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Wolfgang Unzicker vs Bobby Fischer : notable game : (1962) - Midsomer Murders Sicilian Defence game

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Instructive game tags: TV series chess game, "Midsomer Murders", A veteran DCI and his young sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County, tv programme, chess episode... (Show Full Description)
Instructive game tags: TV series chess game, "Midsomer Murders", A veteran DCI and his young sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County, tv programme, chess episode, chess used in drama, chess drama, classic bobby fischer game, varna, bulgaria, olympiad chess game, west german champion Unzicker, Sicilian defence, d5 hole, a file usage, a-file pressure, a file pressure, crushing rxc3 move, weak second rank, dark squared bishop vs knight Instructive Game quality tags: : instructive, enlightening, helpful, illuminating, useful, educational, educative, explanatory, informational, instructional, annotative, informing, guiding, influential, teaching, elucidative, revealing, significant, edifying, uplifting, beneficial [Event "Varna Olympiad Final"] [Site "-"] [Date "1962.10.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Wolfgang Unzicker"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] {The 15th Olympiad was organised by Bulgaria, a small nation with a relatively short record in international chess.} 1. e4 {Awarded the IM title in 1950 and GM title in 1954 he was West German Champion in 1948, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1963 and 1965 (joint). He played on 13 West German Chess Olympiad teams between 1950 and 1982, sharing the prize for the best top board score for the West German team at the 1950 Dubrovnik Chess Olympiad. Another first board triumph that propelled his West German team to success was during the Tel Aviv Olympiad in 1964 when he scored 13.5 points, assisting his team to winning the bronze medal after a 3:1 team victory over the Soviet Union.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. a4 Be7 12. Be3 (12. Bg5 Rc8) 12... O-O 13. a5 b5 (13... Rab8 14. Ra4 b5 ) (13... Rfe8 14. Ra4 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Rb4 Bb5) 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Bb5 (16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2) 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Ra4 20. c3 Qa6 (20... Rfa8 21. Qxa8+) 21. h3 Rc8 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Kh2 Bg5 24. g3 ( 24. Kh1 Qb6) (24. Qd3 Qa7 25. Rad1 Ra2 26. Rb1 Qf2 27. Rf1 Qb6 28. Rfe1) 24... Qa7 25. Kg2 Ra2 26. Kf1 (26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Re2 Rxc3) 26... Rxc3 0-1 ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq ►Playlists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH ►FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher ►Follow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher Thumbnail Unzicker Deutsche Fotothek‎ [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Fischer picture By Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-76052-0335,_Schacholympiade,_Tal_(UdSSR)_gegen_Fischer_(USA).jpg: Kohls, Ulrich derivative work: Karpouzi [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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