d5 ¥e5„ F ; ¹44.¥d3 E ] 44...¦e8 Minha primeira ameaça em toda a partida 45.¦f5+ ¢g7 46.¥f3 ¦e1+ 47.¢c2 ¦f1! 48.¦d5 [ [F ] A ameaça ser ia 48.-- ¦f2+ 49.¢b1 ( 49.¢b3? ¢g6-+ ganharia uma peça) 49...¦f1+com empate.] 48...¦f2+ 49.¦d2 [ 49.¢b1 ¥a3! 50.bxa3 ¦xf3 51.¦xh5 ¦xa3+- [F] seria tambémsem esperança para as pretas.] 49...¦xd2+ [ 49...¦xf3 50.¦xd6 ¦xh3 51.a4+- etc. [F] ] 50.¢xd2 h4 51.¢d3 ¢f6 52.¢c4 ¢e7 53.¢b5 ¢d7 54.a4?= A tese em que se apoia a defesad a s p r e t a s n e s t a s i t u a ç ã o é a s e g u i n t e :conseguindo as pretas trocar o B pelos peões, asbrancas ficam com o "bispo errado" para o peão h,coroar na casa preta h8. [ 54.b4! ¢c7 55.¢a5 ¢b8 56.b5 ¥a3 ( 56...¢a7 57.b6+ ) 57.b6 ( 57.¢a4? ¥c5 58.¢a5 ¢a7= ) 57...¢c8 58.¢a6 ¢b8 59.¥g2! e as pretas ficariam em zugzwang. ¢c8 ( 59...¥c5 60.a4 ) 60.¢a7 ¥c5 ( 60...¥d6 61.a4 ) 61.a4+- Fontana etc.] 54...¢c7 55.b4 ¢b8 56.a5 ¢a7 57.¢c4 ¥g3 58.¢b3Hier gibt Wade, O'Connell "The Games of Robert J.Fischer" eine falsche Zug- folge (und Zügeanzahl!)an (siehe Variante 58.Kb3). [ Accoring to Fischer isthis the played move: 58.b5 ¥f2 59.¥e2 ( 59.b6+é neutralizado por ¥xb6! ) 59...¥e3 60.¢b3 ¥d2 ( 60...¥f2 também empataria; 60...¥f2 remisiertauch ) 61.b6+ ¢b7 62.¢a4 ¢c6 63.¥b5+ ¢c5Empate. Os peões brancos estão bloqueados. ( Com 63...¢c5 64.b7 ¥f4 65.a6 ¢b6= )] 58...¥e1 59.¢a4 ¥d2 60.¥h5 ¥e1 61.b5 ¥f2! 62.¥e2 [ 62.b6+ ¥xb6 63.axb6+ ¢xb6= ] 62...¥e3

63.¢b3 ¥d2 64.b6+ ¢b7 65.¢a4 ¢c6! 66.¥b5+ ¢c5 67.¥e8 [ 67.b7 ¥f4 68.a6 ¢b6= ] 67...¥e1½-½

C87Fischer,Robert JamesGligoric,Svetozar

Candidates Tournament 07.10.1959

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 d6 5.c3 ¤f6 6.0-0 ¥e7 7.d4 ¥d7 8.¤bd2 0-0 9.¦e1 ¦e8 10.a3 ¥f8 11.b4 d5 12.¥b3 ¥g4 13.h3 ¥h5 [ 13...¥xf3 14.¤xf3 ¤xe4 15.¦xe4 dxe4 16.¤g5 ] 14.dxe5 ¤xe5 15.g4 ¤xf3+ [ 15...¥g6 16.¤xe5 ¦xe5 17.f4 ] 16.¤xf3 dxe4 [ 16...¥g6 17.e5 ] 17.gxh5 exf3 18.¦xe8 £xe8 [ 18...£xd1+ 19.¥xd1 ¦xe8 ] 19.£xf3 £e1+ 20.¢g2 ¦e8 [ 20...h6 ] 21.h6 c6 22.¥c2 £e2 23.£xe2 ¦xe2 24.¥d1 ¦e8 25.¥e3 ¤d5 26.¥d2 gxh6 27.c4 ¥g7 28.¦c1 ¤c7 29.¥e3 ¤e6 30.c5 ¤d4 31.¥g4 f5 32.¥h5 ¦e4 33.¦d1 ¢f8 34.¦d3 ¢e7 35.¥d1 ¤e6 36.¢f3 [ 36.¢f3 ¤d4+ 37.¢g3 ¤e6 38.¢f3 ¤d4+ 39.¢g2 ¤e6 40.¢f3= ]½-½

B99Gligoric,SvetozarFischer,Robert James

Candidates Tournament 22.10.1959

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 ¥e7 8.£f3 £c7 9.0-0-0 ¤bd7 10.g4 b5 11.¥xf6 [ 11.¥g2 ¥b7 12.¦he1 b4 13.¤d5!? exd5 14.exd5 ¢f8 15.¤f5 ¦e8 Bernstein,S-Fischer,R ch-USA 1957 0-1] 11...gxf6!? ''!?' Bulletin. ' [ 11...¤xf6 Walther,E-Fischer,R Zürich 1959 12.g5 ¤d7 13.a3 ¥b7 ( 13...¤c5 14.h4 ¥d7 15.f5³ ) 14.¥h3 ( 14.¦g1 g6 15.¥h3 ¤c5 16.£e3 £b6µ ; 14.h4 0-0-0 15.¥h3 ¢b8-+ ) 14...0-0-0 15.f5 ( 15.¥xe6 fxe6 16.¤xe6 £c4 17.¤d5 ¥xd5 18.exd5 ¢b7 19.b3 £c8 20.¦d3÷ ) 15...¥xg5+ 16.¢b1 e5 17.¤dxb5 axb5 18.¤xb5 £c5 19.¤xd6+ ¢b8 20.¤xf7Gligoric-Fischer/Bled 1959 (20) ( 20.£b3 £b6 21.£xb6 ¤xb6 22.¤xf7³ ); 11...¥xf6 12.¥xb5! ] 12.f5 [ 12.¥g2 ¥b7 13.¦he1 0-0-0 'N' 14.a3 ¤b6= Gligoric,S-Fischer,R Zürich 1959; 12.a3 ¥b7 ( 12...¦b8÷ ) 13.f5 e5 14.¤de2 ¤b6 'N' 15.¤d5 ( 15.h4 b4 ) 15...¥xd5 16.exd5 ¦c8 17.¤c3 ¤c4 18.¥xc4 bxc4 19.¢b1 ¦b8 20.¢a2± Mednis,E-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1959/; 12.¥d3 ¥b7 13.¢b1 ¤c5 14.f5 b4 15.¤ce2 d5 16.fxe6 dxe4 17.exf7+ ¢f8 18.¥xe4 ¥xe4 19.£xe4 ¤xe4 20.¤e6+ ¢xf7 21.¤xc7 ¦a7=


Padevsky,N-Evans,L Habana ol 1966; 12.h4 b4 13.¤ce2 ¥b7 14.¤g3 d5N ] 12...¤e5 [ 12...b4 13.fxe6 bxc3 ( 13...¤e5 14.¤d5! ) 14.exd7+ ¥xd7 15.e5± Smagin,V ] 13.£h3 0-0! ''!' Bulletin. ' [ 13...¥d7 14.g5! ''!' Bulletin. ' fxg5 ( 14...exf5 15.¤d5 ; 14...b4 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.gxf6 bxc3 17.fxe7÷ ) 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.¤xe6+- ; 13...b4 14.¤ce2 exf5 15.¤xf5 ¥xf5 16.gxf5³ ] 14.¤ce2 [ 14.£h6 ¢h8 15.g5 !, +- Smagin,V ¦g8! 16.g6 ( 16.gxf6 ¤g4µ ) 16...fxg6 17.¤xe6 ( 17.fxe6 ¥b7 ) 17...¥xe6 18.fxe6 ¦ac8 19.£d2 ( 19.a3 d5! 20.exd5 ¥xa3 ) 19...¤c4 20.¥xc4 ( 20.£d4 £a5 ) 20...£xc4 21.£d5 ¦ge8µ /\ Bf8; b5-b4; 14.g5!? b4? ( 14...fxg5! 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.¤xe6 £d7 17.¤d5 £xe6 18.£xe6+ ¥xe6 19.¤xe7+ ¢f7 20.¤f5= Kholmov,R ) 15.gxf6 ¥xf6 16.¦g1+ ¢h8 17.£h6 £e7 18.¤c6!! ¤xc6 19.e5!! Kholmov,R-Bronste in,D ch-URS 1964 1-0] 14...¢h8 [ 14...£b7 ; 14...¥d7 15.¤f4 £c8 16.£h6 ¢h8 17.¤h5 ¦g8 18.¤xf6 ¦g7 19.¥e2 £d8 20.g5± ] 15.¤f4 ¦g8 16.¦g1 [ 16.¥e2 Gligor ic,S £b7 17.fxe6 fxe6 ; 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.¤dxe6 ¥xe6 ( 17...£a5 ; 17...£b7 ) 18.¤xe6 £c8= ] 16...d5!''!' Bulletin. ' [ 16...£b7 '!' 17.¦e1 £b6! ] 17.fxe6 [ 17.exd5? exf5! ] 17...dxe4 18.¤d5 £c5 19.¤xe7 [ 19.exf7 ¤xf7 20.¤xe7 £xe7= ; 19.¤f5!' ' ! ' Bul le t in . ' A) 19...£xg1 20.¤fxe7 ¥xe6 ( 20...£xg4 21.£xg4 ¦xg4 22.¤c7 ¦b8 23.¦d8+ ¢g7 24.¤f5+ ¢g6 25.e7+- ) 21.¤xg8 ( 21.¤xf6 ¦g7 ) 21...¥xg4 22.£h6 ¥xd1 23.¤gxf6 £g6 24.£xg6 hxg6 25.¢xd1 +/- / +- '+/- / +-. Gligoric-Fischer/Bled 1959 (25)'; B) 19...¥d8 20.£h6! ( 20.¦g3 fxe6 ; 20.e7 ¥xf5 21.exd8£ ¦axd8 ) 20...¦g6 21.¤f4! ¤d3+ 22.¦xd3+- ] 19...£xe7 20.¤f5 [ 20.£e3 ¥b7 21.exf7 £xf7 ] 20...£xe6 21.£h6 [ 21.¦d6? £xa2 22.£h6 £a1+ ( 22...¥xf5 23.£xf6+ ¦g7 24.¦d8+= ) 23.¢d2 ¤f3+ 24.¢e3 ( 24.¢e2?? £e1# ; 24.¢c3? £a5+ 25.¢b3 £a4+ 26.¢c3 b4+ 27.¢c4 ¥e6+-+ ) 24...£xb2!-+ ] 21...¥d7! [ 21...¤xg4? 22.¦xg4 ¦xg4 23.¦d8+ ¦g8 24.£g7# ] 22.¦d6 [ 22.¢b1 ¤xg4 ] 22...¤xg4! 23.¦xg4™ [ 23.¦xe6? ¤xh6-+ ] 23...£xf5 24.¦xg8+? [ ¹24.¦f4 £g5 25.£xf6+ £xf6 26.¦dxf6 e3! 27.¦xf7 ¦g1! 28.¦xd7 e2 29.¦d1! exd1£+ 30.¢xd1 ¢g7 31.¢e1 ¦f8 32.¦xf8 ¢xf8 33.¢f2= ] 24...¦xg8? [ 24...¢xg8! 25.¦xf6 £e5-+ 26.¦xa6? ¦xa6 27.£xa6 £f4+-+ ] 25.¦xf6 £d5 '>=' 26.¦d6 '=' £f5 [ 26...£b7? 27.£f6+ ¦g7 28.£d8+ ¦g8 29.£xd7+- ] 27.¦f6 £g5+ [ ¹27...£d5 28.¦d6= ] 28.£xg5 ¦xg5 29.¦xf7 ¥g4 30.¢d2 ¥f3 31.¢e3 ¦g1 32.¥h3 '!' [ 32.¢f2? ¦h1 ] 32...¦e1+ 33.¢f4 ¥d1 34.¢e5! [ 34.¦e7 ¥xc2 35.¥f5= ] 34...e3 35.¥f5 ¦g1 '>=' 36.¦xh7+ ¢g8 37.¦c7 ¥g4? [ ¹37...e2 38.¢f6 ¢h8 '=' 39.¦h7+ ¢g8 40.¦c7 ¢h8= ] 38.¥xg4 ¦xg4 39.¦c3 e2 40.¦e3 ¦g2 [ 40...¦g7? 41.¢d4 ] 41.¢d4 e1£!

[ 41...¦xh2? 42.¢d3+- ] 42.¦xe1 ¦xc2 43.¦b1 ¢f7! [ 43...¦xh2? 44.¢c5+- ] 44.a3 ¢e6 45.b3 [ 45.h4 ¢d6= ] 45...¦xh2 46.¢c5 ¢d7 47.¢b6 ¦a2 48.¢xa6 ¦xa3+ 49.¢b7 [ 49.¢xb5 ¢c7= ] 49...¢d6 [ ¹49...b4 50.¦d1+ ( 50.¢b6 ¢c8= ) 50...¢e6 51.¦d3 ¢e5 52.¢b6 ¢e4 53.¦h3 ¢d4 54.¢b5 ¦a8 55.¢xb4 ¦b8+ 56.¢a5 ¦a8+ 57.¢b6 ¦b8+ 58.¢c6 ( 58.¢a6 ¢c5= ) 58...¦b4 59.¦g3 ¦b8= ] 50.¢b6 ¢d7 51.b4 ¦h3 52.¦c1 ¦h8? [ ¹52...¦h5 53.¦c5 ¦xc5 54.¢xc5 ¢c7 55.¢xb5 ¢b7= ] 53.¢xb5? [ 53.¦c7+! ¢d6 ( 53...¢d8 54.¦c5 ¢d7 55.¢b7! ¢d6 56.¦xb5+- ) 54.¦c6+ ¢d7 ( 54...¢d5 55.¢xb5 ¦b8+ 56.¦b6+- ) 55.¢xb5 ¦b8+ ( 55...¦h4 56.¦c1 ¦h8 57.¢a6+- ) 56.¦b6 ¦h8 57.¦b7+ ¢c8 58.¢a6 ¦h6+ 59.¢a7+- ] 53...¦b8+ 54.¢a4 ¦a8+ 55.¢b3 ¦c8 56.¦xc8 ¢xc8 57.¢c4 ¢b8! [ 57...¢b8! 58.¢c5 ( 58.¢d5 ¢b7= ) 58...¢c7 59.¢b5 ¢b7= ]½-½

E51Ghitescu,TheodorFischer,Robert James

Leipzig 1960

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 0-0 5.¥d3 d5 6.¤f3 ¤c6 Black forsakes the traditional ...c5break and plays for ...e5 instead. 7.0-0 dxc4 8.¥xc4 ¥d6 9.¥b5 e5 10.¥xc6 exd4This zwishenzug saves a pawn unless White wantsto play 11 cxb7 Bxb7, when all Black's pieces arepointed at his king. 11.exd4 bxc6 12.¥g5 ¦e8 13.£d3 c5 Opening up the a8-h1 diagonal for hisbishop and eliminating the weakness on c6, as wellas allowing White to play... 14.dxc5 ¥xh2+0-1

B13Fischer,Robert JamesEuwe,Max (Machgielis)

Leipzig Olympiad 1960

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¤f3 ¥g4 7.cxd5 ¤xd5 8.£b3 ¥xf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.£xb7 ¤xd4 11.¥b5+ ¤xb5 12.£c6+ ¢e7 13.£xb5 ¤xc3 13...Qd7 14.Nxd5+Qxd5 and Black has nothing to worry about . 14.bxc3 £d7 Black should have created somespace for the king with 14...f6. 15.¦b1 ¦d8Another mistake. The a-pawn needs the support ofthe rook. 16.¥e3 £xb5 17.¦xb5 ¦d7 18.¢e218.Ra5 Rb7 19.Rxa7 Rxa7 20.Bxa7 Kd7 21.Kd2Bd6 with the threat of Ra8. f6 19.¦d1 ¦xd1 20.¢xd1 ¢d7 21.¦b8 The threat is Bc5, exploiting


the pin on the back rank. ¢c6 22.¥xa7 g5The only way Black can get his pieces into play isby moving the bishop to g7. 23.a4 ¥g7 24.¦b6+ ¢d5 25.¦b7 ¥f8 26.¦b8 ¥g7 27.¦b5+ ¢c6 28.¦b6+ ¢d5 It is not clear why Fischer repeatedthe position. Probably he had not worked out thesinning moves yet. 29.a5 f5 30.¥b8 ¦c8 31.a6 ¦xc3 32.¦b5+ ¢c4 33.¦b7 ¥d4 34.¦c7+ ¢d3 35.¦xc3+ ¢xc3 It looks as though Black is aboutto enter a long period of suffering after 36.a7. Butthen Black will sacrifice the bishop for the pawn.There is a better move. Do you see it? 36.¥e51-0

E70LetelierFischer,Robert James

Leipzig Olympiad 1960

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 0-0 5.e5This advance has disappeared completely from thetournament scene. White is overextending hiscenter, and Black will be able to strike back easily. ¤e8 6.f4 d6 7.¥e3 c5 Black moves quickly toundermine White's center. 8.dxc5 ¤c6 9.cxd6 exd6 10.¤e4 ¥f5 11.¤g3 11.Nxd6 Nxd6 12.exd6Bxb2 13.Nf3 Re8! ¥e6 12.¤f3 £c7 13.£b1White's queenside ambitions are unrealistic, but itwas time for the queen to leave the d-file anyway.The dual purpose is to support the advance of the f-pawn, but this has a tactical flaw. dxe5 14.f5 e4 15.fxe6 exf3 16.gxf3 f5 This is much strongerthan grabbing the weak pawn at e6. Black has nowsecured the initiative. 17.f4 ¤f6 18.¥e2 ¦fe8 19.¢f2 ¦xe6 20.¦e1 ¦ae8 The pressure on thee-file and the active position of the minor piecesg i v e B l a c k a c l e a r , a n d p e r h a p s d e c i s i v eadvantage. 21.¥f3 ¦xe3 22.¦xe3 ¦xe3 23.¢xe3Now Fischer provides an aesthetic conclusion tothe game. Can you figure it out? £xf4+ and Whiteresigned, faced with checkmate. For example: 24.¢f2 24.Kxf4 Bh6++ ¤g4+ 25.¢g2 ¤e3+ 26.¢f2 ¤d4 27.£h1 ¤g4+ 28.¢f1 ¤xf3and the end comes quickly.0-1

C17Fischer,Robert JamesTal,Mihail Nekhemye

Leipzig ol 1960

French Defence, Winawer Variation

1.e4 e6 A surprising decision, as Tal had usuallyplayed VERY poorly with the French Defense. But

Tal - and his trainer, Koblentz - decided Fischerwas not 'at ease' playing the White side of thesel ines. Therefore they dec ided i t wou ld be areasonable try against Bobby. 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3Fischer a lmost a lways p layed th is move . . .especially in his younger days. ¥b4 The WinawerSystem. (Invented by one of the better masters whoever lived. Most young players today cannot eventell you who Winawer was or when he lived.) TheWinawer is both the main line, and probably thebest and most solid choice for Black at this point. 4.e5 c5 [ 4...¤e7 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.£g4 ¤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 ¤ge7 19.¤g3 0-0-0 20.£g4 ¦df8 21.¦h3 ¢b8 22.¥g5 £c2 23.¦c1 £b2 24.a4 £a3 25.£d1 ¤xg3 26.fxg3 ¤c6 27.h6 gxh6 28.¥f6 ¦hg8 29.¢f2 ¦g6 30.£c2 ¦fg8 31.¦b1 £f8 32.a5 ¤xa5 33.£a4 ¢a8 34.¦b5 £e8 35.c4 ¤c6 36.£a1 dxc4 37.dxc4 £d7 38.c5 £xd4+ 39.£xd4 ¤xd4 40.¦b4 ¤f5 41.c6 ¦g4 42.¦xg4 ¦xg4 43.¦h1 a5 44.¦g1 a4 45.¦d1 ¦d4 46.¦g1 ¦d2+ 47.¢f3 ¦d3+ 48.¢f4 ¦xg3 49.¦c1 ¦d3 50.¢g4 a3 51.¦a1 b5 52.¦b1 a2 0-1 Fischer,R-Ivkov,B/Santiago 1959/MCD (52); 4...b6 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 £d7 7.£g4 f5 8.£g3 ¥a6 9.¥xa6 ¤xa6 10.¤e2 0-0-0 11.a4 ¢b7 12.0-0 £f7 13.c4 ¤e7 14.¥g5 dxc4 15.£c3 ¤d5 16.£xc4 ¦a8 17.¥d2 f4 18.¦a3 g5 19.a5 c6 20.axb6 axb6 21.£b3 ¤ac7 22.c4 ¦xa3 23.£xa3 ¦a8 24.£b3 ¤e7 25.¤c3 £f5 26.£b4 ¤c8 27.¤a4 f3 28.¤c5+ ¢b8 29.¤d7+ ¢b7 30.£b3 £g4 31.¤c5+ ¢b8 32.g3 £xd4 33.¥e3 £a1 34.¦b1 ¦a3 35.¤d7+ ¢b7 36.£d1 £a2 37.¤xb6 ¤xb6 38.¦xb6+ ¢c8 39.£xf3 £xc4 40.£f8+ ¢d7 41.£xa3 1-0 Fischer,R-Bisguier,A/New York 1957/MCD (41) ] 5.a3 ¥a5!? This line was consideredvery, very, VERY risky ... at the time this game wasactually played. It was actually one of the originalideas of Winawer, but he later stopped playing itentirely. (After a few reversals.) The move 5...Ba5was la ter p icked up and rev ived by a wholegeneration of young Soviet players in the 1930'sand the 1940's. But it was Botvinnik who reallyforged this line into a coherent and viable system.He used it in Soviet Championship tournaments,and even at the World Championship level. (Thisline did not do very well against Smyslov, whobegan to show its seamier side.) But after severallosses, especially a noteworthy loss to Unzicker atan earlier Olympiad, opening theory had brandedthis whole line as being completely unsound. Talhad done much work with these lines in preparationfor his matches with Botvinnik. I guess he decidedthat he did not want all that material to goforever unused! [The main line today is 5...¥xc3+


6.bxc3² ¤e7 7.¤f3 ¥d7 8.a4 £a5 9.£d2 ¤bc6 10.¥d3 c4 11.¥e2 f6 ( 11...0-0-0 12.¥a3 f6 13.0-0² (Keres 69)) 12.¥a3 ( 12.0-0 0-0!?(Ivkov) ) 12...¤g6?! ( ¹12...0-0-0 ) 13.0-0! 0-0-0 14.¥d6 ( 14.¦fe1 fxe5 15.dxe5 ¤gxe5 16.¤xe5 ¤xe5 17.£d4 ¤c6 18.£xg7 ¦hg8÷ (eco 74/81)) 14...¤ce7! "Uhlmann gruppeirt um, weil seineChancen auf dem Konigsflugel liegen." (Schwarz67) ( 14...fxe5 15.dxe5 h6 16.¢h1 ¦he8 17.¦fd1 ¤h8! Gligoric-Sokolov 1956; 14...¦de8 15.¦fb1 ¤d8 16.¥b4 £c7 17.¥d6 £a5 18.£e3 ¤f7 19.¥c5 ¢b8 20.¦b2 Klavin-Fuchs 1961) 15.¤h4!"With this and the following series of fine moves,White ensures an excellent diagonal for his QB andp a r a l y z e s a n y h o p e s B l a c k m a y h a v e f o rmean ing fu l coun te rp lay . " (Medn is 74) ¦de8 16.¤xg6! hxg6 17.exf6! "Weiss will auf dendunklen Feldern zu eimem Ubergewicht kommen,daher die Linienoffnung fur den Th8." (Schwarz 67) gxf6 18.h3! "Fischers Plan sieht gut aus: er willden Laufer auf der Diagonale h2-b8 wirken lassen." (Schwarz 67) ¤f5 19.¥h2 g5 20.f4? "But thisbrute force attempt at an immediate win spoilseverything." (Mednis 74) ( 20.¦fe1! "... White has amarvelous position: pressure on Black's somewhatshaky center, open diagonals for both Bishops,while Black's King can find himself uncomfortablyopen soon." (Mednis 74)) 20...¤d6! 21.¥f3 g4!!"Black sacrifices a pawn and allows a protectedpassed pawn to boot, for the strategic objective oflocking in White 's QB. The damage done byWhite's 20 f4? is now very obvious." (Mednis 74) 22.hxg4 ( 22.¥xg4? ¤e4 23.£e3 f5 24.¥f3 £xc3 25.£xc3 ¤xc3µ (Schwarz 67)) 22...f5! 23.g5 ¦e7 24.¥g3 ¥e8 25.£e3 ¤e4 26.¥xe4™ dxe4 27.¢f2 "Fischer evaluates this position much toooptimistically and plans to husband the extra Pawnto victory. The blocked nature of the posit ionmakes winning attempts for either side less thanf ru i t f u l . " (Medn is 74 ) ( 27.d5!? ) 27...¦eh7 ( 27...£d5 ) 28.¦fb1 ( ¹28.d5! £xd5 29.¦fd1(Schwarz 67)) 28...£d5! "Now we have a rather fullblockade and the game could well be called a drawhere." (Mednis 74) 29.£e1? ( 29.a5= ; 29.£d2!? ¦h1 30.¢e3 ) 29...¦h1! 30.£xh1?? ( 30.£e3™ ¦xb1 31.¦xb1 ¥xa4 32.¦a1 ¥xc2 33.¦xa7 ¢b8 34.¦a1 ¥d3³ (Mednis 74)) 30...e3+! 31.¢g1 ( 31.¢e2? ¦xh1 32.¦xh1 £xg2+(Wade/O'Connell)) 31...¦xh1+ 32.¢xh1 e2! 33.¦b5!? "Bobby finally realized that he must belost and thus characteristically goes for activecounterplay. It is not good enough, but is as gooda try as any." (Mednis 74) ( 33.¦e1 £e4 ; 33.¦g1 £e4 ) 33...¥xb5 34.axb5 £xb5! 35.¦e1 a5 36.¦xe2 a4! 37.¦xe6 a3 38.g6 ( 38.¦e5 £xe5-+ ) 38...£d7 ( 38...a2?? 39.g7 a1£+ 40.¢h2= (Mednis 74)) 39.¦e5 b6 40.¥h4 a2

41.¦e1 £g7 42.¦a1 £xg6 0-1 Fischer,R-Uh lmann ,W/Buenos A i res 1960 /Ma inBase /[ChessBase] (42)] 6.b4! A very good move ... andbasically a gambit for White. This is a sharp ideaoriginally of Rubinstein's that was later deeplyanalyzed and nearly perfected by Alekhine. cxd4The book l ine, and probably the best move. [ It is far too dangerous for Black to grab one ... oreven two pawns in this position - as Alekhine wasthe first to clearly demonstrate. 6...cxb4!? 7.¤b5‚ bxa3+ 8.c3 ¤e7 9.¤d6+ ¢f8 10.£f3 ¤f5 11.¤xf5 exf5 12.¤e2 ¥e6 13.g3 ¤c6 14.¥g2 b5 15.0-0 g5 16.£h5 h6 17.h4 ½-½ Hase,R-Rossetto,H/Buenos Aires 1972/EXT 99 (17); 6...¤c6!? ] 7.£g4!? A very sharp move ... and avery interesting one. (White hits the obviouslyu n d e f e n d e d g 7 - s q u a r e . ) [ Today theoryrecommends that White play: 7.¤b5! ¥c7 8.f4²with a solid advantage to White ¤e7 9.¤f3 ¤bc6 10.¥d3 ¥b8 11.¤bxd4 a6 12.¥e3 ¥a7 13.c3! ( 13.0-0 ; 13.£e2 ¤xd4 14.¥xd4 ¥xd4 15.¤xd4 £b6 16.£f2² (Kamyschov)) 13...h6 14.0-0 ¥d7 15.£e1 ¤xd4 16.¥xd4 ¥xd4+ 17.¤xd4 g6 18.¢h1 h5 19.c4!± (Keres 69, eco 74/81) dxc4 20.¥xc4 ¤f5 21.¤xf5 gxf5 22.¦d1 h4 23.h3 £e7 24.¥e2!± (Schwarz 67) ¥c6 25.¥f3 ¥xf3 26.¦xf3 ¦d8 27.¦fd3 ¦xd3 28.¦xd3 £c7 29.¦c3 £d7 30.£c1 0-0 31.¦c7 £d5 32.£e1 £d8 33.¦xb7 £a8 34.¦e7 ¦e8 35.£xh4 ¦xe7 36.£xe7 £e4 37.£g5+ ¢h7 38.h4 £a8 39.h5 £h8 40.a4 £f8 41.h6 1-0 Tal,M-Koblencs,A/Riga1954/EXT 2000/[ChessBase] (41)] 7...¤e7 [ 7...¢f8 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.a4! f5 10.£g3 ¤c6 11.¤f3 ¤ge7 12.h4 ¥d7 13.h5 ¦c8 14.h6 g6 15.a6 ¤b4 16.£h4 ¤ec6 17.¥a3 d4 18.axb7 ¦b8 19.¥b5 £xh4 20.¦xh4 ¢e8 21.¥xc6 ¤xc2+ 22.¢d1 ¤xa1 23.¥d6 ¥xc6 24.¥xb8 ¥xa4+ 25.¢e1 ¥c6 26.¤xd4 ¥xb7 27.¥d6 ¢d7 28.f3 ¦c8 29.¤e2 ¤b3 30.¥a3 ¥d5 31.¦a4 a5 32.¤c1 ¤xc1 33.¥xc1 ¦c5 34.¦a3 ¢c6 35.¥e3 c2 36.¦a1 ¦b5 37.¦c1 ¥b3 0-1 Fischer,R-Platz,J/Hartford 1964/EXT 2001 (37); 7...g6 8.¥g5 ( 8.¤b5 ¥c7 9.¥g5 £d7 10.¤xc7+ £xc7 11.£xd4² ; 8.bxa5?! dxc3= ) 8...£c7 9.¤b5 £xe5+ 10.¢d2² ¥d8 11.¥f4 £f6 12.¤d6+ ¢d7 13.¤f3 h5 14.£g3 h4 15.£g4 ¤h6 16.¥xh6 ¦xh6 17.¤xf7 ¦h5 18.¥d3 £xf7 19.¥xg6 ¥g5+ 20.¢e2 £f6 21.£xh5 d3+ 22.¥xd3 1-0 PicanolAlamany,A-Rios Torondell,J/Spain 1998/EXT 2003(22) ; 7...£c7 8.£xg7 ( 8.¤ce2?! f5 9.£xd4 ¥b6 10.£b2 ¤e7= 11.f4 a5 12.¥d2 axb4 13.¥xb4 ¤bc6 14.¥xe7 ¤xe7 15.¤f3 ¥d7 16.¤fd4 0-0 17.c3 ¦ac8 18.¦c1 ¥a5 19.¤b3 £b6 20.¦b1 ¤c6 21.£c1 ¦c7 22.¤bd4 £a7 23.¤b5 £b8 24.¤xc7 £xc7 25.£b2 d4 26.£xb7 ¦b8 27.£xc7 ¦xb1+ 28.¢f2 ¥xc7 29.cxd4 ¥b6 30.¢g3 ¤xd4 31.¤c3 ¦b3 32.¢h4 ¦xc3 33.¥a6


¥d8+ 34.¢h5 ¥e8# 0-1 Gutierrez,O-GonzalezMenendez , I /Segov ia 1999 /EXT 2002 (34 )) 8...£xc3+ 9.¢d1 A) 9...¤c6? 10.£xh8 ¤ce7 ( 10...£xa1 11.£xg8+ ¢e7 12.bxa5 ¤xe5 13.£xh7+- ) 11.¦b1 ¥b6 12.¦b3 £a1 13.¦g31-0 Giaccio,A-Zamarbide Ibarrea,B/Lorca 2003/EXT 2004 (13); B) 9...£xa1 10.£xh8 ¢f8 11.bxa5 ¤c6 12.¥d3+- ¤ce7 13.¤h3 ¤g6 14.£xh7 ¤xe5 15.¢e2 £c3 16.¤g5 ¥d7 17.¥d2 £xa3 18.¦b1 ¤f6 19.£h6+ ¢g8 20.¥h7+ ¢h8 21.£xf6# 1-0 Chow,S-Zvedeniouk,I /Canberra 2001/EXT 2002 (21)] 8.bxa5!? [ 8.¤b5!? ¥c7 9.£xg7 ¦g8 10.£xh7 ¥xe5 11.¤f3 ¦h8 ( 11...¥f6 12.¥f4 ) 12.£d3 ¥f6 ( 12...f6? 13.¤bxd4± (Schwarz 67); 12...¤bc6 13.¤xe5 ¤xe5 14.£xd4± (Schwarz 67)) 13.¥f4 ¤bc6? ( 13...¤a6? 14.¤d6+ ¢f8 15.¤e5±(Schwarz 67)) 14.¤c7+ ¢f8 15.¤xa8 e5 16.b5! exf4 ( 16...¤g6 17.¥g3 ) 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.¦b1 ¥f5 19.£d2± (Schwarz 67). 1-0 Kots,Y-Khasin,A/Leningrad 1952/EXT 99/[ChessBase] (19); 8.£xg7 ¦g8 9.£xh7 ¥c7 10.¤b5 ] 8...dxc3 9.£xg7 ¦g8 10.£xh7 ¤bc6! This is a big improvement ... a TN,actually ... over how this line had been previouslyplayed. [ 10...¥d7!? 11.f4 ( 11.¤f3 £c7 12.¥h6 ¤bc6 13.¥g7 0-0-0 14.¥d3 £xa5 15.0-0 £a4 16.h3 £f4 17.£h6 ¤g6 18.¥xg6 £xh6 19.¥xh6 fxg6 20.¥g5 ¦df8 21.¥f6 g5 22.¦ad1 g4 23.hxg4 ¦xg4 24.¦d3 ¦fg8 25.g3 ¦c4 26.¦e1 ¦gg4 27.¦ee3 d4 28.¦e1 ¥e8 29.¤h4 b5 30.¦dd1 b4 31.¦a1 a5 32.¢g2 a4 33.axb4 ¤xb4 34.¦ec1 ¤xc2 35.¦xc2 d3 36.¦cc1 c2 37.f4 d2 38.¥g5 ¦xh4 0-1 Morozov,D-Fakhre td inov ,R/Perm 1997/EXT 2000 (38)) 11...¤bc6 12.¤f3 £xa5 13.¦b1 b6 ( 13...0-0-0! ) 14.¤g5 ¦f8 15.£d3 d4 16.¤h7 ¦h8 17.¤f6+ ¢d8 18.¥e2 ¥c8 19.£c4 a6 20.0-0 ¢c7 21.¤e4 ¥b7 22.¤d6 ¦h7 23.¥f3 ¤d5 24.a4 ¦ah8 25.h3 ¥a8 26.¥xd5 exd5 27.£b3 ¦g8 28.¥a3 ¤d8 29.¥b4 1-0 Morozov,D-Senik,V/Perm 1997/EXT 2000 (29); 10...£xa5!? 11.¤f3 ¤bc6 12.¤g5 ¦f8 13.f4 ¥d7 14.¦b1 A) 14...¤d4 15.£d3 ( 15.¥d3± (Pachman 68, Keres 69)) 15...£a4 16.¢d1 (Panov/Estrin 73); B) 14...0-0-0! 15.¤xf7 'µ' '(eco 74)' 'µ' '(eco 74)' ¦xf7 '!' '!' 16.£xf7 ¥e8! B1) 17.£f6 ¥g6 18.¥e2 ¥xc2 ( 18...£a4!µ(Pachman 68, Keres 69, eco 74/81)) 19.¦b5 £a4 20.¦c5 ¢b8 21.¦xc3 £e4 22.¦e3 ( 22.¢f2 d4 ) 22...£xg2 23.¥f3 £g8 24.¦e2 ( 24.¢f2‰ ) 24...¤d4 25.£xe7 ¤xf3+ 26.¢f2 ¥e4 27.¦d1 ¦c8 28.¥b2 £g4 29.£d6+ ¢a8 30.¦c1 ¦h8 31.£d7? ( 31.¢e3 £h3 ; 31.¦h1 ¦xh2+ 32.¦xh2 £g1# ) 31...¦xh2+ 32.¢e3 ¦xe2+ 33.¢xe2 £g2+Schwarz p103#81 (Schwarz). 0-1 Matanovic,A-Mititelu,G/Budapest 1960/EXT 2001 (33); B2) 17.£xe6+ ¥d7 18.£f6 ¥f5 19.¥e2 £a4 ( 19...£c5 20.¦b5 £d4 21.£h4 £e4 22.£f2

£xc2 23.0-0 d4 24.¥c4 £a4 25.£a2 d3 26.¥e6+ ¢c7 27.£b3 £d4+ 28.¢h1 ¥xe6 29.£xe6 d2 30.¥xd2 cxd2 31.¦d1 £xf4 32.£b3 £f2 33.¦xb7+ ¢c8 34.h3 £e1+ 35.¢h2 £xe5+ 36.¢h1 £e1+ 37.¢h2 £xd1 38.¦b8+ ¤xb8 39.£xd1 ¤f5 0-1 Fichtl,J-Blatny,F/Brno 1964/MCD (39) ) 20.¦b3 £d4 21.£h4 ¦g8 22.£f2 £e4 23.£f3 ¦xg2 24.£xe4 ¥xe4 25.¦xc3 ¦xe2+ 26.¢xe2 ¥xh1 27.h4 ¥e4 28.h5 ¤f5 29.¦h3 ¤cd4+ 30.¢f2 ¤h6 31.f5 ¤dxf5 32.¥xh6 ¤xh6 33.¢e3 ¢d7 34.¢f4 ¢e6 35.c4 b6 36.cxd5+ ¢xd5 37.e6 ¤g8 38.e7 ¤xe7 39.¦e3 ¤g6+ 40.hxg6 ¥xg6 41.¦g3 ¥c2 42.¢e3 a5 43.¢d2 ¥e4 44.¦g5+ ¢c4 45.¦g4 ¢d4 46.¢c1 ¢d3 47.¢b2 b5 48.¦g5 ½-½ Gligoric,S-Szabo,L/SantaFe 1960/MCL (48); 10...¤d7 '?!' 11.¤f3 £c7 12.¥b5 ( 12.¥f4 ¤f8 13.¥b5+ ¥d7 14.¥xd7+ £xd7 15.£d3 ¦g4 16.g3 ¤fg6 17.¥e3 ¤c6 18.h3 ¦c4 19.0-0 ¤cxe5 20.¤xe5 ¤xe5 21.£h7 0-0-0 22.¥xa7 ¤f3+ 23.¢g2 ¤d2 24.¦fe1 d4 25.f3 f5 26.£xd7+ ¢xd7 27.¦e5 ¢e7 28.¦ae1 ¦c6 29.¦b5 d3 30.¦c1 ¤c4 31.¦xb7+ ¢f6 32.cxd3 ¦xd3 33.¦b3 ¦d2+ 34.¥f2 c2 35.a6 ¦xa6 36.¦c3 ¤xa3 37.f4 ¦d1 38.¦1xc2 ¤xc2 39.¦xc2 ¦a4 40.¦b2 ¦c4 41.¥e3 ¦d3 42.¢f2 ¦cc3 43.¦e2 ¢e7 44.¢f3 ¢d6 45.g4 ¢e7 46.¦e1 ¢f7 47.¦e2 ¦b3 48.¦e1 ¦dc3 49.¦e2 ¦c4 50.gxf5 exf5 51.¦a2 ¦e4 52.¦e2 ¢g6 53.¦e1 ¢h5 54.h4 ¦a4 55.¦g1 ¦aa3 56.¦e1 ¦a2 57.¦h1 ¦c2 58.¦g1 ¦h20-1 Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1951/EXT2001 (58) ) 12...a6 13.¥xd7+ ¥xd7 14.0-0 d4!? ( 14...£c4 15.¤g5 0-0-0 16.g3 ¤f5 17.¤xf7 ¥b5 18.¥g5 ¦df8 19.¥e7 ¦e8 20.¤d6+ ¤xd6 21.¥xd6 ¥d7 22.¦ab1 1-0 Vukcevich,M-Maric,R/Sombor 1957/MCD (22)) 15.¤xd4 £xe5 16.£d3 £d5µ ] 11.¤f3 [ 11.f4 bolsters the centre but shutsin the queen's b ishop and weakens the darksquares. ] 11...£c7 [ 11...£xa5 12.¤g5! ¦f8 13.f4t i e s B l a c k u p] 12.¥b5!? A very sharp andinteresting move that was praised by some ... andcondemned by o the rs . [ I think the move is bothviable and playable, but current theory seems toprefer 12.¥f4! ¥d7 13.¥e2 ( 13.¥d3 0-0-0©× £h7, 14... ¦g2? 15.¥g3+- 14.¥g3 ¦h8 15.£xf7 ¦df8 16.£g7 ¦fg8 17.£f6 ¦f8 18.£g5² ; 13.a6 0-0-0! 14.axb7+ ¢b8 15.£d3 ¦g4© ; 13.g3 ) 13...0-0-0 14.£d3 £xa5 15.0-0 ¦g4 16.¥g3 ¤f5µ 17.¦fb1 a6?! ( 17...¤cd4! 18.¤xd4 ¦xd4 19.£f3 ¦d2!µ ) 18.¦b3 ¦c4 19.£d1 ¦c5 20.a4 ¤ce7 21.¥f4 ( 21.¦ab1 ¥c6 ) 21...¥xa4?! ( ¹21...¦g8 … ¦g4-a4 ) 22.£b1 b5 23.¥d3 ¤c6 24.g4 ¦g8?! 25.h3 ¤fe7? ( ¹25...¤fd4 ) 26.¥e3 d4 27.¤xd4 ¤xe5? ( 27...¦xe5 28.¤xc6 ¤xc6 29.£e1= ) 28.¤xe6! ¤f3+ 29.¢g2 ¦e5? ( 29...¦c6 30.¢xf3 fxe6 ) 30.¢xf3 ¦xe6 31.¥d4 £d8?“ ( 31...¦c6? 32.£e1 ¤d5 33.£e5


… 34.¥e4 ±; 31...¤d5? 32.¥f5± ) 32.¦xc3+ ¤c6 33.¦xa4 £d5+ ( 33...bxa4 34.¥xa6+ ¢d7 35.£b5+- ) 34.¢g3 bxa4 35.¥xa6+ ¢d7 36.£b7+ ¢e8 37.£c8+ ¤d8 ( 37...¢e7 38.¥c5+ ¢f6 39.£xg8+- ) 38.¥c5! … 39.¥b5, 39.¦d3 £e5+ 39.¢g2 £d5+ 40.¢h2 £e5+ 41.¢g1 £e1+ 42.¢g2 £e4+ 43.f3 £c6 44.¦d3 ¦e2+ 45.¢f1 £xc8 46.¥xc8 ¦e7 47.¥xe7 ¢xe7 48.¦a3 ¤c6 49.¥b7 ¤d4 50.¦xa4 ¤xc2 51.¥e4 ¤e3+ 52.¢f2 ¤d1+ 53.¢g3 ¤c3 54.¦a7+ ¢f6 55.¥d3 ¦c8 56.h4 ¤d5 57.g5+ ¢e6 58.h5 ¦c1 59.h6 ¦c8 60.h7 ¦h8 61.¥c4 1-0 Unzicker,W-Dueckstein,A/Zuerich 1959/MCL/[Bulletin] (61)] 12...¥d7! Tal fully deserves an exclam for passingup Bobby's (prepared) trap - nasty things happento the second player if he grabs the g2-Pawn. [ 12...¦xg2? 13.¢f1!² ¦g8 14.¦g1! ¦xg1+ 15.¢xg1 and Black's king remains hemmed in thecentre while White merely marches his h-pawn tovictory. ] After thinking for more than half an hour,Fischer finally decides do give up the e5 pawn. 13.0-0 [ 13.¥xc6? ¥xc6 14.0-0 d4! 15.¤g5 £xe5 16.£xf7+ ¢d7µ ] 13...0-0-0!? This is anobvious and also a very logical move. (Black isunderstandably nervous about his King being in thecenter.) This line is not without risk for Tal, hemust be prepared to gambit one (f7) or even twopawns in this line. [ 13...¤xe5! Tal saw this - andspent many minutes analyzing this move. But thenhe decided that it did not appeal to him. (Petrosianf i rs t recognized the value of th is move, andpublished his analysis in a Soviet magazine shortlyafter this game was played.) 14.¤xe5 £xe5 15.¥xd7+ ¢xd7 16.£d3!± Tal AND Fischer lookedat this position in the post-mortem analysis. (Afterthe game.) They BOTH came to the conclusion thatWhite was better in this position!! £e4? 17.£xe4 dxe4 18.f3!± ] 14.¥g5!? Bobby played this,believing it gave him an advantage. And he said hehad 'under-estimated' the strength of Tal's reply. [ ¹14.¥xc6! ¥xc6!? ( 14...£xc6 15.¥g5 d4 16.h4! ; 14...¤xc6 15.¦e1 -- 16.¥g5 -- 17.h4 ) 15.£xf7 d4 ( 15...¦xg2+?! 16.¢xg2 d4 17.¢g1 ¦g8+ 18.¤g5 ) 16.£xe6+ ¥d7 ( 16...¢b8 17.¤g5+- ) 17.£xe7 ¦xg2+ 18.¢xg2 ¥h3+ 19.¢xh3 £xe7 20.¥g5± and White consolidates,and wins easily.] 14...¤xe5! Setting off a dazzlingarray of fireworks! I thought Tal was simply trying toc o n f u s e t h e i s s u e . " - G M R . J . F i s c h e r . [ 14...¦h8!? ] 15.¤xe5 This is virtually forced. [ 15.¥xe7? ¤xf3+ 16.¢h1 ¦h8!µ ; 15.¥xd7+ ¦xd7 16.¤xe5 ( 16.¥xe7 ¤xf3+ 17.¢h1 £xh2+! 18.£xh2 ¤xh2 19.¢xh2 ¦xe7µ ) 16...£xe5 17.¥xe7 ¦h8! 18.¦ae1 ¦xh7 19.¦xe5 ¦xe7µ ] 15...¥xb5! I personally think this is the best movehere. Literally over a DOZEN GM's have given thism o v e a n e x c l a m a t i o n m a r k . ( M a n y s t r o n g

programs a lso choose th is move.) [ 15...£xe5 16.¥xe7 ¦h8 17.¦fe1 ( 17.¦ae1? £b8!-+ ) 17...£xe1+ 18.¦xe1 ¦xh7 19.¥xd8 ¢xd8 ( 19...¥xb5?! 20.¥f6! ) 20.¥xd7 ¢xd7 21.¦e3!± ] 16.¤xf7 [ 16.¥xe7 £xe7 ( 16...£xe5? 17.¦fe1 ) 17.¦fe1 ] 16...¥xf1! [ 16...¦df8!? 17.¦fb1 ¥c6 ( 17...¥a4 ) 18.¤d6+! £xd6 19.£xe7= ] 17.¤xd8Both players now find a series of fine moves in anextremely complex position ... that eventually leadsto the correct result. (A draw.) [ 17.¦xf1? ¦df8µ ] 17...¦xg5! 18.¤xe6! ¦xg2+! 19.¢h1! The lastfew moves are all best and/or forced. [ 19.¢xf1?! ¦xh2! 20.£f7 ( 20.¤xc7!? ¦xh7µ ) 20...¦h1+! 21.¢g2 ( 21.¢e2? £c4+ 22.¢f3 ¦h3+ 23.¢g2 £g4+ 24.¢f1 ¦h1# ) 21...£h2+ 22.¢f3™ £h3+ 23.¢f4 ( 23.¢e2? £g4+ 24.£f3 £xe6+ 25.£e3 £xe3+ 26.¢xe3 ¦xa1-+ ) 23...£h4+ 24.¢e5 £e4+ 25.¢d6 ¤f5+ 26.£xf5 £xf5 27.¦xh1 £f6 28.¦g1 £h8 29.¦g4 ¢b8 30.a6! bxa6 31.f4 £f6= ] 19...£e5! [ 19...£c4 20.£xe7 ¦g8 21.¤f4! £xf4? 22.£e6+ ¢c7 23.£xg8+- ] 20.¦xf1 £xe6= [ 20...¦g6 21.£xe7 ¦xe6 22.£f8+ ¦e8 23.£f3± ] 21.¢xg2 £g4+ Black can check on g4 and f3 foras long as he likes ... at least until White tires of thesport and agrees to split the point!Th is is cer ta in ly one of the bet ter and moreinteresting draws I have ever studied. And while itis short and far from being perfect, its content andentertainment value more than makes up for it. [ 21...£g4+ 22.¢h1™ £f3+ 23.¢g1 £g4+ 24.¢h1 £f3+ 25.¢g1= ]½-½

C39Spassky,Boris VasilyFischer,Robert James

Mar del Plata 1960

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.¤f3 g5 'Esta derrota forçou-me a procurar uma "contestação" ao Gambito dorei que publiquei no American chess Quarterly, Vol.I (1961) Nr. 1. O lance correto seria 3... d6!' [ 3...d6!Fischer ] 4.h4 'Única tentativa efetiva para obteralguma vantagem.' [ 4.¥c4 g4 5.0-0 ( 5.¤e5 £h4+ 6.¢f1 ¤c6 '!' ) 5...gxf3 6.£xf3 £f6='=' 'etc.' '='] 4...g4 5.¤e5 ¤f6 [ 5...h5 6.¥c4 ¦h7 7.d4 d6 8.¤d3 f3 9.gxf3 ¥e7 10.¥e3 ¥xh4+ 11.¢d2 ¥g5 12.f4 ¥h6 'e as brancas ficariammais que compensadas pela perda do peão. ' 13.¤c3N ] 6.d4 [ 6.¥c4 d5 7.exd5 ¥g7'é a moderna panacéia.' ( 7...¥d6 ; o velho 7...¥d6seria também satisfatório; 7...¥d6 ); 6.¤xg4 ¤xe4 7.d3 ¤g3 8.¥xf4 ¤xh1 9.£e2+ ( 9.¥g5 ¥e7 10.£e2 h5 11.£e5 f6! 12.¤xf6+ ¢f7-+Steinitz,W 'vence, Steinitz,W' 'Steinitz,W' 'Steinitz,W' ) 9...£e7 10.¤f6+ ¢d8 11.¥xc7+ ¢xc7


12.¤d5+ ¢d8 13.¤xe7 ¥xe7-+ Morphy,P-Anderssen,A Par is 1858 'devendo as pretasvencer , Morphy,P-Anderssen,A Par is 1858''Morphy, P-Anderssen,A Paris 1858' 'Morphy,P-Anderssen,A Paris 1858'] 6...d6 7.¤d3 ¤xe4 8.¥xf4 ¥g7 '#' 9.¤c3µ 'Após esse lance, asbrancas f icam sem compensação pelo peão.' [ 9.c3! A) 9...0-0!? Keres,P 10.¤d2 ¦e8 11.¤xe4 ¦xe4+ 12.¢f2 £f6 13.g3 ¥h6 14.¥g2?Keres: "wi th advantage for Whi te . " ( 14.£d2!©/\ 15.Bg2 ; 14.£d2!© /\ 15.Bg2 ; 14.£d2!N/\ 15.Bg2 ) 14...¦xf4+ 15.gxf4 ¥xf4µ ; B) 9...£e7!Fischer,R 10.£e2 ¥f5³ 'No mínimo as brancasconservam algum controle sobre seu f4, pelo quepossa valer.'] 9...¤xc3 10.bxc3 c5! 'Atacandoi m e d i a t a m e n t e o c e n t r o d a s b r a n c a s . ' [ Keres,P sugere primeiro 10...0-0 'Keres,P' ] 11.¥e2 [ 11.£e2+ ¥e6! ( 11...£e7?! 12.¥xd6 £xe2+ 13.¥xe2 cxd4 14.0-0! -> ) 12.d5? ¥xc3+-+ 13.¥d2 ¥xa1 14.c3 £f6 ] 11...cxd4 12.0-0 ¤c6 [ 12...h5 13.¥g5 f6 14.¥c1/\ Nf4; >< g6, e6, h5 'seguido de Nf4, o lado do reidas pretas fica todo desordenado.' '/\ Nf4; >< g6, e6,h5' '/\ Nf4; >< g6, e6, h5'; 12...£xh4?! 13.g3÷ ] 13.¥xg4 0-0 14.¥xc8 ¦xc8 15.£g4 f5'Ganhando o segundo peão mas enfraquecendo olado do re i . ' [ 15...¢h8 >= ; Mais efetivo seria 15...¢h8 ; 15...¢h8 >= ] 16.£g3 dxc3 17.¦ae1 [ 17.¥xd6 ¦f6 18.¥f4 ¦g6ƒ ] 17...¢h8 [ 17...£d7 18.¥xd6 ¦fe8 e se 19.¤c5 £f7µ Kmoch,H andAntoshin ] 18.¢h1? [ 18.¥xd6 >= ¦f6 ( 18...¦g8 19.¤e5 ) 19.¥e5 ¤xe5 20.¤xe5 'com poucapossibilidade de jogo para as brancas.'] 18...¦g8 [ 18...d5 19.¤c5 ] 19.¥xd6 ¥f8! 'A chave!' [ 19...¥d4 20.£h2 ¦g4 21.¥e5+! 'impedindo aspre tas de dobrarem tor res na co luna g ' ¢g8 ( 21...¥xe5 22.¤xe5 ¦xh4 23.¤f7+ ) 22.¥g3³'equil ibra. '] 20.¥e5+ ¤xe5 21.£xe5+ ¦g7!'Agora o Ph4 das brancas deve cair.' '?' 22.¦xf5'Que ma is? ' [ 22.£xf5 £xh4+ 23.¢g1 £g4'força uma troca favorável de damas' 24.£xg4 ( 24.£f2 ¥d6‚ ) 24...¦xg4µ ; 22.¦f4? ¥d6-+ ; 22.£f4? ¦g4-+ ] 22...£xh4+ '/\ Bh4' 23.¢g1 '#' £g4? 'À deriva. alheio ao perigo, pensei que aspretas pudessem montar um ataque ao longo dac o l u n a g . ' [ 23...£g3! >=; Spassky,B 24.£xg3 ( 24.£e2 ¥d6 ) 24...¦xg3µ /\ Rxc3 'ameaçando ...Rxd3 seguido de ... Pc2 e as brancas com umpeão a menos enfretariam um duro final, conformeindicou Spassky em nossa análise posterior.' '/\Rxc3' '/\ Rxc3'] 24.¦f2 ¥e7 /\ Bh4 'AmeaçandoBh4 ' ' / \ Bh4 ' 25.¦e4 £g5 'Principiei a sentirdesconforto, mas pouco imaginava que em quatrorápidos lances o jogo das pretas se arruinasse.' [ 25...£d1+ '=' 26.¦e1 £g4 27.¦e4 £d1+='=' 'etc.' '=' ( 27...£d1+ 28.¢h2 ¦c6 '=' 29.£b8+ ¦g8 30.£e5+ ¦g7= '=' '=' )] 26.£d4!

