My Best Games (Progress in Chess)

My 160 Memorable Games 1 C82 Fischer,Robert James Stevens,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 ¦f7 ½-½ B92 Dale,Ruth Fischer,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 he isn't ready to meet. b4 12.¤d5 ¤xd5 13.£xd5 £c7 14.£b3 White can't take the rook because of 14.. .Nb6, but the queen is still misplaced and exposed on b3. It was best to retreat to d1 and s u f f e r q u i e t l y . ¤c5 15.£xb4 d5 16.exd5 Now White loses by force. Black would have a huge edge after 16 Qc3 d4 17 Qd2 Nxe4, but no immediate 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 ¥b4 0-1 A07 Fischer,Robert James Lapiken 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 on the queenside rather than the normal 7 Qe1, 8 e4 and kingside play. ¤c5 8.c4 b5 Creating a weakness 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 c6 and f5. Now Black should play 13...Nxd4 14 Bxd4 Be7 and try to defend b5 and d5. g6 Trading the weak pawn on f5 for an entire weak diagonal a1-h8. 14.£b3 ¦b8 This loses, but he had to drop something. His best chance was 14...Bg7. 15.¤xc6 £xc6 16.cxd5 ¤c5 Black must have counted on this, but White has another double attack coming. 17.£c3 £d6 18.¥xc5 £xc5 19.£xf6 1-0

D97 Byrne,Robert E Fischer,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 ¤bd7 commonsense 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 a good game ] 11...¤a4!! This is a World Champion type move (never miss a tactical opportunity B r a d l e y ! ! ) 12.£a3 [ 12.¤xa4 ¤xe4 13.£xe7 ( 13.£c1 £a5+ 14.¤c3 ¥xf3 15.gxf3 ¤xg5 removing 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 pins based on the central King] 16...¦fe8+ 17.¢f1 ¥e6!! Once in a lifetime move ... The uncommonly b e a u t i f u l p o i n t o f t h e c o m b i n a t i o n 18.¥xb6 [ 18.£xc3 £xc5! pins 19.dxc5 ¥xc3 ; 18.¥xe6 smothered mate ... again based on the exposed King £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 ¤xd1 The issue of the game is settled. For the Queen Black has two Bishops and a Rook, not to mention the White pawns which are going to fall like ripeapples 26.h3 ¦xa2 27.¢h2 ¤xf2 28.¦e1 ¦xe1 29.£d8+ ¥f8 30.¤xe1 ¥d5 31.¤f3 ¤e4 32.£b8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.¤e5 ¢g7 35.¢g1 ¥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 B32 Fischer,Robert James Vine,K Manhattan CC Ch5657, sf, section 2

1956

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05 Variante 04 Luta do B bom contra o B mau Posições 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

My 160 Memorable Games 2 23.c5 ¥b8 e depois de 24.¢f3 as brancas teríam um final com probabilidades de vitória.] 21...¢e7 22.¦d2?! [E r a i n t e r e s s a n t e 22.¦h1!? ¦xh1 23.¦xh1 ¦g8! 24.¦h6 ¢e6² com posição algo melhor para as brancas.] 22...¥c7? [ 22...¦g8! 23.¦ad1 ¥b8 24.¦d7+ ¢e6= ] 23.¦xd8 ¥xd8 24.b4 [E r a m e l h o r 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 brancas poderíam alcançar a vitoria.; 36...¥e5? 37.¢xe4 f5+ 38.¢e3 ¦c8 39.¦a5 ¦a8 40.¢d3 ¥h2 41.¢c4 ¥d6 42.¢b5+- ] ½-½ B30 Fischer,Robert James Sherwin,James Sicilian Defense, 33 moves. The 14 year old Bobby Fischer capitalizes on a few inaccuracies and builds up a strong attack. Sherwin finds several ingenious moves but fails to avert defeat against Fischer's exact play. Fischer was world champion f r o m 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 5 . 1.e4 Fischer almost always began 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 the King's Indian Reversed. ¤c6 A good developing move. 4.g3 To place the bishop on g2 where it will reinforce the pawn on e4 and put pressure on d5. ¤f6 5.¥g2 ¥e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.¤bd2 This is better than Nc3 which would prevent White from moving a p a w n t o c 3 . ¦b8 This allows the b pawn to move forward without fear that White's bishop on g2 will threaten the rook. Black is planning a queenside counterattack to White's coming kingside attack. 8.¦e1 Placing the rook in the center and leaving f1 available for the knight which often, from there, goes to e3 or even to g4 via h2. d6 This is more passive than the more usual d5. 9.c3 Preparing to play d4. b6 9... b5 would have given Black better chances. 10.d4 White now has a strong positon in t h e c e n t e r . £c7? In a few moves White will have threats based on playing Bf4 and attacking both the queen 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 position would be cramped and his pieces would be in each other's way. ¤d5 12.exd6 ¥xd6 13.¤e4 If 13... Be7 then 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bf4. If 13... cxd4 then 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bf4. c4 This is the only move to avoid the loss of material. However, it takes the pressure off of White's center leaving him free to conduct a kingside attack. Black has no prospects for a counterattack in the center or for a queenside attack. 14.¤xd6 £xd6 15.¤g5 Beginning the kingside attack. Although it weakens his kingside, it turns out that Black should have played 15... h6 here. ¤ce7 Bringing the knight to the defense of the kingside. 16.£c2 Threatening Qxh7#. ¤g6 17.h4 Threatening h5 and the knight can't move because of the mate threat. ¤f6 18.¤xh7! A stunning surprise. If 18... Kxh7 then 19. Bf4 winning the rook on b8. ¤xh7 19.h5 To drive a w a y t h e k n i g h t a n d t h e n p l a y B f 4 . ¤h4! 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 a bishop and knight for a rook and would be in a strong position. 21.gxh4 ¦b7! Helping in the defense and tempting White to play 22. Bxb7 so that after 22... Bxb7 White would have no piece to defend his white squares. Black's queen and bishop would be very dangerous on the a8-h1 diagonal. 22.h6! Continuing e attack on the king. The best defense is now 22... g6 but White would still have a far superior position. £xh4? 23.hxg7 ¢xg7 24.¦e4 Threatening 25. Be5+ winning the queen. £h5 25.¦e3 Threatening 26. Rh3 Qg6 (Or 26... Qa5 27. Qxh7+) 27. Rg3 pinning and winning the queen. f5 Blocking the White queen's attack on h7. 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+ Kf7 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Rh8#. ¢f7 29.£g5 If 29... Ke7 then 30. Rh7+ Rf7 31. Qxf6+ £e7 30.¥xf6 £xf6 31.¦h7+ ¢e8 32.£xf6 If 32... Rxf6 then 33. Bxb7 Bxb7 34. Rxb7 and White is a rook ahead. ¦xh7 33.¥c6+ and Black resigned. His position is clearly hopeless. If 33... Bd7 then 34. Qxe6+ 1-0 B93 Elo,Arpad Fischer,Robert James Milwaukee

1957

1.e4 c5 The interesting point of this game is the ending, 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

My 160 Memorable Games 3 ¥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 bishop endgame where Black has a good bishop and White has a bad bishop, hemmed in by the pawns a t c 2 a n d e 4 . ¢e5 In any endgame, the king should play an active role. Here it infiltrates on the dark squares. 39.c3 White prevents the Black king from reaching d4. ¥d7 40.¥c4 f6 On the dark squares the pawns are immune to attack from the enemy bishop. 41.¥d5 The bishop now protects t h e p a w n f r o m a m o r e a c t i v e p o s i t i o n . ¥e8 The bishop circles to a new post from which it can attack the pawn. 42.c4 White hopes this pawn will just march down the board. In fact, all this does is w e a k e n d 4 . ¢d4 43.¢g4 ¥g6 The White king cannot get across the central line, and, since the pawns are safe, White is in a passive position. 44.¢f3 ¥h5+ 45.¢f2 ¥d1 The idea is that the White king is cut off from the other forces. Now the c-pawn is doomed. 46.¢g3 ¥e2 47.c5 ¢xc5 48.¥e6 ¢d4 49.¥f5 The White forces are better coordinated, but the game is lost. ¢e3 Here White resigned, since Bf3 follows and the remaining pawn falls. 0-1 D35 Euwe,Max (Machgielis) Fischer,Robert James New York New York m Rd: 1

B88 Fischer,Robert James Cardoso,Radolfo Tan New York m4

1957

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05 Variante 04 Luta do B bom contra o B mau Posições 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 C70 Fischer,Robert James Walker,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.g4 1-0

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.¤fxd5 winning material; 16...£xd4 17.£h7+ ¢f8 18.¦xe6+f o r k t a c t i c s; 16...g6 17.¦xe6 removing the guard] 17.£h7+ ¢f8 18.a3! The Bishop has done his duty on the diagonal and can now be spared ¤xc2 19.¤cxd5! tactically opening a file ¦xd5 20.¤xd5 1-0

B35 Fischer,Robert James Reshevsky,Samuel Herman US Championship

12.1958

Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with 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 well-known mistake - a Russian chess magazine 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

My 160 Memorable Games 4 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.¢c4 1-0 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 / \ 2 7 . . . R b 6; 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/Zuerich 1959/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 and Rook. [ 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-old Fischer has found the fatal flaw in Reshevsky's position. [ 10...¦xf7 11.¤e6 ] 11.¤e6 1-0 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.£g2 1-0 Palac,M-Ostojic,P/Belgrade 1988/CBM 10 (15) ) 15.¥g5+ ¢h5 16.£d1+ ¦f3 17.£xf3# ] 12.£xd8+T h e r e s t i s c h i l d ' s p l a y . . . ¤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/Germany 1999/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/Warsaw 2001/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 Black finally gave up. 1-0

My 160 Memorable Games 5 B98 Gligoric,Svetozar Fischer,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.£e3 ½-½ B77 Fischer,Robert James Larsen,Bent Portoroz izt, IV

1958

Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer # 2 Aniquilando o dragão Defesa Siciliana, Variante do Dragão, Ataque Iugoslavo Embora a Siciliana em geral, seja a melhor defesa ativa à disposição das pretas, muito do valor já foi tirado da outrora prestigiada Variante do Dragão. Este é um dos jogos-chave que contribuíram para minar a reputação desta variante. Num louvável esforço para criar novas complicações. Larsen afasta-se da teoria no décimo quinto lance, o que se mostra desastroso, já que seu contra-ataque jamais consegue ser desencadeado. Mecânica e rotineiramente, Fischer abre a coluna "h", sacrificando primeiro um peão e depois a qualidade, como prenúncio do inevitável desfecho. Os comentários são tão instrutivos e lúcidos quanto o texto, que constitui uma aula objetiva sobre como montar um ataque contra o rei em fianqueto. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 Larsen era um dos renitentes e se recusava, até recentemente, a abandonar a Variante Dragão. O ataque das brancas desenvolve-se quase espontaneamente. Até jogadores fracos derrotam Grandes Mestres que usam essa variante. Certa vez, folheei vários números do "Shakhmatny Bulletin", quando o Ataque Iugoslavo estava em seus primórdios, e verifiquei que a proporção era de nove vitórias em dez, a favor das brancas. As pretas conseguirão reforçar 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", Laszlo S a p i a n d A t t i l a S c h n e i d e r ] [ Este refinamento substitui o antigo 9.0-0-0 A idéia é evitar ...d5.] 9...¤xd4 O modo pelo qual as pretas pretendem a t i n g i r o e q u i l í b r i o n ã o e s t á c l a r o . [ Digna de menção 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 conseguem desenvolver nenhum ataque contra essa peculiar configuração de peões. É verdade que as brancas estariam perdidas em um final de rei e peões, mas as pretas normalmente levam o mate muito antes. Como disse Tarrasch: "Antes do final, os deuses colocaram 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 nítida superioridade.] 15.¥xd5 [ Mais forte seria 15.exd5! £b5 16.¦he1 a5 17.£e2!± 'Tal,M-Larsen,B ZPrich 1959' Tal,MLarsen,B Zürich 1959, variante na qual as brancas abandonam o ataque e buscam pressionar na coluna "e"] 15...¦ac8? Lance decisivo da derrota. [ Após a partida, Larsen esclareceu que estava jogando para vencer e, por isso, rejeitou forçar o empate 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 chance com o bispo! Senti que a partida estava ganha, se eu não a jogasse fora. Já havia vencido dúzias de jogos amistosos em posições análogas, tanto que havia estabelecido uma "regra científica": abria a coluna h, e pam! ... pam! .. . mate! ¦c7 Essa perda de tempo é infelizmente necessária, caso as pretas p r e t e n d a m a v a n ç a r s e u P a 7 . [ 16...£b5? s e r i a r e f u t a d o c o m 17.¥xa7 ] 17.h4 £b5 Agora as pretas ameaçam revidar com ...a5 e ... a4. [ Não há maneira satisfatória de impedir o ataque 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 ao mate ) 21.£e3 ¤f6 ( 21...¥xd4 22.£xe4 ¥g7 23.¦xh5+- ) 22.gxh5 e5 23.h6+- as brancas ganhariam.] 18.h5! Não há necessidade de perder tempo com o antiquado g4. ¦fc8 [Com 18...gxh5

My 160 Memorable Games 6 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 o sôfrego 20.¥xf6? ¥xf6 21.£h6 e6!= '=!' (ameaçando ... Qe5) com o que as pretas d e f e n d e m t u d o .] 20...a5 As pretas, agora, só precisam de mais um lance para desencadear seucontra-ataqu e. Mas por um fio a batalha foi p 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 tão naturais 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 seria decisivo. ] 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 a q u a l i d a d e c o m 28.¥e6+( ou tentar um pouco mais 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 pretas a b a n d o n a m . [ ¹31.£h6+ forçaria mate em três lances. ¢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 D58 Petrosian,Tigran Fischer,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 £d6 ½-½ E93 Tal,Mihail Nekhemye Fischer,Robert James Candidates' tournament

1959

When Tal won the Soviet championship, Moscow 1957, a star was born. His attacking and speculative style won the hearts of chess fans worldwide. The 'Magician of Riga' seemed to ridicule the laws of classical chess in his wild adventures. Actually, his games had a sound positional basis. He also played the endgame accurately. Sometimes incredible fireworks set the board on fire. He qualified for the interzonal by winning the next championship, Riga 1958, and got in the candidates' tournament by winning Portoroz 1958. The candidates' match tournament was played in four cycles of seven rounds during the next year. Two cycles took place in Bled. The Casino 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 a remarkable 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 the g a m e . T h e m o v e s u r p r i s e d F i s c h e r . [ Equality keeps 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? [ C o r r e c t i s 32...£h5 ] 33.g3! Tal counterattacks b r i l l i a n t l y . ¦af8 34.gxf4 ¥xf4 [ 34...¦xf4 35.¤xc7! ] 35.¤d4! £h4 36.¦xf4 ¦xf4 37.¤e6+ ¢h8 38.£d4+ ¦8f6 39.¤xf4 ¢h7 40.e5 dxe5 41.£d7+ 1-0

My 160 Memorable Games 7 B45 Fischer,Robert James Bolbochan,Jacobo Mar del Plata

1959

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05 Variante 04 Luta do B bom contra o B mau Posições 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.¦d6 1-0 B41 Fischer,Robert James Rossetto,Hector Mar del Plata

1959

Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer # 5 Obrigação ingrata Esta partida demonstra dramaticamente o significado da expressão alemã zugzwang. Impossibilitado de obter, tanto no início como até à metade da partida, qualquer vantagem explorável, Fischer lança-se a um final também pouco promissor. Consegue, porém, depois do lance 19.Nd5, trocar um bispo por um cavalo. Em continuação, realiza uma manobra insólita de torre, ao longo da terceira linha, objetivando ganhar espaço para incursões no território adversário. Rosseto inconscientemente colabora, colocandose em situação difícil; embora a partida pareça igual, qualquer movimento de Rossetto romperá o equilíbrio, apressando seu próprio fim. Isso é "ZUGZWANG", e Rossetto acertadamente abandona. 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 do bispo; o certo seria 7.a3! e se ¤c6 ( prevenindo ... Bb4, obrigaria definitivamente as pretas a tomarem um espécie de formação de SCHEVENINGEN, deixando-as desesperadamente inibidas. Em situação idêntica, a partida Spielmann,RTartakover,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 ótima posição para as brancas. (do livro More Chess Questions Aswered)) 8.¥e3 etc. se ¤e5 9.¥e2! ¤xc4? 10.¥xc4 £xc4 11.¦c1+- ganharia. ] 7...¤c6 8.¥e3 ¤xd4 '?' [ Em vez de tentar simplificar, as pretas deviam ter usado a jogada mais agressiva 8...¤e5! 9.¦c1 (ou então 9.¥e2 ¤xc4 10.¥xc4 £xc4 11.¦c1 £b4 12.0-0 d6 e 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 'Forçando uma série de trocas que dariam as brancas uma pequenina 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 mas preso. ] 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 esse lance, sair do perigo. ' 19.¤d5 '!' 'Uma resposta inesperada que lança as pretas em injustificável confusão. #' [Mas com 19.¤xd7 ¦xd7 20.¦d2 ¦fd8 21.¦cd1 ¢f8= tudo igualmente se normalizaria.; Ou 19.¤a4 ¤e5 20.¥b3 g5!= equilibraria a situação.] 19...¥xd5 [ Surpreendido, Rossetto não consegue encontrar a resposta mais adequada: 19...¤e5! 20.¤e7+ (se 20.¤e3 g5! ) 20...¢h8 21.¤xc6 bxc6 22.¥a4 g5!= seguido de K g 7 - f 6 - e 7 , i g u a l .; 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 em c5.' 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 pretas sustentariam o jogo) 24...f5² tornando difícil o progresso das brancas. As pretas nunca deverão permitir Pc5 sem obrigar as brancas a conceder a troca do bispo pelo cavalo.] 24.¦a3 '!' 'A ameaça é simplesmente 25.Bxd7. O velado e aparentemente insignificante ataque sobre o Pa6 é um meio de forçar as pretas a abandonarem a proteção da posição 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

My 160 Memorable Games 8 [ Com 27...¤d7 28.¦c7 ¤f6 29.¥b3 ¢h8 30.¦xa6 ¤xd5 31.¥xd5 ¦xd5 32.¦aa7+venceria. Com a entrada da artilharia pesada, as pretas 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 pretas tratam, 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 estão completamente imobilizadas, reduzidas a movimentos de peões.' a5 34.a4 h6 35.h3 g5 36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 'As pretas abandonam. # Zugzwang! As pretas ficaram sem possibilidade de movimentar satisfatoriamente os peões. ' [ 37.hxg4 Se jogassem ¢f6 o lance (Se 37...¤g6 38.¥e6+daria a vitória as brancas, assim como qualquer movimento de torre, a saber:; 37...¦e8 respondido com 38.c8£++- possibilitando fazer uma dama e, conseqüentemente, mate!) 38.¦b8+- ganharia uma peça. ] 1-0 B92 Pilnik,Herman Fischer,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 permanecer após participarem das Olimpíadas de Xadrez de Buenos Aires de 1939, provocou um renascimento enxadrístico, atestado pelo torneio anual de Mar del Plata, o qual, ainda que pouco sedutor em prêmios, proporciona boas férias e atrai os melhores enxadristas do mundo. Fischer empatou com Ivkov, apenas meio ponto atrás de Pachman e Najdorf, num poderoso grupo de quinze. Após uma despretensiosa abertura, por ambos contendores, e um jogo intermediário que, à exceção de 26... bxa3, pode ser considerado pouco mais que rotineiro, Fischer conduz o jogo para um final igual. Então, ele e Pilnik começaram a inventar complicações e o último dá um passo em falso, que Fischer aproveita para obter um peão central passado. Desse ponto em diante, embora Pilnik faça tudo para evitar o inevitável, Fischer não comete 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,J Stockholm izt 1962 Fischer,R-Najdorf,M Varna ol 1962 Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S ch-USA 1962.; Para 6.¥c4 ver jogos 17, 55 e 58; Fischer,R-Tal,M Beograd 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,WFischer,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,RGhitescu,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,VGligoric,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.£e1 Este sistema, outrora popular, nada proporciona às brancas, pois não impede o desenvolvimento das pretas, 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,RG h i t e s c u , T L e i p z i g o l 1 9 6 0 c o m j o g o i g u a l .] 13...¤b6 [ 13...b4 14.¤d5 ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¥f5 16.£f2 a5³ >< c2 'com bom jogo contra o Pc2 branco, atrasado.'] 14.£f2? Descuido. [ 14.¥xb6™ seria indispensável.] 14...¦ab8? ~~ 'Pensei que se ele não tinha tomado o N no lance anterior, não o faria agora; por isso, procurei consolidar um pouco mais a posição e conservar a opção de mover o N para 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 com problemas. Por exemplo: ¤d7! 18.¤d5 ( 18.¥e3? ¥d8 19.¤d5 ¥xd5 20.¦xd5 ¤f6-+ ganhando no mínimo qualidade) 18...¥xd5 19.¦xd5 ( 19.exd5 ¤xb6 20.£xb6 ¥d8 21.£b4 ¦b8 22.£a3 ¥xa5 23.£xa5 ¦xb2-+ ) 19...¦b8!µ ganhando pelo menos um peão.] 15.¥xb6! Pilnik apressa-se a c o r r i g i r s u a o m i s s ã o . [ 15.¤a5? d5!µ Stahlberg,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= c o m e q u i l í b r i o .] 22...a5 23.¢h1 [ ¹23.¥f3 é novamente melhor. As brancas começam 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 ¦a8µ apresentam seus problemas.] 25...£b6 26.¤c6 Essa é a posição que as brancas procuravam; o empate 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 um forte Pe passado. [ ¹29.¦a2 ¦b2 30.¦xb2 ¥xb2

My 160 Memorable Games 9 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= c o m i g u a l d a d e . ( 35...¢xd7 36.¤f8+ /\ Sxh7 ); B) 33...hxg6 34.¥xd7= ^- produziria um final 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 cairia.; 30.¦a1 ¦xa3-+ ] 30...¦b2! 31.¦c7 Desesperadamente debatendo-se por um jogo de reação. [ 31.¥c4 ¢g7 32.d6 f5 33.¥d5 ¦a6-+ /\ Rxd6; também ganharia 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 pretas logo tomariam o Pd, vencendo f a c i l m e n t e .] 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 passados centrais 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 brancas a b a n d o n a r a m . [ 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 B11 Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,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 com um 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/ 'é bom 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,RSmyslov,V/ Bled ct/1959/'] 5.£xf3 ¤f6 '#' [ 5...e6 6.d4 dxe4 7.¤xe4 £xd4 8.¥d3N 'dá as brancas u m a b o a l i n h a d e a t a q u e e m t r o c a d o p e ã o '; 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,R Portoroz izt 1958 'As pretas ficam com boa situação, 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,RKeres,P Bled 1961 '=!' 'é igual, Fischer,R-Keres,P Bled 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,BReshko/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 final equilibrado, 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,RLarsen,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 sido derrotado por Keres, com ele, Fischer, R-Keres,P Bled ct 1959 0-1; 12...¥e7?! Fischer,R-Keres,P Bled ct 1959 0-1) 13.¤xd2 £c5 14.£d1 h5 15.h4!± Fischer,R-Benko,P/Belgrade ct/1959/1-0 'com vantagem, Fischer,R-Benko,P/ Belgrade ct/ 1959/1-0. Petrosian, aparentemente, não queria envolver-se com esta linha, a despeito de seu conterrâneo Tal acusar-me de "mau julgamento" por promover as brancas nesse ponto.' 'Fischer,RBenko,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 pretas consseguem plantar um cavalo em e5 de onde não pode 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 liberada e as pretas não podem bloquear sua casa e5, tal como em nossa primeira partida.'; C) 14.¤f3? h6 15.h4 ¦g8 16.a3 £e7 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.£d2

My 160 Memorable Games 10 ¤d7 19.c3 0-0-0 20.cxd4 exd4µ Fischer,RPetrosian,T Bled ct 1959 0-1; 13...0-0 14.f4 ¢h8 15.f5 ¤g8 16.g4ƒ f6 'as brancas ficam com uma situação difícil de ultrapassar, conservando, porém, a iniciativa. O desenrolar do jogo indica que Petrosian pretende efetuar o grande roque sem tentar 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 consolidar sua 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 brancas têm 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 querem assegurar um bloqueio na ala da Q. O Pb4 não pode 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...¦hf8 Ragozin ; ¹22...¦hf8 Ragozin ; 22...¦hf8 Ragozin ] 23.h4 ¢b7 [ 23...¦hf8! ; Seria normalmente de esperar que Petrosian procurasse simplificar para garantir um final vitorioso 23...¦hf8! seria forte.; 23...¦hf8! ] 24.h5 £xb4 'Realmente arriscado. Estava muito surpreso por ele permitir-me tantos contragolpes.' [ 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...£d6 Ragozin 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 das brancas.' ] 28...a4 'Ainda jogando com negligente d 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 a jogar para ganhar. ' [ 30.£g7 ¦dg8! 31.¦b7+ ¢a6 32.£c7 ¦c8 33.£g7 ¦cg8= '=!' 'empata com xeque 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 a velocidade 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 do xeque perpétuo com' 38.£b8+= '=' '=' ] 37.h8£ £a7 38.g4 ¢c5! 'Uma boa tentativa final. Curiosamente, o rei estaria mais seguro no campo branco onde tem a proteção do agrupamento de peões' 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 ameaça de 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 'Pensei que fosse o fim, as duas damas a p r o x i m a n d o - s e p a r a o g o l p e m o r t a l . ' ¢b4! 41.£h2 ¢b3! 'Escorregadio como enguia!# As brancas fazem um lance secreto; tudo fica fantasticamente complicado!' 42.£a1 'Após o jogo um espectador perguntou a Petrosian se ele sabia que 42.c5 daria a vitória às brancas. Petrosian, (não sabendo qual o meu lance secreto) tendo analisado 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", mas despois de' 'Ragozin' ¤c3!= Fischer '=!' 'é possível as pretas empatarem.' '=!' 'Fischer'] 42...£a3 'Único lance capaz de evitar 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 renova a ameaça de ... Nd1.'] 46.£d2 £h7! 47.¢g3 "An gross oversight, but probably best anyway." Fischer 'Tremendo equívoco, mas provavelmente o melhor a fazer. As brancas não podem mais vencer.' '"An gross oversight, but probably best

My 160 Memorable Games 11 anyway." Fischer' [ 47.g5 £h4© ] 47...£xe4! '#' 48.£f2? 'Eu estava algo abalado por ter deixado de ver o último 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 pretas ganhariam novamente.'; 48.£xc3+? dxc3 49.dxe4 c2-+ ' g a n h a r i a '; 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 his frame of mind and start playsing for a win." Fischer 'Ofereci o empate receoso de que ele não aceitasse, porque certamente as pretas têm a vantagem.' 'Petrosian accepted the offered draw. "After having fought so hard for thedraw, however, Petrosian was obviously unprepared to readjust his frame 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 preparado mentalmente para reiniciar a luta em busca da vitória e portanto... Empate' ] ½-½ B99 Walther,Edgar Fischer,Robert James Zuerich

1959

Partidas Decisivas - Un siglo de ajedrez magistral, Ludèk Pachman Victory in the Balance Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer # 9 Do prato à boca... Aqui, jogando contra um mestre menor europeu, Fischer aparenta estar batido depois de dezessete lances, admitindo que estava pronto a abandonar no lance 36. Não obstante, consegue um empate miraculoso, com dois peões a menos. De vez em quando, Walther se confunde e permite a Fischer prolongar a luta e encontrar uma saída no lance 54. O que torna memorável esta partida é o exemplo que ela dá de como um grande-mestre se redime, depois de começar a partida como um principiante e de como um adversário mais fraco, depois de magistralmente construir uma situação vitoriosa, quase sempre perde por falta de técnica para desferir o golpe final. Conforme disse Capablanca, "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 com sucesso posteriormente em minha carreira.] 8.£f3 ¤bd7 [Mais exato seria ¹8...£c7 para impedir 9. Bc4. ] 9.0-0-0 Der Partiezug gibt Schwarz G 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 às pretas de corrigir seus erros iniciais.] 9...£c7 10.¥d3 [Para 10.¥e2 ver partida 14. Keres,PFischer,R/Bled ct/1959;Para 10.g4 ver partidas 12 e 15. Gligoric,S-Fischer,R/Beograd ct/1959 / Smyslov,V-Fischer,R/Beograd ct/1959] 10...b5 11.¥xf6 S e m o b j e t i v o . [M e l h o r s e r i a 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 und d6-d5, greifen, sobald er dazu Gelegenheit hat. [ ¹12...b4! /\ Bb7, d6-d5 [F]; Como eu aprendi (ver partida 15), as pretas devem aproveitar-se de 12...b4! seguido de 13.-- ¥b7 e ... d6-d5 assim que 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.a3 é o b r i g a t ó r i o .] 13...¦c8? Este lance é desvantajoso para as pretas pois as fazem perder a 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. Ambos sofremos com a idéia fixa de que ... b4 não era exeqüível.] 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 as pretas estavam bem; entretanto, o lance seguinte de 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 estão em 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 do peão é insignificante, comparada com a abertura d a s l i n h a s c e n t r a i s c o n t r a o r e i p r e t o . ¥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!

