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| May-22-09 | | Eyal: <The following game is one of those that changed the impression of 'Sicilian' positions with a backward d6-pawn and a weak d5-square. It was traditionally thought that the seizure of this square would automatically guarantee White an advantage, especially with a knight against a 'bad' bishop (the famous game Geller vs Najdorf, 1953 was a real nightmare for devotees of this variation). [for a model game by Fischer himself on this theme, see Fischer vs Julio Bolbochan, 1962 ] But Fischer was one of the first to show that exceptions to this rule were possible. When the knight is a long way from the d5-square, control of that square does not mean anything. Moreover, this flexible position harbors considerable dangers for White. Black has practically no weaknesses (the d6-pawn is securely defended), whereas he has counterplay on the queenside, pressure on the weak e4-pawn and the possibility of an attack on the white king.> (From Kasparov's OMGP 4) |
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| May-22-09 | | Eyal: <Riverbeast: Doesn't 15. Na5 look stronger for white than 15. Bxb6?> 15.Na5 looks quite good for Black after 15…Bxe2 16.Qxe2 d5; but 15.Bxb6 indeed doesn't seem like a good move either. Earlier that year, in the Curacao Candidates tournament, Tal had already tried it against Fischer and got into a losing position - though he managed to escape with a draw (Tal vs Fischer, 1962). It was Geller in his game against Fischer, later in the tournament, who found a better idea for White – the subtle 15.Kh1!, and after 15...Rfc8 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qe2 Rb4 19.Ra2 Qb7 20.Na5 Qc7 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 White gained an enduring pressure on the Q-side (Geller vs Fischer, 1962), though Fischer also managed to escape with a draw. In MSMG Fischer suggests an improvement for Black in this line which is supposed to equalize – that's probably what he was planning to play against Unzicker in such a case – and later some further refinements for both sides were discovered. But at any rate, it's clear that Unzicker failed to prepare seriously for this game when choosing this line, and that his understanding of its subtleties wasn't even remotely close to Fischer's. |
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| Sep-04-10 | | invas0rX: 10.g4!? |
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| Oct-18-10 | | redorc19: I like fischer's annotations. He talks about strategy and pawn structure a lot like Philidor but includes relative tactics. |
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| Jun-12-11 | | Sniffles: Fischer: A master at giving the enemy queen nothing to do. |
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| Mar-06-12 | | screwdriver: Great game by Fischer once again. |
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| Aug-29-12 | | TheFocus: This is game 42 in Fischer's <My 60 Memorable Games>. |
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| Sep-03-12 | | Luigi Bros: Horripilant final moves for white. In another secuence, against a better force white, maybe black: 25. RxRa1 26. Re1xRa1 27. Qe3. Later any variation have a good position. |
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| Sep-03-12 | | Luigi Bros: Horripilant final moves for white. In another secuence, against a better force white, maybe: 25. RxRa1 26. Re1xRa1 Qe3. Later any variation have a good position. |
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Jan-10-13
 | | kingscrusher: This game was featured in midsomer murders on itv |
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| Jan-11-13 | | IndigoViolet: Well, that's one Black they've had on the program. |
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Jan-12-13
| | kingscrusher: MidSomer Murders featured this game. Check this page for details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310458/ |
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Jan-12-13
 | | Joshka: <kingscrusher> In notes from 2007 Bobby writes 24. g3? "Creating more kingside weaknesses. Better is 24. Qd3". (Rather than 24. Rad1 from MSMG. Then after, 26. Kf1 He writes in MSMG " What else? On 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Re2? Rxc3! and in his 2007 notes he interposes, so White needs 27. Qxb5 and now 27...Qxb2+ 28. Re2 is holding for the moment. But Black has 28...Qxc3 which picks up a pawn, and soon a second one after 29. Ra2 Qe3 30. Re2 Rc2! 31. Rxc2 Qxe4+ 32. Kf1 Qxc2. |
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| Jan-12-13 | | RandomVisitor: As RookFile, Kasparov and Huebner note, 21.g3 had good prospects to equalize for white:
click for larger view Rybka 4.1 x64:
-0.10/22 21...b4 22.c4 Ra2 23.Qd3 Rc8 24.Rxa2 Qxa2 25.Qc2 Qa6 26.Nd2 h6 27.Rd1 Qb6 28.Kg2 Qd4 29.b3 Qc3 30.Rc1 Bg5 31.Nb1 Qe3 32.Rd1 Qb6 33.Nd2 Ra8 34.Nf3 Be3 35.Rd5 Ra1 -0.09/20 21...Rc8 22.Kg2 Qb6 23.Nd2 Qa7 24.Nb3 Qa6 25.Rfd1 Qb6 26.Rdb1 h6 27.h4 Rb8 28.Nd2 Qa6 29.Rxa4 bxa4 30.Qc4 Qa7 31.Qd3 Qc5 32.Nc4 Qb5 |