' E s t a p o d e r o s a c e n t r a l i z a ç ã o p a r a l i s acompletamente as pretas.' ¦f8? Fischer:'Overlooking White's real threat.' (27.Re5) 'Deixando de vera ve rdade i ra ameaça das b rancas . Es tavapreocupado com Ne5 sem imaginar que poderianeutralizá-lo com ... Bc5.' 'Fischer:'OverlookingWhite's real threat. ' (27.Re5)' 'Fischer:'OverlookingWhite's real threat.' (27.Re5)' [ 26...¥f8! 27.£xa7 ( 27.¤e5 ¥c5 28.¤f7+ ¢g8 29.¤xg5 ¥xd4 30.¦xd4 ¦xg5= '=' '=' ) 27...¥d6= '=' '=' ] 27.¦e5!'# Incr ível , mas as pretas perdem uma peça.Enquanto tentava imaginar o pensamento deSpassky, confundi-me e perdi a partida!' [ 27.¤e5? ¦xf2 28.£xf2 ¥c5! 29.£xc5 £xg2# '#' ] 27...¦d8'Tentando escapar! Mas a dama não têm cobertura.' [ 27...£g6 28.¦xe7+- ; 27...£h4 28.¦xf8++- ; 27...¥f6 28.£d6!+- ] 28.£e4 £h4 'Sabia que iaperder uma peça, mas não podia acreditar nisso.Tive de efetuar mais um lance para convencer-me!' 29.¦f4 'As pretas abandonam.' '1-0 Spassky,B-Fischer,R/ Mar del Plata 1960/MCL/[ChessBase](29)' [ 29.¦f4 £g3 30.¦xe7+- 'é muito eficiente.' ]1-0

B87Fischer,Robert JamesGadia,Olicio

Mar del Plata 31.03.1960

Simple Chess by Michael Stean 2. Outposts TheComplete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade andO'Connell # 345 Sicilian Defence, Sozin Attack 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 b5 8.0-0 ¥b7 9.f4 ¤c6 10.¤xc6 ¥xc6 '# ' 11.f5 '!' '!' [ 11.e5? dxe5 12.fxe5 ¥c5+ 13.¢h1 £xd1 14.¦xd1 ¤g4 ] 11...e5 [ 11...£d7 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.£d4! ¥e7 14.¥g5 T ; 11...b4!? 12.fxe6! ( 12.¤a4 e5! ) 12...bxc3 13.exf7+ ¢e7 ( 13...¢d7 14.e5 ) 14.£e1! cxb2 ( 14...£b6+ 15.¥e3 £b7 16.e5! dxe5 17.£xc3 ; 14...£c7 15.£xc3 ¤xe4 16.£h3 ) 15.¥xb2 d5 ( 15...¤xe4 16.¦f4 d5 17.¦xe4+ dxe4 18.¥a3+ ) 16.¦xf6! gxf6 17.¥a3+ ] 12.£d3 ¥e7 [ 12...h6 ] 13.¥g5 'T' '!' £b6+ 14.¢h1 0-0 15.¥xf6 ¥xf6 16.¥d5 '!' '!' ¦ac8 17.¥xc6 ¦xc6 18.¦ad1 [ 18.¤d5 £d4! 19.£xd4 exd4 ] 18...¦fc8 19.¤d5 £d8 20.c3 ¥e7 21.¦a1! [ 21.f6 ¥xf6 22.¦xf6?! gxf6 23.¦f1 ] 21...f6 [ 21...¥f8 22.a4 bxa4 ( 22...¦b8 23.¤b4 ¦cb6 24.a5 ¦6b7 25.¤c6 ) 23.¦xa4 ] 22.a4 ¦b8? 23.¤xe7+ [ 23.¤xe7+ Black resigns, for: £xe7 24.£d5+ ]1-0


B54Lombardy,WilliamFischer,Robert James

New York ch-US 1960

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.f3 ¤c6 6.c4 e6 7.¤c3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 9.¤c2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.¤xd5 ¤xd5 12.£xd5 £c7 13.£b5 ¥d7 14.¦c1 ¤b4 15.¤xb4 £xc1+ 16.¥xc1 ¥xb5 17.¤d5 ¥h4+ 18.g3 ¥xf1 19.¢xf1 ¥d8 20.¥d2 ¦c8 21.¥c3 f5 22.e5 ¦c5 23.¤b4 ¥a5 24.a3 ¥xb4 25.axb4 ¦d5 26.¢e2 ¢f7 27.h4 ¢e6 28.¢e3 ¦c8 29.¦g1 ¦c4 30.¦e1 ¦xc3+ 31.bxc3 ¦xe5+ 32.¢d2 ¦xe1 33.¢xe1 ¢d5 34.¢d2 ¢c4 35.h5 b6 36.¢c2 g5 37.h6 f4 38.g4 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.¢b2 a4 41.¢a3 ¢xc3 42.¢xa4 ¢d4 43.¢b4 ¢e30-1


New York/Los Angeles m 1961

All About Chess, by I. A. Horowitz Fischer vs.Reshevsky Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 g6 5.c4 ¤f6 6.¤c3 ¤xd4 7.£xd4 d6 8.¥e2 ¥g7 9.¥e3 0-0 10.£d2 ¥e6 11.0-0 £a5 12.¦ac1 ¦fc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 ¥g4 15.¥d3 ¥d7 16.h3 ¥c6 17.£f2 ¤d7 18.¤d5 ¥xd5 19.exd5 b5 20.¦fe1 ¤c5 21.¥b1 bxc4 22.¦xc4 ¤d7 23.¥d2 £b6 24.¦xc8+ ¦xc8 25.£xb6 ¤xb6 26.¦xe7 ¥c3 27.¥xc3 ¤xd5 28.¦d7 ¤xc3 29.¥d3 d5 30.¥xa6 ¦a8 31.¦d6 ¤xa2 32.¥b7 ¦b8 33.¥xd5 ¤c1 34.f5 gxf5 35.¦f6 ¤xb3 36.¦xf5 ¢h8 37.¦xf7 ¤c5 38.¦c7 ¤a6 39.¦c4 ¦d8 40.¥e6 ¦d6 41.¥f5 ¦f6 42.¥d3 h6 43.¢h2 ¢g7 44.¢g3 ¤b8 45.¥e4? [ ¹45.¦c7+! ¦f7 46.¦xf7+ ¢xf7 47.¥b5+- ] 45...¦f7 46.¥d5 ¦d7 47.¥f3 ¦f7 48.¥h5 ¦a7 49.¦g4+ ¢h8 50.¦e4 ¢g7 51.¦e6 ¤a6 52.¦g6+ ¢h7 53.¦d6 ¤c5 54.¥g6+ ¢g7 55.¥f5 ¦a6 56.¦d5 ¤e6 57.¦e5 ¦a3+ 58.¢f2 ¤f4 59.¦e4 ¤d5 60.¦g4+ ¢f6 61.¥e4 ¤e7 62.¦f4+ ¢g7 63.¥f3 ¦a5 64.¦c4 ¦e5 65.¢g3 ¦e6 66.¦c7 ¢f6 67.¢g4 ¦e5 68.h4 ¦b5 69.¦c4 ¦b6 70.¥e4 ¢f7 71.¦c7 ¢f6 72.¢h5 ¦b5+ 73.¢g4 ¦b4 74.¢f3 ¦b3+ 75.¢f2 ¦b4 76.¢e3 ¦b3+ 77.¢f4 ¤g6+ 78.¢g4 ¦b4 79.¦c6+ ¢f7½-½

E98Reshevsky,Samuel HermanFischer,Robert James

New York/Los Angeles m 10.08.1961

1.c4 ¤f6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 0-0' N a o h a n e c e s s i d a d e d e j o g a r . . . d 6 c o m odemonst ra a l inha a segu i r ' 5.¥e2 [ 5.e5Letelier,R-Fischer,R Leipzig ol 1960 'Letelier,R-Fischer,R Leipzig ol 1960'] 5...d6 6.¤f3 e5 7.0-0 [ 7.d5 Olafsson,F-Fischer,R Zürich 1959 'Olafsson,F-Fischer,R Zuerich 1959'] 7...¤c6 8.d5 [ 8.¥e3 ¦e8 9.dxe5 ( 9.d5 ¤d4!= '=!' ) 9...dxe5 10.£xd8 ¤xd8 11.¤b5 ¤e6 12.¤g5 ¦e7= Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R (9) Los Angeles 1961 '=' 'Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R (9) Los Angeles 1961'] 8...¤e7 9.¤e1 ¤d7 'A estrutur a de peoes desta posicao ehtematica na India do Rei. As negras vao combatero centro das brancas com ...f5, as brancas devemdeter o avanCo negro ao mesmo tempo quecontra-atacam na ala da dama usando a rupturac5.' 10.¤d3 f5 'Aqui comeca uma interessanteluta estrategica. Os peoes e4 branco e f5 negrotem papel principal nas definicoes estrategicas.Caso as brancas troquem exf5, as negras podemjogar ...Cxf5 deixando que as brancas dominem acasa e4(casa ideal para um cavalo) ou ...gxf5 quedominaria a casa e4 e abriria a coluna 'g' para oataque. Ja as negras podem trocar ...fxe4 cedendoa casa e4 as brancas ou jogar ...f4 fechando ocentro e planejando um ataque a ala do rei com g5-g4' 11.exf5 'Trocando imediatamente Reshevskyevita que Fischer avance na ala da dama' [ 11.f3 f4 /\ g6-g5 -> >> '/\ g6-g5 -> >> Iniciaria uma tipicaluta da India do Rei onde as negras atacam na alado rei e as brancas na ala da dama'; 11.¥d2 ¤f6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 as negras atacam com tudo naa la do re i enquanto as brancas tem que sedefender e ao mesmo tempo buscar uma reacaona ala da dama pois dificilmente conseguem exitocom uma defesa passiva] 11...¤xf5 [ 11...gxf5 12.f4! e4 13.¤f2 ¤f6 14.¥e3 as brancas tem oplano Rh1 seguido de g4 para minar o centro dasnegras ] 12.f3 ¤d4 [ 12...¤f6 Gligoric,S-Fischer,RBled 1961 'Gl igor ic ,S-Fischer,R Bled 1961'] 13.¤e4 'as brancas uem a casa e4 enquanto asnegras tem a coluna 'f' semi-aberta possibilitandouma p ressao na a l a do re i ' b6 14.¥g5?'Este lance nao resolve muito ja que para atacar asnegras vao avancar os peoes g e h e somenteentao a dama chegara a ala do rei para apoiar oavanco 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 buscacontrajogo na ala da dama' £g6 20.b4 ¤f6 21.bxa5? 'este lance dificulta a futura ruptura c5,


era melhor prevenir o lance .. .g4 das negras' [ 21.¤df2 >= '>=' ¤h5µ ] 21...g4! [ 21...bxa5 22.¤df2 ¤h5 23.c5„ ] 22.¤df2 [ 22.axb6? gxf3 23.£xf3 ¤xe4 24.£xe4 ¥f5-+ ; 22.¤xf6+ ¥xf6 23.f4 ¥f5µ ] 22...gxf3 23.£xf3 ¤h5 [ 23...¤xd5 24.£g3 ] 24.£e3 bxa5 25.¦ac1 [ 25.g3 ¤f4 26.¢h1 ¤h3!‚ ] 25...¥f5 26.c5 'Fischer armou umfo r te a taque na a la do re i e ma is uma vezReshevsky achou o antidoto correto buscandojogo na ala da dama para desviar as forcas negrasdo a taque ' [ 26.g3 ¦f7 /\ Raf8 -> '/\ Raf8 ->'] 26...¤f4 27.£g3 [ 27.g3 ¤xd5-+ ] 27...¥xe4! 28.¦xe4? 'Reshevsky erra e permite que asnegras tenham vantagem' [ 28.¤xe4 >= '>=' £xg3 29.hxg3 ¤d3 30.cxd6 cxd6 31.¦c6 ¤xe1 32.¥xe1ƒ 'as brancas teriam chances de empatedevido ao reduzido numero de peoes'; 28.¥xf4? exf4 ] 28...£xe4! 29.¤xe4 ¤e2+ 30.¢h1 ¤xg3+ 31.hxg3 ¦a6! 'defendendo o peao d6' 32.cxd6 cxd6 33.a4 -+ / -/+; Evans,L 'Segundo Evans, Las negras tem vantagem devido a qualidade amais e a melhor estrutura de peoes, na partidaFischer cometeu algumas imprecisoes permitindoque Reshevsky conseguisse o empate.' ¦f7 34.g4 ¥f8 35.¢h2 ¢h7 36.¦c8 ¦b6 37.¦a8 ¦b3 38.¥xa5 ¦f4? [ 38...¦e3! 39.¤c3 ( 39.¤g3 ¦d3 ) 39...e4 40.¦e8 ¥g7 41.¤xe4 ¥e5+-+ ] 39.¥c7! ¦xe4 40.¦xf8 ¦d3 41.¦f6 ¦xg4 42.¦xd6 ¦g7? [ 42...¦d2! 43.¦d7+ ¢g6 44.¥xe5 ¦gxg2+ 45.¢h3 ¦g5-+ ] 43.¦c6! [ 43.¥b6 ¦d2-+ ; 43.¥a5 ¦dg3-+ ] 43...¦xd5 [ 43...¦d2 44.¥xe5 ¦gxg2+ 45.¢h3 ¦g5 46.¥f4 ¦d3+ 47.¢h2 ( 47.¢h4? ¦d4 48.¦f6 ¢g7 ) 47...¦h5+ 48.¢g2 ¦dxd5 49.¦c7+ ¢g6 50.¦c6+= '=' ] 44.¦c2! e4 45.a5 ¦d3 [ 45...e3 46.¥f4 ¦e7 47.¦e2= '=' ] 46.¥f4 ¦f7 47.g3 e3 48.¦c1 [ 48.¢g2 ¦xf4 49.¦c7+= '=' ] 48...¦e7 49.¦e1 ¦a3 50.¦e2 ¢g6 51.¢g2 [ 51.¥d6? ¦d7! 52.¥xa3 ¦d2-+ ] 51...¦xa5 52.¦xe3 [ 52.¥xe3= '=' ] 52...¦a2+ 53.¢f3? [ 53.¢h3! ¦xe3 54.¥xe3 h5 55.¥f4 ¦a1 56.¥c7 ¢f5 57.¥f4 ¦b1 58.¥c7! ¦h1+ 59.¢g2 ¦c1 60.¥f4! ¦b1 61.¢h3!= '=!' ] 53...¦b7 [ 53...¦xe3+Evans,L 54.¥xe3 h5 A) 55.¢e4 ¢f6! 56.¥d4+ ¢e6 57.¢f4 ¦a4 58.¢e3 ¢f5-+ ; B) 55.¢f4 ¦a5! 56.¥d2 ¦f5+ 57.¢e4 ¢f6 58.¥f4 ( 58.¢e3? ¢g5 ) 58...¦a5-+ /\ Ra4+, Kf5 '/\ Ra4+, Kf5'; C) 55.¥f4 ¢f5 56.¥d6 ¦b2 57.¥f4 ¦b3+ 58.¢g2 ¢g4 59.¥d6 ¦b2+ 60.¢g1 ¢h3 61.¥e5 ¦b4! 62.¥c7 ( 62.¥f4? h4 ) 62...¦g4! 63.¢f2 ¢h2 64.¥e5 ¢h1 65.¢f3 ¦g8 66.¥f4 ¦f8 67.¢f2 ( 67.¢e3 ¢g2 ) 67...h4 68.¢f3 h3 69.¢f2 h2 70.¢f1 ¦a8 71.¢f2 ¦a2+ 72.¢f1 ¦a3! 73.¢f2 ¦f3+!! 74.¢xf3 ¢g1 75.¥e3+ ¢f1-+ ; D) 55.g4? h4-+ ] 54.¦e6+ ¢f5 55.¦e5+ ¢f6 56.¦d5 ¦b3+ 57.¢g4 '1/2-1/2 Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R/LosAngeles 1961/Lapertosa (57)'½-½

E98Gligoric,SvetozarFischer,Robert James

Bled 03.09.1961

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¤e1'No lugar de 9.Cd2 da partida anterior, Gligoricdecide levar o Cavalo a d3, com a mesma id->iade pressionar a ala da dama das negras' ¤d7 [ 9...¤e8 10.¤d3 f5 11.f4 exf4 12.¥xf4 fxe4 13.¤xe4 ¤f5 14.¥g5 ¤f6 15.g4 ¤d4 16.¤df2 £e7= Petrosian,T-Tal,M/Bled/1961/] 10.¤d3 [ 10.f3 f5 11.¥e3 f4 12.¥f2 g5‚ ] 10...f5 11.exf5 ¤xf5 ><e4 ; ><d4 [ 11...gxf5 'Levaria a outro tipode plano como explicado nos Conceitos Gerais' 12.f4 e4 13.¤f2 /\g2-g4 ] 12.f3 'Comeca a lutaestrategica as brancas tem a casa forte e4 e asnegras a coluna ' f ' aberta ' ¤f6 [ 12...¤d4=Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R (11)/Los Angeles m/1961/ ] 13.¤f2 ¤d4 14.¤fe4 'O Ce4 pode apoiaro avanco tematico c4 como bloqueia o peao e5evitando que este avance dando jogo aoBg7' ¤h5?! [ 14...c5! ] 15.¥g5 £d7 >< d6, /\ c7-c5 16.g3 'Impede ...Cf5' h6 [ 16...c5? 17.¤b5! ¤xb5 18.cxb5± Tal,M-Gligoric,S/Bled/1961/] 17.¥e3 c5! [ 17...¤xe2+ 18.£xe2 g5 19.c5± ] 18.¥xd4'O cavalo negro defendia b5, eliminando estecavalo Gligoric vai pressionar o peao atrasadod6' [ 18.¤b5 ¤f5 19.¥d2 a6 ] 18...exd4 19.¤b5 a6 [ 19...¥e5? 20.f4 ] 20.¤bxd6 d3! 'Fischer precisadar jogo ao Bg7 e antes as brancas bloqueiem d4e l e a b r e a d i a g o n a l p a r a o B i s p o ' 21.£xd3 [ 21.¥xd3 ¥d4+ 22.¢h1 ¤xg3+ 23.¤xg3 £xd6 24.£c2 ¥h3÷ ] 21...¥d4+ [ 21...¥xb2 '?' 22.¤xc8 ¥xa1 23.¤b6-+ 'as brancas ganham, por ex. 23...B d 4 ? 2 4 . D x d 4 ' ¥d4+? 24.£xd4 ] 22.¢g2 [ 22.¢h1 ¤xg3+ 23.¤xg3 £xd6© ] 22...¤xg3! 23.¤xc8! 'Gligoric tinha 23. Cxg6 Dxd6 24.Tab1que lhe daria no minimo a igualdade, mas decideentregar a qualidade baseando-se em profundosconceitostaticos' [ 23.hxg3? '??' £h3# ; 23.¢xg3? £h3# ; 23.¤xg3 £xd6© ] 23...¤xf1 24.¤b6! £c7!'ameacando ...Dh2+' 25.¦xf1 [ 25.¤xa8? £xh2+ 26.¢xf1 £g1# ] 25...£xb6 26.b4! 'Gligoric teveuma genial ideia baseado no ataque a descobertaDd3-Dxg6' £xb4 [ 26...cxb4 '?' 27.c5! ¥xc5 28.¤xc5 £xc5 29.£xg6+ ¢h8 30.£xh6+ ¢g8 31.¢h1+- ; 26...¦f7 27.bxc5 ¥xc5 28.¦b1ƒ/\ d5-d6 ] 27.¦b1 £a5 28.¤xc5 '=!' [ 28.¦xb7 ¦f7 ] 28...£xc5 29.£xg6+ ¥g7 30.¦xb7 £d4™ 31.¥d3 ¦f4 32.£e6+ ¢h8 33.£g6 '1/2-1/2Gligoric,S-Fischer,R/Bled 1961/Lapertosa (33)'½-½


B09Fischer,Robert JamesKortschnoj,Viktor Lvo


Fischer had won Stockholm 1962, the interzonaltournament. Matters would be different in hotWi l lemstad. The 'Russians ' took care of theoptimistic Bobby. 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.f4 ¥g7 5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 c5 7.dxc5 £a5 8.0-0 £xc5+ 9.¢h1 ¤c6 10.¤d2 a5 11.a4 ¤b4 12.¤b3 £b6 Was the next move anoversight or a provocation? 13.g4? [ Correct is 13.f5 d5 (Zurakhov-Savon, Kiev 1960).] 13...¥xg4! 14.¥xg4 ¤xg4 15.£xg4 ¤xc2 16.¤b5 ¤xa1 17.¤xa1 £c6 18.f5 £c4 19.£f3 £xa4 20.¤c7 £xa1 Korchnoi grabs anything. 21.¤d5?! [Little better is 21.¤xa8 ¦xa8 22.fxg6 fxg6 ] 21...¦ae8 22.¥g5 £xb2 23.¥xe7 ¥e5 24.¦f2 £c1+ 25.¦f1 £h6 26.h3 gxf5 27.¥xf8 ¦xf8 28.¤e7+ ¢h8 29.¤xf5 £e6 30.¦g1 a4 31.¦g4 £b3 32.£f1 a3 33.¦g3 £xg30-1

B88Fischer,Robert JamesGeller,Efim P


1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.f4 0-0 9.¥e3 ¤xd4 10.¥xd4 b5 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 ¤d7 13.0-0 ¥c5! [Geller diverts from 13...b4 14.¤e4 in Fischer-Olafsson, Stockholm 1962).] 14.¥xc5 ¤xc5 15.£xd8 ¦xd8 16.¤xb5 ¥a6 17.¥c4 ¦ab8 18.a4 ¤xa4! 19.¤d6 [ 19.¦xa4 ¥xb5 20.¥xb5 ¦xb5 21.¦xa7 ¦xb2 22.¦fxf7 ¦d1+= ] 19...¥xc4 20.¤xc4 ¤xb2 21.¤d6!? ¦d7 22.¦fb1 ¦c7 23.h3? [ 23.¦a2! ¦xc2 24.¦xa7stil l draws.] 23...¦b6 24.c4 h6 25.¤b5 ¦c5 26.¦xb2 a6 27.¦f2 axb5 28.¦a7 ¦xe5 29.¦fxf7 ¦g5 30.¦fb7 ¦xb7 31.¦xb7 bxc4 32.¦c7 ¦f5 33.¦xc4 ¢f7 34.g4?! [More prudent is 34.g3 ] 34...¦f3 35.¢g2 ¦d3 36.¦c7+ ¢f6 37.h4 ¦a3 38.¦b7 ¦c3 39.g5+ hxg5 40.hxg5+ ¢g6 41.¦e7 ¦e3 42.¢f2? "I'll draw that game with my eyesshut!" Bobby told the press. Geller and Boleslavskya n a l y s e t h e a d j o u r n e d p o s i t i o n a g a i n . [ Fischer misses the brilliant escape 42.¢h2!! ¦e5 43.¢h3! ] 42...¦e5 43.¢f3 ¦f5+ 44.¢e3 [ The f irst pointe is 44.¢e4 ¦f7! ( 44...e5?? 45.¦xg7+ ) 45.¦xe6+ ¢xg5 and Black has atheoretical win.] 44...e5! 45.¢e4 ¦xg5 46.¦e8 ¦g1! 47.¢f3 [The second point is 47.¦e6+ ¢f7 48.¦xe5 ¦e1+ 49.¢f5 ¦xe5+ 50.¢xe5 ¢g6 51.¢f4 ¢h5-+ ] 47...¦f1+ 48.¢g3 ¦f5 49.¦b8

¢g5 50.¦e8 ¢f6 51.¦f8+ ¢e6 52.¦e8+ ¢f6 53.¦f8+ ¢e6 54.¦e8+ ¢d5 55.¦a8 ¦f7 56.¢g4 ¦e7 57.¦a5+ ¢e6 58.¦a6+ ¢f7 59.¢f3 ¦e6 60.¦a8 e4+ 61.¢e3 g5 62.¦a1 ¢g6 63.¦b1 ¦e5 64.¢d4 ¢f6 65.¦e1 ¦a5! 66.¦xe4 ¢f5! 67.¦e8 ¢g4 68.¢e3 ¢g30-1

C12Fischer,Robert JamesPetrosian,Tigran


A great prophylactic player was Tigran Petrosian.Slow strangulation was his speciality. The ideas ofNimzowitsch had a great influence on him, but heplayed more prudently. He participated in manycandidates' tournaments. A great success becamethe match tournament Curacao 1962. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 ¥b4!? 5.e5 h6 6.¥d2 ¥xc3 7.¥xc3!? [Theory is 7.bxc3 ¤e4 8.£g4! ] 7...¤e4 8.¥a5?! 0-0! 9.¥d3 ¤c6 10.¥c3 ¤xc3 11.bxc3 f6 Black has an easygame. 12.f4 fxe5 13.fxe5 ¤e7! 14.¤f3 c5 15.0-0 £a5 16.£e1 ¥d7 17.c4! £xe1 18.¦fxe1 dxc4 19.¥e4?! [ 19.¥xc4 b5 20.¥d3 ¦ac8 21.¥e4 draws easier.] 19...cxd4 20.¥xb7 ¦ab8 21.¥a6 ¦b4 22.¦ad1 d3! [ No winning chancegives 22...¦a4 23.¦xd4! ] 23.cxd3 cxd3 24.¦xd3 ¥c6 25.¦d4 ¦xd4 26.¤xd4 ¥d5 Fischer has toprotect weak pawns. 27.a4? [ White narrowlyescapes in 27.¥d3! ¥xa2 28.¦a1 ¦d8 29.¦xa2 ¦xd4 30.¦xa7 ¤c6 31.¦a6 ¦xd3 32.¦xc6 ¢f7 33.¦c7+ ¢g6 34.¦e7 ] 27...¦f4! 28.¦d1 ¤g6 29.¥c8 ¢f7 30.a5 ¤xe5 31.a6 ¦g4 32.¦d2 ¤c4 33.¦f2+ ¢e7 34.¤b5 ¤d6 35.¤xd6 [ 35.¤xa7 ¦c4 36.¥b7 ¤xb7 37.axb7 ¥xb7 ] 35...¢xd6 36.¥b7 ¥xb7 37.axb7 ¢c7 38.h3 ¦g5 39.¦b2 ¢b8 40.¢f2 ¦d5 41.¢e3 ¦d7 42.¢e4 ¦xb7 43.¦f2 Geller, Keres and Petrosianquickly drew among each others. Fischer was theirprey. Bobby complained: "The Russians have fixedworld chess!" FIDE decided to organise candidates'matches next time.0-1

B20Keres,Paul PetrovichFischer,Robert James

Curacao ct 1962

1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 d6 3.g3 g6 [ 3...d5!? 4.¥g2 dxe4 5.¥xe4 ¤f6 6.¥g2 ¤c6 7.0-0 e6= ] 4.¥g2 ¥g7 5.0-0 [ ¹5.c3 ¤c6 6.d4 cxd4 ( 6...e5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.£xd8+ ¤xd8 9.¤a3² ) 7.cxd4 £b6?


8.¤bc3 ¤xd4? 9.¤d5 £c5 10.¤xd4 ¥xd4 11.¥e3! ¥xe3 12.fxe3 £a5+ 13.b4 £d8 14.¦c1 ¦b8 15.0-0 ¥d7 16.£d4 f6 17.¤c7+ ¢f7 18.e5!‚ Samarian,S-Wesen/corr/1958/] 5...¤c6 6.c3 e5! 7.d3 ¤ge7 8.a3 [ ¹8.¥e3 0-0 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 cxd4 ( 10...d5 11.¤bc3 ¥g4! ) 11.¤xd4 ¤e5ƒ Pachmann,L-Tal,M Amsterdam1964 ] 8...0-0 [ 8...a5 9.a4! >< b5 ] 9.b4 b6 10.f4 exf4! 11.gxf4 [ 11.¤xf4? cxb4 12.axb4 ¤xb4! ; 11.¥xf4 d5 ] 11...d5! [ 11...cxb4 12.axb4 ¤xb4? 13.f5! ¤ec6 14.e5 ] 12.e5 ¥g4 [ ¹12...¤f5 13.¤g3 ¤ce7 /\ f7-f6 ] 13.h3 ¥xe2 [ ¹13...¥e6 14.¤g3 £d7 15.¢h2 f6 ] 14.£xe2 f6 15.b5 [ 15.e6 f5 >< e6 ] 15...¤a5 16.¤d2 [ ¹16.¦a2 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 ] 18...¤b3 19.¦b1 ¤xc1 20.¦xc1 £c7! 21.¦e1 [ 21.d4? cxd4 ] 21...¦d8 22.¤h2 [ 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4 ¤f5ƒ /\ Bh6 ] 22...d4 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.¤f3? [ 24.¤g4! ¦f8 25.¦f1= ] 24...¥h6! 25.£a2+ ¢h8 26.£e6 ¤d5? [ 26...¤f5! 27.£f6+ ( 27.¤h2? ¥e3+-+ ) 27...¥g7 28.£e6 ¦f8 /\ Bh6 29.¤g5 ( 29.¤h2 £c3! ) 29...¥h6 30.¤e4 ¥e3+ 31.¢h1 ¥f4 32.¤f6 £c3 33.¦d1 £c2ƒ ] 27.¤h2! [ 27.¤xd4? £c5 ] 27...¤e3 [ 27...¤f4? 28.£f6+ ¢g8 29.¤g4+- ] 28.¥c6! ¦f8 29.¤f3= ¥f4 [ 29...£d8 30.£d6 ] 30.¤xd4 ¥xe5 31.¤f3 ¥d4! 32.¦xe3 [ 32.¤xd4?? £g3+ ] 32...¥xe3+ [ 32...£f4 33.¢f2! ] 33.£xe3 £g3+ 34.¢f1 £xh3+ 35.¢e1 £f5 36.d4 ¢g7 [ 36...h5? 37.£h6+ ¢g8 38.¥d5+ £xd5 39.£xg6+= ] 37.¢f2! [ 37.£e5+ £xe5+ 38.dxe5 ¦f4 /\ Ra4 ] 37...h5 38.¢g3 £g4+ 39.¢h2 ¦f4 [ 39...£f4+ 40.£xf4 ¦xf4 41.¢g3³ ; 39...h4? 40.£e7+ ¦f7 41.£xf7+! ] 40.£e7+ ¢h6 41.£e2 £f5 42.£e3 g5 43.¢g2 ¦g4+ 44.¢f2 ¦f4 45.¢g2 £c2+ 46.¢h1 [ 46.¢g3? ¦g4+ 47.¢h3 £g2# ] 46...£b1+ 47.¢h2 £a2+ 48.¢h3 £f7 49.¢h2 £f6 50.¢g2 ¢g7 [ 50...g4? 51.¢g3 ] 51.¢g3 h4+ 52.¢g2 [ 52.¢h2? g4-+ ] 52...¦g4+ [ 52...g4 53.¤xh4! ] 53.¢h1 ¦g3 54.£e4 g4 55.¤h2 £g5 56.¤f1? [ 56.£e5+! £xe5 57.dxe5 ¦xa3 58.¤xg4= ] 56...¦h3+? [ 56...¦xa3! 57.d5 g3 58.d6 ( 58.¥d7 ¦a1 59.¢g2 ¦a2+ 60.¢g1 £f6 61.¥f5 ¦f2 ) 58...¦a1 59.£e7+ ( 59.¢g1 £c5+-+ ) 59...£xe7 60.dxe7 h3! 61.e8¤+ ¢f8-+ ] 57.¢g1 ¦xa3 58.d5 g3 59.¥d7! ¦a1 60.¥f5! £f6 61.£f4 ¦e1 62.d6 ¦e5 63.£g4+! [ 63.d7? ¦xf5 64.£xf5 £xf5 65.d8£ £f2+ 66.¢h1 £xf1# ] 63...¢f8 64.d7 ¦d5 [ 64...¦xf5 65.d8£+! £xd8 66.£xf5+= ] 65.¢g2! ¦xd7! [ 65...£b2+ 66.¢h3 £f2 67.¥e4! £xf1+ 68.¥g2 £f2 69.£b4+= '!' ] 66.¥xd7! £f2+ 67.¢h3 £xf1+ 68.¢xh4 g2 69.£b4+ ¢f7! [ 69...¢g7 70.£e7+ £f7 71.£g5+ £g6 72.£e7+= ] 70.£b3+ ¢g7 71.£g3+ [ 71.£c3+? £f6+-+ ; 71.£b2+? £f6+-+ ] 71...¢h7! 72.£e5!! '!' [ 72.¥f5+ £xf5

73.£xg2 £f4+! A) 74.¢h3 £h6+!-+ ( 74...£h6+/\ Qg6+ und Qxg2 75.¢g4 ); B) 74.£g4 £xg4+ 75.¢xg4 ¢g6!-+ '-+' ] 72...£h1+ [ 72...£f2+ 73.¢h3 g1£ ( 73...g1¤+ 74.¢g4= ) 74.¥f5+ ¢h6 ( 74...£xf5+ 75.£xf5+ £g6 76.£xg6+ ¢xg6 77.¢g4= '=' ) 75.£f6+ ¢h5 76.¥g6+! £xg6 77.£g5+!! 'patt' ¢xg5= ] 73.¥h3 £xh3+ [ 73...g1£ 74.£h5+ ¢g7 75.£g6+!= '!' ( 75.£g6+! ¢f8 76.£f6+ ¢e8 77.£e6+ Dauerschach)] 74.¢xh3 g1£ 75.£e7+ ¢h8 76.£f8+ ¢h7 77.£f7+ [ 77.£f7+ £g7 78.£xg7+! ¢xg7 79.¢g3! '=' ¢f6 80.¢f4 ¢e6 81.¢e4 ¢d6 82.¢d4 ¢c7 83.¢d5 ¢b7 84.¢c4 ¢c7 85.¢d5 ¢d7 86.¢e5= ]½-½


New York 1962

FISCHER (Born 1943) Usual ly the sty le of achessmaster has to grow; it may take years beforeone may speak of any style at all. As a rule theyoung player begins with pure combination, andthen in the course of time finds that he must addwater to win. He learns the methods of positionalplay, and develops endgame technique. It is quitepossible to begin as a combinative player - atactician - and yet in maturing to acquire an out-and-out positional style of play. The exceptionalGrandmaster Fischer, however, is another andalmost unique story in modern chess. At the age oftwenty he already possessed a fully rounded style.He is both tactician and strategist, an openingsexpert without peer, and a virtuoso of the endgame.The following game against Reshevsky is a goodexample of his super-class, technical style 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 ¥g7 8.g5 ¤h5 9.¥e2 e5 10.¤b3 ¤f4 11.¤d5 ¤xd5 [ 11...0-0 12.¤xf4 exf4 13.¥xf4 ¥xb2 14.¥xd6 ] 12.£xd5 ¤c6 13.¥g4 ¥xg4 [ 13...£e7 14.-- ¥e6 ] 14.hxg4 £c8 15.£d1 ¤d4 16.c3 ¤xb3 17.axb3 £e6 18.¦a5 f6 19.£d5! £xd5 [ 19...£xg4 20.£xb7 0-0 21.gxf6! ] 20.¦xd5 ¢d7 21.gxf6 ¥xf6 22.g5! ¥e7 [ 22...¥g7 23.¦d3 -- 24.¦dh3 winning the h-pawn ] 23.¢e2 ¦af8 24.¥e3 ¦c8 25.b4Intending in due course to dissolve his doubledpawn by Pb5, and saddle Black with a weak pawnon the Queenside b5 This should be avoided ifpossible. Black now has three vulnerbla points - a6,d6 and h7. How to profit from a situation like thiswas the subject of "Technique of Maneuvering".The present game pre t t i l y supp lements theexamples there given 26.¦dd1! ¢e6 27.¦a1 ¦c6 28.¦h3 threatening to win the h-pawn ¥f8 [ 28...--


29.¦ah1 ] 29.¦ah1 ¦c7 30.¦h4! Putting Black in astate of zugzwang d5 [ 30...¦c4 31.f3 ¦c7 32.¦4h3! ] 31.¦a1 ¦c6 [ 31...dxe4 32.¦xa6+ ¢f5 ( 32...¢d5 33.¦xg6 l oses a pawn) 33.¦f6# ] 32.exd5+ ¢xd5 33.¦d1+ ¢e6 34.¦d8 ¢f5 [ 34...-- 35.¦e8+ ¢f5 36.¦xe5+ ¢xe5 37.¥d4+ ¢f5 38.¥xh8 ¢xg5 39.¦xh7 ] 35.¦a8 ¦e6 36.¦h3 ¥g7 [ 36...-- 37.¦f3+ ; 36...¢g4 37.¦g3+ ¢h4 38.¦f3 ¥g7 39.¦a7 ¦g8 40.¦d7!Black is in a mating net] 37.¦xh8 ¥xh8 38.¦xh7 ¦e8 39.¦f7+ ¢g4 [ 39...¢e4 ; 39...¢e6 40.¦a7+- ] 40.f3+ ¢g3 41.¢d3 An aethestic flaw [ 41.¢f1 -- ( 41...¢h4 42.¢g2 ) 42.¥f2+ ¢h3 43.¦h7# ] 41...e4+ 42.fxe4 ¦d8+ 43.¥d4 ¢g4 44.¦f1 ¥e5 [ 44...¢xg5 45.¦g1+ ¢f4 46.¦xg6 ] 45.¢e3 ¥c7 46.¦g1+ ¢h5 47.¢f3 ¦d7 48.e5 ¦f7+ 49.¢e4 ¦f5 50.e6 ¥d8 51.¥f6 ¥xf6 52.gxf6 ¦xf6 53.¢e5 ¦f2 54.¦e11-0

E81Aaron,ManuelFischer,Robert James

Saltsjobaden izt 1962

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.¥e3 ¤bd7 7.£d2 c5 8.¤ge2 a6 9.¤g3 cxd4 10.¥xd4 ¤e5 11.¥e2 ¥e6 12.¤d5 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.¥xb5 ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¥xd5 16.a4 e6 17.0-0 £h4 18.¤e2 ¦fc8 19.¥e3 ¤c4 20.¥xc4 £xc4 21.¦fc1 £a6 22.¦xc8+ ¦xc8 23.¤c3 ¥c4 24.f4 d5 25.¥d4 ¥xd4+ 26.£xd4 £b7 27.£f2 ¥a6 28.¦d1 ¦c4 29.¦d2 ¦xc30-1

C11Fischer,Robert JamesPetrosian,Tigran

Saltsjobaden izt 1962

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 dxe4 5.¤xe4 ¤bd7 6.¤f3 ¥e7 7.¤xf6+ ¥xf6 8.£d2 ¥xg5 9.¤xg5 ¤f6 10.¥e2 0-0 11.¦d1 £d6 12.0-0 ¥d7 13.¤f3 ¦fd8 14.c4 ¥c6 15.¤e5 ¤d7 16.¤xc6 £xc6 17.¥f3 £a6 18.£c3 ¤f6 19.b4 c6 20.a4 ¦ac8 21.a5 b5 22.¦c1 h6 23.h3 bxc4 24.£xc4 £xc4 25.¦xc4 ¤d5 26.¦fc1 ¦b8 27.¦xc6 ¦xb4 28.¦c8 ¦xc8 29.¦xc8+ ¢h7 30.¦a8 ¦b7 31.a6 ¦d7 32.¦b8 ¦d6 33.¥e2 ¤c7 34.¦b7 ¤xa6 35.¦xf7 ¤b4 36.¦xa7 ¦xd4 37.¥g4 ¦d6 38.¦e7 ¤d5 39.¦xe6 ¦xe6 40.¥xe6 ¤f6½-½

B52Rossolimo,NicolasFischer,Robert James

USA-ch 6263 New York 1962

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 02Variante 03 2-2-2, má configuração de peões,estrutura central com d6-e5 pretas # 3 Estratégia -Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 02 Variante 04 2-2-2, má configuração de peões, estrutura centralcom d3-e4 brancas # 4 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.¥b5+ ¥d7 4.¥xd7+ £xd7 5.0-0 ¤c6 6.£e2 g6 7.c3 ¥g7 8.¦d1 e5 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 ¤xd4 11.¤xd4 cxd4 12.¤a3 ¤e7 13.¤b5 ¤c6 14.¥f4 ¥e5 15.¥h6 0-0-0 16.f4 ¥f6 17.¥g5 ¥xg5 18.fxg5 £e7 19.£g4+ £e6 20.£xe6+ fxe6 21.¤xd4 ¤xd4 22.¦xd4 e5 23.¦d3 '+/=' ¦hf8 24.¦f3 ¢d7 25.¦c1 ¦xf3! 26.gxf3 ¢e6 27.¦c7 '!' ¦d7 '?!' 28.¦xd7 ¢xd7 '+/=' 29.¢f2 ¢c6 30.¢e3 ¢c5 31.¢d3 ¢b4 '!' 32.¢d2 ¢c5 33.¢c2 ¢d4 34.¢d2 ¢c4 35.¢c2 ¢d4 36.¢d2 b5 37.¢e2 a5 38.¢d2 a4 39.¢e2 a3 40.bxa3 ¢c3 41.a4 bxa4= 42.¢e3 ¢b2 43.¢d2 [ 43.¢d2 ¢xa2 ( 43...¢a3 44.¢c3 ¢xa2 45.¢c2= ; 43...¢a1 44.¢c1 ¢xa2 45.¢c2 ¢a3 46.¢c3 ¢a2 47.¢c2 a3 48.¢c3 ¢a1 49.¢c2 ¢a2= ) 44.¢c2= e o Rei Preto nao pode mais sairda lateral. ]½-½

C75Fischer,Robert JamesCiocaltea,Victor

Varna Olympiad 1962

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 d6 5.c3 ¥d7 6.d4 ¤ge7 7.¥b3 h6 Black can't play 7...Ng6 because of 8.Ng5. 8.£e2 ¤g6 9.£c4A novel way of confusing the enemy army. 9...Be6loses a piece after 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4+, so Blackmust either play 9...Qe7, completely locking up hisown kingside, or expose his queen on f6. £f6 10.d5 b5 Otherwise White just captures on c7 andgets away. 11.£e2 ¤a5 12.¥d1 ¥e7 13.g3Black would have done better to simplify with 12...Nh4 or f4, to get some space on the kingside.Fischer prevents that and sets a nasty trap as well. 0-0 14.h4 ¦fc8 The losing move. Black had toplay 14...Nh8 or Bd8 to save the queen, thoughthings look grim then too. 15.¥g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 £xg5 Black would do better with 16...Nf4, though itdoesn't matter much, since after 16.gxf6 Nxe2 17.fxe7 Nc1 18.Kd2 he's down a p iece. 17.¤xg5 ¥xg5 18.¤a3 c6 19.dxc6 ¥e6 20.£h5 ¥h6 21.¥g4 ¥xg4 22.£xg4 ¤xc6 23.¦d1 b4


24.¤c4 bxc3 25.bxc3 ¤d4 26.¤b61-0

B90Fischer,Robert JamesNajdorf,Miguel

Varna Olympiad 1962

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.h3 b5 7.¤d5 ¥b7 Black shouldprobably take the pawn. White gets an initiativeafter 8.Qf3, but Black seems to hold. Now Najdorf'sking has nowhere to hide. 8.¤xf6+ gxf6 9.c4The kingside is already unsafe, and no Fischergoes to work on the center and the queenside. bxc4 10.¥xc4 ¥xe4 11.0-0 d5 12.¦e1No rest for the weary. Black's last move is shown tohave serious drawbacks-- he can't get his bishopback to b7, and his dark squares look weak. e5 13.£a4+ ¤d7 14.¦xe4 This sacrifice reopens thea2-g8 diagonal and gives White control of all thelight squares in the center. dxe4 15.¤f5 ¥c5 16.¤g7+ Typically, Fischer's play is ruthlesslyaccurate. The text a l lows White to f in ish hisdevelopment with the Black king a sitting duck int h e c e n t e r . ¢e7 17.¤f5+ ¢e8 18.¥e3Again, simple but deadly-Black must either losetime retreating the bishop or give up d6. If 18...Qb6,19.Bxf7+. ¥xe3 19.fxe3 £b6 20.¦d1 ¦a7 21.¦d6 £d8 22.£b3 Now if Black could onlycastle there would be some hope, but White's 16thmove ruled that out. £c7 23.¥xf7+ ¢d8 24.¥e6Black is helpless-if he tries 24...Qc1+, after 25.Rd1he has no way to cover b6 and b8 without giving upd7.1-0

B77Fischer,Robert JamesPurevzhav

Varna Olympiad 1962

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 7.f3 ¤c6 8.£d2 0-0 9.¥c4 ¤d7 The slowest continuation accepted bytheory. Black hopes to get play against White'squeenside with his knights, but weakens his kingposition. 10.0-0-0 ¤b6 11.¥b3 ¤a5 12.£d3White doesn't want to allow either knight to move toc4, which would force him to give up his Be3. Blackmight then get strong play on the dark squares. ¥d7 13.h4 ¦c8 14.h5 So White draws first blood.Once he takes on g6 he will be able to play Bh6,leaving Black's k ing naked to the wind. ¤ac4 15.hxg6 hxg6 If 15...Nxe3, White would not play

16.gxh7+, when his own pawn on h7 would keepthe kingside closed, but 16.gxf7+ Kh8 17.Qxe3,when h7 is a target and White already threatens 18.Rxh7+ Kxh7 19.Rh1+. 16.¥h6 e6 17.f4Threatening 18.Qh3, when Black wil l have nodefense to mate on h7 or h8. e5 18.¤f5Renewing the threat of Qh3. If Black takes theknight he gets mated after 18...gxf5 19.Bxg7 Kxg720.Qg3+ Kf6 21.Qg5+ Ke6 22.ef. ¥xf5 19.exf5 ¤xb2 A last desparate bid for counterplay, butFischer has seen everyth ing. 20.¢xb2 e4 21.¥xg7 Black may have missed this move. Hecan't take the queen because of 22.f6 and mate onh8. ¢xg7 22.¤xe41-0

E26RiveraFischer,Robert James

Varna Olympiad 1962

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.¥d3 dxc4 8.¥xc4 £c7 9.¥b3 b6 10.¤e2 0-0 11.¥b2 ¤c6 12.0-0 ¤a5 13.¤g3 ¥b7 14.¦c1 This loses instructively--White obviously saw Black's next but figured thatafter 15.f3 he had met the threat, but didn't noticethat 14...Qb6 contained a subtler threat. £c6 15.f3 £b5 The subtler threat of 14... Qb6--White mustnow lose a bishop, and, though he gives it a try, hecan't trap Black's queen. 16.¥a4 £xb20-1

B92Unzicker,WolfgangFischer,Robert James

Varna olm, XV finals 1962

Simple Chess by Michael Stean 2. Outposts TheComplete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade andO'Connell # 564 Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, porBobby Fischer #42 Sici l ian Defence, NajdorfVariation 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e6 [ 7...¥e7Pilnik,H-Fischer,R Mar del Plata 1959] 8.0-0 ¤bd7 9.f4 £c7 10.f5 ¥c4 11.a4 ¥e7 [ 11...¦c8? 12.a5 ¥e7 13.¥xc4 £xc4 14.¦a4! £c7 15.¥e3 h6 16.¦f2± Schmid,L-Evans,L Varnaol 1962 ] 12.¥e3 0-0 13.a5 [ 13.g4 d5! 14.exd5 ( 14.g5 d4! ; 14.¤xd5 ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¤f6 16.d6? ¥xd6 17.¥xc4 £xc4 18.£xd6 £xg4+ 19.¢h1 £e4+ ) 14...¥b4 15.g5 ¥xc3 16.gxf6 ¥xb2 17.fxg7 ¦fd8 18.¦b1 ¥c3µ ] 13...b5 [ 13...h6 14.g4 ¤h7 15.¥f2ƒ /\ h2-h4 ] 14.axb6 ¤xb6 15.¥xb6? [ 15.¢h1! ¦fc8 16.¥xb6 £xb6 17.¥xc4


¦xc4 18.£e2 ¦b4 19.¦a2! Geller,E-Fischer,RCuracao ct 1962 h6! 20.¦fa1 ¥f8 21.¦xa6 ¦xa6 22.¦xa6 £b7 23.¤a5 £c7 24.¤b3 £b7=Z u c k e r m a n , B] 15...£xb6+ 16.¢h1 ¥b5!/ \ Bc6, a6-a5 17.¥xb5 [ 17.¤xb5 >= axb5 18.£d3 ^- ] 17...axb5 18.¤d5 ¤xd5 19.£xd5 '# ' ¦a4! a <->, >< e4 20.c3 [ 20.¤d2? ¦d4 ] 20...£a6 [ 20...¦fa8? 21.£xa8+! ] 21.h3 '?' [ 21.¦ad1 ¦c8 22.¤c1 b4 23.¤d3!? bxc3 24.bxc3 A) 24...¦xc3-+ 25.¤xe5 dxe5 26.£xe5 ( 26.£d8+ ¥f8! ) 26...¥b4! 27.£xc3 £xf1+! Kmoch,H ; B) 24...¦a5 Tal,M-Fischer,R Curacao ct 1962; 21.¦ad1 ] 21...¦c8 22.¦fe1 h6! 23.¢h2 [ 23.¦xa4 bxa4 24.¤c1 a3 ] 23...¥g5 24.g3? weakening [ 24.¦ad1 >= ] 24...£a7! 25.¢g2 ¦a2! 26.¢f1 [ 26.¦xa2 £xa2 27.¦e2 ¦xc3! ] 26...¦xc3! [ 26...¦xc3 White resigns for: 27.¦xa2 ( 27.bxc3? £f2# ) 27...¦f3+ 28.¢e2 ¦f2+ 29.¢d3 ( 29.¢d1 £xa2 ) 29...£xa2 30.¦a1 £xb2-+ ]0-1

