| Feb-25-05 |
| offramp: Matulovic should have taken the exchange by 15...Nxf2+, although it probably only draw anyway. Also 28...f5 might be better: 29.Rh4 h5 30.Nc3 Bh6+ 31.Kf3 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Nxd1 g5 35.Nb2 g4+ leaves black on top. |
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| Jun-13-05 |
| CaptainEvans: Matulovic could have played 15...Nf2 resulting in a temporary rook sac for Fischer. Fischer would probably have then played 16.Ke2 Nxh1 17.d4 followed by 18.Be3 and 19.Nd2 |
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| Jun-13-05 |
| RookFile: Ok. "The Complete Games of Bobby
Fischer", by Wade and O'Connell,
gives two exlams to 15. f4, saying
that if 15... Nf2+ 16. Ke2 Nxh1
17. d4, ".... and white not only regains the knight, remaining with only the exhange for a pawn down,
but leaves black with a feeble bishop."
On the other hand, they feel that
40.... gxh4 gives black good winning
chances. |
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Feb-13-06
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| whatthefat: This game from the 7th round - and similarly Fischer vs Larsen, 1970 in the 9th - was a real mess from Fischer. His play was highly suspect in the patch covering the 7th-10th rounds. With the additional exception of his games in the 14th and 15th rounds ( Fischer vs Larsen, 1970 and Fischer vs E Jimenez Zerguera, 1970 respectively), the rest of his tournament was absolutely sublime. It is nonetheless interesting that even the best players in their best ever tournament performances, still have some off days! I think it should make us all feel a little bit better. |
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| Apr-21-06 |
| zev22407: Fischer took a "poisoned pawn" and got a bad position from the opening,Matulovic had to play 16)..0-0-0 holding the blokade. |
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| Apr-21-06 |
| zev22407: 42)..R-c2 it was better to play g5:h4 now Fischer played 43)h4:g5 and saved the game. |
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| Nov-01-06 |
| Peter Nemenyi: <whatthefat: This game from the 7th round - and similarly Fischer vs Larsen, 1970 in the 9th - was a real mess from Fischer.> I'd say that in the seventh and ninth rounds Fischer suffered the inevitable downside of fanciful play in the openings, as the Russians used to call it. Obviously he was concerned to diversify his openings in this tournament, with three Alekhine's Defenses and even 1. b3 twice. In games seven and nine, he decided to meet the Sicilian with peculiar lines he didn't know very well, and paid the price. Mednis in How to Beat Bobby Fischer is particularly scathing about Fischer's choice of the Velimirovic-like 9. Qe2 in his game with Larsen, pointing out that it produced the sort of sharp but strategically murky situation which didn't suit Bobby at all. |
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Nov-01-06
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| whatthefat: <Peter Nemenyi>
Thanks for that, I haven't read that book. |
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| Jan-10-08 |
| TheDude: In this tournament Fischer reach an performance of 2850 (scoring 18.5/23 (80%) vs 2643-rated opposition). Only the Games vs. Larsen and Taimonov was higher (2887 and 2870). Unbelievably!!!
There is an link of some interesting tournaments (include Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970): www.pgnmentor.com. Enjoy!!! |
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Jan-12-08
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| Eyal: According to the article "Information and Objectivity" (From the book <Petrosian's Legacy>), which discusses Petrosian's preparations for his match with Fischer in 1971, Igor Zaitsev suggested that Fischer was expecting 7...Qb6 rather than 7...Nc7!, and in that case his idea was 8.d4 d6 9.exd6 exd6 10.Qe2+! and Black faces some serious problems (10...Be6 11.c4; 10...Ne7 11.d5; or 10...Kf8 which deprives him of castling). |
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