| Oct-01-03 |
| Phoenix: I see posted two Fischer-Najdorf Varna Olympiad games...one with 24 moves and one with 26. This one is the correct version. |
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| Feb-10-04 |
| Whitehat1963: Fischer teaches Najdorf how to attack his own system. |
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| Jun-02-04 |
| Franz the Stampede: as far as I know Fischer, before this game, declared to his team mates that he would have beaten najdorf in no more 25 moves and indeed he succeded...
Anyway Najdorf does at least a couple of mistakes, doesn't him? |
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| Dec-03-04 |
| rogerclemens: Why not 12... Bxg2
Seems as though Najdorf should be able to survive that |
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| Feb-12-05 |
| organist: This game is given as Trap 137 in Horowitz's "New Traps in the Chess Opening". |
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| Mar-25-05 |
| aw1988: Yes, 12...Bxg2!! would be fine. Good catch! |
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Mar-25-05
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| acirce: Andrew Soltis in his "Bobby Fischer rediscovered", after 12..e5: <This was the last major choice Black made. His move is superior to 12..Nd7 13.Nc6 Qc7 14.Bxd5 or 12..e6 13.Qh5 Bg6 14.Qxd5. But two captures come into consideration:(a) Fischer felt White had a winning position even though two pawns down after 12..Bxg2 13.Kxg2 dxc4 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.Nf5, e.g. 15..e6? 16.Rxe6+! or 15..Rg8+ 16.Kh1 e5 17.Be3. (b) He concluded that Black’s best was 12..dxc4 13.Rxe4 Qd5 14.Qf3 e6, which he didn’t evaluate. (But it’s hard to imagine Black surviving after 15.Bd2 and Rae1.)> One day after this game, Najdorf <redeemed his honour by crushing Portisch in 22 moves with a double pawn sacrifice. "I only win and lose brilliantly", he explained.> Najdorf vs Portisch, 1962 |
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| Apr-22-05 |
| russep: I believe Fischer should have lost this game for playing 6. h3. |
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| May-08-05 |
| babakova: I played this variation up to move 7 where my opponent varied with 7...Nxd5?! which gave me an easy game |
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| May-29-05 |
| sfm: Najdorf, a humorous guy, should have said about the game, around move 17: "I would have resigned here but I was ashamed - I could have been his father, no, his grandfather..!" |
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| May-29-05 |
| mack: <I believe Fischer should have lost this game for playing 6. h3.> You wot? |
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May-03-06
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| Dr. Funkenstein: russep apparently does not know that 6. h3 is a variant of the Najdorf that is not often played but as with most systems, if you have a plan there´s no reason not to play it. |
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| Aug-03-06 |
| BaranDuin: I don't see what was wrong with 7. ... Nxe4?
After 8. Qf3 Nc5 9. Nf6+ gxf6 10. Qxa8 Bb 7 11. Qa7 e5... I like the black position. Or is there another 'trap' that I missed? |
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Aug-03-06
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| euripides: <Baran> If my memory is right Fischer recommended 7...Nxe4 for Black in 'My 60 memorable games'. |
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| Jun-11-07 |
| Kleve: This has been my favorite game for a long, long time |
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| Mar-31-08 |
| matingthreat: Hi, I just joined this site, and I might add that this is the best chess site ever. I really love Najdorf, what a great player. I think that it was rude and coffee-house playerish of Fischer to ask Najdorf 1 dollar for his autograph in that other game between them where he purportedly swept the pieces off of the board. If anything, Fischer should have respect for his elders. I read somewhere a while back that instead of 20.Rd1, 20.Bxf7 wins faster since if Black takes the bishop, then 21.Qxd7+ and black has to go to g6 since f8 or g8 is mate in 1. After 22.Qxg7+ ...Kxf5, 23.Qg4# is a beautiful mate. Shows that Fischer was human and didn't have perfect tactical vision. Then again, it was a hard line to see. |
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May-10-08
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| ketchuplover: 20.Bxf7 Kd8 21.Qa3 Qc5 22.b4 Qf8 23.Be6 a5 24.Rd1 Qxb4 25.Rxd7+ Ke8 26.Ng7+ Kf8 27.Rf7+ Kg8 28.Rb7 dis+ Kf8 29.Rxb4 resign |
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Jan-16-09
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| blacksburg: Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1904 anyone else see a strange similarity between these 2 games? |
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Feb-04-09
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| Eyal: <I don't see what was wrong with 7. ... Nxe4? After 8.Qf3 Nc5 9.Nf6+ gxf6 10.Qxa8 Bb7 11.Qa7 e5... I like the black position.
