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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Shades of Fischer-Spassky-1972

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:23:08 12/09/04

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On December 09, 2004 at 08:49:39, Steve B wrote:

>My Current Workhorse portable as of late,is the newly released Novag Star
>Sapphire
>
>My daily commute by train is about 1 hour each way so i generally play at a time
>level of game /15-20min
>
>this morning i was on the black side of a Petroff and i reached  this position
>after 37 moves in a Game/20min:
>
> [D] 4r1k1/pppq1p1p/6p1/4b3/2Q5/2P1B3/PP3PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
>
>A smile crept into my face(always good on a crowded train as then no one will
>sit next to you)
>remembering Fischer-Spassky 1972 Game 1 and Fischers ill-fated snatching of
>Spassky's  rook pawn with his bishop ,i just  knew the SS would swallow my QR
>pawn ..with that in mind i played ..
>1... Rd8
>the SS after a few seconds beeped happily and played..
>2. Bxa7
>
> [D]3r2k1/Bppq1p1p/6p1/4b3/2Q5/2P5/PP3PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
>
>the smile widened and i now had the full 3 seats for my commuting pleasure
>play continued..
>
> Qd1+ 3. Qf1 Qxf1+ 4. Kxf1 b6
>
> [D] 3r2k1/B1p2p1p/1p4p1/4b3/8/2P5/PP3PPP/R4K2 b - - 0 1
>
>and the bishop is trapped..
>
> 5. Re1 Bd6  6. Rd1 Kf8
>
> [D] 3r2k1/B1p2p1p/1p1b2p1/8/8/2P5/PP3PPP/3R1K2 b - - 0 1
>..6 Ra8 immediately is wrong because of 7.Bb6 Pxb6..8.Rxd6

At this point it looks like 7.a4 Ke7 8.a5 bxa5 9.Ra1 might hold for White.

Well played, though!

jm




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