Mar-09-21 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
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| Peter Nemenyi: The Soviets published plenty of propaganda and slander about Bobby, but I don’t see how this quote falls into that category. It’s an uncontroversial description of his mature style. Fischer liked clear-cut technical wins, sometimes choosing them over quicker tactical ... |
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Nov-23-17 R Nicevski vs Fischer, 1967
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| Peter Nemenyi: I'd just say that Fischer took liberties against a vastly inferior player that he wouldn't have taken against a Soviet grandmaster, and got away with it. That isn't luck, just accurate assessment of the opponent. |
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May-11-17 D Howell vs R Jumabayev, 2016
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| Peter Nemenyi: In the final position, if Black plays the relatively better 27...f5 rather than making luft for his king, the mate is 28. Bd5+ Rf7 29. Qg6+ Kh1 30. Bxf7 Bd3 31. Qh6+ Bh7 32. Bg6 Kg8 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Qxf7#. |
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Apr-09-17 Robert James Fischer
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| Peter Nemenyi: <Joshka: One of them was this cable installation story. Rene claimed it was all bogus/made up.> Yes, that story is utterly implausible. On grounds of personality, it's unimaginable that Bobby would have done manual labour involving contact with the general public. And on |
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Apr-09-17 T Abrahamyan vs N Paikidze, 2017
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| Peter Nemenyi: White presumably resigned because her choices are 38. Kh1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Ra1 forcing mate, since White can neither move the pinned bishop nor defend it, or 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rb2+!, winning the bishop and then the dangerous b-pawn. If Nazi wins the tournament because of this |
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Jul-11-16 Fischer vs I Aloni, 1962
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| Peter Nemenyi: Yes, "Black overstepped the time limit in a worse, but not completely hopeless endgame" (quoted from Karsten Müller's book of Fischer's games). |
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Apr-26-16 I Krush vs N Paikidze, 2016
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| Peter Nemenyi: This game doesn't seem to have attracted much attention. But the versatility with which Black's queen and rook torment the White king in the presence of three White pieces, from the knight sac on move 36 to the finale on move 64, is delightful. One feels for White, who had to ... |
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Oct-06-15 R Hardarson vs S Briem, 1982
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| Peter Nemenyi: <stacase: I mean really, was there any other move to consider?> Well, this is one of those paradoxical cases in which knowing that one's doing a Chessgames puzzle makes it harder. A check obvious to any patzer, which isn't a sacrifice, is rarely the right key move on ... |
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Aug-16-15 Robert James Fischer
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| Peter Nemenyi: Thanks for your comments.
It's also worth noting that Fischer would hardly have cared about the verbal assessments in foreign chess publications, because his own assessments would have been better anyway. In that distant pre-computer world, all he needed were the game scores ... |
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Nov-07-14 I Bilek vs Fischer, 1962
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| Peter Nemenyi: <HeMateMe: He ducked Spassky for years until entering the '70 world championship cycle.> What basis do you have for this claim? Given how international tournaments and the Soviet chess system worked during Fischer's career, he could only have faced Spassky regularly ... |
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