Bernstein – Fischer Bernstein Fischer Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1968.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Netanya Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Netanya"] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bernstein"] [Black "Fischer"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 b6 {Black waits to commit his king knight in order not to give White a kingside target.} 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.O-O Qd7 9.Be3 f5 {In one stoke Black prevents White from getting play by f5, prepares to pile up on White's e-pawn and enhances his queen bishops diagonal.} 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.Kh1 {To save his queen bishop from 11...Ng4.} O-O-O 12.Rae1 {White tries to play in the center where he has no real object of attack. He should have gone after Black's king with 12.a3 intending to follow up with b4.} Kb8 13.Bg1 {Losing. White pursues his imaginary play on the e-file completely oblivious to how tangled his pieces are becoming on the kingside.} fxe4 14.dxe4 {14.Nxe4 is no better.} Ba6 {Black wins the exchange for nothing, since 15.Rf2 doesn't work after 15...Ng4.} 15.Ng5 Bxf1 16.Bxf1 Rhe8 17.Bb5 {White hopes to get counterchances by e4-e5-e6, but Black's next move squelches this.} e5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Nf7 Rde8 {Black gives back the exchange to eliminate White's only active piece.} 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Qf4 b5 23.a3 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.Bd4 {This loses a piece, but if the knight moves away Black plays 25...Nxe4 and Black will win by a discovered check on the a8-h1 diagonal.} Rf5 0-1 [Event "Netanya"] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bernstein"] [Black "Fischer"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 b6 {Black waits to commit his king knight in order not to give White a kingside target.} 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.O-O Qd7 9.Be3 f5 {In one stoke Black prevents White from getting play by f5, prepares to pile up on White's e-pawn and enhances his queen bishops diagonal.} 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.Kh1 {To save his queen bishop from 11...Ng4.} O-O-O 12.Rae1 {White tries to play in the center where he has no real object of attack. He should have gone after Black's king with 12.a3 intending to follow up with b4.} Kb8 13.Bg1 {Losing. White pursues his imaginary play on the e-file completely oblivious to how tangled his pieces are becoming on the kingside.} fxe4 14.dxe4 {14.Nxe4 is no better.} Ba6 {Black wins the exchange for nothing, since 15.Rf2 doesn't work after 15...Ng4.} 15.Ng5 Bxf1 16.Bxf1 Rhe8 17.Bb5 {White hopes to get counterchances by e4-e5-e6, but Black's next move squelches this.} e5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Nf7 Rde8 {Black gives back the exchange to eliminate White's only active piece.} 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Qf4 b5 23.a3 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.Bd4 {This loses a piece, but if the knight moves away Black plays 25...Nxe4 and Black will win by a discovered check on the a8-h1 diagonal.} Rf5 0-1 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.