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    Fischer Takes Larson, 6-O ‘The second half of the match saw further fruitless attempts by Larsen to win a game outright and salvage his honor. ‘In the fourth encounter, “he played an orthodox type of attack: against Fischer's King’s Indian, a Tai- manov system whieh is supposed to give White some initiative, at least, But Bob- hy's accurate defense’ gave Larsen noth- ing at all and when Black got the chance for a Kingside attack, Larsen was un- able to backtrack to fend It off. Seratch one ty. Correcting what he had done wrong in the third game, Larsen nicely pro- vided theoretical justification for the strange... Q-BI idea in the fifth eon. test, faking the starch out of Fischer's pawn seerifice and equalizing exsily But then he refused to accept his woll- earned draw, and once again outplayed by Bobby, went dawn to defeat for the fifth straight time, Still desperate for a redeeming point, Larsen shifted to the Bird’s Opening in the sixth game, but even transposing into an irregular Sicilian failed to pro- cure any particular ehaneos for him. So, he ventured an unsound pawn sacri fice, stubbornly refused a drawing conibination Fischer carelessly allowed him, and lost the game and match. Now that the match is over, the ebief advice I ean give Larsen is what every- fone knows: that, on this level, one can only win by sharply stalking the oppo- ent, striving for ¢ potent opening ini tiative, pressing it with all possible en- ergy and leaving the rest to fate, On those oveasions when one cannot obiain ‘@ fruitful position to press, there i nothing whatsoever to do except offer the draw and prepare to try harder in the next game. It does not matter wheth- fer one is behind in the match er not— there is no substitute for rational play. T have no advice to give Fischer—has ‘anyone? His play is unfailingly logical, holding an excellent balance between re- straint and enterprise, If he keeps it up through two more matehes, the world championship will surely be his. Cer- tianly no one ever got off to a better start! Gome Four KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Bent Larsen. Robert Fischer 1 P.gBs KN More flexible than the... . P-QB4 of game two, this move also. grants White various choices, among which is the possibility of transposing into the King’s Indian toward which he heads at the third move, 2.NKBS BNI 5 PKI PQS 3 Pad NKBS 6 BK2 .... 4.NBS 00 622 By Robert Byrne (Continued from October) Larsen usually prefers either the elas: siesl variation of the text or one of the offshoots from it, such as 6 P-KRS or 6 BKB. I remember no game at all in which he has ever used the Saemisch ‘setup, s. PKA 8 PQS NK? 700° NBT 9 NG oy The idea behind this innovation of ‘Taimanov’s is to bolster a Queenside pawn attack, P-QN4, P-B5, by bringing the Knight to QB4 ‘or QN3. This addi- tion to the attack augments it to sueh a degree that Black dare not follow the usual strategy of ignoring the Queenside to launch one of his own on the opposite wing, (which does work against 9 N-KT, for example). So, on bis next move, Fischer edopis a de. fensive blockade known from the games ‘Taimanov—Kavalek (Beverseiji: 1970), and Gligorie—R. Byme (Lugano, 1970), which ended in comfortable draws for Black, 9... PBS TORNT NAT In the games mentioned in the previ- fous note, both defenders deemed it im- portant fo play 10... P-QR4 in order to eliminate one pair’ of pawns when White advances P.QN4, so that any Queenside pawn weaimesses would be obviated. What is ospocially interesting to me is that Fischer has decided it is unnecessary to forestall tension on the Queenside and that, with accurate de- Tense, Black need fear nothing. The re- mainder of the game supports his jadg- ment 11 P.QN PNG If there is an exchange on QB4, the reeaplure will be wilh his gawa, so that! White will be denied a passed QP and pressure on the resulting half-open QN file. T2P.ORS PB4 14 ORF BO? 1OPRS NKB3 15QR3 BRI ‘This move, which was employed in the two games