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October 17, 1971 The Argus Chess by Richard Shorman

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The Argus Fremont, California Sunday, October 17, 1971 - Page 5

ChessChess Sun, Oct 17, 1971 – Page 5 · The Argus (Fremont, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess: The Final Candidates' Match by Richard Shorman
White: Tigran Petrosian. Black: Robert Fischer. Buenos Aires, October 5, 1971, 2nd Match Game. Gruenfeld Defense. (Annotations by grandmaster Ratmir Kholmov, translated from “64,” No. 41, Oct. 8-14, 1971. pg. 16)

3. Nc3 d5(a) — Fischer employs this opening less frequently than the King's Indian Defense.
4. Bf4(b) Bg7 — White chooses a line that generally promotes a fierce struggle. Following his demise in the first game, the former world champion may have wanted to avoid calm seas.
5. e3 c5(c) — Castling first, and then 6. … P-B4, is more commonly played. Perhaps Fischer feared a prepared variation after 5. … 0-0 6. PxP, NxP 7. NxN QxN 8. BxP.
7. Rc1 Ne4(d) — Black's attack only looks dangerous, which Petrosian convincingly demonstrates.
8. cxd5(e) Nxc3 — Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, an authority on the Gruenfeld Defense, has achieved good results using this system as Black. At Palma de Mallorca, 1970, for example, he defended this same position against Reshevsky. But Reshevsky played 8. N-B3, and after 8. … NxN 9. PxN BxPch 10. N-Q2 B-K3 obtained a good game. Petrosian's last move radically strengthens the variation for White.
9. Qd2 Qxa2(f) — On 9. … O-O or 9. … QxBP the response is 10. N-K2, e.g.; 9. … O-O 10. N-K2 NxN 11. QxQ NxR 12. Q-Q2 NxP 13. B-B4 and White must win. However, neither does the text move offer relief.
10. bxc3 Qa5(g) — It is not so easy to recover the pawn after 10. … QxQch 11. KxQ. Fischer could well have been relying on his skill in the middlegame.
11. Bc4 Nd7(h) — The American grandmaster's maneuver does not quite succeed due to Black's lack of development. He shook capture on QB4 with the queen, although even then Black remains cramped: 12. B-R2 with N-K2 to follow.
14. Bxe5(i) Bxe5 — Obviously Fischer did not expect this to happen!
15. Nd4 Qxc5(j) — He has to take the pawn. Retreating the bishop is answered by 16. P-B5.
17. O-O(k) Qa5 — At the crossroads, Black discovers that castling on either side fails against 18. Q-B2. White's opening variation has scored complete triumph.
19. c4 fxe3(l) — Somewhat better is 19. … P-N3, trying to slow down the advancing white pawns.
20. c5 Qd2(m) — On 20. … B-Q5 White obtains a strong attack with 21. P-Q6.
22. Rcd1 Qe2(n) — If 22. … PxPch 23. RxP BxPch 24. K-B1 Q-R3, then 24. P-Q6! wins.
23. d6(o) … Petrosian ignores Black's threats, while vigorously pressing the attack.
23. … Qh5(p) — If 23. … PxQP, then, of course 24. PxKP! After 23. … PxPch 24. RxP BxPch 25. KxB QxR/7 26. PxPch KxP 27. R-Q7ch K-B1 28 Q-QB4! Black must resign. In case of 26. … K-N2, in this one, Whites till wins with 27. Q-N4ch K-B3 28. R-Q6ch K-K4 29. R-Q5ch K-B3 30. Q-N5ch.
24. f4 e2(q) — Black puts up more resistance by 24. … B-B3
28. Qb3 Kg7(r) — Playing to Kt also loses: 28. … K-K1 29. QxP R-Q1 30. P-B6! Q-K6ch 31. K-R1 Q-K7 32. R-KN1. No better is 28. … P-K3 because of 29. QxNP R-K1 30. P-B6!
30. dxe7 f5(s) — After 30. … KR-KN1 (or 30. … QR-KN1) 31. RxPch R-N3 32. Q-B8ch! K-N4 White must shun 33. P-R4ch? KxP 34. RxR QxPch 35. Q-B2ch QxQch 36. KxQ PxR 37. B-B7, when matters are not so clear, capping off instead with 33. R-B2!

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Robert James Fischer
Fischer - Petrosian Candidates Final (1971), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 2, Oct-05
Gruenfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack (D82) 1-0
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044714

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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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