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Dr. Anthony Saidy vs Robert James Fischer
"When All is Saidy Done" (game of the day Mar-09-07)
New York 1969  ·  English Opening: King's English Variation. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25)  ·  0-1


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May-04-06   ughaibu: If Na4, why not Nd3?
May-04-06
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  Ulhumbrus: <ughaibu: If Na4, why not Nd3?> I think that you are right. On 20 Na4 Nxd3! does nothing immediately, but does more than enough on the following move after 21 Nxb6 Nxe1! Thus 20..Nxd3! can be regarded as the first of a pair of moves of which 21..Nxe1 is the second. One might say that 20 Na4? is answered more than adequately not by any single move but by a pair of moves.
Mar-09-07   benba57: What does anyone think of Fischer Random chess (960 chess)??
Mar-09-07   RookFile: This game was voted the 2nd best game of the year for 1969.
Mar-09-07   gandu: Happy Birthday Mr. Fischer!!!!
Mar-09-07   gandu: Mr. Wade's analysis at move 33 is slightly inaccurate <A mistake; although if 33. Bd2 Rb6 is still hopeless.>

33. Bd2 is much worse than the text move. After 33...Rb6, 34 Qa1 or 34 Qc1 (if Qa3, mate in 6) and 34...Rb1+

Mar-09-07   woodpusher24: Robert the elleventh's turns 64 today.Wonder in it's a National Holidy in Iceland. Happy Birthday the elleventh and only American world champion.
Mar-09-07
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  Jack Kerouac: Robert Fischer- My all-time favorite. Have never played anything but K-pawn or N-B3 opening due to his influence.
P-e4....."Best by test."-RF
Mar-09-07
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  kevin86: A great game by a great champion! I wish him a very special birthday wish 4 today.

His attacking style is unique-sort of a 19th century gambling style in a late 20th century setting. As part of a 21st Century audience,I like it!

Mar-09-07   Themofro: Great game by Fischer, really like the seemingly sacrifice of a rook for bishop and pawn.

Happy birthday!

Mar-09-07
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  Chessmensch: Fischer was so overwhelmingly in charge throughout the entire game, I wonder whether he could have wrapped it up in fewer moves. Maybe Saidy didn't know when to resign.
Mar-09-07   laskereshevsky: today BOBBY turned to 64

( HAPPY BIRTHDAY...)

no one noticed a cool particolar?!...

A LITTLE REBUS (.....:-).....):
64.....64.....64.....
for a chess player ia a "SPECIAL AGE"....
........OR NOT?!?!

solution for the "absentes" kibitzers:

THE NUMBER OF THE YEARS IS THE SAME OF THE BOARDS SQUARES NUMBER!!!

........LOL............

May-13-07   ChessHistoryBuff: Look at the position here after move 23. a5 then look at the position from Karpov vs. Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez, January 12, 1973, after 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. e3 f4 7. exf4 0-0 8. Nge2 d6 9. 0-0 Qe8 10. Na4 Bd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. a3 a5 13. b3 Bf5 14. Nb2 Qg6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Bf1 Ra6 18. Bd2 Rb6 19. Bxa5 Rxb3 20. Bd2 Ra8 21. a4 h5 22. h3 Ra6 23. a5

Amazingly, they are identical with Karpov as white and Fischer as black.

May-13-07   Tomlinsky: Dennis Monokroussos did a hoax a few years back on Chessbase based on the position in these two games after the 23rd move...

http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/2005...

Jan-19-08
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  zapzowie: RIP Bobby,

Farewell to a genius.

Jul-21-08
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  notyetagm: <RookFile: This game was voted the 2nd best game of the year for 1969.>

Indeed, another stupendous game by Fischer.

Jul-21-08
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  wanabe2000: Incredible queen side fight! I enjoyed Fischer bringing both rooks into play via Ra8-Ra6.
Oct-02-08   GrahamClayton: Black's opening is called the "Fischer Gambit" in Keene's "Complete Book of Gambits", Batsford, 1992
Apr-06-09
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  WeakSquare: Does anyone know what event was this game from?
Apr-06-09   drukenknight: weak: See the first post in this thread. I believe the Wade/OConnell book will confirm this was some sort of league game. But he didnt play many of them, and no others are recorded.
Apr-07-09   Dredge Rivers: If Fischer had played any other games in 1969, would anyone even remember this?

I don't think so!

Apr-12-09
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  WeakSquare: Fine game. Fischer is putting all pressure on d3, and he even brings the rook in.

Ra6-Rb6-Rb3...haha wonderful

Jul-23-09
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  technical draw: The only Fischer game of 1969. At least on this database. Anyone have any other games?
Jul-23-09
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  technical draw: Wade comments after 18..Ra6:

"This move seems to carry it to an extreme, as it requires great judgement to sense that the rook is not being put out of play."

To which Fischer replies:

"Judgement, schmudgement, I'll put another rook "out of play"....22..Ra6!

Jul-24-09   TheFocus: <drukenknight> Fischer also played in the Metropolitan League in 1956, where he scored +4=1-0; and in 1957, where he scored +4=0-0. The game E. Hearst - Fischer is available here at ChessGames. None of his other game-scores have been found.
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