Robert James Fischer vs Boris Spassky (1992)

Robert James Fischer vs Boris Spassky
Fischer-Spassky (1992) · Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Szen Variation (B44) · 1-0

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Jul-22-05		Knight13: 67... Kf6 68. Ra5 and Black's dead. The move 65. Ra3! is great!

Dec-05-06		Inf: i dont know what you guys think, but fischer's play was very diff from that of the 60's and early 70's. maybe im wrong but very rare he fianchetto the bish at g2 as white. was he doing chess work even after the 72' WC? does anyone know? or he went onto this "WC" with just experience??

Aug-10-07		RookFile: The endgame here is wonderful. I wish that I had remembered this game, this kind of endgame came up in the GM Arno Nickel vs. World game a lot. Fischer shows that this is won for white <even with> black having a passed pawn on the king side..... but the passive rook here is death for black.

Mar-27-08		hrvyklly: <Inf: but very rare he fianchetto the bish at g2 as white> He played it a few times against the Taimanov Sicilian - Fischer vs Tal, 1961, Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971, Fischer vs R Nicevski, 1970 and Fischer vs Petrosian, 1962. More often than not he played 5.Nb5 aiming to provoke Black into a Sveshnikov-type set-up, which was considered bad for Black in those days: Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971

Mar-13-11		hottyboy90: Wonderful game again from Bobby and at the last minute forcing the exchange of queens. I am more than positive that Spassky would have preferred to keep them queens on the board.This guys endgame technique appears to be flawless. Forcing the passive rook position which pretty much wins the game by itself. Spassky is practically paralysed.

Mar-13-11		hottyboy90: Terrible state of affairs and very nice zugzwang. Ra8 doesnt help either because the pawn just advances.

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