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Miguel Cuellar Gacharna vs Bobby Fischer
Stockholm Interzonal (1962), Stockholm SWE, rd 14, Feb-18
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Lesser Simagin (Spassky) (E62)  ·  0-1

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Aug-22-04  iron maiden: What would you call 36...Ra8? A pin or a skewer?
Aug-23-04
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  tpstar: Perhaps neither. If the Bd8 was a Queen, it's a pin. If the Bc8 was a Queen, it's a skewer (although the skewered Bd8 would be hard to win in this case). In the absence of a better category, this looks like a double attack, or as RJF would say, a shot. Both 37. Bb7 Rxd8 38. Ra3 Nxa6 and 38. a7 Ra2 39. a8=Q Raxa8 appear hopeless.
Mar-09-08  Helios727: I would still call it a "skewer" or "x-ray attack."
Jun-17-09  notyetagm: 36 ♗g5-d8??


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36 ... ♖a7-a8 <skewer: d8,c8>


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<Helios727: I would still call it a "skewer" or "x-ray attack.">

<SKEWER> is an attack like this on equal-valued pieces.

Feb-17-12
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  offramp: This game was played 50 years ago today .... but we still don't know. Is it a pin or a skewer?
Feb-17-12
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  offramp: Here's a good one. After 28...Rf2 white's bishops are at c1 and d1.


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Just a few moves later they are at c8 and d8


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Apr-24-19  PJs Studio: This game goes a long way toward the adage “Keep pressuring your opponent until he blunders”.

Fischer, Karpov, Keres, Korchnoi and every modern Super GM uses this same technique to beat the best in the world.

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