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Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky : 1972 World Chess Championship - Game 12

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Instructive game tags: 1972 match, Fischer vs Spassky, most famous match in chess history, english opening, Fischer rarely used English opening, transposition into queens gambit declined, early h6 to ... (Show Full Description)
Instructive game tags: 1972 match, Fischer vs Spassky, most famous match in chess history, english opening, Fischer rarely used English opening, transposition into queens gambit declined, early h6 to kick bishop, white preserves dark squared bishop, early Rc1 before moving kings bishop, undermining pawn chain with a4 before castling, black volunteers some structural damage in return for piece activity, Nxd4 used by Fischer to avoid IQP, Fischer avoids Isolated Queens pawn, black forced to give up light squared bishop, white had advantage of bishop pair, fischer tries to keep queen locked out on a7, a5 used by black to give queen the a6 square, bishops complementing each other on f3 and g3, fischer sets a little trap offering b3 pawn, because of Rxc5 and Qa8 check, fischer doubles blacks pawns with Bxf6, opposite coloured bishops, white tries to undermine light squared pawns, neat simplifying tactic to draw, forcing moves to draw safely, drawish endgame, agreed draw 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

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