D98Botvinnik,Mikhail MFischer,Robert James

XV Olympiad Varna 1962

1.c4 g6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.£b3 dxc4 6.£xc4 0-0 7.e4 ¥g4 8.¥e3 [ 8.¤e5 ¥e6 9.d5 ¥c8 = 'with the idea'e6] 8...¤fd7 9.¥e2 ¤c6 [ 9...¤b6 Botvinnik - Smyslov, Moscow (m/4),1958 ] 10.¦d1 [ 10.d5 ¤a5 11.£a4 c6 ; 10.0-0-0 ¤b6 11.£c5 e6 12.¢b1 £c8 13.h3 ¥xf3 14.¥xf3 a5 15.¤b5² Portisch - Hort, Palma deMallorca, 1971] 10...¤b6 11.£c5 [ 11.£d3 ¥xf3 12.gxf3 e5 13.d5 ¤d4 = Botvinnik] 11...£d6 ! 12.h3 [ 12.£xd6 cxd6 != ; 12.d5 ¤e5 13.¤xe5 ¥xe2 14.¢xe2 ¥xe5 15.£xd6 cxd6 16.¥d4 ¦fc8 17.¥xe5 dxe5 18.¦c1 ¤c4 19.b3 ¤d6Arencibia - Konguveel, Linares, 1997 =; 12.e5 !? £xc5 13.dxc5 ¤d7 ( 13...¤c8 14.h3 ¥xf3 15.¥xf3 ¥xe5 16.¦d7 a6 17.¥xc6 bxc6 18.f4 ¥f6 19.¦xc7² Kaufman - Kudrin, Chicago, 1997) 14.h3 ¥e6 15.¤g5 ¤dxe5 16.¤xe6 fxe6 17.f4 ¥h6 18.0-0 ¦ad8 19.g3 ¤b4 20.¥f2 ¤ed3 21.a3 ¤xf2 22.¦xd8 ¤xh3+ 23.¢g2 ¦xd8 24.axb4 ¤xf4+ 25.gxf4 ¦d4 26.b5² Ziegler -Pribyl, Goeteborg, 1997] 12...¥xf3 13.gxf3 [ 13.¥xf3 £xc5 14.dxc5 ¤c4 15.¥c1 ¤d4÷ ] 13...¦fd8 [ 13...£xc5 14.dxc5 ¥xc3+ 15.bxc3 ¤a4 16.¢d2 !$16 Furman] 14.d5 [ 14.e5 £xc5 15.dxc5 ¦xd1+ 16.¢xd1 ¤d7 17.f4 g5 ! 18.fxg5 ¥xe5 = ; 14.¤b5 £xc5 15.dxc5 ¤a4 ! 16.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 17.b3 ¤c3 18.¤xc7 ¤d4 ] 14...¤e5 15.¤b5 'passed pawn' [ 15.f4 ¤ed7 ( 15...¤ec4 ! 16.¥xc4 £xc5 17.¥xc5 ¤xc4 18.e5 ¤xb2 19.¦d4 f6 !$17 Botvinnik) 16.£b5 ( 16.£xd6

cxd6 = ) 16...e5 ! 17.dxe6 ?! ¥xc3+ ! 18.bxc3 £xe6 ] 15...£f6 ! [ 15...£xc5 ? 16.¥xc5 c6 17.¤c7 ( 17.¤xa7 ? ¤a4 ) 17...¦ab8 18.¥xe7 ¦d7 19.d6 ¤c8 20.¤e8 ! ¤xe7 21.¤xg7 ¢xg7 22.f4 !$16 Fischer] 16.f4 ¤ed7 17.e5 [ 17.£xc7? £xb2 'with the idea'Qb4] 17...£xf4 ! [ 17...£f5 18.£b4 a5 19.£d4 ('with the idea'Bg4) c5 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.¥g4 c5 22.£xd7² Botvinnik ] 18.¥xf4 [ 18.£xb6 ? £e4 ! 19.f3 £h4+ ! 20.¥f2 £b4+-+ ] 18...¤xc5 19.¤xc7 ¦ac8 20.d6 exd6 21.exd6 [ 21.¦xd6 ? ¤bd7 ] 21...¥xb2 22.0-0 ¤bd7 [ 22...¤cd7 23.¥f3 ¥e5 24.¥xe5 ¤xe5 25.¥xb7 ¦b8² Botvinnik ] 23.¦d5 [ 23.¤d5 ¢g7 ] 23...b6 ' p a s s e d p a w n ' 24.¥f3 ? [ 24.¥c4! ('with the idea'Re1-e7$36) ¤e6 25.¥h2 ¤d4 26.¥a6 ( 26.¦b1 ¥c3 27.¦c1 ¥b2 = ) 26...¦b8 27.¢g2 !? ¤f6 28.¥e5 ! ¤xd5 29.¤xd5ƒ'with the idea'Nf6; 'with the idea'Rb1; 'with theidea'Rd1 ] 24...¤e6 ! 25.¤xe6 [ 25.¥h2 ¤d4 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 ? ¦f8 27.¥g4 ¦xf4 28.¥xe6+ ¦f7-+ Fischer ] 26...¤c5 27.¦e3 [ 27.¦d2 ¦f8 28.d7 ¦cd8µ ] 27...e5 [ 27...¥d4 ?! 28.¦a3 e5 29.¥g5 ¦xd6 30.¥e7 ¦d7 31.¥g4 Botvinnik ] 28.¥xe5 ¥xe5 29.¦xe5 ¦xd6 30.¦e7 ¦d7 31.¦xd7 [ 31.¦fe1 ¦cc7 ! ] 31...¤xd7 32.¥g4 [ 32.¦e1 %03'better is' ¢f8 33.¥d5 ] 32...¦c7 33.¦e1 ¢f7 34.¢g2 ¤c5 35.¦e3 ¦e7 36.¦f3+ [ 36.¢f3 ? h5 !$19 ; 36.¦xe7+ ¢xe7µ ] 36...¢g7 37.¦c3 ¦e4 38.¥d1 ¦d4 [ 38...¦e1 ! ] 39.¥c2 ¢f6 40.¢f3 ¢g5 41.¢g3 ¤e4+ [ 41...¦b4 42.a3 ¦d4 43.f3 a5 44.¢g2 ¢h4-+ 'with the idea'Ne6-f4 Botvinnik] 42.¥xe4 ¦xe4 43.¦a3 'passed pawn' [ 43.¦c7 ¦a4 44.¦xh7 ¦a3+ ! 45.f3 ¦xa2 46.h4+ ¢f5µ ] 43...¦e7 ? [ 43...a5 ! 44.¦b3 ¦b4 45.¦xb4 axb4 46.f4+ ¢f5 47.¢f3 ¢e6 48.¢e4 ( 48.¢g4 h6 ) 48...¢d6 49.¢d4 b5 50.¢d3 ¢d5 51.¢c2 ¢c4 52.¢b2 b3 ! 53.axb3+ ( 53.a3 h6 54.h4 h5-+ ) 53...¢d3 54.¢a3 ¢c3-+ ] 44.¦f3 ¦c7 45.a4 ¦c5 [ 45...¢h6 46.¦d3 ! ¦c5 47.h4 ¦a5 48.¦d4= Botvinnik] 46.¦f7 ¦a5 47.¦xh7 ! [ 47.¦f4 ¦f5 48.¦c4 ¦f7µ 'with the idea'Kf5] 47...¦xa4 48.h4+ ! ¢f5 [ 48...¢f6 49.¦b7 ! ¦a5 50.¢g4 b5 51.f4 a6 52.¦b6+ ¢g7 53.¦b7+ = Botvinnik] 49.¦f7+ ¢e5 50.¦g7 ¦a1 51.¢f3 ' passed pawn' b5 ? [ 51...¢d5 52.¦xg6 b5 53.¢e2 ¢c4 54.h5 b4 55.¦g4+ ¢b5 56.¢d3 = Botvinnik; 51...¢d4 ! 52.¦xg6 b5 53.h5 b4 A) 54.¢g2 b3 55.h6 b2 56.h7 ¦h1 ! 57.¢xh1 b1£+ 58.¢h2 £b8+ 59.¢g1 £h8 ( 59...£e5 ! 60.¦g8 £e1+ 61.¢h2 £xf2+ 62.¢h3 £f3+ !$19 ) 60.¦g4+ ¢c3 61.¦h4 a5 62.¢g2 ¢b3 63.¦h3+ ¢c2 64.¦h4 a4 65.¦xa4 £g7+ ! ( 65...£xh7 66.¦g4 = 'with theidea'Rg3-e3) 66.¢f1 £xh7 67.¦a2+ ( 67.¦a3 £h1+ 68.¢e2 £d1+ 69.¢e3 £c1+-+ ; 67.¦g4


£h1+ 68.¦g1 £h3+ 69.¦g2 ¢d2 70.¢g1 ¢e1 71.¦g3 £f1+-+ ) 67...¢b3 68.¦a5÷ ; B) 54.h6 ! b3 ( 54...¦h1 55.¢g2 ! ¦h5 56.¦a6 b3 57.¦xa7 ¦xh6 58.¦b7 ¢c4 59.¢f3 = Botvinnik) 55.¦g4+ ! ( 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 ! ( 56...¢b4 57.¦g7 ! b2 58.h7 ¦h1 ! 59.¦xa7 ¢b3 60.¦b7+ ¢c2 61.¦c7+ ¢d2 62.¦b7 = Botvinnik) 57.¦g6+ ¢b7 ! 58.¦g7+ ( 58.¦g4 ? a5-+ ) 58...¢a6 ! 59.¦g6+ ( 59.¢g2 ? b2 60.h7 b1£ 61.h8£ £e4+-+ ) 59...¢a5 60.¦g5+ ( 60.¦g7 ? b2 61.¦xa7+ ¢b6-+ ) 60...¢a4 ! 61.¦g4+ ( 61.¦g7 a5 62.¦b7 ¦h1 ; 61.¦h5 b2 62.h7 b1£ 63.h8£ £d3+ 64.¢f4 ¦e1 ! 65.¦e5 £d4+ 66.¢f5 £xf2+ 67.¢e6 £b6+-+ ) 61...¢a3 62.¦h4 b2 63.h7 b1£ 64.h8£ £b3+ ! 65.¢e2 ( 65.¢f4 ? £f7+ ; 65.¢g2 ? £d5+ 66.f3 £d2+-+ Fischer ) 65...£d1+ 66.¢e3 ¦b1 !! 67.¦c4 ! ( 67.£c3+ ? ¦b3 ; 67.¦h3 ¢a2 ! 68.£g8+ £b3+-+ ; 67.£f8+ ¢a2 68.£c5 = Botvinnik) 67...¦b3+ 68.¦c3 £e1+ 69.¢d3 £f1+ 70.¢d2 ( 70.¢e3 ? £h3+ !$19 ) 70...£xf2+ 71.¢d3 = Kasparov] 52.h5 ! [ 52.¦xg6 ¢d4-+ ] 52...¦a3+ 53.¢g2 gxh5 54.¦g5+ ¢d6 55.¦xb5 h4 56.f4 ¢c6 57.¦b8 ! h3+ 58.¢h2 a5 59.f5 ¢c7 60.¦b5 ¢d6 61.f6 ¢e6 62.¦b6+ ¢f7 63.¦a6 ¢g6 64.¦c6 a4 65.¦a6 ¢f7 66.¦c6 ¦d3 67.¦a6 a3 68.¢g1½-½

B80Fischer,Robert JamesGligoric,Svetozar

Varna ol (Men) 1962

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.g3 e6 [ 6...e5 7.¤de2 ¥e7 8.¥g2 0-0 9.0-0 b5 10.h3 ¥b7= ] 7.¥g2 ¥e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 [ 9.b3 £c7 10.¥b2 ¤c6 11.¤ce2 ¥d7 12.c4 ¦ac8 13.¦c1 £b8 14.¥a3 ¦fd8 15.£d2 b5= ] 9...£c7 10.g4 ¤c6 11.¤xc6 bxc6 12.g5 ¤d7 13.f5 ¦e8 14.¢h1 ¥f8 15.¥f4 ¤e5!³ 16.f6 g6 17.h4 [ 17.£e1 /\Qh4,RBe1-e3-h3] 17...a5 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 [ 26.b3 £c5³ ] 26...£xb2 27.¦ad1 h6 [ 27...£xc2? 28.¦e2! ; 27...¥b4 28.¦e3 £xc2 29.¦ed3 £f2 30.¦d8 £h4+ 31.¢g2 £g4+ 32.¢h1 ¦xd8 33.¦xd8+ ¥f8µ ] 28.¦e3 ¥b4 29.gxh6 £xc2 '/\ 30... Bxc3 or 30... Qf2' 30.¦g1 ¢h7 31.£g3 [ 31.¦xg6? £c1+ /\ 32... Qxe3] 31...¦g8 32.e5 ¥xc3 33.¦xc3 £e4+ 34.¦g2 ¦d8'-/+' 35.¦e3 ¦d1+ 36.¢h2 £b1 37.£g4 ¦h1+ 38.¢g3 £c1 39.¦e4 ¦d7 '-+' 40.£e2 £g5+ 41.£g4 [ 41.¦g4 £h5µ ] 41...¦d3+ 42.¢f2 ¦d2+

43.¢g3 [ 43.¦e2? £xg4 44.¦xg4 ¦h2+-+ ; 43.¢f3 ¦xg2 /\ 44... Qc1 -+] 43...¦xg2+ 44.¢xg2 £c1!0-1

C15Fischer,Robert JamesFinegold,Ronald

Bay City 1963

Fischer's Chess Games by Wade and O'Connellp150 #284 Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez -Aula 05 Variante 04 Luta do B bom contra o B mauPosições diversas # 4 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.a3 ¥xc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.£g4 ¤f6 7.£xg7 ¦g8 8.£h6 ¦g6 In "Schach Archiv" 1971,Euwe remarks that the maneuver Rg8-g6 seemsto entail more drawbacks than advantages forBlack. 9.£e3 From here the white Q bringspressure to bear on Black's e-pawn; on the otherhand, the position of the white Q gives Black theadditional possibility of Nf6-g4 with tactical threats.[Zeuthen/Jarlnaes 71] b6 10.¥b2 [ 10.¤e2 ¥b7 11.h3 ¤bd7 12.¥b2 £e7= (eco 74/81)Strelakovsky-Petrov USSR 1955 If 13 0-0-0,game transposes to main variation.] 10...¥b7 11.0-0-0 ¤bd7 12.h3 £e7 13.¤e2 0-0-0 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 ¤xf4 23.£xf4 ¤e8 24.h5 ¥c8 25.h6 £d6 26.£g5+ £e7 27.£d5+ £d6 28.£g5+ £e7 29.£g3 ¥f5 30.£f4 £e6 31.g4 ¥g6 32.£g5+ £e7 33.£d5+ £d6 34.¥e5 £xd5 35.cxd5 f6 36.¥g3 ¢e7 37.¢d2 ¤d6 38.¢e3 b5 39.¥xd6+ ¢xd6 40.¢d4 a6 41.c4 bxc4 42.¥xc4 a5 43.¥a2 f5 44.gxf5 ¥xf5 45.¥b3 ¥g6 46.¥a4 ¥f5+- [Se 46...¥f7 47.¥c6 ¥g6 48.¥b7 ¥f5 49.¥a6 ¥g6 50.¥c8 ¥f7 51.¥f5 ¥g8 52.¥xe4com vantagem decisiva.] 47.¥e8 ¢e7 48.¢e5 ¥g4 49.¥g6! ¥d7 50.¥xh7 c6 51.dxc6 ¥xc6 52.¥xe4 ¥xe4 53.¢xe4 ¢f6 54.f41-0

C52Fischer,Robert JamesFine,Reuben

Poughkeepsie 1963

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 ¥a5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3 8.£b3 £e78...Qf6 is normal. Black's move uses the threat of alater ... Qb4 to get play, but Black's pieces just getin each others ' way. 9.¤xc3 ¤f6 10.¤d5White forces Black to open the e file onto his own


king, accentuating his lead in development. ¤xd5 11.exd5 ¤e5 12.¤xe5 £xe5 13.¥b2White's lead in development is decisive, but thetac t ics F ischer uses to prove th is are mostinstructive. £g5 14.h4 Deflecting the queen fromg7. If Black doesn't White wins by doubling on the efile and mating on e7 or e8. £xh4 15.¥xg7 ¦g8 16.¦fe1+ ¢d8 17.£g3 The second deflection ofthe queen, and this time there is no answer--Black can't hold both his queen and the d8-h4diagonal.1-0

C18Fischer,Robert JamesMednis,Edmar

U.S. Championship 1963

1.e4 C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7Qg4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 £c7 This move is designed todiscourage 7. Qg4 when black would play 7... f5.However, a more modern idea is simply 6... Ne7.Then if 7. Qg4, then 7... cxd4 is complicated, butOK for black. 7.¤f3 ¥d7 8.a4 ¤e7 9.¥d3 ¤bc6 10.0-0 c4 [ The Bishop must be dislodged from itspowerfu l d iagonal before b lack cast les. Forexample 10...0-0 11.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 12.¤g5+ ¢g8 13.£h5 ¦fc8 14.£xf7+ ¢h8 15.f4! and black willf ind i t hard to stop 16. Rf3 and 17. Rh3. Forexample: A) The defensive recourse 15...¥e8 16.£xe6 ( is good for a draw because white getsinto trouble after the complicated 16.£f8+ ¤g8 17.¦f3 ¥h5! ); B) 15...¤f5 16.¦f3 ¤h6 17.¦h3 cxd4 what else? 18.¦xh6+ is mate next] 11.¥e2 f6 12.¥a3 0-0 [ 12...fxe5 13.dxe5 ¤xe5 14.¤xe5 £xe5 15.¥h5+ ¤g6 wins a pawn at the expenseof opening the center uncastled for one of history'sgreat attacking players.] 13.¦e1 ¦f7 14.exf6 gxf6 15.¥f1 ¦e8 16.¤h4 ¤g6 17.£h5 ¦g7 18.g3 £a5! Forcing an ugly defensive move. 19.¥b2 ¤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 23.£e2 ¦h7 24.¢g1 ¢f7 25.h4 f5 26.£f3 ¤e4 27.£f4 ¦c8 28.¥g2 £c7 29.£xc7 ¦xc7 30.a5 ¦c6 31.¥a3 ¦a6 32.¥b4 ¦h8 33.¦ee1 ¥c6 34.¥f3 ¤d2 35.¥e2 ¤e4 36.¢g2 ¤f6 37.¦h1 ¥e8 38.¢f3 ¤e4 39.¢e3 ¤f6 40.f3 ¥d7 41.g4 ¥e8 42.¢f4 ¥b5 43.h5 gxh5 44.¦ag1 ¥e8 45.¢e3 b6 46.axb6 ¦xb6 47.¦a1 ¦b7 48.¥d6 ¦h7 49.gxf5 White is not prepared to exploit theattacking chances created by this line openingmove. Perhaps this move was a bit impatient. exf5 50.¦h4 ¢e6 51.¥h2 ¦b2 52.¢d2 ¦hb7 53.¢c1 ¦2b6 54.¥f1 ¤g8 55.¥f4 a5 This outside

passed pawn will eventually win the game for blackin classic style. The pawn is untouchable 56.Rxa5? Rb1+ grabs the Bishop. 56.¦h2 a4 57.¥h3 ¤e7 58.¥g5 ¢f7 59.¦e2 ¦e6 60.¦xe6 ¢xe6 61.¢d1 ¤c8 62.¢d2 ¥d7 63.¥g2 ¦a7 64.¦e1+ ¢d6 65.¥h6 a3 66.¥f8+ ¢c6 67.¥c5 ¦a8 68.¦a1 a2 69.¢e3 ¤d6 70.¢f4 ¤b5 71.¥b4 h4 72.¥h3 ¤c7 73.¥e7 White resigns after makingthis move in adjournment. There might follow, 73...Re8! (threatening Ne6+) 74. Bxh4 Rh8! (75. Kg3f4+) 75. Bxf5 Rxh4+ wins a piece for 3 pawns, butwhite's extra pawns are not enough to turn the tide.0-1

B09Fischer,Robert JamesBenko,Pal Charles

US Championship 1963

1.e4 g6 2.d4 ¥g7 3.¤c3 d6 4.f4 ¤f6 5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥d3 ¥g4 7.h3 ¥xf3 8.£xf3 ¤c6 9.¥e3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 gxf5 12.£xf5 ¤d4 13.£f2 ¤e8 14.0-0 ¤d6 15.£g3 ¢h8 16.£g4 c6 17.£h5 £e8 White has the f-file, well-placedpieces and a slightly better pawn structure. Black'sforces are scattered, and the bishop does little fromits post at g7. Fischer exploits these factors quickly. 18.¥xd4 The knight at d4 was a potential defenderon the kingside, and the bishop was not going toparticipate in the attack anyway. exd4 18...exd4 19.e5 looks like it wins a piece, because of the threatof Qxh7 mate, but Black has a defense. f5! Qxe8Nxe8 19.¦f6 A brilliant move. The idea is toencourage Black to move the bishop to a positionwhere i t b locks the f-pawn f rom advancing,eliminating the defense mentioned in the previousnote. 19.Rf6 Bxf6 20.e5 h6 21.Qxh6+ Kg8 22.Qh7+ ¢g8 20.e5 h6 21.¤e2 Here Black resigned,because mate is still unavoidable, for example ¤c8 22.£f51-0

D71Byrne,Robert EFischer,Robert James

USA-ch New York 18.12.1963

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.¥g2 [ 4.d5 b5! 5.dxc6 bxc4 6.cxd7+ ¤bxd7 7.¥g2 ¦b8 8.¤f3 ¥g7 9.0-0 0-0= Byrne,R-Fischer,R ch-USA1962 ] 4...d5 5.cxd5 [ 5.£b3 ] 5...cxd5 6.¤c3 ¥g7 7.e3 [ 7.¤f3 0-0 8.¤e5 ( 8.0-0 ¤e4!= ) 8...¥f5 9.0-0 ¤e4 10.£b3 ¤c6 11.£xd5 ¤xc3 12.bxc3 £xd5 13.¥xd5 ¤xe5 14.dxe5 ¥xe5=Benko,P-Fischer,R ch-USA 1962] 7...0-0


8.¤ge2 ¤c6 9.0-0 b6 10.b3 [ 10.¤f4 e6 11.b3 ¥a6 12.¦e1 ¦c8 13.¥a3 ¦e8 14.¦c1=Stahlberg,G-Flohr,S Kemeri 1937] 10...¥a6 11.¥a3 ¦e8 12.£d2 [ 12.¦c1 ; 12.f4!? e6µ… ¥f8, ¦a8-c8-c7, ¦ec8] 12...e5! 'Opening thecenter. Black's piece activity offsets the resultingisolani.' [ 12...e6= ] 13.dxe5 [ 13.¦ac1 exd4 ( 13...¦c8 14.¦fd1 e4 15.f3! ) 14.exd4 ¦c8 15.f3µ ] 13...¤xe5 14.¦fd1? 'The wrong Rook!' [ 14.¦ad1! ¹ A) 14...¦c8 15.¤xd5 ¤xd5 16.¥xd5 ¥d3 17.¥g2 ¦c2 18.£xc2+- ; B) 14...¤d3 15.£c2 ; C) 14...£d7 15.£c2± … ¦d2, ¦fd1 ¦ac8 16.£b1! ; D) 14...£c7 15.£c1! ¤e4!? 16.¤xd5! £xc1 17.¤xc1 ¥xf1 18.¥xe4 ¥a6 19.¤e7+ ¢h8 20.¥xa8 ¦xa8 21.f4± ; E) 14...£c8! 15.¤xd5 ( 15.¦c1 £d7! 16.¦cd1 ¦ad8 ; 15.¥b2 ¹ £f5ƒ ; 15.£c1 ¤e4 16.¤xd5 ¥xe2 17.¥xe4 ¢h8! 18.£xc8 ¦axc8 19.¤e7 ¦c7 20.¦c1 ¦d7 21.¦fe1 ¥f3!-+ ) 15...¤xd5 16.¥xd5 ¦d8 17.f4 ¦xd5! 18.£xd5 ¥b7! E1) 19.£d2 £h3! 20.¤d4 ¤g4 21.¦fe1 ( 21.¤c2 h5‚ ) 21...¤xe3!-+ ; E2) 19.£d8+ £xd8 20.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 21.fxe5 ¥xe5µ ; F) 14...¤e4 15.¤xe4 dxe4 16.¥xe4 £xd2 17.¦xd2 ¤c4 18.¥xa8 ¤xd2 19.¦d1 ¤c4 20.bxc4 ( 20.¥c6! Averbakh,Y ¤xa3 21.¥xe8 ¥xe2 22.¦d7+- ) 20...¦xa8µ × c4, ] 14...¤d3! 15.£c2 [ 15.¤d4 ¤e4 16.¤xe4 dxe4 17.¥b2 ¦c8ƒ ; 15.¤f4 ¤e4 16.¤xe4 dxe4 ( 16...¥xa1? 17.¤d6 ) 17.¦ab1 ¦c8 18.¤xd3 ¥c3! 19.£e2 ¥xd3 20.£g4 f5 21.£h3 ¥xb1! 22.¦xd8 ¦exd8 23.¥f1 ¦d1 24.¢g2 ¥d3! 25.¥xd3 exd3-+ ; 15.f3 ¥h6 16.f4 ( 16.¤f4? d4! ) 16...¥g7! … ¤e4 ] 15...¤xf2! 16.¢xf2 ¤g4+ 17.¢g1 ¤xe3 18.£d2™ ¤xg2! 'A brilliant attack now ensues.' [ 18...¤xd1 19.¦xd1= ] 19.¢xg2 d4! 20.¤xd4 ¥b7+ 21.¢f1 'There is a great story thataccompanies this game. In a hall adjacent to thep lay ing room, Grandmaster Rosso l imo wascommenting on the games for a large audience. Hehad been completely mystified by this game; at thispoint, in fact, he told his audience that there wasobviously nothing left for Fischer to do but give up.Suddenly, the messenger came with the next report,and announced that Byrne had resigned! Can youguess Fischer 's deadly f inal stroke?' [ 21.¢g1 ¥xd4+ 22.£xd4 ¦e1+! 23.¢f2 £xd4+ 24.¦xd4 ¦xa1 25.¦d7 ¦c8 26.¦xb7 ( 26.¥b2 ¦h1 ) 26...¦xc3 27.¦b8+ ¢g7 28.¥b2 ¦xa2-+ ; 21.¢f2 £d7! 22.¦ac1 £h3 23.¤f3 ¥h6 24.£d3 ¥e3+ 25.£xe3 ¦xe3 26.¢xe3 ¦e8+ 27.¢f2 £f5!-+ ] 21...£d7! '0-1 Byrne,R-Fischer,R/USChampionship 1963 (21) ' [ 21...£d7! 22.£f2 ( 22.¤db5 £h3+ 23.¢g1 ¥h6-+ ) 22...£h3+ 23.¢g1 ¦e1+!! 24.¦xe1 ¥xd4-+ ]0-1

C33Fischer,Robert James 2629Evans,Larry Melvyn 2520

USA-ch 6364 New York 16.12.1963

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wadeand O'Connell # 59 King's Bishop's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.¥c4 £h4+ 4.¢f1 d6 5.¤c3 [ 5.d4! ¥e6 ( 5...g5 ; 5...¥g4 6.£d3 ¤c6 7.¥b5! ¥d7 8.¤f3 £h6 9.¤c3 g5 10.d5 ¤d8 11.¥xd7+ ¢xd7 12.h4 ¥e7 13.e5± ) 6.£d3 ¥xc4 ( 6...¤f6 7.¥xe6 fxe6 8.¤f3 £g4 9.£b5+ ) 7.£xc4 c6 8.£b3± Hanstein-Bilguer/1838] 5...¥e6!? 6.£e2 [ 6.d4 c6 7.d5 ¥g4 8.£d3 g5 9.£d4 f6 10.dxc6 ¤xc6= Beuthner-Cyon/Leipzig/1866] 6...c6 7.¤f3 [ 7.d4 ¥xc4 8.£xc4 b5 9.£d3 g5 10.£h3 £xh3 ¹11.¤xh3 ] 7...£e7 8.d4 ¥xc4 9.£xc4 g5 10.e5 [ 10.h4 g4 11.¤e1 ¥h6= ] 10...d5 [ 10...dxe5 11.dxe5 ( 11.¤xe5 ¤d7 12.h4 ¤xe5 13.dxe5 £xe5 14.hxg5 0-0-0= ) 11...¤d7 12.¤e4 ¤xe5 13.¤xe5 £xe5 14.¥d2 £d5= ] 11.£d3 ¤a6 12.¤e2 ¤b4 13.£d1 0-0-0 [ Possibly better is 13...f6 ] 14.c3 ¤a6 15.h4 g4 16.¤h2 h5 [ 16...f6! ] 17.¤xf4 £xh4? [ 17...¤b8 preventingNxh5 ] 18.¢g1 ¤h6 19.¤f1 £e7 20.¤xh5 ¦g8 21.¤fg3 ¦g6 22.¤f4 ¦g5 23.¥e3 ¤c7 24.£d2 ¦g8 25.¤fe2 f6 26.exf6 £xf6 27.¥xh6 ¥d6 28.¦f1 £e6 29.¥f4 ¦de8 30.¦h6 ¥xf4 31.£xf4 £e7 32.¦f6 ¤e6 33.£e5 ¤g5 34.£xe7 ¦xe7 35.¦f8+ ¦xf8 36.¦xf8+1-0

C98Fischer,Robert James 2629Bisguier,Arthur Bernard 2459

USA-ch 6364 New York 19.12.1963

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wadeand O'Connell # 61 Ruy Lopez, Closed 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 [ 2.f4 exf4 3.¥c4 £h4+ 4.¢f1 Fischer,R-Evans,L ch-USA 1963] 2...¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 8.c3 d6 [ 8...d5!? M a r s h a l l , F 9.exd5 e4 ( 9...¤xd5 ; 9...¤xd5 ) 10.dxc6 exf3 11.£xf3 ¥g4 12.£g3 ¥d6 13.£h4 ¦e8 14.f3 ¥f5 15.d4 ¥xh2+ 16.¢xh2 ¤g4+ 17.¢g3 £xh4+ 18.¢xh4 ¦xe1 19.fxg4 ¦xc1 20.gxf5 ¦d8 21.a4+- Fischer,R-Bernstein,S ch-USA 1959] 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 c5 11.d4 £c7 [ 11...¤d7 Fischer,R-Keres,P Curacaoct 1962 ] 12.¤bd2 ¤c6 13.dxc5 Rauser,V'Rauzer' dxc5 14.¤f1 ¦d8!? [ 14...¥e6 15.¤e3 ¦ad8 16.£e2 g6 ; 14...¤h5 15.¤e3/\ 16.Nd5 +/=] 15.£e2 ¤h5 [ 15...¥e6 16.¤e3 g6 17.¤g5 ¥c8 18.¤d5! ¤xd5 19.exd5 ¥xg5 ( 19...¦xd5 20.£f3! ¥e6 21.¤xe6 fxe6 22.£g4! ) 20.¥xg5 ¦xd5 21.¦ad1± +/= Lipnitzsky] 16.g3!


[ 16.a4! ¦b8 17.axb5 axb5 18.g3! g6 19.h4! ( 19.¢h2 ¥e6 20.¤e3 c4= Kmoch ) 19...¥e6 20.¤e3 c4 21.¤g5 ¥xg5 22.hxg5 ¤a5 23.¤g4 ¥xg4 24.£xg4 ¤b3 25.¥xb3 cxb3 26.¥e3±Fischer,R-Eliskases,E Mar del Plata 1960 'Fischer-Eliskases 1960'] 16...g6 [ ¹16...¤f6 17.h4 h6 18.¤e3 ¥e6 ; 16...¥xh3 17.¤g5 A) 17...¥xf1 18.£xh5 ¥xg5 19.¥xg5 f6 20.¥xf6! ( 20.¥e3 ¥d3 21.¥xd3 ¦xd3 22.¥xc5² Komch ) 20...gxf6 21.¢xf1± ; B) 17...¥xg5 18.¥xg5 ¤f6 ( 18...¥xf1? 19.¥xd8 ) 19.¥xf6 gxf6 20.¤e3² ] 17.h4! [ 17.¢h2Bronstein,D-Reshevsky,S Zürich ct 1953; 17.¢g2Weinste in,R] 17...¥e6 18.¤e3 f6 [ 18...c4 19.¤g5! ] 19.¤d5! £b7 [ 19...¥xd5 20.exd5 ¦xd5 21.c4! ¤d4 22.¤xd4 ¦xd4 23.cxb5 axb5 24.£xb5 c4 Eliskases,E 'Eliskases' 25.¥e3 ¦b8 26.£a4 ¦b4? 27.£e8+ ] 20.¤xe7+ £xe7± ^^ 21.¤h2 /\ Nh2-...-d5 '/\... Nd5' ¤g7 [ ¹21...c4Kmoch /\Rd7,Rad8] 22.¤g4 c4 [ 22...¤h5 23.¤e3 £f7 24.£f3 ¤e7 25.a4± Kmoch ] 23.£f3! ¥xg4 [ 23...¦f8 24.¤e3 >< d5 ] 24.£xg4 ¤e6 25.h5? [ ¹25.¥e3 [Fischer] ¤c5? 26.¥xc5 £xc5 27.£e6+ ¢g7 28.¦ad1+- ] 25...¢h8! [ 25...g5 26.¥e3 ] 26.¢g2! [ 26.hxg6 ¦g8„ ] 26...g5™ [ 26...¦g8 27.¦h1 gxh5? ( 27...g5 >= ; 27...g5 ) 28.£xh5 ¤f4+ 29.¥xf4 exf4 30.e5! ¦g7 31.exf6 £xf6 32.¥xh7+- ] 27.¥e3 ¤f4+! 28.¢h2! [ 28.gxf4? gxf4µ /\ Rg8; fxe3] 28...¤d3 29.¥xd3 cxd3? [ ¹29...¦xd3 30.¦ed1 ¦ad8 ( 30...¦xd1 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 37.£e6 ¤e8 38.¦xd8 £xd8 39.£f7+- Kmoch ) 31.¦xd3 cxd3 ( 31...¦xd3? 32.£c8+ ¤d8 33.£xa6 ) 32.¦d1 ¦d7 33.¦d2ƒ /\ Bc5 /\ 34.Bc5+- ] 30.¦ed1 ¦d7 [ 30...b4 31.¦d2 bxc3 32.bxc3 £a3 33.¦ad1 ( 33.£e6 ! Kmoch ) 33...£xc3 34.£e6 ¢g7 35.h6+!+- ] 31.¦d2+- ¤a5 [ 31...¦ad8 32.¦ad1 £f7 33.¥b6 ¦b8 34.¥c5 ¦bd8 35.£f3+- >< d3 ] 32.b3 £d6 [ 32...¦c8? 33.¦xd3! ] 33.¦ad1 ¦e8 [ 33...¦ad8 34.¦xd3 £xd3 35.¦xd3 ¦xd3 36.¥b6! ] 34.¦xd3 £xd3 35.£xd7! [ 35.£xd7! £xd7 36.¦xd7 ¦e6 37.¢h3+- /\ Kh3-g4-f5 ]1-0

A33Saidy,Anthony F 2618Fischer,Robert James 2629

USA-ch 6364 New York 02.01.1964

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wadeand O'Connell # 68 English Opening Estratégia -Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 04 Variante 05Luta do N contra o B mau Estrutura central d4-d5 #10 1.c4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6

5.¤c3 e6 6.¤db5 ¥b4 7.a3 ¥xc3+ 8.¤xc3 d5 9.e3 0-0 10.cxd5 exd5 11.¥e2 ¥f5 '/\ 12... d413.exd4 Nxd4 =/+' 12.¤b5 £b6 13.0-0 a6 14.¤d4 ¤xd4 15.£xd4 £xd4 16.exd4 ¦ac8 17.¥d1 ¥c2 18.¥e3 ¥xd1 19.¦fxd1 ¦c2 20.¦d2 ¦fc8 21.¦xc2 ¦xc2 22.¦c1 ¦xc1+ 23.¥xc1 ¤d7³ 24.¢f1 ¤f8 25.¢e2 ¤e6 26.¢d3 h5 27.¥e3 ¢h7 28.f3 ¢g6 29.a4 ¢f5 30.¢e2 g5 31.¢f2 ¤d8 32.¥d2 ¢g6 33.¢e3 ¤e6 34.¢d3 ¢f5 35.¥e3 f6 36.¢e2 ¢g6 37.¢d3 f5 38.¢e2 f4 39.¥f2 ¤g7 40.h3 ¤f5 41.¢d3 g4 42.hxg4 hxg4 43.fxg4 ¤h6 44.¥e1? [ 44.¢e2 ¤xg4 45.¥g1! ¢f5 ( 45...a5 46.¢f3 ¢f5 47.g3! ) 46.¢f3'/\ 47.g3' ¤f6 47.¥h2 ( 47.g3? fxg3 48.¢xg3 ¢e4! ) 47...¤h5! 48.a5! ( 48.¥g1? ¤g7 49.¥h2 ¤e6 50.¥g1 ¤g5+-+ ; 48.g3? ; 48.g4+? ) 48...¢g5 49.g4!= ( 49.g3!= ) 49...fxg3 50.¥xg3= - ACQ ] 44...¤xg4-+ 45.¥d2 [ 45.¢e2 ¢f5 46.¢f3 ¤h2+-+ ] 45...¢f5 46.¥e1 ¤f6 47.¥h4 [ 47.g3 f3! 48.¢e3 ¢g4-+ ; 47.¥f2 ¤e4 48.¥g1 ( 48.¢e2? ¤xf2 49.¢xf2 ¢e4-+ ) 48...¢g4 49.¢e2 ( 49.¥h2 ¤g3 50.¢d2 ¤f1+-+ ) 49...¢g3 50.¢f1 ¤d2+ 51.¢e2 ¢xg2-+ ] 47...¤h5 48.¥e1 ¢g4 49.¢e2 ¤g3+ 50.¢d3 [ 50.¥xg3 ¢xg3 51.¢f1 f3-+ ; 50.¢f2 ¤f5 51.¥c3 ¤e3 ] 50...¤f5 51.¥f2 ¤h4 52.a5 [ 52.¥xh4 ¢xh4 53.¢e2 ¢g3 54.¢f1 f3 ] 52...¤xg2 53.¢c3 ¢f3 54.¥g1 ¢e2 55.¥h2 f3 56.¥g3 ¤e3!-+ /\ 57... Nf5 -+0-1

C51Fischer,Robert JamesCelle

Davies simul 1964

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 ¥e7 6.d4 d6 7.dxe5 ¤xe5 8.¤xe5 dxe5 9.£h5 g6 10.£xe5 ¤f6 11.¥a3 ¦f8 12.0-0 ¤g4 13.£g3 ¥xa3 14.¤xa3 £e7 15.¥b5+ c6 16.¤c4 £e6 17.¦ad1 cxb5 18.£c7 ¥d7 19.¤d6+ ¢e7 20.¤f5+ gxf5 21.exf5 ¦ac8 22.¦xd7+ £xd7 23.f6+ ¤xf6 24.¦e1+ ¤e4 25.¦xe4+ ¢f6 26.£xd7 ¦fd8 27.£g41-0

C41Fischer,Robert JamesChaney

Houston (simul) 1964

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 f5 Black opens up hiskingside while he's behind in development, aformula for an early demise. 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.¤g5Threatening Black's e-pawn and preventing 5...dxe5. d5 6.¤c3 This develops a piece with gain of


tempo. ¤e7 Blocking in his whole kingside. 7.e6This wins at least the exchange, since Black can'tdo anything to keep the knight out of f7. ¤g6 8.¤f7 £f6 9.¤xh8 Black has no appetite for 9...Nxh8 10.Nxd5 , when he mus t l ose a t l eas t ano the rexchange. Play this out against Gambit if you don'tsee why.1-0

C51Fischer,Robert JamesBoatner

Simultaneous Exhibition 1964

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 ¥e7 Black doesn't want to gain a tempo after 6.d4as he would after 5...Bc5. 6.d4 d6 This is amistake. Black should play 6...Na5 to neutralizeWhite'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...Na5doesn't work as Black will come out a piece down. gxh6 9.¥xf7+ ¢f8 10.¥h5 Black can only stopthe mate on f7 by 10...d5, when he will end up twopawns down with his king still exposed.1-0

C43Fischer,Robert JamesChalker


1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 ¤e4 5.£e2White tries to prove Black's knight is misplaced. 5...f 5 o r 5 . . . w o u l d l o s e a p a w n f o r s h a k ycompensa t ion . ¥b4+ If White interposes on d2Black will take over the initiative; if he moves hisking Black will have two exposed minor pieces. 6.¢d1 Now that W te's king is stuck in the centerBlack show sacrifice a pawn by 6...d5 7. exd6 f5,with complications. ¤c5 By cutting his bishop offfrom the kingside Black lets his queen get trapped. 7.¥g5 d3 Black's best try, keeping White's queenout of c4, but not good enough. 8.cxd3 f6 9.exf6+ ¢f7 10.¤e5+ ¢e6 11.¤c6+1-0

A00Fischer,Robert JamesGloger


1.b4 White grabs space on the queenside andprepares to fianchetto his bishop. e5 2.¥b2 f6

Black blocks the bishop's diagonal but weakens hiskingside. 3.e4 With Black having weakened hiskingside White shifts into gambit mode and playsfor attack. ¥xb4 4.¥c4 Now Black will be unableto castle. ¤e7 5.£h5+ ¤g6 5...g6 6.Qh4 leavesBlack's knight awkwardly placed, but now the pinon t he kn i gh t w i l l become unp leasan t . 6.f4White offers another pawn to open his queenbishop's diagonal. exf4 7.¤f3 Threatening toattack the pinned knight by 8.Nh4. ¤c6 8.¤c3Now White threatens 9.Nh4 Ne7 10.Nd5. ¥xc3 9.¥xc3 d6 10.¤h4 ¤ce7 11.¤f5 ¢f8 12.0-0White threatens 13.Rxf4 followed by 14.Nxg7 and15.Rxf6 or 15.Bxf6. £e8 This loses by cutting off apossible escape square for Black's king. 13.¥xf6Black can't take the bishop because of 14.Qh6mate. ¥xf5 14.exf5 d5 15.fxg6 gxf6 16.£h6+ ¢g8 17.g71-0

C30Fischer,Robert JamesJones


1.e4 e5 2.f4 f6 After this Black is almost lost. 3.fxe5 ¤c6 3...fxe5 4. Qh5+ gives Black theunhappy choice of losing a rook after 4...g6 5.Qxe5+ or his king after 4...Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+. 4.d4 ¥e7 5.exf6 gxf6 If 5...Nxf6 Whiteplays 6.Bd3 threatening 7.e5 and 8.Qh5+. 6.£h5+ ¢f8 7.¥c4 £e8 8.¥h6+1-0

C10Fischer,Robert JamesKral,Peter


1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¤d7 5.¤f3 ¤gf6 6.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 7.¥d3 ¥e7 8.£e2 0-0 9.¥g5 c5 10.dxc5 £a5+ 11.c3 £xc5 12.0-0-0 Here Black makes a big mistake. b5Now there is a path to the rook at a8 on onediagonal, and a path to h7 on another diagonal.The diagonals intersect at e4. If the White queenoccupies that square, we would have a doubleattack. 13.¥xf6 ¥xf6 White to move and win. 14.£e4 g6 15.£xa8 b4 16.c41-0


C33Fischer,Robert JamesNyman


1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.¥c4 d5 4.¥xd5 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¥b4 6.¤f3 0-0 7.0-0 ¥xc3 8.dxc3 c6 9.¥c4 £b6+ Black should trade queens and live with aslight disadvantage after White takes on f4. 10.¢h1 ¤xe4 11.£e1 ¦e8 12.¥xf4 ¤d6 13.¥xd6 ¦xe1 14.¦axe1 For his queen White has a huge lead indevelopment and threats against f7. Now 14...Be6would lose to 15 Ng5. ¥d7 15.¤g5 ¤a6 16.¦xf7After 16...Kh8, the only defense to the threateneddiscovered check, White takes the bishop and willmate by Nf7+.1-0

C52Fischer,Robert JamesSugerman


1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 ¥a5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 d6 8.£b3 In this standardline of the Evans Gambit White plays for pressureaga ins t f7 to compensate fo r h is pawn. ¥b6This loses--Black gives back the pawn for noreason and lets h is k ing get pushed around. 9.¥xf7+ ¢f8 10.¥xg8 ¦xg8 11.¤g5 This doubleat tack aga ins t f7 and h7 wins mater ia l . ¤e511...Qe8 12.Nxh7+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ Kd7 12.¤xh7+Black loses a rook after 12... Ke8 13.Qxg8+ or hisqueen after 12...Ke7 13.Bg5+1-0

B86Fischer,Robert JamesBlackstone,John

Unites States simul 1964

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.0-0 ¥e7 8.¥b3 £c7 9.f4 b5 10.f5 b4 11.fxe6 bxc3 12.exf7+ ¢f8 13.¥g5 ¤g4 14.¥f4 cxb2 15.¦b1 ¤c6 16.¥d5 ¤xd4 17.¥xa8 £a7 18.¢h1 ¤b5 19.£d2 £xa8 20.c4 ¤a7 21.¥xd6 ¤c6 22.¥xe7+ ¢xe7 23.£g5+ ¢f8 24.£c5+ ¤e7 25.£c7 ¤f6 26.e5 £c6 27.£d8+ ¢xf7 28.£xh8 ¥b7 29.¦xb2 £xc4 30.¦bf2 ¤g6 31.¦xf6+ gxf6 32.¦xf6+ ¢e7 33.£xh7+ ¢d8 34.¦d6+ ¢c8 35.£d7+ ¢b8 36.£d8+ ¢a7 37.£b6+ ¢a8 38.¦xg61-0

C57Fischer,Robert JamesBurger,Robert

San Francisco sim 1964

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¤f6 4.¤g5 d5 5.exd5 ¤d4 6.c3 b5 7.¥f1 ¤xd5 8.cxd4 £xg5 9.¥xb5+ ¢d8 10.£f3 ¥b7 11.0-0 exd4? [ 11...e4!? 12.£xe4 ¥d6 13.d3 ( 13.¦e1?! c6 14.¥d3 ¢d7 15.h4² ; 13.f4 ¥xf4 14.¤c3 ¦b8 15.£e2= ) 13...¥xh2+ ( 13...£h5 14.h3 ¦b8= ) 14.¢xh2 ¤f4 15.£xb7?? ( 15.¥xf4! £h4+ 16.¢g1 ¥xe4 17.¥g3 £g5 18.dxe4 £xb5 19.¤c3 £xb2 20.¦fc1 ¦e8 21.¥f4 ¦c8³ ) 15...£h4+ 16.¢g1 ¤e2# ] 12.£xf7?? [ ¹12.d3 £e5 13.¥d2± ] 12...¤f6 [ 12...¤f6 13.f3 ( 13.g3 ¥d5 14.d3 £f5 15.£xd5+ £xd5+- ) 13...¥d5 14.d3 £e5 15.£xd5+ ¤xd5 16.f4 £f5-+ ]0-1

E67Pietzsch,WolfgangFischer,Robert James

Havana 1965

1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.d4 ¤bd7 7.¤c3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.£c2 c6 10.¦d1 £e7 11.¤g5 This just loses time. Thenight can't stay on e4, so it should stick to f3. ¤e8Now if either knight moves to e4, then ...f5 is strong,so Pietzsch tries something else, but he soon findsthe position opening up to his disadvantage. 12.e4 ¤c7 Eyeing the new weakness on d4. 13.¥e3The bishop is now a target for f7-f5-f4. h6 14.¤f3 ¤e6 15.¦ab1 Hoping to ge t something on thequeenside, but this is too slow. Black gets theinitiative right away on the kingside, since he cangain time attacking White's pieces. f5 16.¤h4Since White can't fol low up with f4 due to theweakness of the f file, this just misplaces anotherpiece. Pietzsch hopes to get light square play, butjust misplaces another piece. £f7 17.exf5 gxf5 18.¥h3 Another pot ential target. Fischer now hitsall White's pieces with tempo, and it's no surprisethat in the end something must drop. f4 This doesweaken the light squares, but such considerationsare of lesser importance than king safety, whichWhite lacks. 19.£g6 White must have thought thismove got him out of trouble, but punishment isswift. ¤g5 The winning move. White has too manypieces hanging. 20.¥xd7 ¥xd7 21.£xf7+ ¦xf7 22.gxf4 Otherwise Black will trade on g3 andpenetrate to f2. exf4 23.¥d4 ¥g4 24.¦d2 ¦d70-1


E61Burger,KarlFischer,Robert James

New York US-ch 1965

1.c4 g6 2.¤c3 ¥g7 3.g3 e5 4.¥g2 d6 5.e3 ¤f6 6.¤ge2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.d4 £e7 9.£c2 ¦e8 10.e4 ¤bd7 11.d5 a5 12.h3 cxd5 13.cxd5 b6 14.¤b5 ¥a6 15.¤ec3 ¦ec8 16.a4 ¤e8 17.¦e1 ¥xb5 18.axb5 £f8 19.h4 ¤c5 20.¥h3 ¦cb8 21.¦a3 ¥h6 22.¥g5 ¥xg5 23.hxg5 h6 24.gxh6 £xh6 25.¢g2 ¤f6 26.¤b1 [ 26.¦h1/\ 27.Raa1] 26...¢g7 27.¤d2 ¦h8 28.¦h1 ¦h7 29.b4! ¤b7 30.¤f1 [ 30.£c7 ; 30.£c6 £xd2 31.£xb7 ¤xe4 32.¦f3 ( 32.£xb6 £xb4µ ) 32...¦f8 33.bxa5 ( 33.£xb6 £xb4µ ) 33...£xa5³ ] 30...¦ah8 31.¦f3 axb4 32.£c7! ¤c5 33.¦xf6? [ 33.£xb6? ¤cxe4 ; 33.£xd6! ¤cxe4 ( 33...¤fd7 34.¦xf7+!+- ; 33...¤g4 34.¤e3 ¤xe4 35.¦xf7+ ¢xf7 36.£e6+ ¢g7 37.£xg4 ¤d6!= ; 33...¤cd7 34.£xb4 ¤c5 35.¤d2² ) 34.£xe5 ¦e8 35.£d4 ¦d8 36.¤e3² ] 33...¢xf6 34.£xd6+ ¢g7 35.£xe5+ ¢g8 36.¤e3 [ 36.£e8+ £f8 37.£xf8+ ¢xf8µ ] 36...£g7 37.£b8+ £f8 38.£xb6 ¤xe4 39.£d4 f5 40.d6 £xd6 41.£c4+ ¢g7 42.¦d1 £e7 43.¤d5 [ 43.¥xf5 ¦h2+-+ ] 43...£c5 44.£a2 ¦xh3 45.£b2+ ¢f70-1

B87Soruco GarciaFischer,Robert James

Havana Olympiad 1966

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 b5 8.a3The beginning of some very passive play by White. ¥e7 9.¥e3 0-0 10.0-0 ¥b7 11.f3 White worriesabout the weakness of his e-pawn, but Black takesover the initiative after this. ¤bd7 12.£d2 ¤e5 13.£f2 £c7 14.¦ac1 ¢h8 With White unable todo anything anywhere on the board Black preparesto take the in i t iat ive on the kingside as wel l . 15.¤ce2 ¦g8 16.¢h1 Getting off of the g-file incase Black forces it open, but moving onto thediagonal of Black's queen bishop. g5 17.h3White doesn't want to allow ...g4 when his e-pawnwill become hopelessly weak and Black will havean attack on his king as well, but now the darksquares a round Whi te 's k ing a re weak . ¦g6 18.¤g3 ¦ag8 19.¤xe6 White sees ...h5, ...Rh6and ...g4 coming and panics, but it is hard to seewhat he could have done. to stop Black's attack. fxe6 20.¥xe6 ¤xe4 This discovered attack onWhite's bishop ends White's hope of counterattack. 21.¤xe4 ¦xe6 White has nothing for his piece and

Black is ready to resume his attack.0-1

E69Sherwin,JamesFischer,Robert James

New York ch-US 1966

1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.g3 g6 3.¥g2 ¥g7 4.0-0 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.c4 ¤bd7 7.¤c3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 £b6 10.¦e1 ¦e8 11.d5 c5 12.a3 a6 13.¦b1 £c7 14.¥e3 b6 15.¥f1 ¤f8 16.b4 ¥d7 17.¢h2 ¦eb8 18.£c2 ¤e8 19.¦b2 f5 20.¦eb1 £c8 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.¦b6 ¦xb6 23.¦xb6 ¥f6 24.¦b2 ¤g7 25.¥d2 ¥d8 26.£b3 ¥c7 27.£b7 ¥a5 28.£xc8 ¥xc8 29.¥d3 ¤d7 30.¤a4 ¥c7 31.¤h4 fxe4 32.¥xe4 ¤f6 33.f3 ¤xe4 34.fxe4 ¤e8 35.¤c3 ¥a5 36.g4 ¤f6 37.¤b1 ¥d8 38.¤c3 ¤xg4+ 39.hxg4 ¥xh4 40.g5 ¥g4 41.¥e3 ¦f8 42.¤b1 ¦f3 43.¦b3 ¥g3+ 44.¢g2 ¥f4 45.¦b8+ ¢f7 46.¥xf4 exf4 47.¦b7+ ¢e8 48.¦b8+ ¢d7 49.¦b7+ ¢d8 50.¦f7 ¢e8 51.¦f6 ¢e7 52.¦e6+ ¢d7 53.¦f6 ¥h5 54.¤d2 ¦g3+ 55.¢f2 ¦d3 56.¤f1 ¦f3+ 57.¢g2 ¦xa3 58.¦xf4 ¥e2 59.¤g3 ¥xc4 60.¦f7+ ¢e8 61.¦xh7 ¥d3 62.¦h8+ ¢e7 63.¦h7+ ¢f8 64.¦h8+ ¢g7 65.¦c8 ¢f7 66.¦c7+ ¢e8 67.e5 dxe5 68.¦xc5 ¢d7 69.¦c6 ¦a5 70.¢f3 ¦xd5 71.¦f6 ¦d6 72.¦f7+ ¢e6 73.¦a7 ¢d5 74.¢e3 ¢e6 75.¦a8 ¥b5 76.¦f8 ¢e7 77.¦g8 ¢f7 78.¦b8 ¦d3+ 79.¢f2 ¥c6 80.¦b6 ¦f3+ 81.¢g2 ¦c3+ 82.¢f2 a5 83.¦a6 a4 84.¤e2 ¦c4 85.¤g3 ¢e6 86.¦a7 ¦c2+ 87.¢f1 ¦c3 88.¦a6 ¦xg3 89.¦xc6+ ¢f5 90.¦a6 ¦a3 91.¦a5 ¦a2 92.¢g1 a3 93.¢f1 ¢f4 94.¢g1 e4 95.¢f1 ¢f3 96.¢g1 e3 97.¦e5 ¦g2+ 98.¢h1 a2 99.¦a5 ¦b2 100.¦e5 a1£#0-1

B50Bisguier,Arthur BernardFischer,Robert James

USA-ch New York 1966

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05Var ian te 04 Lu ta do B bom cont ra o B mauPosições diversas # 5 3/46 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.c3 ¤f6 4.¥d3 ¤c6 5.¥c2 ¥g4 6.d3 [ 6.h3 ¥xf3 7.£xf3 g6 8.d3 ¥g7 9.0-0 0-0 10.£e2 b5 11.f4 b4! 12.¥e3 ¤d7! ] 6...g6 7.¤bd2 ¥g7 8.h3 ¥d7 '!' 9.0-0 0-0 10.¤h2 b5 11.f4 b4 '!' 12.¤c4 d5 'N!?' 13.¤e5 '?!' [ 13.¤e3!? ] 13...bxc3 14.bxc3 dxe4 15.dxe4 ¤xe5 16.fxe5 ¤e8 17.¤f3 ¤c7 18.¦f2 ¥b5 19.¥g5 £xd1+ 20.¦xd1 ¦fe8 21.¥b3 c4 22.¥c2 ¤e6 23.¥e3 ¦eb8 24.¦b1 a6 25.¦ff1 ¥e8 26.¢f2 ¤d8 27.¦xb8 '?'


