Robert James Fischer vs Vasily Smyslov (1967)

Robert James Fischer vs Vasily Smyslov
Monte Carlo (1967) · Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Variation (C69) · 1/2-1/2

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Jan-10-07		Ulhumbrus: 19 Rh3 attacks the h7 pawn and ties down Black's R before doing anything else. For whatever reason, Fischer allows Smyslov to induce h3 and so to preclude this possibility.

Jan-11-07		Cyphelium: <Ulhumbrus> 19. h3 f7 and then what? Black plays 20.- e6 and is completely soild.

Jan-11-07		Ulhumbrus: <Cyphelium> On 19 Rh3 Rf7 20 Rh6 Ke6 White has a pawn majority on the King side and one possibility is to advance it, prepare to advance it, bring up the King, and possibly all three.

Jan-12-07		Cyphelium: <Ulhumbrus> Sure, but does it get anywhere? A variation or two would be nice.

Jun-23-10		Notagm: Why not 40... Ra1 to win White's a pawn? Black could then advance his a pawn.

Jun-23-10		mistreaver: <Why not 40... Ra1 to win White's a pawn?> I think white can defend with g5

Dec-20-11		AlphaMale: <His game with Smyslov also had to be rescheduled because the Russian was afflicted with a terrible toothache, necessitating an extraction at the dental surgery.>

Jul-15-12		HenryAdams1838: Mistreaver: It looks like after Re3, defending the pawn, the game is still drawn. There are no pawn levers really. It'd just be a lot of piece shuffling.

Jul-30-12		goldenbear: Fischer had an incredible record with the exchange variation, but it didn't work against endgame-virtuoso Smyslov.

Jul-30-12		tonsillolith: Why not <10...Kd8>?

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