Robert James Fischer vs Borislav Ivkov (1959)

Robert James Fischer vs Borislav Ivkov
Santiago 1959 · French Defense: Winawer. Advance Variation General (C16) · 0-1

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Feb-05-06		Autoreparaturwerkbau: Fischer is dropping pawns for no compensation ... eventually he lost, of course.

Mar-17-06		ckr: I certainly have no credentials to comment on Fischer's play here, but neither do most others and yet they do. So keeping in fashion with all the other patzers and since he is only 16 in this game: 1) It seems that an immediate 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Qh3 forces black's queen to a defensive position and white is better off. It fixes the center pawns and denies black f6 to break them up. The slower 13.g4 line played is good only if the white bishop is not exchanged. 2) As to 1/4 of the moves being queen moves - individually they seem alright, but in principal .... 3) 27.h6 dosen't seem to acomplish anything, in fact it gives black an open file to attack on. As for Fisher against the French I see only 3 loses out of 48 games, Bobby never played the French as black (that I know of). So this is not one of his better examples of handling the opening.

Sep-27-07		smarterthanbobby: was he old enough to drive in this game? the pawn dropping chess master?

Jul-15-08		littlefermat: <Fischer is dropping pawns for no compensation ... eventually he lost, of course.> Not only that, but he's saddled with an absolutely awful pawn stucture early into the game. He never had a chance in this game.

Jun-17-09		YetAnotherAmateur: As far as bad pawn structures go, I'm wondering why the heck he tries to push the kingside before developing his pieces. For instance, 9 h4 and 13 g4 both indicate a complete disregard for having a defensible position.

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