| Jan-06-05 | | Orbitkind: The way that Fischer picks up 3 pawns at the end is astonishing. I feel sorry for his opponent. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | BlazingArrow56: crippled em. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | WMD: Note this game was played in Manila, not Meralco.
Background on the Meralco exhibition games comes from the June 1980 BCM: These games - previously unpublished in the West - were played directly after Bobby's victory in the strong Monte Carlo tourrnament of 1967. Fischer had flown on from the French Riviera thousands of miles to the Philippines, in anticipation of competing in an international tournament in Manila. However, the failure of grandmasters Boris Ivkov and Arturo Pomar to arrive gave the sponsors an alternative brainwave to hold a 'Beat Bobby Fischer' contest instead. This was a series of individual games, mostly held under proper international match conditions with a time limit of 40 moves in 2 1/2 hours, in which Bobby would face some of the best Filipino players. This fascinating event was staged and sponsored by Meralco, the Manila Electric Company. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | Kingdumb: Talk about being overmatched. Simply awesome! |
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| Dec-21-06 | | fischerov: couldnt fischer have played 9.bxc6!
well, i think he was just playing around with him |
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| Dec-21-06 | | fischerov: i meant 9.bxe6! |
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| Dec-21-06 | | reynolds: He probably didn't want a tactical skirmish against somebody who he could beat with simple Fischer chess. |
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Dec-21-06
 | | Sneaky: It's a standard Sicilian sacrifice, I wonder why Bobby didn't play it. There are some positions where the sacrifice looks good but end up being unclear for White--maybe this is one such position? |
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| Dec-22-06 | | fischerov: the sac looks very sound from that position getting 3 connected pawns for a bishop and would probably end up in a checkmate especially with Fischer's tactical skill |
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| Feb-05-07 | | tonsillolith: I think 26. g3 was a good move. It allowed the white queen to penetrate the black position. |
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| Feb-05-07 | | RookFile: The grandmaster has a mindset towards always trying to create a second weakness in the opponent's position..... or a third, or a fourth... |
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| May-28-07 | | JMJ565X: his opponent looks like a 900 player playing a nearly comatose from drinking 1800 player..on yahoo!! |
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| Oct-23-08 | | Whitehat1963: Would the position after 25...f6 make for a good puzzle? What does Rybka suggest in that position? Just amazing how Fischer simply glides over and takes four pawns in succession with his queen. |
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| Jun-28-09 | | Sem: What if 28. ... Kf6? |
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Jun-28-09
 | | Sastre: If 28...Kf6, then <29.h4 gxh4 30.Qg6+ Ke7 31.Qxg7+ Ke8 32.f6>. If black doesn't play 29...gxh4, white can simply play 30.Qxg5. |
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| Sep-24-09 | | tivrfoa: Fisher didn't care about the double pawn near the his king. So, it's not so bad? |
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| Feb-15-10 | | mysql: 9. ... h5 looked out of place. |
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| Jun-04-11 | | vulcan20: Well, if 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qb6 11. Nxg7+ Kf7 12. Nf5, the position doesn't look too clear after 12...Nc5. In fact, I think Black is better here because White's center is getting chipped away and a piece is a piece is a piece. |
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| Jun-05-11 | | willrazen: The last few moves were awesome, haha |
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Apr-01-17
 | | dnash007: besides move 21. Rd1, i like Nc3...Rxe5 is explosive |
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