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Dec-19-05
 | | Sneaky: "Meat and Potatoes" (from 60MG)
Alekhine said, in his prime, that to wrest a point from him it was necessary to win the same game three times: once at the beginning, once in the middle, once at the end. No less a tribute may be paid to Keres. Each phase of this game is fascinating and hard-fought. Even the errors, and there are more than a few, contribute to making it an unusually complete exhibition of two master craftsmen using all the tools of their trade. While perhaps unglamorous, there is meat here, and potatoes too. And it is likely that as a result of this victory Fischer came to be regarded as a serious contender by the leading Soviet Grandmasters--this was the first time he had defeated one. -- Larry Evans |
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| Dec-19-05 | | pawntificator: Twice it looked like Keres was trying for a draw by 3-fold repetition and both times it was Fischer that had to come up with a better move. You go bowee. |
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| May-07-07 | | timhortons: <AdrianP>the analysis posted by adrianp is right....its the move 61Bb1+ that could have make these game drawn.....these game was adjourned after fischer sealed his 58th move.....keres had actually seen the drawing line of 60....Bb1+ when he study these after the game was adjourned at move 58 but he forgot what he studied when he was on board....these game is featured on eric schillers book "bobby fischer greatest game" |
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| Jan-08-08 | | sotoohy: Black resigns since his king can only shuttle between g8 and h8 (otherwise h7 promotes). Meanwhile, white moves his king to e7: Kf4-Ke5-Kd6-Ke7. Then white plays Bf5 and Be6 forcing either an exchange of bishops or the promotion of the f pawn. |
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| Jan-18-09 | | WhiteRook48: why did black play on when he was two pawns down anyway? |
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Mar-04-09
 | | Jack Kerouac: <WHITEROOK48> 'Enertia' as they keep saying..... |
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Apr-05-09
 | | plang: 15..d5 was the standard move; 15..Nc6 does not appear to be an improvement. Kasparov felt that after 16..Rfe8?! Keres already had some difficulties, recommending 16..exd 17 Nf5..d5 although still with some White pull. Fischer felt that 17 d5 would have been stronger. Kasparov: "But in his youth Bobby did not like closing the position and maneuvering for a long time behind pawn chains, but preferred active piece play, often giving his opponent the opportunity to free themselves." 21..Rxe1? overlooked Fischer's 23 Nh6+ ruining Black's pawn structure. Perhaps Keres should have played 38..Kf6 so he could answer 39 Ra7 with 39..Bc8. If 43 Rb6..Bc4
44 b3..d3! 45 bxc..bxc should be good enough for a draw according to Fischer. 48 Rf5? was an error;
48 b3..Rc1 49 Be4..Bxe4 50 fxe would have probably led to a win. Kasparov termed 55..h6? "an inexplicable decision"; recommending 55..Rxb2
56 Kxd4..Bb1! with a probable draw. Fischer after 58 Rh6+ (the second adjournment): "There are two technical obstacles facing White: 1) He cannot exchange bishops; the ending where he is two pawns ahead remains a theoretical draw with rooks on the board. 2) He cannot exchange rooks so long as Black's King has access to f6; the ending (even with two extra pawns) is still a draw with bishops on the board." Keres, forgetting his adjournment analysis, overlooked 61 Bc8! counting instead on Fischer playing 61 Kxf4?..Rh5 62 Rxh5..Bxh5 and 63..Bxf3 with a draw. |
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May-11-09
 | | Eyal: <Fischer after 58.Rxh6+ (the second adjournment): 
click for larger view"There are two technical obstacles facing White:
1) He cannot exchange bishops; the ending where he is two pawns ahead remains a theoretical draw with rooks on the board. 2) He cannot exchange rooks so long as Black's King has access to f6; the ending (even with two extra pawns) is still a draw with bishops on the board."> As for (2), the reason f6 is a critical square for Black's king is that if Black can sacrifice his bishop for the f-pawn, White is left with the wrong bishop and rook pawn (the color of his bishop is different from that of the queening square), and therefore cannot win. For example - 60.Bd3? Bf7! 61.Kxf4 Rh5 62.Rxh5 Bxh5 followed by Bxf3. In order to prevent Black from sacking his bishop for the f-pawn, White needs to reach this kind of formation: 
