Fischer – Reshevsky Fischer Reshevsky Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1958.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: US Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Reshevsky"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O {7...Qa5! would have been much better.} 8.Bb3 Na5 {A well-known mistake - a Russian chess magazine had recently given the following moves, known to Fischer, but not to Reshevsky!} 9.e5 Ne8 {Breaking communications between the Queen and Rook. On the other hand, 9...Nxb3 loses to 10.exf6.} 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 {The 15-year-old Fischer has found the fatal flaw in Reshevsky's position.} ( 9...Rxf7 11.Ne6 ) 11.Ne6 dxe6 ( 10...Kxe6 12.Qd5+ Kf5 13.g4+ Kxg4 14.Rg1+ Kh4 15.Bg5+ Kh5 16.Qd1+ Rf3 17.Qxf3# ) 12.Qxd8 {The rest is child's play...} Nc6 13.Qd2 Bxe5 14.O-O Nd6 15.Bf4 Nc4 16.Qe2 Bxf4 17.Qxc4 Kg7 18.Ne4 Bc7 19.Nc5 Rf6 20.c3 e5 21.Rad1 Nd8 22.Nd7 Rc6 23.Qh4 Re6 24.Nc5 Rf6 25.Ne4 Rf4 26.Qxe7+ Rf7 27.Qa3 Nc6 28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Bf5 30.b4 R7f8 31.b5 Nd8 32.Rd5 Nf7 33.Rc5 a6 34.b6 Be4 35.Re1 Bc6 36.Rxc6 bxc6 37.b7 Rab8 38.Qxa6 Nd8 39.Rb1 Rf7 40.h3 Rfxb7 41.Rxb7+ Rxb7 42.Qa8 {And Black finally gave up.} 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Reshevsky"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O {7...Qa5! would have been much better.} 8.Bb3 Na5 {A well-known mistake - a Russian chess magazine had recently given the following moves, known to Fischer, but not to Reshevsky!} 9.e5 Ne8 {Breaking communications between the Queen and Rook. On the other hand, 9...Nxb3 loses to 10.exf6.} 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 {The 15-year-old Fischer has found the fatal flaw in Reshevsky's position.} ( 9...Rxf7 11.Ne6 ) 11.Ne6 dxe6 ( 10...Kxe6 12.Qd5+ Kf5 13.g4+ Kxg4 14.Rg1+ Kh4 15.Bg5+ Kh5 16.Qd1+ Rf3 17.Qxf3# ) 12.Qxd8 {The rest is child's play...} Nc6 13.Qd2 Bxe5 14.O-O Nd6 15.Bf4 Nc4 16.Qe2 Bxf4 17.Qxc4 Kg7 18.Ne4 Bc7 19.Nc5 Rf6 20.c3 e5 21.Rad1 Nd8 22.Nd7 Rc6 23.Qh4 Re6 24.Nc5 Rf6 25.Ne4 Rf4 26.Qxe7+ Rf7 27.Qa3 Nc6 28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Bf5 30.b4 R7f8 31.b5 Nd8 32.Rd5 Nf7 33.Rc5 a6 34.b6 Be4 35.Re1 Bc6 36.Rxc6 bxc6 37.b7 Rab8 38.Qxa6 Nd8 39.Rb1 Rf7 40.h3 Rfxb7 41.Rxb7+ Rxb7 42.Qa8 {And Black finally gave up.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.