Letsplaychess.com presents Fischer vs Benko - Pirc Defence : Austrian Attack

[haikus575]

At 7:00, why was Ng3 played rather than the immediate exd6? You say that the knight move was disastrous for Benko, but I just can't see how. You say that the black knight on d6 is threatened, but why wasn't it threatened before Ng3?

[anonymous8261631]

@haikus575

I'll assume you mean Ne2 when you say Ng3.

"At 7:00, why was Ng3 played rather than the immediate exd6?"

Either one is a win for Fischer, I guess he didn't want to bother gaining material and wanted to focus on the mate so Ne2 was slowly bringing in another piece for the attack. "You say that the knight move was disastrous for Benko, but I just can't see how."

If the knight leaves d6, then Qf5 with forced mate.

[kingscrusher]

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[TomDavid88]

That "girlfriend" excuse is total bullshit. Guys who waste their lives becoming this good at chess don't HAVE girlfriends!

Tom David

Minneapolis

[ytmndman]

@TomDavid88 90% of grandmasters are married

[kmatson07]

Kingscrusher, I cannot thank you enough for sharing this and all of these games with us. This is a huge benefit to the chessworld.

Although, this game sort of irritates me. And I think it's typical of the games in Fischer's 60. It's a dazzling showpiece of tactics, yes, but really its capitalizing on the numerous errors that Benko made. There's no real deep positional or strategic beauty to be taken from this particular game.

[poprockssuck87]

Well, we have the best of both worlds here; everyone wins. Benko had a night which left him exhausted (lucky guy), and we get another brilliant game from Fischer.

[markakim30]

This is the time when Fischer is in the Highest Level of his game... Nobody can beat him in the US Open.... Until now, nobody can do 11-0 Bcoz Fischer hated draw. He has a will to win... If you able to draw a game to him, considered yourself Lucky. Even during 1975 to defend his Title, one of his demands is that the draw should not be counted. And then he lose the Title. So sad. Nobody want to challenged Fischer in a you beat him or He beat you situation, DRAW is not a score for Fischer.

[salamfarzin]

very nice

[pedalpusher2008]

I wish you would slow down a bit so I could follow at a more gentle pace. You sound like you are trying to sell me a carpet or something!

[NotThat3]

Hahaha been with his girlfriend the entire night before, so he was rather exhuasted. Best chess grandmaster excuse ever!!

[geonerd]

@NotThat3

It's found near the middle of page 1 in the "Why I lost: 1001 Excuses." book. :)

Most chess nerds don't have this particular worry.

[lostthefight]

Fischer made him his girlfriend.

[nosuchdude]

Fischer did not play 12.exf5? because of Benko's strong reply 12...e4! This gives Black a strong attack against White's king, which is stuck in the center. After White's forced 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4, Black could then play 15...Re8 16.Qf3 Nd4 17.Qf2 Nxc2+ 18.Qxc2 Rxe3+, with a powerful attack along White's weakened dark squares. Thus, Fischer avoided all of this and correctly played 12.Qxf5!.

[nosuchdude]

If 16.Qf4, by the way, Black has 16...Bd4 17.Nd1 Nb4 18.O-O Nxc2 19.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Nxd4, and Black is clearly better in the endgame.

[hmsrenown]

Benko just threw the game away quickly and decisively, but Fischer did form a brilliant attack, he totally earned the win even though Benko was really playing bad.

[MinneappolisMN9]

well narated

[NOmind570]

hello everyone, im trying to find a game by fischer where he makes awesome use of his rooks and knight to mate the king on the side board. i think he was playing black. thanks!

[IEatNubs6]

nice

[alru24]

Fatal mistake by Benko. Chess and girlfriends don't mix well together.

[kryshnatz]

uuuuuiiiiihhhh......nice move by fischer....great stuff.....

[Majnu2006]

Good game!

Wonderful blockade move!