My 160 Memorable Games 12 ¥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 ser decisivo. "Qualquer semelhança com xadrez é mera coincidência". (Fischer) dxe5 33.¦xd8+ ¢a7 34.¦1d7 h5 35.¦xb7+ ¢xb7 36.c3 ¢c7 Normalmente o jogo terminaria aqui, mas eu queria ver o que ele faria a seguir. 37.¦a8?! [F] Caminho errado. [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 estava p e n s a n d o e m d e s i s t i r d e p o i s d e 38.¦e8!+As pretas não tinham como se mover; as brancas simplesmente de deslocar seu rei para e4, o que criaria 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 situação tinha boas perspectivas 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 a m e a ç a s e r i a 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 também sem 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 defesa das pretas nesta situação é a seguinte: conseguindo as pretas trocar o B pelos peões, as brancas 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.¢b3 Hier gibt Wade, O'Connell "The Games of Robert J. Fischer" eine falsche Zug- folge (und Zügeanzahl!) an (siehe Variante 58.Kb3). [ Accoring to Fischer is this 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 remisiert auch ) 61.b6+ ¢b7 62.¢a4 ¢c6 63.¥b5+ ¢c5 Empate. 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...¥e1 ½-½ C87 Fischer,Robert James Gligoric,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 B99 Gligoric,Svetozar Fischer,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,EFischer,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.¤xf7 Gligoric-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=

My 160 Memorable Games 13 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,RB r o n s t e i n , D c h - U R S 1 9 6 4 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 Gligoric,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! ' ' ! ' B u l l e t i n . ' 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 +/- / +- '+/- / +-. GligoricFischer/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 E51 Ghitescu,Theodor Fischer,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 ...c5 break and plays for ...e5 instead. 7.0-0 dxc4 8.¥xc4 ¥d6 9.¥b5 e5 10.¥xc6 exd4 This zwishenzug saves a pawn unless White wants to play 11 cxb7 Bxb7, when all Black's pieces are pointed at his king. 11.exd4 bxc6 12.¥g5 ¦e8 13.£d3 c5 Opening up the a8-h1 diagonal for his bishop and eliminating the weakness on c6, as well as allowing White to play... 14.dxc5 ¥xh2+ 0-1 B13 Fischer,Robert James Euwe,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 some space for the king with 14...f6. 15.¦b1 ¦d8 Another mistake. The a-pawn needs the support of the rook. 16.¥e3 £xb5 17.¦xb5 ¦d7 18.¢e2 18.Ra5 Rb7 19.Rxa7 Rxa7 20.Bxa7 Kd7 21.Kd2 Bd6 with the threat of Ra8. f6 19.¦d1 ¦xd1 20.¢xd1 ¢d7 21.¦b8 The threat is Bc5, exploiting

My 160 Memorable Games 14 the pin on the back rank. ¢c6 22.¥xa7 g5 The only way Black can get his pieces into play is by 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 repeated the position. Probably he had not worked out the sinning 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 about to enter a long period of suffering after 36.a7. But then Black will sacrifice the bishop for the pawn. There is a better move. Do you see it? 36.¥e5 1-0 E70 Letelier Fischer,Robert James Leipzig Olympiad

1960

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 0-0 5.e5 This advance has disappeared completely from the tournament scene. White is overextending his center, and Black will be able to strike back easily. ¤e8 6.f4 d6 7.¥e3 c5 Black moves quickly to undermine White's center. 8.dxc5 ¤c6 9.cxd6 exd6 10.¤e4 ¥f5 11.¤g3 11.Nxd6 Nxd6 12.exd6 Bxb2 13.Nf3 Re8! ¥e6 12.¤f3 £c7 13.£b1 White's queenside ambitions are unrealistic, but it was time for the queen to leave the d-file anyway. The dual purpose is to support the advance of the fpawn, but this has a tactical flaw. dxe5 14.f5 e4 15.fxe6 exf3 16.gxf3 f5 This is much stronger than grabbing the weak pawn at e6. Black has now secured the initiative. 17.f4 ¤f6 18.¥e2 ¦fe8 19.¢f2 ¦xe6 20.¦e1 ¦ae8 The pressure on the e-file and the active position of the minor pieces give Black a clear, and perhaps decisive advantage. 21.¥f3 ¦xe3 22.¦xe3 ¦xe3 23.¢xe3 Now Fischer provides an aesthetic conclusion to the game. Can you figure it out? £xf4+ and White resigned, faced with checkmate. For example: 24.¢f2 24.Kxf4 Bh6++ ¤g4+ 25.¢g2 ¤e3+ 26.¢f2 ¤d4 27.£h1 ¤g4+ 28.¢f1 ¤xf3 and the end comes quickly. 0-1 C17 Fischer,Robert James Tal,Mihail Nekhemye Leipzig ol

1960

French Defence, Winawer Variation 1.e4 e6 A surprising decision, as Tal had usually played VERY poorly with the French Defense. But

Tal - and his trainer, Koblentz - decided Fischer was not 'at ease' playing the White side of these lines. Therefore they decided it would be a reasonable try against Bobby. 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 Fischer almost always played this move ... especially in his younger days. ¥b4 The Winawer System. (Invented by one of the better masters who ever lived. Most young players today cannot even tell you who Winawer was or when he lived.) The Winawer is both the main line, and probably the best 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,RIvkov,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 considered very, very, VERY risky ... at the time this game was actually played. It was actually one of the original ideas of Winawer, but he later stopped playing it entirely. (After a few reversals.) The move 5...Ba5 was later picked up and revived by a whole generation of young Soviet players in the 1930's and the 1940's. But it was Botvinnik who really forged this line into a coherent and viable system. He used it in Soviet Championship tournaments, and even at the World Championship level. (This line did not do very well against Smyslov, who began to show its seamier side.) But after several losses, especially a noteworthy loss to Unzicker at an earlier Olympiad, opening theory had branded this whole line as being completely unsound. Tal had done much work with these lines in preparation for his matches with Botvinnik. I guess he decided that he did not want all that material to go forever unused! [The main line today is 5...¥xc3+

My 160 Memorable Games 15 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 ( K e r e s 6 9 )) 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 seine Chancen auf dem Konigsflugel liegen." (Schwarz 67) ( 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 and paralyzes any hopes Black may have for m e a n i n g f u l c o u n t e r p l a y . " ( M e d n i s 7 4 ) ¦de8 16.¤xg6! hxg6 17.exf6! "Weiss will auf den dunklen Feldern zu eimem Ubergewicht kommen, daher die Linienoffnung fur den Th8." (Schwarz 67) gxf6 18.h3! "Fischers Plan sieht gut aus: er will den Laufer auf der Diagonale h2-b8 wirken lassen. " (Schwarz 67) ¤f5 19.¥h2 g5 20.f4? "But this brute force attempt at an immediate win spoils everything." (Mednis 74) ( 20.¦fe1! "... White has a marvelous position: pressure on Black's somewhat shaky center, open diagonals for both Bishops, while Black's King can find himself uncomfortably open soon." (Mednis 74)) 20...¤d6! 21.¥f3 g4!! "Black sacrifices a pawn and allows a protected passed pawn to boot, for the strategic objective of locking in White's QB. The damage done by White'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 too optimistically and plans to husband the extra Pawn to victory. The blocked nature of the position makes winning attempts for either side less than f r u i t f u l . " ( M e d n i s 7 4 ) ( 27.d5!? ) 27...¦eh7 ( 27...£d5 ) 28.¦fb1 ( ¹28.d5! £xd5 29.¦fd1 (Schwarz 67)) 28...£d5! "Now we have a rather full blockade and the game could well be called a draw here." (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 ( M e d n i s 7 4 )) 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 be lost and thus characteristically goes for active counterplay. It is not good enough, but is as good a 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,RUhlmann,W/Buenos Aires 1960/MainBase/ [ChessBase] (42)] 6.b4! A very good move ... and basically a gambit for White. This is a sharp idea originally of Rubinstein's that was later deeply analyzed and nearly perfected by Alekhine. cxd4 The book line, and probably the best move. [ It is far too dangerous for Black to grab one ... or even two pawns in this position - as Alekhine was the 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,RR o s s e t t o , H / B u e n o s A i r e s 1 9 7 2 / E X T 9 9 ( 1 7 ); 6...¤c6!? ] 7.£g4!? A very sharp move ... and a very interesting one. (White hits the obviously u n d e f e n d e d g 7 - s q u a r e . ) [ Today theory recommends that White play: 7.¤b5! ¥c7 8.f4² with 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/Riga 1954/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 Picanol Alamany,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

My 160 Memorable Games 16 ¥d8+ 34.¢h5 ¥e8# 0-1 Gutierrez,O-Gonzalez M e n e n d e z , I / S e g o v i a 1 9 9 9 / E X T 2 0 0 2 ( 3 4 )) 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.¦g3 1-0 Giaccio,A-Zamarbide Ibarrea,B/Lorca 2003/ E X T 2 0 0 4 ( 1 3 ); 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 previously played. [ 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,DF a k h r e t d i n o v , R / P e r m 1 9 9 7 / E X T 2 0 0 0 ( 3 8 )) 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,AMititelu,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/Santa Fe 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 ¦h2 0-1 Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1951/EXT 2001 (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 shuts in the queen's bishop and weakens the dark squares. ] 11...£c7 [ 11...£xa5 12.¤g5! ¦f8 13.f4 t i e s B l a c k u p] 12.¥b5!? A very sharp and interesting move that was praised by some ... and c o n d e m n e d b y o t h e r s . [ I think the move is both viable and playable, but current theory seems to prefer 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

My 160 Memorable Games 17 … 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,WDueckstein,A/Zuerich 1959/MCL/[Bulletin] (61)] 12...¥d7! Tal fully deserves an exclam for passing up Bobby's (prepared) trap - nasty things happen to 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 the centre while White merely marches his h-pawn to victory. ] 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 an obvious and also a very logical move. (Black is understandably nervous about his King being in the center.) This line is not without risk for Tal, he must be prepared to gambit one (f7) or even two pawns in this line. [ 13...¤xe5! Tal saw this - and spent many minutes analyzing this move. But then he decided that it did not appeal to him. (Petrosian first recognized the value of this move, and published his analysis in a Soviet magazine shortly after this game was played.) 14.¤xe5 £xe5 15.¥xd7+ ¢xd7 16.£d3!± Tal AND Fischer looked at this position in the post-mortem analysis. (After the game.) They BOTH came to the conclusion that White 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 he had '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 dazzling array of fireworks! I thought Tal was simply trying to confuse the issue." - GM R.J. Fischer. [ 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 move here. Literally over a DOZEN GM's have given this move an exclamation mark. (Many strong

p r o g r a m s a l s o c h o o s e t h i s m o v e . ) [ 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.¤xd8 Both players now find a series of fine moves in an extremely complex position ... that eventually leads to the correct result. (A draw.) [ 17.¦xf1? ¦df8µ ] 17...¦xg5! 18.¤xe6! ¦xg2+! 19.¢h1! The last few 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 for as long as he likes ... at least until White tires of the sport and agrees to split the point! This is certainly one of the better and more interesting draws I have ever studied. And while it is short and far from being perfect, its content and entertainment value more than makes up for it. [ 21...£g4+ 22.¢h1™ £f3+ 23.¢g1 £g4+ 24.¢h1 £f3+ 25.¢g1= ] ½-½ C39 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Mar del Plata

1960

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.¤f3 g5 'Esta derrota forçoume a procurar uma "contestação" ao Gambito do rei 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 obter alguma 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 ficariam mais 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...¥d6 seria 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

My 160 Memorable Games 18 12.¤d5+ ¢d8 13.¤xe7 ¥xe7-+ Morphy,PAnderssen,A Paris 1858 'devendo as pretas vencer, Morphy,P-Anderssen,A Paris 1858' 'Morphy, P-Anderssen,A Paris 1858' 'Morphy,PAnderssen,A Paris 1858'] 6...d6 7.¤d3 ¤xe4 8.¥xf4 ¥g7 '#' 9.¤c3µ 'Após esse lance, as brancas ficam 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? K e r e s : " w i t h a d v a n t a g e f o r W h i t e . " ( 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 brancas conservam algum controle sobre seu f4, pelo que possa valer.'] 9...¤xc3 10.bxc3 c5! 'Atacando imediatamente o centro das brancas.' [ 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 rei das 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 o l a d o d o r e 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 and Antoshin ] 18.¢h1? [ 18.¥xd6 >= ¦f6 ( 18...¦g8 19.¤e5 ) 19.¥e5 ¤xe5 20.¤xe5 'com pouca possibilidade de jogo para as brancas.'] 18...¦g8 [ 18...d5 19.¤c5 ] 19.¥xd6 ¥f8! 'A chave!' [ 19...¥d4 20.£h2 ¦g4 21.¥e5+! 'impedindo as p r e t a s d e d o b r a r e m t o r r e s n a c o l u n a g ' ¢g8 ( 21...¥xe5 22.¤xe5 ¦xh4 23.¤f7+ ) 22.¥g3³ 'equilibra.'] 20.¥e5+ ¤xe5 21.£xe5+ ¦g7! 'Agora o Ph4 das brancas deve cair.' '?' 22.¦xf5 ' Q u e m a i s ? ' [ 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 as pretas pudessem montar um ataque ao longo da c o l u n a g . ' [ 23...£g3! > = ; S p a s s k y , B 24.£xg3 ( 24.£e2 ¥d6 ) 24...¦xg3µ /\ Rxc3 'ameaçando ... Rxd3 seguido de ... Pc2 e as brancas com um peão a menos enfretariam um duro final, conforme indicou Spassky em nossa análise posterior.' '/\ Rxc3' '/\ Rxc3'] 24.¦f2 ¥e7 /\ Bh4 'Ameaçando B h 4 ' ' / \ B h 4 ' 25.¦e4 £g5 'Principiei a sentir desconforto, mas pouco imaginava que em quatro rápidos 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!

'Esta poderosa centralização paralisa completamente as pretas.' ¦f8? Fischer:'Overloo king White's real threat.' (27.Re5) 'Deixando de ver a verdadeira ameaça das brancas. Estava preocupado com Ne5 sem imaginar que poderia neutralizá-lo com ... Bc5.' 'Fischer:'Overlooking White's real threat. ' (27.Re5)' 'Fischer:'Overlooking White'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! '#Incrível, mas as pretas perdem uma peça. Enquanto tentava imaginar o pensamento de Spassky, 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 ia perder uma peça, mas não podia acreditar nisso. Tive de efetuar mais um lance para convencerme!' 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 B87 Fischer,Robert James Gadia,Olicio Mar del Plata

31.03.1960

Simple Chess by Michael Stean 2. Outposts The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and O'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

My 160 Memorable Games 19 E98

B54 Lombardy,William Fischer,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 ¢e3 0-1 B36 Fischer,Robert James Reshevsky,Samuel Herman 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+ ¢f7 ½-½

Reshevsky,Samuel Herman Fischer,Robert James New York/Los Angeles m

10.08.1961

1.c4 ¤f6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 0-0 'Nao ha necessidade de jogar ...d6 como d e m o n s t r a a l i n h a a s e g u i r ' 5.¥e2 [ 5.e5 Letelier,R-Fischer,R Leipzig ol 1960 'Letelier,RFischer,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,SFischer,R (9) Los Angeles 1961 '=' 'Reshevsky,SFischer,R (9) Los Angeles 1961'] 8...¤e7 9.¤e1 ¤d7 'A estrutur a de peoes desta posicao eh tematica na India do Rei. As negras vao combater o centro das brancas com ...f5, as brancas devem deter o avanCo negro ao mesmo tempo que contra-atacam na ala da dama usando a ruptura c5.' 10.¤d3 f5 'Aqui comeca uma interessante luta estrategica. Os peoes e4 branco e f5 negro tem papel principal nas definicoes estrategicas. Caso as brancas troquem exf5, as negras podem jogar ...Cxf5 deixando que as brancas dominem a casa e4(casa ideal para um cavalo) ou ...gxf5 que dominaria a casa e4 e abriria a coluna 'g' para o ataque. Ja as negras podem trocar ...fxe4 cedendo a casa e4 as brancas ou jogar ...f4 fechando o centro e planejando um ataque a ala do rei com g5g4' 11.exf5 'Trocando imediatamente Reshevsky evita que Fischer avance na ala da dama' [ 11.f3 f4 /\ g6-g5 -> >> '/\ g6-g5 -> >> Iniciaria uma tipica luta da India do Rei onde as negras atacam na ala do rei e as brancas na ala da dama'; 11.¥d2 ¤f6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 as negras atacam com tudo na ala do rei enquanto as brancas tem que se defender e ao mesmo tempo buscar uma reacao na ala da dama pois dificilmente conseguem exito com uma defesa passiva] 11...¤xf5 [ 11...gxf5 12.f4! e4 13.¤f2 ¤f6 14.¥e3 as brancas tem o plano Rh1 seguido de g4 para minar o centro das negras ] 12.f3 ¤d4 [ 12...¤f6 Gligoric,S-Fischer,R B l e d 1 9 6 1 ' G l i g o r i c , S - F i s c h e r , R B l e d 1 9 6 1 '] 13.¤e4 'as brancas uem a casa e4 enquanto as negras tem a coluna 'f' semi-aberta possibilitando u m a p r e s s a o n a a l a d o r e i ' b6 14.¥g5? 'Este lance nao resolve muito ja que para atacar as negras vao avancar os peoes g e h e somente entao a dama chegara a ala do rei para apoiar o avanco destes peoes' [ 14.¥d2 >= '>=' ; 14.¦e1 >= '>=' ] 14...£e8 15.¥d2 a5 16.¦e1 ¤xe2+ 17.£xe2 h6 18.b3 [ 18.a3 /\ b2-b4 '/\ b2-b4' a4! ] 18...g5 19.a3 'Reshevsky corretamente busca contrajogo na ala da dama' £g6 20.b4 ¤f6 21.bxa5? 'este lance dificulta a futura ruptura c5,

My 160 Memorable Games 20 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 um forte ataque na ala do rei e mais uma vez Reshevsky achou o antidoto correto buscando jogo na ala da dama para desviar as forcas negras d o a t a q u e ' [ 26.g3 ¦f7 /\ Raf8 -> '/\ Raf8 ->'] 26...¤f4 27.£g3 [ 27.g3 ¤xd5-+ ] 27...¥xe4! 28.¦xe4? 'Reshevsky erra e permite que as negras tenham vantagem' [ 28.¤xe4 >= '>=' £xg3 29.hxg3 ¤d3 30.cxd6 cxd6 31.¦c6 ¤xe1 32.¥xe1ƒ 'as brancas teriam chances de empate devido 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, L as negras tem vantagem devido a qualidade a mais e a melhor estrutura de peoes, na partida Fischer cometeu algumas imprecisoes permitindo que 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/Los Angeles 1961/Lapertosa (57)' ½-½

E98 Gligoric,Svetozar Fischer,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, Gligoric decide levar o Cavalo a d3, com a mesma id->ia de 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 ; >< 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 este cavalo 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 precisa dar jogo ao Bg7 e antes as brancas bloqueiem d4 e 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.Tab1 que lhe daria no minimo a igualdade, mas decide entregar a qualidade baseando-se em profundos conceitostaticos' [ 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 teve uma genial ideia baseado no ataque a descoberta Dd3-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 '1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Fischer,R/Bled 1961/Lapertosa (33)' ½-½

My 160 Memorable Games 21 B09

¢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 1962 60.¦a8 e4+ 61.¢e3 g5 62.¦a1 ¢g6 63.¦b1 ¦e5 64.¢d4 ¢f6 65.¦e1 ¦a5! 66.¦xe4 ¢f5! Fischer had won Stockholm 1962, the interzonal 67.¦e8 ¢g4 68.¢e3 ¢g3 tournament. Matters would be different in hot 0-1 Willemstad. The 'Russians' took care of the optimistic Bobby. 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 C12 4.f4 ¥g7 5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 c5 7.dxc5 £a5 Fischer,Robert James 8.0-0 £xc5+ 9.¢h1 ¤c6 10.¤d2 a5 11.a4 Petrosian,Tigran ¤b4 12.¤b3 £b6 Was the next move an 1962 oversight or a provocation? 13.g4? [ Correct is Candidates' tournament 13.f5 d5 (Zurakhov-Savon, Kiev 1960).] 13...¥xg4! 14.¥xg4 ¤xg4 15.£xg4 ¤xc2 A great prophylactic player was Tigran Petrosian. 16.¤b5 ¤xa1 17.¤xa1 £c6 18.f5 £c4 19.£f3 Slow strangulation was his speciality. The ideas of £xa4 20.¤c7 £xa1 Korchnoi grabs anything. Nimzowitsch had a great influence on him, but he 21.¤d5?! [Little better is 21.¤xa8 ¦xa8 22.fxg6 played more prudently. He participated in many fxg6 ] 21...¦ae8 22.¥g5 £xb2 23.¥xe7 ¥e5 candidates' tournaments. A great success became e6 24.¦f2 £c1+ 25.¦f1 £h6 26.h3 gxf5 27.¥xf8 the match tournament Curacao 1962. 1.e4 ¦xf8 28.¤e7+ ¢h8 29.¤xf5 £e6 30.¦g1 a4 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 ¥b4!? 5.e5 h6 6.¥d2 ¥xc3 7.¥xc3!? [Theory is 7.bxc3 ¤e4 31.¦g4 £b3 32.£f1 a3 33.¦g3 £xg3 8.£g4! ] 7...¤e4 8.¥a5?! 0-0! 9.¥d3 ¤c6 0-1 10.¥c3 ¤xc3 11.bxc3 f6 Black has an easy game. 12.f4 fxe5 13.fxe5 ¤e7! 14.¤f3 c5 B88 15.0-0 £a5 16.£e1 ¥d7 17.c4! £xe1 18.¦fxe1 Fischer,Robert James dxc4 19.¥e4?! [ 19.¥xc4 b5 20.¥d3 ¦ac8 Geller,Efim P 21.¥e4 draws easier.] 19...cxd4 20.¥xb7 ¦ab8 Candidates' tournament 1962 21.¥a6 ¦b4 22.¦ad1 d3! [ No winning chance gives 22...¦a4 23.¦xd4! ] 23.cxd3 cxd3 24.¦xd3 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ¥c6 25.¦d4 ¦xd4 26.¤xd4 ¥d5 Fischer has to 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.f4 0-0 p r o t e c t w e a k p a w n s . 27.a4? [ White narrowly 9.¥e3 ¤xd4 10.¥xd4 b5 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 escapes in 27.¥d3! ¥xa2 28.¦a1 ¦d8 29.¦xa2 ¤d7 13.0-0 ¥c5! [Geller diverts from 13...b4 ¦xd4 30.¦xa7 ¤c6 31.¦a6 ¦xd3 32.¦xc6 ¢f7 14.¤e4 in Fischer-Olafsson, Stockholm 1962).] 33.¦c7+ ¢g6 34.¦e7 ] 27...¦f4! 28.¦d1 ¤g6 14.¥xc5 ¤xc5 15.£xd8 ¦xd8 16.¤xb5 ¥a6 29.¥c8 ¢f7 30.a5 ¤xe5 31.a6 ¦g4 32.¦d2 17.¥c4 ¦ab8 18.a4 ¤xa4! 19.¤d6 [ 19.¦xa4 ¤c4 33.¦f2+ ¢e7 34.¤b5 ¤d6 35.¤xd6 ¥xb5 20.¥xb5 ¦xb5 21.¦xa7 ¦xb2 22.¦fxf7 [ 35.¤xa7 ¦c4 36.¥b7 ¤xb7 37.axb7 ¥xb7 ] ¦d1+= ] 19...¥xc4 20.¤xc4 ¤xb2 21.¤d6!? ¦d7 35...¢xd6 36.¥b7 ¥xb7 37.axb7 ¢c7 38.h3 22.¦fb1 ¦c7 23.h3? [ 23.¦a2! ¦xc2 24.¦xa7 ¦g5 39.¦b2 ¢b8 40.¢f2 ¦d5 41.¢e3 ¦d7 still draws.] 23...¦b6 24.c4 h6 25.¤b5 ¦c5 42.¢e4 ¦xb7 43.¦f2 Geller, Keres and Petrosian 26.¦xb2 a6 27.¦f2 axb5 28.¦a7 ¦xe5 29.¦fxf7 quickly drew among each others. Fischer was their ¦g5 30.¦fb7 ¦xb7 31.¦xb7 bxc4 32.¦c7 ¦f5 prey. Bobby complained: "The Russians have fixed 33.¦xc4 ¢f7 34.g4?! [More prudent is 34.g3 ] world chess!" FIDE decided to organise candidates' 34...¦f3 35.¢g2 ¦d3 36.¦c7+ ¢f6 37.h4 ¦a3 matches next time. 38.¦b7 ¦c3 39.g5+ hxg5 40.hxg5+ ¢g6 41.¦e7 0-1 ¦e3 42.¢f2? "I'll draw that game with my eyes shut!" Bobby told the press. Geller and Boleslavsky analyse the adjourned position again. B20 [ Fischer misses the brilliant escape 42.¢h2!! ¦e5 Keres,Paul Petrovich 43.¢h3! ] 42...¦e5 43.¢f3 ¦f5+ 44.¢e3 Fischer,Robert James [ The first pointe is 44.¢e4 ¦f7! ( 44...e5?? Curacao ct 1962 45.¦xg7+ ) 45.¦xe6+ ¢xg5 and Black has a theoretical win.] 44...e5! 45.¢e4 ¦xg5 46.¦e8 1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 d6 3.g3 g6 [ 3...d5!? 4.¥g2 dxe4 ¦g1! 47.¢f3 [The second point is 47.¦e6+ ¢f7 5.¥xe4 ¤f6 6.¥g2 ¤c6 7.0-0 e6= ] 4.¥g2 ¥g7 48.¦xe5 ¦e1+ 49.¢f5 ¦xe5+ 50.¢xe5 ¢g6 5.0-0 [ ¹5.c3 ¤c6 6.d4 cxd4 ( 6...e5 7.dxc5 51.¢f4 ¢h5-+ ] 47...¦f1+ 48.¢g3 ¦f5 49.¦b8 dxc5 8.£xd8+ ¤xd8 9.¤a3² ) 7.cxd4 £b6? Fischer,Robert James Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvo Candidates' tournament