Or is there another 'trap' that I missed?> 7...Nxe4 8.Qf3 Nc5 9.b4! e6 10.bxc5 exd5 11.Qxd5 Ra7 12.c6 (or 11.c6 immediately) is better for White. <Fischer felt White had a winning position even though two pawns down after 12...Bxg2 13.Kxg2 dxc4 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.Nf5, e.g. 15..e6? 16.Rxe6+! or 15..Rg8+ 16.Kh1 e5 17.Be3.> In OMGP, Kasparov quotes a line given by Hubner with 15...Rg8+ 16.Kh1 e5 17.Be3 Rc8 etc. which he claims is ok for Black, and also suggests 14...Ra7 15.Be3 Rd7 16.Rad1 Qc8. In the first line, maybe 16...e6 is even a little better than e5 - with the insertion of 15..Rg8+ 16.Kh1, 17.Rxe6+? fails to 17...fxe6 18.Qh5+ Rg6, and 17.Be3? loses to 17...Ne5; 17.Qc6 (renewing the threat of Rxe6+) 17...e5! and next Qc8 or Rc8. Because of the possibility of 12...Bxg2! Kasparov calls 12.Re1 "impatient", and thinks that 12.Bb3 was better. <He concluded that Black's best was 12..dxc4 13.Rxe4 Qd5 14.Qf3 e6, which he didn't evaluate. (But it's hard to imagine Black surviving after 15.Bd2 and Rae1.)> Even better for White is 15.Bf4! with the threats of Rd1 and Nxe6, winning by force - e.g. 15...Nd7 16.Rd1 Ne5 17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Nxe6! Qxe6 19.Rxe5! Qxe5 20.Qc6+ Ke7 21.Rd7+ and mate; or 15...f5 16.Nxf5! Qxf5 17.Re5. <I read somewhere a while back that instead of 20.Rd1, 20.Bxf7 wins faster since if Black takes the bishop, then 21.Qxd7+ and black has to go to g6 since f8 or g8 is mate in 1. After 22.Qxg7+ ...Kxf5, 23.Qg4# is a beautiful mate. Shows that Fischer was human and didn't have perfect tactical vision. Then again, it was a hard line to see.> Actually, it wasn't so hard compared with some other stuff Fischer saw in this game; the point is that in case of 20.Bxf7+ Black doesn't have to capture the bishop and can play 20...Kd8, and then after 21.Rd1 Ra7 22.Rd6 (as in the game), with the bishop on f7 instead of c4, the black queen has the b5 square. So apparently Fischer's move was stronger. |
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| Jul-16-09 |
| Goldengab: I think 12... Bxg2 is winning for black, ok Queen gives check and forces the exchange of Queens but each continuations after this gives black the edge (for example 13. Bxa6 Rg8 14. Bb5+ Nd7 and after this white is in trouble, black is 2 pawns up, game finished). |
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| Jul-16-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Guys like Kasparov and Huebner have analyzed 12.... Bxg2! It leads to wild, unclear positions after either 13. Ne6, 13. Qa4+, or 13. Kxg2. Black is fully equal and then some, but white may be able to hold a draw. |
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Sep-23-09
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| talisman: Franz is right, BOBBY said he would win in 25...he took 24. |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| WhiteRook48: black's queen blocks his more fundamental rook |
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| Nov-25-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 12...Bxg2!! |
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sac: 14.Rxe4
