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| Feb-21-03 | | kostich in time: Yet another Fischer game included in Soltis'top one hundred..the gambit on the seventh move, and the attack that follows, are nothing short of superb..again, note Bobbys technique in an unusual endgame |
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Dec-01-03
 | | Benzol: This game for me was the best one that Fischer played in this match. To me it looks kind of like a reversed Benko Gambit and Spassky was just bowled over by the force of Fischer's play. A fleeting glimpse of the Fischer we all missed out on! |
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| Dec-01-03 | | technical draw: Great game. It doe's look like a Benko Gambit in reverse, but its Fischer's simplifications ala Capablanca and his handling of the endgame (also ala Capablanca) that make this a memorable game. |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Spitecheck: I was also similarly impressed with this game, Fischer's strategm of attacking the a3-f8 diagonal with Spasski's bishop "elsewhere" is a lesson in simplicity. Fischer sometimes made it look as though he was playing with lego, what a legend. Spitecheck |
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| Dec-01-03 | | ughaibu: Wouldn't 26....b3 have been the natural move? |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Spitecheck: Hmm, it seems the obvious move, however I think if white just play's Rxc2 both of black's queenside pawns can only queen on black squares (which may not even be relevant anyways) so... something like 26...b3 27. Rxc2 bc 28. Rc1 Be4 29. g4 h5 30. h3 hg 31. hg Bf3 (otherwise white marches his king to e3) 32. Rxc3 Bxf3 33. Rc5 etc? Spitecheck |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Spitecheck: Crafty gives the better line, which is to just get the king involved and not worry about the queenside pawns afterall as I said the rook by itself controls either of there goal squares. Depth: 16 Nodes: 63800826 (970502 n/s)
Score: +2.34 Time: 65.74 seconds
26. ... b3 27. Rxc2 bxc2 28. Kf2 Be4 29. g4 Bd5 30. Ke3 a5 31. Kd2 Bb3 32. Re3 a4 33. Rh3 Kd6 34. Kc1 Ke7 35. Rxh7+ So ..b3 is an improvement in Crafty's eyes but perhaps Spasski could have already resigned. Spitecheck |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Spitecheck: Actually in my previous line which also seems sufficient Ba4 is an improvement for black, allowing the a-pawn to support the bishop from any king invasion, however than white simplifies by exchanging rook for all remaining queenside material. Spitecheck |
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| Dec-04-03 | | raylopez99: Nigel Short annotated this game at the Arts|Chess column found at http://www.telegraph.co.uk I think 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Nf5! is an improvement.
Short gives the 7. b4!?, which shows how strange Fischer's sacrifice for initiative is, even to a leading player! Awesome game. Almost (since this was the first game of the rematch, right?) like it was 'arranged' between the players, to generate interest, as sometimes happens in 'living chess' exhibitions (lots of sacs and minatures, to appease the non-chess playing public). I say "almost", since $5 million was at stake, and rumor has it Spassky got paid and, unlike Fischer, held onto his money! RL |
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| Dec-05-03 | | DWINS: raylopez99, Do you remember the analysis after 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Nf5? I can't find anything good for white after 16...Qxd1 17. Nxg7+ Ke7 18. Raxd1 Rhc8. |
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| Mar-28-04 | | Benjamin Lau: A controversial but still impressive game. A good strike against the dogmatic principles that have become too ingrained in our minds, like how "bishops like open positions." Here, Fischer bravely sacks a pawn to blow open lines (7. b4!?), despite having ceded the two bishops, and even the pawn sacrifice is to dissolve Spassky's doubled pawns! He then follows it up with yet another pawn thrust (10. d4!?, opening up even more lines!) |
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| Mar-28-04 | | WMD: In what sense is it controversial? |
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| Mar-28-04 | | mack: Doesn't just 28. Rxc6+ work? |
