Fischer – Ciocaltea Fischer Ciocaltea Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1962.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Varna Olympiad Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Varna Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Ciocaltea"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 {Black can't play 7...Ng6 because of 8.Ng5.} 8.Qe2 Ng6 9.Qc4 {A novel way of confusing the enemy army. 9...Be6 loses a piece after 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4+, so Black must either play 9...Qe7, completely locking up his own kingside, or expose his queen on f6.} Qf6 10.d5 b5 {Otherwise White just captures on c7 and gets away.} 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Bd1 Be7 13.g3 {Black would have done better to simplify with 12...Nh4 or f4, to get some space on the kingside. Fischer prevents that and sets a nasty trap as well.} O-O 14.h4 Rfc8 {The losing move. Black had to play 14...Nh8 or Bd8 to save the queen, though things look grim then too.} 15.Bg5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Qxg5 {Black would do better with 16...Nf4, though it doesn't matter much, since after 16.gxf6 Nxe2 17.fxe7 Nc1 18.Kd2 he's down a piece.} 17.Nxg5 Bxg5 18.Na3 c6 19.dxc6 Be6 20.Qh5 Bh6 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Nxc6 23.Rd1 b4 24.Nc4 bxc3 25.bxc3 Nd4 26.Nb6 1-0 [Event "Varna Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Ciocaltea"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 {Black can't play 7...Ng6 because of 8.Ng5.} 8.Qe2 Ng6 9.Qc4 {A novel way of confusing the enemy army. 9...Be6 loses a piece after 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4+, so Black must either play 9...Qe7, completely locking up his own kingside, or expose his queen on f6.} Qf6 10.d5 b5 {Otherwise White just captures on c7 and gets away.} 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Bd1 Be7 13.g3 {Black would have done better to simplify with 12...Nh4 or f4, to get some space on the kingside. Fischer prevents that and sets a nasty trap as well.} O-O 14.h4 Rfc8 {The losing move. Black had to play 14...Nh8 or Bd8 to save the queen, though things look grim then too.} 15.Bg5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Qxg5 {Black would do better with 16...Nf4, though it doesn't matter much, since after 16.gxf6 Nxe2 17.fxe7 Nc1 18.Kd2 he's down a piece.} 17.Nxg5 Bxg5 18.Na3 c6 19.dxc6 Be6 20.Qh5 Bh6 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Nxc6 23.Rd1 b4 24.Nc4 bxc3 25.bxc3 Nd4 26.Nb6 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.