[Event "Mar del Plata International-23"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1960.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bazan, Osvaldo"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1960.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qe1 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 c4 16. e4 $146 ({RR} 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. e4 Be6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Be5 Rg8 20. Rb1 Rg6 21. Rb7 Bc8 22. Rc7 dxe4 23. f4 gxf4 {1-0 (23) Szukszta,J-Gadalinski,J Glucholazy 1963}) ({RR} 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rg8 18. f4 Bf5 19. fxg5 Rxg5 20. h4 Bd3 21. Qb2 Rxe5 22. Qxb7 Re7 23. Qxa8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Qd7 25. Qa8+ Qd8 26. Qc6+ Qd7 27. Qxh6 Qe6 28. Qh8+ Kd7 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Qa8 Be4 {Chekhov,V (2410)-Eingorn,V (2470) Riga 1980 1-0 (51)}) 16... Be6 17. Bc7 Qxc7 18. exd5 g4 19. Nd2 Nxd4 20. Qe4 Qf4 21. Rxc4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Nf6 Bb5 26. Rb4 Ba6 27. Nd7+ Ke7 28. Nc5 Rhe8 29. Nxa6 Kd6 30. Rxb7 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 Rc8 33. Rxf7 Rcc1 0-1
[Event "Western op-ch"]
[Site "Bay City"]
[Date "1963.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berliner, Hans Jack"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1963.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Fischer"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 ({RR} 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Qf4 Nf6 15. Rc3 Qe7 16. Rc7 Qa3 17. Bb1 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc7 Bd7 22. h3 Be8 23. e5 Nd7 24. Kh2 Nf8 25. Qd8 Qa4 26. Be4 Bc6 {½-½ (26) Yilmaz,M (2630)-Mamedov,N (2595) Reykjavik 2021}) ({RR} 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Rc2 Nf6 15. Rfc1 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Qg3 f6 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. a3 Rac8 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. h3 Rc7 24. Nb4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nxb4 26. Qxb4 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {Sabatier,M (2195)-Castro Lombana,J (2183) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 13... Nc6 14. Qb2 $146 ({RR} 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. e5 Rfd8 16. Be4 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qb4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. h3 Qa4 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Qe5 Kf8 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Gallasch,J (2112)-Hoffmann,K (1583) Playchess.com INT 2020 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. e5 Rfd8 16. Be4 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qb4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. h3 Qa4 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Qe5 Kf8 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Gallasch,J (2112)-Hoffmann,K (1583) Playchess.com INT 2020 1-0 (41)}) 14... Qf6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bb5 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qf4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd4 g5 21. f3 g4 22. Be2 gxf3 23. gxf3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Ba6 25. Qf2 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxe5 27. Rg1 f5 28. Qd3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rf8 30. Qc2 Qf6 31. Rg2 Qd4 32. h3 Qa1+ 33. Rg1 Qe5 34. Qg2 b5 35. Qc2 b4 36. Qg2 a5 37. Qc2 Qf6 38. Qc4 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Rd8 40. Qc2 Qc3 41. Qxc3+ bxc3 42. Rc1 Rd3 43. Rb1 Kg7 44. Rb5 a4 45. Rc5 a3 46. Kg2 Re3 47. Rc4 Kf6 48. h4 Ke5 49. Kf2 Rh3 50. Kg2 Rd3 51. h5 Kf4 52. h6 Ke3 53. Rc7 Kd2 0-1