My 160 Memorable Games 22 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 Amsterdam 1964 ] 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 B90 Fischer,Robert James Reshevsky,Samuel Herman New York

1962

FISCHER (Born 1943) Usually the style of a chessmaster has to grow; it may take years before one may speak of any style at all. As a rule the young player begins with pure combination, and then in the course of time finds that he must add water to win. He learns the methods of positional play, and develops endgame technique. It is quite possible to begin as a combinative player - a tactician - and yet in maturing to acquire an outand-out positional style of play. The exceptional Grandmaster Fischer, however, is another and almost unique story in modern chess. At the age of twenty he already possessed a fully rounded style. He is both tactician and strategist, an openings expert without peer, and a virtuoso of the endgame. The following game against Reshevsky is a good example 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 hpawn ] 23.¢e2 ¦af8 24.¥e3 ¦c8 25.b4 Intending in due course to dissolve his doubled pawn by Pb5, and saddle Black with a weak pawn o n t h e Q u e e n s i d e b5 This should be avoided if possible. Black now has three vulnerbla points - a6, d6 and h7. How to profit from a situation like this was the subject of "Technique of Maneuvering". The present game prettily supplements the examples there given 26.¦dd1! ¢e6 27.¦a1 ¦c6 28.¦h3 threatening to win the h-pawn ¥f8 [ 28...--

My 160 Memorable Games 23 29.¦ah1 ] 29.¦ah1 ¦c7 30.¦h4! Putting Black in a state of zugzwang d5 [ 30...¦c4 31.f3 ¦c7 32.¦4h3! ] 31.¦a1 ¦c6 [ 31...dxe4 32.¦xa6+ ¢f5 ( 32...¢d5 33.¦xg6 l o s e s a p a w n) 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.¦e1 1-0 E81 Aaron,Manuel Fischer,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 ¦xc3 0-1 C11 Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,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 ¤f6 ½-½

B52 Rossolimo,Nicolas Fischer,Robert James USA-ch 6263 New York

1962

Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 02 Variante 03 2-2-2, má configuração de peões, estrutura central com d6-e5 pretas # 3 Estratégia Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 02 Variante 04 22-2, má configuração de peões, estrutura central com 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 sair da lateral. ] ½-½ C75 Fischer,Robert James Ciocaltea,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.£c4 A novel way of confusing the enemy army. 9...Be6 loses a piece after 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4+, so Black must either play 9...Qe7, completely locking up his own kingside, or expose his queen on f6. £f6 10.d5 b5 Otherwise White just captures on c7 and gets away. 11.£e2 ¤a5 12.¥d1 ¥e7 13.g3 Black 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 to play 14...Nh8 or Bd8 to save the queen, though things look grim then too. 15.¥g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 £xg5 Black would do better with 16...Nf4, though it doesn't matter much, since after 16.gxf6 Nxe2 17. f x e 7 N c 1 1 8 . K d 2 h e ' s d o w n a p i e c e . 17.¤xg5 ¥xg5 18.¤a3 c6 19.dxc6 ¥e6 20.£h5 ¥h6 21.¥g4 ¥xg4 22.£xg4 ¤xc6 23.¦d1 b4

My 160 Memorable Games 24 24.¤c4 bxc3 25.bxc3 ¤d4 26.¤b6 1-0

16.gxh7+, when his own pawn on h7 would keep the kingside closed, but 16.gxf7+ Kh8 17.Qxe3, when h7 is a target and White already threatens 18. R x h 7 + K x h 7 1 9 . R h 1 + . 16.¥h6 e6 17.f4 B90 Threatening 18.Qh3, when Black will have no Fischer,Robert James d e f e n s e t o m a t e o n h 7 o r h 8 . e5 18.¤f5 Najdorf,Miguel Renewing the threat of Qh3. If Black takes the Varna Olympiad 1962 knight he gets mated after 18...gxf5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qg3+ Kf6 21.Qg5+ Ke6 22.ef. ¥xf5 19.exf5 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ¤xb2 A last desparate bid for counterplay, but 5.¤c3 a6 6.h3 b5 7.¤d5 ¥b7 Black should F i s c h e r h a s s e e n e v e r y t h i n g . 20.¢xb2 e4 probably take the pawn. White gets an initiative 21.¥xg7 Black may have missed this move. He after 8.Qf3, but Black seems to hold. Now Najdorf's can't take the queen because of 22.f6 and mate on king has nowhere to hide. 8.¤xf6+ gxf6 9.c4 h8. ¢xg7 22.¤xe4 The kingside is already unsafe, and no Fischer 1-0 goes to work on the center and the queenside. bxc4 10.¥xc4 ¥xe4 11.0-0 d5 12.¦e1 No rest for the weary. Black's last move is shown to E26 Rivera have serious drawbacks-- he can't get his bishop Fischer,Robert James back to b7, and his dark squares look weak. e5 1962 13.£a4+ ¤d7 14.¦xe4 This sacrifice reopens the Varna Olympiad a2-g8 diagonal and gives White control of all the light squares in the center. dxe4 15.¤f5 ¥c5 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 16.¤g7+ Typically, Fischer's play is ruthlessly ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.¥d3 dxc4 8.¥xc4 £c7 a c c u r a t e . T h e t e x t a l l o w s W h i t e t o f i n i s h h i s 9.¥b3 b6 10.¤e2 0-0 11.¥b2 ¤c6 12.0-0 ¤a5 development with the Black king a sitting duck in 13.¤g3 ¥b7 14.¦c1 This loses instructively-t h e c e n t e r . ¢e7 17.¤f5+ ¢e8 18.¥e3 White obviously saw Black's next but figured that Again, simple but deadly-Black must either lose after 15.f3 he had met the threat, but didn't notice time retreating the bishop or give up d6. If 18...Qb6, that 14...Qb6 contained a subtler threat. £c6 15.f3 The subtler threat of 14... Qb6--White must 19.Bxf7+. ¥xe3 19.fxe3 £b6 20.¦d1 ¦a7 £b5 21.¦d6 £d8 22.£b3 Now if Black could only now lose a bishop, and, though he gives it a try, he castle there would be some hope, but White's 16th can't trap Black's queen. 16.¥a4 £xb2 move ruled that out. £c7 23.¥xf7+ ¢d8 24.¥e6 0-1 Black is helpless-if he tries 24...Qc1+, after 25.Rd1 he has no way to cover b6 and b8 without giving up B92 d7. Unzicker,Wolfgang 1-0 Fischer,Robert James Varna olm, XV finals 1962 B77 Fischer,Robert James Simple Chess by Michael Stean 2. Outposts The Purevzhav Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and Varna Olympiad 1962 O'Connell # 564 Minhas 60 Melhores Partidas, por Bobby Fischer #42 Sicilian Defence, Najdorf 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 Variation 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 7.f3 ¤c6 8.£d2 0-0 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e6 [ 7...¥e7 9.¥c4 ¤d7 The slowest continuation accepted by Pilnik,H-Fischer,R Mar del Plata 1959] 8.0-0 theory. Black hopes to get play against White's ¤bd7 9.f4 £c7 10.f5 ¥c4 11.a4 ¥e7 queenside with his knights, but weakens his king [ 11...¦c8? 12.a5 ¥e7 13.¥xc4 £xc4 14.¦a4! position. 10.0-0-0 ¤b6 11.¥b3 ¤a5 12.£d3 £c7 15.¥e3 h6 16.¦f2± Schmid,L-Evans,L Varna White doesn't want to allow either knight to move to ol 1962 ] 12.¥e3 0-0 13.a5 [ 13.g4 d5! 14.exd5 c4, which would force him to give up his Be3. Black ( 14.g5 d4! ; 14.¤xd5 ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¤f6 16.d6? might then get strong play on the dark squares. ¥xd6 17.¥xc4 £xc4 18.£xd6 £xg4+ 19.¢h1 ¥d7 13.h4 ¦c8 14.h5 So White draws first blood. £e4+ ) 14...¥b4 15.g5 ¥xc3 16.gxf6 ¥xb2 Once he takes on g6 he will be able to play Bh6, 17.fxg7 ¦fd8 18.¦b1 ¥c3µ ] 13...b5 [ 13...h6 l e a v i n g B l a c k ' s k i n g n a k e d t o t h e w i n d . ¤ac4 14.g4 ¤h7 15.¥f2ƒ /\ h2-h4 ] 14.axb6 ¤xb6 15.hxg6 hxg6 If 15...Nxe3, White would not play 15.¥xb6? [ 15.¢h1! ¦fc8 16.¥xb6 £xb6 17.¥xc4

My 160 Memorable Games 25 ¦xc4 18.£e2 ¦b4 19.¦a2! Geller,E-Fischer,R Curacao 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! / \ B c 6 , a 6 - a 5 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 D98 Botvinnik,Mikhail M Fischer,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 de Mallorca, 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 ¤d6 Arencibia - 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 the idea'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 ' p a s s e d p a w n ' 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 the idea'Rg3-e3) 66.¢f1 £xh7 67.¦a2+ ( 67.¦a3 £h1+ 68.¢e2 £d1+ 69.¢e3 £c1+-+ ; 67.¦g4

My 160 Memorable Games 26 £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.¢g1 ½-½

43.¢g3 [ 43.¦e2? £xg4 44.¦xg4 ¦h2+-+ ; 43.¢f3 ¦xg2 /\ 44... Qc1 -+] 43...¦xg2+ 44.¢xg2 £c1! 0-1 C15 Fischer,Robert James Finegold,Ronald Bay City

1963

Fischer's Chess Games by Wade and O'Connell p150 #284 Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez Aula 05 Variante 04 Luta do B bom contra o B mau Posições 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 seems to entail more drawbacks than advantages for Black. 9.£e3 From here the white Q brings pressure to bear on Black's e-pawn; on the other hand, the position of the white Q gives Black the additional 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 B80 ¤xf4 23.£xf4 ¤e8 24.h5 ¥c8 25.h6 £d6 Fischer,Robert James 26.£g5+ £e7 27.£d5+ £d6 28.£g5+ £e7 Gligoric,Svetozar 29.£g3 ¥f5 30.£f4 £e6 31.g4 ¥g6 32.£g5+ Varna ol (Men) 1962 £e7 33.£d5+ £d6 34.¥e5 £xd5 35.cxd5 f6 36.¥g3 ¢e7 37.¢d2 ¤d6 38.¢e3 b5 39.¥xd6+ 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ¢xd6 40.¢d4 a6 41.c4 bxc4 42.¥xc4 a5 5.¤c3 a6 6.g3 e6 [ 6...e5 7.¤de2 ¥e7 8.¥g2 43.¥a2 f5 44.gxf5 ¥xf5 45.¥b3 ¥g6 46.¥a4 0-0 9.0-0 b5 10.h3 ¥b7= ] 7.¥g2 ¥e7 8.0-0 ¥f5+- [Se 46...¥f7 47.¥c6 ¥g6 48.¥b7 ¥f5 0-0 9.f4 [ 9.b3 £c7 10.¥b2 ¤c6 11.¤ce2 ¥d7 49.¥a6 ¥g6 50.¥c8 ¥f7 51.¥f5 ¥g8 52.¥xe4 12.c4 ¦ac8 13.¦c1 £b8 14.¥a3 ¦fd8 15.£d2 com vantagem decisiva.] 47.¥e8 ¢e7 48.¢e5 b5= ] 9...£c7 10.g4 ¤c6 11.¤xc6 bxc6 12.g5 ¥g4 49.¥g6! ¥d7 50.¥xh7 c6 51.dxc6 ¥xc6 ¤d7 13.f5 ¦e8 14.¢h1 ¥f8 15.¥f4 ¤e5!³ 16.f6 52.¥xe4 ¥xe4 53.¢xe4 ¢f6 54.f4 g6 17.h4 [ 17.£e1 /\Qh4,RBe1-e3-h3] 17...a5 1-0 18.h5 ¥a6 19.¦e1 £b6 20.hxg6 fxg6 [ 20...hxg6? ] 21.¥xe5 dxe5 22.£f3 ¦a7 23.¥f1 ¦f7 24.¥xa6 £xa6 25.£g3 £b6 26.£xe5 C52 [ 26.b3 £c5³ ] 26...£xb2 27.¦ad1 h6 Fischer,Robert James [ 27...£xc2? 28.¦e2! ; 27...¥b4 28.¦e3 £xc2 Fine,Reuben 29.¦ed3 £f2 30.¦d8 £h4+ 31.¢g2 £g4+ Poughkeepsie 1963 32.¢h1 ¦xd8 33.¦xd8+ ¥f8µ ] 28.¦e3 ¥b4 29.gxh6 £xc2 '/\ 30... Bxc3 or 30... Qf2' 30.¦g1 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 ¢h7 31.£g3 [ 31.¦xg6? £c1+ /\ 32... Qxe3] ¥a5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3 8.£b3 £e7 31...¦g8 32.e5 ¥xc3 33.¦xc3 £e4+ 34.¦g2 ¦d8 8...Qf6 is normal. Black's move uses the threat of a '-/+' 35.¦e3 ¦d1+ 36.¢h2 £b1 37.£g4 ¦h1+ later ... Qb4 to get play, but Black's pieces just get 38.¢g3 £c1 39.¦e4 ¦d7 '-+' 40.£e2 £g5+ i n e a c h o t h e r s ' w a y . 9.¤xc3 ¤f6 10.¤d5 41.£g4 [ 41.¦g4 £h5µ ] 41...¦d3+ 42.¢f2 ¦d2+ White forces Black to open the e file onto his own

My 160 Memorable Games 27 king, accentuating his lead in development. ¤xd5 11.exd5 ¤e5 12.¤xe5 £xe5 13.¥b2 White's lead in development is decisive, but the tactics Fischer uses to prove this are most instructive. £g5 14.h4 Deflecting the queen from g7. If Black doesn't White wins by doubling on the e file and mating on e7 or e8. £xh4 15.¥xg7 ¦g8 16.¦fe1+ ¢d8 17.£g3 The second deflection of the queen, and this time there is no answer-Black can't hold both his queen and the d8-h4 diagonal. 1-0

passed pawn will eventually win the game for black in 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 making this move in adjournment. There might follow, 73... Re8! (threatening Ne6+) 74. Bxh4 Rh8! (75. Kg3 f4+) 75. Bxf5 Rxh4+ wins a piece for 3 pawns, but white's extra pawns are not enough to turn the tide. 0-1

C18 Fischer,Robert James Mednis,Edmar U.S. Championship

B09 1963

1.e4 C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 £c7 This move is designed to discourage 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, but OK for black. 7.¤f3 ¥d7 8.a4 ¤e7 9.¥d3 ¤bc6 10.0-0 c4 [ The Bishop must be dislodged from its powerful diagonal before black castles. For example 10...0-0 11.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 12.¤g5+ ¢g8 13.£h5 ¦fc8 14.£xf7+ ¢h8 15.f4! and black will find it hard to stop 16. Rf3 and 17. Rh3. For example: A) The defensive recourse 15...¥e8 16.£xe6 ( is good for a draw because white gets into 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 expense of opening the center uncastled for one of history's great 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 the attacking chances created by this line opening move. 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

Fischer,Robert James Benko,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-placed pieces and a slightly better pawn structure. Black's forces are scattered, and the bishop does little from its post at g7. Fischer exploits these factors quickly. 18.¥xd4 The knight at d4 was a potential defender on the kingside, and the bishop was not going to participate in the attack anyway. exd4 18...exd4 19. e5 looks like it wins a piece, because of the threat of Qxh7 mate, but Black has a defense. f5! Qxe8 Nxe8 19.¦f6 A brilliant move. The idea is to encourage Black to move the bishop to a position where it blocks the f-pawn from advancing, eliminating the defense mentioned in the previous note. 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.£f5 1-0 D71 Byrne,Robert E Fischer,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-USA 1962 ] 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

My 160 Memorable Games 28 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 the center. Black's piece activity offsets the resulting isolani.' [ 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! A v e r b a k h , 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 that accompanies this game. In a hall adjacent to the playing room, Grandmaster Rossolimo was commenting on the games for a large audience. He had been completely mystified by this game; at this point, in fact, he told his audience that there was obviously nothing left for Fischer to do but give up. Suddenly, the messenger came with the next report, and announced that Byrne had resigned! Can you guess Fischer's deadly final 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/US C h a m p i o n s h i p 1 9 6 3 ( 2 1 ) ' [ 21...£d7! 22.£f2 ( 22.¤db5 £h3+ 23.¢g1 ¥h6-+ ) 22...£h3+ 23.¢g1 ¦e1+!! 24.¦xe1 ¥xd4-+ ] 0-1

Fischer,Robert James Evans,Larry Melvyn USA-ch 6364 New York

C33 2629 2520 16.12.1963

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and 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 preventing Nxh5 ] 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

Fischer,Robert James Bisguier,Arthur Bernard USA-ch 6364 New York

C98 2629 2459 19.12.1963

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and O'Connell # 61 Ruy Lopez, Closed 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 [ 2.f4 exf4 3.¥c4 £h4+ 4.¢f1 Fischer,REvans,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,RBernstein,S ch-USA 1959] 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 c5 11.d4 £c7 [ 11...¤d7 Fischer,R-Keres,P Curacao ct 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!

My 160 Memorable Games 29 [ 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 'FischerEliskases 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.¢h2 Bronstein,D-Reshevsky,S Zürich ct 1953; 17.¢g2 W e i n s t e i n , 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...c4 Kmoch /\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

Saidy,Anthony F Fischer,Robert James USA-ch 6364 New York

A33 2618 2629 02.01.1964

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and O'Connell # 68 English Opening Estratégia Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 04 Variante 05 Luta 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... d4 13.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 C51 Fischer,Robert James Celle 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.£g4 1-0 C41 Fischer,Robert James Chaney Houston (simul)

1964

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 f5 Black opens up his kingside while he's behind in development, a formula for an early demise. 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.¤g5 Threatening Black's e-pawn and preventing 5... dxe5. d5 6.¤c3 This develops a piece with gain of

My 160 Memorable Games 30 tempo. ¤e7 Blocking in his whole kingside. 7.e6 This wins at least the exchange, since Black can't do 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 must lose at least another exchange. Play this out against Gambit if you don't see why. 1-0

Black blocks the bishop's diagonal but weakens his kingside. 3.e4 With Black having weakened his kingside White shifts into gambit mode and plays for attack. ¥xb4 4.¥c4 Now Black will be unable to castle. ¤e7 5.£h5+ ¤g6 5...g6 6.Qh4 leaves Black's knight awkwardly placed, but now the pin o n t h e k n i g h t w i l l b e c o m e u n p l e a s a n t . 6.f4 White offers another pawn to open his queen bishop's diagonal. exf4 7.¤f3 Threatening to attack the pinned knight by 8.Nh4. ¤c6 8.¤c3 C51 Now White threatens 9.Nh4 Ne7 10.Nd5. ¥xc3 Fischer,Robert James 9.¥xc3 d6 10.¤h4 ¤ce7 11.¤f5 ¢f8 12.0-0 Boatner White threatens 13.Rxf4 followed by 14.Nxg7 and Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 15.Rxf6 or 15.Bxf6. £e8 This loses by cutting off a possible escape square for Black's king. 13.¥xf6 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥xb4 5.c3 Black can't take the bishop because of 14.Qh6 ¥e7 Black doesn't want to gain a tempo after 6.d4 mate. ¥xf5 14.exf5 d5 15.fxg6 gxf6 16.£h6+ as he would after 5...Bc5. 6.d4 d6 This is a ¢g8 17.g7 mistake. Black should play 6...Na5 to neutralize 1-0 White's bishop. 7.£b3 White should play 7.dxe5. The text lets Black defend by 7...Na5, since 8. Bxf7+ is no good. ¤h6 8.¥xh6 Now 8...Na5 C30 Fischer,Robert James doesn't work as Black will come out a piece down. Jones gxh6 9.¥xf7+ ¢f8 10.¥h5 Black can only stop 1964 the mate on f7 by 10...d5, when he will end up two Simultaneous Exhibition pawns down with his king still exposed. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 f6 After this Black is almost lost. 1-0 3.fxe5 ¤c6 3...fxe5 4. Qh5+ gives Black the unhappy choice of losing a rook after 4...g6 5. C43 Qxe5+ or his king after 4...Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Bc4+. 4.d4 ¥e7 5.exf6 gxf6 If 5...Nxf6 White Fischer,Robert James plays 6.Bd3 threatening 7.e5 and 8.Qh5+. 6.£h5+ Chalker Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 ¢f8 7.¥c4 £e8 8.¥h6+ 1-0 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 ¤e4 5.£e2 White tries to prove Black's knight is misplaced. 5... C10 f5 or 5...would lose a pawn for shaky c o m p e n s a t i o n . ¥b4+ If White interposes on d2 Fischer,Robert James Black will take over the initiative; if he moves his Kral,Peter king Black will have two exposed minor pieces. Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 6.¢d1 Now that W te's king is stuck in the center Black show sacrifice a pawn by 6...d5 7. exd6 f5, 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¤d7 with complications. ¤c5 By cutting his bishop off 5.¤f3 ¤gf6 6.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 7.¥d3 ¥e7 8.£e2 from the kingside Black lets his queen get trapped. 0-0 9.¥g5 c5 10.dxc5 £a5+ 11.c3 £xc5 7.¥g5 d3 Black's best try, keeping White's queen 12.0-0-0 Here Black makes a big mistake. b5 out of c4, but not good enough. 8.cxd3 f6 9.exf6+ N o w t h e r e i s a p a t h t o t h e r o o k a t a 8 o n o n e ¢f7 10.¤e5+ ¢e6 11.¤c6+ diagonal, and a path to h7 on another diagonal. 1-0 The diagonals intersect at e4. If the White queen occupies that square, we would have a double attack. 13.¥xf6 ¥xf6 White to move and win. A00 14.£e4 g6 15.£xa8 b4 16.c4 Fischer,Robert James 1-0 Gloger Simultaneous Exhibition 1964 1.b4 White grabs space on the queenside and prepares to fianchetto his bishop. e5 2.¥b2 f6

My 160 Memorable Games 31 C33 Fischer,Robert James Nyman Simultaneous Exhibition

1964

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 a slight 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 in development and threats against f7. Now 14...Be6 would lose to 15 Ng5. ¥d7 15.¤g5 ¤a6 16.¦xf7 After 16...Kh8, the only defense to the threatened discovered check, White takes the bishop and will mate by Nf7+. 1-0

C57 Fischer,Robert James Burger,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

C52 Fischer,Robert James Sugerman Simultaneous Exhibition

E67 1964

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 standard line of the Evans Gambit White plays for pressure a g a i n s t f 7 t o c o m p e n s a t e f o r h i s p a w n . ¥b6 This loses--Black gives back the pawn for no reason and lets his king get pushed around. 9.¥xf7+ ¢f8 10.¥xg8 ¦xg8 11.¤g5 This double a t t a c k a g a i n s t f 7 a n d h 7 w i n s m a t e r i a l . ¤e5 11...Qe8 12.Nxh7+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ Kd7 12.¤xh7+ Black loses a rook after 12... Ke8 13.Qxg8+ or his queen after 12...Ke7 13.Bg5+ 1-0

Pietzsch,Wolfgang Fischer,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. The night can't stay on e4, so it should stick to f3. ¤e8 Now if either knight moves to e4, then ...f5 is strong, so Pietzsch tries something else, but he soon finds the position opening up to his disadvantage. 12.e4 ¤c7 Eyeing the new weakness on d4. 13.¥e3 The bishop is now a target for f7-f5-f4. h6 14.¤f3 ¤e6 15.¦ab1 Hoping to ge t something on the queenside, but this is too slow. Black gets the initiative right away on the kingside, since he can B86 gain time attacking White's pieces. f5 16.¤h4 Since White can't follow up with f4 due to the Fischer,Robert James weakness of the f file, this just misplaces another Blackstone,John Unites States simul 1964 piece. Pietzsch hopes to get light square play, but just misplaces another piece. £f7 17.exf5 gxf5 Another pot ential target. Fischer now hits 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 18.¥h3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.0-0 ¥e7 8.¥b3 £c7 9.f4 b5 all White's pieces with tempo, and it's no surprise 10.f5 b4 11.fxe6 bxc3 12.exf7+ ¢f8 13.¥g5 that in the end something must drop. f4 This does ¤g4 14.¥f4 cxb2 15.¦b1 ¤c6 16.¥d5 ¤xd4 weaken the light squares, but such considerations 17.¥xa8 £a7 18.¢h1 ¤b5 19.£d2 £xa8 20.c4 are of lesser importance than king safety, which ¤a7 21.¥xd6 ¤c6 22.¥xe7+ ¢xe7 23.£g5+ White lacks. 19.£g6 White must have thought this ¢f8 24.£c5+ ¤e7 25.£c7 ¤f6 26.e5 £c6 move got him out of trouble, but punishment is 27.£d8+ ¢xf7 28.£xh8 ¥b7 29.¦xb2 £xc4 swift. ¤g5 The winning move. White has too many 30.¦bf2 ¤g6 31.¦xf6+ gxf6 32.¦xf6+ ¢e7 pieces hanging. 20.¥xd7 ¥xd7 21.£xf7+ ¦xf7 Otherwise Black will trade on g3 and 33.£xh7+ ¢d8 34.¦d6+ ¢c8 35.£d7+ ¢b8 22.gxf4 penetrate to f2. exf4 23.¥d4 ¥g4 24.¦d2 ¦d7 36.£d8+ ¢a7 37.£b6+ ¢a8 38.¦xg6 0-1 1-0

My 160 Memorable Games 32 E61 Burger,Karl Fischer,Robert James New York US-ch

Black is ready to resume his attack. 0-1

1965 E69

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+ ¢f7 0-1

Sherwin,James Fischer,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 B87 77.¦g8 ¢f7 78.¦b8 ¦d3+ 79.¢f2 ¥c6 80.¦b6 Soruco Garcia ¦f3+ 81.¢g2 ¦c3+ 82.¢f2 a5 83.¦a6 a4 Fischer,Robert James 84.¤e2 ¦c4 85.¤g3 ¢e6 86.¦a7 ¦c2+ 87.¢f1 Havana Olympiad 1966 ¦c3 88.¦a6 ¦xg3 89.¦xc6+ ¢f5 90.¦a6 ¦a3 91.¦a5 ¦a2 92.¢g1 a3 93.¢f1 ¢f4 94.¢g1 e4 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 95.¢f1 ¢f3 96.¢g1 e3 97.¦e5 ¦g2+ 98.¢h1 a2 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 b5 8.a3 99.¦a5 ¦b2 100.¦e5 a1£# The beginning of some very passive play by White. 0-1 ¥e7 9.¥e3 0-0 10.0-0 ¥b7 11.f3 White worries about the weakness of his e-pawn, but Black takes over the initiative after this. ¤bd7 12.£d2 ¤e5 B50 13.£f2 £c7 14.¦ac1 ¢h8 With White unable to Bisguier,Arthur Bernard do anything anywhere on the board Black prepares Fischer,Robert James to take the initiative on the kingside as well. USA-ch New York 1966 15.¤ce2 ¦g8 16.¢h1 Getting off of the g-file in case Black forces it open, but moving onto the Estratégia - Carlos Alejandro Martinez - Aula 05 diagonal of Black's queen bishop. g5 17.h3 V a r i a n t e 0 4 L u t a d o B b o m c o n t r a o B m a u White doesn't want to allow ...g4 when his e-pawn Posições diversas # 5 3/46 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 will become hopelessly weak and Black will have 3.c3 ¤f6 4.¥d3 ¤c6 5.¥c2 ¥g4 6.d3 [ 6.h3 an attack on his king as well, but now the dark ¥xf3 7.£xf3 g6 8.d3 ¥g7 9.0-0 0-0 10.£e2 b5 s q u a r e s a r o u n d W h i t e ' s k i n g a r e w e a k . ¦g6 11.f4 b4! 12.¥e3 ¤d7! ] 6...g6 7.¤bd2 ¥g7 8.h3 18.¤g3 ¦ag8 19.¤xe6 White sees ...h5, ...Rh6 ¥d7 '!' 9.0-0 0-0 10.¤h2 b5 11.f4 b4 '!' 12.¤c4 and ...g4 coming and panics, but it is hard to see d5 'N!?' 13.¤e5 '?!' [ 13.¤e3!? ] 13...bxc3 14.bxc3 what he could have done. to stop Black's attack. dxe4 15.dxe4 ¤xe5 16.fxe5 ¤e8 17.¤f3 ¤c7 fxe6 20.¥xe6 ¤xe4 This discovered attack on 18.¦f2 ¥b5 19.¥g5 £xd1+ 20.¦xd1 ¦fe8 White's bishop ends White's hope of counterattack. 21.¥b3 c4 22.¥c2 ¤e6 23.¥e3 ¦eb8 24.¦b1 21.¤xe4 ¦xe6 White has nothing for his piece and a6 25.¦ff1 ¥e8 26.¢f2 ¤d8 27.¦xb8 '?'

