Part #1 - The Balance of Strategy & Style - PGN
[Event "1963/64 US Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1963.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Kostya"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1963.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd4 13. Qf2 Ne8 14. O-O Nd6
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qg4 c6 17. Qh5 Qe8 {Up until this point, Fischer has developed
aggressively and launched a dangerous attack on the kingside.} 18. Bxd4 $1 {
The start of Fischer's winning combination.} exd4 19. Rf6 $3 {An amazing shot.
This tactical theme is known as Interference. It is also known as a blocking
tactic.} ({The natural} 19. e5 {runs into} f5 $1 {[%cal Ge8h5,Ge5f6,Ge5d6]} (
19... h6 $2 20. exd6 {[%cal Gh5f5]} dxc3 21. Qf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5h7]}) 20. Qxe8
Nxe8 $11 {[%csl Rc3,Re5][%cal Gg7e5,Gd4c3]}) 19... Kg8 (19... Bxf6 20. e5 $18 {
[%cal Gh5h7]} Nf5 21. Bxf5) (19... h6 20. e5 $18) 20. e5 h6 21. Ne2 $1 {
[%cal Gf6d6,Gh5f5,Gf5h7]} (21. Ne2 Nc8 (21... Bxf6 22. Qxh6 $18) 22. Qf5 $18)
1-0
[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "Bad Kissingen GER"]
[Date "1928.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Kostya"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1928.08.12"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 c6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nhf6 13. Na4 $1 Ne4 14. Bxe4 {
This move is not necessarily best, but it does follow a consistent strategy.
White wants to play on the dark squares, playing against Black's light squared
bishop.} Qxe4 15. Qb4 Qg6 16. Qe7 f6 17. Rc3 Qe8 18. Qd6 Rf7 19. Rfc1 Qf8 20.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3c5,Gd3b4]} Ke8 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. f3 $1 Re7
24. Kf2 {[%cal Gf2e3,Ge3e4]} Nf8 25. Rb3 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Gc1c6,Gb7c6]} (25.
Ndc5 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Nc5 Kd8 $14) 25... Nd7 {[%cal Ga4c5]} 26. g4 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]} (26. Nac5 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Ra8 $16) 26... b5 (26... Nf8 $2 27.
Rxc6 $18) (26... Kd8 27. h4 Ke8 28. h5 h6 29. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 27.
Nac5 (27. Rxc6 {was also possible, but unnecessary.} Bb7 {[%cal Gb7c6,Gb5a4]} (
27... bxa4 28. Rxb8 Nxb8 29. Rxc8+ $18 {[%cal Gc8b8]}) 28. Rc7 {[%cal Gb3b7]}
Kd8 {[%csl Gc7]} 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3][%cal Gc3d5]} Nb6 31.
Nb4 $18 {[%cal Gb4d5,Gb4a6]}) 27... Nb6 $2 (27... Nxc5 28. Nxc5 $16 {[%csl Ga6,
Gc6][%cal Gb3a3,Gb3c3,Gc5d3,Gd3b4,Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) 28. Nb4 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Gc6]}
Bb7 {[%cal Gb7c6,Gb7a6]} 29. Nxb7 $1 {The cleanest, Black's position collapses.
} (29. Ncxa6 $6 Rc8 $16) 29... Rbxb7 30. Rxc6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc6a6]} a5 31.
Rxb6 $1 axb4 (31... Rxb6 32. Nxd5 {[%cal Gd5e7,Gd5b6]} Reb7 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 {
[%cal Ge3e4,Gd4d5]} 34. e4 $18) 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb4 {[%cal Ga2a4]} 1-0
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