cited in the note to ‘move nine, has as its strategie objective the exchange of a Bishop fairly blocked by its own pawns for White's better one. Tactically, it ties down enemy pieces to the defense of the KP, since the pawn protection, P-B3, would give Black attacking chances after NERS 1B QB? NPXP NPXBP 19 BB? Preparing his iMladvised 20th move, but if is remarkable that oven at this early stage it is diffienlt to suggest 2 positive plan for White. He cannot sim for BR to remove Black's QB, sinee the sequence, ... QaRP, BxB QxQ, BKGch KCR!, BxQ, BRN, wins 2 pawn’ Perhaps’ the ‘best way to simplify would be 19 NNB, BxN 20 RxB, though Black would have’ some chance of tak- ing over the QN file after 20 while a Kingside attack by | ++ NS, and either. | NK would beckon toc We... PRs 20 NDE... ‘Wille’ this little exchanging combina. tion only results in rapidly mobilizing the Black Rooks for an attick on the King, it is not easy to fing a secure way for White to try for a draw. He cannot get anywhere on the Queenside, whereas Black controls the center and ean use the half open KN file for a ready-made onslaught, 2... BxB 21 NkNeh — RXN 22 KRxB QR-KBI Completely underestimatirg the at- tack whieh follows on Fischer's next move. Tt was mandatory to play 24 P- B4, PxP 25 N-K2, P-B6 26 QxKBP, P-BO, hecause even though Black tas in view the powerful threat, ... NNBK4 and .. . PBG, White has ‘more space for hhis pieces to fight back. On. . . N-N3, however, BxN would permit ..”. PxB, with the menace of . . . P-NENS. 23 RAG 2 NADP BET wm... Ps) ‘Yes, While’ gets the K4 syuare—but Bobby's attack comes so quickly there Js no chance to use it. The freeing P-B4 ig ruled out and every lat one of Black's pieces can be brougit to bear ‘on the king, while .. . P-B6 is the im- mediate threat. BK NBA 26RBS .... ‘Trying to counterattack thi: way only ives Black am extra tempo. The best defense available was 26 K-RL, R-R3 27 NNL, but after... QK2, threatening 8-Q5 followed by ... Q25, White's hanees of survival are. smal, % @KN2 ‘The Queen ‘can be brought to the at- tack at onee because the offred pawn is taboo—27 BxN, BxB 28 RKRP, RNB 29 PINS, P-BO 30 N-B3, QRE 31 KI. QR6 32 RKN1, QxPeh’ and mate next move. 27 RANI see Consistent with his previous move, but a passive defense such os 27 K-RI, NRO 28 R-KNL, RR3 29 PNB would be CHESS LIFE & REVIEW a shambles after . . , NB! 30 BXN, RxPeb 31 KeR, QRSch 92 BRS, QxBch 38 KAN2, BRGch 34 KR, BBS mate. White could, of course, omit 29 P.N3, but what could he do about the threat of... NBG! after the preperatory . KM? Anything involving P-R3 would be vulnerable to a breakthrough by... BS or_a sacrifice on R3, and PBS ithout P-R3 would only be asking for . QNARS which forees the move anyhow. W.... N.RSE Perhaps Larsen relied on 28 RxB, RxR 29 Q4S, but the sequel would be... RLKBI 30 QaN, RRS and his Queen is trapped! 28 0.03 Had he gone through with his RNS idea, 28... BBE 20 RxReh, Rx 30 Q.Q3, NxP 91 BxB, N-K6ch would have finished effectively. Here, 31 K-B1, BxB 32 QxB, P-BG 33 NN3, QRS with the double threat of... Q!BB, mating, and - OP, is just as conclusive. 2B. BBS ‘There is ‘nothing to be done about the threats of NxP'and . . _ QxPeh, be- cause 29 P-N3, PaP 20 BPXP, BxB 31 QsB, N-Béch wins in the same way as the ‘actual game continuation, 2 KR1 P.BEL 32. QxBN-BEch QONNS PxPch 39: KxP N-Q7 31KNI BXB 34 Resigns Game Five SICILIAN DEFENSE Robert Flicher Tia PaBe 2. NKes Pas 3 Pas PAP NP ON-KBS 5 NOBS NES 10PB4 QBt __Afier White's tenth move the position fs the same as in game three, but now Larsen tries his. QB ides without erroneously preceding it by... PQR3. PLAY INFORMAL CHESS BY MAIL — JOIN CBMC TODAY! One Year—s5 Life—$25 Details and MiniChess Set—$ stamps CHESS BY MAIL CLUB 179 West Dulles Road Des Plaines, Ill. 60016 ‘NOVEMBER, 1971 11 Pate An ingonious try, but Laisen brushos it of without any difficuity, so it would seem that White has nothing hetter than the orthodox Q-B3 or Q-K2. Me... NN 13003 PxP 12 BN PxP ‘The alternative stubborn attempt