My 160 Memorable Games 33 [ 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 E45 Portisch,Lajos Fischer,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.¥g5 Spassky,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...¥xd3 Reshevsky,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!= … ¤ b 8 - c 6 - a 5; 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/WchMoscow/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 ¤d5µ Evans,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,LReshevsky,S/Santa Monica Piatigorsky /1966/) 8.¥d3! d5 ( 8...¤xd4? 9.£a4+- ) 9.cxd5 ¥xd3 10.£xd3 exd5 11.e5 ¤e4 12.a3± Portisch,LSpassky,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/EXT 98 (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 f3 0-1 Saidy,A-Fischer,R/New York 1965/MCL (38)] 10.¤xe4 ¤xe4 11.£xe4 £d7? … ¤b8-c6-a5: × c4 Diagram [ 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 ]

My 160 Memorable Games 34 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 2/549 1966/Inf02/[Ivkov,B] (35)' '0-1 Portisch,L-Fischer,R/ Santa Monica 1966/MCL/[Ftacnik] (35)' 0-1 C69 Fischer,Robert James Gligoric,Svetozar La Habana olm fin-A, XVII

1966

All About Chess, by I. A. Horowitz Bobby Fischer: A Welter 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 anterior contra Portisch (ver nota sobre o sexto lance das pretas). Observando Gligorich, à minha frente, decidi que ele estava pronto a repetição da linha. dxc6 'Esta jogada é tão automática que quase ninguém 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 as pretas, um imediato 5.d4 apresentaria menos problemas do que o lance do texto, confirmando mais uma vez a opinião de Nimzovich que disse que ameaça é mais forte que sua execução. Embora trocando o bispo pelo cavalo e um bispo que usualmente desempenha funcões estratégicas importantes nesta abertura, as brancas cometeram erros táticos importantes e ganhando tempo para se desenvolver, prejudicaram um pouco a estrutura dos peões das pretas, reativando a ameaça do PK preto (Gligorich). A continuação do texto era preferida por Emanuel Lasker, Bernstein

e também pelo mestre holandês Barendregt e foi por longo tempo estuda por mim antes de ser incluída em meu arsenal.' [ 5.d4 ] 5...f6 '!' '"Esta situação é pouco encontrada nas partidas atualmente jogadas e, graças à imaginação de Fischer, foi necessário voltar ao século XIX para encontrar as alternativas capazes de oferecer às pretas melhores perspectivas. Entretanto, ainda não está definitivamente claro o meio que têm as pretas de defender o PK" (Gligorich). As pretas poderão 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,SReshevsky,S/Maribor/1967/0-1/33/ '?'; em vez de 8.d3? como na partida Malesic,n-Reshevsky,S Maribor 1967 sendo duvidoso que as pretas saíssem 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 podem obter a iniciativa.'; 5...¥d6? 6.d4 exd4 ( 6...f6? 7.dxe5 fxe5 8.¤xe5! '=' ; 6...¥g4 7.dxe5 ¥xf3 8.£xf3² Schallopp-Blackburne/Frankfurt/1887/ '?' '+/-' 'com confortável maioria de peões na ala do rei, como na partida Schallopp,E-Blackburne,J Frankfurt/ Main 1887') 7.£xd4 f6 8.¤bd2 '!' ¤e7 9.¤c4² ' ? ' ' e t c . '; 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 têm possibilidades de irromper na ala da dama após a3 seguido de Rfb1 e b4, mas provavelmente as pretas poderão impedir essa expansão. '; 5...¥g4 6.h3 h5 '!?' ( 6...¥xf3 7.£xf3 A partida HortKolarov, Polônia, 1967, continuou com: £f6 8.£g3 ¥d6 9.d3 £g6 10.¥e3 '!?' £xg3 11.fxg3² Hort,V-Kolarov/Polanica Zdroj/1967/1-0/34/ '!' 'e as brancas 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 £e7µ Analyse 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

My 160 Memorable Games 35 11.gxf3 ¤g6 12.¥e3 c5 13.a4! Hort,V-Sliwa,B/ Polanica Zroj/1967/1-0/37/ 'N' '+/-!' 'as brancas estariam melhor, vencendo eventualmente. Hort,VSliwa,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/Polanica Zroj/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 EUTCH/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 de Pa5 seria quase decisivo.' a5? 'seria impossível em vista de' 13.¤b5! ; 9...¥d7! 10.a4² Fischer,RA 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 boas perspectivas 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-Zelandinov Havanna 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,P Moscow 1967') 11.c4 ¤e7 12.¥e3 f5 13.¤c3 f4 14.e5 '!' ¥xe5 15.¥xc5± Fischer,R-Portisch,L/ Habana ol/1966/1-0/34/ '?' 'e a posição desorganizada 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-Zelandinov Havanna 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/Habana ol/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 Hastings 1965' ) 11...¥d6 12.fxe5 ¥xe5 13.¤a4² '=' '+/-!' 'ofereceria às brancas um provável empate. '] 7...exd4 [U m a a l t e r n a t i v a s e r i a 7...¥d6 mantendo o centro.] 8.cxd4 £d7?! [ 8...¥xf3 9.£xf3 £xd4 10.¦d1 £c5 ( 10...£c4 11.¥f4 etc. ) 11.¥f4 ; 8...c5 9.d5 9.h3 ! siehe Wahls,MBoudre ¥d6= Gligoric '=/+!' 'como o melhor para as pretas.' ] 9.h3 '!' 'Forçando a retirada do bispo. Nimzovich, Steinitz, Evans e outros teóricos davam enorme importância a essa manobra, eliminando a possibilidade de qualquer dificuldade futura em vista do bispo, mas daqui por diante as brancas deverão cuidar do seu Ph para que ele não se torne um possível alvo.' ¥e6 'Recuo normal que, relaxando a tensão, libera as brancas e será a causa das futuras dificuldades de Gligorich.' [ 9...¥h5 10.¤e5 ¥xd1! '=/+' ( 10...£xh3 11.gxh3 ¥xd1 12.¦xd1 fxe5 13.dxe5 ¥c5 14.¢g2 '|^' 'como perigosa preponderância dos peões centrais' ) 11.¤xd7 ¢xd7 12.¦xd1 '+/=' 'as pretas agüentariam o final embora tivessem encontrado um meio de perdê-lo' ¦e8 13.f3 ( 13.¤c3!? ; 13.¤c3 Hecht,H-Matanovic,A/Berlin/1971/; 13.¤c3 é 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.¦f7 abandonam; Fischer,R-Jimenez,E Habana ol 1966 se ¦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 essa posição inferior.' 13.¥g3 ¥d6 14.¤a4!± '!' ¥xg3?

My 160 Memorable Games 36 '=' 'Cedendo definitivamente ao cavalo a posição c5. ' [ 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.¦c3 a s p r e t a s p o d e r i a m t e r a g ü e n t a d o c o m ¤f8! ( 18...£xg3? 19.¤e5 £h4 20.¤xc6++- '=/+' )] 18.¤xa6+- '+-!' 'Golpe final.' ¥xh3 'Desespero!' [ 18...bxa6 19.¦xc6 ] 19.e5 '!' 'O método mais v i g o r o s o . ' ¤xe5 'Desespero total!!' [ 19...fxe5 20.¤c5+ ¢b8 21.¦c3! 'Gligoric' 'seguido de Ra3 seria 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 de Havana, alguns espectadores casuais, chegados nesta altura do jogo, pensaram que as brancas haviam somente trocado duas peças por uma torre. Ninguém poderia supor que Gligorich estava jogando com duas peças a menos!. O rude despertar veio com... As pretas abandonam. [ 25.£a6+- também seria bom. ] 1-0

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.£xh7 1-0 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+ ¢e6 0-1 E92 Gligoric,Svetozar Fischer,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 B97 10.h5 f4 11.¥d2 g5 12.h6 ¥f6 13.¤h2 ¢h8 Fischer,Robert James 14.¥g4 ¥xg4 15.¤xg4 ¤d7 16.£f3 ¦g8 Geller,Efim P 17.0-0-0 ¦g6 18.g3 c5 19.¦dg1 ¤c7 20.¤d1 Monaco 1967 b5 21.£e2 bxc4 22.£xc4 ¤b6 23.£e2 ¦ag8 24.f3 £e8 25.¤c3 a6 26.¦g2 ¥d8 27.¦hg1 ¤d7 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 28.£f1 ¦f8 29.¦h2 ¤f6 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.¤xf6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6 8.£d2 £xb2 ¥xf6 32.¦xg6 hxg6 33.b3 ¢h7 34.¤d1 ¤b5 9.¦b1 £a3 10.f5 ¤c6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.¤xc6 35.¤b2 ¥e7 36.¤c4 £d7 37.¥a5 ¤d4 38.¥c3 bxc6 13.e5 ¤d5 [ 13...dxe5 ] 14.¤xd5 cxd5 ¤b5 39.¥b2 ¥d8 40.a4 ¤a7 41.¥c3 g5 15.¥e2 dxe5 16.0-0 ¥c5+ [ 16...¦a7 ] 17.¢h1 42.¥xe5 dxe5 43.¤xe5 £d6 44.¤c4 £g6 ¦f8 18.c4 ¦xf1+ 19.¦xf1 ¥b7 [ 19...¥d4 20.£c2 45.¦g2 ¤c8 46.£f2 ¤d6 47.£xc5 ¥e7 48.£d4 £b2 21.£xh7!+- £xe2 22.£g8+ ¢d7 23.£d8+ ¤xc4 49.bxc4 £xh6 50.¢c2 £h3 51.£g1 £d7 ¢c6 24.cxd5+ ¢b5 25.£e8+ ¢c4 26.£c6+ ¢d3 52.¦h2+ ¢g7 53.¢d3 £xa4 54.¦c2 ¦b8 55.¦c3 27.¦c1 £b2 28.£xa8 ¥b7 29.£f8 £e2 30.£a3+ ¦b3 56.£d4+ ¢g6 57.e5 ¦xc3+ ¢e4 31.£b4 1-0 Sirotkin-Sorokin/URS 1967; 0-1 19...¦a7 20.cxd5 ¦d7 21.£c2+- Djukic,ZMarjanovic ,S YUG 1970; 19...h6!? 20.¥h5+ ¢d7 B88 21.¦f7+ ¢c6 22.¥f3 e4 23.¥xe4 dxe4 24.£f4 ¥d7 25.£xe4+ ¢c7 26.¥f4+ e5! 27.¥xe5+ ¥d6 Fischer,Robert James 28.¦xd7+ ¢xd7 29.£b7+ ¢e6 30.£d5+ ¢e7 Dely,Peter 31.£b7+ ¢e6= ( 31...¥c7?! 32.£xc7+ ¢e6 Skopje 1967 33.h3 )] 20.¥g4 [ 20.¥d1 ¥e7 ( 20...¦c8 21.£e2!! ¥e7 22.£h5+ g6™ 23.£xh7 ¥xg5 24.£xg6+ 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ¢d7 25.£xg5± £d3 26.¦f7+ ¢c6 27.£g4 ¢b6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 a6 8.f4 £a5 28.¥e2 £e4 29.£xe6+ ¦c6 30.£e7 £xe2 The queen isn't really doing anything here and 31.£b4+ 1-0 Zhuravlev,N-Gutman/Riga 1967) Black's king will soon feel the heat. Black should 21.¥xe7 ¢xe7 ( 21...£xe7 22.¥a4+ ¢d8 just play 8...Be7. 9.0-0 ¤xd4 10.£xd4 d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.£a5+ ¢c8 25.£b6 ¢b8 The point of Black's eighth move. He threatens 11... 26.¥c6 ¦a7 27.¥xd5 a5 28.¦f7 1-0 Joseph- Bc5, but White has no trouble preventing that and Scalisi/cr ITA 1972) 22.£g5+ ¢d6 23.¦f7 ¦e8 Black is inviting White to open the center while his 24.c5+ ( 24.¦xb7 £d3÷ ) 24...£xc5 25.¦xb7 £f2 king still lives there. 11.¥e3 ¤xe4 This makes 26.h3 £e1+ 27.¢h2 £xd1 28.£xg7+- ; 20.£c2 things really bad, opening the d-file and wasting A) 20...¥e7 21.¥h5+ ( 21.£xh7± ) 21...g6 more time. 12.¤xe4 dxe4 13.f5 White plays to

My 160 Memorable Games 37 open more lines, espescially the a2-g8 diagonal and the f- file. £b4 Hoping to ease the pressure by exchanging, but White doesn't have to agree to this. 14.fxe6 ¥xe6 14...Qxd4 15.exf7+ Kd8 16. Bxd4 The threat to take on g7 freezes Black's kingside and White will simply bring his rooks to the e 15.¥xe6 fxe6 15...Qxd4 16.Bxf7+ And White comes out a piece ahead. 16.¦xf8+ White forces Black's queen back in order to penetrate with his own queen. £xf8 17.£a4+ Black resigned here. 17...Ke7 and 17...Kf7 lose the queen, and 17... Kd8 gets mated after 18.Rd1+ and 19.Qd7+, as you can confirm with Gambit. 1-0

shot sets the theme for the rest of the game: Fischer snipes alternately against the White king and e pawn, and his initiative snowballs. 14.h4 b4 Now White must either give up a pawn or allow the h file to be opened. 15.¥xf6 ¥xf6 16.¤d5 ¥xh4 17.¤xh5 £g5 Bringing the heavy artillery to bear against White's king in a wonderfully unorthodox manner. 18.f6 A desperate attempt to get play, but after Black's next move, White's knight becomes i r r e l e v a n t . g6 19.¤g7+ ¢d8 20.¦f3 ¥g3 Black's threats on the h file 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 £f4 0-1

B89 Fischer,Robert James Sofrevski,Jovan Skopje

A08 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 the White side of this opening, known as the Velimirovic 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 is completely undefended, but White does not have much in the way of an attack. The Black queen can transfer to the kingside and help in the defense. Fischer eliminates that possibility with a brilliant stroke. 15.¤d5 ¦fe8 Black has t o decline the sacrifice, otherwise White's rook joins the queen in the attack, while Black's queen is forced out of the way. 15...exd5 16.Rxd5 Qa6 17.Rh5 Bg4 18.Qg3 Qe2 19.f3 f5 20.h3 16.¤xe7+ ¦xe7 17.¦xd6 So, White does not get the desired attack, but gains material instead. ¦c8 18.£d4 This is a double attack on the bishop at d7 and pawn at f6, earning W h i t e e v e n m o r e m a t e r i a l . ¥e8 19.£xf6 Black now resigned, as Fischer threatened a big sacrifice at e6. Try playing 19...Rec7 against Gambit and see what he does! 1-0 B87 Byrne,Donald Fischer,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 had to play 13.Nh5 to keep equality. h5 This sharp rim

Fischer,Robert James Miagmasuren,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 B25 Bernstein Fischer,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 knight in order not to give White a kingside target. 7.¤f3 ¥b7 8.0-0 £d7 9.¥e3 f5 In one stoke Black prevents White from getting play by f5, prepares to pile up on White's e-pawn and enhances his queen bishops diagonal. 10.£d2 ¤f6 11.¢h1 To save his queen bishop from 11...Ng4. 0-0-0 12.¦ae1 White tries to play in the center where he has no real object of attack. He should have gone after Black's king with 12.a3 intending to follow up with b4. ¢b8 13.¥g1 Losing. White pursues his imaginary play on the e-file completely oblivious to how tangled his pieces are becoming on the kingside. fxe4 14.dxe4 14.Nxe4 is no better. ¥a6 Black wins the exchange for nothing, since 15.Rf2 doesn't work after 15...Ng4. 15.¤g5 ¥xf1 16.¥xf1 ¦he8 17.¥b5 White hopes to get counterchances by e4-e5-e6, but Black's next move squelches

My 160 Memorable Games 38 this. e5 18.fxe5 ¦xe5 19.¥xc6 £xc6 20.¤f7 ¦de8 Black gives back the exchange to eliminate White's only active piece. 21.¤xe5 ¦xe5 22.£f4 b5 23.a3 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.¥d4 This loses a piece, but if the knight moves away Black plays 25... Nxe4 and Black will win by a discovered check on the a8-h1 diagonal. ¦f5 0-1 B91 Matulovic,Milan Fischer,Robert James Vinkovci it

09.09.1968

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and O'Connell # 484 Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan and Jeremy Silman Sicilian Defence, 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 Fianchetto Variation. This is rarely played. e5 7.¤de2 [ 7.¤f3 i s a n o t h e r p o s s i b i l i t y] 7...¥e7 8.¥g5!?N With this and his next move Matulovic reveals that h e a i m s t o c o n t r o l d 5 . [T h e r o u t i n e 8.¥g2 allows Black to achieve comfortable development by 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.¦a5 1-0 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/Siegen 1 9 7 0 / M C D ( 2 8 )) 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.¥b5 1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Ubilava,E/Tallinn 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,OWexler,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

My 160 Memorable Games 39 ¤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 time with routine development, but sets about fighting for e5. [ Matulovic - Minic, Belgrade 65 went 9...0-0!? 10.a4!² h6 11.¥xf6 ¤xf6 12.¥xc8 with the better game £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 the immediate 10.¤d5 ] 10...b4 11.¤d5 [ 11.¥xd7+?! £xd7 12.¥xf6 bxc3! 13.¥xg7? ¦g8 14.¥h6 £h3! 15.¥e3 cxb2 16.¦b1 £g2 17.¦g1 £xe4 18.¦xb2 ¥e6µ ] 11...¤xd5 12.£xd5 ¦b8 13.¥xe7 ¢xe7! Recapturin g thus allows Fischer to get his Q rapidly into play on the queenside. 14.£d2 ¤f6 15.¥g2? Matulovic has refrained from exchanging this B on the last two moves, rightly preferring to have some control over the white 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 clear positive plan on moves 8 and 9 Matulovic should have been so easily pushed back into such a state of passivity as afflicts him now. Black has the simple plan of doubling rooks on the c file, and there is very little to be done about it. 17.0-0 a5! 18.¦fd1 ¥a6 19.£d2 ¦hc8 20.h3! This position is another example of the superior side treading carefully to avoid giving the opponent any counterplay. White suffers from a terrible B on g2, a N that doesn't appear to be going anywhere, and pawns that are in need of constant defense on c2 and 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 cfile and add to the pressure against c2. The advantages of the position are not going away, so Black decides to kill his enemy's counterplay chances first. Then he will be free to pursue his queenside dreams. Here's how Fischer neutralized M 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 but weakens the c3-square. [ 21.¦ac1 ] 21...¥xe2! Why give up this nice B for the lame N? Because only the N was keeping Black out of c3. 22.£xe2 With White's counterplay crippled, Black can proceed 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 weakling on c2, eventually lost the game. 26.¦a2 [ On 26.¦c1? ¦xb3! wins a pawn. Matulovic is given no time 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 f5 Matulovic availed himself of the privilege of sealing a move and adjourning before resigning. 0-1 E97 Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvo Fischer,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 para apoiar o avanco dos peoes na ala da dama' c5 'Interessante e 9...a5 parando 10.b4 e ficando preparado para responder 10.Cb3 com 10...a4' 10.a3 ¤e8 11.b4 'Horchnoi segue o plano de expansao 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 jogadores devem avaliar com precisao as possibilidades de ataque sem descuidar da defesa' 15.a5 ¦f6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.¤b3 ¦g6 'Fischer bloqueou bem a investida de Korchnoi e comecou seu ataque na ala do rei' 18.¥d2 ¤f6 19.¢h1 g4

My 160 Memorable Games 40 20.fxg4 ¤xg4 21.¦f3 ¦h6 22.h3 ¤g6 23.¢g1 ¤f6 24.¥e1 'Korchnoi se defendeu das ameacas e parece que as negras nao tem como continuar seu ataque' ¤h8 '!' 'O genial Fischer manobra seu cavalo 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 nao podem defender sua dama e a ameaca ...Dh4+ de uma so vez. 0-1 Kortchnoi,V-Fischer,R/Herceg Novi 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 D79 Geller Fischer,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-rook endgame. Black has an extra pawn and control of the seventh rank, but the large number of open files gives White plenty of room to maneuver and, with no pawn weaknesses, White should survive. ¦b8 26.¦e3 g5 27.h3 ¢g7 28.¦c7 White takes the seventh rank and threatens to play Rf3, tying down Black's forces. ¢g6 29.¦f3 f6 30.¦e7 ¦e2 31.g4 White has a good defensive formation and it is hard to see how Black can make progress. But Fischer is famous for his refusal to agree to draws while there is still play in the position. ¦b1+ 32.¢g2 ¦ee1 33.¦a3 This creates an escape path for the king. h5 34.¦aa7 ¦g1+ 35.¢f3 hxg4+ 36.hxg4 ¦b3+ 37.¢e2 ¦xg4 38.¦xe6 The picture has clarified 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, the d r a w w o u l d b e f a i r l y s i m p l e f o r W h i t e . ¦bb1 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 of maneuvering 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-rook endgame. ¦xd3 65.¦xd3 ¦f1 66.¦d2 ¢h4 66...Kg6 67.Ra2 Black could never make any progress here. 67.¢xf5 g3 Black uses the pin to advance the pawn. After the game, Geller said he was confused, and thought that he could capture the pawn with check here. 68.f4 ¢h3 69.¦d3 White is prepared to sacrifice the rook for the pawn at the appropriate time, when the Black king is further down the board. The idea is that king and pawn against rook is drawn provided that the pawn i s f a r e n o u g h a d v a n c e d . ¢h4 70.¦d2 A big mistake. White needs a certain amount of distance between his rook and the enemy king, in order to constantly give check without the king being able to come up and attack the rook. 70.Rd7 Kh3 71.Rh7+ Kg2 72.Kg4 Kf2 73.f5 g2 74.Rh2 Rh1 75.Rxg2+ Kxg2 76.f6 and a drawn position results. ¦a1 71.¢e5 This is the decisive error. White could still have drawn with the correct move . 71.Rd8 g2 72.Rh8+ Kg3 73.Rg8+ Kf3 74. Ke6 g1Q 75.Rxg1 Rxg1 76.f5 Kf4 77.f6 Kg5 78.f7 Rf1 79.Ke7 Re1+ 80. Kd8 Rf1 81. Ke8 Re1+ 82.Kd8 ¢g4 Now White is going to lose the f-pawn. 72.f5 72.Rd8 Re1+ 73. Kf6 Kxf4 ¦a5+ 0-1 A01 Fischer,Robert James Andersson,Ulf Siegen TV Exhibition Game

1970

I may be wrong but I think this game was played for a TV audience. Bobby Fischer was White and transformed a Larsen Opening into a Najdorf Sicilan. Fischer as Black has played the plan King to rook-one, Pawn to King's knight 4 and doubling rook on the King's Knight file at least twice as Black. 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,RTukmakov,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.£b3 ½-½ Rogers,I-Kempinski,R/Germany 1999/EXT

My 160 Memorable Games 41 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,IMantovani,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 B13 Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,Tigran USSR-World [board 2]

1970

The adventures of Fischer in Yugoslavia 1959 and Curacao 1962 have been described. Bobby refused to participate in Amsterdam 1964, because he found the payment too low. He started with a score of 8 1/2 / 10 in the interzonal tournament, Sousse 1967, and left! When he played a minimatch of four games against Petrosian in 1970, he had not encountered a top player in three years. A sensation happened. Fischer had become the greatest strategist in the history of chess. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.¥d3 ¤c6 5.c3 ¤f6 6.¥f4 ¥g4 7.£b3 ¤a5 8.£a4+ ¥d7 9.£c2 e6

10.¤f3 £b6 11.a4 A novelty prevents an exchange 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 a white attack on the f-file. [ 17...£c7 18.¤df3 0-0 completes 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 A37 Petrosian,Tigran Fischer,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 i s c h e r ) .] 20.¤b2 ¥b5 21.¤ed3?! [ 21.¤bd3! a6 22.£b3 defends 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 a draw. ] 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 minimatch with 3-1 (+2, =2). 0-1

My 160 Memorable Games 42 D80 Mecking,Henrique da Costa Fischer,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.¥e3² As pretas, tendo provocado o avanço de e4 ao atacar o cavalo, iniciam logo o contra-ataque pelo centro. 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,JTukmakov,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.¦db5 1/2-1/2 Ravisekhar,R-Tukmakov,V/New Delhi 1986/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.£c1 ½-½ C42 Fischer,Robert James Gheorghiu,Florin Buenos Aires it

21.07.1970

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and 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,PKotan,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,EBanas,J/Trnava 1981/MCD (13)] 3.¤xe5 d6

