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Jul-20-07
 | | chancho: To drop a piece in that fashion to Najdorf. Fischer was probably pissed for days. |
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| Jul-20-07 | | RookFile: Najdorf made a great move with 21. e5. Best move of the game. |
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| Nov-17-07 | | xeroxmachine: <Have you ever seen a sicilian become a Winawer?> Hoho, I have seen a sicilian man transpose himself into Simon Winawer. Costume party :) |
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| Dec-24-08 | | WhiteRook48: Sicilian? is that pizza? :-D |
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| Feb-06-09 | | WhiteRook48: 31. Nxd6 is the best move of the game |
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| Feb-22-09 | | newzild: 30...Nd6 is a pretty bad blunder.
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| Jul-26-10 | | drnooo: actually up to this game he and Bobby were basically even: Miquel on his way down and Fischer on his way up. Buyt for five or six years they were basically even, thats how good Najdorf was. |
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Sep-01-10
 | | technical draw: This game cost Fischer first place. The tournament ended with Spassky 1st and Fischer 1/2 point behind. Spassky ended up undefeated while Fischer lost 3 games (Spassky, Larsen and Najdorf). Looking at the cross table I get this uneasy feeling of collusion among the other players, like a "don't let Fischer win" type of thing. Of course Fischer blundering didn't help. |
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Sep-01-10
 | | whiteshark: <technical delay>
<Looking at the cross table...> You are not the kind of post-the-link-to-the-crosstable-so that-other -people-could-follow-you guy, are you? |
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Sep-01-10
| | technical draw: <whiteshark> Umm, how do you post a link to the book on my desk? |
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Sep-01-10
| | whiteshark: I'm really baffled. I thought <technical expertise> might help with a breaking innovation. Wishful thinking always gets me down.:D |
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Sep-01-10
| | whiteshark: Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piatig...
whiteshark finds all*.
*almost |
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Sep-01-10
| | technical draw: Thanks for that link <whiteshark>. After reading the article I may have to change my "collusion"remark. It seems that Fischer's losses in the first half of the tournament made it hard for him to catch up but he came awfully close. |
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Sep-01-10
 | | TheFocus: At the halfway point, Fischer was tied for last or next to last. A great second half gave him a fine finish. This is the only time Fischer ever lost three games in a row. |
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| Sep-02-10 | | Petrosianic: <This is the only time Fischer ever lost three games in a row.> No, he also lost 3 in a row to Tal, Smyslov and Keres in Rounds 20-22 of the 1959 Candidates. |
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Sep-02-10
| | TheFocus: <Petrosianic> <This is the only time Fischer ever lost three games in a row.> <No, he also lost 3 in a row to Tal, Smyslov and Keres in Rounds 20-22 of the 1959 Candidates.> You are absolutely right. Thanks for the correction. Looked through my database too fast. |
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Sep-02-10
| | TheFocus: Same tournament, rds. 5-9.
5) loss to Olafsson
6) loss to Tal
7) draw with Smyslov
8) loss to Keres
9) loss to Petrosian
Fischer was thoroughly spanked in that tournament. |
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| Jun-07-11 | | joelsontang: Fischer should have played 11...Nh5! with a sharp game |
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Jul-18-11
 | | Ulhumbrus: After 30 Qf5 we have a rare type of position where White's positional advantage is so overwhelming that White has the initiative in all three sectors of the noard, the Queen side, the centre and the King side. |
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| Jul-31-11 | | DrMAL: In playing through this game I had to keep reminding myself who was playing what color. Najdorf played like Fischer usually did, with extreme accuracy building up slowly move after move. The game did not appear to have any real mistakes, just small inaccuracies until 27...Rc8 (instead of 27...Bc8) but white was already practically winning. After move 27 play got spotty, probably due to excitement of the coming result. |
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Aug-01-11
 | | perfidious: <joelsontang> Eight rounds on, he did: Larsen vs Fischer, 1966. |
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| Oct-24-12 | | Troller: There is a story that everyone was enjoying the luxurious settings in this tournament, except for Fischer, who was huddled away in his room, preparing for his opponents. Spassky with his usual charm managed to persuade Fischer to join in the general socializing around the pool after round 5... |
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| Oct-24-12 | | Everyone: <Troller> Those were wonderful hours in which they recalled all the stories that told of how those men stuck together at that time. |
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Oct-24-12
| | perfidious: <Troller> According to Levy, midway through the event, Ivkov asked Fischer why he holed up his room instead of socialising with the other players. |
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| Oct-24-12 | | RookFile: Well, Fischer certainly did fine in the 2nd half of the event. |
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