Game of the Day

Robert James Fischer vs Charles Sharp
CAN-op 1956
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. d4 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Re1 Qe8 12. Nf1
Bd8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 Nc6 17. Qxc5
Bb6 18. Qa3 Qc8 19. Be3 Re8 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. Qc5 Rb7 22. Rad1
Rc7 23. Qd6 Rd8 24. Qa3 a5 25. Rd2 b4 26. cxb4 Nxb4 27. Bb3
Rc5 28. Red1 Qc7 29. Ng5 Nc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Qe7 Be8
32. Bxf7+ Bxf7 33. Rxd8+ 1-0

Garry Kasparov vs Mikhail Tal
Tbilisi 1978
Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Variation (C69)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4
7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Nc4 O-O
12.Nfxe5 Be2 13.Re3 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Bc5 15.Rf3 Nxe4 16.Be3 Rxf3
17.gxf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

Mikhail Tal vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Riga 1958
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C97)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Be6 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. f4
Rad8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Rb8 21. a4 b4 22. a5 Rf8
23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rbd8 25. Qf3 Rd6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Raa1
Rg6 28. Rf1 Bd6 29. h4 Qd8 30. h5 Rf6 31. Qg4 Rf4 32. Bxf4
exf4 33. Nd2 Ne5 34. Qxf4 Nxc4 35. e5 Nxe5 36. Ne4 h6 37. Rae1
Bb8 38. Rd1 c4 39. d6 Nd3 40. Qg4 Ba7+ 41. Kh1 f5 42. Nf6+ Kh8
43. Qxc4 Nxb2 44. Qxa6 Nxd1 45. Qxa7 Qxd6 46. Qd7 Qxf6
47. Qxd1 Rb8 48. Rf3 Ra8 49. Qe1 Rxa5 50. Qxb4 Re5 51. Qf4 Kh7
52. Kh2 Rd5 53. Rf1 Qg5 54. Qf3 Re5 55. Kg1 Rc5 56. Qf2 Re5
57. Qf3 Ra5 58. Kh2 Kh8 59. Kg1 Ra2 60. Qd5 Rc2 61. Qa8+ Kh7
62. Qf3 Rc1 63. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 64. Kh2 Qc7+ 65. Kh3 Qe5 66. g4
fxg4+ 67. Kxg4 Qg5+ 68. Kh3 Qf6 69. Qe4+ Kg8 70. Qe8+ Qf8
71. Qxf8+ Kxf8 72. Kg4 Kf7 73. Kf5 1/2-1/2

Robert James Fischer vs James T Sherwin
US Ch. 1957
Chess opening-Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90)
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Nb1 Bd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f3 Be7 12. c3
bxc3 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc3 O-O 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd5 exd5
17. Rxc6 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qb5 19. Rb6 Qe5 20. Bd4 Qg5 21. Qf3 Nd7
22. Rb7 Ne5 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Kh1 a5 25. Bd5 Rac8 26. Bc3 a4
27. Ra7 Ng4 28. Rxa4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxf7 Rc1+ 31. Qf1
h5 32. Qxc1 Qh4 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. h3 Qg3 35. hxg4 h4 36. Be6
1-0

Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
Amber Tournament (Rapid) 2009
Chess opening-Gruenfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack (D82)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7
12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 f6 16. Ra1 Qb6
17. d6+ Kg7 18. dxe7 Re8 19. Nf3 Rxe7 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. Nd4 Ne4
22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qc2 Ne4 26. Bd3 Nc5
27. Be2 b6 28. Bf3 Bb7 29. Nb5 Qe5 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. c4 Rd7
32. h3 Qe4 33. Qa2 Rad8 34. Nc3 Qe6 35. Nd5 Ne4 36. Qc2 Rc8
37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Rd4 Nc5 39. Nc3 Qe6 40. Qd1 Rcd8 41. Rxa7 Rxa7
42. Rxd8 Qxc4 43. Ne2 Qf7 44. Qb1 Qb3 45. Qxb3 Nxb3 46. Rb8
Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Nd2 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Rb7+ Kg8
51. Ng3 Rb1 52. h4 h5 53. f4 f5 54. Rd7 Rb2 55. Kh3 b5 56. Rd4
Kf7 57. e4 fxe4 58. Nxe4 Rb3+ 59. g3 Nxe4 60. Rxe4 b4 1/2-1/2