My 160 Memorable Games 43 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

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 the s u b t l e w i n 50.¦a6 ¢c7 51.c5 bxc5+ 52.bxc5 ¤e8 53.¦g6 ( B a l a s h o v ) ¦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+ E97 63.¢f4 ¢d4 64.¦b4+ ¢c3 65.¦b5 ¤f7 66.¦c5+ Taimanov,Mark E 2620 ¢d4 67.¦f5 g5+ 68.¢g4 ¤e5+ 69.¢xg5 ¦g6+ Fischer,Robert James 2740 70.¢xh4 ¦xg2 71.¥d1 ¦g8 72.¥g4 ¢e4 1.f Vancouver 1971 73.¢g3 ¦g7 74.¦f4+ ¢d5 75.¦a4 ¤g6 76.¦a6 ¤e5 77.¢f4 ¦f7+ 78.¢g5 ¦g7+ 79.¢f5 ¦f7+ Fischer won the interzonal Palma de Mallorca 1970. 80.¦f6 ¦xf6+ 81.¢xf6 ¢e4?? [ The nicest draw His opponent in the quarterfinal was Taimanov. gives 81...¤d3 82.h4 ¤f4 83.¢f5 ¢d6 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 (Botvinnik).] 82.¥c8! ¢f4 [Pointes are 82...¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¥d2 ¤e8 83.¥b7+ ;and 82...¤d3 83.¥f5+ ] 83.h4 ¤f3 84.h5 10.¦c1 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.¤g5!? Taimanov ¤g5 85.¥f5 ¤f3 86.h6 ¤g5 87.¢g6 ¤f3 88.h7 plays actively against Fischer's favourite opening. ¤e5+ 89.¢f6 Taimanov lost again. h6 13.¤e6 ¥xe6 14.dxe6 £c8 15.£b3 c6! 1-0 16.¥h5?! [ 16.f4 e4 17.¥e3 has more effect.] 16...£xe6 17.£xb7 ¤f6 18.¥e2 ¦fb8 19.£a6 ¦xb2 20.¦fd1 e4?! 21.£a3 ¦b7 22.¥f4 d5 E97 Taimanov,Mark E 2620 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.¤b5 ¤g6 25.¤d4 £d7 Fischer,Robert James 2740 26.£e3 1971 Black has allowed a blockade of the centre. ¢h7 1.f Vancouver 27.h3 ¦f8 28.¥a6?! Heroic play leads to difficulties. ¦b6 29.¦c7 £a4 30.¦xg7+! ¢xg7 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 31.¥xh6+ ¢f7 32.¥e2 ¦fb8 33.¤xf5 ¦b1 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.¥d2 ¤e8 34.¦xb1 ¦xb1+ 35.¢h2 £d7 White has no real 10.¦c1 f5 11.£b3! Taimanov diverts from game attack. 36.¤d4? [ 36.¤g3 £c7 37.£d2! one. b6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.¤g5 ¤f6 14.f4 h6 keeps an effective defence line.] 36...£d6+ 37.g3 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.c5? Taimanov plays too hasty. £b4 38.¤c6 £b6 39.¤xa7 £xe3 40.¥xe3 ¦e1 [ C o r r e c t i s 16.¤f3 ¤g6 and now 17.c5! ] 0-1 16...¤fxd5 17.¤xd5 ¤xd5 18.cxb6 axb6 19.¦c6!? ¢h8 Taimanov thinks for one hour and fourteen minutes. 20.¤f3 [ Commentators regard B44 20.£h3 ¤f6 21.¥c3 as good for White, but f4! Fischer,Robert James 2740 22.£h4 ¥b7 23.¤e6 £d7 24.¤xg7 £xg7 Taimanov,Mark E 2620 refutes this idea.] 20...¥b7 21.¦g6 ¤f4! 22.¥xf4 1.f Vancouver 1971 exf4 23.¦d1 £e7 24.¦e6 £c5+ 25.¢f1 ¦fd8 26.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 Black has taken over the attack. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e6 27.£a4 £c1+ 28.¢f2 ¥f8 29.b4 ¥e4 30.¦e8?! 5.¤b5 d6 6.¥f4 e5 7.¥e3 ¤f6 8.¥g5 £a5+?! ¥c6! 31.£xc6 £xc6 32.¦xd8 £f6 33.¦c8 £e7 9.£d2 ¤xe4 10.£xa5 ¤xa5 11.¥e3! 34.¢f1 ¢h7 35.¤d4 ¥g7 36.¤b5 ¥e5 37.a3 Fischer exerts pressure for a pawn. ¢d7 12.¤1c3 £d7 38.¦a8 f3 39.gxf3 ¥xh2 40.¢g2 £g7+ ¤xc3 13.¤xc3 ¢d8 14.¤b5 ¥e6 15.0-0-0 b6 41.¢xh2 £e5+ 42.¢g1 16.f4! He avoids the capture on d6. exf4 17.¥xf4 0-1 ¤b7 18.¥e2! ¥d7 19.¦d2 ¥e7 20.¦hd1 ¥xb5 21.¥xb5 ¢c7 22.¦e2 ¥f6 23.¦de1 ¦ac8 24.¥c4 ¦hf8 25.b4 a5 26.¥d5! White threatens 27.Re7+. ¢b8 27.a3 ¦fd8 The pawn is returned for activity. 28.¥xf7 ¥c3 29.¥d2 d5 30.¦d1 d4 31.¥xc3 ¦xc3 32.¢b2 d3 33.¢xc3 dxe2

My 160 Memorable Games 44 Fischer,Robert James Taimanov,Mark E 1.f Vancouver

B47 2740 2620 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 will 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 the pressure 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 on the 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 ¢d8 Black seems to escape, but Sherlock Fischer o u t w i t s W a t s o n T a i m a n o v . 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.¢c5 White wins on the kingside.] 70.¢c6 ¢b8 71.b6 A wonderful endgame. 1-0

42.¥xc5 ¥xc5+ 43.£xc5+ 45.£c7+ ¢h6 46.¦xf6?? completely. £d4+ 0-1

Fischer,Robert James Taimanov,Mark E 1.f Vancouver

¢g7 44.¦f1 £e4 Taimanov collapses

B44 2740 2620 1971

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e6 5.¤b5 d6 6.¥f4 e5 7.¥e3 ¤f6 8.¥g5 ¥e6 Taimanov plays the main variation this time. 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+ ¢d7 supports 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 positional problems (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 match over ten games with 6-0. It was a sensation. Taimanov had a book of a dissident in his luggage. He was arrested in Moscow. 1-0

Fischer,Robert James Larsen,Bent 2.f Denver

C19 2760 2660 1971

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 ¤e7 5.a3 D80 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 ¤bc6 8.¤f3 ¥d7 Taimanov,Mark E 2620 9.¥d3!? £c7 10.0-0 c4 11.¥e2 f6 12.¦e1 Fischer,Robert James 2740 ¤g6?! [Less risk takes 12...fxe5 13.dxe5 0-0 ] 1.f Vancouver 1971 13.¥a3 fxe5 14.dxe5 ¤cxe5 15.¤xe5 ¤xe5 16.£d4! ¤g6 17.¥h5 ¢f7!? 18.f4! 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¥g5 ¤e4 5.¥h4 Fischer attacks in a lovely way. ¦he8 19.f5! exf5 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 ¥e6 8.¦b1 b6 9.¥e2 20.£xd5+ ¢f6 [Avoids 20...¥e6 21.¦xe6 ¦xe6 ¥h6 10.¤f3 c6 11.¤e5 ¥g7 12.f4 ¥d5 13.0-0 22.£xf5+ ¦f6 23.£d5+ ¦e6 24.¦f1+ (suetin). ] ¤d7 14.¤xc4 0-0 15.a4 c5 16.¤e5 ¤xe5 21.¥f3?! [ 21.¥d6! £c8 22.¥f3! ¥c6 23.£d4+ 17.dxe5 f6 18.¦b2 ¥e6 19.¦d2 £c7 20.¥g4 ¢f7 24.£xc4+ gives fine winning chances.] £c8 21.¥f3 ¦b8 22.£e2 ¦d8 23.¦fd1 ¦xd2 21...¤e5! 22.£d4 ¢g6 23.¦xe5 £xe5 [ Not 24.£xd2 £e8 25.exf6 exf6 26.£d6 ¦c8 27.a5 23...¦xe5? 24.¥d6 ] 24.£xd7 ¦ad8 25.£xb7 ¥f8 28.£d2 ¥e7 29.¥d5 £f7 30.¥xe6 £xe6 £e3+? Larsen misses the draw in the complicated 31.£d7 ¢f7 32.£xa7 bxa5 33.e4 £c6 34.¦d7 skirmish. [C o r r e c t i s 25...£xc3 26.£c6+! ¢g5 £xe4 35.h3 a4 36.¥f2 ¢f8 37.c4 a3 38.£xa3 27.¥c1+ f4 28.h4+! ¢f5! 29.g4+ fxg3 30.¢g2! ¦a8 39.£b2 ¢e8 40.£b5 ¢f8 41.¦d1 £xf4 £d4! (Suetin) 31.¢xg3 £xa1 32.¥g4+ ¢e5

My 160 Memorable Games 45 33.£c5+ ¢f6 34.£f2+ ¢e5 35.£e1+ ¢d5 ¤b5 37.¦b6 ¤xd4+ 38.¢d3 ¤xe6 39.¦xe6 a5 and perpetual check.] 26.¢f1 ¦d2 27.£c6+ ¦e6 40.¢d4 ¢f7 41.¦e2 28.¥c5! ¦f2+ 29.¢g1 ¦xg2+! 30.¢xg2 £d2+ 1-0 31.¢h1 ¦xc6 32.¥xc6 £xc3 33.¦g1+ ¢f6 34.¥xa7 g5 35.¥b6 £xc2 36.a5 £b2 [ 36...£a2! offers the last chance.] 37.¥d8+ ¢e6 38.a6 £a3 E97 Larsen,Bent 2660 39.¥b7 £c5 40.¦b1 c3 41.¥b6 Fischer,Robert James 2760 1-0 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 plays his 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 1.c4 c5 2.¤f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.e4 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.exf5 gxf5!? 19.¥c2 a6 ¤f6 6.¤c3 d6 7.¥e2 ¤xd4 8.£xd4 ¥g7 9.¥g5 20.¤de4! ¥xc1 21.¤xf6+ ¦xf6 22.¦fxc1 ¦af8 h6 10.¥e3 0-0 11.£d2 ¢h7 12.0-0 ¥e6 13.f4 Fischer starts an attack, despite the exchanges. ¦c8 14.b3 £a5 15.a3 a6 16.f5 ¥d7 17.b4 23.¦b6 ¥c8 24.¤e2?! [ The thematic defence £e5! Fischer defends well. 18.¦ae1 ¥c6 19.¥f4 24.f4! ¤g6 25.¤e2 exf4 26.¦f1 £e7! 27.¤xf4 ¤xe4 20.¤xe4 £xe4 21.¥d3 £d4+ 22.¢h1 ¤xf4 28.¦xf4 £e1+ 29.¦f1 £d2 30.¦f2 £e1+ ¦ce8 23.¥e3 £c3 24.¥xh6 £xd2 25.¥xd2 31.¦f1 ends with a perpetual.] 24...f4 25.¥e4 ¤f5 ¥e5? [Correct is 25...e5! ] 26.¥f4 ¥xf4 27.¦xf4 26.¦c6 £g7 Black's attack has become very gxf5 28.¦xf5? [The king is attacked by 28.¦e3! strong. 27.¦b1? [ White pieces are properly placed ¦g8 29.¥xf5+ ¢h6 ( 29...¢g7? 30.¦g3+ ¢f8 in 27.¢h1! (Murey) ¤h4 28.¦g1 ] 27...¤h4! 31.¥e6 ) 30.¥h3! ¦g7 31.b5! axb5 32.cxb5 ¥d5 28.£d3 ¥f5 29.¢h1 [Or 29.¦d1 ¤xg2! ] 29...f3! ( 32...¥xb5? 33.¦h4+ ¢g5 34.¦b4! ) 33.¦h4+ 30.¤g3 fxg2+ 31.¢g1 ¥xe4 32.£xe4 ¤f3+ ¢g5 34.¦d4! ¥e6 35.¥xe6 fxe6 36.¦xe6 33.¢xg2 ¤d2 White has won a pawn (Joop Piket).] 28...¢g7 0-1 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! B88 38.¥xf5 ¥xf5 39.¦xf5 ¦xa3 ] 37...¦a4 38.¦c1 Fischer,Robert James 2760 ¥xb5! 39.¥xf7 ¦xh4+ 40.¢g2 ¢xg5 41.¥d5 Larsen,Bent 2660 ¥a6 42.¦d1 ¦a4 43.¥f3 ¦xa3 44.¦xd6 ¦a2+ 2.f Denver 1971 45.¢g1 ¢f4 46.¥g2 ¦b2 47.¦d7 b6 48.¦d8 ¥e2 49.¥h3 ¥g4 50.¥f1 ¥f3 51.¦b8 ¥e4 1.e4 Chernev,Irving c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 52.¥a6 ¢e3 53.¦c8 ¦b1+ 54.¢h2 ¢f4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 [ 6...g6 0-1 C h e r n e v , I r v i n g 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± ] B88 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 9.0-0 ¥d7 10.f4 £c8?! Fischer,Robert James 2760 Chernev,Irving: ''Larsen'' 11.f5! Larsen wanted to Larsen,Bent 2660 prevent this move, but Fischer plays it anyway as a 2.f Denver 1971 positional sacrifice. Chernev,Irving: ''!'' ¤xd4 12.¥xd4 exf5 13.£d3 fxe4 14.¤xe4 ¤xe4 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 15.£xe4 ¥e6 16.¦f3 [Faster will end 16.¦ae1! 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 £c6? 17.£f4 ¦ae8?? 18.£g3 g6 19.¦xe6 9.f4 ¥d7 10.0-0 a6 11.f5 £c8? 12.fxe6 ¥xe6? (Janosevic-Musil, Yugoslavia 1972).] 16...£c6 [No matter loses 12...fxe6 13.¤f5 £c7 14.¥f4 [ 16...¥xb3 Chernev,Irving 17.¦g3 g6 18.£xe7 ¤e8 ] 13.¤xe6 fxe6 14.¤a4! ¦b8 15.¤b6 £e8 /\ 19.Qf6 £e6 19.£h4 ¥d5 20.¦e3 £f5 21.¦f1 16.¥xe6+ ¢h8 17.¥f5 ¤e5 18.£d4 £h5 £xc2 22.£xh7+! ¢xh7 23.¦h3+ ¢g8 24.¦h8# 19.¤d5 ¤xd5 20.£xd5 £e2 21.¥a7 ¦be8 # ] 17.¦e1 £xe4 [ 17...¥xb3 Chernev,Irving 22.¦f2 £b5 23.c3 ¥h4 24.g3 £xd5 25.exd5 18.£g4 ( 18.£xe7? ¦fe8 19.£h4 ¥xc2! ) 18...g6 ¥f6 26.¦af1 ¤c4 27.¥e6 ¦a8 28.¥d4 ¥xd4 19.¦xe7 ¥e6 20.¦xe6 £c8 21.¦e4 f5 22.£h4 29.cxd4 ¦xf2 30.¦xf2 b5 31.¢f1 g6 32.b3 ¤a3 fxe4 23.£e7+- Gipslis ] 18.¦xe4 d5 19.¦g3! g6 33.¢e2 ¦a7 34.¦f8+ ¢g7 35.¦d8 b4 36.¦xd6 [ 19...dxe4? C h e r n e v , I r v i n g 20.¦xg7+ ¢h8 Larsen,Bent Fischer,Robert James 2.f Denver

B36 2660 2760 1971

My 160 Memorable Games 46 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 defendable endgame (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...a5 after the game, but 24.c4 ¦ae8 25.¦d7 ¥b4 26.a3 ¦e7 27.axb4 ¦xd7 28.bxa5 favours White.] 24.c4 a5 25.¦a7 Black can grab h i s l a s t c h a n c e w i t h a n a t u r a l m o v e . ¥c7? C h e r n e v , I r v i n g : ' ' [ ] ' ' [ 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 ¦xb2 might 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 h5 Chernev,Irving: ''/\ 30... h4'' 30.¦a6 Chernev,Irving: ' ' ! ' ' / \ 3 1 . R x g 6 + o r 3 1 . R c 6 ' ' ¥e5 31.¥d2 Chernev,Irving: ''!'' ¦d3 32.¢e2 ¦d4 [ 32...¦xd2+ Chernev,Irving 33.¢xd2 ¥xb2 34.¦xa5 ¢f8 35.¦a6+- ] 33.¥c3 ¦cxc4 [ 33...¦xd5 Chernev,Irving 34.cxd5 ¥xc3 35.bxc3 ¦xc3 36.d6 ¦c2+ 37.¢e3+- ] 34.¥xc4 ¦xc4 35.¢d3 [ 35.¥xe5? C h e r n e v , I r v i n g ¦e4+= ] 35...¦c5 36.¦xa5 ¦xa5 37.¥xa5 ¥xb2 38.a4 ¢f8 39.¥c3 ¥xc3 [ 39...¥a3 Chernev,Irving 40.a5 ¥c5 41.a6 / \ 4 2 . B d 4 + - ¥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 fantastic endgame. 1-0

Larsen,Bent Fischer,Robert James 2.f Denver

A02 2660 2760 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 a pawn 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 t r i e s t o w i n .] 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+ ¢g7 Again Fischer had won with 6-0, an incredible result. 0-1

Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,Tigran V Buenos Aires cf

B42 2760 2640 19.10.1971

The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer by Wade and O'Connell # 747 Simple Chess by Michael Stean 3. Weak Pawns Sicilian Defence, Kan Variation 1.e4 JvR c5 History is to repeat itself. In his 1969 match defending his world title, Petrosian adopted the Petroff in games 13 and 15 and obtained comfortable though uninteresting draws in 25 and 19 moves respectively; then in the 17th and 19th gaames he switched to the Sicilian and lost both, the latter being in a shattering 24 moves. Had he retained the nerve to bore his audiences, he might have retained his championship. 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 Introducing a system named in various countries after the German master, Louis Paulsen (1833-91), who was second to Morphy in the first American Congress (1857); Paulsen was the pioneer of many modern opening systems. The Russian, Ilya Kan, is credited with dove-tailing the ideas into its present workable shape. The aim of a6 is to fianchetto Black's queen B after b5 with latent effect on White's centre. 5.¥d3 ¤c6 6.¤xc6 bxc6?! [ 6...dxc6! ] 7.0-0 d5 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 ¦a1 0-1 Spassky,B-Petrosian,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 for 20 minutes and played: [JvR: Correct is 10...¤xd5 11.¥e4! ¥e7 ( 11...¥b7! JvR 12.£a4+ £d7

My 160 Memorable Games 47 (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 plus instead 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.¢g3 1-0 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 this exchange of the good N for the bad B is so devestating [Ruben Fine] '!'' '!?' JvR. [ 22.a4± ; 22.a4 ¥c6 /\Nd7 ] 22...¦xd7 23.¦c1 ''/\Rc6'' ¦d6 '?' [ 23...¦da7± ] 24.¦c7 ¤d7 25.¦e2 JvR: 'Black has 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! B l a c k r e s i g n s [ 34.¥c4 g5 35.¦g7 ¦f6 ( 35...¤g6 36.¥f7+ ) 36.¦g8+ ¦f8 37.¥f7+ ] 1-0

Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,Tigran cf Buenos Aires

B44 2760 2640 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 Petrosian diverts from the sixth match game FischerTaimanov. 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 move to Petrosian. The electricity fails at this moment. Fischer thinks redheaded in the darkness. 16.¦d1 ¥f5? [He does not play the prepared 16...¦xg2 A 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.¤e5 Fischer had won his last twenty games in the interzonal and candidates' matches. 1-0

Petrosian,Tigran Fischer,Robert James cf Buenos Aires

D82 2640 2760 1971

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

My 160 Memorable Games 48 ¤e5!? 13.¥a2 ¥f5? [C o r r e c t i s 13...£xc5 ( P e t r o s i a n ) .] 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 avalanche a 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 to hold, 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.¢h1 Even Fischer could lose. A great game was needed. 1-0

Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,Tigran cf Buenos Aires

C11 2760 2640 1971

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 improves on 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 will have 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! ( K h o l m o v ) .] 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

Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,Tigran cf Buenos Aires

C42 2760 2640 1971

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 (FischerGeorghiu, 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.¥xc2 ½-½

Petrosian,Tigran Fischer,Robert James cf Buenos Aires

A06 2640 2760 1971

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 ¥a5 B36 Black will gain a pawn as a reward for his excellent Petrosian,Tigran 2640 restriction. 43.¦b2+? Petrosian blunders right after ¢xa6! Fischer,Robert James 2760 t h e r e s u m p t i o n . [C o r r e c t i s 43.¤g3! 44.¤f5 ¦c6 45.¦c2 cf Buenos Aires 1971 ( K o r c h n o i ) ( 43...¦xa6 The rooks are exchanged.) 44.¤h5 ¦f7 45.¦b2 1.c4 c5 2.¤f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.e4 W h i t e m i g h t s u r v i v e b y p a s s i v e r e s t r i c t i o n .] ¤f6 6.¤c3 d6 7.f3 ¤xd4 8.£xd4 ¥g7 9.¥e3 43...¢xa6 44.¦b1 ¦c7 45.¦b2 ¥e1 46.f3 ¢a5 0-0 10.£d2 £a5 11.¦c1 ¥e6 12.b3 ¦fc8 47.¦c2 ¦b7 48.¦a2+ ¢b5 49.¦b2+ ¥b4 50.¦a2 13.¥e2 a6 14.¤d5 £xd2+ 15.¢xd2 ¤xd5 ¦c7 51.¦a1 ¦c8 52.¦a7?! [ More resistance 16.cxd5 ¥d7 17.¦xc8+ ¦xc8 18.¦c1 ¦xc1 offers 52.¦a2! but ¦c7 53.¦a1 ¦c6! 54.¦a2 ¥c3! 55.¦a3 ¢b4 56.¦a2 ¥e1! 57.¦a1 ¥f2 19.¢xc1 ¢f8 20.¢c2 e6 looks horrible for White.] 52...¥a5! 53.¦d7 [ Or ½-½

My 160 Memorable Games 49 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 demoralised because he had played well and only scored 2 1/2 out of 6. Fischer had crushed 'the other guy's ego'. 0-1

Petrosian,Tigran Fischer,Robert James cf Buenos Aires

D40 2640 2760 1971

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

Fischer,Robert James Petrosian,Tigran cf Buenos Aires

C10 2760 2640 1971

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 cxd5 defends 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 Petrosian played poorly. Fischer won with 6 1/2 - 2 1/2 (+5, =3, -1). At the end of the match, Petrosian had been treated like Taimanov and Larsen. Therefore

the final of the candidates' matches over a maximum of twelve games ended relatively quickly. 1-0

Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Wch28 Reykjavik

E56 2660 2785 1972

Fischer challenged world champion Boris Spassky. Many problems occurred until the match began in Reykjavik. FIDE President Euwe had a hard time. When Jim Slater doubled the prize money of $125, 000 and Henry Kissinger phoned Bobby, Fischer finally flew to Iceland. It had become a confrontation between capitalism and communism. Public interest for the mad genius was enormous. Spassky was respected, because he had a score of +3, =2 against Fischer. The 'match of the century' started on 11 vii 1972 with the usual time limit of 40 moves in 2 1/2 hours. An audience of 2300 spectators followed game one in the Laugersdalholl stadium. 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 winning chances, 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 is adjourned. Fischer complaints about the noise of the 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 achieved zugzwang. g5 52.¢xg5 ¢c4 53.¢f5 ¢b4 54.¢xe4 ¢xa4 55.¢d5 ¢b5 56.¢d6 Bobby was

My 160 Memorable Games 50 very upset about the defeat. 1-0

Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Wch28 Reykjavik

A00 2785 2660 1972

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Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Wch28 Reykjavik

A77 2660 2785 1972

The game is played in a private room at the request of Fischer. He starts to shout when he notices the film camera. It is removed. Schmid restores the peace 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 Soviet grandmasters has not foreseen this provocative opening 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 in the 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 capture on 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 defeated Boris for the first time. 0-1

1986. ] 17...¥xc5+ 18.¢h1 £g5 19.£e2 ¦ad8 20.¦ad1 ¦xd1 21.¦xd1 h5! Spassky played for a win. He is not 'demoralised' as commentators describe him. 22.¤d6 ¥a8 23.¥c4 h4! 24.h3 ¥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

Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Wch28 Reykjavik

E41 2660 2785 1972

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 f5 Portisch-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+ B88 18.fxe4 f6 19.¥e3 ¢b8 20.e5 dxe5 21.d6 ¤c6 Fischer,Robert James 2785 22.¦ad1 £a6 23.hxg5 £xc4 24.¦xh6 £g4 25.d7 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 ¦d8 26.£d3 b6 27.¦dh1 ¦xh6 28.gxh6 ¢c7 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 29.h7 c4 30.£e2 £xf5+ 31.£f3 £c2+ 32.¢g3 £g6+ 33.£g4 £d3 34.¢f2 £c2+ 35.¢f3 f5 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 36.£xc4 b5 37.£d5 e4+ 38.¢g3 £xc3 39.¢f2 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 ¤b4 40.¥f4+ ¢b6 41.£d6+ ¢b7 42.h8£ ¦xh8 9.0-0 a6 10.f4 ¤xd4 11.¥xd4 b5 12.a3 ¥b7 1-0 Donner,J-Damjanovic,M/Cienfuegos 1972/ 13.£d3 a5! A novelty has been prepared in EXT 99 (42)) 15...¦de8 16.h4 g4 17.h5 b5 Fischer's favourite opening. 14.e5! dxe5 15.fxe5 18.¦b1 bxc4 19.¥xc4 gxf3 20.gxf3 ¤exd5 ¤d7 16.¤xb5 ¤c5 17.¥xc5? [The quiet 17.£e3! 21.£b3 ¤b6 22.¥xf7 ¦e7 23.¥e6+ ¢c7 24.¥e3 ¤xb3 18.£xb3 a4 19.£d3 ¥a6 20.¦ad1 £d7 £a6 25.a4 £xa4 26.£xa4 ¤xa4 27.¦a1 ¦xe6 21.c4 ¦ab8 will draw in Carlson-Thompson, corr. 28.fxe6 ¤xc3 29.¦xa7+ ¢c6 30.¦f7 ¤fd5 31.e7

My 160 Memorable Games 51 ¦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/ W i j k 1 9 7 1 / M e g a B a s e 9 7 ( 4 4 ); 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,JMenacher,M/Pardubice 1993/TD (20)) 16...dxe5 17.¦xf6 gxh4 18.£h5+ ¢d7 19.¦xe6 ¦g8 20.£xe5 1-0 Lukacs,P-Somlai,L/Borsodtavho 1991/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

Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Wch28 Reykjavik

D59 2785 2660 1972

Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower Defense Inf14 1.c4 . . . . . . . The Soviet opening preparation is avoided. e6 [ This is Fischer' s previous and first game 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 de Mallorca 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 1-0 Moscow 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...exd5 creating 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/EXT 99 (19) ) 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.¦c2 ¤d7 18.¦fc1

My 160 Memorable Games 52 ¦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... c4 Pachmann' 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.¦c1² Timman ; 14...¢f8 / \ c 4 , a 6 , b 5 15.dxc5 A) 15...¦xc5! 16.¦xc5 £xc5! 17.¢d2 ( 17.£xc5+ bxc5 18.¢d2 ¢e7 19.¦c1 ¢d6 /\ 20...Nd7 Zelinskis ) 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 g5 1/2/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 bishop returns to protect the kingside. Black has a weak c5 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± F u r m a n - G e l l e r / U S S R c h / 1 9 7 0 /] 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 ¥f5 Timman ; 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 strategy from attack on the queenside to restraint of the centre. ¢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 his p a s s i v 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 the game. [ 41.¦f7! ; 41.£f4 ¢g8 42.£xh6 ( 42.£g3+ ¢h8 43.£e5! )] 1-0

Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Wch28 Reykjavik

B97 2660 2785 1972

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 attack going. ] 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+