[Event "Interzonal-05"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1962.03.04"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Bertok, Mario"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1962.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {Charousek,R; Petrosian,T} ({RR} 3... Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O {½-½ (14) Jurcik,M (2408)-Hollan,M (2347) Czech Republic CZE 2025}) 4. Nf3 (4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 (7. Nge2 $1 {Byrne,R}) 7... Be6 (7... Bg6 $5) 8. h3 {Botvinnik,M-Petrosian,T Moscow WCH 1963}) 4... Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 {Tartakover,S} 8. cxd5 (8. Bd3 $5 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne4 $10 {Petrosian,T-Fischer,R/Belgrade ct1959/}) 8... Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne5 $1 {? f2-f4, g2-g4-g5 ?}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Rc1 Be6 $1 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Be2 Kf8 $10 (14... Qb7 $1 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O (16. Rxc5 $2 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxb2 $17) 16... Qb6 $13)) 11... Be6 $1 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 $2 (13. Ne5 $142 Nd7 $10 (13... c4 $2 14. b3 b5 15. a4)) 13... bxc5 14. Qa4 Qb7 $1 ({RR} 14... Nd7) 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 16. Ba6 Qb6 17. b3 Nb8 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Ne1 Rfc8 20. Nd3 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Rfb1 Qc7 23. Nf4 Qc5 24. Qc3 Qe5 25. Rc1 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Nc5 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Rb8 30. Bb3 Rd8 {Housieaux,D (2200)-Gey,M (2065) Agneaux 1999 1-0 (71)}) ({RR} 16. b3 a5 17. Ne1 Qb4 18. Qc1 a4 19. Nd3 Qb6 20. Qc3 Rfb8 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Rfc1 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Qd2 Rba8 25. Rc2 Rxa2 26. Rcxa2 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Qb1+ 28. Nc1 Bxa2 29. Bf1 Be6 30. h3 Nf6 {Rodewis,T (2364)-Zumsande,M (2381) Playchess.com INT 2005 0-1 (87)}) 16... a5 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nf4 Rfb8 19. Rab1 $2 (19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 c3 $1 25. Rdd1 (25. Rc5 c2 26. Rc1 Rd8 $19) 25... c2 26. Rdc1 Rab8 27. Kf1 Rb1 28. Ke2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rb1 $19) (19. Nxe6 $142 fxe6 20. Bg4 Ra6 $1 21. b3 $1 (21. Qe7 $2 Nf8) (21. Rab1 Qb4 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rab6) 21... cxb3 22. axb3 Qxb3 23. Qe7 Nf8 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Be2 Ra7 27. Rfa1 a4 28. Bd1 $10) 19... Bf5 $1 20. Rbd1 Nf6 21. Rd2 (21. Bf3 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Rc5 Rc8 $1 26. Rxa5 c3 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rb1 $1 29. Rxb1 cxb1=Q+ 30. Bxb1 Rc1#) 24... Rc8 25. e4 Be6 $1 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. a4 c3 28. Rc1 c2 $19) 21... g5 $1 $19 22. Nxd5 (22. Nh5 Ne4 23. Rc2 Qb4 $19) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxc4 (23. Bf3 $2 Bd3) 23... Be6 24. Rfd1 (24. Bxd5 $142 Bxd5 25. f3 $19) 24... Nxe3 $1 25. Qxe3 (25. Bxe6 Qxg2#) 25... Bxc4 26. h4 Re8 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. b3 Be6 29. f4 g4 30. h5 Qc5+ 31. Rf2 Bf5 0-1
