1966 US Championship: Pal Benko vs Bobby Fischer

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Read online the Graphic Novel "Bobby Fischer: The Knight Who Killed the Kings".

In the 1966 US Championship, Bobby Fischer got off to a great start in round 1 against Pal Benko playing his famous Benko opening.

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FAQ about the Graphic Novel.

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[FaxanaduJohn]

"Simple development move, trying to control the center of the board". That's this guy's catchphrase!

[Austin Nifong]

at 24:00 I think bobby fischer should have pushed the pawn to d2, therefore the king has to move to d1. Then bobby brings down the rook and checks the king probably moving it to e2. Bobby takes rook on a1, and now the best thing for pal to do is take the bishop on e3, since it protects the pawn. Finally bobby can promote his pawn to a queen.

[ZehBlog]

You say "again" so much it becomes distracting

[Jeff Mandell]

Pal's bishop can then take the rook on f1

[Blader Henry]

22.25 the kingside's Bobby Fisher xD

[Blader Henry]

12.00 i think Nd5 was very very interesting, threating b4, freeing the e1-a5 diagonal for his bishop to kick the queen and, most important thing, threat Ne7 or Nf6. If the knight is captured with Bxd5, the rook can recapture pinning the knight, forcing ...Qe1+, Bf1 and something like Rac8. But then the simple Rd1, kicking the queen away followed by Be3 would have left benko with the bishop pair and a solid position. Tell me if you see better variations for black.

[patrickdonohue88]

@ 24:00 B Rook f2-f1 would be taken by W bishop a6-f1. Bobby made the right move.

[Matthew Brenc]

I saw that too. Seems extremely obvious and I'm very surprised Bobby missed that.

[Max Mustermann]

i do this as well when i want to memorize important names :P

[Bjarni Einarsson]

After 24 NxRe8 - BxR 25 Nc7 - Bxb2 26 Rb1 - Rc8 27 Nd5 - Rc2 28 Ne3! - white is going to win a pice with easy win.