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Bobby Fischer's shortest decisive Chess game with Boris Spassky - Game 9 - 1992 Match

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â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: shortest fischer spassky game, ruy lopez, exchange ruy lopez, exchange ruy, early queens off, early queen exchange, queenless endgame, c5 target, targetting c5, provoking pawn weaknesses, weakening pawns, undermining pawns, activating rook, vacating move, vacating square move, vacating a square, powerful knight centralisation, centralised piece threats, activating knight, aggressive knight, aggressive central knight, vacating sacrifice, vacating pawn sac, analysing variations, kotov syndrome, adventurous king, line opening, loose piece, loose bishop, knight sacrifice, loose pieces, multiple loose pieces, tactical vulnerabilities [Event "Fischer - Spassky"] [Site "Sveti Stefan & Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1992.09.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1992.09.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O (5. Nxe5 Qd4) 5... f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 ( 12... c4 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5) 13. a4 O-O-O (13... a5 14. Nb5 O-O-O 15. Rd2 Ne7 16. Rad1 Bd7 (16... Be5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Na7+) 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxa4) 14. a5 Kb7 (14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 b5) 15. e5 Be7 (15... fxe5 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Ne4 Bxb3 (17... Bc7 18. Nexc5+ bxc5 19. Nxc5+ Kc8 20. Nxe6) (17... Kc7 18. Bg5) 18. cxb3 Kc6 19. Rxa6 Be7 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Nxc5) 16. Rxd8 (16. Bxc5) 16... Bxd8 17. Ne4 (17. Bxc5 Bxb3 18. Bf8 Nh6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bxh6 Bxc2 21. Rc1 Bb3 22. Bf4 {a little bit better for white}) 17... Kc6 {Spassky: 'Yes, I made a blunder, [17...]Kc6. Instead of that I was calculating a long variation ...Bd5 and I couldn't find actually an advantage for White. All of a sudden I changed my mind and that was a big mistake....When I made the move, I realized immediately that pawn takes pawn, Nxc5 and I must resign. But instead of ... Kc6, ...Bd5. It was an absolutely normal move.'} (17... Bxb3 18. cxb3 Be7 19. axb6 cxb6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rd1 fxe5 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Rxb6 {a little bit better for white}) (17... Bd5 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nd6+ Ka7 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bxc5+ Kb8 22. c4 Be6 23. Rxa6 Nh6 24. Ne4 Bxc4 25. Bd6+ Kc8 (25... Kb7 26. Nc5+ Kc8 27. Ra8#) 26. Rc6+) 18. axb6 cxb6 (18... Bxb3 19. b7 Kxb7 20. Nxc5+ Kb8 21. Nxa6+ Kc8 22. cxb3) 19. Nbxc5 Bc8 (19... bxc5 20. Rxa6+ Kd5 21. Rd6+ (21. Bf4 Ne7 22. Nc3+ Kd4 23. Rxe6) 21... Kxe5 22. Rxd8 Bf7 23. Nxc5) 20. Nxa6 fxe5 21. Nb4+ Kd7 (21... Kc7 22. Ra7+ Bb7 23. Rxb7+ Kxb7 24. Nd6+ Kc7 25. Nf7) (21... Kb5 22. Nd6+ Kxb4 23. Ra3) (21... Kb7 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Nf7) 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Rd6 Nf6 24. Bxb6+ Kb8 25. Bxd8 Nxe4 26. fxe4 1-0 â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq

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