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Apr-09-04
 | | Honza Cervenka: 10...Bxf3 11.Nxf3 e4 looks a little bit better. |
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| Jul-09-04 | | Everett: Apparently, Geller was amongst the few who can be smug with Fischer, judging by these wins... Guess he started a little too confidently, but he has a fine record against Fischer, smacking him around once or twice http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| Jul-09-04 | | weirdoid: <Everett> Geller was amongst "the few" - is it true? I would guess there are probably more players who have good records against Bob F. because, to my understanding anyway, at the early stages of his career (when he played a lot), though Bobby was good at squishing much weaker opponents (even more so than other top players were capable of), he had strangely hard times against other really strong players (I believe that in normal timerate chess, he won only once against Petrosian before 1969, and once against Gligoric before 1966, for instance), though again, those other guys were not as good at squishing small fries. Only later (after 1968 or so) did Bobby begin to develop the ability to squish strong opponents as well, but by then he was already in semi-retirement (though he did pop up when his pal, Pal Benko, handed him his ticket to 1970 Interzonal). |
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| Jul-09-04 | | iron maiden: <I would guess there are probably more players who have good records against Bob F> True; Tal also had a plus score, for example. But Geller is the only player who has a positive score after 1965. |
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| May-26-05 | | sfm: Really a masterpiece of energetic play. 8.g4! 9.d4! I really like 20.Qb7 - how many of us wouldn't have played the obvious - but unclear - Qb4+ instead |
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May-26-05
 | | tamar: <Honza Cervenka: 10...Bxf3 11.Nxf3 e4 looks a little bit better.> I checked the Fischer volume to see what Kasparov has to say about this alternative. Keres had recommended 12 Ng5 d5 13 f3 Qd6 14 Qe1 in the tournament bulletin, not seeing 14...e3! with an unclear position, but GK queries the whole line and says 13...e3! would lead to White losing his advantage because of the threat on the knight. Fischer himself gave a strong line:
<12 Re1! d5 13 Bg5 Qd6 14 c4! (typically Fischer like play!) dxc4 15 d5 b5 16 dxc6 bxa4 17 Rxe4 Ne7 18 Bxe7 Bxe7
19 Qe2>
Kasparov adds that if in that variation Black plays <14...b5!? 15 cxb5 f6 16 bxc6 fxg5 17 Ne5! followed by f2-f3> |
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| May-26-05 | | ughaibu: What was wrong with 14....hg6? |
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May-26-05
| | tamar: The problem is that Black must play defense. If he goes for the attack after 14 Nxg6 he loses quickly. 14...hxg6 15 Ne4 Qh4 16 Nxd6+ cxd6 17 Qxd6 Qxh3 18 Re1+ mates. (Fischer) So 15...Qe5 16 Nxd6 Qxd6 would have to be played, when Garry gives a long line after 17 Qf3 showing White's initiative leads to a win. |
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| Sep-17-05 | | Swindler: No, he would win, but it would take longer than in the game. After 20.Qb4+ Ne7 21. Qxe7+ Kg8 Black holds out for awhile.
