Spassky – Fischer Spassky Fischer Result: 1/2 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1992.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Sveti Stefan Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Sveti Stefan"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Spassky"] [Black "Fischer"] [Result "1/2"] [PlyCount "122"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.b3 {9.Nbd2 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Na5 Forced Spassky to grovel with the Black pieces against Bronstein at Moscow 1964, so Spassky chose another plan.} Nbd7 10.Bb2 b5 {Fischer departs from the path of the fourth game, which saw 11..b6.} 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Ke7 {12...O-O is probably playable, for example 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb6!?} 13.a4 {It is precisely this move which often discourages the extended fianchetto by Black. The following exchange leaves the a-pawn weak. Few players seem to enjoy the Black side of these positions.} bxa4 {13...b4 is not on because of 14.Nc4 with tremendous pressure.} 14.Rxa4 Rhb8 {14...Nb6 seems best. 15.Ra5 Bb4 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Nfd5 18.Rda1 Nb4 secures the defense.} 15.Rc1 {This ties down the Nd7 and Bc5 therefore Black experiences some discomfort.} Bd5 {15...Nd5? 16.Rxc5 Nxc5 17.Ba3 is reminiscent of game 4 of the match!} 16.Ne5 {The weakness of c6 is important. Black's light-squared bishop can easily be placed in a position where it has too much work to do.} Bd6 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Rxa6 Rxa6 19.Bxa6 f6 {A mistake. 19...Bxb3 20.Bxg7 19...Nc5} 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Nc5 22.Rc3 {The inactivity of White's pieces reduces the advantage of the extra pawn.} f5 23.Ba3 Ne4 {An interesting move.} 24.Rc7+ Kd8 25.Bxd6 Nxd2 26.Rxg7 Rxb3 27.h4 h5 28.Bf4 {One might well expect White to win from this position.} Ke8 29.Kh2 Rb2 30.Kh3 Ne4 31.f3 Nf2+ 32.Kh2 Nd3 33.Bg5 e5 34.Kh3 Nf2+ 35.Kh2 Nd3 36.Bh6 Ne1 {The pin on the g-pawn is most annoying.} 37.Kg1 Nd3 38.Bg5 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Rb2 40.Re7+ {Instead, 40.Rh7 would have won, as discovered by the computer program Deep Thought II.} Kf8 41.Re6 Kg7 42.Kh3 Re2 43.Rd6 Ne1 44.Bf6+ Kg8 45.Bxe5 Rxe3 46.Bf4 {46.Rd5 The computer program Deep Thought II claimed that White would have won here, but human analysts felt that 46...Kf7 would pro} Re2 47.Rg6+ {More problems would have followed 47.Rf6.} Kf7 48.Rg5 Ke6 49.Bc7 Ra2 50.Bb6 Nd3 51.Kh2 Ne1 52.Kh3 Nd3 53.Bc7 Rc2 54.Bb6 Ra2 55.Kg3 Ne1 56.Rxh5 Rxg2+ 57.Kf4 Nd3+ 58.Ke3 Ne5 59.Rh6+ Kd5 60.Bc7 Rg7 61.Bxe5 Kxe5 {Score: Spassky 2, Fischer 1, 3 draws.} 1/2 [Event "Sveti Stefan"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Spassky"] [Black "Fischer"] [Result "1/2"] [PlyCount "122"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.b3 {9.Nbd2 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Na5 Forced Spassky to grovel with the Black pieces against Bronstein at Moscow 1964, so Spassky chose another plan.} Nbd7 10.Bb2 b5 {Fischer departs from the path of the fourth game, which saw 11..b6.} 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Ke7 {12...O-O is probably playable, for example 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb6!?} 13.a4 {It is precisely this move which often discourages the extended fianchetto by Black. The following exchange leaves the a-pawn weak. Few players seem to enjoy the Black side of these positions.} bxa4 {13...b4 is not on because of 14.Nc4 with tremendous pressure.} 14.Rxa4 Rhb8 {14...Nb6 seems best. 15.Ra5 Bb4 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Nfd5 18.Rda1 Nb4 secures the defense.} 15.Rc1 {This ties down the Nd7 and Bc5 therefore Black experiences some discomfort.} Bd5 {15...Nd5? 16.Rxc5 Nxc5 17.Ba3 is reminiscent of game 4 of the match!} 16.Ne5 {The weakness of c6 is important. Black's light-squared bishop can easily be placed in a position where it has too much work to do.} Bd6 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Rxa6 Rxa6 19.Bxa6 f6 {A mistake. 19...Bxb3 20.Bxg7 19...Nc5} 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Nc5 22.Rc3 {The inactivity of White's pieces reduces the advantage of the extra pawn.} f5 23.Ba3 Ne4 {An interesting move.} 24.Rc7+ Kd8 25.Bxd6 Nxd2 26.Rxg7 Rxb3 27.h4 h5 28.Bf4 {One might well expect White to win from this position.} Ke8 29.Kh2 Rb2 30.Kh3 Ne4 31.f3 Nf2+ 32.Kh2 Nd3 33.Bg5 e5 34.Kh3 Nf2+ 35.Kh2 Nd3 36.Bh6 Ne1 {The pin on the g-pawn is most annoying.} 37.Kg1 Nd3 38.Bg5 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Rb2 40.Re7+ {Instead, 40.Rh7 would have won, as discovered by the computer program Deep Thought II.} Kf8 41.Re6 Kg7 42.Kh3 Re2 43.Rd6 Ne1 44.Bf6+ Kg8 45.Bxe5 Rxe3 46.Bf4 {46.Rd5 The computer program Deep Thought II claimed that White would have won here, but human analysts felt that 46...Kf7 would pro} Re2 47.Rg6+ {More problems would have followed 47.Rf6.} Kf7 48.Rg5 Ke6 49.Bc7 Ra2 50.Bb6 Nd3 51.Kh2 Ne1 52.Kh3 Nd3 53.Bc7 Rc2 54.Bb6 Ra2 55.Kg3 Ne1 56.Rxh5 Rxg2+ 57.Kf4 Nd3+ 58.Ke3 Ne5 59.Rh6+ Kd5 60.Bc7 Rg7 61.Bxe5 Kxe5 {Score: Spassky 2, Fischer 1, 3 draws.} 1/2 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.