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| Jan-12-13 | | RandomVisitor: After 10...Bc4
click for larger view Rybka 4.1 x64:
[+0.26] d=24 12.a5 0-0 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Rfc8 16.Ra4 Qc6 17.Qd3 Bd8 18.Kh1 b5 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.Rd1 Ng4 21.Bg3 |
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| Jul-22-13 | | singingdetective: The producers of Midsomer Murders in an episode entitled The Sicilian Defence, used this rather impressive chess game, to illustrate a sub-plot. I invested considerable time in determining who the original players were, as I had a hunch that the game was not dreamt up especially for the program. And it transpired that the protagonists were Unzicker and Fischer, at the Varna Olympiad of 1962. In the Midsomer fiction, the game is attributed to a Russian ex-World Champion (white) and a brilliant computer programmer called Jason Winters (black), but don't Unzicker and Fischer (or their estates) own the intellectual rights to it? Is there a breach of copyright here? Opinions anyone? I have no axe to grind; I'm merely curious. There's a cute continuity mistake too. The actor who records the moves with a marker pen on the glass board in the detectives" office writes Kg2 as white's penultimate move, but in the next camera shot we see it as Kg3. He then writes Kf1 as the final move. When we see the moves from the correct side of the glass, the Kg3 mistake has been corrected. The conclusion is that the actor initially made a mistake, which someone noticed - well done that person! They got him to rewrite it but forgot to edit out the second incorrect camera shot! |
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| Apr-06-20 | | CaliWest: How exactly was 22..h6 "handy"? |
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Apr-06-20
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<"How exactly was 22..h6 "handy"?> Bobby explains the need for the 'handy' luft in the last line of analysis. He gets to here. (White to play)
click for larger viewPointing out that 30.Ra1 does not work. Black can play 30...Qxb2 because the back rank is no longer weak. *** |
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| Apr-06-20 | | SChesshevsky: < CaliWest: How exactly was 22..h6 "handy"? > King safety is usually always on mind. This game by eliminating any back rank problems before undertaking anything that could open up the position. Fischer also notes this kind of thinking in other games in his "My Sixty.." book. In Fischer vs Gligoric, 1959 he mentiones for 21. Kb1, "An important preparatory move." Due to some possible tricks that could expose his king with ...Qxa2 if the defending N departs. And spells it out clearer in his game with Bolbochan 1962 that is linked above. Where he writes for 15. Kb1, "Amateurs are often puzzled by the apparent loss of time. Actually it is a handy defensive move, getting out of the pin on the c-file which could become annoying after ...b5-b4. One never knows when lightning will strike!" |
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| Apr-06-20 | | Petrosianic: <SChesshevsky>: <King safety is usually always on mind. This game by eliminating any back rank problems before undertaking anything that could open up the position. Yes, but the term "handy luft" is a bit redundant. We know what luft is and why it's useful. Adding "handy" doesn't tell us any more. |
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| Apr-06-20 | | SChesshevsky: <...Yes, but the term "handy luft" is a bit redundant. We know what luft is and why it's useful. Adding "handy" doesn't tell us any more.> Yeah, probably don't need it. Likely more a bit of writers license to add some flavor to typically dry and dull chess analysis. Though the addition of "handy" does hint a bit of emphasis that it's not a forced move. Something that's useful and doesn't really cost anything. Maybe similar to how "handy" was used in the Bolbochan game. |
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| Apr-07-20 | | CaliWest: thanks sally. In short, to make Ra1 impotent. Now I see its handiness. |
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| Apr-26-20 | | zenwabi: This game is discussed in detail by GM Michael Stean, in his fine book on strategy: SIMPLE CHESS. His theme for this game: playing against an outpost. Fischer never gave Unzicker a chance to plop his knight on d5. |
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Oct-26-20
| | kingscrusher: Fighting against Outposts example - in Stean's "Simple Chess" |
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| Dec-21-24 | | ColdSong: A classic.When one has to play it with black against Geller,it can be easier somewhat against Unzicker. |
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