Bobby Fischer Rediscovered by Andrew Soltis

Author:Andrew Soltis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pavilion Books

8

c3

d5

9

exd5

♘xd5

Fischer demolished Seidman in the 1960-61 U.S. Championship in the once-wild 9...e4 10 dxc6 exf3 line. Play went 11 ♕xf3 ♗g4 12 ♕g3 ♗d6 13 f4 g5? 14 d4 ♔h8 15 ♖e5! gxf4 16 ♗xf4 ♘h5 17 ♖xh5! ♗xh5 18 ♘d2 with a big positional edge.

10

♘xe5

♘xe5

11

♖xe5

c6

12

d4

♗d6

13

♖e1

♕h4

14

g3

♕h3

15

♗e3

15

...

♗g4

“An interesting, scarcely explored alternative possibility” is 15...h5, wrote Leonard Barden in a 1963 book on the Ruy Lopez. He cited the game Boleslavsky – Saigin, Minsk 1961 in which Black obtained excellent play after 16 ♕f3 h4 17 ♘d2 ♗g4 18 ♕g2 hxg3 19 fxg3 ♕h5.

But this new idea disappeared after one test in international chess, and it came in the sixth round at Havana. Fischer improved against R.G.Wade with 17 ♗xd5! cxd5 18 ♘d2 ♗e6 19 ♗f4. Although they drew – after 19...♗g4 20 ♕g2!? ♕xg2+ 21 ♔xg2 h3+ 22 ♔g1 ♗xf4 – there was no GM interest in 15...h5 after that.

16

♕d3

♘xe3!?

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