Game of the Day

Robert James Fischer vs W Hains
San Francisco ch-jr 1957
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C97)
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4
17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Bc3 Bf8 19. Qd2 g6 20. Ba5 Qb8 21. Bxd8 Qxd8
22. b3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Qb6 24. Rab1 Qd8 25. Bc4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4
Bf5 27. Ree1 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 e4 29. Nh2 Qh4 30. Rb7 Bh6 31. Qe2
Rf8 32. Ng4 Qg5 33. Qe3 Qxg4 34. hxg4 Bxe3 35. fxe3 h6 36. Rd7
Kg7 37. Rxd6 Rc8 38. Bb3 1-0

Mikhail Tal vs Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich
Tournament 1955
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation (B33)
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.c3 Bg7
13.Qf3 Bg6 14.h4 e4 15.Qh3 h5 16.Nc2 O-O 17.Be2 Ne5 18.Nce3
Nd3+ 19.Bxd3 exd3 20.O-O Re8 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Nf4 Re4 23.Nxg6
fxg6 24.Rxd3 Rc6 25.g3 a5 26.Qg2 Qe8 27.Rfd1 b4 28.cxb4 axb4
29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Bxb2 31.Rd8 Qxd8 32.Qxe4 Qd6 33.Qd5+ Qxd5
34.Nxd5 Ba3 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.Kf3 g5 37.hxg5 Kg6 38.Kf4 Bc1+
39.Ke4 Kxg5 40.Nxb4 Ba3 41.Nc2 Bc5 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.Ne3+ Ke5
44.Ng2 Kf5 45.Nf4 h4 46.gxh4 Ba3 47.Ng2 1-0

Viswanathan Anand vs Devaki V Prasad
IND-ch 1988
Chess opening-Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7
13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Ne2 Rad8 16.Nf4 Kh8 17.a4 d4
18.cxd4 cxd4 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qh5 Bf7 21.Qh3 Ng5 22.Qg3 Ne4
23.Qf3 Ng5 24.Qe2 Bc4 25.Bd3 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Ne4 27.Bd2 Nxd2
28.Qxd2 Bg5 29.Ng6+ hxg6 30.Qxg5 Qe6 31.Rfe1 d3 32.Rad1 Rd5
33.Qe3 f4 34.Qf3 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Qxe5 36.Qxd3 Re8 37.h3 Kh7 38.b3
Rc8 39.Qd7 Rc3 40.Qf7 Qf6 41.Qe8 Qc6 42.Rd7 g5 43.Qh5+ Qh6
44.Qe2 Qg6 45.Qxb5 g4 46.hxg4 1/2-1/2

Magnus Carlsen vs Yves Miellet Bensan
Nordic Championships 2001
chess opening-Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation (B33)
[Result 0-1]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bg7 13. c4 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. exf5 Qg5 16. Nc2 Nxf5
17. Qe2 Ne7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 O-O 20. f4 exf4 21. Raxf4 Ng6
22. Rf5 Qd8 23. Qf2 Qc7 24. Qg3 Rae8 25. Kh1 Qb6 26. h4 Be5
27. Qg4 Bg7 28. h5 Ne5 29. Qg3 h6 30. R5f4 Nxd3 31. Rg4 Qxb2
32. Nd4 Kh8 33. Rxg7 Qxd4 34. Rgxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Qa1+ 36. Kh2
Qe5 37. Qxe5+ Nxe5 38. Ra7 Rc8 39. Rxa6 Rd8 40. Kg3 Kg7
41. Kf4 Kf6 42. g4 Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra6 Nf7 45. Ra7 Rb8
46. Ra4 Rb5 47. Rd4 Ne5 48. Rd1 Rb4+ 49. Ke3 Nxg4+ 50. Kf3
Ne5+ 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 0-1