[ 27.¤d2!? ] 27...¦xb8 28.¦b1 ¦b5 '!' 29.¦xb5 axb5 30.¢e2 h6 31.¢d2 g5 32.h4 g4 33.¤d4 e6 34.¥f4 h5 35.¥g5 ¤b7 36.¥f6 ¥h6+ 37.¥g5'?' ¥xg5+ 38.hxg5 ¢g7 39.¢e3 ¢g6 40.¢f4 ¤c5 41.g3 ¥d7 42.a3 ¥e8 43.¥b1 [ 43.¤e2 ¤d3+! ] 43...¤a4 44.¤e2 ¤b2 45.¤d4 ¤d1 46.¤e2 ¤f2 'N!' 47.¢e3 ¤h3 48.¤f4+ ¢xg5 49.¤g2 f6 50.exf6 ¢xf6 51.¤h4 [ 51.¢d4 e5+ 52.¢d5 ¤g1! ] 51...e5 52.¥c2 ¥d7 53.¥b1 ¤g5 54.¥c2 ¤f7 55.¥b1 ¤h8 56.¥c2 ¤g6 57.¤xg6 [ 57.¤g2 ¢g7 58.¥b1 ¢h6 59.¥c2 h4 ] 57...¢xg6 58.¢f2 ¢g5 59.¢g2 h4 60.¢h2 h3'!' [ 60...hxg3+? 61.¢xg3 ] 61.¢g1 ¢f6 62.¢h2 ¢e7 63.¢g1 ¢d6 64.¢f2 ¢c5 65.¢g1 ¢b6 66.¢h1 ¢a5 67.¢g1 ¥c6 68.¢h1 ¥b7 69.¢g1' #' ¥xe4 '!' '!!' 70.¥xe4 ¢a4 71.¥f5 [Se 71.¥c6 ¢b3!! 72.¥xb5 ¢xc3 73.a4 e4 74.¥d7 ¢d2 75.¥xg4 c3 resulta decisivo.] 71...¢b3 72.¥xg4 e4 73.¥xh3 [ 73.¥f3 e3 ] 73...¢xc3 74.g4 ¢d2 [ 74...¢d2 75.g5 e3 76.¥g4 c3 ]0-1

E45Portisch,LajosFischer,Robert James

Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd 03.08.1966

Nimzo-Indian, Rubinstein Variation

La Pasion del Ajedrez 22

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 [ 4.¥g5Spassky,B h6 5.¥h4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 ¥xc3+! 8.bxc3 e5= Fischer ] 4...b6 5.¤ge2 [ 5.¥d3 ¥b7 6.¤f3 A) 6...¤e4! 7.0-0 f5 ( 7...¤xc3! 8.bxc3 ¥xc3 9.¦b1 ¤c6!µ ) 8.¥xe4 fxe4 9.¤d2 ¥xc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.£g4 ¦f5!= Gligoric,S-Larsen,B/Habana/1967/ 12.¤xe4? h5 ; B) 6...0-0 7.0-0 ¥xc3 ( 7...d5 ) 8.bxc3 ¥e4 9.£c2 ¥xf3! ( 9...¥xd3Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965) 10.gxf3 c5÷ ] 5...¥a6 [ 5...¤e4!? 6.£c2 ¥b7 7.f3 ( ¹7.a3 ) A) 7...¤xc3! ¹ 8.¤xc3 ( 8.bxc3 ¥d6! 9.e4 ¤c6³× c3, c4 ) 8...£h4+ 9.£f2 ¥xc3+ 10.bxc3 £xf2+ 11.¢xf2 ¥a6!= … ¤b8-c6-a5; B) 7...¥xc3+Taimanov,M-Levin,N/URS-ch/1967] 6.¤g3 [ 6.a3 ¥xc3+ ( 6...¥e7 7.¤f4 d5 8.cxd5 ¥xf1 9.¢xf1 exd5 10.g4!² Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V/Wch-Moscow/1954) 7.¤xc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.a4 ¤c6 A) 10.¥e2 dxc4 11.¥a3! ¦e8 12.b4 ¤e7 13.0-0 ( 13.b5 ¥b7 14.0-0² ) 13...¤ed5 14.¦c1 c6! 15.¥f3 b5 16.a5 £c7 17.£c2 ¦ad8 18.¦fd1 ¥b7 19.¦d2 ¤xc3 20.£xc3 c5! 21.dxc5 ¥xf3 22.gxf3 ¦xd2 23.£xd2 ¦d8 24.£e1 ¦d3 25.¥b2 ¤d5µEvans,L-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965; B) 10.¥b2? dxc4 11.bxc4 ¤a5 12.¤b5 c6 13.¤a3 £e7! 14.£c2 c5 15.¥e2 cxd4 16.exd4 ¦fc8 17.0-0

¦c6! 18.¥f3 ¤d5µ Addison,W-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965 ] 6...¥xc3+! '!?' ''!' Ftacnik. ' [ 6...0-0 7.e4 ¤c6 ( 7...c5 8.d5 d6 9.¥e2 exd5 10.exd5 ¥xc3+ 11.bxc3 ¤bd7 12.0-0 ¦e8 13.£a4ƒ Portisch,L-Reshevsky,S/Santa Monica Piatigorsky /1966/) 8.¥d3! d5 ( 8...¤xd4? 9.£a4+- ) 9.cxd5 ¥xd3 10.£xd3 exd5 11.e5 ¤e4 12.a3± Portisch,L-Spassky,B/ Moscow/1967; 6...d5?? 7.£a4+ ] 7.bxc3 d5 8.£f3!? [ 8.¥a3? dxc4! 9.£f3 £d5 10.e4 £c6µ ; ¹8.cxd5 F ¥xf1 9.¢xf1 £xd5 10.£d3 Gligoric-Portisch/Malaga/1961/] 8...0-0 [ 8...£d7? ''?' Ftacnik. ' 9.cxd5 exd5 10.¥xa6±Bronstein-Portisch/Budapest/1961 ''±' Ftacnik.Ftacnik: 'Bronstein-Portisch/Budapest/1961'' ¤xa6 11.£e2 ¤b8 12.0-0 0-0 13.c4 ¤e4 14.cxd5 ¤xg3 15.hxg3 £xd5 16.¥a3 ¦e8 17.¦ac1 c6 18.¦c2 ¤d7 19.¦fc1 ¦ac8 20.£f3 £a5 21.¥d6 c5 22.£f5 ¤f6 23.¥e5 ¦c6 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.¥xf6 ¦xf6 26.£xc5 £xc5 27.¦xc5 ¦a6 28.¦1c2 g6 29.g4 h6 30.¦c8 ¦xc8 31.¦xc8+ ¢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 a5 43.¢d4 ¢e6 44.e4 ¦a4+ 45.¢c5 ¦a3 46.¦b2 ¦g3 47.¦b6+ ¢e7 48.f5 ¦xg4 49.f6+ ¢d7 50.¢d5 ¦g5+ 51.e5 ¦xg2 52.¦b7+ ¢e8 53.¦e7+ ¢f8 54.¦a7 ¦d2+ 55.¢e4 ¦e2+ 56.¢d4 ¢e8 57.¦e7+ ¢f8 58.¦a7 ¢e8 59.¦e7+½-½ Bronstein,D-Portisch,L/Budapest 1961/EXT98 (59) ] 9.e4!? [ ¹9.cxd5 exd5 ( 9...¥xf1? 10.dxe6! ) 10.¥xa6 ¤xa6 11.£e2 £c8 12.0-0 c5 13.dxc5 ¤xc5 14.c4= Fischer ] 9...dxe4! [ 9...dxc4!? 10.¥g5 h6 A) ¹11.h4!‚ ¥b7! A1) 12.¤h5!? ¤bd7! ( 12...hxg5? 13.hxg5 ¤xe4 14.¤f6+!!+- Spassky,B ); A2) 12.¥xf6 £xf6 13.£xf6 gxf6 14.¥xc4 ; B) 11.¥d2? ''?' Ftacnik. ' ¤bd7 12.e5 ¤d5 13.¤f5 ( 13.¤h5 £h4! ) 13...exf5 14.£xd5 ¦e8! ' '! ' Ftacnik. ' 15.¥xc4 ( 15.0-0-0 c5 ) 15...¤xe5! ''!' Ftacnik. ' 16.£xd8 ¤xc4+ 17.£xe8+ ¦xe8+ 18.¢d1 ¤xd2 19.¢xd2 ¦e2+-+ Saidy,A-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965 ''-+'Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Saidy,A-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1965'' 20.¢c1 ¦xf2 21.g3 ¥b7 22.¦e1 ¥e4 23.¦e3 ¦xh2 24.a4 h5 25.¦a3 g5 26.¦b3 f6 27.a5 h4 28.gxh4 ¦xh4 29.¦a3 ¦h7 30.axb6 axb6 31.¦a7 ¦e7 32.d5 ¢f7 33.¢d2 f4 34.¦e1 f5 35.c4 g4 36.¦b7 g3 37.d6 cxd6 38.¦xb6 f30-1 Saidy,A-Fischer,R/New York 1965/MCL (38)] 10.¤xe4 ¤xe4 11.£xe4 £d7? … ¤b8-c6-a5: ×c4Diagram [ 11...¤d7 12.¥d3 ¤f6 13.£h4= ,ƒ ] 12.¥a3 [ 12.£xa8? ¤c6 13.£xf8+ ¢xf8™ 14.¥d3 ¤a5 15.¥xh7 ¤xc4 16.0-0 g6 17.¥h6+ ¢e7 18.¦fd1 £d5 19.¦d3 ¤d6 20.¦f3 ¤f5 21.¥g5+ ¢f8 ; 12.¥d3 f5 13.£e2 ¤c6 14.0-0 ¦fe8! 15.f4 ( 15.¥f4 ) 15...¤a5µ Portisch ] 12...¦e8 13.¥d3 [ ¹13.0-0-0 ] 13...f5 14.£xa8? [ ¹14.£e2 ]


14...¤c6-+ 15.£xe8+ £xe8µ 16.0-0 ¤a5 17.¦ae1 ¥xc4 [ 17...£a4! 18.¥b4 ( 18.¥c1 ¥xc4 19.¥xc4 £xc4-+ ) 18...¥xc4 19.¥xc4 ¤xc4 20.¦xe6 a5 21.¥e7 ¤d2! 22.¦fe1 ¤e4 23.f3 £xa2!-+ Fischer ] 18.¥xc4 [ 18.¥xf5? £a4-+ ] 18...¤xc4-+ 19.¥c1 c5! 20.dxc5 [ 20.d5? e5 ] 20...bxc5 21.¥f4 h6! 22.¦e2 '?' [ 22.h4 e5! 23.¥xe5 ¤xe5 24.f4 ¤f3+! 25.gxf3 £a4-+× a2, c3, f3, f4, h4 Fischer] 22...g5 23.¥e5? [ 23.¥e3! £b5 ( 23...£c6 24.f4 g4 25.¥f2 ) 24.f3! ( 24.f4? ¤d6 … 2 5 . . . ¤ e 4) 24...e5 25.¥f2… ¦e1= Portisch] 23...£d8 24.¦fe1 [ 24.f4 ¤d2! 25.¦fe1 ¤e4ƒ Fischer ] 24...¢f7 25.h3 f4 '!' 26.¢h2 a6 [ 26...£d5 27.¥b8 ] 27.¦e4 £d5! 28.h4 '?' [ ¹28.¦4e2 f3! 29.gxf3 ( 29.¦e4 fxg2-+… ¤d2 ) 29...¤d2-+ Fischer ] 28...¤e3! 29.¦1xe3 [ 29.f3 £d2 30.¦g1 £f2-+ Fischer ] 29...fxe3 30.¦xe3 £xa2 31.¦f3+ [ 31.f3 £f2 32.¦e4 gxh4-+ ] 31...¢e8 32.¥g7 £c4 33.hxg5 [ 33.¥xh6 £xh4+ 34.¦h3 £xf2 35.¥xg5 a5-+ ] 33...hxg5 34.¦f8+ ¢d7 35.¦a8 ¢c6'0-1 Portisch,L-Fischer,R/Santa Monica 2/5491966/Inf02/[Ivkov,B] (35)' '0-1 Portisch,L-Fischer,R/Santa Monica 1966/MCL/[Ftacnik] (35)'0-1

C69Fischer,Robert JamesGligoric,Svetozar

La Habana olm fin-A, XVII 1966

All About Chess, by I. A. Horowitz Bobby Fischer: AWelter of Winning Possibilities Ruy Lopez Inf.2/236 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6!'Surpresa! Utilizei esse lance em partida anteriorcontra Portisch (ver nota sobre o sexto lance daspretas). Observando Gligorich, à minha frente,decidi que ele estava pronto a repetição da linha. dxc6 'Esta jogada é tão automática que quaseninguém a comenta.' [ 4...bxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.£xd4'|^' 'as brancas mantêm iniciativa duradoura. Se' £f6 7.£d3!² '~~!' '!' ( 7.e5 £g6 8.0-0 ¥b7 9.e6? fxe6 10.¤e5 £xg2+ '!' 11.¢xg2 c5+-+'N' 'uma velha armadilha')] 5.0-0 '!' '#"Para aspretas, um imediato 5.d4 apresentaria menosproblemas do que o lance do texto, confirmandomais uma vez a opinião de Nimzovich que disseque ameaça é mais for te que sua execução.Embora trocando o bispo pelo cavalo e um bispoque usualmente desempenha funcões estratégicasimportantes nesta abertura, as brancas cometeramerros táticos importantes e ganhando tempo parase desenvo lve r , p re jud i ca ram um pouco aestrutura dos peões das pretas, reativando aameaça do PK preto (Gligorich). A continuação dotexto era preferida por Emanuel Lasker, Bernstein

e também pelo mestre holandês Barendregt e foipor longo tempo estuda por mim antes de serincluída em meu arsenal.' [ 5.d4 ] 5...f6 '!' '"Estas i tuação é pouco encon t rada nas pa r t i dasatualmente jogadas e, graças à imaginação deFischer, foi necessário voltar ao século XIX paraencontrar as alternativas capazes de oferecer àspretas melhores perspectivas. Entretanto, aindanão está definitivamente claro o meio que têm aspretas de defender o PK" (Gligorich). As pretaspoderão defender o PK de diversas maneiras.Tratemos das piores, em primeiro lugar.' [ 5...¥e7?von Reshevsky gespielt 6.¤xe5! £d4 7.¤f3 £xe4 8.¦e1 Um exemplo: ( 8.d3? £f5 9.¤c3 ¥d7 10.¤d4 £f6 11.¥e3 0-0-0³ Malesic,S-Reshevsky,S/Maribor/1967/0-1/33/ '?'; em vez de 8.d3? como na partida Malesic,n-Reshevsky,SMar ibor 1967 sendo duvidoso que as pretassaíssem da abertura com igualdade.) 8...£f5 9.b3'!' ¤f6 10.¥a3 ( 10.¦e5!± ; 10.¦e5-+ ;ou 10.¦e5! ) 10...¥e6 11.¤d4± 'Malesic,S-Reshevsky,S/Maribor/1967/0-1/33/' 'etc.'; 5...£f6? /\ ...Bg4 /Schallopp-Harmonist/Frankfurt/1887/ 6.d4 exd4 7.¥g5 '!' £g6 8.£xd4± '=' '|^' 'as brancas podemobter 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/ '?''+/-' 'com confortável maioria de peões na ala dorei, como na partida Schallopp,E-Blackburne,JFrankfurt/ Main 1887') 7.£xd4 f6 8.¤bd2 '!' ¤e7 9.¤c4² '? ' ' e tc . '; 5...£d6!? A) 6.¤a3? b5! ( 6...¥e6? 7.¤g5² ); B) 6.d4 exd4 7.¤xd4 etc. ; C) 6.d3 f6 7.¥e3 c5 8.¤bd2 ¥e6 9.£e2 0-0-0=Der weisse Plan: a3,Tfb1,b4 '?' '=' 'As brancas têmpossibilidades de irromper na ala da dama após a3seguido de Rfb1 e b4, mas provavelmente aspretas poderão impedir essa expansão. '; 5...¥g4 6.h3 h5 '!?' ( 6...¥xf3 7.£xf3 A partida Hort-Kolarov, Polônia, 1967, continuou com: £f6 8.£g3 ¥d6 9.d3 £g6 10.¥e3 '!?' £xg3 11.fxg3²Hort,V-Kolarov/Polanica Zdroj/1967/1-0/34/ '!' 'e asbrancas conseguiram vencer o final') A) 7.c3 £d3! 8.hxg4 ( 8.£b3? ¥xf3 9.£xb7 ¢d7 10.£xa8 ¥xg2! 'Der weisse Plan: a3,Tfb1,b4' 11.¢xg2 ¦h6! '~~' 12.¦g1 ¦g6+ 13.¢h2 ¦xg1 14.¢xg1 ¥c5-+ 'Hort,V-Kolarov/Polanica Zdroj/1967/1-0/34/' 'com um ataque vitorioso') 8...hxg4 9.¤xe5 ¥d6! 10.¤xd3 ¥h2+= '!' '=' 'empata'; B) 7.d4 ¥xf3 8.£xf3 exd4 9.c3© ; C) 7.d3! '?' £f6 8.¤bd2! '?' ( 8.hxg4? hxg4 9.¤g5 £h6 10.¤h3 £h4 11.¢h2 g6 12.¤c3 gxh3 13.g3 £e7µAnalyse Keres '!' 'com vantagem') C1) 8...g5 9.¤c4! ( 9.¦e1? ¥e6 10.d4 g4 11.¤xe5 gxh3 12.g3 h2+ 13.¢g2 h4ƒ '=/+' 'com iniciativa') 9...¥xf3 10.£xf3 £xf3 11.gxf3 f6 12.h4 '!' gxh4 13.f4© '!' 'com jogo promissor para o peão.'; C2) 8...¤e7 9.¦e1 '!' ( 9.¤c4! ¥xf3 10.£xf3 £xf3


11.gxf3 ¤g6 12.¥e3 c5 13.a4! Hort,V-Sliwa,B/Polanica Zroj/1967/1-0/37/ 'N' '+/-!' 'as brancasestariam melhor, vencendo eventualmente. Hort,V-Sliwa,B POL1967') 9...¤g6 10.d4 '!' ¥d6 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.¤h2 ¦xh2 '!' 13.£xg4! 'Analyse Keres' ( 13.¢xh2?? £xf2-+ Barendregt-Teschner,R/Hamburg EU-TCH/1965/0-1/17/) 13...¦h4 14.£f5² 'T' 'com as brancas ligeiramente melhor.'] 6.d4 ¥g4! 'best' (Fischer) '|^' '#O melhor.' [ 6...exd4 7.¤xd4 A) 7...¥d6!? 8.£h5+! g6 9.£f3 ¥xh2+ '?' 10.¢xh2 £xd4 11.¦d1!² 'Hort,V-Sliwa,B/PolanicaZroj/1967/1-0/37/' '+/-!'; B) 7...¤e7 8.¥e3 ¤g6 9.¤d2 ¥d6 10.¤c4 0-0 11.£d3 ¤e5 12.¤xe5 ¥xe5 13.f4 ¥d6 14.f5 £e7 15.¥f4 ¥xf4 16.¦xf4 ¥d7 17.¦e1 B1) 17...c5! 18.¤b3 ( 18.¤f3 ¥c6÷ ) 18...b6÷ 'Barendregt-Teschner,R/Hamburg EU-TCH/1965/0-1/17/'; B2) 17...£c5? '!' 18.c3 ¦ae8 19.g4± Fischer,R-Unzicker,W/Siegen ol/1970/1-0/42/ '~~' ; C) 7...c5 8.¤b3 £xd1 ( 8...¥d6? 9.¤xc5! ) 9.¦xd1 ¥d6 ( 9...b6? 10.¥f4 ¦a7! 11.¤c3 ¤e7 12.a4! /\ a5 '~~!' '+/-!' 'seguido dePa5 seria quase decisivo.' a5? 'seria impossívelem vista de' 13.¤b5! ; 9...¥d7! 10.a4² Fischer,R-A n a s t a s o p o u l o s / A t h e n s i m / 1 9 6 8 / 1 - 0 / 2 8 /;O lance de Polugaievsky 9...¥d7² oferece boasperspectivas defensivas) 10.¤a5 '!' b5 ( 10...¥g4? 11.f3 0-0-0? 'Fischer,R-Unzicker,W/Siegen ol/1970/1-0/42/ ' '??' 12.e5 1-0 Hort-ZelandinovHavanna 1967 '?' '!' 'e as pretas abandonam; Hort,V-Zelandinov,n Habana 1967.'; 10...¤h6 11.¥xh6 gxh6 12.¤c4 ¥e7 13.¤c3 ¥e6 14.¤d5±Bagirov-Keres Moskau 1967 '!' 'Bagirov,V-Keres,PMoscow 1967') 11.c4 ¤e7 12.¥e3 f5 13.¤c3 f4 14.e5 '!' ¥xe5 15.¥xc5± Fischer,R-Portisch,L/H a b a n a o l / 1 9 6 6 / 1 - 0 / 3 4 / ' ? ' ' e a p o s i ç ã odesorganizada das pretas cairia em pouco tempo,Fischer,R-Portisch,L Habana ol 1966.'] 7.c3'!' 'O texto envolve um gambito.' [ 7.dxe5 £xd1 8.¦xd1 A) 8...fxe5 9.¦d3 A1) 9...¥xf3 10.¦xf3 ¤f6 11.¤c3 ¥b4 12.¥g5 '!' ¥xc3 13.bxc3 '!' ( 13.¥xf6? ¥xb2 14.¥xg7?? '• a5' ¥xa1 15.¥xh8 0-0-0! '?' ) 13...¦f8 14.¥xf6 ¦xf6 15.¦xf6 gxf6 16.¦d1 '+-!' 'as brancas teriam vencido o final ' ¢e7 17.¦d3 ¦f8 18.¢f1 a5 19.g4? /\ 20.Th3;Fischer,R-Smyslov,V/Monte Carlo/1967/1/2-1/2/40/'!' ( 19.¢e2± /\ g3,f4 ; 19.¢e2! ) 19...¦g8!= '~~' ; A2) 9...¥d6! 10.¤bd2 ¤f6 11.¤c4 ¤xe4 12.¤cxe5 ( 12.¤fxe5 ¥e6= Hecht,H-Matanovic,A/Berlin/1971/ ) 12...¥xf3 ( 12...¥f5? 13.g4+- /\ Te3 ) 13.¤xf3 0-0= 14.¥e3 b5?! '1-0 Hort-ZelandinovHavanna 1967' ( 14...¦ae8!= ; 14...¦ae8= ) 15.c4?!'Bagirov-Keres Moskau 1967' ( 15.¤d2! ¤c5 16.¥xc5 ¥xc5 17.¤e4 ¥b6 18.¢f1 ¦ae8 19.¦e1² Kortschnoj 'Fischer,R-Portisch,L/Habanaol/1966/1-0/34/') 15...¦ab8 16.¦c1 bxc4 17.¦d4 ¦fe8 ( 17...¤c5 18.¦dxc4 ¤d3 19.¦b1 ¤xb2 20.¦xc6 a5³ '!' ) 18.¤d2 ¤xd2 19.¦xd2 ¦e4³

Fischer,R-Spassky,B (16)/Reykjavik-WCH/1972/1/2-1/2/60/ '?'; B) 8...¥xf3 '!' 9.gxf3 fxe5 B1) 10.¥e3! /\ Nb1-d2-c4 ¥d6 ( 10...¤e7 11.f4!±'!' 'mantém a iniciativa.') 11.¤d2 ¤e7 12.¤c4 0-0-0 13.¦d3 b5 14.¤a5± Fischer,R-Rubinetti,J/Buenos Aires/1970/1-0/28/ '?'; B2) 10.f4 ¤f6 11.¤c3 '!' ( 11.fxe5? ¤xe4 12.¥e3 ¥c5 13.¤d2 ¤xd2 14.¥xc5 0-0-0 'Gligoric,S-Lee,D Hastings1965' ) 11...¥d6 12.fxe5 ¥xe5 13.¤a4²'=' '+/-!' 'ofereceria às brancas um provável empate.' ] 7...exd4 [Uma al ternat iva ser ia 7...¥d6mantendo o centro.] 8.cxd4 £d7?! [ 8...¥xf3 9.£xf3 £xd4 10.¦d1 £c5 ( 10...£c4 11.¥f4etc. ) 11.¥f4 ; 8...c5 9.d5 9.h3 ! siehe Wahls,M-Boudre ¥d6= Gligoric '=/+!' 'como o melhor para aspretas.' ] 9.h3 '!' 'Forçando a retirada do bispo.Nimzovich, Steinitz, Evans e outros teóricos davamenorme importância a essa manobra, eliminando apossibilidade de qualquer dificuldade futura emvista do bispo, mas daqui por diante as brancasdeverão cuidar do seu Ph para que ele não setorne um possível alvo.' ¥e6 'Recuo normal que,relaxando a tensão, libera as brancas e será acausa das futuras dif iculdades de Gligorich. ' [ 9...¥h5 10.¤e5 ¥xd1! '=/+' ( 10...£xh3 11.gxh3 ¥xd1 12.¦xd1 fxe5 13.dxe5 ¥c5 14.¢g2' |^' 'como perigosa preponderância dos peõescentrais' ) 11.¤xd7 ¢xd7 12.¦xd1 '+/=' 'as pretasagüentariam o final embora tivessem encontradoum meio de perdê-lo' ¦e8 13.f3 ( 13.¤c3!? ; 13.¤c3 Hecht,H-Matanovic,A/Berlin/1971/; 13.¤c3é mais preciso) 13...¤e7 14.¤c3 ¢c8 15.¥e3 f5 16.¦ac1 fxe4 17.fxe4 g6? ( 17...¤g6 ; 17...¤g6 ; 17...¤g6 é correto ) 18.¥f4! '+-' ¥g7 19.d5 '!' ¦d8 20.¤a4! '• Te3' ¦hf8 21.g3 g5?'=/+' 'desmoronando-se sob a pressão' ( 21...¦f7 ; 21...¦f7 ; 21...¦f7 seria mais adequado) 22.¥xg5 ¦f7 23.¢g2 cxd5 24.exd5 ¢b8 25.¦e1 ¥f8 26.¦f1 '!' ¦g7 27.¥f6 ¦g8 28.¦ce1 ¦d7 29.d6 '!' cxd6 30.¥xe7 ¥xe7 31.¦f7 Fischer,R-Jimenez,E/Habana ol/1966/1-0/31/ '?!' 'abandonam; Fischer,R - J i m e n e z , E H a b a n a o l 1 9 6 6 ' ( 31.¦f7abandonam; Fischer,R-Jimenez,E Habana ol 1966se ¦e8 32.¤b6 ¦c7 33.¤d5+- )] 10.¤c3± 0-0-0 11.¥f4 '!' '#' ¤e7 [ 11...¥d6! 12.¥xd6 £xd6 ; 11...g5!? 12.¥g3 h5 13.d5 '!' cxd5 14.¦c1!'e agora:' A) 14...dxe4 15.¤a4! ¢b8 16.¦xc7!!'Kortschnoj' £xd1 17.¦c8+!! '-+' ¢a7 ( 17...¢xc8 18.¤b6# ) 18.¥b8+ ¢a8 19.¤b6# ; B) 14...¥d6 15.¤a4! '-+' ¢b8 16.¤c5 £e7 17.¤xa6+!'Fischer,R-Spassky,B (16)/Reykjavik-WCH/1972/+-+/60/' bxa6 18.¤d4 ¥d7 19.£b3+ ¢a7 20.¦xc7+!! '!' ¥xc7 21.¥xc7 ¥b5 ( 21...£c5 22.£e3+- ) 22.¤c6+ '!' ¥xc6 23.£b6++- '=!' ( 23.£b6+ ¢a8 24.£xa6# )] 12.¦c1 ¤g6'As pretas perderam tempo para alcançar essaposição inferior.' 13.¥g3 ¥d6 14.¤a4!± '!' ¥xg3?


'=' 'Cedendo definitivamente ao cavalo a posiçãoc5. ' [ 14...¢b8 15.¤c5 £e7 ] 15.fxg3 ¢b8 [ 15...b6 16.d5! ¥f7 ( 16...cxd5 17.¤xb6+ ) 17.£e2 '! ' 'etc. '] 16.¤c5 £d6 17.£a4! '?' '#' ¢a7?? '~~' 'Catastrófico.' [ 17...¥c8 18.¦c3as p re tas poder iam te r agüentado com ¤f8! ( 18...£xg3? 19.¤e5 £h4 20.¤xc6++- '=/+' )] 18.¤xa6+- '+-!' 'Golpe final.' ¥xh3 'Desespero!' [ 18...bxa6 19.¦xc6 ] 19.e5 '!' 'O método maisv i g o r o s o . ' ¤xe5 'Desespero total!! ' [ 19...fxe5 20.¤c5+ ¢b8 21.¦c3! 'Gligoric' 'seguido de Ra3seria muito convincente.'] 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.¤c5+ ¢b8 22.gxh3 e4 23.¤xe4 £e7 24.¦c3 b5 25.£c2! Hora de consolidar. Segundo um jornal deHavana, alguns espectadores casuais, chegadosnesta altura do jogo, pensaram que as brancashaviam somente trocado duas peças por uma torre.Ninguém poderia supor que Gligorich estavajogando com duas peças a menos! . O rudedespertar veio com... As pretas abandonam. [ 25.£a6+- também seria bom. ]1-0

B97Fischer,Robert JamesGeller,Efim P

Monaco 1967

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6 8.£d2 £xb2 9.¦b1 £a3 10.f5 ¤c6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.¤xc6 bxc6 13.e5 ¤d5 [ 13...dxe5 ] 14.¤xd5 cxd5 15.¥e2 dxe5 16.0-0 ¥c5+ [ 16...¦a7 ] 17.¢h1 ¦f8 18.c4 ¦xf1+ 19.¦xf1 ¥b7 [ 19...¥d4 20.£c2 £b2 21.£xh7!+- £xe2 22.£g8+ ¢d7 23.£d8+ ¢c6 24.cxd5+ ¢b5 25.£e8+ ¢c4 26.£c6+ ¢d3 27.¦c1 £b2 28.£xa8 ¥b7 29.£f8 £e2 30.£a3+ ¢e4 31.£b4 1-0 Sirotkin-Sorokin/URS 1967; 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 ¥d7 25.£xe4+ ¢c7 26.¥f4+ e5! 27.¥xe5+ ¥d6 28.¦xd7+ ¢xd7 29.£b7+ ¢e6 30.£d5+ ¢e7 31.£b7+ ¢e6= ( 31...¥c7?! 32.£xc7+ ¢e6 33.h3 )] 20.¥g4 [ 20.¥d1 ¥e7 ( 20...¦c8 21.£e2!! ¥e7 22.£h5+ g6™ 23.£xh7 ¥xg5 24.£xg6+ ¢d7 25.£xg5± £d3 26.¦f7+ ¢c6 27.£g4 ¢b6 28.¥e2 £e4 29.£xe6+ ¦c6 30.£e7 £xe2 31.£b4+ 1-0 Zhuravlev,N-Gutman/Riga 1967) 21.¥xe7 ¢xe7 ( 21...£xe7 22.¥a4+ ¢d8 23.cxd5 exd5 24.£a5+ ¢c8 25.£b6 ¢b8 26.¥c6 ¦a7 27.¥xd5 a5 28.¦f7 1-0 Joseph-Scalisi/cr ITA 1972) 22.£g5+ ¢d6 23.¦f7 ¦e8 24.c5+ ( 24.¦xb7 £d3÷ ) 24...£xc5 25.¦xb7 £f2 26.h3 £e1+ 27.¢h2 £xd1 28.£xg7+- ; 20.£c2 A) 20...¥e7 21.¥h5+ ( 21.£xh7± ) 21...g6

22.¥xg6+ hxg6 23.£xg6+ ¢d7 24.¥xe7+- ; B) 20...e4 21.¥g4 ¥c8 ( 21...¥e7 22.£f2 0-0-0 23.¥f4!+- Tal-Bogdanovic/Budva 1967) B1) 22.¦d1 ¥d7 ( 22...£b4÷ ) 23.cxd5 ¥a4 24.£xe4+- ¥xd1 25.dxe6 ¦d8 26.£xh71-0 Fransson,P-Persson,B/cr 1978; B2) 22.cxd5 £d3 23.£c1 e5? ( 23...exd5 24.£f4 £xf1+ 25.£xf1 ¥xg4 26.£a1± ; 23...£xd5 ) 24.¦d1 ( 24.¥e7!!+- ) 24...£b5 25.¥xc8 ¦xc8 26.£c3!Lepeskin ¢f7 27.£h3 ¦e8 28.£xh7± ; 20.¦f3÷Gipslis ] 20...dxc4 21.¥xe6? [ 21.£c2 £d3 22.£a4+ £d7 23.£xd7+ ¢xd7 24.¦f7+ ¢c8 25.¥xe6+ ¢b8 26.¦xg7 ] 21...£d3 22.£e1 ¥e4 23.¥g4 ¦b8 24.¥d1 ¢d7 25.¦f7+ ¢e60-1

E92Gligoric,SvetozarFischer,Robert James

Monaco 1967

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 10.h5 f4 11.¥d2 g5 12.h6 ¥f6 13.¤h2 ¢h8 14.¥g4 ¥xg4 15.¤xg4 ¤d7 16.£f3 ¦g8 17.0-0-0 ¦g6 18.g3 c5 19.¦dg1 ¤c7 20.¤d1 b5 21.£e2 bxc4 22.£xc4 ¤b6 23.£e2 ¦ag8 24.f3 £e8 25.¤c3 a6 26.¦g2 ¥d8 27.¦hg1 ¤d7 28.£f1 ¦f8 29.¦h2 ¤f6 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.¤xf6 ¥xf6 32.¦xg6 hxg6 33.b3 ¢h7 34.¤d1 ¤b5 35.¤b2 ¥e7 36.¤c4 £d7 37.¥a5 ¤d4 38.¥c3 ¤b5 39.¥b2 ¥d8 40.a4 ¤a7 41.¥c3 g5 42.¥xe5 dxe5 43.¤xe5 £d6 44.¤c4 £g6 45.¦g2 ¤c8 46.£f2 ¤d6 47.£xc5 ¥e7 48.£d4 ¤xc4 49.bxc4 £xh6 50.¢c2 £h3 51.£g1 £d7 52.¦h2+ ¢g7 53.¢d3 £xa4 54.¦c2 ¦b8 55.¦c3 ¦b3 56.£d4+ ¢g6 57.e5 ¦xc3+0-1

B88Fischer,Robert JamesDely,Peter

Skopje 1967

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 a6 8.f4 £a5The queen isn't really doing anything here andBlack's king will soon feel the heat. Black shouldjust play 8...Be7. 9.0-0 ¤xd4 10.£xd4 d5The point of Black's eighth move. He threatens 11...Bc5, but White has no trouble preventing that andBlack is inviting White to open the center while hisking still lives there. 11.¥e3 ¤xe4 This makesthings really bad, opening the d-file and wastingmore time. 12.¤xe4 dxe4 13.f5 White plays to


open more lines, espescially the a2-g8 diagonaland the f- file. £b4 Hoping to ease the pressureby exchanging, but White doesn't have to agree tothis. 14.fxe6 ¥xe6 14...Qxd4 15.exf7+ Kd8 16.Bxd4 The threat to take on g7 freezes Black'skingside and White will simply bring his rooks to thee 15.¥xe6 fxe6 15...Qxd4 16.Bxf7+ And Whitecomes out a piece ahead. 16.¦xf8+ White forcesBlack's queen back in order to penetrate with hisown queen. £xf8 17.£a4+ Black resigned here.17...Ke7 and 17...Kf7 lose the queen, and 17... Kd8gets mated after 18.Rd1+ and 19.Qd7+, as you canconfirm with Gambit.1-0

B89Fischer,Robert JamesSofrevski,Jovan

Skopje 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 9.£e2 Fischer has always enjoyed playing theW h i t e s i d e o f t h i s o p e n i n g , k n o w n a s t h eVelimirovic Attack in the Sicilian Defense. £a5 10.0-0-0 ¤xd4 11.¥xd4 ¥d7 12.¢b1 ¦ad8 13.£e3 b6 14.¥xf6 gxf6 Black's ki ng iscompletely undefended, but White does not havemuch in the way of an attack. The Black queen cantransfer to the kingside and help in the defense.Fischer eliminates that possibility with a brilliantstroke. 15.¤d5 ¦fe8 Black has t o decline thesacrifice, otherwise White's rook joins the queen inthe attack, while Black's queen is forced out of theway. 15...exd5 16.Rxd5 Qa6 17.Rh5 Bg4 18.Qg3Qe2 19.f3 f5 20.h3 16.¤xe7+ ¦xe7 17.¦xd6So, White does not get the desired attack, but gainsmaterial instead. ¦c8 18.£d4 This is a doubleattack on the bishop at d7 and pawn at f6, earningWhi te even more mater ia l . ¥e8 19.£xf6Black now resigned, as Fischer threatened a bigsacrif ice at e6. Try playing 19...Rec7 againstGambit and see what he does!1-0

B87Byrne,DonaldFischer,Robert James

Sousse Interzonal 1967

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 b5 8.f4 ¥b7 9.f5 e5 10.¤de2 ¤bd7 11.¥g5 ¥e7 12.¤g3 ¦c8 13.0-0 Now White's king becomes a target. He hadto play 13.Nh5 to keep equality. h5 This sharp rim

shot sets the theme for the rest of the game:Fischer snipes alternately against the White kingand e pawn, and his initiative snowballs. 14.h4 b4Now White must either give up a pawn or allow theh file to be opened. 15.¥xf6 ¥xf6 16.¤d5 ¥xh4 17.¤xh5 £g5 Bringing the heavy artillery to bearagainst White's king in a wonderfully unorthodoxmanner. 18.f6 A desperate attempt to get play, butafter Black's next move, White's knight becomesi r re levant . g6 19.¤g7+ ¢d8 20.¦f3 ¥g3Black's threats on the h f i le are now decisive. 21.£d3 ¥h2+ 22.¢f1 ¤c5 23.¦h3 ¦h4 24.£f3 ¤xb3 25.axb3 ¦xh3 26.£xh3 ¥xd5 27.exd5 £xf6+ 28.¢e1 £f40-1

A08Fischer,Robert JamesMiagmasuren,Lhamsuren

Sousse izt 1967

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.¤d2 ¤f6 4.g3 c5 5.¥g2 ¤c6 6.¤gf3 ¥e7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e5 ¤d7 9.¦e1 b5 10.¤f1 b4 11.h4 a5 12.¥f4 a4 13.a3 bxa3 14.bxa3 ¤a5 15.¤e3 ¥a6 16.¥h3 d4 17.¤f1 ¤b6 18.¤g5 ¤d5 19.¥d2 ¥xg5 20.¥xg5 £d7 21.£h5 ¦fc8 22.¤d2 ¤c3 23.¥f6 £e8 24.¤e4 g6 25.£g5 ¤xe4 26.¦xe4 c4 27.h5 cxd3 28.¦h4 ¦a7 29.¥g2 dxc2 30.£h6 £f8 31.£xh7+1-0

B25BernsteinFischer,Robert James

Netanya 1968

1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 d6 3.g3 ¤c6 4.¥g2 g6 5.d3 ¥g7 6.f4 b6 Black waits to commit his king knightin order not to give White a kingside target. 7.¤f3 ¥b7 8.0-0 £d7 9.¥e3 f5 In one stoke Blackprevents White from getting play by f5, prepares topi le up on White's e-pawn and enhances hisqueen bishops diagonal. 10.£d2 ¤f6 11.¢h1To save his queen bishop from 11...Ng4. 0-0-0 12.¦ae1 White tries to play in the center where hehas no real object of attack. He should have goneafter Black's king with 12.a3 intending to follow upwith b4. ¢b8 13.¥g1 Losing. White pursues hisimaginary play on the e-file completely oblivious tohow tangled his p ieces are becoming on thekingside. fxe4 14.dxe4 14.Nxe4 is no better. ¥a6Black wins the exchange for nothing, since 15.Rf2doesn't work after 15...Ng4. 15.¤g5 ¥xf1 16.¥xf1 ¦he8 17.¥b5 White hopes to get counterchancesby e4-e5-e6, but Black's next move squelches


this. e5 18.fxe5 ¦xe5 19.¥xc6 £xc6 20.¤f7 ¦de8 Black gives back the exchange to eliminateWhite's only active piece. 21.¤xe5 ¦xe5 22.£f4 b5 23.a3 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.¥d4 This loses apiece, but if the knight moves away Black plays 25...Nxe4 and Black will win by a discovered check onthe a8-h1 diagonal. ¦f50-1

B91Matulovic,MilanFischer,Robert James

Vinkovci it 09.09.1968

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wadeand O'Connell # 484 Winning Chess Strategies byYasser Seirawan and Jeremy Si lman Sici l ianDefence, Najdorf Zagreb Fianchetto Variation 6/560 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.g3 Najdorf Zagreb FianchettoVariation. This is rarely played. e5 7.¤de2 [ 7.¤f3is another possib i l i ty] 7...¥e7 8.¥g5!?NWith this and his next move Matulovic reveals thathe a ims to con t ro l d5 . [T h e r o u t i n e 8.¥g2allows Black to achieve comfortable developmentby 0-0 9.0-0 A) 9...¤bd7 A1) 10.a4 b6 ( 10...h6 11.h3 b6 12.g4 ¦e8 13.¤g3 ¥f8 14.¥e3 ¤c5 15.£d2 ¥b7 16.b4 ¤e6 17.¤d5 ¤xd5 18.exd5 ¤g5 19.f4 exf4 20.¦xf4 b5 21.a5 ¦c8 22.¥d4 ¦c4 23.¦af1 £a8 24.¥b2 £c8 25.¦1f2 f6 26.¤h5 ¤e4 27.¥xe4 ¦cxe4 28.¦xf6 £c4 29.¦g6 ¦e1+ 30.¢h2 ¦8e2 31.¤f6+ ¢f7 32.¤d7+ ¢e7 33.¦e6+ ¦xe6 34.dxe6 £e4 35.¤xf8 £h1+ 36.¢g3 ¦g1+ 37.¢h4 g5+ 38.¢h5 ¥e4 39.£c3 1-0 Matulovic,M-Barczay,L/Sarajevo 1968/MCD (39)) 11.h3 ¥b7 12.g4 b5 13.¤g3 b4 14.¤a2 ¤c5 ( 14...a5 15.c3 ¥a6 16.¦e1 bxc3 17.¤xc3 ¤c5 18.¥f1 ¥xf1 19.¢xf1 g6 20.¥e3 ¦c8 21.¢g2 £d7 22.g5 ¤e8 23.¤d5 £b7 24.£g4 ¤g7 25.h4 ¤ge6 26.h5 ¤f4+ 27.¥xf4 exf4 28.¤xf4 £xb2 29.¤d5 ¦ce8 30.¦ad1 ¥d8 31.¦e2 £b3 32.¦e3 £xa4 33.¦h1 £d7 34.£h4 ¤e6 35.f4 ¤c7 36.¤b6 £e7 37.e5 ¤e6 38.¤e4 £b7 39.¤c4 dxe5 40.¤cd6 £b2+ 41.¢f1 £c1+ 42.¢f2 £c2+ 43.¦e2 ¥b6+ 44.¢f1 £d1+ 45.£e1 £d3 46.£g3 £xg3 47.¤xg3 exf4 48.¤xe8 ¦xe8 49.¤e4 ¥d4 50.hxg6 fxg6 51.¤d6 ¦e7 52.¦e4 a4 53.¦h3 ¥c5 54.¤c8 ¦e8 55.¦c3 a3 56.¦xc5 a2 57.¦a51-0 Matulovic,M-Tringov,G/Sarajevo 1965/MCD(57) ) 15.¤xb4 ¤fxe4 16.¤xe4 ¥xe4 17.¥e3 ¥xg2 18.¢xg2 ¤e6 19.£d2 ¥g5 20.¦ad1 ¥f4 21.¤d5 £g5 22.¥xf4 exf4 23.f3 h5 24.¦h1 ¦fe8 25.¦de1 ¦ac8 26.c3 ¦c5 27.¦d1 a5 28.h4 £g6 29.g5 f6 30.£d3 £xd3 31.¦xd3 fxg5 32.hxg5 ¢f7 33.¦xh5 ¢g6 34.¦h2 ¢xg5 35.¢f1 ¢f5

36.¦e2 g5 37.b4 axb4 38.cxb4 ¦c1+ 39.¢g2 ¦h8 40.¤e7+ ¢f6 41.¦xd6 ¦ch1 42.¦exe6+ ¢f7 43.¦f6+ ¢xe7 1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Bednarski,J/Polanica Zdroj 1965/MCD (43); A2) 10.h3 b5 11.a4 ( 11.f4 ¥b7 12.g4 b4 13.¤d5 ¤xd5 14.exd5 £b6+ 15.¢h2 exf4 16.¥xf4 ¥f6 17.c3 ¦ac8 18.¦c1 ¦fe8 19.£c2 ¤f8 20.c4 ¤g6 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 31.£xe8+ £xe8 32.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 33.¢f4 ¥c8 34.¥e4 ¢e7 35.h4 a5 36.¥f3 ¢d8 37.¢e3 ¢c7 38.¥e2 ¢b6 39.¢d4 ¥d7 40.¥f3 ¥c8 41.¥e2 ¥d7 42.c5+ dxc5+ 43.¢e5 ¥b5 44.¥xb5 ¢xb5 45.¢d6 c4 46.bxc4+ ¢xc4 47.¢c6 a4 48.d6 b3 49.axb3+ axb3 50.d7 b2 51.d8£ b1£ 52.£d5+ ¢c3 53.£xf7 £e4+ 54.¢d6 £xg4 55.£xg7+ ¢d3 56.£f6 ¢e3 1/2-1/2 Cardoso,R-Fischer,R/New York 1957/MCD (56)) 11...b4 12.¤d5 ¤xd5 13.£xd5 £c7 14.c3 ¥b7 15.£d1 ¤c5 16.f3 a5 17.¥e3 ¥a6 18.¦c1 ¦ab8 19.f4 bxc3 20.¦xc3 ¦xb2 21.¦f2 £b6 22.¦c1 £b3 23.¤c3 exf4 24.¦xb2 £xb2 25.¥xc5 dxc5 26.gxf4 c4 27.¤d5 ¥c5+ 28.¢h2 ¥b4 29.¦c2 £b3 30.e5 £xa4 31.¥e4 g6 32.£g4 ¥b7 33.¤f6+ ¢g7 34.£h4 ¦c8 35.£xh7+ ¢f8 36.e6 ¦c7 37.£g8+ ¢e7 38.£xf7+ ¢d8 39.¦d2+ ¥d5 40.¦xd5+1-0 Cardoso,R-Fischer,R/New York 1957/MCD(40) ; B) 9...b5 10.a3 ( 10.a4 b4 11.¤d5 ¤xd5 12.£xd5 ¦a7 13.¥e3 ¥e6 14.£d2 ¦b7 15.f4 ¤c6 16.b3 ¥g4 17.¦f2 £a5 18.¦af1 ¦d7 19.f5 ¥xe2 20.£xe2 ¥f6 21.£h5 £d8 22.g4 h6 23.h4 ¥xh4 24.f6 ¥xf2+ 25.¦xf2 ¦e8 26.g5 ¦e6 27.¥h3 £e8 28.gxh6 1-0 Kagan,S-Ree,H/Siegen1970/MCD (28)) B1) 10...¥b7 11.h3 ¤bd7 ( 11...a5 12.¥g5 ¥c6 13.¥xf6 ¥xf6 14.¤d5 ¤a6 15.¤ec3 ¤c7 16.£d3 ¦b8 17.b4 ¤xd5 18.¤xd5 ¥e7 19.¦fd1 ¥xd5 20.£xd5 £c7 21.¦a2 £c3 22.¦b1 h5 23.h4 ¥d8 24.¥f1 ¥b6 25.¢g2 axb4 26.¦xb4 ¥c5 27.¦b3 £a5 28.c3 ¦b6 29.£d3 £a8 30.£d5 £xd5 31.exd5 ¦fb8 32.¦ab2 ¦a8 33.¥xb5 ¦xa3 34.¦xa3 ¥xa3 35.¦b3 ¥c5 36.¥c4 f5 37.¦xb6 ¥xb6 38.¥e2 g6 39.¥b51/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Ubi lava,E/Tal l inn 1983/MegaBase 97 (39) ) 12.g4 ¤b6 13.g5 ¤e8 14.h4 f6 15.f4 ¤c7 16.f5 fxg5 17.hxg5 ¥xg5 18.¥xg5 £xg5 19.£xd6 ¤c4 20.£xc7 £e3+ 21.¦f2 ¦f7 22.£xf7+ ¢xf7 23.¦d1 ¢e7 24.¦d3 £b6 25.¦g3 ¢f6 26.¤d5+ ¥xd5 27.exd5 ¤e3 28.¤c3 ¦c8 29.¤e4+ ¢f7 30.¦xe3 £xe3 31.¤d6+ ¢e7 32.¤xc8+ ¢d7 33.¥f1 ¢xc8 34.a4 h5 35.axb5 axb5 36.¢g2 e4 37.¦e2 £f3+ 38.¢g1 h4 39.¦h2 e3 40.d6 ¢d7 41.¥xb5+ ¢xd6 42.¥e2 £xf5 43.¥d3 £f4 44.c4 ¢c5 0-1 Gadia,O-Wexler,B/Mar del Plata 1960/MegaBase 97 (44); B2) 10...¤bd7 11.¥e3 £c7 ] 8...¤bd7 [ 8...¥e6[Fischer,RJ] 9.¥xf6 ¥xf6 10.£d3 0-0 11.¥g2


¤c6 12.0-0 ¦c8 1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Bogdanovic,R/Sarajevo 1968/MCD (12)] 9.¥h3!? b5!Fischer does not waste any t ime with routinedevelopment, but sets about f ight ing for e5. [ Matulovic - Minic, Belgrade 65 went 9...0-0!? 10.a4!² h6 11.¥xf6 ¤xf6 12.¥xc8 with the bettergame £xc8 13.0-0 £c4 14.b3 £c5 15.£d3 ¦fd8 16.¦fd1 ¦ac8 17.¦a2 £b4 18.a5 ¦c6 19.¦a4 £c5 20.h3 ¦d7 21.b4 £a7 22.¦a2 ¥d8 23.¢g2 £b8 24.¤d5 ¤xd5 25.exd5 ¦c8 26.c4 ¦dc7 27.¦c1 f5 28.c5 ¥g5 29.f4 e4 30.£b3 ¥f6 31.¦ac2 ¢h7 32.g4 £a7 33.gxf5 dxc5 34.£e3 ¦d7 35.£xe4 c4 36.¦xc4 ¦e7 37.£f3 ¦xc4 38.¦xc4 ¦e3 39.£g4 £b8 40.¤g3 £e8 41.£g6+ £xg6 42.fxg6+ ¢xg6 43.f5+ ¢h7 44.¤e4 ¥e5 45.d6 ¦d3 46.¦c7 ¦e3 47.¤c5 ¥xd6 48.¦xb7 ¦g3+ 49.¢f2 ¦g5 50.¤xa6 ¦xf5+ 51.¢e2 ¦e5+ 52.¢f3 ¦h5 53.¢g2 ¦g5+ 54.¢f2 ¦f5+ 55.¢e2 ¦e5+ 56.¢d1 ¦d5+ 57.¢e1 ¦e5+ 58.¢d2 ¥xb4+ 59.¤xb4 ¦xa5 60.¤d3 ¦h5 61.¤f2 ¦e5 62.¦b3 h5 63.¦e3 ¦f5 64.¢e2 g5 65.¤e4 ¦a5 66.¢f2 ¢g6 67.¤g3 ¦a2+ 68.¦e2 ¦a5 69.¢g2 ¦b5 70.¦d2 ¦b6 71.¦c2 ¦a6 72.¦b2 ¦c6 73.¦a2 ¦b6 74.¦c2 ¦a6 75.¤e2 ¦d6 76.¢f2 ¦f6+ 77.¢e3 ¦a6 78.¤c3 ¦a1 79.¤e4 ¦e1+ 80.¦e2 ¦h1 81.¤f2 ¦g1 82.¦d2 ¦e1+ 83.¦e2 ¦g1 84.¦c2 ¦e1+ 85.¢d2 ¦e6 86.¦c5 ¦a6 87.¤e4 ¦a2+ 88.¢e3 ¦a3+ 89.¦c3 ¦a6 90.¦d3 ¦a5 91.¦d6+ ¢f7 92.¦c6 ¢g7 93.¢d4 ¦a3 94.¦c3 ¦a4+ 95.¢e5 g4 96.h4 ¦a2 97.¢f4 ¦h2 98.¢g5 1-0 Maric,R-Bogdanovic,R/Titograd 1965/MCD (98) ] 10.a4?! [ 10.¥xd7+ £xd7 11.¥xf6 ¥xf6 12.¤d5 ¥d8÷ ; The best chance is theimmediate 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 ¥e6µ ] 11...¤xd5 12.£xd5 ¦b8 13.¥xe7 ¢xe7!Recapturin g thus al lows Fischer to get his Qrapidly into play on the queenside. 14.£d2 ¤f6 15.¥g2? Matulovic has refrained from exchangingthis B on the last two moves, rightly preferring tohave some con t ro l over the wh i te squares . [ 15.¥xc8 £xc8 16.f3 £c5!³ ] 15...¥b7? [ 15...£b6!µ ] 16.£d3? [ 16.£e3! £c7 17.0-0 ] 16...£b6µ It is amazing that with such a clearpositive plan on moves 8 and 9 Matulovic shouldhave been so easily pushed back into such a stateof passivity as affl icts him now. Black has thesimple plan of doubling rooks on the c file, andthere is very little to be done about it. 17.0-0 a5! 18.¦fd1 ¥a6 19.£d2 ¦hc8 20.h3! This positionis another example of the superior side treadingcare fu l l y to avo id g i v ing the opponen t anycounterplay. White suffers from a terrible B on g2, aN that doesn't appear to be going anywhere, andpawns that are in need of constant defense on c2and e4. Black's backward d-pawn, on the other

hand, is well defended by the Black Q and K.Black's natural plan is to double his Rooks on the c-f i le and add to the pressure against c2. Theadvantages of the position are not going away, soBlack decides to ki l l his enemy's counterplaychances first. Then he will be free to pursue hisqueenside dreams. Here's how Fischer neutralizedM a t u l o v i c . h5! Black stops g3-g4 in its tracks. [ 20...£c6? 21.¤d4!!= ; Unfortunately, 20...¦c4?!which attacks e4 and prepares for this doubling,would give White some counterplay chances with 21.g4! because ¤xe4?! 22.¥xe4 ¦xe4 23.¤g3=followed by -- 24.¤f5+ is not what Black wants.] 21.b3? This move keeps the R out of c4 butweakens the c3-square. [ 21.¦ac1 ] 21...¥xe2!Why give up this nice B for the lame N? Becauseonly the N was keeping Black out of c3. 22.£xe2With White's counterplay cr ippled, Black canproceed with the occupation of the c-file. ¦c3! 23.¦d3 ¦bc8 24.¦xc3 ¦xc3 25.¢h2 [If 25.£b5 £a7 threatening both c2 and f2.] 25...£c5!White, who is bound hand and foot to the weaklingon c2, eventually lost the game. 26.¦a2 [ On 26.¦c1? ¦xb3! wins a pawn. Matulovic is given notime to bring the B to d3 and free the R.] 26...g6!-+ 27.¥f1 £d4 28.f3? ¦e3! 29.£g2 [ 29.£f2? ¦xe4 ] 29...£d1! 30.¥c4 [ 30.¥d3 h4! ( 30...g5 )] 30...£xf3 31.£xf3 ¦xf3 32.¢g2 ¦e3 33.¥d3 ¤xe4 34.¥xe4 ¦xe4 35.¢f2 d5 36.¦a1 d4 37.¦d1 ¦e3 38.h4 ¦c3 39.¦d2 ¢e6 40.¢g2 f5Matulovic availed himself of the privilege of sealinga move and adjourning before resigning.0-1

E97Kortschnoj,Viktor LvoFischer,Robert James

Herceg Novi blitz 1970

The King's Indian Defence by Leonard Barden,William Hartston and Raymond Keene Preface 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¥e2 0-0 6.¤f3 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¤d2'As brancas procuram levar o cavalo a b3 paraapoiar o avanco dos peoes na ala da dama' c5' Interessante e 9...a5 parando 10.b4 e ficandopreparado para responder 10.Cb3 com 10...a4' 10.a3 ¤e8 11.b4 'Horchnoi segue o plano deexpansao na ala da dama' b6 12.¦b1 f5'Fischer contra-ataca na ala do rei' 13.f3 f4 14.a4 g5 'luta tipica da India do Rei, ambos jogadoresdevem avaliar com precisao as possibilidades deataque sem descuidar da defesa' 15.a5 ¦f6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.¤b3 ¦g6 'Fischer bloqueoubem a invest ida de Korchnoi e comecou seuataque na ala do rei' 18.¥d2 ¤f6 19.¢h1 g4


20.fxg4 ¤xg4 21.¦f3 ¦h6 22.h3 ¤g6 23.¢g1 ¤f6 24.¥e1 'Korchnoi se defendeu das ameacas eparece que as negras nao tem como continuar seuataque' ¤h8 '!' 'O genial Fischer manobra seucavalo e coloca mais pressao na ala do rei' 25.¦d3 ¤f7 26.¥f3 ¤g5 27.£e2 ¦g6 'Ameacando ...Cxh3' 28.¢f1? [ ¹28.¢h2 ¥a6 29.¤d2 £xa5³ ] 28...¤xh3!-+ '!!' 29.gxh3 ¥xh3+ 30.¢f2 ¤g4+ 31.¥xg4 ¥xg4 'As negras abandonam ja que naopodem defender sua dama e a ameaca ...Dh4+ deuma so vez. 0-1 Kortchnoi,V-Fischer,R/HercegNovi 1970/ Lapertosa (31)' [ 31...¥xg4 32.£xg4 ( 32.£d2? £h4+ 33.¦g3 £xg3+ 34.¢f1™ £f3+ 35.¥f2 ¥h3+ 36.¢e1™ ¦g1+ 37.¥xg1 £f1# ) 32...¦xg4 33.¢f3 £g5-+ ]0-1

D79GellerFischer,Robert James

Palma de Mallorca 1970

1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 0-0 5.0-0 c6 6.d4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.¤e5 ¥f5 9.¤c3 ¤e4 10.¥e3 ¤xc3 11.bxc3 ¤c6 12.¤xc6 bxc6 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 22.¦xd4 ¦xa2 23.e4 dxe4 24.¥xe4 ¥xe4 25.¦xe4 We have reac hed a double-rookendgame. Black has an extra pawn and control ofthe seventh rank, but the large number of open filesgives White plenty of room to maneuver and, withno pawn weaknesses, White should survive. ¦b8 26.¦e3 g5 27.h3 ¢g7 28.¦c7 White takes theseventh rank and threatens to play Rf3, tying downBlack's forces. ¢g6 29.¦f3 f6 30.¦e7 ¦e2 31.g4White has a good defensive formation and it is hardto see how Black can make progress. But Fischeris famous for his refusal to agree to draws whilethere is still play in the position. ¦b1+ 32.¢g2 ¦ee1 33.¦a3 This creates an escape path for theking. h5 34.¦aa7 ¦g1+ 35.¢f3 hxg4+ 36.hxg4 ¦b3+ 37.¢e2 ¦xg4 38.¦xe6 The picture hasclarified a bit. But White still has no reason to worry. ¦b1 39.¦aa6 ¦f4 40.¦a2 ¦h1 41.¦ea6 ¦b4 42.¦6a4 If a pair of rooks are exchanged now, thedraw wou ld be fa i r l y s imp le fo r Whi te . ¦bb1 43.¦a8 ¦hg1 44.¢f3 ¦b5 45.¦8a5 ¦b3+ 46.¢e2 ¦bb1 47.¦a8 ¢f5 48.¦2a5+ ¢g4 49.¦a4+ ¢h5 50.¦h8+ We enter an arid period ofmaneuvering without much purpose. ¢g6 51.¦g8+ ¢f7 52.¦d8 ¦be1+ 53.¢f3 ¦e5 54.¦d2 ¦f5+ 55.¢e2 ¦e5+ 56.¢f3 ¢g6 57.¦e4 ¦f5+ 58.¢e2 ¦a5 59.¦e3 ¢h5 60.¦ed3 ¦aa1 61.¦d8 f5 62.¢f3 ¦a3+ 63.¦2d3 g4+ 64.¢f4 Now Fischer

finally decides to try his hand at the single-rookendgame. ¦xd3 65.¦xd3 ¦f1 66.¦d2 ¢h466...Kg6 67.Ra2 Black could never make anyprogress here. 67.¢xf5 g3 Black uses the pin toadvance the pawn. After the game, Geller said hewas confused, and thought that he could capturethe pawn with check here. 68.f4 ¢h3 69.¦d3White is prepared to sacrifice the rook for the pawnat the appropriate time, when the Black king isfurther down the board. The idea is that king andpawn against rook is drawn provided that the pawni s f a r e n o u g h a d v a n c e d . ¢h4 70.¦d2A big mistake. White needs a certain amount ofdistance between his rook and the enemy king, inorder to constantly give check without the kingbeing able to come up and attack the rook. 70.Rd7Kh3 71.Rh7+ Kg2 72.Kg4 Kf2 73.f5 g2 74.Rh2 Rh175.Rxg2+ Kxg2 76.f6 and a drawn position results. ¦a1 71.¢e5 This is the decisive error. White couldstill have drawn with the correct move . 71.Rd8 g272.Rh8+ Kg3 73.Rg8+ Kf3 74. Ke6 g1Q 75.Rxg1Rxg1 76.f5 Kf4 77.f6 Kg5 78.f7 Rf1 79.Ke7 Re1+ 80.Kd8 Rf1 81. Ke8 Re1+ 82.Kd8 ¢g4 Now White isgoing to lose the f-pawn. 72.f5 72.Rd8 Re1+ 73.Kf6 Kxf4 ¦a5+0-1

A01Fischer,Robert JamesAndersson,Ulf

Siegen TV Exhibition Game 1970

I may be wrong but I think this game was played fora TV audience. Bobby Fischer was White andtransformed a Larsen Opening into a NajdorfSicilan. Fischer as Black has played the plan Kingto rook-one, Pawn to King's knight 4 and doublingrook on the King's Knight fi le at least twice asBlack.

