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8 - 8 cxd5 Nxd5 9 Bxe7 Qxe7
10 Nxd5 exd5 11 Rc1 Be6 12 Qa4 c5 13 Qa3 Rc8 14 Bb5 a6
Although hard to detect, this is an error that hands the initiative to White. A vital improvement discovered later is the pawn sacrifice.
14. . .Qb7.
15 dxc5 bxc5 16 0-0 Ra7 17 Be2 Nd7 18 Nd4
A subtle use of the pin to improve the position of his pieces.
Hereabouts Fischer is playing with wonderful finesse.
18. . .Qf8 19 Nxe6 fxe6 20 e4
A beautifully cutting move after which Black will now have to yield up command of at least one diagonal to White’s dominating bishop.
20. . .d4 21 f4 Qe7 22 e5 Rb8
23 Bc4 Kh8 24 Qh3 Nf8 25 b3 a5
After considerable preparation during the course of which Black has been reduced to utter passivity, Fischer now orchestrates a breakthrough in the f-file that enables White to drive a wedge into the black position.
26 f5 exf5 27 Rxf5 Nh7 28 Rcf1 Qd8 29 Qg3 Re7 30 h4 Rbb7 31 e6 Rbc7 32 Qe5 Qe8 33 a4 Qd8 34 R1f2 Qe8 35 R2f3 Qd8 36 Bd3 Qe8 37 Qe4 Nf
Now comes a sacrifice of rook for knight which annihilates Black’s resistance.
38 Rxf6 gxf6 39 Rxf6 Kg8 40 Bc4 Kh8 41 Qf4
Black resigns
The sole means of preventing Rf8+ is to play the feeble 41. . .Kg8 after which Fischer’s intended 42 Qxh6 wins easily.
The flowing style of aggression, the accurate and profound opening preparation, and the general ruthlessness in finishing off the opposition: all this marked a new and dynamic style in chess. Sadly, Fischer did not go on to provide games in the new power style.
But the message certainly got through to Garry Kasparov, who has acknowledged his intellectual and creative debt to Fischer by devoting his most recent book entirely to Fischer’s exploits.
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