Fischer Spassky 1972 The Greatest Game
Henry KissingerHenry Kissinger, Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor, called Fischer, and, as an introduction, told him: 'The worst chess player in the world calling the best player in the world'. Kissinger told Fischer that he should go to Iceland and beat the Russians at their own game. 'The government of the United States wishes you the best, and so do I'.The chat lasted ten minutes, and converted Fischer into a resolute patriot. He agreed to play 'no matter what', and declared that U.S. Interests were more important than his own personal interests. 'At that point, Bobby saw himself not only as a chess player, but as a Cold War warrior defending his country,' Frank Brady said in the book Endgame.However, Fischer later denied that it was Henry Kissinger who persuaded him to play with patriotic claims. Bobby gave more earthly reasons: 'It was not Kissinger who put the missing dollars.'
As Brady noted: 'After months of disappointing negotiations, the millionaire Slater, backed by the diplomat Kissinger, had achieved the impossible. What pushed Bobby to compete in Iceland? Apparently, three elements: pride, money and patriotism'.Fischer did not travel on time for the drawing of lots ceremony on two occasions, and when he finally arrived in Reykjavik.
He did not attend the draw, despite the fact that he was contractually forced to do so. He sent his representative William Lombardy, alleging that he was very tired. 45.0-1Krogius recalled that 'wisely' Petrosian once remarked, 'It is wrong to make even a minimal concession to Fischer'.
According to Larry Evans, 'Fischer deep in his heart had rooted an irrational fear of defeat. In Reykjavik he could only overcome that fear when he realized that he had upset Spassky's emotional balance'. Maybe the champion's self-confidence started to crack after the third or fourth game.In the fourth game, Spassky, with Black, sacrificed a pawn, seized the initiative and achieved an advantage. He was close to victory. According to Bondarevsky, 'The whole game after 19.Qe2 was defined by Black's strong pressure, and this time the American's resilience and stamina flourished and the game was drawn'. He added, 'Maybe Black did not have a concrete winning line.
That issue remains unanswered. In any case, in my opinion, few grandmasters would have endured Black's pressure and saved the game '.Let us see an extract of the fifth game. Some data is technically necessary to be able to visit the page at all. A so-called cookie stores identifiers that make it possible to respond to your individual requests.
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Dennis Monokroussos writes:And so we come to the end of our three-part series commemorating the chessof Bobby Fischer (though it's my intent to revisit more of his games in thefuture). We started with a look at his early career, studying his brilliant1956 win over Donald Byrne. Last week we continued with a game from his middleperiod, a nice victory of Lajos Portisch in 1966.
And now we conclude with agame from the culminating event of his career, his 1972 World Championship matchagainst the defending champion, Boris Spassky.Fischer started off down 0-2, losing the first game on a blunder and the secondgame with an intentional forfeit. It seemed the match might not continue, butafter much cajoling from others and tremendous sportsmanship from Spassky gamethree finally occurred, and it was a Fischer win. After a narrow escape in game4, Fischer won again in game 5 to tie the scores. And now we come to game 6,the subject of our show this week.The game was notable for several reasons.
First, the opening. While Fischerhad occasionally dabbled with non-1.e4 openings with White, those outings wererare and hadn't occurred even once in his three Candidates matches. When Fischeropened this game with 1.c4, it came as a palpable shock to most observers, andSpassky, as I'll explain during the show, didn't react as he should have duringthe game. The second noteworthy aspect is the game's quality: this is widelythought to be one of Fischer's two strongest creative achievements in the match.And third, this game him the lead for the first time in the match, a lead henever relinquished.It is therefore a game not only of aesthetic and instructional value, but ofhistorical significance to boot. All told, a fine reason to join me tonight– Wednesday night – at 9 p.m.
Fischer Spassky 1992
ET on ChessBase's playchess.com server.Hope to see you there!Dennis Monokroussos'lectures begin on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST, which translates to 02:00hGMT, 03:00 Paris/Berlin, 13:00h Sydney (on Thursday). Other time zonescan be found at the bottom of this page. You can use Fritz or any Fritz-compatibleprogram (Shredder, Junior, Tiger, Hiarcs) to follow the lectures, or downloada.You can find the exact times for different locations in the world at. Exact times for most larger cities are.And you can watch older lectures by Dennis Monokroussos offline inthe Chess Media System room of Playchess. Enter the above archive room and click on 'Games' to see the lectures.The lectures, which can go for an hour or more, will cost you between one andtwo.That is the equivalent of 10-20 Euro cents (14-28 US cents).Monokroussos in Mexico: World Championship 2007Dennis Monokroussos is 41, lives in South Bend, IN, wherehe teaches chess and occasionally works as an adjunct professor of philosophyat the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University-South Bend.At one time he was one of the strongest juniors in the U.S. And has reacheda peak rating of 2434 USCF, but several long breaks from tournament play havemade him rusty.