Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky (1972) Best by Protest

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Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky
"Best by Protest" (game of the day Feb-20-2007)
Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 6, Jul-23
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. Exchange Variation (D59) · 1-0

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Mar-11-06		drukenknight: 31..Qe7 looks like the only logical response.

Mar-14-06		keypusher: 32 Qc8 Well, <dk>, still think the annotators are in Bobby's pay?

Mar-15-06		drukenknight: I think he's late on his payments..

Mar-15-06		RookFile: I don't think you guys are looking at this right. White has a strong attack on the kingside, and black will do well not to get mated over there. Using a tempo to take a meaningless pawn does nothing to help black. After ...Rxb2 with any sort of movement of white forces to the queenside is simply incorrect, in my opinion.

Mar-15-06		drukenknight: keyp: this line is starting to look troublesome. What if 25...Nf8 instead? btw: are you using a computer?

Mar-15-06		keypusher: <Druken> yes, 32 Qc8 was the computer's idea, although I think all the other moves were mine. Fritz 8 evaluates the position at plus-2 something after Qc8. I know it's better to analyze with our brains, but I'm kinda swamped right now...

Mar-15-06		drukenknight: I'm doing this on my own, oh...well I guess I am using the crappy chess lab computer to help but I may as well be on my own it is so bad. DId you see that mate in 3 or whatever it walked into in that Fischer/Larsen game? You should probably give me a pawn to even out things. I am just going to pick up your pawn on e5 now...try the ...Nc8 line it must be better.

Sep-09-06		blingice: http://fvss.ytmnd.com/ OMG!!! This game to MUSIC!!!!

Nov-06-06		ismet: It is completely simple ! That is Why they are The Best !

Nov-13-06		aazqua: I say this is the greatest championship game ever played. Incredible play by Fischer - all the pieces are always in teh right place, and Spassky's always seem just a little wrong. Nice little tactical shots to reach a dominant position. I particularly like moves 18-24. Black really doesn't have alterniatives and the series of quiet moves transform a somewhat even game into a win.

Dec-21-06		CoryLetain: Fischer... master of the Queen side?

Dec-21-06		RookFile: <blingice: blingice: http://fvss.ytmnd.com/ > What a wonderful presentation. Just watching the game gives one an awesome feeling of Fischer's strength, and what it was like to play against him.

Jan-24-07		Tactic101: Why hasn't this game been made "Game of the Day"?

Jan-25-07		ianD: Just when Spassky seems to find a way to blackade Fischer with all his pieces on good squares, Fischer finds a winning move that makes Spassky's defence look as solid as a house of cards. This is a great game by Fischer... a genius at the peak of his powers.

Feb-20-07		Tactic101: FINALLY! This masterpiece is game of the day.

Feb-20-07		ianD: EVERY move played by Fischer in this game has a purpose and exposes slight weakensses in blacks position. Fischer's move have an efficincy and precision which is simply awe insrpiring. Black hardly makes a what could be described as a mistake but is simply swept off the board If GOD played chess then this is what it would feel like to play against him. A sublime masterpiece by Fischer!

Feb-20-07		dehanne: <If GOD played chess then this is what it would feel like to play against him.> Not at all. God plays like Vladimir Kramnik.

Feb-20-07		ianD: User: dehanne God does not play dice nor does he miss mate in 1. Sorry, Fischer was in a different class. Kramnik not even in his shadow.

Feb-20-07		Marmot PFL: This game is overrated. Fischer played OK but Spassky was terrible. As Najdorf said "Spassky is not Spassky. I know him well and he is strange. he does not smile. He acts like a man in jail. There is something on his mind besides Fischer."

Feb-20-07		hscer: like the pun. kind of an ironic one considering the game didn't open 1. e4.

Feb-20-07		WannaBe: "Best by Protest"! Excellent, my nomination for Pun 'O the Year!

Feb-20-07		kevin86: There are days when one player does everything fight and the other does everything wrong. That is why we have first round knockouts,33 point differential in basketball,and 25 point differences in the Super Bowl. This game was a massacre in a series of downfalls for the defending champion.In a eight game run,Fischer-who had never defeated Spassky-won FIVE games.

Feb-20-07		Grega: Did Najdorf really said that thing about Spassky in 1972 ?

Feb-20-07		RookFile: What a great game, Najdorf likened Fischer's performance in this game to a Mozart symphony.

Feb-20-07		Troglodyte: Looks like Spassky forgot was what a pin is.

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