to keep the pawn, . .. PKN3, runs into insuperable difficulties after 1¢ QR-KI, B.Ql 15 PP, BxP 16 QNS, NKI17 QS, BK 18 QB4, O92 19 ORG and there is no defense against RBG-R3, since BAR is anowered by RxN! Because the QB must stay where it is to prevent RxN, White can win in other ways, too, for éxample, N-B4, threstening the’ sim’ ple but deadly NxB, as well as NxP! 1... REI 15 PaP, BxP 16 RaB, QeR 17'Qx0, PxQ 13 RxB, RxR 10 BxNv also gives White the winning advantage of three minor pieces to two Rooks. In the line T give in the first_para graph, Black's best is 16... BN3 17 BxB, PxB 18 QxP, Q-B4ch 19 QxQ, Px 20 RK7, but White has a clear endgame advantage. Still another possibility is 16... QQ2 17 BRS NRA 18 O32, QB2 19 PRNG, BXNP’ 99 N-Q5, QRE 21 QxPeh! RxQ 22 RiKach and’ mates next move. VNxP NxN 16 RBS O88 15 QxNBAKS ‘Nipping White's chances in the bud, and avoiding... BxE? 17 RNS! P-BS 38 R&B, R-K1 19 RxP with grest advan- tage, Nor can Black risk 17. P-KN3 18 QxB, QKS 19 QR B.Q4 20 RKB, (Gnd 21 ICKL, YX 22 Uxen, mating: 7 KY : Bobby has to admit that he can get no further with bis intended attack. 17 QK3 would have been tricky, as shown by... P.Q4? 18 RNS, P-KNS 18 RKI, Q-3 20 QR6, PBS 21 RBS, winning 8 Piece. But White stands worse after Ti. HME 18 GHB, BRRP 19 RNS, 72... QQ 19 RNS -P-KNS Te RxG" Pad If 19... PxR? 20 RxPch, KRI 21 RxBPeh, BRS 22 BxBeh, K-NI 23K. Nich, K-R1 24 B.R3 and’ Black is fin- ished, 20 BxOP Bags? ‘The draw was his for the asking after BXR, but this heroie adventure, by which he wins a slight material advan- tage, is too risky since White obtains considerable positional compensation. 2VRxB) BXR 29 RXNP ws 22 RAT BGR ‘Although White has only Bishop plus ‘one pawn for Rook, the dominating po- sition of his pieces and che possibility of getting connected pasied pawns on the Queerside give him al the winning chances, Why did Larsen shoose to con- ‘est this at move 202 Bi... QR Bee 24 Pipa” PGR 25. . . BIBS was out of the question because ‘of 26 BXB, RxF followed by K-B2K3.Q4, winning the decisive pawn, 26 PKNS KRKI 27 KB RK2 Hoping to free himself by .. . B-Q1 2BBKBS RK6 298.083... Not really threatening to take “the RP, because after the exchange of Bish- ops, RLK1 would permit the black Rooks to penetrate too dangerously in- to the White position. Bu; he threatens to threaten, meanwhile keeping up the pressure. 25 RR o Pe Black is i's’ position = passive that it almost amounts to Zugswang, thus, explaining this weakening advance, which sims at counterplay by... P-RS, ‘30 PERE! Threatening RxPeh as vell as R.QBE, with a powerful pin, and if... K-BL, then 31 BQ4, R6KI 92 RKB, RE 33/BBS wins. In this lire, Black can- not escape by Bl... . R-Q5, because the Rook is trapped by 32 BBSch followed yk, : ie BKA 31 BG: ree npn end tng bet, competing a decisive reduction of, mterial Br... ROS 33 B-GB3 2 Ras ‘The alternstive, .... RxB 24 PxR, BxB 35 PxB, RxP is met by 36 R-QBE!, after which the Black Rook eamnot gei back in time to prevent the GP from going all the way: 36... RRB 37 P-Q6, RxP ch 38 K-98, RRS 50 K32, RRICH 40 KBs, RRB ‘41 RBEh, KN2 42 POT. Also'33... . RSxP 34 EXB, R-B4 35 Fach, R236 QS, REL 37 BKAch, KNI 38 BQ4, RxBch 39 K-Q3, RxBel 40 RaR gives White a rostine, winning Rook and pawn ending. RIP 34 KBXR_ RKB 35 KOI Naturally not 35 BxB? R-KSch and White won't win, but the :ext eontinnes the relentless, decisive sinplification, wees RBS 36 RKP! RRR ‘At last perfect materisl equilibrium has been reached, but, of course, Black cannot cope with the monster of a passed QRP, 2B PQRt KB] 393883 BxB Rqually unavailing was... B-RG 40 PRS, BQ3 41 PRS, BNI 42 BKS, 623 97 3xR BxQNP BAR2 48 B.QE which exacts a piece for the pawn. ADB KK2 4g PRT KN 41KQ¢ KQ3 45 KGS PRS 42 PRS PBS 43 PRE K-BS Game Six BIRD'S OPENING Bont Larsen. Robert Fischer 1 PKB4 weet is oftimes favorite of Larsen’s is every bit as sound as the more orthodox opening choices, although it is very dif- Ault to gain the initiative with it wee P.OB4 Since Bin ida iow ot up a Bright outpost at KO, it is useful to postpone the advanee of the QP until it becomes clear whether gain of space or control of Black's K4 is more important, 2 N-KBS PKNS 3 PAKS ‘Trangposing thusly into a kind ‘of closed Sicilion is, in my opinion, merely exchanging one’ innocuous formation for another. se. BN? 4 BK2 .,.. And varying in this way from’ the usual KB fianchetto can have ro other advantage then that of novelty, but Lar- sen likes to be different for ditference’s sake, Sous. NQBS 7 NIRS KNK? 53 00° pas 8 PBS .... 