My 160 Memorable Games 53 48.¢h2 ¦c2+ 49.¢g1 ½-½

(Koskinen-Rabosee, corr. 1972).] 17...c5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.dxe5 ¤xe5 20.¤xe5 [ 20.c4 ¤xf3+ 21.£xf3 ( K o s t r o - S z n a p i k , P o l a n d 1 9 7 2 ) .] 20...£xe5 21.c4 £f4 22.¥xf6 [Fine is 22.e5 A39 ¦ad8 23.exf6! ¦xe1+ 24.£xe1 £xd2 25.fxg7! Fischer,Robert James 2785 (Timman). Now ¥xg7! 26.£e7 ¥xb2 27.¦xb2 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 £c1+ 28.¢h2 £f4+ draws. ] 22...£xf6 23.cxb5 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 ¦ed8 24.£c1 £c3 [ 24...axb5 25.¦xb5 ¥a6 26.¦b6 £c3 27.¤b3 g6 draws in Vasiukov1.c4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.g3 g6 5.¥g2 Smejkal, Polonica-Zdroj 1972.] 25.¤f3 £xa5 ¥g7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 cxd4 8.¤xd4 ¤xd4 26.¥b3!! axb5 27.£f4 ¦d7 28.¤e5 £c7 9.£xd4 d6 10.¥g5 ¥e6 11.£f4 £a5 12.¦ac1 29.¦bd1! ¦e7 [ 29...¦ad8!? 30.¥xf7+ ¦xf7 ¦ab8 13.b3 ¦fc8 14.£d2 a6 15.¥e3 b5? 31.£xf7+ £xf7 32.¤xf7 ¦xd1 33.¦xd1 b4 [ A reasonable option is 15...¥d7 (Smyslov & 34.¤d6 ¥xd6 35.¦xd6 ¥xe4 36.¦b6 (Timman) Timman). ; Best is the simple 15...b6! ] 16.¥a7! ¥c2 37.¢f1 b3! 38.¢e2 c4 39.¢d2 ¥e4 40.f3 bxc4 17.¥xb8 ¦xb8 18.bxc4 ¥xc4 19.¦fd1 ¥d3 narrowly escapes.] 30.¥xf7+! ¦xf7 31.£xf7+ ¤d7?? A blunder spoils everything. 20.¤d5! £xf7 32.¤xf7 ¥xe4 33.¦xe4 [ 33.¤h6+!? gxh6 £xd2 21.¤xe7+ ¢f8 22.¦xd2 ¢xe7 23.¦xc4 34.¦xe4 c4 will probably draw.] 33...¢xf7 ¦b1+ 24.¥f1 ¤c5 25.¢g2 a5 26.e4 ¥a1 27.f4 34.¦d7+ ¢f6 35.¦b7 ¦a1+ 36.¢h2 ¥d6+ 37.g3 f6 28.¦e2 ¢e6 29.¦ec2 ¥b2 30.¥e2 h5 31.¦d2 b4 38.¢g2 So far, Spassky has defended very ¥a3 32.f5+ gxf5 33.exf5+ ¢e5 34.¦cd4 ¢xf5 well in this great game. h5? [Right is 38...¥e5! 35.¦d5+ ¢e6 36.¦xd6+ ¢e7 37.¦c6 39.f4 ¥d4 40.g4 ¦a2+ 41.¢f1 (Byrne) ¦h2! ] 1-0 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.] D41 41.¢e2 ¦d5 42.f4! g6 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 g5 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 45.f5 ¥e5 46.¦b5 ¢f6 47.¦exb4! ¥d4 48.¦b6+ Fischer,Robert James 2785 ¢e5 49.¢f3! White threatens mate in one. ¦d8 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 50.¦b8 ¦d7 51.¦4b7 ¦d6 52.¦b6 ¦d7 53.¦g6 ¢d5 54.¦xg5 ¥e5 55.f6 ¢d4 56.¦b1 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 c5 5.cxd5 Fischer led by 6 1/2 - 3 1/2 (+5, =3, -2). He treated ¤xd5 6.e4 ¤xc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 ¤c6 the world champion like a candidate. Blunders [ The famous fifth match game Spassky-Petrosian, occurred in game 1, 5 and 7. The level was superb Moscow 1969, continued with 8...¥b4+ ] 9.¥c4 b5! in 3,4, 6, 7, 9 and 10. A striking novelty. 10.¥d3 [A plus gains 10.¥e2! 1-0 ¥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 B97 axb5 16.0-0 [ 16.¥xb5? ¦xa1+ 17.£xa1 £b6 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 (Purdy) favours Black.] 16...£b6 17.¦ab1 b4 Fischer,Robert James 2785 18.£d2 ¤xd4 19.¤xd4 £xd4 20.¦xb4 £d7 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 21.£e3 ¦fd8 22.¦fb1 £xd3 23.£xd3 ¦xd3 24.¦xb7 g5 25.¦b8+ ¦xb8 26.¦xb8+ ¢g7 27.f3 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 ¦d2 28.h4 h6 29.hxg5 hxg5 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.f4 £b6 8.£d2 £xb2 ½-½ 9.¤b3 £a3 10.¥xf6 [ 10.¥e2 was played in game seven. A new line has been prepared.] 10...gxf6 11.¥e2 h5 12.0-0 ¤c6 13.¢h1 ¥d7 14.¤b1! C95 A great new move is found at the board. £b4 Fischer,Robert James 2785 15.£e3 d5?! [ A more stubborn defence gives Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 15...¤e7 16.c4 f5 17.a3 £a4 18.¤c3 £c6 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 19.¤d4 £c5 (Qi Jingxuan-Karpov, Hannover 1983). ] 16.exd5 ¤e7 17.c4! ¤f5 18.£d3! h4? 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 [ After 18...exd5 19.cxd5 h4! Black really ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8 threatens ..Ng3+.] 19.¥g4! ¤d6 20.¤1d2 f5 10.d4 ¤bd7 11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8 13.b4 21.a3! £b6 22.c5 £b5 23.£c3 fxg4 24.a4! h3 ¥f8 14.a4 ¤b6 15.a5 ¤bd7 16.¥b2 £b8!? 25.axb5 hxg2+ 26.¢xg2 ¦h3 27.£f6 ¤f5 28.c6 17.¦b1 [Problems are set by 17.c4! bxc4 18.¥a4 ¥c8 29.dxe6 fxe6 30.¦fe1 ¥e7 31.¦xe6

My 160 Memorable Games 54 At last Spassky could show his famous tactical wit. 1-0

" "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 D66 31.bxc3 f6 32.g5 hxg5 [ Annotators mention Fischer,Robert James 2785 32...c4! 33.¤b4 hxg5 34.fxg5 f5 ] 33.fxg5 f5 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 34.¥g3 ¢f7?! [Now 34...a3! 35.¤e5 ¤xe5 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 36.¥xe5 ¦ed8 37.¦f1 ¦a4! 38.¢g3 a2 wins easily (Smyslov).] 35.¤e5+ ¤xe5 36.¥xe5 1.c4 e6 2.¤f3 d5 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 ¥e7 5.¥g5 b5 37.¦f1! ¦h8? [ Purdy gives exclamation marks, h6 6.¥h4 0-0 7.e3 ¤bd7 8.¦c1 c6 9.¥d3 dxc4 although 37...¦a7 38.¦f4 ¦d7 39.¦h4 ¦g8 10.¥xc4 b5 11.¥d3 a6 12.a4 bxa4 13.¤xa4 40.¦h7+ ¢e8 wins. Black conducts an active £a5+ 14.¤d2 ¥b4 15.¤c3 c5 16.¤b3 £d8 consolidation. It is completed when his king arrives 17.0-0 cxd4 18.¤xd4 ¥b7 19.¥e4 So far, the on the queenside.] 38.¥f6! a3 39.¦f4 a2 40.c4 players have followed Bolbochan-Rossetto, Mar ¥xc4 41.d7 ¥d5 42.¢g3 ¦a3+ 43.c3 ¦ha8 del Plata 1952. £b8 20.¥g3 [ Theory will become [ 43...a1£ 44.¦xa1 ¦xa1 45.¦h4! ¦aa8 46.¥xh8! 20.¤c6! ¥xc6 21.¥xc6 ¦a7 22.¥g3 ¤e5 ¦d8 47.¥f6 ¦xd7 48.¦h7+ and White delivers (Pinter-Martin, Linz 1984).] 20...£a7 21.¤c6 perpetual check (Purdy).] 44.¦h4 e5! 45.¦h7+ ¥xc6 22.¥xc6 ¦ac8 23.¤a4 ¦fd8 24.¥f3 a5 ¢e6 46.¦e7+ ¢d6 47.¦xe5 ¦xc3+ 48.¢f2 ¦c2+ 25.¦c6 ¦xc6 26.¥xc6 ¦c8 27.¥f3 £a6 28.h3 49.¢e1 ¢xd7 50.¦exd5+ ¢c6 51.¦d6+ ¢b7 £b5 29.¥e2 £c6 30.¥f3 £b5 31.b3 ¥e7 52.¦d7+ ¢a6 53.¦7d2 ¦xd2 54.¢xd2 b4 55.h4 32.¥e2 £b4 33.¥a6 ¦c6 34.¥d3 ¤c5 35.£f3 Another counteraction begins. ¢b5 56.h5 c4! ¦c8 36.¤xc5 ¥xc5 37.¦c1 ¦d8 38.¥c4 £d2 57.¦a1 gxh5 58.g6 h4 59.g7 h3 60.¥e7 ¦g8 39.¦f1 ¥b4 40.¥c7 ¦d7 41.£c6 £c2 42.¥e5 61.¥f8! h2 62.¢c2 ¢c6 63.¦d1 b3+ 64.¢c3 ¦d2 43.£a8+ ¢h7 44.¥xf6 gxf6 45.£f3 f5 h1£! [No use has 64...f4 65.¦d6+ ¢c7 66.¦d1 ] 46.g4 £e4 47.¢g2 ¢g6 48.¦c1 ¥a3 49.¦a1 65.¦xh1 ¢d5 66.¢b2 f4 67.¦d1+ ¢e4 68.¦c1 ¥b4 50.¦c1 ¥e7 51.gxf5+ exf5 52.¦e1 ¦xf2+ ¢d3 69.¦d1+? He gives the wrong check! Bobby 53.¢xf2 ¥h4+ 54.¢e2 £xf3+ 55.¢xf3 ¥xe1 peeks through his fingers and sees the horror on ½-½ Boris' 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 B04 71.¥c5 ¦xg7 72.¦xc4 ¦d7 73.¦e4+ ¢f1 74.¥d4 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 f2 [ 74...f2 75.¦f4 ¦xd4 76.¦xd4 ¢e2 Fischer,Robert James 2785 is elementary. ] Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 0-1 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 g6 5.¥c4 ¤b6 6.¥b3 ¥g7 7.¤bd2 Spassky leaves the theory with a quiet move. 0-0 8.h3?! a5! 9.a4? The a-pawn becomes weak. [ 9.c3 is a natural move. ] 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 and backwards in fine manoeuvres. Fischer's great understanding of prophylaxis and the lacking insight of Soviet players is shown in this phase of the 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 about this game with one of the players. Spassky remarked: "Bobby has less sense of the critical position". [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 seen previous analyses. I showed him the 'potential win' 25.e6 ¤c4 26.£e2 ¤xb2 27.¤f5 (Smyslov) The i n t e n t i o n i s ¥c4? (" H o w a b o u t 27...¤xd1!

Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Wch28 Reykjavik

D37 2785 2660 1972

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 the pawn 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

My 160 Memorable Games 55 39.¦g7 ¢f6 40.¦d7 ¢e6 ½-½

Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Wch28 Reykjavik

B99 2660 2785 1972

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 a pawn 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 r e a t b a t t l e r a g e s o n t h e b o a r d . 31.¢c1? [ 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 continues with 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

Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Wch28 Reykjavik

C69 2785 2660 1972

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 Fischer plays a favourite opening at last. 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, Moscow 1971). ] 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 the lost pawns. c3 24.¢xe4 cxd2 25.¦xd2 ¦b5 26.¦c2 ¥d6 27.¦xc6 ¦a5 28.¥f4! The exchange of 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 ¦a4 ½-½

Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Wch28 Reykjavik

B09 2660 2785 1972

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 the first 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 he has 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.¦1c2 ½-½

Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Wch28 Reykjavik

B69 2785 2660 1972

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 have followed Unzicker-Perez, Oberhausen 1961. 15.f5 a5 16.¤f4 [ Fischer avoids the adventures of 16.£h6!? b3 17.axb3 a4 because he wants to draw. ] 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! T h e c l o s e d p o s i t i o n i s b e t t e r f o r W h i t e . ¤e5 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 the attack. ] 23...¦b5 24.¤d4 [ 24.£d4! £xd4 25.¤xd4 ¦e5 26.g4 brings a pleasant endgame.]

My 160 Memorable Games 56 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 has avoided the battle. ¦d4 42.£g6 £c6 43.¦f7 ¦d6 44.£h6 £f3 45.£h7 £c6 46.£h6 £f3 47.£h7 £c6 ½-½

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 to play. 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 for White. ] 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.¢d2 ¥f5 41.¤d1! ¢d6 [ After 41...¤f3+ 42.¤xf3 gxf3 43.¤f2! ¢d6 B05 44.¢e3 e4 the passed pawns are blockaded.] Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 42.¤e3 ¥e6 43.¢d3 ¥f7 44.¢c3 ¢c6 45.¢d3 Fischer,Robert James 2785 ¢c5 46.¢e4 ¢d6 47.¢d3 ¥g6+ 48.¢c3 ¢c5 Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 49.¤d3+ ¢d6 50.¤e1 ¢c6 51.¢d2 ¢c5 52.¤d3+ ¢d6 53.¤e1 ¤e6 54.¢c3 ¤d4 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 5.¥e2 The results were even in the second series of ten e6 6.0-0 ¥e7 7.h3 ¥h5 8.c4 ¤b6 9.¤c3 0-0 g a m e s ( + 1 , = 8 , - 1 ) . C h e s s w a s p l a y e d o n a Fischer applies the Alekhine for the second time. superior level in the games 13 and 19. Fischer kept 10.¥e3 d5 11.c5 ¥xf3 12.¥xf3 ¤c4 13.b3!? choosing enterprising openings, but he played the ¤xe3 14.fxe3 b6?! [Petrosian prefers 14...¤c6 ] middle game cautiously from game 15 on. 15.e4! c6 16.b4 bxc5 [ Pressure can be relieved ½-½ by 16...a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 ¦xa1 19.£xa1 bxc5 20.bxc5 ¥g5 ] 17.bxc5 £a5 18.¤xd5! ¥g5! Capture of the knight leads to horror. Fischer B46 starts a prophylactic manoeuvre. 19.¥h5! cxd5 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 20.¥xf7+! ¦xf7 21.¦xf7 The Soviet seconds are Fischer,Robert James 2785 impressed by the next move. £d2! Capture of the Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 rook permits a horrible attack. [ 21...¤c6! is okay. ] 22.£xd2 ¥xd2 23.¦af1 ¤c6 24.exd5 14/374 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 [ T h e g r e a t c o m p l i c a t i o n s o f 24.¦c7! dxe4! 5.¤c3 ¤c6 [ 5...£c7 ] 6.¥e3 [ 6.g3 ; 6.¥f4!? ] 25.¦xc6 e3 ( O l a f s s o n ) 26.¦xe6 e2 27.¢f2! 6...¤f6 7.¥d3 d5! 8.exd5 exd5!= Black follows exf1£+ 28.¢xf1 ¦d8 29.¦d6 ¦xd6 30.exd6 ¢f7 the game Anderssen-Minckwitxz, Berlin 1866. 31.¢e2 ¥a5! 32.¢d3! ¢e6 33.¢e4 ¥e1 9.0-0 ¥d6 10.¤xc6 bxc6 11.¥d4 0-0 12.£f3 lead to a draw.] 24...exd5 25.¦d7 ¥e3+ 26.¢h1 ¥e6 [ 12...¤g4 13.h3 ¤h2? ( 13...£h4 14.¦fe1 ) ¥xd4 27.e6 ¥e5! 28.¦xd5 ¦e8 29.¦e1 ¦xe6 14.£h5 g6 15.£h6 ] 13.¦fe1 c5! Fischer forces a 30.¦d6! ¢f7 [Fischer avoids 30...¦xd6 31.cxd6 ] simplification. 14.¥xf6 £xf6 15.£xf6 gxf6 31.¦xc6 ¦xc6 32.¦xe5 ¢f6 33.¦d5 ¢e6 34.¦h5 16.¦ad1 ¦fd8 17.¥e2 ¦ab8 18.b3 c4 19.¤xd5! h6 35.¢h2 ¦a6 36.c6 ¦xc6 37.¦a5 a6 38.¢g3 Spassky keeps the equality. [ 19.¤a4= ] 19...¥xd5 ¢f6 39.¢f3 ¦c3+ 40.¢f2 ¦c2+ 20.¦xd5 ¥xh2+ 21.¢xh2 ¦xd5 22.¥xc4 ¦d2 '±!' ½-½ 23.¥xa6 ¦xc2 24.¦e2 ¦xe2 25.¥xe2 ¦d8 26.a4 ¦d2 27.¥c4 ¦a2! [ 27...¦xf2 '?' 28.a5 ¢f8 29.a6 ¦b2 ( 29...¦a2? 30.b4! ¦a4 31.b5 ¦xc4 32.a7 B68 ¦a4 33.b6+- ) 30.¥d5 ¦a2 31.¥c4 ¦b2= ] 28.¢g3 Fischer,Robert James 2785 ¢f8 29.¢f3?! [ 29.f4 f5 30.¢f3 ¢e7 31.g3 Spassky,Boris Vasily 2660 builds a fortress (Karpov).] 29...¢e7 30.g4?! Wch28 Reykjavik 1972 [ 30.g3 ] 30...f5! 31.gxf5 f6 32.¥g8? h6 33.¢g3 ¢d6 34.¢f3 ¦a1 35.¢g2? [Right is 35.¥c4 ¦g1 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 36.a5 ¢c5 37.a6 ¢b6 38.¢e3 h5 39.f3 h4 5.¤c3 d6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d2 a6 8.0-0-0 ¥d7 40.¢f2 ¦g5 41.¥f1! ¦xf5 42.¢g2 ] 35...¢e5 9.f4 ¥e7 10.¥e2 0-0 11.¥f3 [ Fischer diverts 36.¥e6 ¢f4 37.¥d7 ¦b1 38.¥e6 ¦b2 39.¥c4 from the known 11.¤b3 (De Greiff - Szabo, Mar ¦a2 40.¥e6 h5 White is lost in the adjourned

My 160 Memorable Games 57 position. [ 40...¢g4! 41.¥d5! ] 41.¥d7 Robert James Fischer became world champion on 1 ix 1972. He had won with 12 1/2 - 8 1/2 (+7, =11, -3). The Soviets were in a state of shock. They had lost the 'match of the century'. The search for a Russian Bobby led to a new Soviet champion in 1973: Boris Spassky. The real Bobby had great plans for his future activities. Little resulted from his high ideals. A rematch took place after twenty years. Fischer's opening choice shows similarity to Boleslavsky's approach: Solidity with White and prophylaxis with Black. "Could a better preparation with Boleslavsky have changed the outcome of match?" "No, Bobby was better" Boris answered me. [The interesting 41.¢h3 ¦xf2 ( 41...¢g5 42.f3 ¢f4 43.¥d5! ) 42.b4 draws according to Timman, 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 E83 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James 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 A very unusual move in this position, but it can lead to more normal lines if White chooses to transpose. h5 9.¤c1 This is the real new idea. It is perhaps not an appropriate move in this position, though the real test does not come in the present game. 9.Qd2 Rb8 is also possible. e5 9...Rb8!? 1 0. Nb3 Bd7 is more consistent with Black's strategy, aiming for an early break with b5. 10.d5 ¤e7 10...Nd4 is probably stronger. 11.¥e2 ¤h7 Black prepar es to launch kingside counterplay with f7-f5, after which the pawn at h4 can become very weak. His knights suffer from the lack of entry squares on the kingside, a situation brought about by 8...h5. 12.¤d3 White now contr ols f4 as well as g5, so there really is no possibility of kingside counterplay f o r B l a c k . f5 13.a4 White prevents Black from playing a freeing b7-b5. This shuts down any queenside action on Black's part. ¤f6 14.¤f2 This is the logical continuation of White's strategy, limiting Black's counterplay at each turn and taking control of more squares, in this case g4 and e4. a5 A simply horrible move. it prevents a4-a5, but eliminates any chance of getting in b7-b5. 15.£c2 c5 Another error, but a consistent follow-up to the

previous mistake. Fischer must have underestimated White's potential energy on the kingside. 15...f4 16.Bd2 Bh6 17. g3 fxg3 18.Bxh6 gxf2+ was a better plan. 16.0-0-0 b6 17.¦dg1 ¤h7 18.¤b5 ¢h8 Pointless, since the knight at e7 cannot be brought to h6 because White will plant a pawn at g5. 18. ..f4 might still be best, for example 19.Bd2 Rf7 20.g4 fxg3 21.Rxg3 Nf8 22.Nh3 Bxh3 23.Rgxh3 19.g4 The prelude to a direct kingside attack, which is difficult to counter. The main basis of the attack is the weakness of g6. hxg4 20.fxg4 f4 Much too late. 21.¥d2 It is now clear that Black has no counterplay, and his king is in danger on t h e h - f i l e . g5 Fischer did not want to endure White's persistent pressure, but this is a desperate sacrifice 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 the entire board and the success of his attack is beyond question. ¦bb7 27.¤d3 This is a decisive transfer of White's knight to the blockading square f3. ¢g8 28.¤e1 ¦g7 28...Qe8 is possibly a bit more resistant, but there are serious problems anyway. 29.¤f3 ¦bf7 30.¦h6 Desperation, but well justified. £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 just down a piece here. 35.¦h4 ¥xf3 36.¥xf3 ¤xg5 37.¥g4 A last finesse. Black cannot capture at e4 because 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+ ¢g8 43...Kf6 44.Be1! and Black's king must worry about getting mated! 44.¥e1 ¤f6 45.¥h4 ¢h7 46.¥f7 ¤xd5 This regains a little material, but the win is still simple. 47.cxd5 ¥xh4 48.¥h5 ¢h6 49.¥e2 ¥f2 50.¢c4 ¥d4 51.b3 ¢g6 Black's king cannot protect his soldiers. 52.¢b5 ¢f6 53.¢c6 ¢e7 54.¤g7 1-0 D27 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Belgrade

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 Another quiet opening. In the other games the action heated up eventually. Not this time. 9.b3 b5 Fischer boldly plays the extended fianchetto again! 10.¥e2 ¥b7 11.¥b2 ¤bd7 12.¤bd2 0-0 In game 4, Fischer played 12...Ke7 but found 13. a4! uncomfortable. Here he reserves e7 for his bishop. 13.¦ac1 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb6 gives Black a fully satisfactory game, as does 14...Be7.

My 160 Memorable Games 58 ¦fc8 14.h3 ¢f8 15.¢f1 Both kings head for the center. ¢e7 Now the occupation of this square by the king is appropriate. 16.¤e1 16.a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Bc6 with good counterplay, since White's r o o k s a r e m i s p l a c e d . ¥d6 The position is completely equal. 17.a4 ¥c6 18.axb5 axb5 19.¦c2 ¦c7 20.¦dc1 ¦ac8 21.¥f3 ¥xf3 Now the pieces fly off the board and a peace pact is 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 ¤c4 ½-½

27.¢xe1 £d7 There are tw o threats here: Qd1+ and Qh3. Now White must play with extreme caution. 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 and White's pawns will fall quickly. ¦xb2 Now White must force the draw. 32.£d8+ ¢g7 33.¤f5+ gxf5 ½-½ E70

E07 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Belgrade

1992

1.c4 Something of a surprise, although Fischer did play the English in the first match too. e6 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.g3 The choice of the kingside fianchetto means that we are headed for a Tarrasch, Catalan, English, or Hedgehog. Still a wide choice! d5 4.¥g2 ¥e7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Now we have a Catalan Opening, and Spassky opts for the closed v a r i a t i o n . ¤bd7 7.¤bd2 This is a fairly popular line, but does not place much pressure at d5, and White can hope for a minimal advantage, at best. b6 8.cxd5 The double fianchetto approach. exd5 9.¤e5 ¥b7 10.¤df3 10.Ndc4 perhaps makes better use of the long diagonal, exploiting the pin at d5. ¤e4 11.¥f4 ¤df6 Black has achieved full equality. 12.¦c1 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 Black's hang ing pawns at c5 and d5 are strong in this configuration. One can compare game 6 of the first match, where they proved to be weak. 14.¤g5 ¤xg5 15.¥xg5 ¤e4 The excellent coordination of Black's forces lead to simplifications without risk. 16.¥xe7 £xe7 17.¥xe4 dxe4 17...Qxe5 18.Bf3 maintains strong pressure at d5. 18.¤c4 e3 This is a bold attempt to punish White for ignoring Nimzowitsch's principle that central pawns must be blockaded. 19.f3 Now the question is whether the pawn at e3 is strong or weak. 19.Nxe3? Qe4 ¦ad8 20.£b3 ¦fe8 21.¦c3 ¥d5 This preserves the important e-pawn. 22.¦fc1 22.Rxe3 Bxc4 23.Rxe7 Bxb3 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.axb3 Rxe2 with a drawish endgame. g6 23.£a3 23.Qa4 was preferred by Deep Thought. ¥xf3 Spassky pl ays with youthful vigor. The piece sacrifice is romantic and worthy of consideration, but there was a less interesting drawing line. 23...Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd2! 25.Re4 Qd7 26.Qxe3 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Qd4+! 28.Qxd4 cxd4 with e q u a l c h a n c e s i n t h e e n d g a m e . 24.exf3 24.Rxe3? Be4! e2 25.¦e1 ¦d1 26.¢f2 ¦xe1

Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Belgrade

1992

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 Like a conjurer, Fischer pulls yet another surprise opening out of his sleeve. He plans to go his own way in this opening, neither opting for the popular Benko Gambit nor playing the standard modern Benoni idea of e7- e6. 4.¤c3 g6 5.e4 ¥g7 6.¥g5 This is played in the spirit of the Averbakh Variation of the King's Indian. Other ideas include 6. Nf3 and 6.Bd3. This line leads to greater complications appropriate to the match standing. h6 7.¥h4 An unusual choice. Usually the bishop retreats along the c1-h6 diagonal and later forms a battery with the queen. Now Black can develop counterplay quickly. g5 8.¥g3 £a5 Black must not delay his counterplay! 8...O-O 9.Bd3 would give White excellent attacking prospects. 9.¥d3 Inviting immediate complications, but this is still known to theory. 9. Qd2 is correct. ¤xe4 10.¥xe4 ¥xc3+ 11.bxc3 £xc3+ 12.¢f1 After a few forced moves Black is a piece down for two pawns, but White's material advantage cannot be maintained. f5 By sacrificing a piece for two pawns, Black attacks both of White's bishops, deprives the enemy monarch of his castling privilege and thereby disrupts the communication of the rooks. 12... Qxc4+ 13.Bd3 Qxd5?? 14.Bb5+ wins the queen. 13.¦c1 13.Ne2 Qf6 14.Bc2 f4 15.h4 Rf8 and White has a hopeless position. £f6 14.h4 14.Qh5+ Kd8 15.h4 g4! A theme later exploited by Fischer. g4 15.¥d3 White has to part with one of his bishops, but which one? The dark- squared bishop seems more important. 15.Bxf5!? deserves consideration, enabling White to complete his d e v e l o p m e n t . f4 16.¤e2 fxg3 17.¤xg3 Things have calmed down a bit, and Black has an extra pawn, but some weak light-squares. ¦f8 18.¦c2 White is almost out of the woods, but his rook still stands idly at h1, and this is all Fischer needs to get things going. ¤d7 Black returns the