click for larger viewWhere he can play <Bf5> and ward off the black bishop from the b1-h7 diagonal - which he cannot do if the black king occupies f6. That's why Black draws in the line mentioned above, 60...Bb1+! 61.Kxf4 Rf5+ 62.Kg4 Rf6 (the right moment to force an exchange of rooks) 63.Rxf6 Kxf6; Keres suggested, instead of 60.Ba6(?), 60.Bf1! - where after 60...Rg1 61.Ba6 Bb1+ 62.Kxf4 Black can no longer force this exchange. So when Keres initiates on move 64 a rook exchange following which the white king reaches g5 before the black king can reach f6, it practically equals resignation. Instead, he could have still put up resistance with 64...Rg5 65.Kxf4 Ra5, or even better - a move earlier with 63...Rb6 64.Kxf4 Kg8 65.Rh4, in view of the awkward position of the white rook (both lines are given by Kasparov in OMGP, the latter is attributed to Barcza). |
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| May-11-09 | | AnalyzeThis: This is the game where Keres worked out a draw during adjournment, then forgot it, right? |
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| May-11-09 | | WhiteRook48: I think so |
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May-11-09
| | Eyal: That's what Keres said, according to Fischer, though I find that a bit hard to believe - how could he forget such a critical drawing line which occurs immediately after the resumption of the game (it was adjourned at 58.Rxh6+)? |
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May-11-09
 | | IMlday: Wrong was 60.Ba6? since 60.Bf1! Bf7 61.Rh4! Rg1 62.Ba6! Ra1 63.Bc8 Ra4+ 64.Ke5 Bh5! 65.Bb7 Ra5+ 66.Kxf4 Rb5 57.Be4 is still winning. 60..Bf7? is losing again. Better was 60..Bb1+ 61.Kxf4 Rf5+ 62.Kg4 Rf6 when 65.Rxf6 Kxf6 draws. |
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| May-12-09 | | AnalyzeThis: Maybe Keres was tired, I don't know. We all make mistakes. |
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| Sep-19-09 | | WhiteRook48: Fischer must have loved this ending |
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Jan-22-10
 | | Ulhumbrus: On 32 Bxh6 an alternative to 32...Re6 is 32...Rc8 not allowing White's Rook to keep the c file. White's Rook goes later to c7 and a7 and wins the a6 pawn. |
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| Jun-07-10 | | elohah: Having just recently come into possession of 60MG, which I read long ago when I wasn't strong enuf to fully appreciate it, my assessment is that Fischer is much stronger than both Kasparov or Karpov were at the same age. MUCH stronger. |
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| Jun-07-10 | | Blunderdome: Interesting position after 36. Kf2. Black is a pawn up but his pawns are terrible. |
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| Jul-25-10 | | tentsewang: A very strong play by young Fischer at the time which brought thunder-quake in the chess world of russia. |
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| Aug-22-12 | | csmath: Great Keres falls for two-move combination by 16-year-old Bobby. I guess Botvinnik would say "you need to work on those two-move tactics." Mind you it is a great positional game otherwise. |
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Aug-22-12
 | | perfidious: < csmath: Great Keres falls for two-move combination by 16-year-old Bobby. I guess Botvinnik would say "you need to work on those two-move tactics."....> Anyone is capable of such errors: here's one from the Patriarch himself.
Botvinnik vs Pachman, 1947 My guess would be that you would have us all believe you've never fallen into a two-mover yourself, as you sit in your perch On High and criticise a player you couldn't have touched on the best day of your life. |
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Aug-29-12
 | | TheFocus: This is game 8 in Fischer's <My 60 Memorable Games>. |
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Oct-08-12
 | | Eggman: Carlsen just beat Caruana in this ending! |
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Oct-08-12
 | | notyetagm: Game Collection: I MAKE YOUR PAWNS LOOK LIKE YOUR GRANDMA'S TEETH Fischer vs Keres, 1959 23 Nf5-h6+! sham sacrifice destroys the Black pawns structure |
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| Oct-09-12 | | csmath: <Carlsen just beat Caruana in this ending!> These endings are essentially different. |
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Oct-10-12
| | Eggman: <<These endings are essentially different.>> Ain't neither! |
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