page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 551  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sellman vs Zukertort 1-0 31 1883 Tnmt, London B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 2. Olland vs Euwe   0-1 36 1921 Amsterdam B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 3. Loman vs Euwe 0-1 24 1922 ? B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 4. Spielmann vs Euwe ½-½ 42 1923 Scheveningen ;HCL 39 B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 5. P C Littlejohn vs Noteboom   0-1 44 1928 GBR-ch op B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 6. Bergeron vs C Nguyen   ½-½ 51 1929 Quebec ch jr B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 7. V Sozin vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0-1 28 1931 URS-ch07 B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 8. V Sozin vs Kan 0-1 57 1931 URS-ch07 B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 9. J A Seitz vs J Kolski   0-1 45 1938 Lodz B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 10. G Littman vs S Bernstein   0-1 44 1940 USA Championship B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 11. B Thelen vs Sajtar   ½-½ 36 1942 Chocen B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 12. Grob vs Lokvenc   ½-½ 61 1948 5, Venice it ITA B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 13. Boleslavsky vs Aronin 1-0 32 1949 USSR Championship B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 14. K Galia vs G Fletzer   1-0 27 1949 Vienna B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 15. Ragozin vs Geller 1-0 35 1950 Kiev ch-SU B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 16. Gruenfeld vs Taimanov   0-1 33 1950 Szcawno Zdroj B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 17. M Eisinger vs Unzicker   0-1 40 1950 Bad Pyrmont B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 18. V Soloviev vs Byvshev   ½-½ 34 1950 Gorky B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 19. K Honfi vs A Vajda   1-0 28 1950 Budapest B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 20. J Pogats vs G Barcza   0-1 22 1950 Budapest B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 21. A Phillips vs Unzicker   0-1 32 1950 Hastings B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 22. Nezhmetdinov vs Romanov 1-0 28 1950 10th RSFSR Ch Semi-final B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 23. Szabo vs Benko 0-1 33 1951 HUN ch B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 24. Lipnitsky vs Taimanov   0-1 29 1951 Moscow B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 25. M Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian   ½-½ 19 1951 Tashkent m B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack  page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 551    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Dec-29-03    AdrianP: "Ree asked Fischer about the infamous story of how Steinitz believed he could give odds to God. Fischer whose interest in Steinitziana was well known replied that no one could give odds to the Almighty. He added: 'But with White I should be able to draw against Him. I play 1 e4 and if we have a Ruy, the position would be balanced. I could never lose.' Then Fischer became concerned - what if God played 1 ... c5? But he soon brightened up. 'No, no then I play [6] Bc4 and I'm better', he said, 'So what can He do?'" (Bobby Fischer Rediscovered, Andy Soltis p. 256). Dec-29-03    refutor: <if we have a ruy...i could never lose> i don't know about never, but he certainly did have an impressive record v. it...out of 123 career games playing white v. the ruy lopez, here are his losses... http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Mar-29-04    ruylopez900: This could transpose from the Scheveningen Variation or the Classical Variation. Mar-29-04    OneBadDog: This is a great opening. I can't stand all of those insipid anti-Sicilians. Mar-29-04    SicilianDragon: Perhaps if you have Fischer tactical prowess and feel for this opening it can be really good, but 6...Qb6 (probably best as if Black can play this and displace White's Nd4 it is usually a sign that he has equalized) looks much better. However, even if Black does play 6...Nc6 he still should be okay (note that in this database Black has won more games than White). There are very few variations of the Sicilians (except for the Dragon) where White scores well statistically with an early Bc4. Mar-29-04    OneBadDog: I know about the statistics. I'm just talking about my personal preferences. Objectively speaking, the Richter-Rauzer gives White much better chances than the Sozin. Mar-29-04    SicilianDragon: So does the English Attack Jun-06-04    OneBadDog: The advent of chess computers and chess databases has meant the demise of certain openings in top-level play. It's a shame, because openings like the Sozin created so many brilliancies for both Black and White. Jun-07-04    drukenknight: Umm, which openings are no longer played due to computers? If anything, I would think that computers have resurrected many lines thought to be unsound. Jun-07-04    OneBadDog: The Sozin doesn't seem to get as much attention as it used to. My favorite line of the Sozin is the Velimirovic attack seems to have been played out. Sep-12-04    Miss Ter: whats the velimirovic attack Sep-13-04    tpstar: <Miss Ter> The Sicilian Sozin with Bc4, Be3, Qe2 & 0-0-0 for White, usually leading to a lively game featuring attacks on both wings. Velimirovic vs Csom, 1974 Sep-13-04    Miss Ter: <tpstar> thx Jan-16-05    hjsukthankar: A game of mine with the Fischer-Sozin (I was white): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7.f3 a6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4?! 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. O-O-O e5 14. Be3 Bc6?! 15. g4 a5 16. Nb1?! Qd7 17. h4 Rfd8 18. h5 Kf8 19. g5 Ng8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Bxh6 Bf6 23. Bg5 Qe7 24. Rh8 d5 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. exd5 Bb7 27. d6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6+ Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Ke7 30. Rb6 Bxf3 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Bxg8 1 - 0 Jun-11-06    WannaBe: Amazing, black has 43%+ winning percentage. Jun-11-06    ganstaman: <WannaBe: Amazing, black has 43%+ winning percentage.> Overall, yes. But if white plays 7.Be3, the numbers are in favor of white: 38.5% white wins, 31.9% draws, 29.7% black wins. Though we should go deeper still. With 7...Bd7, black regains the lead, but it's only a 16 game sample size. All other moves seem to give white the advantage of percentages. Still, I can't say that the position looks bad for black really. Aug-02-06    gambitfan: By transposition of moves, there is a high probability for me to reach Fischer Sozin... 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 (correspondence chess) Number of games in database: 480 Years covered: 1883 to 2006 Overall record: White wins 31.7% Black wins 41.2% Draws 27.1% I should have then 41.2% winning chances (with Black) and my White opponent should have only 31.7% winning chances (27.1% draws) It sounds OK !... Aug-02-06    gambitfan: This Fischer Sozin attack does not seem so efficient : Veniamin Sozin who is the "inventor" of this attack is unable to win with "his" own attack neither against Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky ( V Sozin vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931 ) nor against Ilia Abramovich Kan ( V Sozin vs Kan, 1931 )... Robert James Fischer who is supposed to have made this attack "popular" is as well unable to win with it neither against Efim Geller ( Fischer vs Geller, 1962 ) nor against Viktor Korchnoi ( Fischer vs Korchnoi, 1962 ) Winning chances given by the Opening Explorer : 6. Bc4 213 33.3% white win 29.6% draw 37.1% black win Aug-02-06    keypusher: Looks like Fischer did OK with it overall. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Aug-02-06    Gypsy: <gambitfan> See Boleslavsky vs Aronin, 1949 regarding some info on "Sozin". Apr-15-07    soughzin: Sicilian Dragon I think you are a little bit confused on the move orders. 6...Qb6 seems to be incorrect here. This doesn't boot the knight from d4 since the knight isn't on c6 yet. If 5...Nc6 is played (classical sicilian) then it's a different story. White can play 7.Ndb5 or 7.Be3 there but black gets equality with careful play. The difference now being black has taken time to play e6, so white will enjoy this to make more threats. I agree that with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd 4.Nxd Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 is black's best move though. I think I'll post more on that page later.

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