Vladimir Kramnik vs Viswanathan Anand
Linares 1993
Chess opening-Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Petrosian Attack (E12)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3
g6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 O-O
13.O-O Nd7 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rc1 Rfe8 16.Re1 c5 17.Qc2 Bxe4
18.Rxe4 Qb7 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Be3 Ne6 22.b4 h6
23.a4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

Laszlo Szabo vs Robert James Fischer
Buenos Aires 1970
Chess opening-English Opening: Symmetrical. Symmetrical Variation (A36)
[Result 0-1]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. d4 O-O
7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O Bf5 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 Bd7 11. b3 a6 12. Rb1
b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Qc7 16. Nxb5 Qc5 17. Qd4
Nxd5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Nc7 Ra7 21. a3 Rxc7
22. axb4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 Rc2 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Bb5 26. Re1
Nb3 27. Rb4 Nxc1 28. Rxb5 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nc3 30. Rc5 Rd8 31. Bh3
Rdd2 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Re3 Nd1 34. Rf3 Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxf2+
36. Kg1 Re2 37. Bg4 Rxe4 0-1

Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
Ciudad de Leon XVIII 2005
Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Variation (C89)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Qf5 21. Qxf5
Bxf5 22. Bd4 f6 23. f3 b4 24. Ne4 Bc7 25. Kf2 bxc3 26. bxc3
Rb8 27. Re2 Kf7 28. Rd1 h5 29. Bc5 Kg6 30. Bd4 1/2-1/2

Veselin Topalov vs Nigel Short
It (cat.19) 1996
Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Variation (C87)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
Bg4 8.d3 Nd7 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 Ng5
13.Bxg5 Bxg5 14.Ng3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 g6 16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Qe2 O-O
18.Nf1 Qg7 19.Nh2 f5 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 Rae8
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Kf1 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nd8 26.b4 Re7 27.Re3 Rfe8
28.Rde1 Qh6 29.a4 c6 30.d5 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Qa2 Qg7 33.Qxa6
Bc3 34.Rc1 Bxb4 35.Qxb5 Bc5 36.Re2 Qf6 37.Bd3 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Re4
39.Bd3 Re7 40.Qa6 Ra7 41.Qc4 Nf7 42.Qc3 Ne5 43.Qb2 Re7 44.Re1
Kg7 45.Nd4 h5 46.Nf3 Rf7 47.Be4 Nxf3 48.Qxf6+ Kxf6 49.Bxf3 Re7
50.Rb1 Ra7 51.Rb2 1/2-1/2

Viswanathan Anand vs Maxim Dlugy
Philadelphia 1986
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation Early deviations (B62)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f3 Qa5 12.Kb1 b4 13.Ne2
e5 14.Be3 Be6 15.Nc1 d5 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bd3 Be7
19.Rhe1 O-O 20.Be4 Rfd8 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Qf2 Rad8 23.Rxd5 Rxd5
24.g4 a5 25.Nd2 a4 26.Ne4 b3 27.cxb3 axb3 28.a3 Bh4 29.Ng3 f5
30.Rc1 Qd7 31.gxf5 Bxf5+ 32.Ka1 Bc2 33.Qe2 Qa4 34.Rg1 Be7
35.Nh5 Bxa3 36.Rxg7+ Kf8 37.Ra7 Qxa7 38.Bxa7 Bb4 39.Bb6 Rd1+
40.Qxd1 Bxd1 41.Be3 Kf7 42.Ng3 Bxf3 43.Bxh6 Ke6 44.Kb1 Bc5
45.Kc1 Bg1 46.Nf1 Bg2 47.Be3 Kd7 48.Bxg1 Bxf1 1/2-1/2