The text hangs the rook on d8 when the King moves to g8. |
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| Jan-13-06 | | Jim Bartle: 20. Qb7: I don't care how long I calculated, I wouldn't have had the nerve to leave my king so exposed. Fischer seemed to have total confidence in his calculations. |
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| Jan-13-06 | | jackmandoo: Well there is a difference between having you king exposed and your king in danger, players like Fischer (and myself,) know how to tell the difference. Its like sticking your head out the window of your car. Maybe in one situation you are going like 30 miles an hour on a prarie road, not much danger, but in another situation you are in Iraq going real slow in insurgent territory. Well that's different. Bobby knew (and I knew too, I predicted most of these moves) that he was on a prarie. |
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| Jan-13-06 | | morpstau: Dont ever play an offbeat defense to the Ruy Lopez against Bobby Fischer, he will quickly dispose of you. |
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| Mar-22-06 | | jackmandoo: <morpstau> I believe Bobby knew all of the traditional lines of the Ruy, you're only chance was to bust out a Novelty in the opening and cross your fingers.. |
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| Apr-19-06 | | bardolotrist: do any of you guys know what game I'm talking about (cuz I dont know exactly): Fischer is white, and won, and a very notable game because the winning combo started with the brilliant Nf4!!, with pawns on e5 and g5. Can anyone enlighten me with the opponent and year? It's a famous game, I believe. |
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Apr-19-06
 | | penarol: Looking at the final standings of the Bled tournament, 1961, one can see that Bobby did very, very well against the strongest rivals and not so good against the weakest, exactly opposite to the winner, Tal (14,5/19). Second was Fischer (13,5/19), 3-5th Gligoric, Keres and Petrosian (12,5/19), etc.
It is noticeable that Fischer was the only unbeaten player, that he had a score of 5/6 with the 6 best (in fact he smashed Tal, although I am not glad to say it, and also defeated Petrosian, and Geller and Trifunovic (6-7th places), while Tal only drew with all from the 3rd to the 7th, scoring 2.5/6 with the 6 best.
How did Tal win and one full point ahead? Well, he won 11 games against the 13 weakest, while Bobby won only 4 games against them! |
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| Jan-29-08 | | woodenbishop: Classic Fischer! Very beautiful game. |
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| Feb-04-08 | | notyetagm: Can someone please post the variation which leads to the following position? White to Play: ?
click for larger viewThe solution, ♕a4xc6+!, is just crushing for White, since taking the White c6-queen leads to the beautiful mate ... ♘e7x♕c6?? ♘e4-f6++ <double check> ♔e8-d8 ♖e1-e8#. 
click for larger viewThis problem comes from GM Ray Keene's daily tactical puzzle. Thanks
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| Feb-04-08 | | notyetagm: Link to the puzzle given above: http://entertainment.timesonline.co... |
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Sep-26-08
 | | offramp: 7...Qf6 looks so bad. And Geller was an openings specialist! Fischer bonked it right on the head first time out! |
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| Jan-16-09 | | ROO.BOOKAROO: 15...Kf8. I don't understand the subtle logic of that move. What's wrong with 15...Ne7? Even Raymond Keene has nothing to say about the curious Black move, which condemns him to slow strangulation. |
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| Jan-16-09 | | Eyal: <ROO.BOOKAROO: 15...Kf8. I don't understand the subtle logic of that move. What's wrong with 15...Ne7?> It doesn't really change the nature of the position - after 16.Nc4, it's still pretty much hopeless for Black. His king is stuck in the middle (16...0-0?? 17.Nxd6 followed by Rxe7), his pieces tied down, and the Q-side pawns are very weak. |
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| Jan-16-09 | | Travis Bickle: Man Fischer makes it look easy and against a great player too! |
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| May-12-09 | | walker: Fischer was only 18 y.o. then...
Geller never forgot the humiliation...
"It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed to find a win even in a won position." --- Geller (on Fischer) |
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May-12-09
 | | chancho: After his 1962 loss to Fischer, the next 6 games went: 4 wins for Geller and 2 draws.
Fischer won their last encounter in 1970.
I think Geller had pretty much gotten over the "humiliation." |
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| May-12-09 | | Eyal: <Fischer was only 18 y.o. then... Geller never forgot the humiliation...>
Whatever "humiliation" Geller may have felt after this game, I doubt if it had anything to do with Fischer's age; it shouldn't have been different from losing to Carlsen today. By 1961, Fischer was considererd a full-grown man in terms of the chess world - he was a top player for several years, who has participated in a candidates tournament and beaten many other top players (including Tal and Petrosian in the very same tournament). Geller tried here an aggressive-but-dubious novelty (7...Qf6) and was brilliantly punished for it. |
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