[Event "World-ch27 Fischer-Spassky "] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1972.07.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Fischer, Robert "] [Black "Spassky, Boris "] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D59"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1972.07.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.27"] {[%evp 0,81,20,-8,24,23,25,24,25,17,19,24,18,23,25,22,23,23,16,20,19,19,19,19, 14,9,11,11,13,9,9,4,2,5,12,10,9,8,28,22,19,19,54,52,56,67,80,84,68,81,104,99, 110,114,124,124,153,134,194,157,249,261,265,268,252,278,296,293,293,293,302, 314,393,302,882,923,950,903,930,1003,1055,964,2833,29980]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 { transposition to Queen's Gambit Declined is offered by Black.} 3. d4 {Queen's Gambit it is} Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 {The Tartakower Variation} 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 { very important, White is taking advantage of the pin along a3-f8} Rc8 14. Bb5 $5 {Furman's novelty with which he beat Geller in Moscow 1970.The idea is to discourage...Nb8-d7 supporting c5.} (14. Be2 {is standard.}) 14... a6 $2 ({If} 14... Nd7 15. Bxd7 $1 {White's idea} Bxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. O-O {followed by Rfd1 with pressure on Black's queenside pawns.}) ({After his defeat to Furman Geller found} 14... Qb7 $1 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 Na6 $1 { an idea that he employed with success against Timman in Hilversum 1973. The game continued} 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 {the most precise} 19. Qa3 Qc4 20. Kd2 Qg4 21. Rg1 d4 22. Nxd4 Qh4 23. Re1 Qxf2+ 24. Re2 Qf1 25. Nxe6 fxe6) 15. dxc5 bxc5 ( 15... Rxc5 16. O-O {leaves Black with an isolated d-pawn and cedes key squares, d4 and e5 to the White knight.}) 16. O-O Ra7 $2 {Now the rook and queen defend each other and Black also threatens 17...axb5, not to mention ...c5-c4. Yet it is inadequate.} (16... Qb7 17. Ba4 $1 {Black is underdeveloped and advancing the c-pawn only opens lines for White.} c4 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. e4 $16) (16... Nc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. Rfd1 $14) (16... Qa7) 17. Be2 {So far the game has followed Furman-Geller, Moscow 1970.} Nd7 (17... a5 {Game by Geller} 18. Rc3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Re8 20. Bb5 Bg4 21. Nd2 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Nb3 Ne5 26. Rd8 Rac7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. f4 Bd7 29. fxe5 Bxb5 30. Nxd4 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rd1 32. Rd6 {Furman-Geller Moscow 1970/ 1-0}) 18. Nd4 $1 Qf8 $2 {Anxious to get away from the pin, Boris falls back on passive defence.} ({After} 18... Nf6 $1 19. Nb3 {Here Kasparov proposed Rac7}) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 $1 {White wants to break Black's pawn structure} d4 $2 { This move, opening the a2-g8 diagonal for the bishop plays into White's hands.} (20... c4 21. Qh3 Rc6 $1 (21... Nc5 $6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 {liquidates the c4 pawn and keeps pressure on Black-Graham Burgess}) 22. b3 Nb6 23. Rfd1 $14) ( 20... dxe4 21. Rfd1) 21. f4 Qe7 22. e5 Rb8 $6 (22... Nb6 23. Qg3) 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 (24... Rxb2 25. Bxe6 Rab7 26. Rce1 $16 {Kasparov}) 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Nh7 (27... Ng6 $2 {loses to} 28. Qg3 $1 ({The careless} 28. Rf7 $2 {is met by} Qg5 $1) 28... Qe8 29. Rcf1 {followed by e5-e6.}) (27... Ne6 $2 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rf8+ $18) 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 $1 {preventing Nh7-g5} Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 {Spassky cannot improve his position, and remains passive shuffling his queen.} 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 (34... d3 $2 35. Rd2 $18) 35. R2f3 Qd8 {Black is trying to hold but Fischer will find way to infiltrate the position} 36. Bd3 $1 (36. Rh5 Kg8 37. Rg3) 36... Qe8 (36... Qg8 37. Rf7 Rxf7 38. exf7 Rxf7 39. Bc4 $18) 37. Qe4 $1 Nf6 (37... Rxe6 $4 {is worse.} 38. Rf8+ $1 Nxf8 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. Qh7#) 38. Rxf6 $1 $18 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4 $1 {with threats Rf8+ and Rxh6. Black resigned. The story goes that both the audience and Spassky rose to applaud Fischer to congratulate him for the win.} 1-0