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Bobby Fischer vs Joaquin Fermoselle-Bacardi Sr
"Bacardi on ice" (game of the day Jan-15-2025)
US Amateur ch (1956), Asbury Park, NJ USA, rd 2, May-25
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Variation (A04)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 2...d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Nc6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bb2 = +0.08 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (24 ply) 6...O-O 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 a4 9.Bb2 h6 10.Bc3 axb3 = +0.25 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.10 (26 ply)better is 8...Qd5 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qh5 11.Qd1 Nd5 12.Bd2 Nxc3 = +0.42 (33 ply)better is 9.a3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Rd1 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 ⩲ +1.15 (30 ply)better is 9...b5 10.Qxb5 Nxd4 11.Qc4 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Rb8 13.b3 Qc8 ⩲ +0.60 (30 ply)better is 10.Bg5 Bd6 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Ne7 14.Ne5 Bc6 ⩲ +1.29 (30 ply) 10...Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd5 12.Nc3 c6 13.Ne4 b5 14.Qd3 c5 ⩲ +0.78 (34 ply)better is 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.Nc3 Nd5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.e4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 b5 ± +1.69 (33 ply) 11...Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qxc6 Qd6 15.Qc2 ⩲ +1.02 (32 ply)+- +4.89 (34 ply) after 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.b4 c5 14.bxa5 cxd4 15.Qd2 Bf6 16.Bb2 Ne5 +- mate-in-23 after 26...Qd8 27.Re7 g6 28.Qe4 Rxd6 29.Re8+ Kg7 30.Bc3+28...Kxe8 29.Qg8# +- mate-in-11-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-24-21  RookFile: The knight on the rim is dim.
Jan-02-22  checkxmate: Sometimes you have to resign, and in this case, Bacardi was definitely in a resigning position. After Kxe8 would come a mate in one. A sophisticated game played by the master chess player Bobby Fischer.
Jan-03-22
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  HeMateMe: black made a rum for it
Jan-03-22  Cibator: <RookFile: The knight on the rim is dim.>

Or, as we in NZ are often said to notoriously pronounce it: the knight on the rum is dum. (The 'u' in both words being said like the 'oom' in "oompah".)

Pretty poor play by Black - "bacardi" have done any better with a different opening? Probably not.

Jan-03-22
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  ajk68: 11...c6?? Self-trapping the knight.

16...Bb4? wastes a tempo.

18...Bb4? looses a pawn

Not the way you want to play against a future world champion.

Jan-03-22
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  Dionysius1: Ah <ajk68>, if only one had the wisdom to do it early enough and slaughter the infant!

The closest I've ever come was to play Nigel Short in a London tournament in 1979. 12 moves on the dark side (very dark for me) of a Richter Rauzer, 10 moves of our own, and I was dust.

I wish I could claim his Mum bringing him soup put me off, but I would be special pleading beyond my right. I didn't even understand what was happening by the time I lost.

Happy days!
Dion

Jan-15-25
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Nice pun, too bad about Black's play. Most interesting aspect of the game consists of Fischer's choice of opening, starting with the Reti and then transposing into a sort of Catalan. Not like him.
Jan-15-25
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  HeMateMe: Now THATS a pun!
Jan-15-25  FM David H. Levin: <<An Englishman>: [...snip...] Most interesting aspect of the game consists of Fischer's choice of opening, starting with the Reti and then transposing into a sort of Catalan. Not like him.>

As White, I would find this transposition irresistible, once Black blocks his c-pawn by 2...Nc6.

Jan-15-25  InspiredByMorphy: 11. ...Nc6 leaves White with a positional advantage still but is far better than c6. The knight should have never gone to a5 to begin with.
Jan-15-25  FM David H. Levin: <<InspiredByMorphy>: 11. ...Nc6 leaves White with a positional advantage>

11...Nc6 would also seem to allow White to safely win a pawn by 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Nd5 14. Qc4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 e5 17. d5.

Jan-15-25  SeanAzarin: Excellent pun, and wonderful game from young master Bobby.
Jan-15-25
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  piltdown man: Great pun and game, though Mr. Bacardi was pretty dreadful.
Jan-15-25
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  OhioChessFan: Nice pun
Jan-15-25
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  fredthebear: Looks like a Catalan.

Per member <Bill Wall>'s page:

In May of 1956, he (Bobby Fischer) played in the U.S. Amateur Championship in Ashbury Park, New Jersey (held on May 25-27, 1956), winning 3 games, drawing 2, and losing 1 game. At 13, he was the youngest player in the 88-player event (won by Hudson, Cotter, and Lyman). He tied for 21st place. His USCF rating after this event was 2003.

Jan-15-25  newzild: 10...Na5? and 11...c6? are dreadful moves even for an average club player.
Jan-15-25
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  MissScarlett: At the risk of repetition, what ties <Fermoselle-Bacardi> in with chess? If memory serves, this game originally had the opponent simply as <F Bacardi>?

My pun offering - snubbed, it would seem - was <Bacardi Breezer.>

Jan-15-25  stone free or die: My question is why the tie <Fermoselle-Bacardi>?

He's given as

<Joaquin Fermoselle Bacardi> (no hyphen)

in CL&R v34 p270.

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