6 Pas PKS One difference between White's for- mation and the standard closed Sill is that this move can be played at once, denying Black his Q5 square for a Knight outpost and serving as prop for a possible P-Q4, But White's otherwise tame development works against his us- ing this difference to obtain anything really menacing, 00 © 10 P.Q4 xP P.QRo ONINXP Ow. On PaP Black gets a comfortable game by 11 . . . PQN4 followed by . BLN2, since 12 P.95? PxP 13 PxP, NS aires up the QP, - PONS = 19QQ2 GBP Tie nen ‘AS so often in this type of position (by now an irregular open Sicilian), the Black QP is not weak, primarily because the enemy minor pieces cannot be Drought to bear on ii. But it does need some protection, so the last move clears for @ Rook to come to Ql. WaRaT ROT 16 P.ORS 15NB2 ORNT 17 PKS In allowing the center to be opened, White cannot get anywhere. If Larsen is all that intent on trying something, perhaps it should have been P-KN4, And whether he should goin for forward ‘marches from a position no stronger than bis is another question altogether. 7 BBI 18 P.QN4 NRO ‘he’ point of this is that the obvious CARRY YOUR CARD Carry your USCF membership card with you at all times and be prepared to show it at each USCFrrated tour- nament. reply, . . . NHBS is a complete lemon after '19 BeN, QxB 20 B-Q¢ followed by N-K3.N4 which yields dangerous chances for a Kingside attack. Wo... NBS IS NO, nitiating a pawn sacrifice which 16, utterly unsound, but saving the pawn by PXP, BxP favors Black, who would then develop play against the QBP, while finding excellent squares in the center for his minor pieces (.. .. N-K2-B4 or QH). 19..., RXR 21 BENS ROS 20 Pep’ NxKP 229.84 -RNZ?I In awkwardly unpinning the Knight thusiy, Bobby pormits Larsen to escape his proper punishmont and make a draw. Most accurate was... BKN2 23 PKR, BN2 24 BBG, BKB 25 QxB, QI and there are no more draw swin- dies. However, 22... QxP? 28 BB: ‘wins for White, since 23... NxBeh 24 RN leaves both King and’ Queen en prise simultaneously 22 P-KR¢ BND 25 QxB xP? B56 BxB He should have played... @-K2 with the same consolidating idea as T sug- gest in the previous note. 26... RXN 27 QRN, ROS 28 QN5, RaR 29 ReR, PBS 30' ORG, RQ? BT RQBL, Q-Q5ch 32 KB, BND 32 ROL is too much for Black’ Nor could he improve by 30. . . RINZ 31 PxP, PxP 32 R-QBch, K-B2 $3°QRS, since there is ‘no perpetual check and 30 defense to ‘tho mate. 26... QKGch 27 K-RI, ReN 28 RXR, QxR 29 °R-Q1 is just anther way for Black to blow the defense 27 K-RIA tee Had Larsen cared to, be could have taken the draw by 27 NEKP, BxN 28 RRR, BxR 29 Q-Q8ch, K-l2 80 QBEch, te. 2... MNS 9QRE 1... 28 BN xB REI would have failel against 29 ReRéch 80 KN, QK6d 2. BQ2 "30 RBA Were ‘it not for his doordie spirit, Larsen could once again make a draw— 30 NxKP, BXN 31 Rs, BiR 32 Q.NSch, ate, 30. Ppa 31GB? ‘The only way to keep trying was 31 QNsch, KB2 92 QxNP which gives Black a difficult problen in finding shelter for the King Be. Bel At last the QR can cone to the de- fense and decide the issue for good. 32 RABI RKB2 — 33 QR6 BNI 32... RAN? 34 RBI, QQ7 35 RxBch, R.Q1'36 QxQ wins Blacks Queen, and 34... Q.QE changes nothing—95 RxB ch, RQ1_36 QNSch 34 NXKP axeat Dashing any remaining White hopes. 