[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Denker, Arnold Sheldon"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 c6 ({RR} 10... Bf5 11. e3 Nd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 c6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Qb2 17. Rb3 Qa2 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rab8 20. Qa4 Rb5 21. Rd2 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. Rc2 Rxa3 24. Rxc6 Rb8 25. Rc7 {Raicevic,V (2331)-Zizic,D (2086) Senta SRB 2026 1-0 (67)}) 11. e3 a5 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Rab8 14. Qxc6 Rxb2 15. Bd3 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Rfb8 17. O-O R2b3 18. Ba6 Rxa3 19. Bc8 Ra2 20. Rc7 Bxf3 21. Rxd7 Rxc8 22. gxf3 a5 23. Rxd5 Ra8 24. Rb1 a4 25. Rdb5 Kh7 26. R5b2 {Bu,X (2644)-Jakovenko,D (2691) Wijk aan Zee 2007 ½-½ (44)}) 12. Bd3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 12... Bf5 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe6 15. O-O f6 16. Ng6 Re8 17. b4 b5 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. axb4 Qf7 20. Qb1 Re4 21. Nf4 Re7 22. Nd3 Qg6 23. Nc5 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rea7 25. Nb3 Ra3 26. Rcc1 Kf7 27. Kf1 {Piasetski,L (2159)-Sambuev,B (2462) Toronto CAN 2024 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 12... Bf5 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe6 15. O-O f6 16. Ng6 Re8 17. b4 b5 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. axb4 Qf7 20. Qb1 Re4 21. Nf4 Re7 22. Nd3 Qg6 23. Nc5 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rea7 25. Nb3 Ra3 26. Rcc1 Kf7 27. Kf1 {Piasetski,L (2159)-Sambuev,B (2462) Toronto CAN 2024 ½-½ (65)}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe7 17. Qf5 Rd8 18. Rg1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. g5 Rd6 21. h4 h5 22. Ke2 g6 23. Qf3 Re6 24. Kd2 Re4 25. Qh3 Qc7 26. Rgc1 Rae8 27. f3 R4e6 28. Re1 b6 29. Kc2 c5 30. dxc5 d4 31. cxb6 Qxb6 32. Rd3 Rb8 33. b3 Rc6+ 34. Kb2 Rc3 35. Rxc3 dxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Qxb3+ 37. Kd2 Qa2+ 38. Kd3 Rd8+ 39. Ke4 Qc4+ 40. Ke5 Rd5+ 0-1
[Event "Candidates f Fischer-Petrosian +5-1=3"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15. e4 $146 ({RR} 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rac1 {½-½ (18) Benko,P-Ivkov,B Wijk aan Zee 1972}) 15... Bb7 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bb3 b5 18. f4 Qb6 19. Kh1 cxd4 20. cxd4 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. d5 Bc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Bc2 exd5 25. e5 Re3 26. Qd2 d4 27. Rab1 Qa6 28. Rf2 Rd8 29. Kg1 Be4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. h3 d3 32. Rb3 Qc4 33. Rb2 Rdd4 34. g3 Rd5 35. Kh2 Rb5 36. Ra2 Rb1 37. g4 Re2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxf4+ 40. Kg2 Rb3 0-1
[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 {Ribli,Zoltan} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 ({RR} 7... g5 8. Bg3 Ne4) 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qxc5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Be6 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. e4 Kf8 20. exd5 {1-0 (20) Ferreira,V (2128)-Zapata Romero,I (1957) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 9. Rc1 c4 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Be7 13. b3 g5 14. Bg3 Ba3 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. bxc4 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 dxc4 18. Nb5 Bb4 19. Nc7 Bxd2 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc4 Qe8 22. Qxd2 Ne4 23. Qd3 Nxg3 {Olafsson,F-Fischer,R Portoroz 1958 1-0 (44)}) 9... Qa5 ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. Bd6 ({RR} 17. Rab1) 17... Nxd6 18. cxd6 Bd7 19. Rab1) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 ({RR} 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Nb4 Bxf1 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Kxf1 Rad8 20. c4 Ne4 21. Qd4 Rc8 22. Qxe4) 15... Qf6 ({RR} 15... Ba6) 16. Qf3 ({RR} 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Ne4) ({RR} 16. f4) 16... Qg6 ({RR} 16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bh3 ({RR} 17... Bd7 18. Bd6) 18. Bd6 Bxf1 19. Bxc5 Bc4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nxc6) 17. c4 h5 ({RR} 17... dxc4 18. Nxc6 Kh7 ({RR} 18... Qe4 19. Qf6) ({RR} 18... Re8 19. Ne7+ Rxe7 20. Qxa8) 19. Ne5 Qe4 20. Qxe4+ Nxe4 21. Nxc4) ({RR} 17... Ne4) 18. h3 h4 19. Bh2 g4 ({RR} 19... Ne4) 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxc6 Bxf3 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. gxf3 {Borovikov,V (2593)-Aleksandrov,A (2646) Kramatorsk 2001 CBM 086 [Ribli,Zoltan] 0-1 (34)} {RR} Rxf3 25. cxd5) ({RR} 9... Qb6 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Bxf6 Qxb5 11. Bxg7 Rg8) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. Qd4 ({RR} 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 b6) 17... Re8 18. f3) 10. Bxc6+ $146 ({RR} 10. Bxf6 Qxb5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bxh6 Rxg2 13. Qd2 Qa6 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ndb5 O-O-O 18. Qd3 Rd7 19. Kf1 Rg8 20. Rg1 Bg6 21. Qe2 Rgd8 22. Rd1 d4 23. Nxd4 Qxe2+ 24. Ncxe2 Nxd4 {Sanguineti,R-Ader Hausman,W Santiago de Chile 1959 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Bxa4 Ne4 12. Rc1 c4 13. Ke2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Rhd1 Rb8 16. Bg3 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 b5 18. Bc2 b4 19. Rb1 Ke7 20. Ne5 bxc3 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. Ba4 Kd6 23. a3 Na5 24. Rdc1 Rb2+ {Kavaliauskas-Gefenas,V (2300) Klaipeda 1990 0-1}) 10... bxc6 11. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2 gxf6 14. Rc1 Qd3 15. Rxc5 Rg8 16. Qc2 (16. Qe2 $5) 16... Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rxg2 18. Rxc6 Rb8 19. h4 Be6 20. Kf1 Rg6 21. Nb3 Rb4 22. f3 a5 23. Rc2 Bf5 24. Rch2 a4 25. Nc5 a3 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Bg4 28. Kf2 Rxd4 29. Ke3 Rc4 30. Nd3 Be6 31. Rf1 Rg3+ 32. Rf3 Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rc3 34. Ke3 f5 35. Rf2 fxe4 36. Kxe4 Rc4+ 37. Ke5 Ke7 38. h5 Ra4 39. Nc5 Rh4 40. Nxe6 Rxh5+ 41. Kd4 Kxe6 42. Rf3 Rh4+ 43. Kc3 f5 44. Kb3 f4 45. Kc4 Ke5 46. Rxa3 f3+ 47. Kd3 Rf4 0-1
[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1963.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1963.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. g3 ({RR} 11. h3 Bh5 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 a6 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf3 Be5 17. Rb1 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Rc1 {½-½ (20) Grigoriants,S (2540)-Lomasov,S (2553) St Petersburg 2018}) ({RR} 11. h3 Bh5 12. b3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be5 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rb1 d4 16. Nb5 dxe3 17. Nxa7 Bxb2 18. Nxc8 exf2+ 19. Kh1 Bd4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Qxd4 Ne4 23. Rxf2 Rd8 24. Qb6 Nxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Qg5 {Toktomushev,T (2390)-Artan,T (2036) Geneva SUI 2025 1-0 (34)}) 11... Bb4 $146 ({RR} 11... Bc5 12. a3 a5 13. Nb5 Re8 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Nfd4 h5 16. b3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Bb2 Qg5 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Re2 Rd6 22. Rec2 b6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ {Vaganian,R (2565)-Vaisser,A Moscow 1981 0-1 (32)}) 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb5 Qe7 18. a4 Be6 19. Qa1 Qf6 20. Kg2 Na5 21. Nd4 Nb7 22. Rb4 Nd6 23. a5 Ne4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qb2 Nxc3 26. Ba6 Rc5 27. Kg1 Bh3 28. Ra1 b5 29. Bxb5 Nxb5 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. Qxb5 Qe5 32. Re1 h5 33. Nc6 Qc3 34. Rb1 Qc2 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nxd5 Rc8 37. Nc3 Rxc3 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Rb8+ Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Kf1 Ba6+ 42. Ke1 Qc3+ 43. Kd1 Qd3+ 44. Kc1 Qc3+ 45. Kd1 Bc4 46. Qf3 Bb3+ 47. Ke2 Qc4+ 0-1
[Event "New York/Los Angeles m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1961.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 (4... exd5) 5. Nf3 (5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ $10) 5... c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 {Botvinnik,M; Byrne,R} cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 $10 (10... b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Alekhine,A Amsterdam AVRO 1938})) 7... Be7 (7... cxd4 8. exd4 g6 9. h4 $5 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Be4) 9... Bg7 (9... h6 {?}) 10. h5 Ndb4 11. Bg5 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Qa5 13. Kf1 h6 $2 14. hxg6 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qh7+ Bg7 18. d5 $18 {Balcerkovsky,n-Dunkelblum,n Varna ol 1962}) 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 $10 Nf6 (10... Bd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Qe2 f5 15. Nc3 Bf6 {Byrne,R-Bisguier,A ch-USA 1963}) (10... b6 $5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 Bb7 $1 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Nxd4 15. Bxd5 Nxc2 16. Bxb7 Nxa1 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bg5 f6 $10) 11. Bc2 (11. Be3 {? ?e2, ?ad1}) 11... b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Bg5 ({RR} 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Qf4 Nc4 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Be4 Bd5 21. Rd3 Nd6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rh3 Nf5 24. Nf3 Re4 25. Qd2 Nxd4 26. Ng5 Rg4 27. Nxh7 Kxh7 {Daksh Jain (2079)-Prada Villagrasa,P (2209) Barcelona ESP 2026 0-1 (36)}) 13... g6 14. Rfe1 Re8 ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. h4 Nf6 19. Ng3 Rd7 20. Ba4 Nxd4 21. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nxd7 23. Rcd1 Bd5 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Qc3 Nh5 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bh6 Qd7 28. Ng3 Ng7 29. Rc1 {Gallagher,J (2490)-Brunner,L (2495) Switzerland 1994 1-0 (63)}) 15. h4 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ba2 Nd5 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Neg5 Bd5 20. Ne5 Rf8 21. b4 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 Qd5 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nb3 25. Bc3 Nxd4 26. Qb2 Nb5 27. Nc6 Qxc6 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qc3 {Mincsovics,M (2223)-Dibusz,F (2197) Hungary 2011 ½-½ (36)}) 15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Ne4 f5 $5 18. Nc3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 (19. hxg5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Qxc3 $2 Ne5) 20... Na5 $1 $17 {? ?xf3, ?xg5}) 19... Nf4 20. Qe3 (20. Qg3 $2 Nh5 21. Qe3 Nxd4) 20... Qxd4 21. Nb5 $1 Qxe3 (21... Qd5 22. Qxf4 Qxb5 (22... Nd4 $2 23. Be4 $1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 $1 fxe4 25. Qc7) 23. Nxe6 Qxb2 (23... Qd5 24. Nc7 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qf7 26. Ne6 $16) 24. Qh6 $1 $18 {?; Reshevsky,S} Na5 (24... Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Nd4 26. Re7 $18) 25. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 (25... Qf6 26. Ng5 $1) (25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 gxf5 27. Rc7 $18) 26. Rb1 Qh8 (26... Qc3 27. Re3) 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 (28... Qf6 29. Qxh7+) 29. Re3 Rc3 30. Ng5 $1 Rf8 31. Re8 $1 $18) 22. fxe3 Nxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Nd4+ 24. Be4 $1 Bxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Nxb5 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. a4 $1 (28. Red1 Re7 $1 {? ?b5-c7-d5}) 28... Nd6 29. Rc7+ Kf6 $1 (29... Re7 30. Rec1 $18) 30. Rec1 $1 (30. Rxh7 Rc8) (30. Rxa7 Rc8) 30... h6 31. Rxa7 Ne4 32. Ra6 Rd8 $1 (32... Rb8 33. Rc6 $18) 33. Rc2 (33. Rxb6 Rd2+ 34. Kg1 g5 35. hxg5+ (35. Rcc6 gxh4 36. Rxe6+ Kg5 37. Rg6+ Kh5 38. Rxh6+ Kg4 $132) (35. a5 $2 gxh4 36. a6 h3 37. a7 h2+ 38. Kh1 Ng3#) 35... hxg5 36. Rcc6 (36. a5 $2 g4 37. a6 Ng5 38. a7 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 g3 40. a8=Q g2#) 36... g4 37. Rxe6+ Kg5 38. Rh6 f4 $10) 33... Rd3 34. Rxb6 (34. Kf3 Rb3 $14) 34... Rxe3 35. a5 f4 36. Rf2 $2 (36. a6 {?} f3+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh2 $2 Re2+) 37... Rd3 38. Ke1 Re3+ 39. Kf1 Rd3 $10 40. Kg1 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 f2 42. Rxf2+ Nxf2 43. Rb3 (43. a7 Ra1 $19) 43... Rd7 44. Rf3+ Kg7 45. Rxf2 Ra7 $10) 36... Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Re5 $1 38. b4 Re3 $1 39. a6 Ra3 40. Rc6 $19 (40. b5 {?; ? ?b8, b5-b6-b7}) 40... g5 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. b5 g4 43. Rc8 (43. Rc1 {? ?b1} g3+ 44. Kg1 (44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Kf5 $19) 44... Ra2 $1 45. Rb1 f3 46. b6 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rh2 $1 48. Ke1 Rh1+ 49. Kd2 Rxb1 50. a7 f2 51. a8=Q f1=Q $19) 43... Kf5 44. b6 g3+ 45. Ke1 (45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 f3 $19) 45... Ra1+ 46. Ke2 g2 47. Rf8+ (47. Rg8 Rxa6 48. b7 (48. Rxg2 Rxb6 $19) 48... Rb6 $19) 47... Ke4 48. Rxf4+ Kxf4 49. b7 g1=Q (49... Ke4 $1 {Kashdan,I} 50. b8=Q Ra2+ 51. Ke1 g1=Q#) 50. b8=Q+ Kf5 51. Qf8+ Ke4 52. Qa8+ (52. Qf3+ Ke5 53. Qc3+ (53. Qh5+ Kd6) 53... Qd4 54. Qg3+ Kd5 55. Qf3+ Qe4+ $19) 52... Kd4 53. Qd8+ (53. Qh8+ Kc4 54. Qc8+ Qc5 55. Qxe6+ Kb4 56. Qe4+ Qc4+ $19) 53... Kc4 54. Qd3+ Kc5 55. Qc3+ Kd6 56. Qd2+ Ke5 57. Qb2+ Kf5 (57... Kf5 58. Qb5+ Kf6 59. Qb2+ e5 $19) 0-1
[Event "Match/Nation POL-USA"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1962.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1962.09.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Fischer"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. e3 Nc7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nge2 Nh5 ({RR} 9... a6 10. h3 Nb5 11. O-O Nd6 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. a4 Be6 18. b3 Qb6 19. a5 Qa7 20. Na4 Nb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Nc5 Rfd8 23. Qc3 Ng6 24. Ng3 {Gareyev,T (2591)-Loiseau,Q (2471) Tegernsee 2019 1-0}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O g6 12. h3 $146 ({RR} 12. Kb1 Ng7 13. Ng3 O-O ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Ka1 O-O-O 15. Na4) 14. h4 h5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rde1 Be6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Bc2 b5 ({RR} 18... Qf6 19. e4) ({RR} 18... Qd6 19. Qf2 b5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Ngxe4) 19. Nce2 ({RR} 19. e4 b4) 19... Na8 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Bd7 ({RR} 24... a5 25. Bd3) 25. Kb2 a5 26. Bd3 Rxe1 {Dokhoian,Y (2580)-Vaganian,R (2645) Tilburg 1994 CBM 044 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (52)}) 12... Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Na4 Kb8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Nc1 Ng7 17. N1b3 b6 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Nge6 20. Rc1 Rhe8 21. a3 f5 22. f4 Qh4 23. Re2 g5 24. Nd2 gxf4 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Bxf5 fxe3 27. Bxe6 Nxe6 28. Qc3 c5 29. Rd1 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qg6+ 32. Rc2 Re4 33. Qc3 Rc8 34. Qb3 Rxc2 0-1
[Event "Fischer sim"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vizantiadis, Lazaros"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "Fischer"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5 Be7 9. Bxf6 ({RR} 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 d3 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a3 e4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Qh5 Bg6 17. Qh6 Ne5 18. h4 Rac8 19. Rh3 Ng4 20. Qf4 h5 21. f3 exf3 22. gxf3 Nxe3 23. Kf2 Nxf1 {Remensberger,H (2042)-Adrian,C (2142) Bregenz 2025 0-1 (52)}) 9... Bxf6 10. g3 Nc6 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Qb3 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Bh3 Nb6 15. d6 O-O 16. Kd1 Bg5 17. Ne4 h6 18. Bf5 Nd5 19. h4 Be3 20. g4 Bf4 21. Kc2 Kh8 22. h5 Nb4+ 23. Kb1 Na6 24. a3 b6 25. d7 {Georgiev,K (2595)-Gurevich,D (2475) Saint John 1988 1-0 (42)}) 11. Nd2 Bg5 $146 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Be7 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. a3 a5 20. Qd2 a4 21. Rad1 Re8 22. e4 Rxe4 23. Ng5 Qxg5 24. Bxe4 Qxg3 25. Bd5 Be8 26. Rf3 {Czebe,A (2479)-Natsidis,C (2318) Budapest 2010 1-0 (41)}) 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14. Qc2 f5 15. f4 Bh6 16. Rad1 exf4 17. gxf4 g6 18. Nb3 Bg7 19. e3 dxe3 20. Nxe3 Qf6 21. Rf2 Rb8 22. Nd5 Qh4 23. Qd3 Be6 24. Qg3 Qd8 25. Rfd2 Bg8 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Nc5 Qa5 28. Nd7 Rbd8 29. N7f6 Qxa2 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Qc5 h6 32. b4 Qb3 33. b5 Na5 34. Ne7 Bf7 35. Rd8 Kh7 36. Rxe8 Qxd1+ 0-1
[Event "World-ch27 Fischer-Spassky +7-3=11"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Nagesh,Havanur"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 {Spassky hopes for a transposition to Queen's Gambit Declined, an opening with which he has a lot of experience} 3. d4 {Fischer readily obliges as he has a novelty in mind.} Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 {The Tartakower Variation also carries the names of Soviet masters, Makogonov and Bondarevsky who contributed to it. Under Bondarevsky, his mentor's influence Boris also used it, drawing his games in 1969 World Championship Match.} 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 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 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 ({If} 18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. O-O (20. b3 $2 Rc8 $19) 20... Rxb2 $15) 18... Qxa6 19. Qa3 Qc4 20. Kd2 Qg4 21. Rg1 d4 22. Nxd4 Qh4 23. Re1 Qxf2+ 24. Re2 Qf1 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qd6 Kh8 27. e4 Rc8 28. Ke3 Rf8 29. Rd2 e5 30. Qxe5 Qe1+ 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 Qd1 34. Qb5 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 a6 36. Qxa6 Qc5+ {Timman,Jan-Geller,Efim/Hilversum 1973/0-1}) 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.} ({Geller's idea} 16... Qb7 {is also not feasible on account of} 17. Ba4 {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) ({However, Donner's suggestion} 16... Nc6 {is playable, though White has good play against the hanging pawns.