Fischer – Benko Fischer Benko Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1963.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: US Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Benko"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 gxf5 12.Qxf5 Nd4 13.Qf2 Ne8 14.O-O Nd6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qg4 c6 17.Qh5 Qe8 {White has the f-file, well-placed pieces and a slightly better pawn structure. Black's forces are scattered, and the bishop does little from its post at g7. Fischer exploits these factors quickly.} 18.Bxd4 {The knight at d4 was a potential defender on the kingside, and the bishop was not going to participate in the attack anyway.} exd4 {18...exd4 19.e5 looks like it wins a piece, because of the threat of Qxh7 mate, but Black has a defense. f5! Qxe8 Nxe8} 19.Rf6 {A brilliant move. The idea is to encourage Black to move the bishop to a position where it blocks the f-pawn from advancing, eliminating the defense mentioned in the previous note. 19.Rf6 Bxf6 20.e5 h6 21.Qxh6+ Kg8 22.Qh7+} Kg8 20.e5 h6 21.Ne2 {Here Black resigned, because mate is still unavoidable, for example} Nc8 22.Qf5 1-0 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Benko"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 gxf5 12.Qxf5 Nd4 13.Qf2 Ne8 14.O-O Nd6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qg4 c6 17.Qh5 Qe8 {White has the f-file, well-placed pieces and a slightly better pawn structure. Black's forces are scattered, and the bishop does little from its post at g7. Fischer exploits these factors quickly.} 18.Bxd4 {The knight at d4 was a potential defender on the kingside, and the bishop was not going to participate in the attack anyway.} exd4 {18...exd4 19.e5 looks like it wins a piece, because of the threat of Qxh7 mate, but Black has a defense. f5! Qxe8 Nxe8} 19.Rf6 {A brilliant move. The idea is to encourage Black to move the bishop to a position where it blocks the f-pawn from advancing, eliminating the defense mentioned in the previous note. 19.Rf6 Bxf6 20.e5 h6 21.Qxh6+ Kg8 22.Qh7+} Kg8 20.e5 h6 21.Ne2 {Here Black resigned, because mate is still unavoidable, for example} Nc8 22.Qf5 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.