My 160 Memorable Games 59 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 mediate move. 23...Rxg3 24.fxe5 would have given White some 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. R h b 1 R x g 2 + b6 30.£e3 £f6 31.¦e2 ¥b5 32.¦d2 3 2 . Q x e 7 Q x e 7 3 3 . R x e 7 R x f 3 ! e5 Fischer finishes with surgical precision. 33.dxe6 33.Rf2 exf4 ¥c6 34.¢f1 ¥xf3 Spassky resigned in the face of Qa1+. 0-1 D27 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Belgrade

1992

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 the f i a n c h e t t o p l a n o f t h e p r e v i o u s g a m e s . 0-0 According to reports from the scene, Fischer spent 25 minutes on this move. 10.a3 Finally Spassky returns to the realm of ordinary theory. b5 11.¥e2 ¥b7 12.b4 ¥e7 13.¥b2 ¤bd7 Both sides have employed the extended fianchetto and there is a great deal of symmetry. The presence of the rook at d1 has little effect. 14.¦ac1 ¦fc8 15.¤b3 The idea behind this plan, initiated at the ninth turn, is to bring the knight to a5. But so many pieces leave the board that Fischer reaches a drawn game without difficulty. ¦xc1 16.¦xc1 ¦c8 17.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 18.¤fd4 ¤b8 19.¥f3 ¢f8 20.¤a5 ¥d6 21.¤db3 Spassky methodically increases the positional pressure on the queenside. e5 This takes control of the critical d4square and limits the scope of the Bb2. 22.¤c5 ¢e7 23.h3 ¤fd7 24.¤d3 f6 Fischer defends accurately. The game is now level. 25.¥e4 g6 26.f4 A last attempt to try to stir up some action, but it 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 ¥xc4 ½-½

B23 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Belgrade

1992

1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤ge2 e5 4.¤d5 This knight immediately occupies Black's weak square. ¤ge7 5.¤ec3 ¤xd5 6.¤xd5 ¥e7 7.g3 The fianchetto of the bishop is an innovation which leads to quite different play from that of the normal lines. It is probably more flexible than the development of the bishop at c4. 7.Bc4 is a major a l t e r n a t i v e . d6 8.¥g2 h5 This threatens to a d v a n c e t h e h - p a w n w i t h g r e a t e f f e c t . 9.h4 9.h3 h4 10.g4 Bg5! gives Black excellent c o u n t e r p l a y . ¥e6 9...Bg4!? deserves c o n s i d e r a t i o n . 10.d3 ¥xd5 11.exd5 ¤b8 11...Nd4?! 12.c3 Nf5 13.Bh3! 12.f4 Fischer tries to grab the initiative right way, since otherwise Black will simply complete his development and enjoy a comfortable game. ¤d7 13.0-0 g6 14.¦b1 Fischer now turns his attention to the queenside. 14.f5 is tempting, but it is not strong: Nf6! 15. fxg6 fxg6 16.Bg5 O-O and control of g4 gives Black a good game. f5 15.b4 b6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.c4 0-0 18.£a4 ¥f6 How should this position be evaluated? A bishop pair is useful, of course, but these clerics are not very active right now, compared with Black's pieces. 19.¦b7 It is clear that White's strategy must involve penetration of the q u e e n s i d e . ¤b6 20.£b5 20.Qc6 Rc8 accomplishes nothing for White. ¦f7 21.¦xf7 ¢xf7 22.¥d2 ¦b8 23.£c6 White wants to play Rb1, 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 . ¤c8 This parri es the threat of Rb1, but now Black's forces are too far from the important strategic ouposts at e5 and d7. 24.¦e1 ¤e7 25.£a4 £c7 26.¢h2 exf4 Opening up the position now favors White, who controls the e- file. 26...Rb2?! 27.Bc3 Rf2? 28.Kg1 26... Ng8! is a strange move, but it is best, 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 the second rank needs protection. 28.Bxe5?! dxe5 and Black can cover the sixth rank with Rb6, and then adopt the knight maneuver with Ng8-f6-g4. ¦b6 Preventing Qc6, and thus freeing the knight from the defensive chore. 29.¢h3 White's king finds the s 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 easiest w a y t o w i n . 3 0 . B x e 5 d x e 5 3 1 . R x e 5 N f 6 ! dxe5 31.¥xe5 £e7 31...Qxe5 32.Qxa7+ Ne7 33.Qxb6 and the safety of the White king means that the ap a w n f l i e s . 32.d6 Opening up d5 for the bishop. ¦xd6 33.¥xd6 £xd6 34.¥d5+ ¢f8 35.£xa7

My 160 Memorable Games 60 ¤e7 36.£a8+ ¢g7 37.£b7 ¢f8 38.a4 f4 Black is busted, but Spassky creates some complications. 39.a5 fxg3 40.a6 £f4 41.¥f3 41.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! was best. £f7 55.¢g2 55.Qxf7 is stalemate! 55.d4 Qf1+ 56.Kg4 Qg1+ 57. Kh5 Qd1+ 58.Kg6 Qg4+ 59. Kf7 Qg8+! 60.Ke7 Qh7+ 61.Kd8 Qxh4+ 62.Kc7 Qxd4= £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 barrier against 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 the perpetual check. Fischer's endgame play in this game was simply terrible, and he must have been kicking himself all night. £e4+ ½-½ B44 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Belgrade

axb5 25.b4 It is necessary to stop Black's b-pawn from advancing and taking control of valuable t e r r i t o r y . £a8 Now that there are weaknesses on the a-file, this is a good place for the queen. 25... Ra8 also comes into consideration. 26.¦c2 d5 This is gener ally a strong strategic move in the Sicilian, but there was an interesting alternative in 26. ..Qa3!? 27.e5 ¤e4 28.¥xe4 dxe4 29.¥c5 This is very strong, achieving the strategic goal of closing the c-file. Spassky now counts on the pressure on the long diagonal and his active pieces. ¥xc5 30.bxc5 ¦d8 31.¦e1 31.Ndxe4? Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Bxe4 ¤e7 The knight prepares to o c c u p y d 5 . 32.¤cxe4 ¤f5 32...Qa4 is an interesting option, leading to unclear complications. 33.¤b3 ¤d4 34.¤xd4 ¦xd4 35.¤d6 £a4 36.f5 A n i m p o r t a n t t h r u s t ! ¦a8 37.¦b2 £a3 This is better than 37...Rb4. 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.¤xb5 ¥xb5 40.£xb5 ¦d3 Spassky 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. Black should 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.Ra2 Ra6 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 a close. ¦a7 60.¦a5 e5 61.¢g2 ¢f6 62.¢f2 ¢e6 63.¢e3 ¢f5 64.¢f3 g6 65.¦a3 g5 66.hxg5 ¢xg5 67.¢e4 1-0

1992

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e6 5.¤b5 d6 6.c4 ¤f6 7.¤5c3 ¥e7 8.g3 This seems to be a new idea. The bishop is usually developed at e2. 0-0 9.¥g2 a6 10.0-0 ¦b8 This prepares a break with b7-b5, which had to be delayed 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.¦c1 White is setting up threats of Nb5 and Nd5. ¤e5 14.h3 ¦fc8 15.f4 ¤g6 This is not the normal position for a knight in this setup, but it is playable. 16.£d2 16.f5 Ne5 would provide Black with a useful outpost. ¥e8 16...b6 might be better played immediately. 17.¦fd1 b6 18.£f2 h6 19.¢h2 A useful waiting move in a position in which no immediate action is useful. £a7 The idea is to prepare to establish a battery on the long diagonal with Bc6 and Qb7. 20.£e2 £c7 Perhaps Spassky decided that Nc3-d5 was no big deal, but in any event 20...Bc6 would have been a useful move. 21.¥f3 ¥c6 22.¤ab1 £b7 23.¤d2 b5 24.cxb5

B20 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Belgrade

1992

1.e4 c5 2.¤e2 ¤f6 3.¤bc3 d6 4.g3 ¤c6 Finally we have a fairly normal Closed Sicilian. Spassky has a great deal of experience in these positions from the White side, as it used to be his speciality. But this game does not flow into his welltraveled territory. 5.¥g2 g6 5...Bg4 is a sensible try, pinning the knight and encouraging the weakening move f2-f3 but it hasn't been seen in a while. 6.0-0 ¥g7 7.d3 0-0 The game is in the classical spirit. Nowadays Black usually prefers to place the knight at e7 when fianchettoing the king bishop. 8.h3 Here Black has a wide range of options. ¦b8 Black aims for early queenside play. 9.f4 ¥d7 9...Ne8 comes into consideration. 10.¥e3 10.g4 is premature, since White has not completed development. An unconvincing example is

My 160 Memorable Games 61 presented in Koskela-Gerelma, below. b5 11.a3 11.Qd2 is consistent with White's opening strategy. If the knight is attacked with b5-b4 then it can transfer to the kingside. ¤e8 The idea is to use the power of the Bg7 to support the invasion of the knight at d4. 12.d4 cxd4 13.¤xd4 b4 On the one nd this entails a weakening of the pawn at a7, but the rook will be active at b4, where it can place pressure on White's center from the flank, another hypermodern 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 great simplification of the position. White could have played 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 £e8 The only move, but a sufficient one. Now the game comes to a quick and quiet conclusion. 22.¦xc7 £xa4 23.£xd6 ¦xc2+ 24.¦xc2 £xc2+ 25.¥f2 £e4+ 26.¢g1 ½-½ B23 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Belgrade

1992

1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 e6 3.¤ge2 ¤c6 4.g3 d5 Spassky repeats the opening which did not bring him success in game 17, but he must have had some improvement in mind. Fischer does not let him spring it. 5.exd5 exd5 6.d3 Fischer deviates from 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 at f6, and increase pressure on the center. In the present match Fischer seems to have evidenced a disrespect for the common wisdom that bishops are stronger than knights. d4 8...Be6 9.Nf 4! Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.O-O will leave Black with 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 developed his forces and Spassky must now be careful. g6 14.£d5 ¥f5 14...Qxd5?! 15.Nxd5 and the knights round up all the critical dark squares, especially f6 and c7. 15.¦fe1 ¢g7 16.a3 ¦c8 17.h3 £xd5 18.¤xd5 ¥f8 Spassky has successfully repulsed the initial wave of the attack, and chances are roughly level. Even without queens, Fischer goes after the kingside. 19.g4 ¥e6 20.¤ef6 ¦cd8 21.g5 ¥d6 22.¦e4 Fischer prepars his beloved march of the h-pawn. But Black's resources are up to the defensive task. ¤e7 23.¦h4 ¦h8 24.¦e1 ¤f5 25.¦he4 h6 Now it is White who must be careful on the kingside, where Black is setting up a

c o u n t e r a t t a c k . 26.h4 hxg5 27.hxg5 ¦h4 28.¦xh4 ¤xh4 Black now has a slight advantage, threatening to capture at g2 and use the bishop pair to great effect. 29.¦e4 Fischer is willing to argue that the knights are as strong as the bishops. 29.Be4 c4! leaves White in an uncomfortable position. ¤f5 The most sensible decision. 29... Nxg2 30.Kxg2 Rh8 31.Nf4! Bxf4 32. Rxf4 Rd8 33. Rh4 and now White stands better, as any exchange 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. The idea is to attack the base of the pawn chain with Bb1. 30...Bxf4 31.Rxf4 b6 would have provided an even endgame. 31.¤4d5 ¥xd5 32.¤xd5 ¢f8 33.¢f1 ¦e8 34.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 This endgame is likely to be drawn as a result of the bishops of o p p o s i t e c o l o r s . 35.¤f6+ ¢d8 36.¥xb7 36.Bd5 Bf4 37.Bxf7 Nd6 38.Bxg6 Bxg5 39.Ne4 N x e 4 4 0 . B x e 4 b 6 4 1 . a 4 K d 7 4 2 . K e 2 ¥f4 The weakness of the g-pawn now provides Black with the necessary target. 37.¤e4 ¥c1 38.a4 ¥xb2 39.¤xc5 ¥c1 40.¥e4 Fischer decides to continue the battle. 40.Ne4 Ke7 41.Bd5 Bf4 and Black will follow with Nd6, with an easy draw. ¥xg5 41.¥xf5 gxf5 42.¤b3 ¥f6 43.¢g2 White starts the long trek to the pawn at f7. ¢d7 44.¢g3 ¢e6 45.¤a5 White's plan is simple. Capture the enemy pawn at a7 and then advance the pawn at a2 to the 8th 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+ Kf4 50.Nxa7 Kf3 51.Nc6 Kxf2 52.a5 and White achieves the goal more quickly than in the game. 49.¢h7 ¢b4 50.¤c6+ ¢c3 51.¢g8 51.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 defensive technique. £d5+ 59.¢g6 £e6+ 60.¢h7 ¥c3 61.¤d8 The final finesse in the long game. The draw is now unavoidable, but Spassky tries to create 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.¢g6 ½-½

My 160 Memorable Games 62 B20 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Belgrade

1992

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 considered dangerous against the Dragon formation, but there was some interest in the line in the 1980's. ¥g4 8...Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O is the normal line. 9.¤de2 9.f3 Bd7 10.Be3 ought to be at least slightly better for White. £c8 10.f3 ¥h3 Black has equalized. 11.¥xh3 £xh3 12.¥g5 The idea is to provoke Black into playing h7-h6. 0-0 13.£d2 h6 14.¥e3 14.Nf4 Qd7 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nfd5 Bg7 is about even. ¢h7 15.¦ac1 £d7 16.¤d5 White plays methodically. This formation makes it hard for Black t o a c h i e v e c o u n t e r p l a y o n t h e c - f i l e . ¤xd5 17.exd5 ¤e5 18.b3 b5 The idea here is to limit White's activity on the queenside. Black has at the very least achieved equality, even if White manages to transfer the knight to c6. 19.¥d4 ¦ac8 20.f4 20.c3 is a reasonable alternative, e.g., Qb7 21.Be3 ¤g4 21.¥xg7 ¢xg7 22.¤d4 ¤f6 This attacks the weak pawn at d5, and forces White's reply. 23.c4 23.Nc6? Nxd5! bxc4 24.bxc4 e6 A useful break, and clearly better than the alternatives. 24...Qa4 25.Nc6 and 24...Rfe8 25.f5! 25.dxe6 25.Nc6 exd5 26. cxd5 Rfe8 27.Qb2 can be met by 27...Qf5! 28.Rfd1 Kh7 and now Nxd5 is t h r e a t e n e d . fxe6 26.¦fe1 ¦fe8 27.¤b3 a6 Now the queen can make use of the a7-square. 28.£d4 ¦c6 The weaknesses at c4 and d6 offset each 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. ¢d5 Agreed drawn, since no progress can be made. ½-½ B80 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Belgrade

1992

1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.¤ge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.¤xd4 e6 Another open Sicilian, this time a S c h e v e n i n g e n . 6.¥e3 This is used to steer the game into a specific variation of the Scheveningen, namely, a delayed Keres Attack. The idea of a Keres Attack is to play an early g2-g4-g5, aiming directly at the enemy king. ¤f6 7.£d2 ¥e7 8.f3 This introduces the English Attack, favored by Nigel Short and other British Grandmasters. a6 9.0-0-0

Black can also launch the kingside attack before castling. 0-0 With players castled on opposite wings the life-or-death struggle begins. 10.g4 This is the basic idea of the English Attack, which is sort of a delayed Keres Attack. White launches a p 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 . ¤xd4 10...Nd7 will just transpose below after an eventual g4-g5. 11.¥xd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.h4 Bb7 b5 11...Nd7 is also possible. 12.g5 Technically this is a theoretical new idea, but in fact the game steers back into charted territory quickly. 12.Kb1 is the alternative. ¤d7 13.h4 b4 13...Bb7 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.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? Bc6 Intending Rb8, an idea that had already been noticed by theoreticians, though it had not yet been played 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.¢b1 White has the superior position because of a spatial advantage and prospects for a kingside attack. £c7 18.¥d3 ¥c8 19.h5 e5 20.¥e3 ¥e6 Spassky could have reached a similar position some time ago, with less danger to himself on the kingside. Now Fischer quickly builds his attack. 21.¦dg1 a5 22.g6 A typical example of the g6break, seen many times in the games of Mikhail Tal. ¥f6 Relatively best, since any capture at g6 could prove deadly. 23.gxh7+ ¢h8 24.¥g5 White eliminates Black's most effective defender. £e7 24...Bxg5 25.Rxg5 f6 would have provided stiffer resistance, though White would still have had a n i m p r e s s i v e a t t a c k . 25.¦g3 White wants to double rooks on the g-file. ¥xg5 26.¦xg5 £f6 26...f6! would have been a stronger defense. 27.¦hg1 £xf3 Otherwise Wh ite will play his queen to g2 with an overpowering attack. Now Fischer must work for the win. 28.¦xg7 £f6 29.h6 A problem-like solution. White must sacrifice both h-pawns to expose the enemy king to the mating attack. a4 30.b3 A prophylactic move to eliminate any counterplay. axb3 31.axb3 ¦fd8 Black tries to 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, 12 draws. 1-0

My 160 Memorable Games 63 E90 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Belgrade

1992

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.¤c3 g6 5.e4 ¥g7 Fischer plays a Benoni-style King's Indian. After a brief spell in a transpositional Twilight Zone, the g a m e r e t u r n s t o w e l l - k n o w n c h a n n e l s . 6.¥d3 This is a more reliable move than 6.Bg5. 0-0 7.¤f3 Spassky plays conservatively, confident that Black's formation is not a solid one. The point is that by delaying e7-e6, Black will allow his opponent to recapture at d5 with the e-pawn, and the pawn structure will be good for White ¥g4 This is a well-known maneuver to fight for the e5 square, but we think that Black could have occupied that key square immediately with a good game. 7...e5 8.O-O Ne8 and f7-f5 will give Black a n e x c e l l e n t p o s i t i o n . 8.h3 ¥xf3 9.£xf3 The exchange of bishop for knight is a common theme in this variation. The bishop has little future in this pawn formation, and the two knights can be used effectively. Fischer has shown a preference f o r k n i g h t s i n t h i s m a t c h . ¤bd7 10.£d1 White avoids Ne5, which would have forked the bishop and queen, leading to the elimination of the powerful bishop. e6 11.0-0 exd5 12.exd5 We would reach, by transposition, a position from a n o l d e r g a m e . ¤e8 12...Re8 13.Bd2 a6 14.a4 Re7 13.¥d2 ¤e5 14.¥e2 f5 Fischer employed an analogous idea in his game against Korchnoi from the Sousse Interzonal, 1967. The idea is to take control of e4 and stop f2-f4- f5. 15.f4 ¤f7 The e6-squar e looks weak, but it is not easy to take advantage of this. Still, the knight should have gone to d7, from which it could retreat to f8 later if needed, or work on the queenside via b6. 16.g4 White's goal is to increase the activity of his bishop pair and take control of all the important dark squares, in particular e5 and f6. ¤h6 It is not easy to give a recommendation for Black here, but inviting g4- g5 was hardly the correct plan. There are two alternatives which come to mind, each of which may help justify Fischer's play in the opening. 16...fxg4 17. hxg4 g5!? undermines White's pressure at e5. 17.¢g2 17.g5 immediately would have 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 hpawn, while Black's potential queenside counterplay has been neutralized by this move. Fischer is a player who requires active piece play, and here he is suffocating. ¦b7 Fischer's play on the b-file will be futile. Spassky now increases the pressure slowly and surely. 24.¦be1 ¦xe1 25.¦xe1 £b8 The threat is to capture on c4 and

infiltrate on b2, but Spassky deprives Fischer of any such play with his next move. 26.¥c1 £d8 27.¤e2 The knight is being transfered to an attacking post at g3. bxc4 28.bxc4 ¤e8 29.h5 ¦e7 30.h6 White continues to press against Black's pieces. Now Spassky steers straight for the thematic 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 favors White, since Black's remaining forces have no scope. ¥b2 36.¢f3 ¢f8 White has achieved a winning position. Now perhaps the most efficient path to victory is the one which both Deep Thought and our analytical team prefer, namely the immediate sacrifice at f5. 37.¢e2 37.Nxf5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 Kg8 39.Bc8 and the a-pawn falls. Spassky chooses another path, and it is also convincing. ¤h8 An ugly move, but otherwise disaster could strike quickly. 37...Ke7 38.Nxf5+ gxf5 39.Bxf5 and the h-pawn falls. 38.¢d1 ¢e7 39.¢c2 ¥d4 40.¢b3 ¥f2 41.¤h1 The knight would have been better stationed at e2, covering the d4 square and depriving 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 ¤d8 47...Bxg5 was the last chance, but even here White would win with accurateplay. 48.¥c3 ¤a8+ Black's knights are utterly useless. 48...Nf7 49.Be6 N d 8 5 0 . B g 8 49.¢xa6 ¤c7+ 50.¢b6 ¤a8+ 51.¢a5 ¢b7 52.¢b5 ¤c7+ 53.¢a4 ¤a8 54.¢b3 The king has accomplished its task of eliminating Black's pawn and now returns home to safety. ¢c7 55.¥e8 ¢c8 56.¥f6 ¤c7 57.¥xg6 hxg6 58.¥xd8 1-0 C69 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Belgrade

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 This takes control of the important d5 square, and the knight can be developed later at g6. 11.¥f4 0-0-0 12.¦d2 This is a new idea. Fischer intends to create pressure on the d-file. But the standard plan with 12.Bg3 makes more sense. ¤g6 13.¥g3 ¤e5 14.¥xe5 14.b3 prevents the knight from entering at c4, but the pawn can go there instead. c4 15.¤d5 ¥d6 16.¦ad1 ¥e6 This position is even. fxe5 Rad1 c4 17.¢f1 ¥c5 Black's active bishops give him the advantage, but Fischer manages to redeploy his knights and keep the balance. 18.¤g1 ¥g4 Rxd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Kxd8 Nce2 Ke7 19.¢e1

My 160 Memorable Games 64 b5 20.c3 Kf6 h3 ¥h5 Ng3 24.g4 is more active. Bf7 21.¤f3 g6 Nf1 g5!? This is an attempt to rattle White's position and create some targets for the bishops. But it allows White to establish strong outposts on the weakened light squares. 22.¢e2 Bg6 N3d2! With this move Fischer completes his defensive program. Now the game is even, but Spassky presses on. h5Ne3 c6 Kf3 Bf7 The exchange of dark-squared bishop for knight would bring Black nothing. Ndf1 a5 Ke2 Be6 Ng3 Kg6 23.a3 Bf7 Ngf5 6 Kf3 Bd7 Kg3 Be6 h4! Fischer loses patience, but 38.Ke2 would also have been equal. Bd7 hxg5 Kxg5 Nh4 ¥g4 Now Black has to play carefully in order to maintain the balance. Nxg4 41.Nf3+ Bxf3 42.Kxf3 h4 hxg4 Nf5 24.a4 f 3 g x f 3 K x f 3 ¥f8 This prevents the White knight from reaching e7 and d6. 25.¤e3 Kh5 Nf5 ¥c5 The bishop at c5 dominates the knight at f5, preventing it from entering. So a draw was agreed. g4+ would have been too risky: Kg5 Ng7 Kf6 Ne8+? Kf7 Nc7 Be7 followed by Bg5 and Black is better. ½-½ E83 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James 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 e5 10.d5 ¤d4 Fischer does not repeat his mistake from game 12. 11.¤b3 ¤xb3 12.£xb3 12.axb3 Kh7! 13.Qd2 Ng8 and Black will play Bh6, solving his major 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 same attacking method as in game 8, but Black's defense is easier here because his pieces are better coordinated. hxg4 19.fxg4 ¤d7 20.g5 ¤c5 21.£d1 a5 This preserves the knight's outpost at c5, which is very important in this formation. Positionally, it can already be said that Black has a better game, so White must attack on the kingside. 22.¦f1 ¥d7 23.£e1 ¦h7 Fischer pressures the hpawn, by doubling rooks a few moves from now. 24.£g3 ¦f8 25.¦f6 ¦fh8 The advance of the hpawn is no longer possible, even if it were d e s i r a b l e . 26.b3 26.Rhf1 Be8 and White would have 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 of moves, but objectively the game is completely even. c6 32.a4 A wise choice, as if White plays with too much ambition he can find himself in a difficult position. 32.a3 b5! 33.cxb5 cxb5 34.b4

axb4 35.axb4 Na6 36.Rb2 Qa7! with a slight advantage for Black. £d8 33.¢a2 £e7 34.¥g4 ¥d7 35.¥d1 ¥e8 ½-½ E83 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James 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 ¤d7 Fischer decides to innovate, using a less direct method of placing pressure at d4. Eventually, he will move the knight from c6 and play c7-c5. 10.¤b3 This seems logical, but as we will see it turns out to be a dubious idea. 10.Qd2 e5 11.d5 N d 4 1 2 . N b 3 w o u l d h a v e b e e n s t r o n g e r . a5 This is another component of Fischer's new plan. He threatens to advance the pawn and drive away the knight at b3, thus indirectly undermining the support of the d4-square. 11.a4 A direct reply, but it weakens b4 and allows Black to establish a strong outpost there. The knight should have retreated to c1, even though that would amount to a waste of time. Still, b5 would be a target. 11. Nc1 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Nb3 ¤b4 12.¥e2 b6 This prepares the important advance of the c-pawn to c5, adding t o t h e p r e s s u r e a t d 4 . 13.g4 Spassky, in a desperate situation in the match, tries to play sharply but this is a premature break. In game 20, it succeeded, but only because the center was closed. 13.Qd2! was correct, e.g., c5 14.Rd1 Bb7 15.O-O Here White would have had a very good game. hxg4 14.fxg4 c5 15.h5 cxd4 16.¤xd4 A mistake, gh Black is already gaining the upper hand because White's king is stuck in the center and the pawn at e4 is becoming a liability. 16. Bxd4 Nc5! 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 and in this unclear position B l a c k h a s g o o d c h a n c e s . ¤c5 17.¤d5 This is an empty gesture which only weakens the pawn at e4. Still, it is hard to find anything convincing for White. 17.h6 Be5 17.Qd2 e5! 18.Bh6 Bh8 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.hxg6 exd4?? 21.Qg5 f6 22. Rxh8+ ¥b7 17...Nxe4? 18.Nxb4 axb4 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qc2 Ng3 21.Qxg6 Nxh1 22.Bd3 White will win. 18.¤f5 This may have some psychological effect, but objectively Fischer has nothing to worry about. 18.Bf3 The idea is to pave the way for the queen to get to e2. gxf5 19.gxf5 ¥xd5 20.exd5 Now 20...Bf6 is a solid defense, but Fischer calculated that he could afford to grab the pawn at b2. ¥xb2 21.¢f1 £d7 An important component of Black's defense. He attacks the pawn at f5 and ties down White's pieces. 21. ..Bxa1 22.Qxa1 f6 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24.Rg6 and White has serious threats.

