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Louis Levy vs Bobby Fischer
Manhattan blitz (1971) (blitz), New York, NY USA, rd 2, Aug-08
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation. Smith-Morra Declined (B22)  ·  0-1

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Jun-30-11  TheFocus: I submitted this game today. From the Manhattan Blitz Championship 1971.
Jun-30-11
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  FSR: Fischer didn't do too well in this tournament. In one game, against Walter Shipman, he only drew.
Jun-30-11  jackpawn: 1971 was Fischer at his peak. It's doubtful anyone else has ever played at that level.
Jul-01-11
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  HeMateMe: After this game Levy said "I'm sticking with my accounting practice."
Jul-01-11  Shams: 22...Nxe3 looks like another one of those drive-Najdorf-up-the-wall moves, but Bobby had already seen that black will devastate on the dark squares.
Jul-01-11  TheFocus: <FSR>< Fischer didn't do too well in this tournament. In one game, against Walter Shipman, he only drew.>

Good think he won all the rest of his games.

Walter Shipman is still alive in San Francisco, I believe. Still pops up in Mechanics' Institute Newsletter every now and then. In his 80s I think.

Jul-01-11
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  FSR: Yes, he was born in 1929. His kids (well, hardly "kids" these days) Joe and Judie are both chessplayers too. I played a game against Joe in the Golden Knights once, and perfidious knew him when they were both living in Boston.
Feb-29-12  andrewjsacks: Thank you for submitting this game <TheFocus>. Louis Levy was a strong N.Y. Master who lived the last few decades of his life in the L.A. area, playing in rated tournaments here very infrequently. Along with relocated strong East Coast players like Carl Pilnick, Irving Rivise, and Jack Moskowitz, the greater Los Angeles chess community benefitted beginning in the 1950s.
Jan-18-13
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  GrahamClayton: "His mind [Fischer] is the closest thing to a machine you'll ever see" - Levy.
Nov-05-14  RookFile: 16. Qb2 seems strange. 16. Qe2 would have been a natural move. Black already has the preferable position. If given a chance, white may want to follow up with a4 in reply to ...b5, or maybe even before ...b5. A goal would be to trade off the a pawn and reduce the number of white weaknesses. On the 22nd move white feels the need to play Qe2 - it would have been simpler to put it there on move 16. I suppose 16. Qd3 is an alternative.
Jan-06-18  HAPERSAUD: <chessgames.com> are moves missing? I only see 13 moves.
Jan-06-18  Magpye: I see 33.
Jan-06-18  TheTamale: I also see just 13.
Jan-07-18  Sularus: I see 33.

[Event "Manhattan Blitz Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1971.08.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Levy"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qb3 e6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Qb2 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 d5 15. Nd2 a6 16. Qb2 Rc8 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Be3 Rc6 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Qc7 21. Nb1 Nc4 22. Qe2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 b5 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 b4 26. Rf3 h6 27. Rc2 Qb6 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Rg3 Bg5 30. Qf3 bxc3 31. Nxc3 Qxd4+ 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 d4 0-1

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