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| Mar-28-04 | | Hanada: What a beautiful game! This is definitely one of my favorite games of all time. I wonder why b4! isn't seen very often. I know that later someone found ...f6 for black but it still seems that white will have the initiative. Oh well, it will probably catch on in 20 years or so after Fisher has gone and some new world champion decides to turn it into a coherent system. Does anyone have any thoughts on this extraordinary game? |
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| Mar-28-04 | | waddayaplay: Well... One could say Fischer seems to appreciate the knights more then he did in his early years, huh? |
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| Mar-28-04 | | WMD: Here's an excerpt from Yasser Seirawan's book on the match, No Regrets: Right after the game Bobby and Boris held a postmortem and considered that the position after 17.Nxh6 was critical. Boris was sure that 17...f6 was a mistake. The players immersed themselves in the forcing sequence 17...Bxa1 (probably the best practical try) 18.Qxa1 Qxd6 19.Qxh8+ Ke7. The next day Bobby, Eugene Torre, Svetozar Gligoric, Yvette Nagel and I spent a late afternoon analyzing this position. It is an excellent position for practical work. I suggest you take a few minutes and look at the lines following 20.Qxh7 and 20.Qg7. Initially, Bobby was strongly for 20.Qxh7!, munching a pawn. He got bogged down over the line 20...Rf8 21.h4 (to clear the back rank and pound home h4-h5) 21...Qd2 22.Re3. White seems to be on a joyful attacking crunch, but his pieces are misplaced: 22...Qxc2! 23.Qg7 (since 23.h5 runs into ...Qd1+ and Qxh5+) 23...Qc1+ 24.Kh2 Qc5!, again restraining h4-h5. Now Black has two passers on the queenside and his king can trot to safety. Fischer spent a lot of time trying to make 25.e5 Bd5! 26.h5 work, but came away dissatisfied. At length he was talked into declining the h7-cutie. "Man, I really want that guy!" he exclaimed. We began looking at 20.e5 Rxh8 (20...Qd2!?) 21.exd6+ Kf6 22.Re7 Bd5 before Fischer's "Nah!" ended things there. Finally, 20.Qg7 Rf8 21.Ng8+ Rxg8 22.Qxg8 a5!? (White's queen is trapped) 23.Qg7 a4, when despite being an Exchange down Black is still kicking. Indeed, the whole line isn't forced, as Black doesn't have to sac the Exchange. Bobby was vexed. "You guys are busted. Give me a sec to find the killer!" Finally Bobby said, "First, give me my pawn!" and produced 20.Qxh7! Rf8 21.Qg7 Qd2. Bobby now uncorked his killer: 22.Qa1!! What a shot! Suddenly, White has a crushingly coordinated attack. He threatens 23.Nf5+ gxf5 24.exf5+ Kd7 25.Rd1, picking up Black's queen. If 22...Qxh6, then 23.Qxa7 regains the piece with an easy win. A line like 22...Rc8 23.Nf5+ Ke6 (23...gxf5 24.exf5+ Kf8 25.Qh8 mate) 24. Nd4+ Ke7 (White has gotten his knight back into the game, all with tempo!) 25.Rd1 Qc3 26.Qxa7 nets two pawns and the attack. We were forced into the ending 22...Qc3 23.Qxc3 bxc3 24.f3 a5 25.Ra1 Ra8 26.Ng4 a4 27.Kf2 a3 28.Ke3 a2 29.Kd4 Ra3 30.Ne3 - and this is hopeless for Black! (Fischer) We all had to concede that Bobby is as sharp an analyst as ever. |
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| Mar-28-04 | | Benjamin Lau: WMD: it's controversial because not all the analysts agree that 7. b4!? was a sound sacrifice. Some have labeled it ?!. |
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| Mar-28-04 | | WMD: Wow, that is controversial!? |
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| Mar-28-04 | | Benjamin Lau: It's controversial for the reasons I already mentioned- a pawn sack to open lines (with the knights in hand) and to undouble the opponent's pawns at that. A conceptually odd move at first. |
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| Mar-28-04 | | kevin86: Fischer knows gambits!! Is Spassky always this bad in endgames? |
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| Mar-28-04 | | boordgamer: Are these sound lines Spassky is using to open. It seems like he might have made inferior moves as early as 4...bxc6 instead of dxc6 opening the file for the queen and 5...e5 instead of g8h6, a developing move. |
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| Mar-28-04 | | Andrew Chapman: Why didn't Fischer play 24 Rd2? |
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Mar-30-04
 | | Gypsy: Because 24.♖d2 ♖c5 25.fxe5 ♖xe5, I think. |
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| Oct-29-04 | | 2Towers: The chess world has never been the same since you left, Mr. Fischer. Hope things turn out well for you there in Japan. |
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| Jun-17-05 | | sharkbenjamin: Bobby is free. Your prayers and mine were answered 2Towers. |
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