Donald Byrne vs Robert James Fischer
Rosenwald Memorial 1956
Chess opening-Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation. Hungarian Attack (D92)
[Result 0-1]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4
7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 Na4 12. Qa3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qb6 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Bxb6 Bxc4+
19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4
Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1
29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1
Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+
41. Kc1 Rc2# 0-1

Mikhail Tal vs Mark Pasman
Riga 1951
chess opening-Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C74)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O
Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.Re3 e4 10.Ne1 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 Nf6 12.d3 d5 13.Bb3
Ne5 14.Re2 Qd6 15.dxe4 dxe4 16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.Bg5 Ned7 18.Rd1
O-O-O 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Bd5 Rhe8 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Bf6
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Kf1 Kd7 25.Nc2 Re5 26.Ne3 Rb5 27.Rd2 a5 28.Nd5
Bg5 29.f4 Bd8 30.c4 Rc5 31.b3 b5 32.cxb5 Rxb5 33.Ke2 Kc6
34.Ne3 Bc7 35.Nc2 Bb6 36.Nd4+ Bxd4 37.Rxd4 d5 38.Kd3 Kd6
39.Ra4 Kc5 40.Kc3 Kc6 41.Rd4 Rb7 42.Rd2 Re7 43.Kd3 Kc5 44.a3
Re1 45.Rc2+ Kd6 46.Kc3 Re3+ 47.Kb2 h5 48.g3 h4 49.gxh4 Rh3
50.Rg2 Rxh4 51.Rxg7 Rxh2+ 52.Kc1 Rh3 53.Ra7 Rxb3 54.Rxa5 Rf3
55.Ra4 Kc5 56.Kd2 d4 1/2-1/2

Magnus Carlsen vs Niclas Hjelm
Helsinki ShakkiNet-A 4th 2002
Chess opening-Spanish Game: General (C65)
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Nbd2
O-O 8.h3 Ne7 9.Ba4 Ng6 10.Nc4 h6 11.Re1 Be6 12.Bb3 Re8 13.Nxb6
axb6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.c4 c6 16.Nh2 d5 17.Ng4 dxc4 18.dxc4 Qxd1
19.Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.Rxd1 Nf8 21.Be3 c5 22.Rd5 Re6 23.a4 Rc8 24.a5
Ra8 25.Ra3 bxa5 26.Rxc5 b6 27.Rb5 Rc8 28.Rxb6 Rxb6 29.Bxb6
Rxc4 30.Rxa5 Nd7 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Ba5 Rxe4 33.Ra7 Ra4 34.b4 Nb8
35.b5 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 f6 37.Bb6 Rb1 38.Rb7 Rxb5 39.Rxb8 Kg6 40.Ba7
Ra5 41.Be3 h5 42.Rc8 Rb5 43.Rc7 Rd5 44.Bc5 Rd8 45.g3 Ra8
46.Kg2 Rd8 47.Kf3 Ra8 48.h4 Rb8 49.Ke4 Re8 50.Kd5 Rd8+ 51.Ke6
Re8+ 52.Kd7 Ra8 53.Rc8 Ra2 54.Ke8 Kf5 55.Kf7 g5 56.Rc6 gxh4
57.gxh4 Kg4 58.Kxf6 Kxh4 59.Kxe5 Kg4 60.Rg6+ Kh3 61.f4 1-0

Tania Sachdev vs Attila Jakab
FSGM June 2005
Chess opening-Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ng6 10. h4 Be7 11. O-O-O Bg4
12. Rde1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nf8 14. h5 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxh7
Qd6 17. Bf5 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Ne2 Nc7 21. Ng3
Rhh8 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Ne8 24. Rcc1 Be7 25. Rcd1 Bd6
26. e4 Nc7 27. e5 Bf8 28. Ne2 c5 29. f4 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Bc5
31. Bg4 Rh6 32. f5 Rb6 33. f4 Nb5 34. Nxb5 Rxb5 35. e6 fxe6
36. fxe6 Rb4 37. Bf3 Rxf4 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Rf5 40. Bc4
Kc7 41. Re1 Rf8 42. Bb5 Be7 43. Rd1 Rd8 44. Bd7 Rh8 45. Ba4
Rd8 46. Rg1 Kd6 47. Rxg7 Rh8 48. Bd1 Kxe6 49. Bg4+ Kf6
50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Be6+ Kf8 52. h6 Bc5 53. Bf5 Kf7 54. Re6 Bf8
55. h7 Rxh7 1/2-1/2