95QK3° RK2 FRR BGM BE QRKI ROS 40 R-KEh KNZ 37 QNSch QxQ_ 4 Resigns 30NxQ | RAR Don’t change your address without notifying us! To insure uninterrupted delivery of CHESS LIFE & REVIEW, please notify us at least six weeks before you move. 1. Attach your address label from a recent issue in the space provided opposite. Uflabel not available, be sure fo give us your old address, including Zip Code) 2. Print your name anc new 3, Mall entire notice to: CHESS LIFE 8 REVIEW address below (be sure to include your Zip Code). Name New Address city 479 Broadway Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 lease Zip Code 624 CHESS LIE & REVIEW The Petrosian - Korchnoi Match: Petrosian Was True to Himself Right from the beginning, 1 would like to emphasize that the main goal of this review of the Petrosian-Korchnoi match is to lead the reader through the general course of the struggle and to ‘throw some light on the most crucial momenis in certain games, which, fin- ally, determined the outcome of the match, Also, T felt it was necessary to eal with the styles of the two players and with certain psychologieal features of the duel. ‘The most outstanding feature in the style of ex-World Champion Tigran Pe- trosian is his desire to keep his oppo. nent at his own distance. This can be seen in every game as well as in the overall plan of the mateb, ‘This is pure ly his own individual stsie, his. chess aracter. ‘Victor Korchnoi may be described as a searching chess player. To me, he seems more a destroyer of the other player's plans and positions rather than 2 creator. His strength is most evident in counterattacks. He is known for flexible playing style and colossal ener- gy and working capacity during # game, Upon his return from 2 certain major tournament, Korchnoi remarked: “I used enough nervous energy to light up a small hotel!” ‘Korehnoi is also a fighter with stub- bornness that anyone could envy. Be {s tenacious in defense and can become quite “angry"—in the sports sense of that word, When he tackles a problem that comes up over the board, I be. lieve the Leningrad grandmaster has a tendeney not to trust his intuition; ra ther, he relies more on hard, cold’ cal- culatione, Ho ability to figure out vari ous continuations far in advance helps him in the endgame, By his style, Korehno} is more a tour. nament player than a_maich player, Sometimes, when he gets carried away by his Ideas and original plans he does not reckon with the more prosaic as pects of chess, One of his shortcomings is his “ability” to get into time trouble, Comparing the styles of the two play. ers, it must be said that Petrosian is a tough opponent for Korchnol. After all, during the course of the struggle Koreh’ noi has to be able to discover his ‘opponent's plan in order to begin “de stroying” it. But Petrosian’s style is often based on waiting, maneuvering, “semitones.” That is why the tempera: mental Korehnol often had to shoot at Dlind targets, Bofore the quarterfinal matches, 1 placed Petrosian’s chances higher than Korehno’s. However, the duels between Petrosian and Huebner and Geller- Korehnoi changed my opinion—I began NOVEMBER, 1971 by Boris Spassky World Champion to think their chances were about equal, Nevertheless, before the maten I made 4 friendly bet of one bottle of cognac, picking Petrosian to win. For one thing, this enabled me to make ap for the losses I suffered after the Larsen- Fischer mateh, I had bet that Larsen would win at least one game, The First Game: A Mirror of the Match In the first game, Petrosian displayed a very characteristic approach to play ing White, one which was preserved throughout the entire match, NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE T. Petrosi ‘Vv, Korchnol 1 PQ¢ NKBS 3 NGBS BANS 2 PBs PKS 4 O82 Opening theory considers this contin: ation to be the strongest. sess PQ4 6 P.QRI BxNch 5 PxP° PP 7 PB White is playing quite strongly, ‘but without any pretensions in the opening. In general, it must be said that Petro- sian’s style, as a mateh player, boils down, as a rule, to gaining « strong, safe position. He usually shifts the center of gravity of the struggle to the middie and end geme, where, if circumstances allow, he may display ‘his main strength ‘

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