Nimzowitch - Larsen Opening

1.b3 e5 2.¥b2 ¤c6 3.c4 ¤f6 4.e3 ¥e7 5.a3 0-0 6.£c2 [ 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 £xd5 8.¤c3 £d6 9.¤f3 ¥f5 10.£c2 ¦fd8 11.¦d1 h6 12.h3 £e6 13.¤d2 ¤d7 14.¥e2 ¢h8 15.0-0 ¥g6 16.b4 a6 17.¦c1 ¦ac8 18.¦fd1 f5 19.¤a4 ¤a7 20.¤b3 b6 21.d4 f4 22.e4 ¤b5 23.¥g4 £f6 24.dxe5 ¤xe5 25.¥xc8 ¦xc8 26.¦d5 1-0 Fischer,R-Tukmakov,V/Buenos Aires 1970/MCD (26); 6.b4 d6 7.¤c3 ¥f5 8.d3 ¦e8 9.¥e2 e4 10.d4 h6 11.g4 ¥d7 12.h3 a5 13.b5 ¤a7 14.£c2 c6 15.bxc6 ¥xc6 16.d5 ¥d7 17.a4 ¥f8 18.¦d1 ¤c8 19.¦d4 ¤b6 20.£b3 ¥c8 21.£c2 ¥d7 22.£b3½-½ Rogers,I-Kempinski,R/Germany 1999/EXT


2000 (22) ] 6...¦e8 7.d3 ¥f8 8.¤f3 a5 9.¥e2 d5 10.cxd5 ¤xd5 11.¤bd2 [ 11.0-0 g6 12.¤bd2 ¥g7 13.¦ac1 £e7 14.¦fe1 ¥d7 15.£b1 ¦ad8 16.£a1 ¤b6 17.¤e4 ¥c8 18.¦ed1 f5 19.¤c5 ¦d5 20.¤a6 ¦d6 21.¤c5 ¦d5 22.¤a4 ¤xa4 23.bxa4 ¦d6 24.¦d2 ¤d8 25.¦c5 e4 26.¤e1 ¥xb2 27.£xb2 ¦xd3 28.¦dc2 ¤e6 29.¦xa5 ¦d6 30.¦a8 ¥d7 31.¦xe8+ ¥xe8 32.a5 c6 33.h4 ¥f7 34.g3 h6 35.¤g2 g5 36.¦c1 ¤d8 37.a4 ¦d5 38.a6 bxa6 39.¥xa6 £d6 40.¥f1 ¦d2 41.£c3 ¦a2 42.¦a1 £d2 43.£xd2 ¦xd2 44.a5 ¦d7 45.a6 ¦a7 46.¦d1 ¥d5 47.¦b1 ¢f7 48.¤e1 ¢e7 49.¤c2 ¢d7 50.¤d4 ¥e6 51.¦b8 ¥d5 52.¤xf5 gxh4 53.gxh4 ¢c7 54.¦b1 ¤f7 55.¢h2 c5 56.¤e7 ¥e6 57.¦b5 ¦xa6 58.¦xc5+ ¢b6 59.¥xa6 ¢xc5 60.¥c8 ¥xc8 61.¤xc8 ¢d5 62.¢g3 ¢e5 63.¢g4 ¤d8 64.¢h5 ¤f7 65.¤e7 ¢f6 66.¤d5+ ¢f5 67.¤c3 ¤e5 68.¢xh6 ¤g4+ 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 £f7 16.g4?! [ 16.d4 exd4 17.¤xd4 ¤xd4 18.¥xd4= ] 16...g6?! 17.¦g3 ¥g7 18.¦ag1 ¤b6 19.¤c5 ¥c8 20.¤h4 ¤d7 21.¤e4 ¤f8?! [ 21...¤b6 22.¤c5 ¥f8 23.¤e4= ] 22.¤f5 ¥e6 23.¤c5 ¤e7?! [ 23...¤d7 24.¤xe6 £xe6 25.¤xg7 ¢xg7 26.¥f3± ] 24.¤xg7 ¢xg7 25.g5 ¤f5 26.¦f3 b6 27.gxf6+ ¢h8 28.¤xe6 ¦xe6 29.d4 exd4 30.¥c4 d3 [ 30...b5 31.¥d3 ¦ed6 32.¥xf5 gxf5 33.¥xd4+- ] 31.¥xd3 ¦xd3 32.£xd3 ¦d6 33.£c4 ¤e6 34.¥e5 [ 34.¦xf5!! gxf5 35.¦g7! £f8 36.£xe6!! ¦xe6 37.f7! h5 38.¦g8+ ¢h7 39.¦xf8 ¢g6 40.¦g8+ ¢xf7 41.¦g7+ ¢e8 42.¦xc7+- ] 34...¦d8 35.h4 ¤d6 36.£g4 ¤f8 37.h5 ¤e8 38.e4 ¦d2 39.¦h3 ¢g8 40.hxg6 ¤xg6 41.f4 ¢f8 42.£g5 ¤d6 43.¥xd6+1-0

B13Fischer,Robert JamesPetrosian,Tigran

USSR-World [board 2] 1970

The adventures of Fischer in Yugoslavia 1959 andCuracao 1962 have been descr ibed. Bobbyrefused to participate in Amsterdam 1964, becausehe found the payment too low. He started with ascore of 8 1/2 / 10 in the interzonal tournament,Sousse 1967, and left! When he played a mini-match of four games against Petrosian in 1970, hehad not encountered a top player in three years. Asensation happened. Fischer had become thegreatest 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

10.¤f3 £b6 11.a4 A novelty prevents anexchange by 11...Bb5. ¦c8 12.¤bd2 ¤c6 13.£b1 Now 13...Nb4 needed attention. ¤h5 14.¥e3 h6 15.¤e5 ¤f6 [ Fischer analyses 15...¤xe5?! 16.dxe5 ¥c5 17.a5 £c7 18.¤f3! ] 16.h3 ¥d6 17.0-0 ¢f8? This move sustains awhite attack on the f-file. [ 17...£c7 18.¤df3 0-0completes a normal development.] 18.f4 ¥e8 19.¥f2! £c7 [Avoids 19...g6?! 20.f5! gxf5 21.¥xf5 exf5? 22.£xf5 ¤d8 23.¥h4 ] 20.¥h4 ¤g8 21.f5 ¤xe5 22.dxe5 ¥xe5 23.fxe6 ¥f6 24.exf7 ¥xf7 25.¤f3 ¥xh4 26.¤xh4 ¤f6 27.¤g6+ ¥xg6 28.¥xg6 ¢e7! The last chance. 29.£f5 ¢d8 30.¦ae1 £c5+ 31.¢h1 ¦f8 32.£e5! ¦c7 [ 32...£c7 33.£xd5+! ] 33.b4 £c6 34.c4 dxc4 35.¥f5 ¦ff7 36.¦d1+ ¦fd7 37.¥xd7 ¦xd7 38.£b8+ ¢e7 39.¦de1+1-0

A37Petrosian,TigranFischer,Robert James

USSR-World [board 2] 1970

1.c4 g6 2.¤c3 c5 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 ¤c6 5.¤f3 e6 6.0-0 ¤ge7 7.d3 0-0 8.¥d2 d5 9.a3 b6 10.¦b1 ¥b7 11.b4?! cxb4 12.axb4 dxc4 13.dxc4 ¦c8 The hanging pawns are vulnerable. 14.c5!? bxc5 15.bxc5 ¤a5 16.¤a4 ¥c6! 17.£c2 ¤b7 18.¦fc1 £d7 19.¤e1! ¤d5 [ 19...¥xa4 20.¦xb7! (F ischer) .] 20.¤b2 ¥b5 21.¤ed3?! [ 21.¤bd3! a6 22.£b3defends properly (Petrosian).] 21...¥d4 22.£b3 ¤xc5 23.¤xc5 ¦xc5 24.¦xc5 ¥xc5 25.¤d3 ¥xd3 26.£xd3 ¦d8 27.¥f3 £c7 28.¥g5 ¥e7 29.¥xe7 £xe7 30.£d4? e5! 31.£c4 ¤b6 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 43.¦xd7 ¤f6? [ Fischer gives the easy win 43...¤c7! 44.¥e4 a4 45.¥b1 ¤b5 ] 44.¦a7 ¤g4+ 45.¢g1 ¦c1+ 46.¥f1 ¦a1 47.e4 a4 48.¢g2 ¦a2 49.¦xf7+! ¢xf7 50.¥c4+ ¢e7 51.¥xa2 a3 52.¢f3 ¤f6 53.¢e3 ¢d6 54.f4! ¤d7 55.¥b1?Petrosian blunders. [The hard fight 55.¥c4! ¤c5 56.f5 gxf5 57.exf5 ¤a6! 58.g4! ¤b4 59.g5 a2 60.¥xa2 ¤xa2 61.g6 hxg6 62.fxg6 results in adraw. ] 55...¤c5 56.f5 ¤a6 57.g4 ¤b4 58.fxg6 hxg6 59.h5 gxh5 60.gxh5 ¢e6 61.¢d2 ¢f6 62.¢c3 a2 63.¥xa2 ¤xa2+ 64.¢b2 ¤b4 65.¢c3 ¤c6 66.¢c4 ¤d4 Fischer won the mini-match with 3-1 (+2, =2).0-1


D80Mecking,Henrique da CostaFischer,Robert James

Buenos Aires 08.08.1970

Defesa Gruenfeld 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¥g5 [ 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.e4 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.¥c4 ¥g7 8.¤e2 cxd4 9.cxd4 ¤c6 10.¥e3²As pretas, tendo provocado o avanço de e4 aoatacar o cavalo, iniciam logo o contra-ataque pelocentro. 0-0 11.0-0 ¥g4 12.f3 ¤a5 13.¥d5 ¥c8 14.£d2 e6 15.¥b3 b6 16.¦fd1 ¥a6 17.¤g3 ¤c4 18.¥xc4 ¥xc4 19.¥h6 ¥xh6 20.£xh6 £e7 21.¦d2 ¦ad8 22.¦c1 b5 23.£e3 ¦d7 24.a4 a6 25.axb5 axb5 26.e5 f5 27.exf6 £xf6 28.¤e4 £f4 29.£xf4 ¦xf4 30.¢f2 ¦f8 31.¢e3 ¢f7 32.¦a1 ¢e7 33.¦a5 ¦c7 34.¦c2 ¦fc8 35.g3 b4 36.¦c5 ¦xc5 37.¤xc5 ¥d5 38.¦b2 e5 39.¦xb4 exd4+ 1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Gligoric,S/Lugano 1970/MCD (39) ] 4...¤e4 5.¥h4 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 [ 7.e4? c5-+ ] 7...¥e6 [ 7...b5 8.a4 A) 8...c6?! 9.axb5 £d5 ( 9...cxb5? 10.£f3+- ) 10.bxc6 ¤xc6 11.£a4± ; B) 8...¥d7 9.axb5 ¥xb5 10.¤f3² ] 8.¦b1 b6 9.¤f3 [ 9.¥e2 ¥h6 10.¤f3 c6 11.¤e5 ¥g7 12.f4 ¥d5 13.0-0 ¤d7 14.¤xc4 0-0 15.a4 c5 16.¤e5 ¤xe5 17.dxe5 f6 18.¦b2 ¥e6 19.¦d2 £c7 20.¥g4 £c8 21.¥f3 ¦b8 22.£e2 ¦d8 23.¦fd1 ¦xd2 24.£xd2 £e8 25.exf6 exf6 26.£d6 ¦c8 27.a5 ¥f8 28.£d2 ¥e7 29.¥d5 £f7 30.¥xe6 £xe6 31.£d7 ¢f7 32.£xa7 bxa5 33.e4 £c6 34.¦d7 £xe4 35.h3 a4 36.¥f2 ¢f8 37.c4 a3 38.£xa3 ¦a8 39.£b2 ¢e8 40.£b5 ¢f8 41.¦d1 £xf4 42.¥xc5 ¥xc5+ 43.£xc5+ ¢g7 44.¦f1 £e4 45.£c7+ ¢h6 46.¦xf6 £d4+0-1 Taimanov,M-Fischer,R/Vancouver 1971/Candidates (46)] 9...¥g7 10.¤d2 0-0 11.¤xc4 [ 11.¥xc4?! ¥xc4 12.¤xc4 £d5³ 13.£f3 £xc4! 14.£xa8 ¤c6 15.£b7 £xc3+ 16.¢e2 ( 16.¢d1 ¤xd4µ ) 16...£c2+ 17.¢f3 ¤xd4+ 18.exd4 £d3+ 19.¢f4 ¥h6+ 20.¥g5 £f5+µ ; 11.£f3 ¥d5 12.e4 ¥b7 13.¥xc4 c5 A) 14.dxc5?! ¤d7 15.cxb6 A1) 15...axb6 16.0-0 ( 16.¥b3 ¤e5 17.£e3 ¤d3+‚ ) 16...¤e5 17.£e2 ¤xc4 18.¤xc4 ¥a6 ; A2) 15...¤e5 16.£e3 axb6 17.¦xb6 ¤g4 18.£c5 ¥xc3 19.¥d5 ¥xd5 20.exd5 ¥xd2+ 21.¢xd2 ¦xa2+‚ ; B) 14.d5 ¤d7 15.£e3 ( 15.0-0 ¤e5 16.£e3 ¤xc4 17.¤xc4 ¥a6 18.£d3 £d7/\ Qa4 ) 15...¤e5 16.¥e2 f5! 17.f4 ( 17.0-0? f4 18.£h3 ¥c8 19.g4 f3 20.¥xf3 ¦xf3 21.¤xf3 ¥xg4-+ ) 17...¤g4 ( 17...¤f7 18.exf5 xe7 ) 18.¥xg4 fxg4 19.0-0 ¥a6 20.¦fe1 ( 20.¦f2 £d7 21.£g3 ¦ae8÷ ) 20...£d7 21.¦bd1 ¦ae8 22.¢h1 £a4! 23.£g3 ( 23.¦a1 e5 24.dxe6 ¦xe6„ ) 23...£xa2 24.£xg4 ¥xc3 25.£e6+ B1) 25...¦f7 26.¤f3 ¥xe1 27.¤e5 ¦ef8 28.¤xf7 ¦xf7 ( 28...¥xh4? 29.¤g5+ ¢h8 30.£xe7+- ) 29.¦xe1÷ ; B2) 25...¢g7 B2a) 26.¥xe7!? ¥xd2

( 26...¦f7 27.¥f6+ ¦xf6 28.£xe8 ¥xd2 29.£e7+ ¦f7 30.£e5+÷ ; 26...¦xf4 27.£d7 ¥b5 28.¥f6+ ¢xf6 29.£xb5÷ ) 27.¥xf8+ ¦xf8 28.£e5+ ¢g8 29.£e6+ ¦f7 30.£e8+ ¢g7 31.£e5+÷ ; B2b) 26.¤f3 ¥e2 27.¥xe7 ¦xf4 B2b1) 28.¥f6+ ¦xf6 29.£xe8 ¦xf3! ; B2b2) 28.¦c1 ¦xf3 ( 28...¥xf3 29.gxf3 ¥xe1 30.¦xe1 £f2-+ ) 29.¦xc3 ¥f1 ; B2b3) 28.¦xe2 £xe2 29.¦g1 ¦xe4 0-1 Costa,J-Tukmakov,V/Luzern 1993/CBM 38/[Ftacnik] (29)] 11...¥d5! [ 11...c5 12.¥e2 cxd4 ( 12...¤c6 13.0-0 '~~' Ftacnik. cxd4 14.cxd4 ¦c8 15.¦c1 £d7 16.£d2 ¥d5 17.¥g3 £e6 18.¦fe1 f5 19.¥f1 £f7 20.¥e5 ¤xe5 21.¤xe5 ¥xe5 22.dxe5 £e6 23.f4 ¥xa2 24.¦a1 ¥c4 25.¥xc4 ¦xc4 26.¦xa7 ¦fc8 27.¦d1 ¢f7 28.¦b7 ¦c2 29.£d6 ¦b2 30.¢h1 ¦b3 31.h3 b5 32.¦d5 b4 33.¦db51/2-1/2 Ravisekhar,R-Tukmakov,V/New Delhi1986/EXT 99 (33)) 13.cxd4 ¥d5 14.0-0 ¤c6 15.£d2 ¦e8 16.¦fd1 £d7 17.¦bc1 ¦ac8 18.¥g3 £b7 19.¥f1 f5 20.£b2 ¢h8 21.a4 ¥f6 22.£b5 ¦ed8 23.¤d6 exd6 24.£xd5 ¥e7 25.¥b5 ¤a5 26.£xb7 ¤xb7 27.¥a6 ¦xc1 28.¦xc1 ¤a5 29.¦c7 ¥f8 30.¦xa7 1-0 Ravisekhar,R-Giulian,P/Southampton 1986/EXT 99 (30)] 12.£d2 [ 12.f3 ] 12...£d7 13.¤a3! c5 14.f3 £a4!? 15.¤b5! ¤c6 [ 15...¦c8? 16.¥xe7 cxd4 ( 16...£xa2 17.£xa2 ¥xa2 18.¦a1 ¥b3² ) 17.cxd4 ¦c2 18.¤c3 ¦xd2 19.¤xa4 ¦c2± ; 15...£xa2? 16.£xa2 ¥xa2 17.¦a1 ¥e6 18.¤c7 ¤c6 19.¤xa8 ¦xa8 20.¥b5± ] 16.¤c7 £xa2 17.£c1! ¦ac8 18.¦a1?! [ 18.¦b2 ¦xc7 19.¦xa2 ¥xa2 20.£a3 ¥e6 21.¥g3 ¦cc8 22.¥a6 ¦cd8 23.0-0± ] 18...£b3 19.¦a3 ¦xc7 20.¦xb3 ¥xb3 21.£a3?! [ 21.£b1?! c4 22.¥g3 ¦cc8= ; 21.¥g3! ¦cc8 22.¥a6 ¦cd8 23.0-0± ] 21...¤a5= 22.¥g3 e5! 23.¥xe5 ¥xe5 24.dxe5 ¦d8 25.¥e2 ¦cd7 26.£c1 ¥c4 27.£c2 ¥b3 [ 27...b5 28.f4= ] 28.£c1 ¥c4 29.£c2 ¥b3 30.£c1½-½

C42Fischer,Robert JamesGheorghiu,Florin

Buenos Aires it 21.07.1970

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wadeand O'Connell # 518 Petroff 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 [ 2...¤c6 3.d4 ( 3.g3 ¤f6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 ¤xd5 6.¥g2 ¥e7 7.0-0 0-0 8.¦e1 ¥f6 9.¤bd2 ¥g4 10.h3 ¥h5 11.¤c4 ¦e8 12.¤e3 ¤xe3 13.¥xe3 h6 14.g4 ¥g6 15.£d2 e4 1/2-1/2 Demeter,P-Kotan,L/SVK-chT 1995/EXT 97 (15)) 3...exd4 4.¤xd4 ¥c5 5.¥e3 £f6 6.c3 ¤ge7 7.¤c2 ¥xe3 8.¤xe3 £e5 9.£f3 0-0 10.¤d2 d6 11.¥c4 ¥e6 12.0-0 ¥xc4 13.¤exc4 1/2-1/2 Prandstetter,E-Banas,J/Trnava 1981/MCD (13)] 3.¤xe5 d6


4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 ¥e7 6.¥d3 ¤f6 7.h3 0-0 8.0-0 ¦e8 9.c4 ¤c6 10.¤c3 h6 11.¦e1 ¥f8 12.¦xe8 £xe8 13.¥f4 ¥d7 14.£d2 £c8 15.d5 ¤b4 16.¤e4 ¤xe4 17.¥xe4 ¤a6 18.¤d4 ¤c5 19.¥c2 a5 20.¦e1 £d8 21.¦e3 b6 22.¦g3 ¢h8 23.¤f3 £e7 24.£d4 £f6 25.£xf6 gxf6 26.¤d4 ¦e8 27.¦e3 ¦b8 28.b3 b5 29.cxb5 ¥xb5 30.¤f5 ¥d7 31.¤xh6 ¦b4 32.¦g3 ¥xh6 33.¥xh6 ¤e4 34.¥g7+ ¢h7 35.f3 [2.12-2.19]1-0

E97Taimanov,Mark E 2620Fischer,Robert James 2740

1.f Vancouver 1971

Fischer won the interzonal Palma de Mallorca 1970.His opponent in the quarterfinal was Taimanov. 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¥d2 ¤e8 10.¦c1 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.¤g5!? Taimanovplays actively against Fischer's favourite opening. h6 13.¤e6 ¥xe6 14.dxe6 £c8 15.£b3 c6! 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 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.¤b5 ¤g6 25.¤d4 £d7 26.£e3Black has allowed a blockade of the centre. ¢h7 27.h3 ¦f8 28.¥a6?! Heroic play leads todifficulties. ¦b6 29.¦c7 £a4 30.¦xg7+! ¢xg7 31.¥xh6+ ¢f7 32.¥e2 ¦fb8 33.¤xf5 ¦b1 34.¦xb1 ¦xb1+ 35.¢h2 £d7 White has no realattack. 36.¤d4? [ 36.¤g3 £c7 37.£d2!keeps an effective defence line.] 36...£d6+ 37.g3 £b4 38.¤c6 £b6 39.¤xa7 £xe3 40.¥xe3 ¦e10-1

B44Fischer,Robert James 2740Taimanov,Mark E 2620

1.f Vancouver 1971

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e6 5.¤b5 d6 6.¥f4 e5 7.¥e3 ¤f6 8.¥g5 £a5+?! 9.£d2 ¤xe4 10.£xa5 ¤xa5 11.¥e3!Fischer exerts pressure for a pawn. ¢d7 12.¤1c3 ¤xc3 13.¤xc3 ¢d8 14.¤b5 ¥e6 15.0-0-0 b6 16.f4! He avoids the capture on d6. exf4 17.¥xf4 ¤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 threatens27.Re7+. ¢b8 27.a3 ¦fd8 The pawn is returnedfor activity. 28.¥xf7 ¥c3 29.¥d2 d5 30.¦d1 d4 31.¥xc3 ¦xc3 32.¢b2 d3 33.¢xc3 dxe2

34.¦e1 ¤d6 35.¥h5 ¤b5+? [ Correct ia 35...¦c8+! 36.¢d3 ¤c4 ] 36.¢b2 axb4 37.axb4 ¦d4 38.c3 ¦h4 39.¥xe2 ¤d6 40.¦d1 ¢c7 41.h3 ¦f4 42.¦f1 ¦e4 43.¥d3 ¦e5 44.¦f2 h5 45.c4 ¦g5 46.¢c3 ¢d7 47.¦a2 ¢c8 48.¢d4 ¢c7 49.¦a7+ ¢d8 50.c5? [ White misses thesubt le win 50.¦a6 ¢c7 51.c5 bxc5+ 52.bxc5 ¤e8 53.¦g6 (Balashov) ¦xg6 54.¥xg6 ¤f6 55.h4 ] 50...bxc5+ 51.bxc5 ¤e8! 52.¦a2 ¤c7 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+ 63.¢f4 ¢d4 64.¦b4+ ¢c3 65.¦b5 ¤f7 66.¦c5+ ¢d4 67.¦f5 g5+ 68.¢g4 ¤e5+ 69.¢xg5 ¦g6+ 70.¢xh4 ¦xg2 71.¥d1 ¦g8 72.¥g4 ¢e4 73.¢g3 ¦g7 74.¦f4+ ¢d5 75.¦a4 ¤g6 76.¦a6 ¤e5 77.¢f4 ¦f7+ 78.¢g5 ¦g7+ 79.¢f5 ¦f7+ 80.¦f6 ¦xf6+ 81.¢xf6 ¢e4?? [ The nicest drawgives 81...¤d3 82.h4 ¤f4 83.¢f5 ¢d6(Botvinnik).] 82.¥c8! ¢f4 [Pointes are 82...¤f3 83.¥b7+ ;and 82...¤d3 83.¥f5+ ] 83.h4 ¤f3 84.h5 ¤g5 85.¥f5 ¤f3 86.h6 ¤g5 87.¢g6 ¤f3 88.h7 ¤e5+ 89.¢f6 Taimanov lost again.1-0

E97Taimanov,Mark E 2620Fischer,Robert James 2740

1.f Vancouver 1971

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¥d2 ¤e8 10.¦c1 f5 11.£b3! Taimanov diverts from gameone. b6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.¤g5 ¤f6 14.f4 h6 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.c5? Taimanov plays too hasty. [ C o r r e c t i s 16.¤f3 ¤g6 and now 17.c5! ] 16...¤fxd5 17.¤xd5 ¤xd5 18.cxb6 axb6 19.¦c6!? ¢h8 Taimanov thinks for one hour andfourteen minutes. 20.¤f3 [ Commentators regard 20.£h3 ¤f6 21.¥c3 as good for White, but f4! 22.£h4 ¥b7 23.¤e6 £d7 24.¤xg7 £xg7refutes this idea.] 20...¥b7 21.¦g6 ¤f4! 22.¥xf4 exf4 23.¦d1 £e7 24.¦e6 £c5+ 25.¢f1 ¦fd8 26.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 Black has taken over the attack. 27.£a4 £c1+ 28.¢f2 ¥f8 29.b4 ¥e4 30.¦e8?! ¥c6! 31.£xc6 £xc6 32.¦xd8 £f6 33.¦c8 £e7 34.¢f1 ¢h7 35.¤d4 ¥g7 36.¤b5 ¥e5 37.a3 £d7 38.¦a8 f3 39.gxf3 ¥xh2 40.¢g2 £g7+ 41.¢xh2 £e5+ 42.¢g10-1



1.f Vancouver 1971

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 £c7 5.¤c3 e6 6.g3 a6 7.¥g2 ¤f6 8.0-0 ¤xd4 9.£xd4 ¥c5 10.¥f4 d6 11.£d2 h6 12.¦ad1 e5 13.¥e3 ¥g4 14.¥xc5 dxc5 15.f3 ¥e6 16.f4 ¦d8?! [Theory wil l become 16...0-0 17.£d6 £a5!? (Rodriguez-Palermo, Buenos Aires 1973).] 17.¤d5 ¥xd5 18.exd5 e4 19.¦fe1 ¦xd5 20.¦xe4+ ¢d8 21.£e2 ¦xd1+ 22.£xd1+ £d7 23.£xd7+ ¢xd7 24.¦e5 b6? [ Black ends thepressure in the endgame with 24...¢d6! 25.a4! a5 26.b3 b6 and he gets the time for ..Re8(Radulescu).] 25.¥f1 a5 26.¥c4 ¦f8 27.¢g2 ¢d6 28.¢f3 ¤d7 29.¦e3 ¤b8 30.¦d3+ ¢c7 31.c3 ¤c6 32.¦e3 ¢d6 33.a4! ¤e7 34.h3 ¤c6 35.h4! White threatens to advance his pawns onthe kingside. h5 36.¦d3+ ¢c7 37.¦d5 f5 38.¦d2 ¦f6 39.¦e2 ¢d7 40.¦e3 g6 41.¥b5 ¦d6 42.¢e2 ¢d8?! [Or 42...¦f6 43.¢d3 ¦d6+ 44.¢c4 ¦f6 45.¦e1 ¦d6 46.¦e2! ¦f6 47.¦e3 ¦d6 48.¦d3 and the exchange has been forced.] 43.¦d3! ¢c7 44.¦xd6 ¢xd6 45.¢d3 ¤e7 46.¥e8 ¢d5 47.¥f7+ ¢d6 48.¢c4 ¢c6 49.¥e8+ ¢b7 50.¢b5 ¤c8! 51.¥c6+ ¢c7 52.¥d5 ¤e7 53.¥f7! ¢b7 54.¥b3! ¢a7! 55.¥d1 ¢b7 56.¥f3+ ¢c7 57.¢a6 ¤c8 58.¥d5! ¤e7 59.¥c4! ¤c6 60.¥f7 ¤e7 61.¥e8 ¢d8Black seems to escape, but Sherlock Fischeroutwi ts Watson Taimanov. 62.¥xg6! ¤xg6 63.¢xb6 ¢d7 64.¢xc5 ¤e7 65.b4! axb4 66.cxb4 ¤c8 67.a5 ¤d6 68.b5 ¤e4+ 69.¢b6 ¢c8 [After 69...¤d6 70.a6 ¤c8+ 71.¢c5White wins on the kingside.] 70.¢c6 ¢b8 71.b6A wonderful endgame.1-0

D80Taimanov,Mark E 2620Fischer,Robert James 2740

1.f Vancouver 1971

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¥g5 ¤e4 5.¥h4 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 ¥e6 8.¦b1 b6 9.¥e2 ¥h6 10.¤f3 c6 11.¤e5 ¥g7 12.f4 ¥d5 13.0-0 ¤d7 14.¤xc4 0-0 15.a4 c5 16.¤e5 ¤xe5 17.dxe5 f6 18.¦b2 ¥e6 19.¦d2 £c7 20.¥g4 £c8 21.¥f3 ¦b8 22.£e2 ¦d8 23.¦fd1 ¦xd2 24.£xd2 £e8 25.exf6 exf6 26.£d6 ¦c8 27.a5 ¥f8 28.£d2 ¥e7 29.¥d5 £f7 30.¥xe6 £xe6 31.£d7 ¢f7 32.£xa7 bxa5 33.e4 £c6 34.¦d7 £xe4 35.h3 a4 36.¥f2 ¢f8 37.c4 a3 38.£xa3 ¦a8 39.£b2 ¢e8 40.£b5 ¢f8 41.¦d1 £xf4

42.¥xc5 ¥xc5+ 43.£xc5+ ¢g7 44.¦f1 £e4 45.£c7+ ¢h6 46.¦xf6?? Taimanov collapsescompletely. £d4+0-1


1.f Vancouver 1971

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e6 5.¤b5 d6 6.¥f4 e5 7.¥e3 ¤f6 8.¥g5 ¥e6Taimanov plays the main var iat ion this t ime. 9.¤1c3! a6 10.¥xf6 gxf6 11.¤a3 ¤d4 12.¤c4 f5 13.exf5 ¤xf5 14.¥d3 ¦c8 15.¥xf5 ¦xc4 16.¥xe6 fxe6 17.£e2 [ 17.£h5+ ¢d7supports the black development.] 17...¦d4?Taimanov fails again. [Correct is 17...£c7! ] 18.0-0 £g5 19.¦ad1 £f5 20.¦xd4 exd4 21.¤e4 ¥e7 [ 21...d5 22.¤g3 £f6 23.¦e1 leads to positionalproblems (Tal).] 22.¦d1 £e5 23.£d3 ¦f8 24.£xd4 £xd4 25.¦xd4 d5 26.¤c3 ¥c5 27.¦d2 ¦f4 28.g3 ¦c4 29.¤e2 ¦a4 30.a3 ¢d7 31.¢g2 b5 32.c3 a5 33.¤d4 b4 34.¤b3 ¥b6 35.axb4 axb4 36.c4 ¢c6 [More resistance offers 36...¢d6 37.¦c2 dxc4 38.¦xc4 e5 ] 37.c5 ¥c7 38.¤d4+ ¢d7 39.f4 e5 40.c6+ ¢c8 41.¤b5 ¦a2 42.f5 ¥d8 43.¦xd5 ¦xb2+ Fischer had won the matchover ten games with 6-0. I t was a sensation.Taimanov had a book of a dissident in his luggage.He was arrested in Moscow.1-0

C19Fischer,Robert James 2760Larsen,Bent 2660

2.f Denver 1971

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 ¤e7 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 ¤bc6 8.¤f3 ¥d7 9.¥d3!? £c7 10.0-0 c4 11.¥e2 f6 12.¦e1 ¤g6?! [Less risk takes 12...fxe5 13.dxe5 0-0 ] 13.¥a3 fxe5 14.dxe5 ¤cxe5 15.¤xe5 ¤xe5 16.£d4! ¤g6 17.¥h5 ¢f7!? 18.f4!Fischer attacks in a lovely way. ¦he8 19.f5! exf5 20.£xd5+ ¢f6 [Avoids 20...¥e6 21.¦xe6 ¦xe6 22.£xf5+ ¦f6 23.£d5+ ¦e6 24.¦f1+ (suetin). ] 21.¥f3?! [ 21.¥d6! £c8 22.¥f3! ¥c6 23.£d4+ ¢f7 24.£xc4+ gives fine winning chances.] 21...¤e5! 22.£d4 ¢g6 23.¦xe5 £xe5 [ Not 23...¦xe5? 24.¥d6 ] 24.£xd7 ¦ad8 25.£xb7 £e3+? Larsen misses the draw in the complicatedskirmish. [Correct is 25...£xc3 26.£c6+! ¢g5 27.¥c1+ f4 28.h4+! ¢f5! 29.g4+ fxg3 30.¢g2! £d4! (Suetin) 31.¢xg3 £xa1 32.¥g4+ ¢e5


33.£c5+ ¢f6 34.£f2+ ¢e5 35.£e1+ ¢d5and perpetual check.] 26.¢f1 ¦d2 27.£c6+ ¦e6 28.¥c5! ¦f2+ 29.¢g1 ¦xg2+! 30.¢xg2 £d2+ 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 39.¥b7 £c5 40.¦b1 c3 41.¥b61-0

B36Larsen,Bent 2660Fischer,Robert James 2760

2.f Denver 1971

1.c4 c5 2.¤f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.e4 ¤f6 6.¤c3 d6 7.¥e2 ¤xd4 8.£xd4 ¥g7 9.¥g5 h6 10.¥e3 0-0 11.£d2 ¢h7 12.0-0 ¥e6 13.f4 ¦c8 14.b3 £a5 15.a3 a6 16.f5 ¥d7 17.b4 £e5! Fischer defends well. 18.¦ae1 ¥c6 19.¥f4 ¤xe4 20.¤xe4 £xe4 21.¥d3 £d4+ 22.¢h1 ¦ce8 23.¥e3 £c3 24.¥xh6 £xd2 25.¥xd2 ¥e5? [Correct is 25...e5! ] 26.¥f4 ¥xf4 27.¦xf4 gxf5 28.¦xf5? [The king is attacked by 28.¦e3! ¦g8 29.¥xf5+ ¢h6 ( 29...¢g7? 30.¦g3+ ¢f8 31.¥e6 ) 30.¥h3! ¦g7 31.b5! axb5 32.cxb5 ¥d5 ( 32...¥xb5? 33.¦h4+ ¢g5 34.¦b4! ) 33.¦h4+ ¢g5 34.¦d4! ¥e6 35.¥xe6 fxe6 36.¦xe6White has won a pawn (Joop Piket).] 28...¢g7 29.¦g5+ ¢h6 30.h4 e6 31.¦f1 f5 32.¦e1 ¦f7 33.b5 axb5 34.cxb5 ¥d7 35.g4 ¦a8 36.gxf5 exf5 37.¥c4? [Equality keeps 37.¦eg1! ¦e7! 38.¥xf5 ¥xf5 39.¦xf5 ¦xa3 ] 37...¦a4 38.¦c1 ¥xb5! 39.¥xf7 ¦xh4+ 40.¢g2 ¢xg5 41.¥d5 ¥a6 42.¦d1 ¦a4 43.¥f3 ¦xa3 44.¦xd6 ¦a2+ 45.¢g1 ¢f4 46.¥g2 ¦b2 47.¦d7 b6 48.¦d8 ¥e2 49.¥h3 ¥g4 50.¥f1 ¥f3 51.¦b8 ¥e4 52.¥a6 ¢e3 53.¦c8 ¦b1+ 54.¢h2 ¢f40-1

B88Fischer,Robert James 2760Larsen,Bent 2660

2.f Denver 1971

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 9.f4 ¥d7 10.0-0 a6 11.f5 £c8? 12.fxe6 ¥xe6? [No matter loses 12...fxe6 13.¤f5 £c7 14.¥f4 ¤e8 ] 13.¤xe6 fxe6 14.¤a4! ¦b8 15.¤b6 £e8 16.¥xe6+ ¢h8 17.¥f5 ¤e5 18.£d4 £h5 19.¤d5 ¤xd5 20.£xd5 £e2 21.¥a7 ¦be8 22.¦f2 £b5 23.c3 ¥h4 24.g3 £xd5 25.exd5 ¥f6 26.¦af1 ¤c4 27.¥e6 ¦a8 28.¥d4 ¥xd4 29.cxd4 ¦xf2 30.¦xf2 b5 31.¢f1 g6 32.b3 ¤a3 33.¢e2 ¦a7 34.¦f8+ ¢g7 35.¦d8 b4 36.¦xd6

¤b5 37.¦b6 ¤xd4+ 38.¢d3 ¤xe6 39.¦xe6 a5 40.¢d4 ¢f7 41.¦e21-0

E97Larsen,Bent 2660Fischer,Robert James 2760

2.f Denver 1971

1.c4 g6 2.¤f3 ¥g7 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 Fischer playshis beloved defence. 9.¤d2 c5 10.¦b1 ¤e8 11.b4 b6 12.a4 f5 13.a5 ¤f6 14.£a4 ¥d7 15.£a3 ¥h6! Black prevents f4. 16.¥d3 £c7 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.exf5 gxf5!? 19.¥c2 a6 20.¤de4! ¥xc1 21.¤xf6+ ¦xf6 22.¦fxc1 ¦af8Fischer starts an attack, despite the exchanges. 23.¦b6 ¥c8 24.¤e2?! [ The thematic defence 24.f4! ¤g6 25.¤e2 exf4 26.¦f1 £e7! 27.¤xf4 ¤xf4 28.¦xf4 £e1+ 29.¦f1 £d2 30.¦f2 £e1+ 31.¦f1 ends with a perpetual.] 24...f4 25.¥e4 ¤f5 26.¦c6 £g7 Black's attack has become verystrong. 27.¦b1? [ White pieces are properly placedin 27.¢h1! (Murey) ¤h4 28.¦g1 ] 27...¤h4! 28.£d3 ¥f5 29.¢h1 [Or 29.¦d1 ¤xg2! ] 29...f3! 30.¤g3 fxg2+ 31.¢g1 ¥xe4 32.£xe4 ¤f3+ 33.¢xg2 ¤d20-1

B88Fischer,Robert James 2760Larsen,Bent 2660

2.f Denver 1971

1.e4 Chernev,Irving c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 [ 6...g6Chernev , I r v ing 7.¤xc6 bxc6 8.e5! ¤g4 ( 8...dxe5? 9.¥xf7++- ) 9.¥f4 £b6 10.£f3 ¥f5 ( 10...dxe5 11.¥xf7+ ) 11.exd6 exd6 12.0-0± ] 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 9.0-0 ¥d7 10.f4 £c8?!Chernev,Irving: ''Larsen'' 11.f5! Larsen wanted toprevent this move, but Fischer plays it anyway as aposit ional sacri f ice. Chernev,Irving: ' ' ! ' ' ¤xd4 12.¥xd4 exf5 13.£d3 fxe4 14.¤xe4 ¤xe4 15.£xe4 ¥e6 16.¦f3 [Faster will end 16.¦ae1! £c6? 17.£f4 ¦ae8?? 18.£g3 g6 19.¦xe6(Janosevic-Musil, Yugoslavia 1972).] 16...£c6 [ 16...¥xb3 Chernev,Irving 17.¦g3 g6 18.£xe7/\ 19.Qf6 £e6 19.£h4 ¥d5 20.¦e3 £f5 21.¦f1 £xc2 22.£xh7+! ¢xh7 23.¦h3+ ¢g8 24.¦h8## ] 17.¦e1 £xe4 [ 17...¥xb3 Chernev,Irving 18.£g4 ( 18.£xe7? ¦fe8 19.£h4 ¥xc2! ) 18...g6 19.¦xe7 ¥e6 20.¦xe6 £c8 21.¦e4 f5 22.£h4 fxe4 23.£e7+- Gipslis ] 18.¦xe4 d5 19.¦g3! g6 [ 19...dxe4? Chernev , I r v i ng 20.¦xg7+ ¢h8


21.¦xf7+ ¥f6 22.¥xf6+ ¢g8 23.¦g7+ ¢h8 24.¥c3 ¦ac8 25.¦c7++- ] 20.¥xd5 ¥d6? [ 20...¥xd5 21.¦xe7 ¦fe8 leads to a defendableendgame (Gipslis). '=' Chernev,Irving.] 21.¦xe6!C h e r n e v , I r v i n g : ' ' ! ' ' ¥xg3 [ 21...fxe6?Chernev,Irving 22.¥xe6+ ¦f7 23.¦f3+- ] 22.¦e7 ¥d6 23.¦xb7 ¦ac8 [Larsen prefers 23...a5after the game, but 24.c4 ¦ae8 25.¦d7 ¥b4 26.a3 ¦e7 27.axb4 ¦xd7 28.bxa5favours White.] 24.c4 a5 25.¦a7 Black can grabh 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?Chernev , I rv ing : ' ' [ ] ' ' [ Larsen does not believe in 25...¥c5! 26.¥xc5 ¦xc5 27.¢f2 but Chernev,Irving: '/\...Kd4' ¦fc8 28.¥xf7+ ¢f8 29.¥d5 ¦xc4! 30.¥xc4 ¦xc4 31.¦xa5 ¦c2+ 32.¢f3 ¦xb2might draw.; 25...¥b4 Chernev,Irving 26.a3 ¥d2 27.¢f2 /\ 28.Ke2 ¦ce8 28.¥c5 ] 26.g3 ¦fe8 27.¢f1 ¦e7 28.¥f6 ¦e3 29.¥c3 h5Chernev,Irving: ''/\ 30... h4'' 30.¦a6 Chernev,Irving:' ' ! ' ' / \ 31.Rxg6+ or 31.Rc6 ' ' ¥e5 31.¥d2Chernev,Irving: ''!'' ¦d3 32.¢e2 ¦d4 [ 32...¦xd2+Chernev,Irving 33.¢xd2 ¥xb2 34.¦xa5 ¢f8 35.¦a6+- ] 33.¥c3 ¦cxc4 [ 33...¦xd5Chernev,Irving 34.cxd5 ¥xc3 35.bxc3 ¦xc3 36.d6 ¦c2+ 37.¢e3+- ] 34.¥xc4 ¦xc4 35.¢d3 [ 35.¥xe5? Chernev , I r v ing ¦e4+= ] 35...¦c5 36.¦xa5 ¦xa5 37.¥xa5 ¥xb2 38.a4 ¢f8 39.¥c3 ¥xc3 [ 39...¥a3 Chernev,Irving 40.a5 ¥c5 41.a6/ \ 42.Bd4+- ¥d6 42.¥b4+- ] 40.¢xc3 ¢e7 41.¢d4 ¢d6 42.a5 f6 43.a6 ¢c6 44.a7 ¢b7 45.¢d5 h4 46.¢e6 Fischer played a fantasticendgame.1-0

A02Larsen,Bent 2660Fischer,Robert James 2760

2.f Denver 1971

1.f4 c5 2.¤f3 g6 3.e4 ¥g7 4.¥e2 ¤c6 5.0-0 d6 6.d3 e6 7.¤a3 ¤ge7 8.c3 0-0 9.¥e3 a6 10.d4 cxd4 11.¤xd4 b5 12.¤xc6 ¤xc6 13.£d2 £c7 14.¦ad1 ¦d8 15.¤c2 ¦b8 16.a3 ¤a5 17.e5 ¥f8 18.b4 ¤c6 19.¤d4! Larsen gives apawn for the attack. dxe5 20.fxe5 ¤xe5 21.¥g5 ¦d5 22.£f4 ¥g7 23.h4?! ¦b7 [ Risk takes 23...£xc3 24.¥f6 ] 24.¥f6 ¥xf6 25.£xf6 £xc3 26.h5 gxh5!? [ 26...¦xd4! 27.£xe5 ¦d3 28.£g5 £d4+! 29.¢h1 £e3 tr ies to win.] 27.¢h1 [ Larsen avoids 27.¤xe6 fxe6 28.¦xd5 exd5 29.£d8+ ¢g7 30.£f6+ because he wants to win.] 27...¤g4 28.¥xg4 hxg4 29.£h6 ¥d7 30.¦f4 [ 30.¦xf7 ¢xf7 31.£xh7+ leads to a perpetual(Suetin). ] 30...f5 The game can end peacefully. 31.£f6? [Larsen avoids 31.£g5+! ¢f7 32.£h5+ ¢e7 33.£g5+ ¢f7 because he wants to lose.]

