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| Jul-09-07 | | CyberTrokair: 26...Kc8 allows for 27.Qa8++ |
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Jul-09-07
 | | gawain: Got it quickly this time. I like the mates (such as this one after 28 ... fxe6 29 Qf6#) where the defending queen is not only useless but is, worse yet, occupying the escape square her K needs. Thanks <Mostly Average Joe> for finding the best follow-up after 28 ...Kf8. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | tatarch: Serious cat and mouse in this game-- after 18.g5, Fischer seems to be threatening a huge tactical shot with each of his last 10 moves. His games really can be a pleasure to watch. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | TheIrateTurk: Anyone care to explain the thinking behind 8. ...Ke8 rather than g6? |
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| Jul-09-07 | | MostlyAverageJoe: <vibes43: Thanks MAJ for the continuation 28. ...Kf8. 29. Qf6> Just to give credit where it is due - this line came about as a result of my computerized puzzle difficulty analysis. By myself, I only came up with the same line as <willyfly>: 29 Rxe8+ Kxe8 30 Qa8+ Ke7 31 Qxh8 and did not bother improving on it. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | RookFile: This game has a Tal like feeling to it. In other words, one could easily imagine Tal playing the white pieces in this game. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | karnak64: Sigh: another French battering. Chessgames, could you perhaps pick on the Sicilian Defense for a few months and improve my morale? |
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| Jul-09-07 | | Kleve: Got the move, but missed the elegant mate in two after ...Kf8. Thanks for the great kibitzing, all! |
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| Jul-09-07 | | kevin86: I did see the key move-but I missed the elegant follow-up of 29 ♕f6-Δ mate on both wings of the king:either threat 30 ♖xe8+ ♔xe8 31 ♖d8# or 30 ♕xh8# will be executed I just noticed- a delta sign means threatening. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | cominatcha: Fisher and me, we think alike. I got that too, Bobby |
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| Jul-09-07 | | nimzo knight: I got it. But again, I perhaps wont find OTB. Definitely not in a 10 or 15 min rapid game. The main reason being the position on the board dosent look to me as that of possible mate. Hence I would never search for a mating pattern here. Oh man! how long would it take for me to play like this Bobby guy :). |
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| Jul-09-07 | | Crowaholic: Took me a bit longer than most Mondays because I first wanted to sac the rook on the wrong square (f7). Then I saw that Black is mated in 1 if he takes the rook after 28. Rxe6+ and loses more than just the queen after 28. ..Kf8. But I didn't see the nifty 29. Qf6! which speeds up the mate. Anyway, I did notice that Black loses horribly. Unfortunately, this puzzle was sort of wasted on a Monday. White had a winning game for some time according to the Spike engine, but the final combination starts with 26. Rd1+ (O-O-O+ is probably better since it prevents a later check in the 27. ..Rxc5 line given below). After 26. ..Ke7, which looked fishy to me, White has a forced mate in 6 moves, with 27. Bxc5+ as played by Fischer, and 27. ..Rxc5 28. Rxe6+ Kf8 29. Qf6 Rxe5+ etc. which is slightly better than 27. ..bxc5, at least in terms of moves to mate. More importantly, Black really has better options than 26. ..Ke7. Both ..Rd7 and ..Nd7 are less bad than the text move. Still, as computer analysis shows, Black will surely lose to 27. Bxc5 or Rxf7, rsp., as a result of near total paralysis in combination with being one pawn down and losing another quickly. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | tangobob: <TheIrateTurk:> You mean why 8...Kf8 (you said Ke8) instead of 8...g6? Good question. I'm guessing the concern was that g6 would weaken f6. Of course it turns out the lost ability to castle will prove fatal, but hindsight's 20-20, eh? |
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| Jul-09-07 | | Chess Classics: <Both ..Rd7 and ..Nd7 are less bad than the text move.> I like how you say "less bad" as opposed to "better". Anyway, I think that the puzzle could have started with 27. Bxc5+, making it ideal for Tuesday. Regards,
CC |
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| Jul-09-07 | | RookFile: Less filling..... tastes great. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | beenthere240: <tangobob> whatever black plays on move 8, he weakens his position significantly. 8...g6 makes the black squares vulnerable, especially without a black bishop and makes king side castling highly risky if not suicidal. 8.Qg4 was just a great in-between move that gives white a positionally won game. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | beenthere240: 21. Nf4 also threatend Ng6+ picking up the exchange. Black probably continued because it was a thrill sitting across from a player of Fischer's ability. Fischer was probably somewhat gracious by this time. |
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Jul-09-07
 | | fm avari viraf: French was my favourite arsenal & I had very good results. Here, Black didn't handle the Opening so well [ may be of Fischer ]& got into trouble. After 26.Rd1+ Ke7 [ but not 26...Kc8 as pionted out by <outplayer>27.Qa8# ] After 27.Bxc5+ bxc5 & 28.Rxe6+ hooks up Hook. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | benkbenkbenko: does 28 Rg6 also work?
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Jul-09-07
 | | tarek1: <does 28 Rg6 also work?>
28.Rg6? f5 or Kf8 at least avoids immediate mate. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | Zorilla: This Bobby Fisher guy was pretty good huh? |
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Jul-09-07
 | | WannaBe: <Zorilla> Never heard of him, the only Fischer I know is Carrie Fischer. |
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| Jul-09-07 | | patzer2: For today's puzzle, the little clearance and decoy sacrifice 28. Rxe6+! either wins the Queen (if declined) or mates (if accepted). |
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| Jul-09-07 | | dabearsrock1010: probably a bit more difficult than most mondays but pretty easy all the same |
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| Jul-10-07 | | Some call me Tim: The playing caliber of the game was low but that is what makes great endings like this, especially since Fischer was not allowed the benefit of playing from the diagrammed position, he created it! Hook was an unknown from the Virgin Islands. Bobby's play reflected the blunt force of top versus bottom and Hook started circling the wagons early. The game quality is more like a simul where the better player gets a cool winning move at the end. Winawer players typically did better against Fischer which forced him to admit the defense might be sound, but this is hardly a good example. Better is the best draw of all time, Fischer-Tal Leipzig Olympiad 1960. A lifetime could never figure that one out completely!! |
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