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Mark Taimanov vs Bobby Fischer
Fischer - Taimanov Candidates Quarterfinal (1971), Vancouver CAN, rd 5, May-27
Gruenfeld Defense: General (D80)  ·  0-1

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Oct-11-02  drukenknight: This just in! new line of attack that activates Taimanov's R and B faster than previously thought:

15. Nd6 g5 16.Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Bxg5 Bxa2 18 Rb2 Bd4 19 Bf3!

Oct-11-02  pawntificator: 19. Bf3 Nf6

Druk! Don't you ever sleep?? heh heh

Oct-11-02  drukenknight: Come see my stonewall formation take on Bobby's naked fianchetto. Better watch the Q side Bobbie!

20 BxB

Oct-11-02  pawntificator: 20...Qxd5
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: Bobbie's spanking continues as our stonewall formation gets some rollers and sweeps Fishers Q off the center of the board. 21 Rf3
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: 21...c5
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: 22 Qd3!
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: 22...cxd4
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: Bobbie pierces our stonewall? Do we have enuf left? 23 Rg3
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: 23...Ne4 Go Bob!
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: the pieces maneuvre frantically around the spot where Bobbie crashed the stonewall. Chaos reigns. Must reset, hang on.
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: 24 Rh3 now you see how chess is really played.
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: Does the fork work or doesn't it. You be the judge.
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: URGENT BULLETIN: DATELINE MOSCOW: Soviet chess analysts getting reports of major pieces running all over the board. A wild melee for sure.
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: 24...NxB
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: do you feel lucky....punk?
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: 25 fxg5 Question: how did the alternate line w/ Honza look? Any similarities to this one? I know you guys went down that track for what 24 or 25 moves?
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: it was nothing like this one...white's attack finally lost momentum and black was able to trade down enough to win. All the fighting was on the wing though, the pawns didn't go down until the end.

25...h6

Oct-12-02  skakmiv: why don't we use fritz for this game?
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: we like pretending we are grandmaster candidates... fritz takes all the fun out of it, the darn thing doesn't think right, it only cares about numbers
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: fritz would probably be just as creative as we would be. Probably no better, and no less. There really is not a lot to track when you play these games.

BTW: play out the actual moves that actually took place. Play them out fast. Did someone miss a mate on move 40? looks odd; what is the K doing running around? Oh it was time control. He did it to meet time control. I'll see if there are any serious notes in the Oconnoll bio.

Oct-12-02  drukenknight: whipping up on Bobby has never been so easy! Watch as pawntificator and I blow Bobby's fianchetto to shreds w/ 26 gxh6
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: Bet you never dreamed of playing these moves on Bobby see this: 27 hxg7
Oct-12-02  drukenknight: this is also a good illustration of what the stonewall defense was used for. That pawn formation that you saw can be used by either side. It is often good against players who hang back and try to be coy. It is simply playing defensive. In tonights game it was something strong in the middle, as we worked our heavy pieces around the flanks. Can be used in many ways of course. But often vs. fianchettos. IN fact, when white meets stonewall he will often k side fianchetto. So we go back and forth. Black wants to play a stonewall so white wants to fianchetto, but wait black sees that so he wants to stonewall, but then white...
Oct-12-02  pawntificator: 15. Nd6 g5 16.Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Bxg5 Bxa2 18 Rb2 Bd4 19 Bf3 Nf6 20. BxB QxB 21. Rf3 c5 22.Qd3 cxd4 23.Rg3 Ne4 24.Rh3 NxB 25.fxg5 h6 26.gxh6...Bf6 heh heh, ...26 Qf7 was just a figment of your imagination!
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