31...¥c8 32.¦ff1 ¦f7 33.£h6 ¥b7 34.¤xe6 £f6! 35.£e3 ¦e7 36.¦de1 ¦d6 37.£g5+ £xg5 38.¤xg5 ¦xe1 39.¦xe1 ¥d5 40.¦e8+ ¢g7Again Fischer had won with 6-0, an incredibleresult.0-1

B42Fischer,Robert James 2760Petrosian,Tigran V 2640

Buenos Aires cf 19.10.1971

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wadeand O'Connell # 747 Simple Chess by MichaelStean 3. Weak Pawns Sic i l ian Defence, KanVariation 1.e4 JvR c5 History is to repeat itself. Inhis 1969 match defending his world title, Petrosianadopted the Petrof f in games 13 and 15 andobtained comfortable though uninteresting draws in25 and 19 moves respectively; then in the 17th and19th gaames he switched to the Sicilian and lostboth, the latter being in a shattering 24 moves. Hadhe retained the nerve to bore his audiences, hemight have retained his championship. 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 Introducing a systemnamed in various countr ies after the Germanmaster, Louis Paulsen (1833-91), who was secondto Morphy in the first American Congress (1857);Paulsen was the pioneer of many modern openingsystems. The Russian, Ilya Kan, is credited withdove-tailing the ideas into its present workableshape. The aim of a6 is to fianchetto Black's queenB after b5 with latent effect on White's centre. 5.¥d3 ¤c6 6.¤xc6 bxc6?! [ 6...dxc6! ] 7.0-0 d5 8.c4! ''!'' '# ' [ 8.¤d2 ¤f6 9.£e2 ¥e7 10.b3 0-0 11.¥b2 a5 12.f4! g6?! ( 12...¤d7! 13.£g4 g6 ) 13.¦ad1 ( 13.exd5 cxd5 14.£e5 ¥a6 15.¤f3 ) 13...¤d7 14.c4 ( 14.f5! e5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.¥xe5 ) 14...a4 15.f5 exf5 16.exf5 ¥f6 17.¥xf6 ¤xf6 18.£f2 axb3 19.axb3 ¦a2 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.h3 £e7 22.£d4 c5 23.£f4 ¥b7 24.¦de1 £g7 25.£e3 d4 26.£e6+ £f7 27.£e2 ¦e8 28.£f2 ¦xe1 29.£xe1 £e8 30.£xe8+ ¤xe8 31.¥e4 ¦xd2 32.¥xb7 ¤d6 33.¥d5+ ¢g7 34.b4 cxb4 35.c5 ¤f5 36.c6 ¦c2 37.g4 ¤d6 38.¦f4 d3 39.¦d4 d2 40.¥b3 ¦xc6 41.¦xd2 ¤e4 42.¦d7+ ¢f6 43.¦xh7 ¦c1+ 44.¢g2 ¤c5 45.¥f7 b3 46.g5+ ¢xg5 47.h4+ ¢f6 48.h5 ¦c2+ 49.¢f3 b2 50.¥a2 gxh5 51.¦xh5 ¦c1 52.¦h6+ ¢e5 53.¦b6 ¤a4 54.¦e6+ ¢d4 55.¦e4+ ¢c5 56.¦xa4 ¦a10-1 Spassky ,B-Pet ros ian ,T /Moscow 1969/MegaBase 97 (56)] 8...¤f6 [ 8...dxc4 9.¥xc4 £xd1 10.¦xd1 ¤f6 11.¤c3 ¥c5 12.¥g5 e5± ] 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.exd5 exd5? Fischer thought for20 minutes and played: [JvR: Correct is 10...¤xd5 11.¥e4! ¥e7 ( 11...¥b7! JvR 12.£a4+ £d7


(Horvath-Izsak, Budapest 1995).) 12.¤c3 ¥b7 13.£a4+ £d7 ( 13...¢f8 14.¦d1 ) 14.£xd7+ ¢xd7 15.¦d1 ¥f6 16.¤xd5 ¥xd5 17.¥xd5 exd5 18.¦xd5+ winning a pawn ¢e6 19.¦d2 ¦hd8 20.¦e2+ ( ¹20.¦b1 ) 20...¢f5 21.¥e3! ¦ab8 22.¦b1 a5 23.¢f1 a4 24.¦c2 ¦b4 25.a3 ¦e4 26.¦e1 ¦b8 27.¦ee2 h5 28.f3 ¦ee8 29.¥c1 ¦bc8 30.¦ed2 h4 31.¦d5+ ¢g6 32.¦dc5 ¦cd8 33.¦d2 ¦xd2 34.¥xd2 ¥xb2 35.¦g5+ ¢f6 36.¦a5 h3 37.gxh3 ¥xa3 38.¦xa4 ¥d6 39.¥c3+ ¢f5 40.¥xg7 ¥xh2 41.h4 ¢g6 42.¦g4+ ¢h5 43.¢g2 f5 44.¦g5+ ¢xh4 45.¥f6 ¦e2+ 46.¢f1 ¦e6 47.¦xf5+ ¢h3 48.¦h5+ ¢g3 49.¥d4 ¢xf3 50.¦xh2 ¢e4 51.¦e2+ ¢d5 52.¦d2 ¢c6 53.¢f2 ¦e7 54.¢f3 ¦e6 55.¢f4 ¦e1 56.¢f5 ¦e7 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 ¢d7 68.¦d6+ ¢c8 69.¥d4 ¦c7+ 70.¢b5 ¦d7 71.¦c6+ ¢d8 72.¥c5 ¦b7+ 73.¢c4 ¦f7 74.¢d5 ¢d7 75.¦d6+ ¢e8 76.¦e6+ ¢d7 77.¢e5 ¦h7 78.¦d6+ ¢e8 79.¥d4 ¦e7+ 80.¢f5 ¦d7 81.¦e6+ ¢d8 82.¥b6+ ¢c8 83.¢e5 ¢b7 84.¥d4 ¢c7 85.¢e4 ¦f7 86.¢d5 ¢d7 87.¥f6 ¢c7 88.¦c6+ ¢b7 89.¥e5 ¦h7 90.¢c5 ¦f7 91.¦b6+ ¢c8 92.¢c6 ¦c7+ 93.¢d6 ¦b7 94.¦c6+ ¢d8 95.¥f6+ ¢e8 96.¢e6 ¦e7+ 1/2-1/2 Averbakh,Y-Taimanov,M/Leningrad 1960/URS-ch (96); 10...£xd5 11.¤c3 £c6 12.¥c2 ] 11.¤c3 [ 11.¥e3 ¥e7 12.¥d4 0-0 13.¤c3 ] 11...¥e7 12.£a4+! £d7!? [ 12...¥d7 A) 13.£c2 0-0 ( 13...d4 14.¤e4 ¤xe4 15.¥xe4 ¦c8 16.£d1 ) 14.¥g5 ; B) 13.£d4 ] 13.¦e1! [ JvR: Fischer takes the positional plusinstead of the matter in 13.¥b5 '!?' JvR. axb5 14.£xa8 0-0 15.£a5 d4 16.¤xb5 ¥b7„ ] 13...£xa4 [ 13...0-0? 14.£xd7+- ] 14.¤xa4 ¥e6 15.¥e3 0-0 '# ' [ 15...¤d7 16.f4 g6 17.¥d4 0-0 18.¦ac1 ] 16.¥c5! ¦fe8 [ 16...¥xc5 17.¤xc5 ¦fb8 18.¤xe6 fxe6 19.¦xe6 ¦xb2 20.¦xa6 ¦xa6 21.¥xa6 ¤e4 22.a4 ¤c5 23.¥b5 ¢f8 24.¦c1 ¤b3 25.¦c8+ ¢e7 26.h3 ¤d4 27.¥d3 ¦a2 28.¦a8 g6 29.a5 ¦a1+ 30.¢h2 ¤c6 31.a6 ¢d6 32.¥b5 d4 33.¥xc6 ¢xc6 34.a7 ¢c7 35.¦h8 ¦xa7 36.¦xh7+ ¢b6 37.¦xa7 ¢xa7 38.¢g31-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Ginsberger,A/ISR-ch 1984/MCD(38) ] 17.¥xe7 ¦xe7 18.b4! ¢f8 [ 18...a5 19.b5 ] 19.¤c5 ¥c8 20.f3 ''!'' [ 20.¦xe7? ¢xe7 21.¦e1+ ¢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 20...¦xe1+ JvR 21.¦xe1 ¦b8 22.a3 ¦b6 ] 21.¦e5 ¥d7 [ 21...¦b8³ ] 22.¤xd7+ 'surprising that thisexchange o f the good N fo r the bad B is sodevestating [Ruben Fine] ' ! ' ' ' !?' JvR. [ 22.a4± ; 22.a4 ¥c6 /\Nd7 ] 22...¦xd7 23.¦c1 ''/\Rc6'' ¦d6'?' [ 23...¦da7± ] 24.¦c7 ¤d7 25.¦e2 JvR: 'Blackhas little choice.' g6 [ 25...¤f6 26.¦ee7 ; 25...¢g8

26.¦e7 ; 25...a5 26.¥b5 ¤f6 27.¦ee7 ; 25...¦e8 26.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 27.¦a7 ¤b8 28.b5! axb5 29.¥xb5+ ¢f8 ( 29...¤d7 30.¢f2 ¢d8 31.¥xd7 ¦xd7 32.¦xd7+ ¢xd7 33.¢e3 ¢d6 34.¢d4 ) 30.¦b7! ¦d8 31.¢f2 ] 26.¢f2 h5 27.f4 h4?'?!' JvR. [ 27...¤b6 28.¦ee7 ¦f6 ] 28.¢f3 ''/\Kg4'' f5 29.¢e3 ''/\Kd4'' d4+ 30.¢d2 ¤b6 '?' JvR. [ Correct is 30...¢f7 JvR ] 31.¦ee7 ¤d5 32.¦f7+ ¢e8 33.¦b7 ¤xf4 [ 33...¤xb4 34.¥c4! ¤c6 35.¦h7 ¦f6 36.¦h8+ ¦f8 37.¥f7+ ¢d8 38.¦xf8# ; 33...¦b8 JvR 34.¦a7 ¦a8 35.¦xa8+ ¢xf7 36.¥c4! ] 34.¥c4! Black resigns [ 34.¥c4 g5 35.¦g7 ¦f6 ( 35...¤g6 36.¥f7+ ) 36.¦g8+ ¦f8 37.¥f7+ ]1-0

B44Fischer,Robert James 2760Petrosian,Tigran 2640

cf Buenos Aires 1971

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.¤b5 d6 6.¥f4 e5 7.¥e3 ¤f6 8.¥g5 ¥e6 9.¤1c3 a6 10.¥xf6 gxf6 11.¤a3 d5 Petrosiandiver ts f rom the s ix th match game Fischer-Taimanov. 12.exd5 ¥xa3 13.bxa3 £a5 14.£d2 0-0-0 15.¥c4? [Correct is the immediate 15.¦d1 ] 15...¦hg8! A chess enthusiast had sent this moveto Petrosian. The electricity fails at this moment.Fischer thinks redheaded in the darkness. 16.¦d1 ¥f5? [He does not play the prepared 16...¦xg2A fine endgame brings 17.¤e4 £b6 18.£e3 £xe3+ 19.fxe3 ¥g4 20.¦b1 ¥f3 (Timman). ] 17.¥d3 ¥xd3 18.£xd3 ¤d4 19.0-0 ¢b8 20.¢h1 £xa3 21.f4 ¦c8 22.¤e4 £xd3 23.cxd3 ¦c2 24.¦d2 ¦xd2 25.¤xd2 f5 26.fxe5 ¦e8 27.¦e1 ¤c2 28.¦e2 ¤d4 29.¦e3 ¤c2 30.¦h3! ¦xe5 31.¤f3 ¦xd5 32.¦xh7 ¦xd3 33.h4 ¤e3? [ The best defence is 33...¤d4! 34.¤g5! f6 35.¤h3! (Kholmov) ¦g3! 36.h5 ¦g4 37.h6 ¦h4 38.¢h2 f4 Black will be able to hold the position.] 34.¦xf7 ¦d1+ 35.¢h2 ¦a1 36.h5 f4 37.¦xf4 ¦xa2 38.¦e4 ¤xg2 39.¢g3 ¦a5 40.¤e5Fischer had won his last twenty games in theinterzonal and candidates' matches.1-0

D82Petrosian,Tigran 2640Fischer,Robert James 2760


1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¥f4 ¥g7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 £a5 7.¦c1 ¤e4 8.cxd5 ¤xc3 9.£d2 £xa2 10.bxc3 £a5 11.¥c4 ¤d7!? 12.¤e2


¤e5!? 13.¥a2 ¥f5? [C o r r e c t i s 13...£xc5(Petrosian).] 14.¥xe5 ¥xe5 15.¤d4 £xc5 16.¤xf5 gxf5 17.0-0 £a5?! [ The defence 17...0-0 18.£d3 £c8 consolidates the position.] 18.£c2 f4 19.c4 fxe3 20.c5 £d2 21.£a4+ ¢f8 22.¦cd1 £e2 23.d6 A pawn avalanchea p p r o a c h e s t h e b l a c k k i n g . £h5?! [ A counterattack starts 23...¥xh2+! (Loktev) 24.¢xh2 £h5+ 25.¢g1 e2 26.dxe7+ ¢g7 27.¦d5 exf1£+ 28.¢xf1 £g6! 29.£d4+ f6 30.¦d8 h5 31.£d7 ¢h6 (Petrosian) appears tohold, but 32.¦xa8 ¦xa8 33.£d8 £e8 34.£xa8! £xa8 35.¥f7 wins for White.] 24.f4 e2 25.fxe5 exd1£ 26.¦xd1 £xe5 27.¦f1 f6 28.£b3 ¢g7 29.£f7+ ¢h6 30.dxe7 f5 31.¦xf5 £d4+ 32.¢h1Even Fischer could lose. A great game wasneeded.1-0

C11Fischer,Robert James 2760Petrosian,Tigran 2640


1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 dxe4 5.¤xe4 ¥e7 6.¥xf6 gxf6 7.g3?! f5 8.¤c3 ¥f6 9.¤ge2 ¤c6! 10.d5 exd5! [ Petrosian improveson 10...¤b4 (Rauzer-Mazel, Leningrad 1934).] 11.¤xd5 [ 11.£xd5 ¥xc3+ 12.¤xc3 £e7+ 13.¥e2 ¥e6 ] 11...¥xb2 12.¥g2 0-0 13.0-0 ¥h8!Black needs the bishop for the defence. 14.¤ef4 ¤e5 15.£h5 ¤g6 16.¦ad1 [ More success willhave 16.¤h3! in Bellon-Segal, Dortmund 1980.] 16...c6 17.¤e3 £f6 18.¢h1 ¥g7 19.¥h3 ¤e7 20.¦d3 ¥e6 21.¦fd1 ¥h6 22.¦d4 ¥xf4 23.¦xf4 ¦ad8 24.¦xd8 [Better is 24.¦b1! (Kholmov).] 24...¦xd8 25.¥xf5 ¤xf5 26.¤xf5 ¦d5 27.g4 ¥xf5 28.gxf5 h6 29.h3 ¢h7 30.£e2 £e5 31.£h5 £f6 32.£e2 £e5 33.£h5 £f6?Petrosian misses the threefold repetition of moves. [ 33...¦d7 34.¦h4 £f6 keeps the advantage. ]½-½

B36Petrosian,Tigran 2640Fischer,Robert James 2760


1.c4 c5 2.¤f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.e4 ¤f6 6.¤c3 d6 7.f3 ¤xd4 8.£xd4 ¥g7 9.¥e3 0-0 10.£d2 £a5 11.¦c1 ¥e6 12.b3 ¦fc8 13.¥e2 a6 14.¤d5 £xd2+ 15.¢xd2 ¤xd5 16.cxd5 ¥d7 17.¦xc8+ ¦xc8 18.¦c1 ¦xc1 19.¢xc1 ¢f8 20.¢c2 e6½-½



1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 ¤f6 6.¥d3 ¥e7 7.h3 0-0 8.0-0 c6 [ More active is 8...¦e8 9.c4 ¤c6 (Fischer-Georghiu, Buenos Aires 1970).] 9.¦e1 ¤bd7 10.¥f4 ¦e8 11.c4 ¤f8 12.¤c3 a6 13.£b3 ¤e6 14.¥h2 ¥f8 15.¦e2 b5! 16.£c2 ¥b7 17.¦ae1 g6 18.b4!? bxc4 19.¥xc4 ¤c7 20.¥b3 [ Slihjtly better is 20.¦xe8! ¤cxe8 21.£b3 d5 22.¥d3 (Korchnoi).] 20...¦xe2 21.¦xe2 ¤cd5 22.a3 a5 23.¤xd5 cxd5! 24.b5 a4! 25.¥a2 [ The pointe shows 25.¥xa4 £a5 26.¥b3 £xa3(Shamkovich).] 25...£b6 26.£b1 ¦a5 27.¦b2 ¤e4 28.¥f4 ¤c3 29.£c2 ¦xb5 30.¦xb5 ¤xb5 31.£xa4 £a6! 32.£xa6 ¥xa6 33.¥e3 [ Avoids 33.a4?? ¤c3 (Korchnoi).] 33...¤xa3 34.¥xd5 ¥c4 35.¥c6 ¤c2 36.¥d2 ¥e2 37.¥e4 ¥xf3 38.¥xc2½-½

A06Petrosian,Tigran 2640Fischer,Robert James 2760


1.¤f3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.¥b2 f6! 4.c4 d4 5.d3 e5 6.e3 [Proper prophylaxis brings 6.g3! ¤c6 7.¥g2 ] 6...¤e7 7.¥e2 ¤ec6 8.¤bd2 ¥e7 9.0-0 0-0 10.e4 a6 11.¤e1 b5 12.¥g4 ¥xg4 13.£xg4 £c8 14.£e2 ¤d7 15.¤c2 ¦b8 16.¦fc1 £e8 17.¥a3 ¥d6 18.¤e1 g6 19.cxb5 axb5 20.¥b2 ¤b6 21.¤ef3 ¦a8 22.a3 ¤a5 23.£d1 £f7 24.a4?! bxa4 25.bxa4 c4! 26.dxc4 ¤bxc4 27.¤xc4 ¤xc4 28.£e2 ¤xb2 29.£xb2 ¦fb8 30.£a2?! ¥b4 31.£xf7+ ¢xf7 32.¦c7+ ¢e6! 33.g4! [Petrosian does not like 33.¦xh7 ¥c3 34.¦d1 ¦xa4 ] 33...¥c3 34.¦a2 ¦c8 35.¦xc8 ¦xc8 36.a5 ¦a8 37.a6 ¦a7 38.¢f1 g5 39.¢e2 ¢d6 40.¢d3 ¢c5 41.¤g1?! [ More useful is 41.h4 and an exchange.] 41...¢b5 42.¤e2 ¥a5Black will gain a pawn as a reward for his excellentrestriction. 43.¦b2+? Petrosian blunders right afterthe resumpt ion . [C o r r e c t i s 43.¤g3! ¢xa6!(Ko rchno i ) ( 43...¦xa6 44.¤f5 ¦c6 45.¦c2The rooks are exchanged.) 44.¤h5 ¦f7 45.¦b2Whi te might surv ive by pass ive res t r ic t ion.] 43...¢xa6 44.¦b1 ¦c7 45.¦b2 ¥e1 46.f3 ¢a5 47.¦c2 ¦b7 48.¦a2+ ¢b5 49.¦b2+ ¥b4 50.¦a2 ¦c7 51.¦a1 ¦c8 52.¦a7?! [ More resistanceoffers 52.¦a2! but ¦c7 53.¦a1 ¦c6! 54.¦a2 ¥c3! 55.¦a3 ¢b4 56.¦a2 ¥e1! 57.¦a1 ¥f2looks horrible for White.] 52...¥a5! 53.¦d7 [ Or


53.¦xh7 ¥b6! 54.¦f7 ¦a8 55.¦xf6 ¦a3+(Shamkovich).] 53...¥b6 54.¦d5+ ¥c5 55.¤c1 ¢a4 56.¦d7 ¥b4 57.¤e2 ¢b3 58.¦b7 ¦a8 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 demoralisedbecause he had played well and only scored 2 1/2out of 6. Fischer had crushed 'the other guy's ego'.0-1

D40Petrosian,Tigran 2640Fischer,Robert James 2760


1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 c5 5.e3 ¤c6 6.a3 ¤e4 7.£c2 ¤xc3 8.bxc3 ¥e7 9.¥b2 0-0 10.¥d3 h6 11.0-0 ¤a5 12.¤d2 dxc4 13.¤xc4 ¤xc4 14.¥xc4 b6 15.e4 ¥b7 16.£e2 ¦c8 17.¥b3 b5 18.f4 £b6 19.¢h1 cxd4 20.cxd4 b4 21.axb4 ¥xb4 22.d5 ¥c3 23.¥xc3 ¦xc3 24.¥c2? [Correct is 24.¥a2! ¦e3 ( 24...¥a6 25.£d2 ¦d3 26.£f2= ) 25.£c2! ¦c8 26.£b1 exd5 27.£xb6 axb6 28.¥xd5 ] 24...exd5 25.e5 ¦e3 26.£d2 d4 27.¦ab1 £a6 28.¦f2 ¦d8 29.¢g1 ¥e4 30.¥xe4 ¦xe4 31.h3 d3 32.¦b3 £c4 33.¦b2 ¦dd4 Tigran is humiliated. 34.g3 ¦d5 35.¢h2 ¦b5 36.¦a2 ¦b1 37.g4 ¦e2 38.¦xe2 dxe2 39.£xe2 £xf4+0-1



1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤c6 4.¤f3 ¤f6 5.exd5 exd5 6.¥b5 ¥g4? [Equality keeps 6...¥b4 7.0-0 0-0 (Fleck-Thesing, 1986).] 7.h3 ¥xf3 8.£xf3 ¥e7 9.¥g5 a6 10.¥xc6+ bxc6 11.0-0 0-0 12.¦fe1 h6 13.¥h4 £d7 14.¦e2 a5 15.¦ae1 ¥d8 16.b3 ¦b8 17.¤a4 ¤e4 18.¥xd8 ¦bxd8 19.£f4 £d6 20.£xd6 cxd6 21.c4 ¤f6 22.¦c1 ¦b8? [ 22...¦fe8 23.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 24.cxd5 cxd5defends properly.] 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.f3 ¤h5 25.¦c6 ¤f4 26.¦d2 ¦fe8 27.¦xd6 ¦e1+ 28.¢f2 ¦h1? [Better is 28...¦be8 ] 29.¢g3 ¤h5+ 30.¢h4 g6 31.¦xd5 ¦e8 32.¦xa5 ¦ee1 33.¤c3 ¤f4 34.¢g4 ¤e6 35.¦e5 f5+ 36.¢g3 f4+ 37.¢h4 ¢h7 38.¤e4 g5+ 39.¢g4 ¤g7 40.¤xg5+ hxg5 41.¦xe1 ¦xe1 42.¢xg5 ¤e6+ 43.¢f5 ¦e2 44.¦xe2 ¤xd4+ 45.¢e5 ¤xe2 46.a4 Petrosianplayed poorly. Fischer won with 6 1/2 - 2 1/2 (+5,=3, -1). At the end of the match, Petrosian hadbeen treated like Taimanov and Larsen. Therefore

the f ina l o f the cand idates ' matches over amaximum of twelve games ended relatively quickly.1-0

E56Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660Fischer,Robert James 2785

Wch28 Reykjavik 1972

Fischer challenged world champion Boris Spassky.Many problems occurred until the match began inReykjavik. FIDE President Euwe had a hard time.When Jim Slater doubled the prize money of $125,000 and Henry Kissinger phoned Bobby, Fischerf i n a l l y f l e w t o I c e l a n d . I t h a d b e c o m e aconfrontation between capitalism and communism.Public interest for the mad genius was enormous.Spassky was respected, because he had a scoreof +3, =2 against Fischer. The 'match of the century'started on 11 vii 1972 with the usual time limit of 40moves in 2 1 /2 hours . An aud ience o f 2300spectators followed game one in the Laugersdalhollstadium. 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥b4 5.e3 0-0 6.¥d3 c5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.a3 ¥a5 9.¤e2 dxc4 10.¥xc4 ¥b6 11.dxc5 £xd1 12.¦xd1 ¥xc5 13.b4 ¥e7 14.¥b2 ¥d7 15.¦ac1 ¦fd8 16.¤ed4 ¤xd4 17.¤xd4 ¥a4 18.¥b3 ¥xb3 19.¤xb3 ¦xd1+ 20.¦xd1 ¦c8 21.¢f1 ¢f8 22.¢e2 ¤e4 23.¦c1 ¦xc1 24.¥xc1 f6 25.¤a5 ¤d6 26.¢d3 ¥d8 27.¤c4 ¥c7 28.¤xd6 ¥xd6 29.b5 Spassky is happy with a quiet draw. ¥xh2?Fischer seems to make a joke. 30.g3 h5 31.¢e2 h4 32.¢f3 ¢e7 [No good is 32...h3 33.¢g4 ¥g1 34.¢xh3 ¥xf2 35.¥d2! (Byrne). ] 33.¢g2 hxg3 34.fxg3 ¥xg3 35.¢xg3 ¢d6 36.a4 ¢d5 37.¥a3 ¢e4 [A subtle draw brings 37...a6! 38.b6! ¢c6 39.¥f8 ( 39.a5 ¢d5 ) 39...¢xb6! 40.¥xg7 ¢a5 41.¥xf6 ¢xa4 42.¢f4 b5 43.¢e5 b4 44.¢xe6 b3 45.¢d5 ¢b4! 46.e4 a5 (Purdy). ] 38.¥c5! a6 [ The pointe is 38...b6? 39.¥xb6 axb6 40.a5 bxa5 41.b6 (Byrne). ] 39.b6! White keeps winningchances, if his a-pawn stays on the fourth rank. f5? A joke becomes a nightmare. [ A draw gives 39...e5 40.¥f8 ¢xe3! 41.¥xg7 ¢d4! 42.¥xf6 ¢c5 43.¥d8! ¢b4 44.¢f3 ¢xa4 45.¢e4 ¢b5 46.¢d5! a5! (Prins). ] 40.¢h4 f4 The game isadjourned. Fischer complaints about the noise ofthe film camera at the resumption. 41.exf4 ¢xf4 42.¢h5! ¢f5 43.¥e3 ¢e4 44.¥f2 ¢f5 45.¥h4 e5 [Or 45...g6+ 46.¢h6 e5 47.¥g5 e4 48.¥d2 ¢f6 49.¥e3 ¢f5 50.¥g5 and White wins (Byrne).] 46.¥g5 e4 47.¥e3 ¢f6 48.¢g4 ¢e5 49.¢g5 ¢d5 50.¢f5 a5 51.¥f2! White has achievedzugzwang. g5 52.¢xg5 ¢c4 53.¢f5 ¢b4 54.¢xe4 ¢xa4 55.¢d5 ¢b5 56.¢d6 Bobby was


very upset about the defeat.1-0

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A77Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660Fischer,Robert James 2785


The game is played in a private room at the requestof Fischer. He starts to shout when he notices thefilm camera. It is removed. Schmid restores thepeace between the players. 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.¤c3 g6 7.¤d2 ¤bd7 8.e4 ¥g7 9.¥e2 0-0 10.0-0 ¦e8 11.£c2 ¤h5!? The preparation by the Sovietgrandmasters has not foreseen this provocativeopening at all. 12.¥xh5 gxh5 13.¤c4 ¤e5 14.¤e3 £h4 15.¥d2 [The initiative keeps 15.¤b5 £e7 16.a4 a6 17.¤c3 (Smith). ] 15...¤g4 16.¤xg4 hxg4 17.¥f4 £f6 18.g3?White weakens his kingside. [Solid is 18.¥g3 h5 19.f3! (Byrne). ] 18...¥d7 19.a4 b6 20.¦fe1 a6 21.¦e2 b5! 22.¦ae1 Spassky wants to counter inthe centre, but Fischer prevents it. £g6 23.b3 ¦e7 24.£d3 ¦b8 25.axb5 axb5 26.b4 c4 27.£d2 ¦be8 28.¦e3 h5!? Black postpones the captureon c3. 29.¦3e2 ¢h7 30.¦e3 ¢g8 31.¦3e2 ¥xc3 32.£xc3 ¦xe4 33.¦xe4 ¦xe4 34.¦xe4 £xe4 35.¥h6 £g6 36.¥c1 £b1 37.¢f1 ¥f5 38.¢e2 £e4+ 39.£e3 £c2+ 40.£d2 £b3 41.£d4?! ¥d3+! Bobby is jubilant, because he has defeatedBoris for the first time.0-1

B88Fischer,Robert James 2785Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660


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 9.0-0 a6 10.f4 ¤xd4 11.¥xd4 b5 12.a3 ¥b7 13.£d3 a5! A novelty has been prepared inFischer's favourite opening. 14.e5! dxe5 15.fxe5 ¤d7 16.¤xb5 ¤c5 17.¥xc5? [The quiet 17.£e3! ¤xb3 18.£xb3 a4 19.£d3 ¥a6 20.¦ad1 £d7 21.c4 ¦ab8 will draw in Carlson-Thompson, corr.

1986. ] 17...¥xc5+ 18.¢h1 £g5 19.£e2 ¦ad8 20.¦ad1 ¦xd1 21.¦xd1 h5! Spassky played for awin. He is not 'demoralised' as commentatorsdescribe him. 22.¤d6 ¥a8 23.¥c4 h4! 24.h3 ¥e3! 25.£g4 £xe5! [ 25...£xg4 26.hxg4 h3 27.¥f1 ¥f4 28.¤c4 and White holds the position.] 26.£xh4 g5! 27.£g4 ¥c5! [ 27...¦d8 28.¤xf7! ¦xd1+ 29.£xd1 ¢xf7 30.£d7+= ] 28.¤b5 ¢g7! 29.¤d4 ¦h8! 30.¤f3 ¥xf3 31.£xf3 ¥d6? [ 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 £xb2 ] 32.£c3! £xc3 33.bxc3 ¥e5 34.¦d7 ¢f6 35.¢g1 ¥xc3 36.¥e2 ¥e5 37.¢f1 ¦c8 38.¥h5 ¦c7 39.¦xc7 ¥xc7 40.a4 ¢e7 41.¢e2 f5 42.¢d3 ¥e5 43.c4 ¢d6 44.¥f7 ¥g3 45.c5+½-½

E41Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660Fischer,Robert James 2785


1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.¤f3 c5 5.e3 ¤c6 6.¥d3 ¥xc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e4 e5 9.d5 [ 9.h3 h6 10.£e2 8.0-0!?, 8.Pd2!? cxd4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.¥b2 ] 9...¤e7 [ 9...¤a5 10.h3 b6 11.¥e3 ¥a6 12.£e2 £d7!? 13.a4÷ ] 10.¤h4 [ 10.¤d2 0-0 ( 10...£a5 11.£c2 h5 12.h4 ¥d7 13.g3 0-0-0 ) 11.¤f1 £a5 12.¥d2 ¤e8 13.¤g3 f5Portisch-Miles, IBM 1981 14.exf5 ¤xf5 15.£c2 g6 16.0-0 ¥d7 17.¤e4 ¤f6 18.¤g5 ¦ae8 19.f3 ¤g7 20.g4 £a4 ( 20...b5 21.cxb5 c4 22.¥xc4 ¥xb5 J 13..Da4 ) 21.£b3 ¦b8= ] 10...h6 [ 10...¤g6 11.¤f5 ¥xf5 12.exf5! ] 11.f4 '!?' [ 11.0-0 g5 12.¤f5 ¤xf5 13.exf5 e4 14.¥c2 ¥xf5 15.f3 ¥g6 16.h4 ¤d7 17.f4 gxh4 18.f5 ¥h7 19.f6 ¥g6³ ; 11.f3 g5 ( 11...£a5 12.£c2 g5 13.¤f5 ¤xf5 14.exf5 ¥d7 15.h4 g4 16.fxg4 ¤xg4 17.¥e2 ¦g8 18.¥xg4 ¦xg4 19.¥xh6 ¥xf5 20.£xf5 £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+ 18.fxe4 f6 19.¥e3 ¢b8 20.e5 dxe5 21.d6 ¤c6 22.¦ad1 £a6 23.hxg5 £xc4 24.¦xh6 £g4 25.d7 ¦d8 26.£d3 b6 27.¦dh1 ¦xh6 28.gxh6 ¢c7 29.h7 c4 30.£e2 £xf5+ 31.£f3 £c2+ 32.¢g3 £g6+ 33.£g4 £d3 34.¢f2 £c2+ 35.¢f3 f5 36.£xc4 b5 37.£d5 e4+ 38.¢g3 £xc3 39.¢f2 ¤b4 40.¥f4+ ¢b6 41.£d6+ ¢b7 42.h8£ ¦xh81-0 Donner,J-Damjanovic,M/Cienfuegos 1972/EXT 99 (42)) 15...¦de8 16.h4 g4 17.h5 b5 18.¦b1 bxc4 19.¥xc4 gxf3 20.gxf3 ¤exd5 21.£b3 ¤b6 22.¥xf7 ¦e7 23.¥e6+ ¢c7 24.¥e3 £a6 25.a4 £xa4 26.£xa4 ¤xa4 27.¦a1 ¦xe6 28.fxe6 ¤xc3 29.¦xa7+ ¢c6 30.¦f7 ¤fd5 31.e7


¦a8 32.¥d2 ¢d7 33.¦f8 ¦e8 34.¦xe8 ¢xe8 35.¥xh6 ¢xe7 36.¥g7 e4 37.¥xc3 e3+ 38.¢g3 ¤xc3 39.h6 1-0 Donner,J-Garcia Martinez,S/Palma de Mallorca 1971/EXT 98 (39); A1b) 14.£b3 0-0-0 15.¦b1 £a6 16.¢f2 e4 17.¥xe4 ¤xe4+ 18.fxe4 ¤g8 19.h4 ¤f6 20.¢f3 g4+ 21.¢f4 ¦de8 22.¦e1 ¦hg8 23.£b5 £xb5 24.¦xb5 ¤h5+ 25.¢e3 ¦xe4+ 26.¢xe4 ¦e8+ 27.¢d3 ¦xe1 28.¥xh6 ¦f1 29.¦b2 ¦xf5 30.¦e2 ¢d7 31.¦e4 g3 32.¦g4 ¦f2 33.¥e3 ¦xg2 34.¦g5 ¤f6 35.a4 ¢e7 36.¥f4 ¦f2 37.¢e3 ¦c2 38.¢d3 ¦f2 39.¢e3 ¦a2 40.¥xg3 ¦xa4 41.¢d3 ¦a1 42.¦f5 ¤d7 43.¦f2 f6 44.¦h2 ¦g1 45.¥f4 ¤e5+ 46.¥xe5 fxe5 47.h5 ¦g3+ 48.¢e4 ¢f7 49.h6 ¢g8 50.h7+ ¢h8 51.¦h6 ¦xc3 52.¦xd6 ¦xc4+ 53.¢xe5 1/2-1/2 Donner,J-Andersson,U/Palma de Mallorca 1971/EXT 98 (53); A2) 12...¤xf5 13.exf5 ¤h5 14.g3 ¤g7 15.£c2 ¥d7 16.¢f2 £f6 17.g4 0-0-0 18.¥e3 £e7 19.h4 f6 20.¦h3 ¦df8 21.¦ah1 ¦hg8 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.¦h7 £d8 24.¢g2 ¢b8 25.£b2 ¥e8 26.¥c2 £a5 27.¦1h6 £d8 28.£a3 ¦f7 29.£c1 £a5 30.¥b3 £d8 31.£c2 £e7 32.£d1 ¤xf5 33.¦xf7 ¤xe3+ 34.¢g3 ¥xf7 35.£d3 f5 36.gxf5 g4 37.£xe3 gxf3+ 38.¢xf3 e4+ 39.¢e2 £e5 40.¥c2 ¦g2+ 41.¢d1 £xf5 42.¢c1 £f1+ 43.¢b2 £d3 44.£c1 £xc4 0-1 Donner,J-Langeweg,K/Wi jk 1971/MegaBase 97 (44); B) 12.¤f5 ] 11...¤g6! Fischer plays a surprising move. [ 11...exf4 12.¥xf4 g5 13.e5! ¤g4 ( 13...¤fg8 14.exd6? ) 14.e6 ¤f6 15.0-0 ( 15.¥g3 gxh4 16.¥xh4 ¤g6 17.¥xg6 fxg6 18.£d3 ) 15...fxe6 16.¥e5 ( 16.¤g6 ¤xg6 17.¥xg6+ ¢e7 18.¥g3 ¦g8 19.£d3 e5 # 20.¦xf6 1-0 Michenka,J-Menacher,M/Pardubice 1993/TD (20)) 16...dxe5 17.¦xf6 gxh4 18.£h5+ ¢d7 19.¦xe6 ¦g8 20.£xe5 1-0 Lukacs,P-Somlai,L/Borsodtavho1991/CBM 23 ext (20)] 12.¤xg6 [ 12.¤f5 ¥xf5 13.exf5 ¤xf4 G 13..g6 ] 12...fxg6 13.fxe5?! ''?!'' [ A plus keeps 13.0-0 0-0 A) 14.f5 gxf5 ( 14...b5 15.cxb5 c4 16.¥c2 gxf5 17.exf5 £b6+ 18.¢h1 £xb5 (!) ) 15.exf5 ¥d7 ; B) 14.£e1 ¥d7 15.£g3 £e8 16.f5 g5µ ] 13...dxe5 14.¥e3 b6 15.0-0 0-0 16.a4 '=' a5 '!' ''!' '# '' 17.¦b1 ¥d7 18.¦b2 ¦b8 19.¦bf2 £e7 20.¥c2 g5 21.¥d2 £e8 22.¥e1 £g6 23.£d3 ¤h5 24.¦xf8+ ¦xf8 25.¦xf8+ ¢xf8 26.¥d1 ¤f4 27.£c2??''T' '??' '# '' [ 27.£b1 ] 27...¥xa4! '-+!' [ 27...¥xa4 28.£xa4 '?' ( 28.£b1 ¥xd1 29.£xd1 £xe4 30.£d2 ¢e7 31.d6+ ¢d7 32.¥g3 £xc4-+ ) 28...£xe4 29.¢f2 ¤d3+ 30.¢g3 £h4+ 31.¢f3 £f4+ 32.¢e2 ¤c1# ]0-1

D59Fischer,Robert James 2785Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660


Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower DefenseInf14 1.c4 . . . . . . . The Soviet opening preparationis avoided. e6 [ This is Fischer' s previous and firstgame in his career that he played the English. 1...¤f6 2.g3 c6 3.¥g2 d5 4.¤f3 ¥f5 5.£b3 £b6 6.cxd5 £xb3 7.axb3 cxd5 8.¤c3 ¤c6 9.d3 e6 10.0-0 ¥e7 11.¥e3 ¤g4 12.¥f4 0-0 13.e4 dxe4 14.dxe4 ¥g6 15.e5 ¥d3 16.¦fd1 ¥c2 17.¦dc1 ¥xb3 18.h3 g5 19.hxg4 gxf4 20.¤d2 f3 21.¥xf3 ¤xe5 22.¥g2 ¥d5 23.¤xd5 exd5 24.¦c7 ¥d8 25.¦xb7 ¥b6 26.¥xd5 ¦ad8 27.¤e4 ¤xg4 28.¦d1 ¢g7 29.¦d2 ¤f6 30.¤xf6 ¢xf6 31.¦d3 ¢g7 32.¢g2 ¦b8 33.¦d7 ¦bd8 34.¥c4 ¦xd7 35.¦xd7 ¢g6 36.g4 ¦d8 37.¥xf7+ ¢g5 38.¦xd8 ¥xd8 1/2-1/2 Fischer,R-Polugaevsky,L/Palma deMallorca 1970/IZT (38); 1...e5 2.¤c3 d6 3.g3 ¤c6 4.¥g2 g6 5.¤f3 ¥g7 6.0-0 ¤ge7 7.¦b1 0-0 8.d3 h6 9.b4 f5 10.b5 ¤b8 11.¤d2 ¤d7 12.a4 ¤f6 13.e3 c6 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.¥a3 ¤e8 16.¦b3 f4 17.¤de4 g5 18.¦e1 ¦f7 19.¥f3 ¦f8 20.¥g2 ¥e6 21.¦b7 ¥c8 22.¦b3 ¥e6 23.£e2 ¢h8 24.¦eb1 ¤f5 25.¦b7 ¥c8 26.¦7b3 g4 27.£d2 fxg3 28.fxg3 h5 29.¤d1 ¥h6 30.£e1 ¥e6 31.¦b7 ¤eg7 32.¤ec3 ¤e7 33.d4 exd4 34.exd4 ¤ef5 35.d5 cxd5 36.¤xd5 ¥xd5 37.¥xd5 ¤d4 38.£e7 £a5 39.¥b4 £xa4 40.£xd6 ¤df5 41.£g6 £e8 42.£xe8 ¦fxe8 43.¥c3 h4 44.¦f7 Spassky- Kholmov 1-0Moscow zt 1964 ] 2.¤f3 d5 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 ¥e7 5.¥g5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.¥h4 b6 [ 7...¤bd7 8.¦c1 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 Tartakover ( 9...¤xd5? 10.¥xe7 £xe7 11.¤xd5 exd5 12.¦xc7 ) 10.¥b5!±Capablanca] 8.cxd5 [ 8.¥e2 ¥b7 9.¥xf6 ¥xf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.0-0 Korchnoi-Geller/Suchumi/1971/ ] 8...¤xd5 [ 8...exd5 9.¥d3 ¥b7 10.0-0 ¤bd7 11.¦c1 ¤e4 12.¥xe7 £xe7 13.£e2 a6 14.¤a4 ¦fc8 15.¦fd1 g6 16.¤e1 ¢g7 17.a3 a5 18.¦c2 ¤ef6 19.¤f3 ¤e4 20.¦dc1 £d6 21.¥b5 c6 22.¥d3 c5 23.¥b5 ¤df6 24.¤e5 cxd4 25.exd4 ¦xc2 26.¦xc2 ¦c8 27.¦xc8 ¥xc8 28.£c2 ¥b7 29.¥d3 ¤g8 30.f3 ¤g5 31.¤c3 ¤e7 32.¤b5 £d8 33.£f2 ¥a6 34.a4 ¥xb5 35.axb5 £c8 36.£e1 ¤e6 37.£e3 ¤f5 38.¥xf5 gxf5 39.¤c6 £c7 1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-Forintos,G/Budapest 1964/MCD (39)] 9.¥xe7 £xe7 10.¤xd5 [ 10.¦b1 ¥b7 11.¤xd5 ¥xd5 ] 10...exd5creating hanging pawns in the centre for black. 11.¦c1 ¥e6 [ 11...¥b7 ] 12.£a4 c5 13.£a3 ¦c8 14.¥b5!± [ 14.¥e2= a5 15.0-0 ¢f8 ( 15...£a7 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.¦fd1 ¤d7 18.¤e1 ¤e5 19.¤f3 ¤d7 1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Ciric,D/Budva 1967/EXT99 (19) ) 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.¦c2 ¤d7 18.¦fc1


¦cb8 19.£c3 ¦b4 20.¤e5 ¤xe5 21.£xe5 ¦c8 22.¥f3 £c7 23.£xc7 ¦xc7 24.¦d1 c4 25.¥xd5 ¥xd5 26.¦xd5 c3 27.b3 a4 28.¢f1 axb3 29.axb3 ¦xb3 30.¢e2 ¦b1 31.h4 g6 32.h5 g5 33.g4 ¢g7 34.¦d1 ¦b6 35.¦d4 ¦b1 36.¢d3 ¦d1+ 1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Ciric,D/Beverwijk 1967/MCD (36) ] 14...a6 [P l a y a b l e i s 14...£b7(Timman-Geller, Hilversum 1973). ' / \ 15... c4Pachmann' 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.¦xc5 ¦xc5 17.£xc5 a6 18.¥d3 £xb2 19.0-0 ¤d7 ( 19...£xa2? 20.¤d4 ) 20.£c6 ¦b8 21.¤d4 £b6 22.¦c1²Timman ; 14...¢f8 / \ c4 , a6 , b5 15.dxc5 A) 15...¦xc5! 16.¦xc5 £xc5! 17.¢d2 ( 17.£xc5+ bxc5 18.¢d2 ¢e7 19.¦c1 ¢d6 /\ 20...Nd7Zelinskis ) 17...£xa3 18.bxa3 ¤d7 19.¥xd7 ¥xd7 20.¤e5 ¥e8 21.¦c1 ¢e7 22.¢d3 f6 23.¤f3 ¢d6 24.¢d4 ¥d7 25.¤d2 ¦e8 26.f3 g51/2/Zelinskis-Sichov/corr/1971; B) 15...bxc5 16.b3 c4 17.£xe7+ ¢xe7 18.¤d4 a6 19.¥a4±Timman ] 15.dxc5 bxc5 [ 15...¦xc5?! 16.0-0! ] 16.0-0 ¦a7?! [Donner advices 16...¤c6! 'Donner' 17.¥xc6 ¦xc6 18.¤e5! ( 18.¤d4 ¦c7 19.¤b3 d4!„ ) 18...¦c7 19.¤d3± ; 16...£b7 Geller 17.¥a4! ( 17.¥e2 ¤d7 ) 17...£b6 18.¤e5 /\ 19.Nd3 A) 18...¦a7 19.f4! ( 19.¤d3 ¦ac7 ); B) 18...a5 19.f4! ( 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 18.¤e5 f6! 19.¤d3 ¤a6= )] 17.¥e2 The bishopreturns to protect the kingside. Black has a weakc5 pawn and an undeveloped queenside. ¤d7 [ 17...c4 18.£xe7 ¦xe7 19.¤d4 ¤c6 Tal 20.¤xe6 fxe6 21.b3 ¤a5 22.bxc4 ¤xc4 23.e4± ¦ec7 24.¥g4 Purdy ; 17...a5 18.¦c3 ( 18.¦c2 a4 19.¥b5! ) 18...¤d7 19.¦fc1 ¦e8 20.¥b5±Furman-Gel ler /USSR ch/1970/] 18.¤d4!/\ 19.Nb3, 19.Ne6 £f8? Timman [ ¹18...¢f8±Purdy ; ¹18...¤f6 19.¤b3 A) 19...¤e4 A1) 20.¥f3 c4 21.£xe7 ¦xe7 22.¥xe4 ( 22.¤d4 ¤c5 23.b3 cxb3! 24.axb3 ¤d3 25.¦a1 ¤b4µ ) 22...cxb3! ( 22...dxe4 23.¤d4± ) 23.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 24.¥xd5 bxa2 25.¥xa2 ¦b7= 26.¦c1 ¥f5Timman ; A2) 20.f3! c4 21.£xe7 ¦xe7 22.¤d4 ( 22.fxe4 cxb3= ) 22...¤c5 23.b3 _|_ +/-/+/=Timman ; B) 19...c4± Purdy 20.£xe7 ¦xe7 21.¤d4± ; C) 19...¤d7÷ Timman 20.¥b5 ¤f6 ] 19.¤xe6! fxe6 20.e4!! [ 20.¥g4 ] 20...d4? [ Better moves are 20...c4 21.£h3 £f7 A) 22.¥g4 ¦e8 23.exd5 exd5 24.¦fe1 ¤e5 ( 24...¦xe1+ 25.¦xe1 ¢f8 ) 25.¥h5 g6 26.£g3 ¦ae7 27.f4 ¤d3 ( 27...¢h7!? ) 28.¦xe7 ¦xe7 29.¥xg6 £xf4 30.¥f7+! ¢xf7 31.¦f1 £xf1+ 32.¢xf1 ¦e1+ 33.£xe1 ¤xe1 34.¢xe1+- Tal ; B) 22.¥h5 £e7 ( 22...g6? 23.¥g4+- ) 23.exd5 exd5 24.¦fe1 £f6 25.¥g4+- Timman ; and 20...¤f6 Purdy 21.exd5 exd5 22.¥f3± Timman ] 21.f4 £e7 [ ¹21...¢h8/\ 22.e5 Nb6 22.¥c4 /\ 23.e5 +/- e5 23.fxe5 £e7

24.e6 ¤e5 25.£g3! ¤xc4? 26.¦f7+- Timman ] 22.e5! ¦b8 [ 22...¤b6? 23.f5 /\ 24.f6 ( 23.£b3! ¤d5 24.f5! ) A) 23...c4 24.£a5 £c5 25.b4! £b5 ( ¹25...£c6 26.¦f4 ) 26.a4!! ¤xa4 27.¦xc4! ¦xc4 28.£d8++- -> Timman ; B) 23...exf5? 24.£b3++-Purdy ] 23.¥c4! Fischer has changed his strategyfrom attack on the queenside to restraint of thecentre. ¢h8 [ ¹23...¤b6 24.£xc5 ( 24.£b3!+-Tal ) 24...¤xc4 25.£xc4 ¦xb2 26.£xd4 ( 26.f5 £g5 ) 26...¦ab7 Purdy ( 26...¦xa2? 27.f5 ¦d7 28.f6!+- )] 24.£h3 ¤f8? Spassky accepts hispass iv i t y . [Counteraction gives 24...¦xb2 (Tal) 25.£xe6 £xe6 26.¥xe6 ¦c7 ] 25.b3 a5 26.f5!+- exf5 27.¦xf5 ¤h7 28.¦cf1 [ 28.¦f7?? ¤g5 ] 28...£d8 29.£g3 ¦e7 30.h4 ¦bb7 31.e6! ¦bc7 32.£e5 £e8 [ 32...d3 33.¦5f3+- Timman ] 33.a4! £d8 [ 33...¤f6 34.¦xf6! gxf6 35.¦xf6! ; 33...¢g8? 34.¦f7 ] 34.¦1f2 £e8 35.¦2f3 £d8 36.¥d3! £e8 [ 36...¦c6 37.£e4 ] 37.£e4! ¤f6 [ 37...¦xe6 38.¦f8+ ¤xf8 39.¦xf8+ £xf8 40.£h7# ] 38.¦xf6! gxf6 39.¦xf6 ¢g8 40.¥c4 /\ 41.Rf7 Timman ¢h8 41.£f4 An attack on the kingside decided thegame. [ 41.¦f7! ; 41.£f4 ¢g8 42.£xh6 ( 42.£g3+ ¢h8 43.£e5! )]1-0

B97Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660Fischer,Robert James 2785


1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6 8.£d2 £xb2 9.¤b3 £a3 10.¥d3 ¥e7 11.0-0 h6! 12.¥h4?! [ Theory will become 12.¥xf6 ¥xf6 13.e5! dxe5 14.¤e4 ¤d7 (Tal-Zaid, Moscow 1973).] 12...¤xe4 13.¤xe4 ¥xh4 14.f5! exf5 15.¥b5+!Spassky attacks the king. axb5 [Wild is 15...¢e7! 16.£f4 g5! 17.£e3! ¥e6! 18.¥c4 ¥xc4 19.¦xf5 ¥e6 20.¦af1! (Timman). ] 16.¤xd6+ ¢f8 [ Black can try 16...¢e7 17.¤xb5 £a6! 18.£b4+ ¢f6 19.£xh4+ ¢g6 ] 17.¤xc8 ¤c6 18.¤d6 [ Complicatives are presented by 18.£d7 g6 19.¤d6 ¥e7 20.¤xf5! gxf5 21.£xf5(Tal & Timman).] 18...¦d8 19.¤xb5 £e7!? [ Or 19...¦xd2 20.¤xa3 ¦d5 ] 20.£f4 g6 21.a4 ¥g5 22.£c4 ¥e3+ 23.¢h1 f4 24.g3 g5 25.¦ae1 £b4 26.£xb4+ ¤xb4 27.¦e2 ¢g7 28.¤a5 b6 29.¤c4 ¤d5 30.¤cd6 ¥c5 31.¤b7 ¦c8 32.c4 ¤e3 33.¦f3 ¤xc4 34.gxf4 g4?! [ 34...¦a8 35.fxg5 ¦xa4 36.¤xc5 bxc5 keeps the attackgoing. ] 35.¦d3 h5 36.h3 ¤a5 37.¤7d6 ¥xd6 38.¤xd6 ¦c1+ 39.¢g2 ¤c4 40.¤e8+ ¢g6 41.h4 f6 42.¦e6 ¦c2+ 43.¢g1 ¢f5 44.¤g7+ ¢xf4 45.¦d4+ ¢g3 46.¤f5+ ¢f3 47.¦ee4 ¦c1+


48.¢h2 ¦c2+ 49.¢g1½-½

A39Fischer,Robert James 2785Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660


1.c4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.g3 g6 5.¥g2 ¥g7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 cxd4 8.¤xd4 ¤xd4 9.£xd4 d6 10.¥g5 ¥e6 11.£f4 £a5 12.¦ac1 ¦ab8 13.b3 ¦fc8 14.£d2 a6 15.¥e3 b5? [ A reasonable option is 15...¥d7 (Smyslov &Timman). ; Best is the simple 15...b6! ] 16.¥a7! bxc4 17.¥xb8 ¦xb8 18.bxc4 ¥xc4 19.¦fd1 ¤d7?? A blunder spoils everything. 20.¤d5! £xd2 21.¤xe7+ ¢f8 22.¦xd2 ¢xe7 23.¦xc4 ¦b1+ 24.¥f1 ¤c5 25.¢g2 a5 26.e4 ¥a1 27.f4 f6 28.¦e2 ¢e6 29.¦ec2 ¥b2 30.¥e2 h5 31.¦d2 ¥a3 32.f5+ gxf5 33.exf5+ ¢e5 34.¦cd4 ¢xf5 35.¦d5+ ¢e6 36.¦xd6+ ¢e7 37.¦c61-0

D41Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660Fischer,Robert James 2785


1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 c5 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.e4 ¤xc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 ¤c6 [ The famous fifth match game Spassky-Petrosian,Moscow 1969, continued with 8...¥b4+ ] 9.¥c4 b5!A striking novelty. 10.¥d3 [A plus gains 10.¥e2! ¥b4+ 11.¥d2 £a5 12.d5! Polugaevsky-Mecking,Petropolis 1973).] 10...¥b4+ 11.¥d2 ¥xd2+ 12.£xd2 a6 13.a4 0-0 14.£c3 ¥b7 15.axb5 axb5 16.0-0 [ 16.¥xb5? ¦xa1+ 17.£xa1 £b6(Purdy) favours Black.] 16...£b6 17.¦ab1 b4 18.£d2 ¤xd4 19.¤xd4 £xd4 20.¦xb4 £d7 21.£e3 ¦fd8 22.¦fb1 £xd3 23.£xd3 ¦xd3 24.¦xb7 g5 25.¦b8+ ¦xb8 26.¦xb8+ ¢g7 27.f3 ¦d2 28.h4 h6 29.hxg5 hxg5½-½

C95Fischer,Robert James 2785Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660


1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8 10.d4 ¤bd7 11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8 13.b4 ¥f8 14.a4 ¤b6 15.a5 ¤bd7 16.¥b2 £b8!? 17.¦b1 [Problems are set by 17.c4! bxc4 18.¥a4

(Koskinen-Rabosee, corr. 1972).] 17...c5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.dxe5 ¤xe5 20.¤xe5 [ 20.c4 ¤xf3+ 21.£xf3 (Kostro-Sznapik, Poland 1972).] 20...£xe5 21.c4 £f4 22.¥xf6 [Fine is 22.e5 ¦ad8 23.exf6! ¦xe1+ 24.£xe1 £xd2 25.fxg7!(Timman). Now ¥xg7! 26.£e7 ¥xb2 27.¦xb2 £c1+ 28.¢h2 £f4+ draws. ] 22...£xf6 23.cxb5 ¦ed8 24.£c1 £c3 [ 24...axb5 25.¦xb5 ¥a6 26.¦b6 £c3 27.¤b3 g6 draws in Vasiukov-Smejkal, Polonica-Zdroj 1972.] 25.¤f3 £xa5 26.¥b3!! axb5 27.£f4 ¦d7 28.¤e5 £c7 29.¦bd1! ¦e7 [ 29...¦ad8!? 30.¥xf7+ ¦xf7 31.£xf7+ £xf7 32.¤xf7 ¦xd1 33.¦xd1 b4 34.¤d6 ¥xd6 35.¦xd6 ¥xe4 36.¦b6 (Timman) ¥c2 37.¢f1 b3! 38.¢e2 c4 39.¢d2 ¥e4 40.f3 ¥d3 narrowly escapes.] 30.¥xf7+! ¦xf7 31.£xf7+ £xf7 32.¤xf7 ¥xe4 33.¦xe4 [ 33.¤h6+!? gxh6 34.¦xe4 c4 wil l probably draw.] 33...¢xf7 34.¦d7+ ¢f6 35.¦b7 ¦a1+ 36.¢h2 ¥d6+ 37.g3 b4 38.¢g2 So far, Spassky has defended verywell in this great game. h5? [Right is 38...¥e5! 39.f4 ¥d4 40.g4 ¦a2+ 41.¢f1 (Byrne) ¦h2! ] 39.¦b6 ¦d1 40.¢f3! ¢f7?! [A good try is 40...g5! 41.¢e2 ¦d5 42.g4! hxg4 43.hxg4 ¢f7 44.¦b7+ ¢f8 (Timman), but 45.¦d7! leads to zugzwang.] 41.¢e2 ¦d5 42.f4! g6 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 g5 45.f5 ¥e5 46.¦b5 ¢f6 47.¦exb4! ¥d4 48.¦b6+ ¢e5 49.¢f3! White threatens mate in one. ¦d8 50.¦b8 ¦d7 51.¦4b7 ¦d6 52.¦b6 ¦d7 53.¦g6 ¢d5 54.¦xg5 ¥e5 55.f6 ¢d4 56.¦b1Fischer led by 6 1/2 - 3 1/2 (+5, =3, -2). He treatedthe world champion like a candidate. Blundersoccurred in game 1, 5 and 7. The level was superbin 3,4, 6, 7, 9 and 10.1-0



1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6 8.£d2 £xb2 9.¤b3 £a3 10.¥xf6 [ 10.¥e2 was played in gameseven. A new line has been prepared.] 10...gxf6 11.¥e2 h5 12.0-0 ¤c6 13.¢h1 ¥d7 14.¤b1!A great new move is found at the board. £b4 15.£e3 d5?! [ A more stubborn defence gives 15...¤e7 16.c4 f5 17.a3 £a4 18.¤c3 £c6 19.¤d4 £c5 (Qi Jingxuan-Karpov, Hannover1983). ] 16.exd5 ¤e7 17.c4! ¤f5 18.£d3! h4? [ After 18...exd5 19.cxd5 h4! Black reallythreatens ..Ng3+.] 19.¥g4! ¤d6 20.¤1d2 f5 21.a3! £b6 22.c5 £b5 23.£c3 fxg4 24.a4! h3 25.axb5 hxg2+ 26.¢xg2 ¦h3 27.£f6 ¤f5 28.c6 ¥c8 29.dxe6 fxe6 30.¦fe1 ¥e7 31.¦xe6


At last Spassky could show his famous tactical wit.1-0



1.c4 e6 2.¤f3 d5 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 ¥e7 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 0-0 7.e3 ¤bd7 8.¦c1 c6 9.¥d3 dxc4 10.¥xc4 b5 11.¥d3 a6 12.a4 bxa4 13.¤xa4 £a5+ 14.¤d2 ¥b4 15.¤c3 c5 16.¤b3 £d8 17.0-0 cxd4 18.¤xd4 ¥b7 19.¥e4 So far, theplayers have followed Bolbochan-Rossetto, Mardel Plata 1952. £b8 20.¥g3 [ Theory will become 20.¤c6! ¥xc6 21.¥xc6 ¦a7 22.¥g3 ¤e5(Pinter-Martin, Linz 1984).] 20...£a7 21.¤c6 ¥xc6 22.¥xc6 ¦ac8 23.¤a4 ¦fd8 24.¥f3 a5 25.¦c6 ¦xc6 26.¥xc6 ¦c8 27.¥f3 £a6 28.h3 £b5 29.¥e2 £c6 30.¥f3 £b5 31.b3 ¥e7 32.¥e2 £b4 33.¥a6 ¦c6 34.¥d3 ¤c5 35.£f3 ¦c8 36.¤xc5 ¥xc5 37.¦c1 ¦d8 38.¥c4 £d2 39.¦f1 ¥b4 40.¥c7 ¦d7 41.£c6 £c2 42.¥e5 ¦d2 43.£a8+ ¢h7 44.¥xf6 gxf6 45.£f3 f5 46.g4 £e4 47.¢g2 ¢g6 48.¦c1 ¥a3 49.¦a1 ¥b4 50.¦c1 ¥e7 51.gxf5+ exf5 52.¦e1 ¦xf2+ 53.¢xf2 ¥h4+ 54.¢e2 £xf3+ 55.¢xf3 ¥xe1½-½



1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 g6 5.¥c4 ¤b6 6.¥b3 ¥g7 7.¤bd2 Spassky leaves thetheory with a quiet move. 0-0 8.h3?! a5! 9.a4?The a-pawn becomes weak. [ 9.c3 is a naturalmove. ] 9...dxe5 10.dxe5 ¤a6! 11.0-0 ¤c5 12.£e2 £e8! 13.¤e4 ¤bxa4 14.¥xa4 ¤xa4 15.¦e1 ¤b6 The knights move forwards andbackwards in fine manoeuvres. Fischer's greatunderstanding of prophylaxis and the lackinginsight of Soviet players is shown in this phase ofthe game. 16.¥d2 a4 17.¥g5 h6 18.¥h4 ¥f5 19.g4!? ¥e6 20.¤d4 ¥c4 21.£d2 £d7?!So far, I am the only one who talked in depth aboutth is game wi th one o f the p layers . Spasskyremarked: "Bobby has less sense of the criticalposit ion". [The simple 21...¥xe5 22.£xh6 ¥g7!gains control the centre.] 22.¦ad1 ¦fe8 23.f4 ¥d5 24.¤c5 £c8 25.£c3 [ Spassky had not seenprevious analyses. I showed him the 'potential win' 25.e6 ¤c4 26.£e2 ¤xb2 27.¤f5 (Smyslov) Thei n t e n t i o n i s ¥c4? (" H o w a b o u t 27...¤xd1!

