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Bobby Fischer's Varna Olympiad 1962 notable game encounters with Romanian chess champion Ciocaltea

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime... (Show Full Description)
â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "Varna ol prel Rd: 8"] [Site "Varna ol prel Rd: 8"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Victor Ciocaltea"] [ECO "C75"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Qe2 Ng6 9. Qc4 Qf6 10. d5 b5 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Bd1 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Bg5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Na3 c6 19. dxc6 Be6 20. Qh5 Bh6 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Nxc6 23. Rd1 b4 24. Nc4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nd4 26. Nb6 1-0 [Event "Varna ol final Rd: 5"] [Site "Varna ol final Rd: 5"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Victor Ciocaltea"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "137"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 f5 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. Ndf3 fxe4 13. dxe4 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. Be3 Na4 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nhf3 Bf5 21. Ne5 Ne7 22. Ne4 Bh4 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. Nb5 Rcc8 26. Nxa7 Ra8 27. Nb5 Ra5 28. c4 Nb6 29. Nc3 Na4 30. Nb5 Nb6 31. Na3 Bf6 32. Rfe1 Na4 33. Nb5 Nb6 34. Nc3 Nc6 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. b3 Nd7 37. Na4 Nxe5 38. fxe5 Bh4 39. Rf1 Kg7 40. Rd6 Raa8 41. Be3 Bh3 42. Rxf8 Rxf8 43. Rd1 Rf5 44. Nxc5 Rf3 45. Bd4 Rf4 46. e6+ Kf8 47. Be5 Bf2+ 48. Kh1 Rg4 49. Nd7+ Ke7 50. Bg3 Kxe6 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rd2 Bxg3 53. hxg3 Rxg3 54. Ne5 c5 55. Kh2 Re3 56. Nd3 Bf5 57. Nxc5 h5 58. a4 h4 59. a5 g5 60. a6 Kf6 61. a7 Re8 62. Ra2 Ra8 63. b4 g4 64. b5 g3+ 65. Kg2 Kg5 66. b6 Kg4 67. b7 h3+ 68. Kf1 g2+ 69. Rxg2+ 1-0 Thumbnail Varna By Collage by Todor Bozhinov. Photograph authors and links (from top to bottom, left to right): Asparuhov most at night: File:Asparuhov most.jpg, Abator, cc-by-2.5 View of Varna from the beach: File:Varna Plage.JPG, Harrieta171, miltilicense Euxinograd Palace: File:Euxinograd Palace - view 1.jpg, Dimcho Panayotov (Benkovski), copyrighted free use Varna Archaeological Museum: File:Euxinograd Palace - view 1.jpg, Extrawurst, multilicense Varna Dramatic Theatre detail: File:Theater Varna.jpg, Nikola Gruev, GFDL Varna Cathedral: File:Varno katedralo.jpg, Umberto, multilicense Drazki torpedo boat displayed at the National Naval Museum: File:Drazki-VNmuseum.jpg, Kosi Gramatikoff, PD-self Navy Club: File:Navy Club in Varna.jpg, Dian Dimitrov, GFDL Palace of Sports and Culture: File:Sport Palace Varna.JPG, Svilen Enev, GFDL & cc-by-sa-3.0 Roman public baths: File:VarnaRoman.JPG, Extrawurst, multilicense Ethnographic Museum: File:Etnografisch Museum.jpg, Ilonamay, multilicense (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Fischer Colour 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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