One of the world's greatest chess players passed away this January, 2008. Bobby Fischer was a legendary player, and despite his unorthodox views, his combative chess and heroism on the chess board will be missed. This is one of his unforgettable games. See if you can figure out the tactical combinations Fischer makes.
[Event "Bled"]
[Site "-"]
[Date "1961.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6
7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. f4 Qb8
12. e5 a6
White to Move: Notice the tension in the position--white cannot castle, but has a considerable spatial advantage and open lines towards black's king
13. exf6 axb5 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd4 Ra4
17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Qc7 19. O-O-O Rxa2 20. Kb1 Ra6 21. Bxb5
Rb6 22. Bd3 e5 23. fxe5 Rxf6 24. exf6 Qc5
White to Move: Can you spot the winning combination?
25. Bxh7 Qg5
26. Bxg8 Qxf6 27. Rhf1 Qxg7 28. Bxf7+ Kd8
White to Move: Exploit the Pin
29. Be6 Qh6 30. Bxd7
Bxd7
White to Move: Double Attack
31. Rf7 Qxh2 32. Rdxd7+ Ke8 33. Rde7+ Kd8 34. Rd7+ Kc8
35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Rfd7+ Ke8 37. Rd1 b5 38. Rb7 Qh5 39. g4 Qh3
40. g5 Qf3 41. Re1+ Kf8 42. Rxb5 Kg7 43. Rb6 Qg3 44. Rd1 Qc7
45. Rdd6 Qc8 46. b3 Kh7 47. Ra6 1-0