" "Bravo" Boris answered.) 28.exf7+ ¢xf7 29.£xe7+! ¦xe7 30.¦xe7+ ¢f8 31.¤d7+(Timman) ] 25...e6 26.¢h2 ¤d7 27.¤d3 c5 28.¤b5 £c6 29.¤d6 £xd6! 30.exd6 ¥xc3 31.bxc3 f6 32.g5 hxg5 [ Annotators mention 32...c4! 33.¤b4 hxg5 34.fxg5 f5 ] 33.fxg5 f5 34.¥g3 ¢f7?! [Now 34...a3! 35.¤e5 ¤xe5 36.¥xe5 ¦ed8 37.¦f1 ¦a4! 38.¢g3 a2wins easily (Smyslov).] 35.¤e5+ ¤xe5 36.¥xe5 b5 37.¦f1! ¦h8? [ Purdy gives exclamation marks,although 37...¦a7 38.¦f4 ¦d7 39.¦h4 ¦g8 40.¦h7+ ¢e8 wins. Black conducts an activeconsolidation. It is completed when his king arriveson the queenside.] 38.¥f6! a3 39.¦f4 a2 40.c4 ¥xc4 41.d7 ¥d5 42.¢g3 ¦a3+ 43.c3 ¦ha8 [ 43...a1£ 44.¦xa1 ¦xa1 45.¦h4! ¦aa8 46.¥xh8! ¦d8 47.¥f6 ¦xd7 48.¦h7+ and White deliversperpetual check (Purdy).] 44.¦h4 e5! 45.¦h7+ ¢e6 46.¦e7+ ¢d6 47.¦xe5 ¦xc3+ 48.¢f2 ¦c2+ 49.¢e1 ¢xd7 50.¦exd5+ ¢c6 51.¦d6+ ¢b7 52.¦d7+ ¢a6 53.¦7d2 ¦xd2 54.¢xd2 b4 55.h4Another counteraction begins. ¢b5 56.h5 c4! 57.¦a1 gxh5 58.g6 h4 59.g7 h3 60.¥e7 ¦g8 61.¥f8! h2 62.¢c2 ¢c6 63.¦d1 b3+ 64.¢c3 h1£! [No use has 64...f4 65.¦d6+ ¢c7 66.¦d1 ] 65.¦xh1 ¢d5 66.¢b2 f4 67.¦d1+ ¢e4 68.¦c1 ¢d3 69.¦d1+? He gives the wrong check! Bobbypeeks through his fingers and sees the horror onBoris' face. [Right is 69.¦c3+ ¢d4 70.¦f3 c3+ 71.¢a1 c2 72.¦xf4+ ¢c3 73.¦f3+ ¢d2 74.¥a3! ¦xg7 75.¦xb3 ¦c7 76.¥b2 ] 69...¢e2 70.¦c1 f3 71.¥c5 ¦xg7 72.¦xc4 ¦d7 73.¦e4+ ¢f1 74.¥d4 f2 [ 74...f2 75.¦f4 ¦xd4 76.¦xd4 ¢e2is elementary. ]0-1



1.c4 e6 2.¤f3 d5 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 ¥e7 5.¥f4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 ¤c6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.¥e2 ¥xc5 10.0-0 ¥e6 11.¦c1 ¦c8 12.a3 h6 13.¥g3 ¥b6 14.¤e5 ¤e7 15.¤a4 ¤e4 16.¦xc8 ¥xc8 17.¤f3 ¥d7 18.¥e5 ¥xa4 19.£xa4 ¤c6 20.¥f4 £f6 21.¥b5? £xb2 22.¥xc6 ¤c3 23.£b4 £xb4 24.axb4 bxc6 25.¥e5 [ White cannot regain thepawn by 25.¦c1?? due to ¤e2+ ] 25...¤b5 26.¦c1 ¦c8 27.¤d4 f6? The pawn is given back. [ Good winning chances are given by 27...¤xd4 28.¥xd4 f6! 29.¥c5 ¢f7 ] 28.¥xf6! ¥xd4 29.¥xd4 ¤xd4 30.exd4 ¦b8 31.¦xc6 ¦xb4 32.¢f1 ¦xd4 33.¦a6 ¢f7 34.¦xa7+ ¢f6 35.¦d7 h5 36.¢e2 g5 37.¢e3 ¦e4+ 38.¢d3 ¢e6


39.¦g7 ¢f6 40.¦d7 ¢e6½-½



1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 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 apawn due to 13...¥xf6? 14.¥xb5! axb5 15.¤dxb5(Timman). ] 14.£xg7 ¦df8 15.£g3 b4 16.¤a4 ¦hg8 17.£f2 ¤d7 18.¢b1 ¢b8 19.c3 ¤c5 20.¥c2 bxc3 [ 20...¤xa4? 21.¥xa4 bxc3 22.¦c1 £c4 is refuted by 23.¤c6+! ¥xc6 24.£b6+ ¥b7 25.¦xc3 (Geller). ] 21.¤xc3 ¥f6 22.g3 h5 23.e5?! dxe5 24.fxe5 ¥h8 [ Risk takes 24...¥xe5?! 25.¤db5! axb5 26.¤xb5 (Timman). ] 25.¤f3 ¦d8 26.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 27.¤g5 ¥xe5 28.£xf7 ¦d7?! [Right is 28...¥xg3! 29.hxg3 £xg3 ] 29.£xh5 ¥xc3 30.bxc3 £b6+A g rea t ba t t l e r ages on t he boa rd . 31.¢c1? [ An advantage keeps 31.¢a1! ¦d2 32.¦b1 £a5 33.£h8+ ¢a7 34.¦b2 e5 (Timman) 35.£h7! ¦d7 36.£h6 £xc3 37.£b6+ ] 31...£a5 32.£h8+ ¢a7 33.a4 ¤d3+?! [Annotators praise 33...¤xa4! 34.¥xa4 £xa4 35.£e5 £a1+ ] 34.¥xd3 ¦xd3 35.¢c2 ¦d5 36.¦e4 ¦d8? [ The attack continueswith 36...¦d7! 37.¦d4 ¦c7 ] 37.£g7 £f5 38.¢b3 £d5+ 39.¢a3 £d2 40.¦b4 £c1+ 41.¦b2 £a1+ 42.¦a2 £c1+ 43.¦b2 £a1+½-½

C69Fischer,Robert James 2785Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660


1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 Fischer plays a favourite opening atlast. Spassky is prepared. ¥g4 7.dxe5 £xd1 8.¦xd1 fxe5 9.¦d3 ¥d6 10.¤bd2 ¤f6 11.¤c4 ¤xe4!? 12.¤cxe5?! [A plus keeps 12.¤fxe5 ¥e6 13.f3 ¥xe5 14.¤xe5 (Bronstein-Lenguel, Moscow1971). ] 12...¥xf3 13.¤xf3 0-0 14.¥e3 b5 15.c4 ¦ab8 16.¦c1 bxc4 17.¦d4 ¦fe8 18.¤d2 ¤xd2 19.¦xd2 ¦e4 20.g3 ¥e5 21.¦cc2 ¢f7 22.¢g2!? [ 22.¦e2 prevents the next move.] 22...¦xb2! 23.¢f3! White does not have to worry about thelost pawns. c3 24.¢xe4 cxd2 25.¦xd2 ¦b5 26.¦c2 ¥d6 27.¦xc6 ¦a5 28.¥f4! The exchangeof bishops leads to a drawn rook ending. ¦a4+ 29.¢f3 ¦a3+ 30.¢e4 ¦xa2 31.¥xd6 cxd6

32.¦xd6 ¦xf2 33.¦xa6 ¦xh2 34.¢f3 ¦d2 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 46.¦f4 h5 47.¦f3 ¦f6 48.¦a3 ¦e6 49.¦f3 ¦e4 50.¦a3 ¢h6 51.¦a6 ¦e5 52.¢h4 ¦e4+ 53.¢h3 ¦e7 54.¢h4 ¦e5 55.¦b6 ¢g7 56.¦b4 ¢h6 57.¦b6 ¦e1 58.¢h3 ¦h1+ 59.¢g2 ¦a1 60.¢h3 ¦a4½-½



1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.f4 ¥g7 5.¤f3 c5 6.dxc5 £a5 Fischer plays the Pirc as Black for thefirst time. 7.¥d3 £xc5 8.£e2 0-0 9.¥e3 £a5 10.0-0 ¥g4 11.¦ad1 ¤c6 12.¥c4 ¤h5 13.¥b3!? Spassky sacrifices a pawn, because hehas to play for a win. ¥xc3 14.bxc3 £xc3 15.f5 ¤f6 16.h3 ¥xf3 17.£xf3 ¤a5 18.¦d3 £c7 19.¥h6 ¤xb3 20.cxb3 £c5+ 21.¢h1 £e5!?Black forces the draw in a special way. [ 21...¦fc8 22.fxg6 hxg6 is okay. ] 22.¥xf8 ¦xf8 23.¦e3 ¦c8 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.£f4 £xf4 26.¦xf4 ¤d7 27.¦f2 ¤e5 28.¢h2 ¦c1 29.¦ee2 ¤c6 30.¦c2 ¦e1 31.¦fe2 ¦a1 32.¢g3 ¢g7 33.¦cd2 ¦f1 34.¦f2 ¦e1 35.¦fe2 ¦f1 36.¦e3 a6 37.¦c3 ¦e1 38.¦c4 ¦f1 39.¦dc2 ¦a1 40.¦f2 ¦e1 41.¦fc2 g5 42.¦c1 ¦e2 43.¦1c2 ¦e1 44.¦c1 ¦e2 45.¦1c2½-½



1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.¤c3 ¤c6 4.d4 cxd4 5.¤xd4 ¤f6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d2 a6 8.0-0-0 ¥d7 9.f4 ¥e7 10.¤f3 b5 11.¥xf6 gxf6 12.¥d3 £a5 13.¢b1 b4 14.¤e2 £c5 So far, the players havefollowed Unzicker-Perez, Oberhausen 1961. 15.f5 a5 16.¤f4 [ Fischer avoids the adventures of 16.£h6!? b3 17.axb3 a4 because he wants todraw. ] 16...a4 17.¦c1 ¦b8 18.c3 b3?! [ T h e p r e f e r a b l e 18...¤e5! 19.cxb4 £xb4 20.£xb4 ¦xb4 leads to exchanges.] 19.a3!The c losed pos i t ion is bet ter for Whi te . ¤e5 20.¦hf1 ¤c4 21.¥xc4 £xc4 22.¦ce1 ¢d8!? [ The 'logical' positional move is 22...¥c6 ] 23.¢a1 [ 23.£d1! ¢c7 24.¤d2 £a6 25.£h5 seeks theattack. ] 23...¦b5 24.¤d4 [ 24.£d4! £xd4 25.¤xd4 ¦e5 26.g4 brings a pleasant endgame.]


24...¦a5 25.¤d3 ¢c7 26.¤b4 h5 27.g3 ¦e5!?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 [ 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!Black cannot do anything.] 28...¦b8!? 29.£e2 [ 29.¤xe5! dxe5 ( 29...fxe5 30.f6! ) 30.fxe6 fxe6 31.£e2 £c5 32.¦c1! is dangerous for Black.] 29...¦a5 30.fxe6 fxe6 31.¦f2 e5 32.¤f5 ¥xf5 33.¦xf5 d5 34.exd5 £xd5 35.¤b4 £d7 36.¦xh5 ¥xb4 37.cxb4 ¦d5 38.¦c1+ ¢b7 39.£e4 ¦c8 40.¦b1 ¢b6 41.¦h7 Fischer hasavoided the battle. ¦d4 42.£g6 £c6 43.¦f7 ¦d6 44.£h6 £f3 45.£h7 £c6 46.£h6 £f3 47.£h7 £c6½-½



1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 5.¥e2 e6 6.0-0 ¥e7 7.h3 ¥h5 8.c4 ¤b6 9.¤c3 0-0Fischer applies the Alekhine for the second time. 10.¥e3 d5 11.c5 ¥xf3 12.¥xf3 ¤c4 13.b3!? ¤xe3 14.fxe3 b6?! [Petrosian prefers 14...¤c6 ] 15.e4! c6 16.b4 bxc5 [ Pressure can be relievedby 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. Fischerstarts a prophylactic manoeuvre. 19.¥h5! cxd5 20.¥xf7+! ¦xf7 21.¦xf7 The Soviet seconds areimpressed by the next move. £d2! Capture of therook permits a horrible attack. [ 21...¤c6! is okay. ] 22.£xd2 ¥xd2 23.¦af1 ¤c6 24.exd5 [ The great compl icat ions of 24.¦c7! dxe4! 25.¦xc6 e3 (Ola fsson) 26.¦xe6 e2 27.¢f2! exf1£+ 28.¢xf1 ¦d8 29.¦d6 ¦xd6 30.exd6 ¢f7 31.¢e2 ¥a5! 32.¢d3! ¢e6 33.¢e4 ¥e1lead to a draw.] 24...exd5 25.¦d7 ¥e3+ 26.¢h1 ¥xd4 27.e6 ¥e5! 28.¦xd5 ¦e8 29.¦e1 ¦xe6 30.¦d6! ¢f7 [Fischer avoids 30...¦xd6 31.cxd6 ] 31.¦xc6 ¦xc6 32.¦xe5 ¢f6 33.¦d5 ¢e6 34.¦h5 h6 35.¢h2 ¦a6 36.c6 ¦xc6 37.¦a5 a6 38.¢g3 ¢f6 39.¢f3 ¦c3+ 40.¢f2 ¦c2+½-½



1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 d6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d2 a6 8.0-0-0 ¥d7 9.f4 ¥e7 10.¥e2 0-0 11.¥f3 [ Fischer divertsfrom the known 11.¤b3 (De Greiff - Szabo, Mar

del Plata 1955).; Theory will become 11.¤f3 £a5 12.e5 dxe5 13.¥xf6 ¥xf6 14.£xd7 e4 15.¤e5 ¤xe5 (Jansa-Pavlovic, Nis 1970).] 11...h6 12.¥h4 ¤xe4! 13.¥xe7 ¤xd2 14.¥xd8 ¤xf3 15.¤xf3 ¦fxd8 16.¦xd6 ¢f8 17.¦hd1 ¢e7 18.¤a4 ¥e8 19.¦xd8 ¦xd8 20.¤c5 ¦b8!? Spassky wants toplay. 21.¦d3 a5 22.¦b3 b5 23.a3 a4 24.¦c3 ¦d8 25.¤d3 f6 26.¦c5 ¦b8 27.¦c3 [ 27.h4!stops the counteraction.] 27...g5 28.g3 ¢d6 29.¤c5 g4 30.¤e4+ ¢e7 31.¤e1 ¦d8 32.¤d3 ¦d4 33.¤ef2 h5 34.¦c5 ¦d5 35.¦c3?! [ Better is 35.¢d2 ] 35...¤d4 36.¦c7+ ¦d7 37.¦xd7+ ¥xd7 38.¤e1 e5 [Annotators prefer 38...¥c6 39.¢d2 ¤f5 but 40.¤ed3! ¢d6 41.¤b4 is alright forWhite. ] 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.¢d2 ¥f5 41.¤d1! ¢d6 [ After 41...¤f3+ 42.¤xf3 gxf3 43.¤f2! ¢d6 44.¢e3 e4 the passed pawns are blockaded.] 42.¤e3 ¥e6 43.¢d3 ¥f7 44.¢c3 ¢c6 45.¢d3 ¢c5 46.¢e4 ¢d6 47.¢d3 ¥g6+ 48.¢c3 ¢c5 49.¤d3+ ¢d6 50.¤e1 ¢c6 51.¢d2 ¢c5 52.¤d3+ ¢d6 53.¤e1 ¤e6 54.¢c3 ¤d4The results were even in the second series of tengames (+1, =8, -1) . Chess was p layed on asuperior level in the games 13 and 19. Fischer keptchoosing enterprising openings, but he played themiddle game cautiously from game 15 on.½-½



14/374 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 [ 5...£c7 ] 6.¥e3 [ 6.g3 ; 6.¥f4!? ] 6...¤f6 7.¥d3 d5! 8.exd5 exd5!= Black followsthe game Anderssen-Minckwitxz, Berlin 1866. 9.0-0 ¥d6 10.¤xc6 bxc6 11.¥d4 0-0 12.£f3 ¥e6 [ 12...¤g4 13.h3 ¤h2? ( 13...£h4 14.¦fe1 ) 14.£h5 g6 15.£h6 ] 13.¦fe1 c5! Fischer forces asimpli f icat ion. 14.¥xf6 £xf6 15.£xf6 gxf6 16.¦ad1 ¦fd8 17.¥e2 ¦ab8 18.b3 c4 19.¤xd5!Spassky keeps the equality. [ 19.¤a4= ] 19...¥xd5 20.¦xd5 ¥xh2+ 21.¢xh2 ¦xd5 22.¥xc4 ¦d2 '±!' 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 ¦a4 33.b6+- ) 30.¥d5 ¦a2 31.¥c4 ¦b2= ] 28.¢g3 ¢f8 29.¢f3?! [ 29.f4 f5 30.¢f3 ¢e7 31.g3builds a fortress (Karpov).] 29...¢e7 30.g4?! [ 30.g3 ] 30...f5! 31.gxf5 f6 32.¥g8? h6 33.¢g3 ¢d6 34.¢f3 ¦a1 35.¢g2? [Right is 35.¥c4 ¦g1 36.a5 ¢c5 37.a6 ¢b6 38.¢e3 h5 39.f3 h4 40.¢f2 ¦g5 41.¥f1! ¦xf5 42.¢g2 ] 35...¢e5 36.¥e6 ¢f4 37.¥d7 ¦b1 38.¥e6 ¦b2 39.¥c4 ¦a2 40.¥e6 h5 White is lost in the adjourned


position. [ 40...¢g4! 41.¥d5! ] 41.¥d7Robert James Fischer became world champion on1 ix 1972. He had won with 12 1/2 - 8 1/2 (+7, =11,-3). The Soviets were in a state of shock. They hadlost the 'match of the century'. The search for aRussian Bobby led to a new Soviet champion in1973: Boris Spassky. The real Bobby had greatplans for his future activities. Little resulted from hishigh ideals. A rematch took place after twentyyears. Fischer's opening choice shows similarity toBoleslavsky's approach: Solidity with White andprophylaxis with Black. "Could a better preparationwith Boleslavsky have changed the outcome ofmatch?" "No, Bobby was better" Boris answeredme. [The interesting 41.¢h3 ¦xf2 ( 41...¢g5 42.f3 ¢f4 43.¥d5! ) 42.b4 draws according toTimman, but Krogius gives the win ( 42.a5 ¦f1! 43.a6 ¦h1+ 44.¢g2 ¦a1 45.¥c4 ¢xf5 46.b4 ¢e5 47.b5 ¢d6 48.b6 ¢c6 49.b7 ¢c7-+ ) 42...¢g5 43.b5 ¦f3+ 44.¢g2 ¦a3 45.b6 ¦xa4 46.b7 ¦b4 ; 41.¥d7 Spassky resigned due to ¢g4 42.¥c6 h4 43.¥f3+ ¢xf5 44.¥c6 (Krogius) ¦b2 45.¥d5 ¢e5 46.¥c4 ¦a2 47.¢h3 ¢f4 ]0-1

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.h4 A very unusualmove in this position, but it can lead to more normallines if White chooses to transpose. h5 9.¤c1This is the real new idea. It is perhaps not anappropriate move in this position, though the realtest does not come in the present game. 9.Qd2Rb8 is also possible. e5 9...Rb8!? 1 0. Nb3 Bd7 ismore consistent with Black's strategy, aiming for anearly break with b5. 10.d5 ¤e7 10...Nd4 isprobably stronger. 11.¥e2 ¤h7 Black prepar es tolaunch kingside counterplay with f7-f5, after whichthe pawn at h4 can become very weak. His knightssuf fer f rom the lack of entry squares on thekingside, a situation brought about by 8...h5. 12.¤d3 White now contr ols f4 as well as g5, sothere really is no possibility of kingside counterplayfo r B lack . f5 13.a4 White prevents Black fromplaying a freeing b7-b5. This shuts down anyqueenside action on Black's part. ¤f6 14.¤f2This is the logical continuation of White's strategy,limiting Black's counterplay at each turn and takingcontrol of more squares, in this case g4 and e4. a5A simply horrible move. it prevents a4-a5, buteliminates any chance of getting in b7-b5. 15.£c2 c5 Another error, but a consistent follow-up to the

p r e v i o u s m i s t a k e . F i s c h e r m u s t h a v eunderestimated White's potential energy on thekingside. 15...f4 16.Bd2 Bh6 17. g3 fxg3 18.Bxh6gxf2+ was a better plan. 16.0-0-0 b6 17.¦dg1 ¤h7 18.¤b5 ¢h8 Pointless, since the knight at e7cannot be brought to h6 because White will plant apawn at g5. 18. ..f4 might still be best, for example19.Bd2 Rf7 20.g4 fxg3 21.Rxg3 Nf8 22.Nh3 Bxh323.Rgxh3 19.g4 The prelude to a direct kingsideattack, which is difficult to counter. The main basisof the attack is the weakness of g6. hxg4 20.fxg4 f4 Much too late. 21.¥d2 It is now clear that Blackhas no counterplay, and his king is in danger ont h e h - f i l e . g5 Fischer did not want to endureWhite's persistent pressure, but this is a desperatesacri f ice which only hastens the end. 22.hxg5 ¤g6 23.¦h5 The threat is 24.Rhg1. ¦f7 24.¦gh1 ¥f8 25.£b3 ¦b8 26.£h3 White dominates theent ire board and the success of his attack isbeyond question. ¦bb7 27.¤d3 This is a decisivetransfer of White's knight to the blockading squaref3. ¢g8 28.¤e1 ¦g7 28...Qe8 is possibly a bitmore resistant, but there are serious problemsanyway. 29.¤f3 ¦bf7 30.¦h6 Desperation, butwell justif ied. £d7 31.£h5 Strong and simple.There is no way to save the knight. £xg4 32.¦xg6 £xh5 33.¦xg7+ ¦xg7 34.¦xh5 ¥g4 Black is justdown a piece here. 35.¦h4 ¥xf3 36.¥xf3 ¤xg5 37.¥g4 A last finesse. Black cannot capture at e4because of the check at e6. ¦h7 38.¦xh7 ¢xh7 39.¢c2 ¥e7 39...Nxe4 40.Bf5+ 40.¢d3 ¢g6 41.¤c7 ¢f7 42.¤e6 ¤h7 43.¥h5+ ¢g843...Kf6 44.Be1! and Black's king must worry aboutgetting mated! 44.¥e1 ¤f6 45.¥h4 ¢h7 46.¥f7 ¤xd5 This regains a little material, but the win isstill simple. 47.cxd5 ¥xh4 48.¥h5 ¢h6 49.¥e2 ¥f2 50.¢c4 ¥d4 51.b3 ¢g6 Black's king cannotprotect his soldiers. 52.¢b5 ¢f6 53.¢c6 ¢e7 54.¤g71-0

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 £xd1 8.¦xd1 ¥xc5Another quiet opening. In the other games theaction heated up eventually. Not this time. 9.b3 b5Fischer boldly plays the extended fianchetto again! 10.¥e2 ¥b7 11.¥b2 ¤bd7 12.¤bd2 0-0In game 4, Fischer played 12...Ke7 but found 13.a4! uncomfortable. Here he reserves e7 for hisbishop. 13.¦ac1 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb6 givesBlack a fully satisfactory game, as does 14...Be7.


¦fc8 14.h3 ¢f8 15.¢f1 Both kings head for thecenter. ¢e7 Now the occupation of this square bythe king is appropriate. 16.¤e1 16.a4 bxa4 17.bxa4 Bc6 with good counterplay, since White'sr o o k s a r e m i s p l a c e d . ¥d6 The position iscompletely equal. 17.a4 ¥c6 18.axb5 axb5 19.¦c2 ¦c7 20.¦dc1 ¦ac8 21.¥f3 ¥xf3Now the pieces fly off the board and a peace pactis forthcoming. 22.¤dxf3 e5 23.¦xc7 ¦xc7 24.¦xc7 ¥xc7 25.¤c2 ¤e4 26.¤a3 b4 27.¤c4 f6 28.¤e1 ¤dc5 29.¤c2 ¤xb3 30.¤xb4 ¤bd2+ 31.¤xd2 ¤xd2+ 32.¢e2 ¤c4½-½

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1.c4 Something of a surprise, although Fischer didplay the English in the first match too. e6 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.g3 The choice of the kingside fianchettomeans that we are headed for a Tarrasch, Catalan,Engl ish, or Hedgehog. St i l l a wide choice! d5 4.¥g2 ¥e7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Now we have aCatalan Opening, and Spassky opts for the closedvar iat ion. ¤bd7 7.¤bd2 This is a fairly popularline, but does not place much pressure at d5, andWhite can hope for a minimal advantage, at best. b6 8.cxd5 The double fianchetto approach. exd5 9.¤e5 ¥b7 10.¤df3 10.Ndc4 perhaps makesbetter use of the long diagonal, exploiting the pin atd5. ¤e4 11.¥f4 ¤df6 Black has achieved fullequality. 12.¦c1 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 Black's hangi n g p a w n s a t c 5 a n d d 5 a r e s t r o n g i n t h i sconfiguration. One can compare game 6 of the firstmatch, where they proved to be weak. 14.¤g5 ¤xg5 15.¥xg5 ¤e4 The excellent coordination ofBlack's forces lead to simplifications without risk. 16.¥xe7 £xe7 17.¥xe4 dxe4 17...Qxe5 18.Bf3maintains strong pressure at d5. 18.¤c4 e3This is a bold attempt to punish White for ignoringNimzowitsch's principle that central pawns must beblockaded. 19.f3 Now the question is whether thepawn at e3 is strong or weak. 19.Nxe3? Qe4 ¦ad8 20.£b3 ¦fe8 21.¦c3 ¥d5 This preserves theimportant e-pawn. 22.¦fc1 22.Rxe3 Bxc4 23.Rxe7Bxb3 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.axb3 Rxe2 with a drawishendgame. g6 23.£a3 23.Qa4 was preferred byDeep Thought. ¥xf3 Spassky pl ays with youthfulvigor. The piece sacrifice is romantic and worthy ofconsideration, but there was a less interestingdrawing line. 23...Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd2! 25.Re4 Qd726.Qxe3 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Qd4+! 28.Qxd4 cxd4 withe q u a l c h a n c e s i n t h e e n d g a m e . 24.exf324.Rxe3? Be4! e2 25.¦e1 ¦d1 26.¢f2 ¦xe1

27.¢xe1 £d7 There are tw o threats here: Qd1+and Qh3. Now White must play with extremecaution. 28.£b3 28.Rd3 Qh3 29.Ne3 Rxe3! 30.Rxe3 Qf1+ 31.Kd2 Qd1+ and a draw will result. £h3 29.¤e3 £xh2 29...Rxe3? 30.Rxe3 Qf1+ 31.Kd2 and the d1-square is covered by the Qb3. 30.g4 ¦b8 31.£d5 31.Qc2?? would lose to Rxb2!!32.Qxb2 Qg1+ 33.Kxe2 Qh2+ 34.Kd3 Qxb2 andWhite's pawns will fall quickly. ¦xb2 Now Whitemust force the draw. 32.£d8+ ¢g7 33.¤f5+ gxf5½-½


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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 Like a conjurer,Fischer pulls yet another surprise opening out ofhis sleeve. He plans to go his own way in thisopening, neither opting for the popular BenkoGambit nor playing the standard modern Benoniidea of e7- e6. 4.¤c3 g6 5.e4 ¥g7 6.¥g5This is played in the spirit of the Averbakh Variationof the King's Indian. Other ideas include 6. Nf3 and6.Bd3. This line leads to greater complicationsappropriate to the match standing. h6 7.¥h4An unusual choice. Usually the bishop retreatsalong the c1-h6 diagonal and later forms a batteryw i t h t h e q u e e n . N o w B l a c k c a n d e v e l o pcounterplay quickly. g5 8.¥g3 £a5 Black mustnot delay his counterplay! 8...O-O 9.Bd3 wouldgive White excellent attacking prospects. 9.¥d3Inviting immediate complications, but this is stillknown to theory. 9. Qd2 is correct. ¤xe4 10.¥xe4 ¥xc3+ 11.bxc3 £xc3+ 12.¢f1 After a few forcedmoves Black is a piece down for two pawns, butWhite's material advantage cannot be maintained. f5 By sacrificing a piece for two pawns, Blackattacks both of White's bishops, deprives theenemy monarch of h is cast l ing pr iv i lege andthereby disrupts the communication of the rooks.12... Qxc4+ 13.Bd3 Qxd5?? 14.Bb5+ wins thequeen. 13.¦c1 13.Ne2 Qf6 14.Bc2 f4 15.h4 Rf8and White has a hopeless position. £f6 14.h414.Qh5+ Kd8 15.h4 g4! A theme later exploited byFischer. g4 15.¥d3 White has to part with one ofhis bishops, but which one? The dark- squaredbishop seems more important. 15.Bxf5!? deservesconsideration, enabling White to complete hisdeve lopmen t . f4 16.¤e2 fxg3 17.¤xg3Things have calmed down a bit, and Black has anextra pawn, but some weak light-squares. ¦f8 18.¦c2 White is almost out of the woods, but hisrook still stands idly at h1, and this is all Fischerneeds to get things going. ¤d7 Black returns the


pawn for rapid mobilization. 19.£xg4 ¤e5 20.£e4 ¥d7 21.¢g1 0-0-0 Black is now ready for action,while his opponent is still playing without a rook,and it cannot be brought into the game quickly. 22.¥f1 22.Kh2 Ng4+ 23.Kg1 Qa1+ 22.Nh5 Qf7 22.f3 Rg8! ¦g8 23.f4 ¤xc4 A crucial inter mediatemove. 23...Rxg3 24.fxe5 would have given Whitesome chances. 24.¤h5 £f7 25.£xc4 £xh5 26.¦b2 ¦g3 The beginning of the final offensive. 27.¥e2 £f7 28.¥f3 ¦dg8 29.£b3 29.Kf2 Qg7 30.Rhb1 Rxg2+ b6 30.£e3 £f6 31.¦e2 ¥b5 32.¦d2 32.Qxe7 Qxe7 33 .Rxe7 Rx f3 ! e5Fischer finishes with surgical precision. 33.dxe633.Rf2 exf4 ¥c6 34.¢f1 ¥xf3 Spassky resignedin the face of Qa1+.0-1


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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 a6 4.e3 ¤f6 5.¥xc4 e6 6.0-0 c5 7.dxc5 £xd1 8.¦xd1 ¥xc5 9.¤bd2 Spassky decides not to repeat thef i anche t to p lan o f t he p rev ious games . 0-0According to reports from the scene, Fischer spent25 minutes on this move. 10.a3 Finally Spasskyreturns to the realm of ordinary theory. b5 11.¥e2 ¥b7 12.b4 ¥e7 13.¥b2 ¤bd7 Both sides haveemployed the extended fianchetto and there is agreat deal of symmetry. The presence of the rookat d1 has little effect. 14.¦ac1 ¦fc8 15.¤b3The idea behind this plan, initiated at the ninth turn,is to bring the knight to a5. But so many piecesleave the board that Fischer reaches a drawngame without difficulty. ¦xc1 16.¦xc1 ¦c8 17.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 18.¤fd4 ¤b8 19.¥f3 ¢f8 20.¤a5 ¥d6 21.¤db3 Spassky methodicallyi n c r e a s e s t h e p o s i t i o n a l p r e s s u r e o n t h equeenside. e5 This takes control of the critical d4-square and limits the scope of the Bb2. 22.¤c5 ¢e7 23.h3 ¤fd7 24.¤d3 f6 Fischer defendsaccurately. The game is now level. 25.¥e4 g6 26.f4 A last attempt to try to stir up some action, butit does not succeed. exf4 27.exf4 ¤b6 28.¤b7 ¥c7 29.¤bc5 ¤c4 30.¥c1 ¤d7 31.¢f1 ¤xc5 32.¤xc5 ¥b6 33.¥d3 ¥xc5 34.bxc5 ¥e6 35.¢f2 ¢d7 36.¥xc4 ¥xc4½-½

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1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤ge2 e5 4.¤d5This knight immediately occupies Black's weaksquare. ¤ge7 5.¤ec3 ¤xd5 6.¤xd5 ¥e7 7.g3The fianchetto of the bishop is an innovation whichleads to quite different play from that of the normall i nes . I t i s p robab ly more f l ex ib le than thedevelopment of the bishop at c4. 7.Bc4 is a majora l ternat ive . d6 8.¥g2 h5 This threatens toadvance the h-pawn w i th g rea t e f fec t . 9.h49 . h 3 h 4 1 0 . g 4 B g 5 ! g i v e s B l a c k e x c e l l e n tc o u n t e r p l a y . ¥e6 9...Bg4!? deservesconsiderat ion. 10.d3 ¥xd5 11.exd5 ¤b811...Nd4?! 12.c3 Nf5 13.Bh3! 12.f4 Fischer tries tograb the initiative right way, since otherwise Blackwill simply complete his development and enjoy acomfortable game. ¤d7 13.0-0 g6 14.¦b1Fischer now turns his attention to the queenside.14.f5 is tempting, but it is not strong: Nf6! 15. fxg6fxg6 16.Bg5 O-O and control of g4 gives Black agood game. f5 15.b4 b6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.c4 0-0 18.£a4 ¥f6 How should this position beevaluated? A bishop pair is useful, of course, butthese c ler ics are not very ac t ive r igh t now,compared with Black's pieces. 19.¦b7 It is clearthat White's strategy must involve penetration of theq u e e n s i d e . ¤b6 20.£b5 20.Qc6 Rc8accomplishes nothing for White. ¦f7 21.¦xf7 ¢xf7 22.¥d2 ¦b8 23.£c6 White wants to playRb1, but that could not be played right away. 23.R b 1 N d 7 a n d B l a c k h a s n o p r o b l e m s . ¤c8This parri es the threat of Rb1, but now Black'sforces are too far from the important strategicouposts at e5 and d7. 24.¦e1 ¤e7 25.£a4 £c7 26.¢h2 exf4 Opening up the position now favorsWhite, who controls the e- file. 26...Rb2?! 27.Bc3Rf2? 28.Kg1 26... Ng8! is a strange move, but it isbest, because the knight will be able to gallop to g4.Nevertheless, White will still have an advantage. 27.¥xf4 ¥e5 28.¦e2 Now we can see that thesecond rank needs protection. 28.Bxe5?! dxe5 andBlack can cover the sixth rank with Rb6, and thenadopt the knight maneuver with Ng8-f6-g4. ¦b6Preventing Qc6, and thus freeing the knight fromthe defensive chore. 29.¢h3 White's king finds thes a f e s t s q u a r e . ¤g8 An outrageous blunder,though Black's position was in any event difficult.29...Bxf4 30.gxf4 Rb8 30.¦xe5 This is the easiestway to win. 30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.Rxe5 Nf6! dxe5 31.¥xe5 £e7 31...Qxe5 32.Qxa7+ Ne7 33.Qxb6and the safety of the White king means that the a-pawn f l i es . 32.d6 Opening up d5 for the bishop. ¦xd6 33.¥xd6 £xd6 34.¥d5+ ¢f8 35.£xa7


¤e7 36.£a8+ ¢g7 37.£b7 ¢f8 38.a4 f4Black is bus ted, bu t Spassky c reates somecomplications. 39.a5 fxg3 40.a6 £f4 41.¥f341.Bg2?? Qg4++ ¤f5 42.£e4 g2 43.£xf4 g1£ 44.¥e4 £a1 45.a7 £xa7 46.¥xf5 gxf5 47.£xf5+ ¢g7 48.£g5+ ¢f8 49.£h6+ ¢g8 50.£xh5 £c7 51.£g6+ ¢h8 52.£f6+ ¢g8 53.£e6+ 53.Kg4 Qd7+ 54.Kg5 Qxd3?? 55.Qg6+and White wins easily. ¢h8 54.£d5 54.h5! wasbest. £f7 55.¢g2 55.Qxf7 is stalemate! 55.d4Qf1+ 56.Kg4 Qg1+ 57. Kh5 Qd1+ 58.Kg6 Qg4+ 59.Kf7 Qg8+! 60.Ke7 Qh7+ 61.Kd8 Qxh4+ 62.Kc7Qxd4= £g6+ 56.¢h3 £f7 57.£e5+ ¢h7 58.¢g4 £g6+ 59.¢f4 £h6+ 60.¢f3 £g6 61.£e4 ¢h8 62.¢e2 62.Qxg6 is also stalemate. £d6 63.£e3 £h2+ 64.¢d1 £h1+ 65.¢d2 £h2+ 66.¢c3 £xh4 67.d4 ¢h7 67...cxd4+ 68.Qxd4+Qxd4+ 69.Kxd4 and White wins. 68.d5 68.dxc5!would have won, since the pawns create a barrieragainst perpetual check. £f6+ 69.¢d3 £d6 70.£g5 ¢h8 71.¢d2 £b6 72.£e5+ ¢g8 73.£e8+ ¢g7 74.£b5 £c7 75.¢c2 ¢f8 76.£a6 £h2+ 77.¢b3 £b8+ 78.£b5 £c7 79.¢a3 £a7+ 80.¢b3 ¢e7 81.¢c2 ¢d8 82.¢d2 £c7 83.£a6 £f4+ 84.¢c2 Now there is no avoiding theperpetual check. Fischer's endgame play in thisgame was simply terrible, and he must have beenkicking himself all night. £e4+½-½


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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e6 5.¤b5 d6 6.c4 ¤f6 7.¤5c3 ¥e7 8.g3This seems to be a new idea. The bishop is usuallydeveloped at e2. 0-0 9.¥g2 a6 10.0-0 ¦b8This prepares a break with b7-b5, which had to bedelayed because of pressure on the long diagonal. 11.¤a3 £c7 11...b6 is a more convincing defence,setting up a hedgehog. 12.¥e3 ¥d7 13.¦c1White is setting up threats of Nb5 and Nd5. ¤e5 14.h3 ¦fc8 15.f4 ¤g6 This is not the normalposition for a knight in this setup, but it is playable. 16.£d2 16.f5 Ne5 would provide Black with auseful outpost. ¥e8 16...b6 might be better playedimmediately. 17.¦fd1 b6 18.£f2 h6 19.¢h2A useful waiting move in a position in which noimmediate action is useful. £a7 The idea is toprepare to establish a battery on the long diagonalwith Bc6 and Qb7. 20.£e2 £c7 Perhaps Spasskydecided that Nc3-d5 was no big deal, but in anyevent 20...Bc6 would have been a useful move. 21.¥f3 ¥c6 22.¤ab1 £b7 23.¤d2 b5 24.cxb5

axb5 25.b4 It is necessary to stop Black's b-pawnfrom advancing and taking control of valuableterr i tory. £a8 Now that there are weaknesses onthe a-file, this is a good place for the queen. 25...Ra8 also comes into consideration. 26.¦c2 d5This is gener ally a strong strategic move in theSicilian, but there was an interesting alternative in26. ..Qa3!? 27.e5 ¤e4 28.¥xe4 dxe4 29.¥c5This is very strong, achieving the strategic goal ofclosing the c-file. Spassky now counts on thepressure on the long diagonal and his act ivepieces. ¥xc5 30.bxc5 ¦d8 31.¦e1 31.Ndxe4?Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Bxe4 ¤e7 The knight prepares too c c u p y d 5 . 32.¤cxe4 ¤f5 32...Qa4 is aninteresting option, leading to unclear complications. 33.¤b3 ¤d4 34.¤xd4 ¦xd4 35.¤d6 £a4 36.f5An impor tan t th rus t ! ¦a8 37.¦b2 £a3This is better than 37.. .Rb4. 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.¤xb5 ¥xb5 40.£xb5 ¦d3Spassky targets g3. 41.¦g2 £c3 42.¦ee2 ¦a3 43.¦c2 £xe5 44.¦ce2 ¦e3 45.¦xe3 ¦xe3 46.a4 ¦c3 47.c6 £d6 The c-pawn just marches along... 48.c7 ¦xc7 This is the decisive mistake. Blackshould have played 48. ..Qxc7 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.Qxe6 and tried to grovel in the endgame. 49.£b8+ ¢h7 50.a5 h5 50...Rc6 51.Qxd6 Rxd6 52.Ra2Ra6 53.Kg2 and White will win. 51.h4 £c5 52.a6 ¦f7 53.£b1+ ¢h6 54.£a2 ¦e7 55.£d2+ ¢g6 56.¦e2 ¢h7 57.£c2+ £xc2 58.¦xc2 ¢g6 59.¦a2 Simple technique brings the game to aclose. ¦a7 60.¦a5 e5 61.¢g2 ¢f6 62.¢f2 ¢e6 63.¢e3 ¢f5 64.¢f3 g6 65.¦a3 g5 66.hxg5 ¢xg5 67.¢e41-0

B20Spassky,Boris VasilyFischer,Robert James

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1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 ¤f6 3.¤bc3 d6 4.g3 ¤c6Finally we have a fairly normal Closed Sicilian.Spassky has a great deal of experience in thesepositions from the White side, as it used to be hisspeciality. But this game does not flow into his well-traveled territory. 5.¥g2 g6 5...Bg4 is a sensiblet ry , p inn ing the kn ight and encourag ing theweakening move f2-f3 but it hasn't been seen in awhile. 6.0-0 ¥g7 7.d3 0-0 The game is in theclassical spirit. Nowadays Black usually prefers toplace the knight at e7 when fianchettoing the kingbishop. 8.h3 Here Black has a wide range ofoptions. ¦b8 Black aims for early queenside play. 9.f4 ¥d7 9...Ne8 comes into consideration. 10.¥e310.g4 is premature, since White has not completeddeve lopment . An unconv inc ing examp le i s


presented in Koskela-Gerelma, below. b5 11.a311.Qd2 is consistent with White's opening strategy.If the knight is attacked with b5-b4 then it cantransfer to the kingside. ¤e8 The idea is to use thepower of the Bg7 to support the invasion of theknight at d4. 12.d4 cxd4 13.¤xd4 b4 On the onend this entails a weakening of the pawn at a7, butthe rook will be active at b4, where it can placepressure on White's center from the flank, anotherhypermodern idea. 14.¤xc6 14.axb4 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Rxb4 16.Bf2 Rxb2 ¥xc6 15.axb4 ¦xb4 16.¦xa7 ¦xb2 17.e5 This leads to a greatsimplification of the position. White could haveplayed with a bit more ambition. 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 is slightly better for White. ¥xg2 18.¢xg2 ¤c7 19.exd6 exd6 20.¤a4 ¦a2 21.¥b6 £e8The only move, but a sufficient one. Now the gamecomes to a quick and quiet conclusion. 22.¦xc7 £xa4 23.£xd6 ¦xc2+ 24.¦xc2 £xc2+ 25.¥f2 £e4+ 26.¢g1½-½


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1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 e6 3.¤ge2 ¤c6 4.g3 d5Spassky repeats the opening which did not bringhim success in game 17, but he must have hadsome improvement in mind. Fischer does not lethim spring it. 5.exd5 exd5 6.d3 Fischer deviatesfrom game 17. ¤f6 6...Bg4 is not so good here: 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.h3 and White has the better game. 7.¥g2 ¥e7 8.¥g5 White threatens to exchange atf6, and increase pressure on the center. In thepresent match Fischer seems to have evidenced adisrespect for the common wisdom that bishopsare stronger than knights. d4 8...Be6 9.Nf 4! Bg410.f3 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.O-O will leave Blackwith the difficult task of defending the pawn at e6. 9.¥xf6 ¥xf6 10.¤e4 ¥e7 11.¤f4 0-0 12.0-0 ¦e8 13.£h5 White has harmoniously developedhis forces and Spassky must now be careful. g6 14.£d5 ¥f5 14...Qxd5?! 15.Nxd5 and the knightsround up all the critical dark squares, especially f6and c7. 15.¦fe1 ¢g7 16.a3 ¦c8 17.h3 £xd5 18.¤xd5 ¥f8 Spassky has successfully repulsedthe initial wave of the attack, and chances areroughly level. Even without queens, Fischer goesafter the kingside. 19.g4 ¥e6 20.¤ef6 ¦cd8 21.g5 ¥d6 22.¦e4 Fischer prepars his belovedmarch of the h-pawn. But Black's resources are upto the defensive task. ¤e7 23.¦h4 ¦h8 24.¦e1 ¤f5 25.¦he4 h6 Now it is White who must becareful on the kingside, where Black is setting up a

countera t tack . 26.h4 hxg5 27.hxg5 ¦h4 28.¦xh4 ¤xh4 Black now has a slight advantage,threatening to capture at g2 and use the bishoppair to great effect. 29.¦e4 Fischer is willing toargue that the knights are as strong as the bishops.29.Be4 c4! leaves White in an uncomfortableposition. ¤f5 The most sensible decision. 29...Nxg2 30.Kxg2 Rh8 31.Nf4! Bxf4 32. Rxf4 Rd8 33.R h 4 a n d n o w W h i t e s t a n d s b e t t e r , a s a n yexchange of rooks will provide an easy win. 30.¤f4 ¥a2 Spassky wants to hang onto his bishop pair,trying to squeeze a full point from the position. Theidea is to attack the base of the pawn chain withBb1. 30...Bxf4 31.Rxf4 b6 would have provided aneven endgame. 31.¤4d5 ¥xd5 32.¤xd5 ¢f8 33.¢f1 ¦e8 34.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 This endgame islikely to be drawn as a result of the bishops ofo p p o s i t e c o l o r s . 35.¤f6+ ¢d8 36.¥xb736.Bd5 Bf4 37.Bxf7 Nd6 38.Bxg6 Bxg5 39.Ne4N x e 4 4 0 . B x e 4 b 6 4 1 . a 4 K d 7 4 2 . K e 2 ¥f4The weakness of the g-pawn now provides Blackwith the necessary target. 37.¤e4 ¥c1 38.a4 ¥xb2 39.¤xc5 ¥c1 40.¥e4 Fischer decides tocontinue the battle. 40.Ne4 Ke7 41.Bd5 Bf4 andBlack will follow with Nd6, with an easy draw. ¥xg5 41.¥xf5 gxf5 42.¤b3 ¥f6 43.¢g2 White startsthe long trek to the pawn at f7. ¢d7 44.¢g3 ¢e6 45.¤a5 White's plan is simple. Capture the enemypawn at a7 and then advance the pawn at a2 to the8th rank. ¥e5+ 45...Kd5?! 46.Kf4! 46.¢h4 ¥f6+Spassky helps Fischer toward the objective at f7,confident in the counterplay on the queenside. 47.¢h5 ¢d5 48.¢h6 ¢c5 48...Ke5 49.Nc6+ Kf450 .Nxa7 K f3 51 .Nc6 Kx f2 52 .a5 and Whi teachieves the goal more quickly than in the game. 49.¢h7 ¢b4 50.¤c6+ ¢c3 51.¢g851.Nxa7 Kb4 gets rid of the pesky a-pawn. ¢xc2 52.¢xf7 ¥h8 The only move. 53.a5 ¢xd3 54.a6 ¢e2 55.¤xa7 d3 56.¤c6 d2 57.a7 d1£ 58.a8£ Black has the advantage in this endgame,and it is up to Fischer to display strong defensivetechnique. £d5+ 59.¢g6 £e6+ 60.¢h7 ¥c3 61.¤d8 The final finesse in the long game. Thedraw is now unavoidable, but Spassky tries tocreate a mating net anyway. £e7+ 62.¢g6 £f6+ 63.¢h5 £h8+ 63...Bd2 64.f4 Bxf4 65.Qg2+!? 64.¢g6 £g7+ 65.¢xf5 £f6+ 66.¢g4 £g6+ 67.¢f4 ¥d2+ 68.¢e5 ¥c3+ 69.¢f4 £d6+ 70.¢f5 £d7+ 71.¢g5 £e7+ 72.¢f5 £f6+ 73.¢g4 £g7+ 74.¢f5 £f6+ 75.¢g4 £g6+ 76.¢f4 ¥d2+ 77.¢e5 £g5+ 78.¢e6 £g4+ 79.¢f7 £d7+ 80.¢g6½-½



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1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 ¤f6 3.¤bc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.¥g2 ¤c6 6.0-0 ¥g7 7.d4 Finally, a real Sicilian! cxd4 8.¤xd4 The kingside fianchetto is not considereddangerous against the Dragon formation, but therewas some interest in the line in the 1980's. ¥g48...Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O is the normal line. 9.¤de29.f3 Bd7 10.Be3 ought to be at least slightly betterfor White. £c8 10.f3 ¥h3 Black has equalized. 11.¥xh3 £xh3 12.¥g5 The idea is to provokeBlack into playing h7-h6. 0-0 13.£d2 h6 14.¥e314.Nf4 Qd7 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nfd5 Bg7 is abouteven. ¢h7 15.¦ac1 £d7 16.¤d5 White playsmethodically. This formation makes it hard for Blackto ach ieve coun te rp lay on the c- f i l e . ¤xd5 17.exd5 ¤e5 18.b3 b5 The idea here is to limitWhite's activity on the queenside. Black has at thevery leas t ach ieved equa l i t y , even i f Wh i temanages to transfer the knight to c6. 19.¥d4 ¦ac8 20.f4 20.c3 is a reasonable alternative, e.g., Qb721.Be3 ¤g4 21.¥xg7 ¢xg7 22.¤d4 ¤f6This attacks the weak pawn at d5, and forcesWhite's reply. 23.c4 23.Nc6? Nxd5! bxc4 24.bxc4 e6 A useful break, and clearly better than thealternatives. 24...Qa4 25.Nc6 and 24...Rfe8 25.f5! 25.dxe6 25.Nc6 exd5 26. cxd5 Rfe8 27.Qb2 canbe met by 27...Qf5! 28.Rfd1 Kh7 and now Nxd5 isthreatened. fxe6 26.¦fe1 ¦fe8 27.¤b3 a6Now the queen can make use of the a7-square. 28.£d4 ¦c6 The weaknesses at c4 and d6 offseteach other. and the game is now dead even. 29.¦ed1 e5 30.£xe5 ¦xe5 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.¦xd7+ ¤xd7 33.¦d1 ¤f6 34.c5 ¢f7 35.¦c1 ¤d7 36.¢f2 ¢e6 37.¢e3 ¢d5 38.¦d1+ ¢e6 39.¦c1 There is no avoiding the draw now. ¢d5Agreed drawn, since no progress can be made.½-½


