Fischer v. Stein 1967
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In the 1967 Interzonal, Bobby Fischer faced Leonid Stein, perhaps one of the greatest unsung chess geniuses. Stein died in 1973 at the young age of 37.
Note Bobby's comments after move 26.
annotated with the aid of Rybka.-ts
(1) Fischer,Robert J - Stein,Leonid Z [C92]
Interzonal Sousse TUN (7), 1967
C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Na5 11.Bc2 Nc4 12.b3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.b4N [14.a4 Re8 15.Bd3 Qb8 16.b4 Bf8 17.Bb2 c6 18.Qb3 Nb6 19.a5 Na4 20.Rad1 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Qc7 22.Bb1 Rad8 23.Ba2 h6 24.Nh4 c5 25.d5 c4 26.Nf1 Bc8 27.g4 g6 28.Ng3 Qe7 Kapengut,A-Zhidkov,V/Baku 1972/URS-ch/½–½; 14.Nf1 Re8 15.Ng3 Bf8 16.d5 Qc8 17.Bg5 g6 18.Qd2 Bg7 19.Bh6 Kh8 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qg5 Ng8 22.Nf5+ Kh8 23.Nh6 Nxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.g4 Rg8 26.g5 Rg7 27.Re3 Qf8 28.gxf6 Nxf6 Nishida,H-Dekker,C/Vancouver2001/CBM 82 ext/1–0 (46)]
14...exd4 15.cxd4 a5 16.bxa5 c5 17.e5 dxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.Ne4 Nb4 [19...Qxa5 20.Nfg5²]
20.Bb1 [20.Bd2 Rxa5 21.a3 Nxc2 22.Bxa5 Qxa5 23.Qxc2 g6±]
20...Rxa5= 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.Nfg5 [22.e6 f6=]
22...Bxe4 [22...h6 23.Nh7 Re8 24.Nef6+ Kh8 25.Nxe8 Qxe8±]
23.Qxe4² g6 24.Qh4 h5 25.Qg3 Nc4 A classical outpost
26.Nf3 [26.e6 f5 27.Nf3 Kg7=]
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Fischer: "At this stage the power failed. In the dark I began
to worry about 26..N-Q6! (if 27.R-Q1 NxB! and White has
nothing). Then the lights came on again and I saw clearly
that 26..N-Q6? was crushed by 27.BxN! QxB 28.B-N5!"
and White penetrates decisively on the weak dark squares.
26...Kg7 27.Qf4 Rh8 28.e6 f5 29.Bxf5 Qf8 [29...gxf5 30.Qg3+ Kh7 31.Ng5+ Bxg5 32.Bxg5=]
30.Be4² Qxf4 31.Bxf4 Re8 32.Rad1 Ra6 33.Rd7 Rxe6 [33...g5 34.Nxg5 Rxa2 35.Red1+-]
34.Ng5 Rf6 35.Bf3 [35.Bb7!? Rxf4 36.Ne6+ Kf6 37.Nxf4 Ne5+-]
35...Rxf4 36.Ne6+ Kf6 37.Nxf4 Ne5 38.Rb7 Bd6 39.Kf1 Nc2 40.Re4 Nd4 41.Rb6 Rd8 42.Nd5+ Kf5 43.Ne3+ Ke6 [¹43...Kf6!?+-]
44.Be2 Kd7 45.Bxb5+ Nxb5 46.Rxb5 Kc6 47.a4 Bc7 48.Ke2 g5 49.g3 Ra8 [49...Rf8 50.f4 Nf7 51.Rc4+-]
50.Rb2 Rf8 [50...Nf7 51.Ra2+-]
51.f4 gxf4 52.gxf4 [52.Rxf4?! Re8+-]
52...Nf7 53.Re6+ Nd6 54.f5 Ra8 55.Rd2 Rxa4 [55...Rg8 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 56.Rd3 Kb7 57.f6+-]
56.f6 [56.f6 Kd7 57.Re7+ Kc6 58.f7 Nxf7 59.Rxf7+-] 1–0