Robert James Fischer vs James T Sherwin
Portoroz izt 1958
Chess opening-Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Keres Defense (C92)
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.d3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 a4 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.Nf1 c5
14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6 16.Ng3 g6 17.Bd2 Re8 18.d5 Na5 19.b3
Bc8 20.bxa4 bxa4 21.Bxa4 Bd7 22.Bxd7 Nxd7 23.Bb4 Qb6 24.a3 Nc5
25.Qe2 Reb8 26.Nd2 Nab3 27.Nxb3 Nxb3 28.Rab1 Nd4 29.Qd3 Qa6
30.Qxa6 Rxa6 31.Rb2 Rba8 32.Ra1 Ra4 33.Nf1 Nb5 34.Bd2 Rxa3
35.Rxa3 Nxa3 36.Rb7 Kf8 37.Ne3 Rc8 38.f3 h5 39.Bb4 Nc2 40.Nxc2
Rxc2 41.Rb6 Ke8 42.Bxd6 Bxd6 43.Rxd6 h4 44.Ra6 Rc1+ 45.Kh2 g5
46.Ra2 Rf1 47.Ra6 Rd1 48.Rb6 Ke7 49.Rb2 Rf1 50.Rb3 Rd1 51.g4
Rd2+ 52.Kg1 Rd1+ 53.Kf2 Rd2+ 54.Ke3 Rh2 55.Rb7+ Kf6 56.Rb6+
Ke7 57.Rb7+ Kf6 58.Rb6+ Ke7 59.Rh6 Rxh3 60.d6+ Kd7 61.Rf6 Rh2
62.Rxf7+ Kxd6 63.Rf6+ Ke7 64.Rg6 h3 65.Rxg5 Ke6 66.Rh5 Kf6
67.Kd3 Kg6 68.Rh8 Kg7 69.Rh4 Kg6 70.Rh5 Kf6 71.Ke3 Ke6 72.f4
exf4+ 73.Kxf4 Rh1 74.Kg3 Re1 75.Kxh3 Rxe4 76.Rf5 Ra4 77.Rf8
Ke7 78.Rf3 Ke6 79.Kh4 Ra8 80.g5 Rh8+ 81.Kg4 Ke7 82.g6 Rf8
83.Rf5 Rh8 84.Kg5 Rh1 85.Rf2 Rh3 86.g7 Rg3+ 87.Kh6 Rh3+ 88.Kg6
Rg3+ 89.Kh7 Rh3+ 90.Kg8 1-0

Viswanathan Anand vs Dibyendu Barua
Calcutta 1986
Chess opening-Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.d3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7
14.Nf1 b4 15.cxb4 cxb4 16.d4 Rfc8 17.Ne3 Bc6 18.d5 Bd7 19.Bd2
Qb6 20.b3 Nh5 21.Bd3 Nf4 22.Bf1 Rc7 23.Rb1 Rac8 24.Kh2 f5
25.exf5 Bf6 26.g3 e4 27.Ng1 Nd3 28.Bxd3 exd3 29.Nf3 Rc2 30.Rf1
Ra2 31.Rc1 Bc3 32.Kg1 Bxd2 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.Nxd2 Qd4 35.Qh5
Bd7 36.Rc1 Ra1 37.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38.Kg2 Qb2 39.Qh4 Qxd2 40.Qd8+
Kf7 41.Qxd7+ Kf8 42.Qxd6+ 1-0