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1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤ge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.¤xd4 e6 Another open Sicilian, this time aScheven ingen . 6.¥e3 This is used to steer thegame into a specific variation of the Scheveningen,namely, a delayed Keres Attack. The idea of aKeres Attack is to play an early g2-g4-g5, aimingdirectly at the enemy king. ¤f6 7.£d2 ¥e7 8.f3This introduces the English Attack, favored by NigelShort and other British Grandmasters. a6 9.0-0-0

Black can also launch the kingside attack beforecastling. 0-0 With players castled on oppositewings the life-or-death struggle begins. 10.g4This is the basic idea of the English Attack, which issort of a delayed Keres Attack. White launches ap a w n s t o r m a g a i n s t t h e B l a c k k i n g . ¤xd410...Nd7 will just transpose below after an eventualg4-g5. 11.¥xd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.h4 Bb7 b511...Nd7 is also possible. 12.g5 Technically this isa theoretical new idea, but in fact the game steersback into charted territory quickly. 12.Kb1 is thealternative. ¤d7 13.h4 b4 13...Bb7 14.Bd3 Rc815.Kb1 Ne5 16.Qf2 White stands better. 14.¤a4 ¥b7 Here is the true new idea. 14...Qa5 15.b3 Nc5 15.¤b6 This is Fischer's new idea. 15.Qxb4? Bc6Intending Rb8, an idea that had already beennoticed by theoreticians, though it had not yet beenplayed in an attested game. ¦b8 15...Nxb6 16.Qxb4 d5 17.Qxb6 Qxb6 18.Bxb6 dxe4 19.Rd7!w i n s f o r W h i t e . 16.¤xd7 £xd7 17.¢b1White has the superior posit ion because of aspatial advantage and prospects for a kingsideattack. £c7 18.¥d3 ¥c8 19.h5 e5 20.¥e3 ¥e6Spassky could have reached a similar positionsome time ago, with less danger to himself on thekingside. Now Fischer quickly builds his attack. 21.¦dg1 a5 22.g6 A typical example of the g6-break, seen many times in the games of MikhailTal. ¥f6 Relatively best, since any capture at g6could prove deadly. 23.gxh7+ ¢h8 24.¥g5White eliminates Black's most effective defender. £e7 24...Bxg5 25.Rxg5 f6 would have providedstiffer resistance, though White would still have hadan impressive at tack. 25.¦g3 White wants todouble rooks on the g-file. ¥xg5 26.¦xg5 £f626... f6! would have been a stronger defense. 27.¦hg1 £xf3 Otherwise Wh ite will play hisqueen to g2 with an overpowering attack. NowFischer must work for the win. 28.¦xg7 £f6 29.h6A problem-like solution. White must sacrifice bothh-pawns to expose the enemy king to the matingattack. a4 30.b3 A prophylactic move to eliminateany counterplay. axb3 31.axb3 ¦fd8 Black triesto play d5, and get something going. 32.£g2 ¦f8 33.¦g8+ ¢xh7 34.¦g7+ ¢h8 35.h7 Since Rg8+followed by a check on the h-file is inevitable,Black resigned. Score: Fischer 9, Spassky 4, 12draws.1-0



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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.¤c3 g6 5.e4 ¥g7Fischer plays a Benoni-style King's Indian. After abrief spell in a transpositional Twilight Zone, thegame returns to wel l-known channels. 6.¥d3This is a more rel iable move than 6.Bg5. 0-0 7.¤f3 Spassky plays conservatively, confident thatBlack's formation is not a solid one. The point isthat by de lay ing e7-e6, B lack wi l l a l low h isopponent to recapture at d5 with the e-pawn, andthe pawn structure wil l be good for White ¥g4This is a well-known maneuver to fight for the e5square , bu t we th ink tha t B lack cou ld haveoccupied that key square immediately with a goodgame. 7...e5 8.O-O Ne8 and f7-f5 will give Blackan excel lent posi t ion. 8.h3 ¥xf3 9.£xf3The exchange of bishop for knight is a commontheme in this variation. The bishop has little futurein this pawn formation, and the two knights can beused effectively. Fischer has shown a preferencefo r kn igh ts in th i s match . ¤bd7 10.£d1White avoids Ne5, which would have forked thebishop and queen, leading to the elimination of thepowerful bishop. e6 11.0-0 exd5 12.exd5We would reach, by transposition, a position froman o lder game. ¤e8 12...Re8 13.Bd2 a6 14.a4Re7 13.¥d2 ¤e5 14.¥e2 f5 Fischer employedan analogous idea in his game against Korchnoifrom the Sousse Interzonal, 1967. The idea is totake control of e4 and stop f2-f4- f5. 15.f4 ¤f7The e6-squar e looks weak, but it is not easy totake advantage of this. Still, the knight should havegone to d7, from which it could retreat to f8 later ifneeded, or work on the queenside via b6. 16.g4White's goal is to increase the activity of his bishoppair and take control of al l the important darksquares, in particular e5 and f6. ¤h6 It is not easyto give a recommendation for Black here, butinviting g4- g5 was hardly the correct plan. Thereare two alternatives which come to mind, each ofwhich may help justify Fischer's play in the opening.16. . . fxg4 17. hxg4 g5!? undermines Whi te 'spressure at e5. 17.¢g2 17.g5 immediately wouldhave been more accurate. ¤c7 18.g5 ¤f7 19.¦b1 ¦e8 20.¥d3 ¦b8 21.h4 a6 22.£c2 b5 23.b3 White's general plan is to advance his h-p a w n , w h i l e B l a c k ' s p o t e n t i a l q u e e n s i d ecounterplay has been neutralized by this move.Fischer is a player who requires active piece play,and here he is suffocating. ¦b7 Fischer's play onthe b-file will be futile. Spassky now increases thepressure slowly and surely. 24.¦be1 ¦xe1 25.¦xe1 £b8 The threat is to capture on c4 and

infiltrate on b2, but Spassky deprives Fischer ofany such play with his next move. 26.¥c1 £d8 27.¤e2 The knight is being transfered to anattacking post at g3. bxc4 28.bxc4 ¤e8 29.h5 ¦e7 30.h6 White continues to press againstBlack's pieces. Now Spassky steers straight for thethematic sacrifice of the knight at f5. ¥h8 31.¥d2 ¦b7 32.¦b1 £b8 33.¤g3 ¦xb1 34.£xb1 £xb1 35.¥xb1 The elimination of the heavy pieces favorsWhite, since Black's remaining forces have noscope. ¥b2 36.¢f3 ¢f8 White has achieved awinning position. Now perhaps the most efficientpath to victory is the one which both Deep Thoughtand our ana ly t i ca l team pre fe r , namely theimmediate sacrifice at f5. 37.¢e2 37.Nxf5 gxf5 38.Bxf5 Kg8 39.Bc8 and the a-pawn falls. Spasskychooses another path, and it is also convincing. ¤h8 An ugly move, but otherwise disaster couldstrike quickly. 37...Ke7 38.Nxf5+ gxf5 39.Bxf5 andthe h-pawn falls. 38.¢d1 ¢e7 39.¢c2 ¥d4 40.¢b3 ¥f2 41.¤h1 The knight would have beenbetter stationed at e2, covering the d4 square anddepriving Black of the outpost there. ¥h4 42.¢a4 ¤c7 43.¢a5 ¢d7 44.¢b6 intending Kb7. ¢c8 45.¥c2 ¤f7 46.¥a4 ¢b8 47.¥d7 ¤d847...Bxg5 was the last chance, but even here Whitewould win with accurateplay. 48.¥c3 ¤a8+Black's knights are utterly useless. 48...Nf7 49.Be6Nd8 50 .Bg8 49.¢xa6 ¤c7+ 50.¢b6 ¤a8+ 51.¢a5 ¢b7 52.¢b5 ¤c7+ 53.¢a4 ¤a8 54.¢b3 The king has accomplished its task ofeliminating Black's pawn and now returns home tosafety. ¢c7 55.¥e8 ¢c8 56.¥f6 ¤c7 57.¥xg6 hxg6 58.¥xd81-0

C69Fischer,Robert JamesSpassky,Boris Vasily

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1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.¤xd4 c5 8.¤e2 £xd1 9.¦xd1 ¥d7 10.¤bc3 ¤e7 This takes control ofthe important d5 square, and the knight can bedeveloped later at g6. 11.¥f4 0-0-0 12.¦d2This is a new idea. Fischer intends to createpressure on the d-file. But the standard plan with12.Bg3 makes more sense. ¤g6 13.¥g3 ¤e5 14.¥xe5 14.b3 prevents the knight from entering atc4, but the pawn can go there instead. c4 15.¤d5 ¥d6 16.¦ad1 ¥e6 This position is even. fxe5Rad1 c4 17.¢f1 ¥c5 Black's active bishops givehim the advantage, but F ischer manages toredeploy his knights and keep the balance. 18.¤g1 ¥g4 Rxd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Kxd8 Nce2 Ke7 19.¢e1


b5 20.c3 Kf6 h3 ¥h5 Ng3 24.g4 is more active.Bf7 21.¤f3 g6 Nf1 g5!? This is an attempt to rattleWhite's position and create some targets for thebishops. But it allows White to establish strongoutposts on the weakened light squares. 22.¢e2Bg6 N3d2! With this move Fischer completes hisdefensive program. Now the game is even, butSpassky presses on. h5Ne3 c6 Kf3 Bf7 Theexchange of dark-squared bishop for knight wouldbring Black nothing. Ndf1 a5 Ke2 Be6 Ng3 Kg6 23.a3 Bf7 Ngf5 6 Kf3 Bd7 Kg3 Be6 h4! Fischerloses patience, but 38.Ke2 would also have beenequal. Bd7 hxg5 Kxg5 Nh4 ¥g4 Now Black has toplay carefully in order to maintain the balance.Nxg4 41.Nf3+ Bxf3 42.Kxf3 h4 hxg4 Nf5 24.a4f3 gx f3 Kxf3 ¥f8 This prevents the White knightfrom reaching e7 and d6. 25.¤e3 Kh5 Nf5 ¥c5The bishop at c5 dominates the knight at f5,preventing it from entering. So a draw was agreed.g4+ would have been too r isky: Kg5 Ng7 Kf6Ne8+? Kf7 Nc7 Be7 followed by Bg5 and Black isbetter.½-½


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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.h4 h5 9.¤c1 e5 10.d5 ¤d4 Fischer does not repeat his mistake fromgame 12. 11.¤b3 ¤xb3 12.£xb3 12.axb3 Kh7!13.Qd2 Ng8 and Black will play Bh6, solving hismajor problem in this opening. ¢h7 13.¥e2 ¥h6 14.¥xh6 ¢xh6 15.0-0-0 ¢g7 16.¢b1 £e7 17.¦dg1 ¦h8 18.g4 Spassky tries the sameattacking method as in game 8, but Black's defenseis easier here because his p ieces are bet tercoordinated. hxg4 19.fxg4 ¤d7 20.g5 ¤c5 21.£d1 a5 This preserves the knight's outpost atc5, which is very important in this formation.Positionally, it can already be said that Black has abetter game, so White must attack on the kingside. 22.¦f1 ¥d7 23.£e1 ¦h7 Fischer pressures the h-pawn, by doubling rooks a few moves from now. 24.£g3 ¦f8 25.¦f6 ¦fh8 The advance of the h-pawn is no longer poss ib le , even i f i t wered e s i r a b l e . 26.b3 26.Rhf1 Be8 and White wouldhave to worry about the dangling h- pawn. ¥e8 27.¥g4 ¥d7 28.¥d1 ¥e8 29.¥g4 ¥d7 30.¥d1 ¥e8 31.¦f2 Spassky avoi ds the repetition ofmoves, but objectively the game is completelyeven. c6 32.a4 A wise choice, as if White playswith too much ambition he can find himself in adifficult position. 32.a3 b5! 33.cxb5 cxb5 34.b4

axb4 35.axb4 Na6 36.Rb2 Qa7! wi th a s l ightadvantage for Black. £d8 33.¢a2 £e7 34.¥g4 ¥d7 35.¥d1 ¥e8½-½


Belgrade 1992

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.h4 h5 9.¤c1 ¤d7Fischer decides to innovate, using a less directmethod of placing pressure at d4. Eventually, hewi l l move the knight from c6 and play c7-c5. 10.¤b3 This seems logical, but as we will see itturns out to be a dubious idea. 10.Qd2 e5 11.d5Nd4 12 .Nb3 wou ld have been s t r onge r . a5This is another component of Fischer's new plan.He threatens to advance the pawn and drive awaythe knight at b3, thus indirectly undermining thesupport of the d4-square. 11.a4 A direct reply, butit weakens b4 and allows Black to establish astrong outpost there. The knight should haveretreated to c1, even though that would amount to awaste of time. Still, b5 would be a target. 11. Nc1 e512.d5 Nd4 13.Nb3 ¤b4 12.¥e2 b6 This preparesthe important advance of the c-pawn to c5, addingto the p ressure a t d4 . 13.g4 Spassky, in adesperate situation in the match, tries to playsharply but this is a premature break. In game 20, itsucceeded, but only because the center wasclosed. 13.Qd2! was correct, e.g., c5 14.Rd1 Bb715.O-O Here White would have had a very goodgame. hxg4 14.fxg4 c5 15.h5 cxd4 16.¤xd4A mistake, gh Black is already gaining the upperhand because White's king is stuck in the centerand the pawn at e4 is becoming a liability. 16. Bxd4Nc5! 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 and in this unclear positionB l a c k h a s g o o d c h a n c e s . ¤c5 17.¤d5This is an empty gesture which only weakens thepawn a t e4 . S t i l l , i t i s hard to f ind anyth ingconvincing for White. 17.h6 Be5 17.Qd2 e5! 18.Bh6Bh8 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.hxg6 exd4?? 21.Qg5 f6 22.Rxh8+ ¥b7 17...Nxe4? 18.Nxb4 axb4 19.hxg6fxg6 20.Qc2 Ng3 21.Qxg6 Nxh1 22.Bd3 White willwin. 18.¤f5 This may have some psychologicaleffect, but objectively Fischer has nothing to worryabout. 18.Bf3 The idea is to pave the way for thequeen to get to e2. gxf5 19.gxf5 ¥xd5 20.exd5Now 20.. .Bf6 is a sol id defense, but Fischercalculated that he could afford to grab the pawn atb2. ¥xb2 21.¢f1 £d7 An important component ofBlack's defense. He attacks the pawn at f5 and tiesdown White's pieces. 21. ..Bxa1 22.Qxa1 f6 23.Rg1+ Kh8 24.Rg6 and White has serious threats.


22.£b1 ¥xa1 Now the rook can be safelycaptured. 23.¦g1+ 2 3 . Q x a 1 Q x f 5 + ¢h823...Kh7? would have been dangerous for Black.24.f6+ Kh8 25.Bg4! and if 23... Bg7 then 24.Bh6! 24.£xa1+ f6 25.£b1 The f-pawn is once againprotected. ¦g8 26.¦g6 ¦xg6 27.hxg6 ¢g7Spassky resigned the game, and the match comesto an end. Final Score: Fischer 10, Spassky 5, 15draws.0-1

A48Forbes,CathyFischer,Robert James

Beograd blitz 1992

1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 g6 3.¥f4 ¥g7 4.¤c3 d6 5.e4 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 14.£e2 e6 15.¥f4 e5 16.¥g3 ¤c5 17.¤d2 ¤h5 18.¥h2 ¤f4 19.¥xf4 exf4 20.¤b3 ¤d7 21.£d2 f3 22.g3 ¤e5 23.¥f1 h5 24.¦ad1 ¦ad8 25.¤d5 ¥xd5 26.exd5 ¤c4 27.£d3 ¤xb20-1


Beograd m 1992

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 13.¤c4 £a6 14.¥e3 £xa4 15.¤xa4 f5 16.exf5 ¥xf5 17.¦ac1 ¦fc8 18.¤a5 ¥d7 19.b3 ¦ab8 20.¤c3 ¢f8 21.a3 ¤h6 22.b4 ¤f5 23.¦ed1 ¢e8 24.¤e4 ¦b5 25.h3 h5 26.¦d2 a6 27.¢f1 ¦d5 28.¦cd1 ¦b5 29.¢e2 ¥e6 30.¦c1 ¢d7 31.¤c3 ¦bb8 32.¢f1 h4 33.¢e2 ¥f6 34.¤e4 ¥d5 35.¢d3 ¥g7 36.¦dc2 ¦c7 37.¦e1 ¦f8 38.f3 ¦b8 39.¤c3 ¥g8 40.¤e2 ¥f7 41.¥d2 ¥f6 42.¦ec1 ¦bc8 43.¤c4 ¦b7 44.¤a5 ¦bc7 45.¤c4 ¦b7½-½


Beograd m 1992

1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤ge2 e6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 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

¤b4 21.£xb7 ¤xc2 22.¦c1 £xb7 23.¥xb7 ¤b4 24.¥e4 ¥xa2 25.¥d2 ¥d5 26.¥xd5 ¤xd5 27.¦xc5 ¤b6 28.¢f1 f6 29.¦a5 ¦e7 30.¥b4 ¦d7 31.¥c5 ¢f7 32.¢e2 g5 33.¢f3 ¢g6 34.¢e4 h5 35.¥xd4 ¦e7+ 36.¢f3 h4 37.¥c5 ¦e1 38.¦xa7 ¤d5 39.¥f8 ¦e8 40.¥d6 ¦e6 41.¦d7 ¤b6 42.¦d8 ¤d5 43.b4 ¦e1 44.b5 ¦b1 45.¦b8 ¦b3 46.¢e4 ¤c3+ 47.¢d4 ¤xb5+ 48.¢c4 ¦c3+ 49.¢xb5 ¦xd3 50.¢c6 ¦xh3 51.¢d5 ¦f3 52.¢e6 ¦xf2 53.¦g8+ ¢h7 54.¢f7 ¦a2 55.¦g7+ ¢h6 56.¥f8 ¦a7+ 57.¢xf6 ¦a6+ 58.¢f71-0


Beograd m 1992

1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 ¤f6 3.¤bc3 e6 4.g3 ¤c6 5.¥g2 ¥e7 6.0-0 d6 7.d3 a6 8.a3 £c7 9.f4 b5 10.¢h1 0-0 11.¥e3 ¥b7 12.¥g1 ¦ab8 13.h3 ¥a8 14.g4 b4 15.axb4 cxb4 16.¤a4 ¤d7 17.£d2 ¦fc8 18.b3 a5 19.g5 ¥f8 20.¦a2 ¤e7 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 31.¥e3 £h4 32.¤d6 ¥c3 33.£f2 £xf2 34.¦xf2 ¦bb8 35.¤xc8 ¦xc8 36.¦a7 ¢f8 37.¥h6+ ¢e8 38.¥g5 f6 39.¥xf6 ¥xf6 40.¦xf6 ¥c6 41.¢g1 ¥d7 42.¦d6 ¥c6 43.¥f11-0


Beograd m 1992

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.¤xd4 c5 8.¤e2 £xd1 9.¦xd1 ¥d7 10.¤bc3 ¤e7 11.¥f4 0-0-0 12.¥g3 ¤g6 13.¦d2 ¤e5 14.¥xe5 fxe5 15.¦ad1 c4 16.¢f1 ¥c5 17.¤g1 ¥g4 18.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 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 ¥f7 31.¤df1 a5 32.¢e2 ¥e6 33.¤g3 ¢g6 34.a3 ¥f7 35.¤gf5 ¥e6 36.¢f3 ¥d7 37.¢g3 ¥e6 38.h4 ¥d7 39.hxg5 ¢xg5 40.¤h4 ¥g4 41.¤xg4 hxg4 42.¤f5 a4 43.f3 gxf3 44.¢xf3 ¥f8 45.¤e3 ¢h5 46.¤f5 ¥c5½-½


C95Fischer,Robert JamesSpassky,Boris Vasily 2560

Beograd m 1992

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8 10.d4 ¤bd7 11.c4 c6 12.cxb5 axb5 13.¤c3 ¥b7 14.¥g5 b4 15.¤b1 h6 16.¥h4 c5 17.dxe5 ¤xe4 18.¥xe7 £xe7 19.exd6 £f6 20.¤bd2 ¤xd6 21.¤c4 ¤xc4 22.¥xc4 ¤b6 23.¤e5 ¦ae8 24.¥xf7+ ¦xf7 25.¤xf7 ¦xe1+ 26.£xe1 ¢xf7 27.£e3 £g5 28.£xg5 hxg5 29.b3 ¢e6 30.a3 ¢d6 31.axb4 cxb4 32.¦a5 ¤d5 33.f3 ¥c8 34.¢f2 ¥f5 35.¦a7 g6 36.¦a6+ ¢c5 37.¢e1 ¤f4 38.g3 ¤xh3 39.¢d2 ¢b5 40.¦d6 ¢c5 41.¦a6 ¤f2 42.g4 ¥d3 43.¦e6 ¢d5 44.¦b6 ¢c5 45.¦e6½-½


Sveti Stefan m 1992

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 Quite brave ofSpassky, to test Fischer in the latter's favoriteopening. But then Spassky is also the master of theBlack side of the Spanish Game! a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 ¤b8 The Breyer System, Spassky's pride and joy. 10.d4 ¤bd7 11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8 13.¤f113.b4 a5! prevents the planned advance of White'sa-pawn to a5. ¥f8 14.¤g3 g6 15.¥g5 h6 16.¥d2 ¥g7 17.a4 c5 18.d5 c4 19.b4This is an , and perhaps a strong one. It is not justthe move that is new, but the idea of a delayed b4after Black has advanced to c4. ¤h7 20.¥e3 h5 21.£d2 ¦f8 22.¦a3 Spassky mu st have beenfeeling a creeping uneasiness, caused by thepotential problems on the a-file, where White'sheavy artillery will congregate. ¤df6 Black lack sadequate counterply, since there is no real hope ofplaying f7-f5. Therefore he tries to regroup hisp ieces to prevent a capture a t b5, and a lsoprepares to sacrifice a piece for the dominatingcentral pawns. 23.¦ea1 £d7 24.¦1a2 ¦fc8 25.£c1 ¥f8 26.£a1 £e8 27.¤f1 ¥e7 28.¤1d228.N3d2 is an interesting alternative, intending toadvance the f-pawn. ¢g7 29.¤b1 This threatensto liquidate a lot of pieces following captures on a5and a8, after which Nb1-a3 will win the weak pawnat b5. So Black must try a desperate sacrifice. ¤xe4 30.¥xe4 f5 31.¥c2 ¥xd5 32.axb5 axb5 33.¦a7 ¢f6 34.¤bd2 The knight has done its dutyon the queenside and returns to provide support for

the center and for i ts fel low steed at f3. ¦xa7 35.¦xa7 ¦a8 36.g4 Fischer strives to open theposition, even if this entails exposing his king tosome danger. This is better than exchanging at a8,as the result ing simpli f icat ion would not helpWhite's attack. hxg4 37.hxg4 ¦xa7 38.£xa7 f4Well-timed! 38...Qa8 would lead to an easy win forWhite. 39.¥xf4 Fischer's superb technique isevident as he returns his trophy immediately. If hehad tried to hang on to it, victory would have beenless likely. 39.Bb6?! Qa8! 40. Qd7 Bxf3 41.Nxf3Qxf3 42.Bd8 Bxd8 43.Qxd8+ is unclear . exf4 40.¤h4 Another strong move which is not obvious.The natural path would lead White astray: 40.Qd4+Ke6 41.Qg7 Nf8 and B lack can ho ld on. ¥f7The fatal err or. The knight retreat was called for.40...Nf8! 41.Qd4+ Ke6 42.Nf5 Bf6! 43. Qxf4 Be5and Black could still put up a fight. 41.£d4+ ¢e6 42.¤f5 There is the threat of a big fork at g7. ¥f842...gxf5 43.Bxf5++ 43.£xf4 ¢d7 44.¤d4The b5-pawn is unprotected. Spassky makes onemore attempt at counterplay. £e1+ 45.¢g2 ¥d5+ 46.¥e4 ¥xe4+ 47.¤xe4 ¥e7 48.¤xb5 ¤f8 49.¤bxd6 ¤e6 Spassky resigned here, ratherthan face... 50.£e51-0


Sveti Stefan m 1992

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 The King's Indian,another Fischer favorite. 4.e4 d6 5.f3 The sharpSaemisc h variation, though dulled somewhat bySpassky's choice of continuations. c5 Normal is 5...O-O, but the early hypermodern advance is alsoseen. 6.dxc5 6.d5 would lead to an ultra-sharpModern Benoni, but Spassky prefers the acceptedl ine , wh ich lead to an ear l y endgame. dxc5 7.£xd8+ ¢xd8 8.¥e3 8.e5?! Nfd7 9.f4 f6! 10.exf6exf6 11.Bd2 Re8+ 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O-O Nd4=was agreed drawn in Marovic-Ivkov, Malaga 1981. ¤fd7 9.¤ge2 9.O-O-O b6 10. f4 Bxc3 11.bxc3Bb7 12.Nf3 Ke8 13.e5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f5 15.exf6 Nxf616. f5 gave White an advantage in Spassky-Gheorghiu, b6 10.0-0-0 Now Fischer introducesa completely new plan, developing his knight on theflank. ¤a6 11.g3 ¤c7 12.f4 e6 The Blackknights look very artificial. 13.¥h3 This connectsthe rooks and prepares f4-f5, but White could haveplayed more strongly by exchanging light-squaredbishops. 13.e5!? Bb7 14.Rg1 Ke7 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16.Rxg2 f6 17.g4! fxe5 18.f5! and White has a strongattack. ¢e7 14.¦hf1 h6 15.e5 ¥b7 16.g4White prepares to play Ng3 and f5. ¦ad8 17.¤g3


f6 18.¤ce4 fxe5 19.f5 White has fullcompensation for the sacrificed pawn, but Fischerdefends well. ¥xe4 20.¤xe4 gxf5 21.gxf5 ¤f6 22.¦g1 This lets Fischer escape. 22. Ng3!? Rxd1+23.Kxd1 Rd8+ 24.Ke2 gives White a dangerousinitiative. After capturing on e6, the light squareswill be very weak. ¦xd1+ 23.¢xd1 ¥f8 24.¤xf6 ¢xf6 25.¦f1 exf5 26.¦xf5+ ¢g7 27.¦xe5This is natural, but nevertheless questionable,since Black can now both consolidate his positionand win the important pawn at h2. 27.Rf2! deservedconsideration, for example Be7 28.Bd2 Rd8 29.Ke2intending 30.Bc3. ¥d6 28.¦e4 ¥xh2 29.¢e2 h5This modest pawn will reach the seventh rank in afew moves and dramat ical ly grow in stature. 30.¦e7+ ¢f6 31.¦d7 ¥e5 32.b3 h4 33.¢f3 ¦g8 34.¥g4 This is wrong, though few commentatorsnot iced i t at the t ime. Al ternat ives promisedexcellent drawing chances. 34.Bf4! Bxf4 35.Kxf4Ne6+ 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37.Rxa7 Rh8 38.Rg7 h3 39.Rg6+! Ke7 40.Rg1= h3 35.¦h7 h2 36.¥f4 ¦f8A very strong move. White now must part with theexchange because of the threat of 37. . .Kg6. 37.¥xe5+ 37.Bxh2 Kg6+ 38.Ke4 Kxh7 39.Bxe5g ives Whi te more chances to escape. ¢g6+ 38.¢e4 ¢xh7 39.¥xh2 ¦e8+ 40.¢f5 Intending totether Black's king to the edge of the board. 40.Kd3is no bet ter . ¤e6 41.¢f6 ¤d4 Fischer hasachieved a technical ly winning posi t ion, butsurprisingly he does not find the resources to crushhis opponent. 42.¥d6 ¦e4 43.¥d7 ¦e2 44.a4 ¦b2 44...Nxb3 was more logical, but even after thetext the position is still a win. 45.¥b8 a5 46.¥a7 ¦xb3 47.¢e5 ¤f3+ 48.¢d6 ¤d2 49.¥e6 ¦b4 50.¢c6 ¤b3 This throws away the win. 50...Nxc451.Bxc4 Rxc4 52. Kxb6 Rxa4 53.Kxc5 Kg6 54.Kb5Ra2 55. Bc5 a4 56.Kb4 Kf5 and the Black king willmarch to d3. [ 50...¤xc4 51.¥xc4 ¦xc4 52.¢xb6 ¦xa4 53.¢xc5 ¢g6 54.¢b5 ¦a2 55.¥c5 a4 56.¢b4 ¢f5 ] 51.¥d5 ¦xa4 52.¥xb6 ¦a1 53.¥xc5 a4 54.¥b4 Now the winning chances aregone, since the c-pawn is preserved. a3 55.c5 ¤d4+ 56.¢d7 ¦d1 56...a2 57.Bxa2! Rxa2 58.c6= 57.¥xa3 ¤c2 58.c6 ¦xd5+ 59.¥d6Agreed drawn, because a piece must be sacrificedto stop the pawn. Try playing on against Gambit ifyou need proof.½-½


Sveti Stefan m 1992

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8

10.d4 ¤bd7 11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8 13.¤f1 ¥f8 14.¤g3 g6 15.¥g5 h6 16.¥d2 exd4Spassky deviates from the first game of the match.The idea is to create more scope for the dark-squared bishop. 17.cxd4 c5 18.¥f4 This is themost logical reaction, targeting the weak pawn atd6. Black's posit ion is solid however, with thebishop guarding d6 from f8. cxd4 This secondexchange brings Spassky good fortune. It is hardlya new idea, however. The idea was used in a gamebetween Tal and Keres, at Curacao 1962. Blackgets active piece play in return for his suspectpawn st ructure. 19.¤xd4 1 9 . Q x d 4 N c 5 ¤e5 20.b3 d5 This classical central thrust gives Blackan active game. 21.£d2 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.f4 Rxe423.Nxe4 dxe4 dxe4 22.¤xe4 ¤d5 23.¥g3 ¦c8 24.¦e2 Perhaps this was an error. 24.Rad1 f5 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Bxd4 28. Qxd4Rxc2 f5 25.¥xe5 ¦xe5 26.¤g3 ¦xe2 27.¤gxe2 ¤b4 28.¦d1 ¤xc2 28...Nxa2 29.Bxf5 gxf5 30.Qxa2 Qg5 In this complicated position both sidesh a v e c h a n c e s . 29.¤xc2 £xd2 30.¦xd2We have reached a position where Black shouldhold the advantage thanks to his bishop pair, but infact it is hard to achieve much. ¦c7 31.¤e3 ¢f7 32.h4 ¥c8 32...h5 looks good, too. 33.¤f4 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.¤d3 ¥g7 Black could havetried for a little more with 35...Be6. 36.¤d5 ¦c6 37.¤5b4 ¦c7 38.¤d5 ¦c6 39.¤5b4 ¦c7½-½


Sveti Stefan m 1992

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 Perhaps influenced by therenewed interest in the opening in the 1980s. TheQueen's Gambit Accepted is an unusual choicef r o m F i s c h e r , w h o u s u a l l y p r e f e r s a m o r ehypermodern treatment of 1.d4. 3.¤f3 3.e4 is a popular alternative which has been the subject ofmuch scrutiny lately. ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 Spassky shows a definitepreference for endgames in this match! 7.Qe2 and7 . a 4 a r e t h e m o r e c o m m o n m o v e s . £xd17...Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nbd2 Ke7 10.b3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Be2 Nbd7= 8.¦xd1 ¥xc5 9.b39.a3 with the idea of playing b4, is more commonhere. ¤bd7 10.¥b2 b6 The cautious approach.The extended fianchetto (10...b5) is riskier becausethe pawn chain can be undermined by a2-a4. 11.¤c3 ¥b7 12.¦ac1 ¥e7 12...O-O? 13.Na4 Be714.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxb6 13.¤d4 ¦c8 14.f3 b5 15.¥e2 ¥c5 Black has achieved full equality. 16.¢f1 A very lame move. 16.Kf2 Ke7 17.a4 bxa4


18.Nxa4 Ba7 maintains equality. ¢e7 17.e4A strategic disaster. White weakens the longdiagonal without any good reason, allowing Fischerto develop an interesting counterattack. 17.Kf2 wasthe correct move. g5 Black intends to advance theg-pawn, capture at f3, bring a knight to f4 and put arook on the g-file, a simple and effective plan. 18.¤b1 The point of this move is to try to exchangedark squared bishops after Ba3. g4 18...Bd6 mighthave been more accurate, e.g., 19.Kf2 g4 with atleast equality. 19.¥a3 b4 It is hard to believe thatFischer overlooked the obvious exchange sacrificewhich follows. 19...Bxa3 20.Nxa3 gxf3 21.gxf3Rhg8 22.Kf2 Ne5 with good play for Black. 20.¦xc5 ¤xc5 21.¥xb4 Now White's position is superiorthanks to his ferocious bishop and the vulnerableBlack king. The distance between a very goodposition and a very bad one is very small indeed! ¦hd8 22.¤a3 gxf3 23.gxf3 ¤fd7 24.¤c4W h i t e h a s a l r e a d y a c h i e v e d a c o m p l e t e l ydominating position because all of his pieces areactive, while Black lacks any counterplay. ¥a8 25.¢f2 ¦g8 26.h4 ¦c7 27.¤c2 ¦b8 28.¥a3This prevents Fischer from countersacrificing theexchange, and main ta ins the s t rong p in . h5 29.¦g1 ¢f6 30.¢e3 a5 31.¦g5Spassky intensifies the pressure with every move. a4 This makes 's task easier, but it is hard to findan alternative. Now White gets a powerful passedpawn. 32.b4 ¤b7 33.b5 ¤bc5 34.¤d4White's domination is complete. Fischer nowembarks on a desperate sacrifice, but it doesn'twork. e5 A mistake. 35.¤xe5 ¤xe5 36.¦f5+ ¢g7 37.¦xe5 ¤xe4 The point of the combination. IfBlack takes the knight Fischer will escape. 38.¥d338.fxe4 Rc3+ ¦c3 39.¥b4 Spassky's ship steersclear of the final reef and the game heads for home. ¦xd3+ 40.¢xd3 ¤f6 41.¥d6 ¦c8 42.¦g5+ ¢h7 43.¥e5 ¤e8 44.¦xh5+ ¢g6 45.¦g5+ ¢h7 46.¥f4 f6 47.¦f5 ¢g6 48.b6 This modest pawndecides the outcome of the game. ¦d8 49.¦a5 ¥xf3 50.h5+ ¢f7 50...Bxh5 51.b7 51.¦a7+Black resigns. The worst game by Fischer in thefirst half of the match. Spassky played quite well.1-0


Sveti Stefan m 1992

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 £xd1 8.¦xd1 ¥xc5 9.b39.Nbd2 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Na5 ForcedSpassky to grovel with the Black pieces againstBronstein at Moscow 1964, so Spassky chose

another plan. ¤bd7 10.¥b2 b5 Fischer departsfrom the path of the fourth game, which saw 11..b6. 11.¥e2 ¥b7 12.¤bd2 ¢e7 12...O-O is probablyplayable, for example 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb6!? 13.a4 It is precisely this move which oftendiscourages the extended fianchetto by Black. Thefollowing exchange leaves the a-pawn weak. Fewplayers seem to enjoy the Black side of thesep o s i t i o n s . bxa4 13...b4 is not on because of 14.Nc4 with tremendous pressure. 14.¦xa4 ¦hb814...Nb6 seems best. 15.Ra5 Bb4 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Nfd5 18.Rda1 Nb4 secures the defense. 15.¦c1 This ties down the Nd7 and Bc5 thereforeB 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 . ¥d515...Nd5? 16.Rxc5 Nxc5 17.Ba3 is reminiscent ofgame 4 of the match! 16.¤e5 The weakness of c6is important. Black's light-squared bishop caneasily be placed in a position where it has too muchwork to do. ¥d6 17.¤xd7 ¤xd7 18.¦xa6 ¦xa6 19.¥xa6 f6 A mistake. 19...Bxb3 20.Bxg7 19...Nc5 20.¥c4 ¥xc4 21.¦xc4 ¤c5 22.¦c3 The inactivityof White's pieces reduces the advantage of theextra pawn. f5 23.¥a3 ¤e4 An interesting move. 24.¦c7+ ¢d8 25.¥xd6 ¤xd2 26.¦xg7 ¦xb3 27.h4 h5 28.¥f4 One might well expect White towin from this position. ¢e8 29.¢h2 ¦b2 30.¢h3 ¤e4 31.f3 ¤f2+ 32.¢h2 ¤d3 33.¥g5 e5 34.¢h3 ¤f2+ 35.¢h2 ¤d3 36.¥h6 ¤e1The pin on the g-pawn is most annoying. 37.¢g1 ¤d3 38.¥g5 ¦b1+ 39.¢h2 ¦b2 40.¦e7+Instead, 40.Rh7 would have won, as discovered bythe computer program Deep Thought I I . ¢f8 41.¦e6 ¢g7 42.¢h3 ¦e2 43.¦d6 ¤e1 44.¥f6+ ¢g8 45.¥xe5 ¦xe3 46.¥f4 46.Rd5 The computerprogram Deep Thought II claimed that White wouldhave won here, but human analysts felt that 46...Kf7 would pro ¦e2 47.¦g6+ More problems wouldhave followed 47.Rf6. ¢f7 48.¦g5 ¢e6 49.¥c7 ¦a2 50.¥b6 ¤d3 51.¢h2 ¤e1 52.¢h3 ¤d3 53.¥c7 ¦c2 54.¥b6 ¦a2 55.¢g3 ¤e1 56.¦xh5 ¦xg2+ 57.¢f4 ¤d3+ 58.¢e3 ¤e5 59.¦h6+ ¢d5 60.¥c7 ¦g7 61.¥xe5 ¢xe5 Score: Spassky 2,Fischer 1, 3 draws.½-½


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1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d3Fischer decides to avoid the main lines, ratheruncharacteristically. ¤a5 Spassky shifts from theBreyer to the Classical Chigorin formation. 10.¥c2 c5 11.¤bd2 ¦e8 11...Nc6 is a good alternative.


12.h3 12.Nf1 might lead to some messycomplications, for example h6 13.a4 b4 14.cxb4cxb4 15.Ne3 Bf8 16. d4 Qb6 ¥f8 13.¤f1 ¥b7 14.¤g3 g6 15.¥g5 h6 16.¥d2 d5 A tactical error.Black must be very careful with this methodicalbreak. The Spassky himself succeeded with d5 vs.Tal in a fairly similar situation. 16... Nc6 is correct. 17.exd5 c4 Apparently Spassky overlooked atactical point here or at the next move. 17...Qxd5 18.c4! Qd8 19.Ne4 is clearly better for White. 18.b4It is even more effective, then the same break in thefirst game. cxd3 18...cxb3 19.axb3 and there is noway to prevent c4, after which White is cruising. 19.¥xd3 £xd5 19...Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Nxe5Qxd5 22.Qf3! Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxb7 andBlack has no compensation for the pawn. 20.¥e4This is the point. ¤xe4 21.¤xe4 ¥g7 22.bxa5 f5Spassky decides that he is going to sacrifice apiece for active counterplay, the bishop pair, and apawnstorm. 23.¤g3 e4 24.¤h4 ¥f6 The criticalmistake. 24...Rad8 would have provided adequatecounterplay. 25.¤xg6 e3 This sharp continuationregains the piece, because of the threat of mate atg2 , but the endgame nevertheless favors White. 26.¤f4 Guarding g2 and forcing the next fewmoves. £xd2 27.¦xe3 £xd1+ 28.¦xd1 ¦xe3 29.fxe3 The smoke clears and Spassky's bishopsare not enough compensation for the pawns. ¦d829. . .Bxc3 30.Nxf5 is an easy win for Whi te . 30.¦xd8+ ¥xd8 31.¤xf5 ¥xa5 Black hopes thatthe bishops will compensate for the missing pawns,but the clerics are not all-powerful ayatollahs! 32.¤d5 ¢f8 32...Bxd5 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxd5 33.e4 ¥xd5 What else? 33...Ke8 34.Nd6+ 34.exd5 h5 35.¢f2 ¥xc3 Black finally gets this pawn out of theway, but White has one passed pawn and onepotential passed pawn, which prove decisive. 36.¢e3 ¢f7 37.¢d3 ¥b2 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 ¢f6 40.d6 ¢e6 41.g5 a5 41...Kxf5 42.d7 42.g6 ¥f6 43.g7 The pawns are just too active. Evensacrificing the remaining piece will not help. ¢f743...Bxg7 44. Nxg7+ Kxd6 45.Kd4 a4 46.Nf5+ is asimple winning endgame, since Black cannoteliminate the White pawn. 44.d71-0


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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.£d2 ¦b8 This is thestarting position of the hypermodern Saemisch. 9.h4 An aggressive move. Alternatives include 9.Nc1 , 9 .a3 , 9 .Rb1 , 9 .Bh6 and 9 .O-O-O. h5

Black does not allow the h-file to be opened easilywith h4-h5. 10.¥h6 Probably Spassky thought thathis attack will be assisted by the inclusion of thepawn moves on the h-file, but the pawn at h5 isbetter than at h7. e5 Evidently a new idea, thoughvery much in the spirit of the position. 11.¥xg7 ¢xg7 12.d5 12.O-O-O is more logical, becausewith the bishops gone it does not make sense tokeep the position closed. ¤e7 13.¤g3 To stop b7-b5. c6 Time to chip away at the central wedge! 14.dxc6 ¤xc6 15.0-0-0 Black could now defendhis backward pawn with ...Nd4, but the weaknessof White's c-pawn and the presence of the king onthe c- f i l e p rov ide op t ions . ¥e6 16.¢b116.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Nd4 and White would havedifficulty extricating the rook, while the eventualoccupat ion of the c-f i le by a Black rook. ¤e8Now Black pr otects the d-pawn and the g5-square against the idea of Nf5+. This disrupts thecoordination of Black's rooks but the knight will beredeployed at c7 or f6 at an appropriate moment. 17.¤d5 b5 18.¤e3 ¦h8 Since there is nopossibi l i ty of playing f7-f5 without great r isk,Fischer supports the h5-square. Fischer is playingin the style of Nimzowitsch here, using prophylacticmoves. 19.¦c1 £b6 20.¥d3 ¤d4 21.¤d5 £a7Black wi l l capture at d5 at a more opportunemoment. From a7 the queen can be transferred toe7 and help protect the kingside. 21...Bxd5 22.cxd5Nf6 23.Rc3 Rbc8 24.Rhc1 with control of the c-file. 22.¤f1 ¤f6 The knight has done its tour of duty ate8 and now it gets out of the way and reconnectst 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.¤fe3Spassky could have more aggressively exploitedt h e k i n g s i d e s t r u c t u r e . ¥xd5 24.cxd524.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 and the knight is obviouslymuch more power fu l t han the b i shop . ¦bc8 25.¦cf1 Spassky avoids the exchange of rooksand prepares the advance of the f- pawn. But henever gets a chance to play i t . £e7 26.g4This break turns out to be ineffective. 26.f4!? Theidea is to play f5. ¤d7 27.g5 White gains somespace, bu t h is pawn s t ruc tu re w i l l be morevulnerable in an endgame. ¢f8 This is heavy-dutyp r o p h y l a x i s . P e r h a p s F i s c h e r r e - r e a dNimzowitsch's My System before the match. But hemay have missed the redeployment of White'sbishop at h3. 28.¦f2 ¢e8 Black is m oving his kingto a secure position. It can reoccupy the kingsidelater. The immediate effect is to discourage f3-f4. 29.¥f1 ¤c5 30.¥h3 ¦c7 31.¦c1 A good move oran oversight? As Spassky handles it, things turnout badly, but perhaps this move is actually verystrong! 31.f4? Nxe4 31.Rhf1 intending Bg2 and f4comes into considerat ion since Black has noimmediate threats. ¤cb3 A simple but effectivecombinat ion. 32.axb3 ¤xb3 This is the critical


position. 33.¦c6 33.Qc2!? is Kasparov'sp re fe rence . ¤xd2+ 34.¦xd2 ¢f8 35.¦xa635.Rdc2 Ra7 Intending Kg7. ¦a7 36.¦c6 ¢g7 37.¥f1 White could probably have resigned here. ¦a1+ 38.¢xa1 £a7+ 39.¢b1 £xe3 Finally thequeen achieves an active position! 40.¢c2 b4White resigned, facing threats of b4-b3 and Qxf3.One of the most dramatic games in the first part ofthe match. Score: Fischer 3, Spassky 2, 3 draws.0-1


Sveti Stefan m 1992

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6Fischer abandons the Spanish Inquisition in favorof one of his old weapons, the Exchange Variation. 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.¤xd4 c5 8.¤b3 £xd1 9.¦xd1 ¥g4 10.f3 ¥e6 11.¤c3 This is animportant move order finesse. 11.Be3 b6 12.Nc3Ne7 Black has a comfortable position since 13.Bf4can be met by 13...c4, when the d-fi le wil l beblocked. ¥d6 12.¥e3 b6 13.a4 0-0-0 14.a5 ¢b7 15.e5 A strong move, but contrary to someopinion, not a new idea. ¥e7 16.¦xd8 ¥xd8Here is where Fischer innovates, improving on a1976 game. 17.¤e4 Exploiting the possibility of afork at c5. 17.axb6 cxb6 18.Ne4 Bxb3 19.Nd6+ Kc620.cxb3 Ne7 21.Rxa6 Nd5 was agreed drawn inAdorjan-Ivkov, Skopje 1976. ¢c6 17...Bxb3 18.cxb3 f5 19.Rd1! Ne7 20.Ng5 Nc6 21.axb6 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Kxb6 23. Rd7 Re8 24.Rxg7 Rxe5 25.Rxh7R e 1 + 2 6 . K f 2 R b 1 2 7 . h 4 ! 18.axb6 cxb618...Bxb3 1 9.b7! Kxb7 20.Nxc5+ and White shouldwin easily. Or 18.. .fxe5 19.b7 Kxb7 20. Nbxc5+and White wins. 19.¤bxc5 ¥c8 19...bxc5 20.Rxa6+ Kb7 21.Nxc5+ 20.¤xa6 fxe5 21.¤b4+and Spassky resigned. An ef fect ive openingpreparation leading to a quick kill and a big matchlead.1-0


Sveti Stefan m 1992

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 The NimzoindianDefense, another of F ischer 's hypermodernf a v o r i t e s . 4.£c2 Spassky responds with theClassical variation, which has surged in popularityi n t h e l a s t d e c a d e . H a s F i s c h e r k e p t u pwiththetheory? d5 This is an proved plan, which

takes advantage of the abandonment of the d-fileby the White queen, undermining the support of d4. 5.cxd5 exd5 6.¥g5 A natural con tinuation,keeping up the battle for d5 and employing themesof the Queen 's Gambi t Dec l ined, ExchangeV a r i a t i o n . h6 There are all sorts of alternativeshere, but Fischer sticks to the main line. 7.¥h4 c5 8.dxc5 ¤c6 9.e3 Black continues to developquickly, rather than waste time picking up the weakpawn a t c5 . g5 10.¥g3 £a5 11.¤f3 ¤e4 12.¤d2 ¤xc3 13.bxc3 ¥xc3 The critical positionof the opening. Fischer clearly is happy to get into atheoretical brawl. 14.¦b1 £xc5 15.¦b5 £a3 16.¦b3 ¥xd2+ 17.£xd2 £a5 18.¥b5Spassky plays for a win after three disappointinggames. 18.Rc3!? was probably wiser, avoiding theexchange of queens. Spassky is enough of aspecialist in the Tarrasch to appreciate that! £xd2+ 19.¢xd2 Once again we have an early endgame. ¥d7 20.¥xc6 ¥xc6 21.h4 ¢e7 22.¥e5 f6 23.¥d4 The bishops of opposite color, and the factthat White's is more active, suggest an evaluationof the position as roughly level. g4 24.¦c1 ¢e6 25.¦b4 h5 26.¦c3 ¦hc8 27.a4 This creates aweakness. 27.a3 was wiser, with a balanced game. b6 28.¢c2 ¥e8 Black wants to exchange rooks.Fischer has the advantage now. 29.¢b2 ¦xc3 30.¥xc3 ¦c8 31.e4 After this advance Black'sbishop gains additional scope. 31.Bd4 Bg6 32.Bc3was a safer option, though White's game would bevery passive. ¥c6 32.exd5+ ¥xd5 33.g3 ¥c4This locks in the White rook. Black plans Kd5, andthen Re8-e2+. 34.¥d4 ¢d5 35.¥e3 ¦c7 36.¢c3 f5 37.¢b2 ¢e6 38.¢c3 ¥d5+ 39.¢b2 ¥e4 40.a5 bxa5 41.¦b5 a4 42.¦c5 ¦b7+ 42...Rxc5?43.Bxc5 would be a dead draw. 43.¢a3 a6 44.¢xa4 ¥d5 45.¢a5 ¢e5 46.¢xa6The position appears very drawish but Fischer isdetermined to f ight to the end and he almostsucceeds. The basic idea is to sacr i f ice theexchange at just the right moment, when the pawnscan be activated. ¦b3 47.¦c7 ¢e4 48.¦h7This is the only chance for counterplay. Spasskytries to get a passed h- pawn. The complicationswhich follow are both interesting and instructive. ¦xe3 49.fxe3 49.Re7+? Kf3 50.Rxe3+ Kg2 51.Ra3Bf3 52.Ra2 Kf1 intending Be2+ and Kxf2. ¢xe3 50.¦xh5 ¥e4 51.¦h8 White is ready to advancehis pawn. ¢f3 52.¦e8 ¢xg3 53.h5 ¥d3+ 54.¢b6 f4 All the passed pawns are racing towardthe goal line, but who get the prize first? 55.¢c5The most accurate move, forcing a draw. Evenagainst less precise play a draw would still be likely,however. 55.h6 f3 56.Rf8 f2 57.Kc5 Kg2 58.Kd4Bh7 59.Ke3 g3 60.Rf7 Kg1 61.Ke2 Bg8 62.Rf6Bc4+ 63. Ke3= f3 56.¢d4 ¥f5 57.¦f8 ¢f4 58.h6 g3 58...f2 59.h7 f1Q 60.h8Q and a draw is likely,


since Black cannot do anything with his initiative,since the bishop is pinned. 59.h7 g2 60.h8£ g1£+ 61.¢c4 Now all White has to do is avoid theexchange of queens. £c1+ 62.¢b3 £c2+ 63.¢b4 £e4+ 64.¢c3 £c6+ 65.¢b3 £d5+ 66.¢c3 £c5+ 67.¢b2 £b4+ 68.¢a2½-½


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1.e4 c5 After the disaster of the previous SpanishInquisition, Spassky slides into Sicilian territory. 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 Somewhat of a surprise.Fischer usually prefers the well-traveled paths ofmore topical lines, enjoying the theoretical duels. g6 4.¥xc6 bxc6 Theory prefers 4...dxc6, but thereis nothing wrong with this choice. 5.0-0 ¥g7 6.¦e1 e5 A critical advance, which prevents Whitefrom playing e4-e5 or d2-d4. But the blocking ofthe long diagonal creates an interesting opportunityfor White. Spassky consistently rejects previousp rax i s , bu t op t s f o r 6 . . . f 6 i n game 13 . 7.b4A typical example of a move which is trivial whenplayed prematurely (at move 2) but which can bequite effective i f delayed unti l an appropriatemoment. cxb4 8.a3 This gambit underlines thedefects of 6...e5. c5 8...d6 9.axb4 Ne7 10. h3 O-O11.d3 g ives Whi te a s l ight ly bet ter posi t ion,because there are some weaknesses in Black'sposit ion. But 8.. .bxa3 9.Bxa3 d6 gives Whitesufficient compensation for the pawn, but howmuch more? 9.axb4 cxb4 10.d4 10.Bb2 d6 11.d4exd4 would transpose back to the game. exd410...d6?! 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bd2!regains the pawn with interest. 11.¥b2 d6Now the long diagonal can be the site of sometactical operations. 12.¤xd4 12.Bxd4 Nf6 wouldbe roughly equal, with the bishop pair working toBlack'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 havebeen more cautious but White would have had ast rong posi t ion in any case. 14.¤c4 ¤h6Now 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 ! wou ld l ead to a rap id Wh i te v i c to ry . 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 isdecisive. gxf5 22.exf5+ ¥e5 The only way toavoid losing a rook. 22...Kf8 23.Rd8+ Kg7 24.Re7+ 23.f4 ¦c8 24.fxe5 ¦xc2 24...fxe5 25.Rxe5+ Kf6

26.Rb5 and Black has no counterplay at all. 25.e6The protected passed pawn will remain a pain inB lack 's s ide fo r some t ime. ¥c6 26.¦c1T 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 . ¦xc126...b3 27. Rxc2 bxc2 28.Rc1 Be4 29.g4 a5 30.Kf2a4 31.Ke3 and Black can give up. 27.¦xc1 ¢d6 28.¦d1+ ¢e5 28...Ke7 29.Ra1 and the a-pawngoes. 29.e7 a5 Black's last gasp. 29...Kxf5 30.Rd6Ba4 31.Ra6 30.¦c1 ¥d7 31.¦c5+ ¢d4 32.¦xa5The rest is simple. b3 33.¦a7 ¥e8 34.¦b7 ¢c3 35.¢f2 b2 36.¢e3 ¥f7 37.g4 ¢c2 38.¢d4 b1£ 39.¦xb1 ¢xb1 40.¢c5 ¢c2 41.¢d6 [ 41.¢d6and Black resigned, since a losing endgame isinevitable: ¢d3 42.¢d7 ¢e4 43.e8£+ ¥xe8+ 44.¢xe8 ¢f4 45.¢f7 ¢g5 46.¢g7 etc. ]1-0

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