Bernstein vs Fischer
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[Event "Netanya"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Bernstein"] [Black "Fischer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 b6 {Black waits to commit his king knight in order not to give White a kingside target.} 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O Qd7 9. Be3 f5 {In one stoke Black prevents White from getting play by f5, prepares to pile up on White's e-pawn and enhances his queen bishops diagonal.} 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Kh1 {To save his queen bishop from 11...Ng4.} 11... O-O-O 12. Rae1 {White tries to play in the center where he has no real object of attack. He should have gone after Black's king with 12.a3 intending to follow up with b4.} 12... Kb8 13. Bg1 {Losing. White pursues his imaginary play on the e-file completely oblivious to how tangled his pieces are becoming on the kingside.} 13... fxe4 14. dxe4 {14.Nxe4 is no better.} 14... Ba6 { Black wins the exchange for nothing, since 15.Rf2 doesn't work after 15...Ng4.} 15. Ng5 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 Rhe8 17. Bb5 {White hopes to get counterchances by e4-e5-e6, but Black's next move squelches this.} 17... e5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nf7 Rde8 { Black gives back the exchange to eliminate White's only active piece.} 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf4 b5 23. a3 b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Bd4 {This loses a piece, but if the knight moves away Black plays 25...Nxe4 and Black will win by a discovered check on the a8-h1 diagonal.} 25... Rf5 0-1
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Players
WhiteBernstein
BlackFischer
Game
Moves25
OpeningB23 — Sicilian: Closed
Result0-1
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TournamentNetanya
Location?
Round0