What do you mean "now"? Here is the name of this opening in assorted European languages:

<AylerKupp: Yes, and everyone in the Sicilian seems to be playing the Rossolimo attack nowadays. Like <RookFile> said, what goes around, comes around.>

Well, chess openings are often a matter of fashion trends, even in this age of computer chess.

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44.Rxe6+ Kf7.

If it works out OK then fine but you can see why it was avoided in the notes.

After 44...Kf7 The c3 Bishop hangs and so does the e6 Rook (RxN then KxR is on the board).

45.Bc1 Rxc5

Now your 46.Rb6 and may have been missed/not analysed because it looks suspicious.

44.Bc1 was what Fischer intended to play. It does not get involved in any unclear trickery and then the threat of Rxe6+ is real.

I'm saying unclear because there is either a trick or a trap there and I've not spotted it yet. (too early in the morning, need more coffee.)

44.Bc1 is best. Do not mess about with won games. I'm sure 44.Bc1 is why Smyslov resigned.

If it was because of 44.Rxe6+ then he had to see that Rb6 move and following the position from the diagram it looks unclear. (to me anyway.) and you do not resign if your opponent has to see/find a move like Rb6. Make him show it to you.

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44.Rxe6+ Kf7 45.Bc1 Bd6!

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Your 45...Bd6 is a lemon!

After 46.Ke1! White wins again, if 46...Bxc5 47. Rxe5 and Nb5 (or Bc5) is lost

if 47...Nd4 48.Rxc5 Rxc5 49. bxc5 Nb3 50. c6! (50...Ke8 51. Kd1)

We ran through some lines last night.

46.Ke1 (cannot recall that one) but the position of the White Rook is awkward. Losing Awkward.

It's being held by a Knight and a Knight is the only piece that cannot protect the same square after it moves. The Rook has no moves.

It's a Cyclops playing with a Unicorn position. An accident waiting to happen.

46.Ke1 Rb8

Holds the Knight and now Bxc5 is a severe threat, so much so White has to give up the exchange with RxB.

In most lines we looked at after 45...Bd6 White has to sac the exchange. It looks pretty grim.

I think we can let Fischer (and Evans) have this one.

But keep looking and questioning and believing nothing you read, it's good you took on Fischer but maybe lower the sights. He was rather meticulous and there can only be one 'Mr Thomas.'

'Right Mr Thomas'

Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1961

Yes, you're right, after 46...Rb8! White can just sac the Exchange. However, after 47. Rxd6 Nxd6 48. Nd3 Ke6 49. f3 White is still a Pawn up, and almost no risk of breakthrough into his fortresss by Black. So, for sure White does not lose, even being an Exchange down.

Anyway, you wrote that no quicker wins of Fischer's games have been found after 1967, when he published his book.

This is not totally true, indeed.

For instance, in his very famous (and maybe the most analyzed game in chess history) Fischer - Geller (Skopje 1967)Fischer vs Geller, 1967 in place of Fischer's move 17. exf7+, Murey and Boleslavsky found the sac 17. Rxf6! and then if 17...gxf6 18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Qg4! with a winning attack. Otherwise, if 17...Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. e7! with a clear and winning advantage.

Another game where Fischer commented badly, was his Botvinnik - Fischer 1962

Botvinnik vs Fischer, 1962

Fischer wrote in his comment after 23. Rd5

"Archives recommends 23. Nd5. but after 23... Kg7 the burden of proof rests with White - he's a Pawn down"

Sorry for him, but after 23...Kg7, 24. Ne7 Rb8 25. Rd5! Ne6 26. Be3 a6 27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Ba7 Ra8 29. Rxb7 Black can only resign.

I said,

"Fischer's games are rather famous, any quicker wins would have been found by now."

not

"that no quicker wins of Fischer's games have been found after 1967, when he published his book."

Those two posted are known, there are others. His games have been fine toothed combed.

Use this sites 'Random Game' feature and see what you get. Often see wee treasures on the unkibitzed games.

S F Lebedev vs Nenarokov, 1901

White nicks a pawn and Bang!

<http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/...>

Our Man in Havana, a spoof of Britain's MI6 intelligence service:

<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054152/>

There's a funny photo of Fischer complaining about something at the board, with Castro looking really exasperated, and in the background Korchnoi has a big smile on his face. couldn't find it on the net.

Our man in Woodstock:

Smyslov should have played 19. ... b4 as allowing Fischer's later 26. b4! which is a great positional move. Smyslov's 15... Qd3! was good but he drifted later.

He won the tournament though.

Fischer played the match by telegraph and I wondered if it took a long time.

I remember playing in telegraph matches in the 60s. We used to use one radio chap to send the moves by morse code. The games took ages. I lost most of my games as I really hated playing a game if I couldn't see the opponent's face. (Correspondence wasn't a problem in that respect as you can analyse as you like).

So Smyslov was a quite confident player but I wonder if it took so long he wanted to get away for dinner etc...So the length of the game affected his play in this game. Although once he lost space it was hard to defend the Q side.

On the other hand the telegraph effect may have explained (partly) Fischer's 3 loses. But he was only behind Smyslov, by 1/2 a point so he did well as did Geller also on 15.