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Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer - Sicilian Defence - 1972 WC - Game 21 (Final) (Chessworld.net)
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Chess World.net: Spassky vs Fischer - Sicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation - Match of 1972
[Event "World Ch. Match"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.01.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Rab8 18. b3 c4 (18... Be5 19. Na4 c4
20. Nc5 Bf5 21. bxc4 dxc4) 19. Nxd5 (19. bxc4 Bb4 20. Nxd5 Bxe1) (19. Bf1 Bb4 (
19... cxb3 20. cxb3 Rbc8 21. Na4 Bb4 22. Re3 Rc2 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Bxa6 Rxa2)
20. Re3 d4 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Ne4) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxd5 22.
Bxc4 Rd2 23. Bxa6 Rxc2 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Rd8 26. a4 Rd2 27. Bc4 Ra2 28. Kg3
Kf8 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. g4 f5 31. gxf5 f6 32. Bg8 h6 33. Kg3 Kd6 34. Kf3 Ra1 35.
Kg2 Ke5 36. Be6 Kf4 37. Bd7 Rb1 38. Be6 Rb2 39. Bc4 (39. a5 Ra2 40. b4 Ra4)
39... Ra2 40. Be6 h5 41. Bd7 {0-1 game ended here}
Analysis follows:
h4 42. Bc6 Kg4 43. Bf3+ Kxf5 44. Bc6 Kg4 45. Bf3+
Kf4 46. Bc6 Rb2 47. Bd5 Kg4 48. Bf3+ Kg5 49. Bd5 Ra2 50. Bf3 f5 51. Bb7 Rb2 52.
Bd5 Rd2 53. Bc6 Rd3 54. b4 (54. a5 Rxb3 55. a6 Ra3 56. Bb5 h3+ 57. Kg1 Kh4 58.
Be2 Ra1+ 59. Kh2 Ra2) (54. f3 Rxb3 55. Kh2 Rc3 56. Bd5 Ra3 57. Bc6 Ra2+ 58. Kh3
Kf4 59. Kxh4 (59. Bd7 Rc2 60. Be6 Rc5 61. Kxh4 (61. a5 Rxa5 62. Bc8 Kxf3 63.
Kxh4 Rb5) 61... Rc6) 59... Rh2#) 54... h3+ (54... Rd4 55. a5 Rxb4 56. a6 {
Equal here}) 55. Kh2 Kg4 56. b5 (56. f3+ Kh4 57. f4 Rd2+ 58. Kg1 Kg3) 56... Rd2
57. Kg1 Rd1+ 58. Kh2 Rf1 59. f3+ Kh4 60. b6 Rf2+ 61. Kh1 Kg3 0-1 - he World Chess Championship 1972 was a match between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the World Chess Championship. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in ReykjavÃk, Iceland and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer became the first American to be the official World Champion since Wilhelm Steinitz (the first world champion) became a naturalized American citizen in 1888. Fischer's win also ended 24 years of Soviet domination of the World Championship.
The first game started on July 11, 1972. The last game began on August 31 and was adjourned after 40 moves. Spassky resigned the next day without resuming play. Fischer won the match 12½--8½, becoming the eleventh official World Champion. ►Subscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq
Fischer 1972
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Spassky picture
By Punt / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
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