} 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. Rfd1 $14) ({The same goes for Larsen's} 16... Qa7 {and White has similar pressure on those pawns.} 17. Be2 ({Not} 17. Ba4 $2 a5 $1) 17... Nd7 18. Rfd1 $14) ({RR} 16... Qb7 17. Ba4 Qb6 18. Ne5 a5 19. f4 f6 20. Ng6 Ra7 21. f5 Bf7 22. Qd3 Qb4 23. b3 Rac7 24. Nf4 c4 25. Qd4 c3 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Rfd1 Re7 28. Kf2 Re5 29. g4 Na6 30. Rd4 Re4 31. Nd3 {Gonzalez Lema,C (2149)-Garcia Ramos,D (2440) Beniajan (Murcia) ESP 2025 ½-½ (81)}) 17. Be2 {So far the game has followed Furman-Geller, Moscow 1970.} Nd7 ({Here Geller tried} 17... a5 {and was outplayed.} 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,Semyon-Geller,Efim/Moscow 1970/1-0}) 18. Nd4 $146 ({RR} 18. Rfd1 a5 19. h3 Kf8 20. Rd2 {½-½ (20) Czebe,A (2491)-Varga,Z (2476) Budapest 2012}) ({RR} 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. Qa5 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Raxc7 22. Ne5 a5 23. Bf3 Re7 24. Nd3 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. h3 Bf5 28. g4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Rd2 g5 32. b3 Ra1 {Grigoryan,K (2658)-Bernabeu Lopez,C (2411) Merida 2021 1-0 (70)}) 18... Qf8 $2 {Anxious to get away from the pin, Boris falls back on passive defence.} ({After} 18... Nf6 $1 19. Nb3 {Kasparaov proposed} Rac7 $1 $13 {(threatening...d5-d4) with a complex middlegame.} ({Seirawan's} 19... c4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Nd4 a5 $11 {is also good enough to hold the position.})) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 $1 {Probing Black's pawn centre at its most vulnerable point.} d4 $2 {This move, opening the a2-g8 diagonal for the bishop plays into White's hands.} ({Tal came up with the right idea,} 20... c4 {But after} 21. Qh3 {he and other commentators couldn't find a reasonable plan for Black. Decades later in the computer era Kasparov found} Rc6 $1 ({Not} 21... Nc5 $6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 {liquidates the c4 pawn and keeps pressure on Black-Graham Burgess}) 22. b3 Nb6 {However, white still enjoys initiative on account of Black's vulnerable pawns.} 23. Rfd1 $14) 21. f4 Qe7 22. e5 Rb8 $6 ({On} 22... Nb6 {Kasparov gives} 23. Qd3 $1 (23. f5 {allows Black counterchances with} c4) 23... Nd5 24. Qe4 Qf7 25. f5 Ne3 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd3 Rf7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. Bc4 $1 Nxc4 31. Rf1 $18) 23. Bc4 Kh8 ({After} 23... Nb6 $2 {White wins a pawn with} 24. Qb3 $1 {-Jan Timman}) 24. Qh3 Nf8 ({Black could have tried the more active} 24... Rxb2 25. Bxe6 Rab7 {But after} 26. Rce1 $16 {White should prevail according to 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 {is no worse.} 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rf8+ $18) 28. Rcf1 ({White also has to be vigilant.} 28. Rf7 $2 Ng5 29. Rxe7 Nxh3+ 30. gxh3 Rxe7 $19) 28... Qd8 ({If} 28... Rf8 $2 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. Qc8 $18) 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 $1 {After this move neither the Black queen nor the knight can use g5 as a springboard.} (30. Rf7 $2 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Qg5 {would have given Black a breather.}) 30... Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 ({Or} 34... d3 $2 35. Rd2 $18) 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8 (36... Qg8 {only leads to a suffocating end.} 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 1-0
