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Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky
Fischer - Spassky (1992), Sveti Stefan / Belgrade YUG, rd 3, Sep-05
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Breyer Defense Zaitsev Hybrid (C95)  ·  1/2-1/2

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May-02-04
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  chessgames.com: In our efforts to correct the score of this game we accidentally removed a number of kibitzes and some entries into game collections. Our sincere apologies.
May-02-04  WMD: I read those kibitzes. Chess literature will survive their loss.
Sep-21-05  Kingsider: 4 Knights in the middle. Cute. But maybe a little to much "play"?
Sep-21-05  RookFile: Fischer was in trouble, he did well to get a draw here.
Dec-07-13  Owl: The Knight pair hold against the Bishop pair in the endgame. Fischer can get away with that.
Jun-09-18  joddon: ya the opening is too much resistance on both sides....where the 4 knights look funny for such great players to be playing....looks like a childs game but both players must have felt trouble!!LOL
Apr-18-24
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  gezafan: Spassky shows a lack of fighting spirit in this game. He had the advantage with two bishops vs 2 knights. He should have played on.

Fischer would have if he had the black pieces.

Apr-18-24  FM David H. Levin: <<gezafan>: Spassky shows a lack of fighting spirit in this game. He had the advantage with two bishops vs 2 knights. He should have played on.

Fischer would have if he had the black pieces.>

I don't see how Black can advantageously avoid the repetition:

A) 37...Rc3 (Instead of 37...Rc7.) 38. Nd5 Rc6 39. N5b4, transposing to the game.

B) 37...Rd6 (Instead of 37...Rc7.) 38. Rc2, unpinning with tempo and potentially following up by Nc5... or Rc7(+)...

C) 38...Rd7 (Instead of 38...Rc6.) 39. Nb6 would lead to the liquidation of one of the bishops.

D) 38...Rb7 (Instead of 38...Rc6.) 39. Nc5, and White's knights are more active than Black's bishops.

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