My 160 Memorable Games 65 22.£b1 ¥xa1 Now the rook can be safely captured. 23.¦g1+ 2 3 . Q x a 1 Q x f 5 + ¢h8 23...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 again p r o t e c t e d . ¦g8 26.¦g6 ¦xg6 27.hxg6 ¢g7 Spassky resigned the game, and the match comes to an end. Final Score: Fischer 10, Spassky 5, 15 draws. 0-1

¤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.¢f7 1-0

A48 Forbes,Cathy Fischer,Robert James Beograd blitz

B24 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 ¤xb2 0-1 B31 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily 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 ¦b7 ½-½ B23 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily 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

Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James 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.¥f1 1-0 C69 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily 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 ¥c5 ½-½

My 160 Memorable Games 66 C95 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Beograd m

2560 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.¦e6 ½-½ C95 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Sveti Stefan m

1992

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 Quite brave of Spassky, to test Fischer in the latter's favorite opening. But then Spassky is also the master of the Black 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.¤f1 13.b4 a5! prevents the planned advance of White's a-pawn to a5. ¥f8 14.¤g3 g6 15.¥g5 h6 16.¥d2 ¥g7 17.a4 c5 18.d5 c4 19.b4 This is an , and perhaps a strong one. It is not just the move that is new, but the idea of a delayed b4 after Black has advanced to c4. ¤h7 20.¥e3 h5 21.£d2 ¦f8 22.¦a3 Spassky mu st have been feeling a creeping uneasiness, caused by the potential problems on the a-file, where White's heavy artillery will congregate. ¤df6 Black lack s adequate counterply, since there is no real hope of playing f7-f5. Therefore he tries to regroup his pieces to prevent a capture at b5, and also prepares to sacrifice a piece for the dominating central pawns. 23.¦ea1 £d7 24.¦1a2 ¦fc8 25.£c1 ¥f8 26.£a1 £e8 27.¤f1 ¥e7 28.¤1d2 28.N3d2 is an interesting alternative, intending to advance the f-pawn. ¢g7 29.¤b1 This threatens to liquidate a lot of pieces following captures on a5 and a8, after which Nb1-a3 will win the weak pawn at 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 duty on the queenside and returns to provide support for

the center and for its fellow steed at f3. ¦xa7 35.¦xa7 ¦a8 36.g4 Fischer strives to open the position, even if this entails exposing his king to some danger. This is better than exchanging at a8, as the resulting simplification would not help White's attack. hxg4 37.hxg4 ¦xa7 38.£xa7 f4 Well-timed! 38...Qa8 would lead to an easy win for White. 39.¥xf4 Fischer's superb technique is evident as he returns his trophy immediately. If he had tried to hang on to it, victory would have been less likely. 39.Bb6?! Qa8! 40. Qd7 Bxf3 41.Nxf3 Q x f 3 4 2 . B d 8 B x d 8 4 3 . Q x d 8 + i s u n c l e a r . exf4 40.¤h4 Another strong move which is not obvious. The natural path would lead White astray: 40.Qd4+ K e 6 4 1 . Q g 7 N f 8 a n d B l a c k c a n h o l d o n . ¥f7 The fatal err or. The knight retreat was called for. 40...Nf8! 41.Qd4+ Ke6 42.Nf5 Bf6! 43. Qxf4 Be5 and Black could still put up a fight. 41.£d4+ ¢e6 42.¤f5 There is the threat of a big fork at g7. ¥f8 42...gxf5 43.Bxf5++ 43.£xf4 ¢d7 44.¤d4 The b5-pawn is unprotected. Spassky makes one more attempt at counterplay. £e1+ 45.¢g2 ¥d5+ 46.¥e4 ¥xe4+ 47.¤xe4 ¥e7 48.¤xb5 ¤f8 49.¤bxd6 ¤e6 Spassky resigned here, rather than face... 50.£e5 1-0 E80 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James 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 sharp Saemisc h variation, though dulled somewhat by Spassky's choice of continuations. c5 Normal is 5... O-O, but the early hypermodern advance is also seen. 6.dxc5 6.d5 would lead to an ultra-sharp Modern Benoni, but Spassky prefers the accepted l i n e , w h i c h l e a d t o a n e a r l y e n d g a m e . dxc5 7.£xd8+ ¢xd8 8.¥e3 8.e5?! Nfd7 9.f4 f6! 10.exf6 exf6 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.bxc3 Bb7 12.Nf3 Ke8 13.e5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.f5 gave White an advantage in SpasskyGheorghiu, b6 10.0-0-0 Now Fischer introduces a completely new plan, developing his knight on the flank. ¤a6 11.g3 ¤c7 12.f4 e6 The Black knights look very artificial. 13.¥h3 This connects the rooks and prepares f4-f5, but White could have played more strongly by exchanging light-squared bishops. 13.e5!? Bb7 14.Rg1 Ke7 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Rxg2 f6 17.g4! fxe5 18.f5! and White has a strong attack. ¢e7 14.¦hf1 h6 15.e5 ¥b7 16.g4 White prepares to play Ng3 and f5. ¦ad8 17.¤g3

My 160 Memorable Games 67 f6 18.¤ce4 fxe5 19.f5 White has full compensation for the sacrificed pawn, but Fischer defends 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 dangerous initiative. After capturing on e6, the light squares will be very weak. ¦xd1+ 23.¢xd1 ¥f8 24.¤xf6 ¢xf6 25.¦f1 exf5 26.¦xf5+ ¢g7 27.¦xe5 This is natural, but nevertheless questionable, since Black can now both consolidate his position and win the important pawn at h2. 27.Rf2! deserved consideration, for example Be7 28.Bd2 Rd8 29.Ke2 intending 30.Bc3. ¥d6 28.¦e4 ¥xh2 29.¢e2 h5 This modest pawn will reach the seventh rank in a few moves and dramatically grow in stature. 30.¦e7+ ¢f6 31.¦d7 ¥e5 32.b3 h4 33.¢f3 ¦g8 34.¥g4 This is wrong, though few commentators noticed it at the time. Alternatives promised excellent drawing chances. 34.Bf4! Bxf4 35.Kxf4 Ne6+ 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37.Rxa7 Rh8 38.Rg7 h3 39. Rg6+! Ke7 40.Rg1= h3 35.¦h7 h2 36.¥f4 ¦f8 A very strong move. White now must part with the exchange because of the threat of 37...Kg6. 37.¥xe5+ 37.Bxh2 Kg6+ 38.Ke4 Kxh7 39.Bxe5 g i v e s W h i t e m o r e c h a n c e s t o e s c a p e . ¢g6+ 38.¢e4 ¢xh7 39.¥xh2 ¦e8+ 40.¢f5 Intending to tether Black's king to the edge of the board. 40.Kd3 i s n o b e t t e r . ¤e6 41.¢f6 ¤d4 Fischer has achieved a technically winning position, but surprisingly he does not find the resources to crush his opponent. 42.¥d6 ¦e4 43.¥d7 ¦e2 44.a4 ¦b2 44...Nxb3 was more logical, but even after the text the position is still a win. 45.¥b8 a5 46.¥a7 ¦xb3 47.¢e5 ¤f3+ 48.¢d6 ¤d2 49.¥e6 ¦b4 50.¢c6 ¤b3 This throws away the win. 50...Nxc4 51.Bxc4 Rxc4 52. Kxb6 Rxa4 53.Kxc5 Kg6 54.Kb5 Ra2 55. Bc5 a4 56.Kb4 Kf5 and the Black king will march 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 are gone, 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.¥d6 Agreed drawn, because a piece must be sacrificed to stop the pawn. Try playing on against Gambit if you need proof. ½-½ C95 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily 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 exd4 Spassky deviates from the first game of the match. The idea is to create more scope for the darksquared bishop. 17.cxd4 c5 18.¥f4 This is the most logical reaction, targeting the weak pawn at d6. Black's position is solid however, with the bishop guarding d6 from f8. cxd4 This second exchange brings Spassky good fortune. It is hardly a new idea, however. The idea was used in a game between Tal and Keres, at Curacao 1962. Black gets active piece play in return for his suspect p a w n s t r u c t u r e . 19.¤xd4 1 9 . Q x d 4 N c 5 ¤e5 20.b3 d5 This classical central thrust gives Black an active game. 21.£d2 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.f4 Rxe4 23.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. Qxd4 Rxc2 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 sides h a v e c h a n c e s . 29.¤xc2 £xd2 30.¦xd2 We have reached a position where Black should hold the advantage thanks to his bishop pair, but in fact 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 have tried for a little more with 35...Be6. 36.¤d5 ¦c6 37.¤5b4 ¦c7 38.¤d5 ¦c6 39.¤5b4 ¦c7 ½-½ D27 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Sveti Stefan m

1992

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 Perhaps influenced by the renewed interest in the opening in the 1980s. The Queen's Gambit Accepted is an unusual choice from Fischer, who usually prefers a more hypermodern treatment of 1.d4. 3.¤f3 3.e4 is a po pular alternative which has been the subject of much scrutiny lately. ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 Spassky shows a definite preference for endgames in this match! 7.Qe2 and 7 . a 4 a r e t h e m o r e c o m m o n m o v e s . £xd1 7...Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nbd2 Ke7 10.b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12.Be2 Nbd7= 8.¦xd1 ¥xc5 9.b3 9.a3 with the idea of playing b4, is more common here. ¤bd7 10.¥b2 b6 The cautious approach. The extended fianchetto (10...b5) is riskier because the pawn chain can be undermined by a2-a4. 11.¤c3 ¥b7 12.¦ac1 ¥e7 12...O-O? 13.Na4 Be7 14.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

My 160 Memorable Games 68 18.Nxa4 Ba7 maintains equality. ¢e7 17.e4 A strategic disaster. White weakens the long diagonal without any good reason, allowing Fischer to develop an interesting counterattack. 17.Kf2 was the correct move. g5 Black intends to advance the g-pawn, capture at f3, bring a knight to f4 and put a rook on the g-file, a simple and effective plan. 18.¤b1 The point of this move is to try to exchange dark squared bishops after Ba3. g4 18...Bd6 might have been more accurate, e.g., 19.Kf2 g4 with at least equality. 19.¥a3 b4 It is hard to believe that Fischer overlooked the obvious exchange sacrifice which follows. 19...Bxa3 20.Nxa3 gxf3 21.gxf3 Rhg8 22.Kf2 Ne5 with good play for Black. 20.¦xc5 ¤xc5 21.¥xb4 Now White's position is superior thanks to his ferocious bishop and the vulnerable Black king. The distance between a very good position and a very bad one is very small indeed! ¦hd8 22.¤a3 gxf3 23.gxf3 ¤fd7 24.¤c4 White has already achieved a completely dominating position because all of his pieces are active, while Black lacks any counterplay. ¥a8 25.¢f2 ¦g8 26.h4 ¦c7 27.¤c2 ¦b8 28.¥a3 This prevents Fischer from countersacrificing the e x c h a n g e , a n d m a i n t a i n s t h e s t r o n g p i n . h5 29.¦g1 ¢f6 30.¢e3 a5 31.¦g5 Spassky intensifies the pressure with every move. a4 This makes 's task easier, but it is hard to find an alternative. Now White gets a powerful passed pawn. 32.b4 ¤b7 33.b5 ¤bc5 34.¤d4 White's domination is complete. Fischer now embarks on a desperate sacrifice, but it doesn't work. e5 A mistake. 35.¤xe5 ¤xe5 36.¦f5+ ¢g7 37.¦xe5 ¤xe4 The point of the combination. If Black takes the knight Fischer will escape. 38.¥d3 38.fxe4 Rc3+ ¦c3 39.¥b4 Spassky's ship steers clear 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 pawn decides 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 the first half of the match. Spassky played quite well. 1-0

another plan. ¤bd7 10.¥b2 b5 Fischer departs from the path of the fourth game, which saw 11..b6. 11.¥e2 ¥b7 12.¤bd2 ¢e7 12...O-O is probably playable, for example 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb6!? 13.a4 It is precisely this move which often discourages the extended fianchetto by Black. The following exchange leaves the a-pawn weak. Few players seem to enjoy the Black side of these p o s i t i o n s . bxa4 13...b4 is not on because of 14. Nc4 with tremendous pressure. 14.¦xa4 ¦hb8 14...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 therefore B l a c k e x p e r i e n c e s s o m e d i s c o m f o r t . ¥d5 15...Nd5? 16.Rxc5 Nxc5 17.Ba3 is reminiscent of game 4 of the match! 16.¤e5 The weakness of c6 is important. Black's light-squared bishop can easily be placed in a position where it has too much work 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 inactivity of White's pieces reduces the advantage of the extra 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 to win 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 ¤e1 The 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 by t h e c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m D e e p T h o u g h t I I . ¢f8 41.¦e6 ¢g7 42.¢h3 ¦e2 43.¦d6 ¤e1 44.¥f6+ ¢g8 45.¥xe5 ¦xe3 46.¥f4 46.Rd5 The computer program Deep Thought II claimed that White would have won here, but human analysts felt that 46... Kf7 would pro ¦e2 47.¦g6+ More problems would have 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 C90

D27 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Sveti Stefan m

Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Sveti Stefan m

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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.b3 9.Nbd2 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Na5 Forced Spassky to grovel with the Black pieces against Bronstein at Moscow 1964, so Spassky chose

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.d3 Fischer decides to avoid the main lines, rather uncharacteristically. ¤a5 Spassky shifts from the Breyer to the Classical Chigorin formation. 10.¥c2 c5 11.¤bd2 ¦e8 11...Nc6 is a good alternative.

My 160 Memorable Games 69 12.h3 12.Nf1 might lead to some messy complications, for example h6 13.a4 b4 14.cxb4 cxb4 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 methodical break. The Spassky himself succeeded with d5 vs. Tal in a fairly similar situation. 16... Nc6 is correct. 17.exd5 c4 Apparently Spassky overlooked a tactical point here or at the next move. 17...Qxd5 18. c4! Qd8 19.Ne4 is clearly better for White. 18.b4 It is even more effective, then the same break in the first game. cxd3 18...cxb3 19.axb3 and there is no way to prevent c4, after which White is cruising. 19.¥xd3 £xd5 19...Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Nxe5 Qxd5 22.Qf3! Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxb7 and Black has no compensation for the pawn. 20.¥e4 This is the point. ¤xe4 21.¤xe4 ¥g7 22.bxa5 f5 Spassky decides that he is going to sacrifice a piece for active counterplay, the bishop pair, and a pawnstorm. 23.¤g3 e4 24.¤h4 ¥f6 The critical mistake. 24...Rad8 would have provided adequate counterplay. 25.¤xg6 e3 This sharp continuation regains the piece, because of the threat of mate at g2 , but the endgame nevertheless favors White. 26.¤f4 Guarding g2 and forcing the next few moves. £xd2 27.¦xe3 £xd1+ 28.¦xd1 ¦xe3 29.fxe3 The smoke clears and Spassky's bishops are not enough compensation for the pawns. ¦d8 29...Bxc3 30.Nxf5 is an easy win for White. 30.¦xd8+ ¥xd8 31.¤xf5 ¥xa5 Black hopes that the 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 the way, but White has one passed pawn and one potential 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. Even sacrificing the remaining piece will not help. ¢f7 43...Bxg7 44. Nxg7+ Kxd6 45.Kd4 a4 46.Nf5+ is a simple winning endgame, since Black cannot eliminate the White pawn. 44.d7 1-0

Black does not allow the h-file to be opened easily with h4-h5. 10.¥h6 Probably Spassky thought that his attack will be assisted by the inclusion of the pawn moves on the h-file, but the pawn at h5 is better than at h7. e5 Evidently a new idea, though very much in the spirit of the position. 11.¥xg7 ¢xg7 12.d5 12.O-O-O is more logical, because with the bishops gone it does not make sense to keep the position closed. ¤e7 13.¤g3 To stop b7b5. c6 Time to chip away at the central wedge! 14.dxc6 ¤xc6 15.0-0-0 Black could now defend his backward pawn with ...Nd4, but the weakness of White's c-pawn and the presence of the king on t h e c - f i l e p r o v i d e o p t i o n s . ¥e6 16.¢b1 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Nd4 and White would have difficulty extricating the rook, while the eventual occupation of the c-file by a Black rook. ¤e8 Now Black pr otects the d-pawn and the g5square against the idea of Nf5+. This disrupts the coordination of Black's rooks but the knight will be redeployed at c7 or f6 at an appropriate moment. 17.¤d5 b5 18.¤e3 ¦h8 Since there is no possibility of playing f7-f5 without great risk, Fischer supports the h5-square. Fischer is playing in the style of Nimzowitsch here, using prophylactic moves. 19.¦c1 £b6 20.¥d3 ¤d4 21.¤d5 £a7 Black will capture at d5 at a more opportune moment. From a7 the queen can be transferred to e7 and help protect the kingside. 21...Bxd5 22.cxd5 Nf6 23.Rc3 Rbc8 24.Rhc1 with control of the c-file. 22.¤f1 ¤f6 The knight has done its tour of duty at e8 and now it gets out of the way and reconnects t h e r o o k s . B u t t h i s i s a b i t r i s k y . 23.¤fe3 Spassky could have more aggressively exploited t h e k i n g s i d e s t r u c t u r e . ¥xd5 24.cxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 and the knight is obviously m u c h m o r e p o w e r f u l t h a n t h e b i s h o p . ¦bc8 25.¦cf1 Spassky avoids the exchange of rooks and prepares the advance of the f- pawn. But he never gets a chance to play it. £e7 26.g4 This break turns out to be ineffective. 26.f4!? The idea is to play f5. ¤d7 27.g5 White gains some space, but his pawn structure will be more vulnerable in an endgame. ¢f8 This is heavy-duty prophylaxis. Perhaps Fischer re-read Nimzowitsch's My System before the match. But he may have missed the redeployment of White's E84 bishop at h3. 28.¦f2 ¢e8 Black is m oving his king Spassky,Boris Vasily to a secure position. It can reoccupy the kingside Fischer,Robert James later. The immediate effect is to discourage f3-f4. Sveti Stefan m 1992 29.¥f1 ¤c5 30.¥h3 ¦c7 31.¦c1 A good move or an oversight? As Spassky handles it, things turn 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 out badly, but perhaps this move is actually very 6.¥e3 ¤c6 7.¤ge2 a6 8.£d2 ¦b8 This is the strong! 31.f4? Nxe4 31.Rhf1 intending Bg2 and f4 starting position of the hypermodern Saemisch. comes into consideration since Black has no 9.h4 An aggressive move. Alternatives include 9. immediate threats. ¤cb3 A simple but effective N c 1 , 9 . a 3 , 9 . R b 1 , 9 . B h 6 a n d 9 . O - O - O . h5 c o m b i n a t i o n . 32.axb3 ¤xb3 This is the critical

My 160 Memorable Games 70 position. 33.¦c6 33.Qc2!? is Kasparov's p r e f e r e n c e . ¤xd2+ 34.¦xd2 ¢f8 35.¦xa6 35.Rdc2 Ra7 Intending Kg7. ¦a7 36.¦c6 ¢g7 37.¥f1 White could probably have resigned here. ¦a1+ 38.¢xa1 £a7+ 39.¢b1 £xe3 Finally the queen achieves an active position! 40.¢c2 b4 White resigned, facing threats of b4-b3 and Qxf3. One of the most dramatic games in the first part of the match. Score: Fischer 3, Spassky 2, 3 draws. 0-1 C69 Fischer,Robert James Spassky,Boris Vasily Sveti Stefan m

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1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 Fischer abandons the Spanish Inquisition in favor of 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 an important move order finesse. 11.Be3 b6 12.Nc3 Ne7 Black has a comfortable position since 13.Bf4 can be met by 13...c4, when the d-file will be blocked. ¥d6 12.¥e3 b6 13.a4 0-0-0 14.a5 ¢b7 15.e5 A strong move, but contrary to some opinion, not a new idea. ¥e7 16.¦xd8 ¥xd8 Here is where Fischer innovates, improving on a 1 9 7 6 g a m e . 17.¤e4 Exploiting the possibility of a fork at c5. 17.axb6 cxb6 18.Ne4 Bxb3 19.Nd6+ Kc6 20.cxb3 Ne7 21.Rxa6 Nd5 was agreed drawn in Adorjan-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.Rxh7 R e 1 + 2 6 . K f 2 R b 1 2 7 . h 4 ! 18.axb6 cxb6 18...Bxb3 1 9.b7! Kxb7 20.Nxc5+ and White should win 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 effective opening preparation leading to a quick kill and a big match lead. 1-0 E35 Spassky,Boris Vasily Fischer,Robert James Sveti Stefan m

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 The Nimzoindian Defense, another of Fischer's hypermodern f a v o r i t e s . 4.£c2 Spassky responds with the Classical variation, which has surged in popularity in the last decade. Has Fischer kept up withthetheory? d5 This is an proved plan, which

takes advantage of the abandonment of the d-file by 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 themes of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange V a r i a t i o n . h6 There are all sorts of alternatives here, but Fischer sticks to the main line. 7.¥h4 c5 8.dxc5 ¤c6 9.e3 Black continues to develop quickly, rather than waste time picking up the weak p a w n a t c 5 . g5 10.¥g3 £a5 11.¤f3 ¤e4 12.¤d2 ¤xc3 13.bxc3 ¥xc3 The critical position of the opening. Fischer clearly is happy to get into a theoretical brawl. 14.¦b1 £xc5 15.¦b5 £a3 16.¦b3 ¥xd2+ 17.£xd2 £a5 18.¥b5 Spassky plays for a win after three disappointing games. 18.Rc3!? was probably wiser, avoiding the exchange of queens. Spassky is enough of a specialist 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 fact that White's is more active, suggest an evaluation of the position as roughly level. g4 24.¦c1 ¢e6 25.¦b4 h5 26.¦c3 ¦hc8 27.a4 This creates a weakness. 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's bishop gains additional scope. 31.Bd4 Bg6 32.Bc3 was a safer option, though White's game would be very passive. ¥c6 32.exd5+ ¥xd5 33.g3 ¥c4 This locks in the White rook. Black plans Kd5, and then 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.¢xa6 The position appears very drawish but Fischer is determined to fight to the end and he almost succeeds. The basic idea is to sacrifice the exchange at just the right moment, when the pawns can be activated. ¦b3 47.¦c7 ¢e4 48.¦h7 This is the only chance for counterplay. Spassky tries to get a passed h- pawn. The complications which follow are both interesting and instructive. ¦xe3 49.fxe3 49.Re7+? Kf3 50.Rxe3+ Kg2 51.Ra3 Bf3 52.Ra2 Kf1 intending Be2+ and Kxf2. ¢xe3 50.¦xh5 ¥e4 51.¦h8 White is ready to advance his pawn. ¢f3 52.¦e8 ¢xg3 53.h5 ¥d3+ 54.¢b6 f4 All the passed pawns are racing toward the goal line, but who get the prize first? 55.¢c5 The most accurate move, forcing a draw. Even against less precise play a draw would still be likely, however. 55.h6 f3 56.Rf8 f2 57.Kc5 Kg2 58.Kd4 Bh7 59.Ke3 g3 60.Rf7 Kg1 61.Ke2 Bg8 62.Rf6 Bc4+ 63. Ke3= f3 56.¢d4 ¥f5 57.¦f8 ¢f4 58.h6 g3 58...f2 59.h7 f1Q 60.h8Q and a draw is likely,

My 160 Memorable Games 71 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 the e x c h a n g e o f q u e e n s . £c1+ 62.¢b3 £c2+ 63.¢b4 £e4+ 64.¢c3 £c6+ 65.¢b3 £d5+ 66.¢c3 £c5+ 67.¢b2 £b4+ 68.¢a2 ½-½

26.Rb5 and Black has no counterplay at all. 25.e6 The protected passed pawn will remain a pain in B l a c k ' s s i d e f o r s o m e t i m e . ¥c6 26.¦c1 T h i s f o r c e s t h e e x c h a n g e o f r o o k s . ¦xc1 26...b3 27. Rxc2 bxc2 28.Rc1 Be4 29.g4 a5 30.Kf2 a4 31.Ke3 and Black can give up. 27.¦xc1 ¢d6 28.¦d1+ ¢e5 28...Ke7 29.Ra1 and the a-pawn goes. 29.e7 a5 Black's last gasp. 29...Kxf5 30.Rd6 Ba4 31.Ra6 30.¦c1 ¥d7 31.¦c5+ ¢d4 32.¦xa5 B31 The rest is simple. b3 33.¦a7 ¥e8 34.¦b7 ¢c3 Fischer,Robert James 35.¢f2 b2 36.¢e3 ¥f7 37.g4 ¢c2 38.¢d4 b1£ Spassky,Boris Vasily 39.¦xb1 ¢xb1 40.¢c5 ¢c2 41.¢d6 [ 41.¢d6 Sveti Stefan m 1992 and Black resigned, since a losing endgame is inevitable: ¢d3 42.¢d7 ¢e4 43.e8£+ ¥xe8+ 1.e4 c5 After the disaster of the previous Spanish 44.¢xe8 ¢f4 45.¢f7 ¢g5 46.¢g7 etc. ] Inquisition, Spassky slides into Sicilian territory. 1-0 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 Somewhat of a surprise. Fischer usually prefers the well-traveled paths of more topical lines, enjoying the theoretical duels. g6 4.¥xc6 bxc6 Theory prefers 4...dxc6, but there is nothing wrong with this choice. 5.0-0 ¥g7 6.¦e1 e5 A critical advance, which prevents White from playing e4-e5 or d2-d4. But the blocking of the long diagonal creates an interesting opportunity for White. Spassky consistently rejects previous p r a x i s , b u t o p t s f o r 6 . . . f 6 i n g a m e 1 3 . 7.b4 A typical example of a move which is trivial when played prematurely (at move 2) but which can be quite effective if delayed until an appropriate moment. cxb4 8.a3 This gambit underlines the defects of 6...e5. c5 8...d6 9.axb4 Ne7 10. h3 O-O 11.d3 gives White a slightly better position, because there are some weaknesses in Black's position. But 8...bxa3 9.Bxa3 d6 gives White sufficient compensation for the pawn, but how much more? 9.axb4 cxb4 10.d4 10.Bb2 d6 11.d4 exd4 would transpose back to the game. exd4 10...d6?! 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bd2! regains the pawn with interest. 11.¥b2 d6 Now the long diagonal can be the site of some tactical operations. 12.¤xd4 12.Bxd4 Nf6 would be roughly equal, with the bishop pair working to Black's advantage. £d7 12...Qb6 13.Nd2 Bxd4 14. Nc4 Bxf2+ 15.Kh1 Qc5 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nf5+! wins for White. 13.¤d2 ¥b7 13...Ne7 would have been more cautious but White would have had a s t r o n g p o s i t i o n i n a n y c a s e . 14.¤c4 ¤h6 Now the White knight makes a brilliant leap. 15.¤f5 ¥xb2 15...Nxf5 16.exf5+ Kf8 17.Bxg7+ Kxg7 18.f6+ Kg8 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Bc6 21. Ra6! Bd5 22. Rxa7! would lead to a rapid White victory. 16.¤cxd6+ ¢f8 17.¤xh6 f6 The losing move. 18.¤df7 £xd1 19.¦axd1 ¢e7 20.¤xh8 ¦xh8 21.¤f5+ A reprise of the main theme. This time, it is decisive. gxf5 22.exf5+ ¥e5 The only way to avoid losing a rook. 22...Kf8 23.Rd8+ Kg7 24.Re7+ 23.f4 ¦c8 24.fxe5 ¦xc2 24...fxe5 25.Rxe5+ Kf6