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Robert James Fischer vs Walter Shipman
Manhattan blitz 1971  ·  Spanish Game: Cozio Defense. General (C60)  ·  1-0
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Mar-24-04  BlazingArrow56: Absolutely crushed, poor Shipman.
Jul-26-05  Jgamazo: After the blunder 12. ... Qf7? trying to support an attack with the f pawn, allows White the move 13.Bxc6 that exposes the black king.
Sep-08-05  RookFile: Fischer makes it look so easy! This is a blitz game! It looks like a Morphy victory or something!
Nov-17-07  PAWNTOEFOUR: <blazingarrow56>..........it's po,po shipman!
Jan-13-13  JENTA: Perhaps better than 11...f5 is 11... Bh5!?

12... Qf7? was a mistake.

12... Bd6?? 13. Bc4

Perhaps 12... Be7!?

Instad of 15... Qe6, better is 15... Qf6 (16.h4 h6) 16. c4 Be7 17. Rfd1 Bf7

And why not 15...f4!? for example 16. Nc6 Bd6! 17. Nd8 Rd8 18. Bd2 f3

Instead of 16... Be7, a mistake is 16... Bb4 17. d5 cd5 18. Qb5

or 16... Bd6 17. Qc6 Ke7 18. c5

However, try 16... Bh5!?

Jan-13-13  JENTA: Perhaps 15. Na5 was too rush and better was 15. Bf4 with better position for white.

After 15. Na5 f4! black can hope for draw or even for compensation for the material. For example:

15. Na5 f4 16. Nc6 Bd6 17. Ne5+ de5 18. de5 fe3 19. fe3 Qe6 20. Rad1 Ke7 21. Qa3 Ke8 with the eternal check perhaps.

May-21-13  Damianx: i have no idea what 1 should play against Fisher but surely the Ruy can,t be a good choice
May-21-13  RookFile: Jenta's 15... f4 look interesting. It's an attempt to mix things up and get Fischer off of auto pilot.
May-22-13  diceman: <Damianx: i have no idea what 1 should play against Fisher but surely the Ruy can,t be a good choice>

French, Caro-Kann.

May-22-13  RookFile: I think the Petrov has been toughened up from where it was in Fischer's day. Karpov would probably use this against Fischer and get reasonable positions. Of course, in the middlegame, anything can happen.

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