Alþjóðleg skákhátíð í Reykjavík 2008 - 03.03.2008, Blaðsíða 14

Excerpts from Fischer Talks Chess
publisbed in tbe September 1963 issue oj Cbess Life
The Western Open was a model of a tournament compared to some of the
foreign ones l've been in... The players at the Open were surprisingly strong. I was
expecting twenty move-crushers, but it didn't happen. In fact, the opposition was
keen enough that I consider 5 or 6 out of 8 of my games played there to be superior
to any games played in the Piatigorsky Tournament with the exception of Najdorf's
win over Keres.
l'll show you what I mean in the following two games from the Western Open.
I didn't have to choose these to make my point. There were at least three others.
Compare them with the garnes of the Piatigorski Tournament.
Reinhard, A. - Fischer, R.
7.... N-B3
8. P-KR3 R-N1
9. B-K3
Early in this game, White is lost but it is
no discredit to Mr. Reinhard's ability that
his game collapses. Rather, the game points
up, once again, that solid opening theory
logically determines the course of play
If instead, 9. P-Q4, with the idea of gaining a
tempo on Black's QRP by 9...., PxP; 10. NxP,
NxN,- 11. QxN, fails because instead of
10..., NxN; 10..., NxP; 11. NxQN, NxN,- 12.
NxQ NxQ,- and Black wins a pawn.
1. N-KB3 N-KB3
2. P-KN3 P-KN3
3. B-N2 B-N2
4. 0-0 0-0
5. P-Q3 P-Q3
"Believe it or not," Black stands better! Now
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9.. .. P-QN4
10. P-K5
Nine out of ten Grandmasters, including
Petrosian, Botvinnik, Keres and Smyslov,
would have played this move, yet, it loses by
force.
10.. .. PxP
11. BxP
With a weak and doubled King pawns, and
a weakened queen-side position, one could
assume that Black is lost. This position
occured in Mednis-Fischer, 1958-59
U.S.Championship with QRP’s traded off,
which is actually an improvement for White
but it is not enough to save the game.
11.. .. P-N5!
whatever White does, Black will vary it and
get an asymmetrical position and have the
superior position due to his better pawn
structure! In the Filip-Fischer game, Varna
1962, similarly, Black gets the upper hand. I.
P-Q4, N-KB3,- 2. P-QB4, P-KN3,- 3. P-KN3,
P-B3; 4. B-N2, P-Q4; 5. PxP, PxP; 6. N-KB3,
B-N2,■ 7. 0-0, 0-0; 8. N-B3,...; and Black,
breaking the symmetry at the proper time,
gets the advantage by 8..., N-K5.
Meanwhile, back at the Western ranch-
6. P-K4 P-B4
7. N-B3
Now Black's plan becomes clear. By forcing
the QN to leave B3, Black gains control of Q4
for his own knight, after which the bishop on
B5 will be left stranded. Mednis played the
knight to R4 but here, after..., N-Q4, White
has a lost game.
12. N-K4
But 12. N-QR4 is worse because of Q-R4
forcing 13. P-N3, or 13. P-B3. Now, after
N-K4, as played, Black need not to continue
quietly as he can win by developing all his
pieces with tempi.
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14. Q-Q5 would lose outright to 14..., R-N4;
15. QxN, RxB,- 16. Q-R8, B-K3; 17. Q-N7,
R-B2; winning the queen.
14.... B-R3
15. R-Kl KR-Ql
16. Q-Bl
Unpleasant as it is, Q-Nl was probably the
best move.
16.. .. N-Q5
17. K-R2
After this it is all over but for the
demonstration. What White should have
played is 17. NxN, PxN; 18. B-Q2, relying on
the threat of P-QR3. Fdowever, Black's course
would have been Q-N3,- and if P-R3, P-N6,
or if not P-R3, then...., P-Q6,- etc.
17.. .. QR-Bi
18. NxN
A bitter pill to swallow. Black's strategy,
beginning on the tenth move, has triumphed.
White is left with only bad alternatives. Since
there was no way to defend the QBP, White
was forced to undouble Black's king pawns
and unleash the full fury of his position.
18.... PxN
19. B-N5 P-Q6
20. P-R3
White plays the last part of the game
ingeniously.
20... RxP
21. PxP Q-N3
Far stronger than RxQ; PxQ, giving White
chances to hold out.
22. Q-K3
if 22. Q-B4, P-B3 wins a piece.
More usual is QN-Q2, and Black's best line is:
7..., N-B3,- 8. P-QR4, R-Nl;9. N-B4, P-QR3,-
10. P-R5, B-K3,- 11. KN-Q2, P-Q4; 12. PxP,
BxP, with the better game for Black (Fischer-
Popel, Oklahoma Open, 1956).
12.... NxN
1 3. PxN Q-R4
The point. Black develops an astounding
initiative.
22... B-Q5
23. Q-B3 RxBP
24. Q-N4 P-Q7
Resigns. For after R-Ql,- B-K7.
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