Robert James Fischer vs John Blackstone (1964)

Robert James Fischer vs John Blackstone
Davis sim 1964 · Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90) · 1-0

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Sep-09-05		Sneaky: What an incredibly complicated game. 11.fxe6 was a creative idea guaranteed to lead to lively play. I was looking at 20...Na3, because it looks like a much better try--in fact it looks to win on the spot. However I think it ultimately loses to the wild complications after 21.Bxd6! e.g. 20...Na3 21.Bxd6! Nxb1 22.Bxe7+ (22.Qg5? looks clever but simply ...Qxe4 or ...Qa7 holds everything together) Kxe7 23.Qg5+ Kd6 (...Kf8?? Qd8#) 24.c5! and the Black king is taking a long walk off a short pier. Even there it's hard to tell what's going on but I think it's fair to say White has plenty of compensation.

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