Bobby Fischer Round-Robin Speed Tournament at Manhattan Chess Club

Back to 1971 News Articles

New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, August 05, 1971 - Page 30

Bobby Fischer will play in a round-robin speed tournament Sunday at the Manhattan Chess Club, 14 East 60th Street, beginning at 2 P.M. The event will be limited to members of the club.

Thursday, August 05, 1971 New York Times

Promising Line Missed
A critical position arose after Black's 13. ... P-QN4. According to Soltis, he missed a promising sacrifice in 14. NxQP, which could have been followed by 14. ... QxQ; 15. RxQ, PxN; 16. BxP, a situation very favorable for White.

Thursday, August 05, 1971 New York Times Promising Line Missed A critical position arose after Black's 13. ... P-QN4....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, July 19, 2020

Position after 21. ... P-N4
FEN 2kr2nr/2n1p3/1qp1P2p/1p1pP1p1/6P1/PPN2B2/3Q1P2/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
Black could not have played 16. ... R-N1, protecting his queen-knight-pawn, because of 17. P-K6, so White would have won at least a third pawn for his piece, and remained with a very aggressive position.
In the game, interest centered on Black's king-knight. This knight remained undeveloped, and when, on his 31st turn, Black finally brought the tardy piece into play, it was a little late to make any difference.

King's Fianchetto Defense
Soltis vs. Duncan Suttles

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-KN3 2. P-Q4 P-Q3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. B-KN5 P-QB3 5. Q-Q2 P-QR4 6. N-B3 P-R5 7. B-K2 Q-R4 8. O-O B-N5 9. QR-Q1 N-R3 10. P-K5 P-R3 11. B-KB4 P-Q4 12. P-KR3 BxN 13. BxB P-QN4 14. P-K6 P-B4 15. P-R3 Q-N3 16. B-K5 BxB 17. PxB N-B2 18. P-KN4 O-O-O 19. P-N3 RPxP 20. BPxP PxP 21. PxP P-N4 22. P-R4 P-N5 23. P-R5 PxN 24. PxQ PxQ 25. PxN R-B1 26. B-K2 P-R4 27. RxP KxP 28. R-B1 R-R3 29. RxP RxP 30. R(5)-B5 K-N3 31. P-N4 N-R3 32. B-B4 R-N3 33. PxP K-B2 34. B-K2 R-B1 35. P-N5 N-B2 36. PxP RxP 37. R-N5 N-Q1 38. B-B3 N-B2 39. R-Q1 R-K1 40. R-N7ch K-B1 41. R-R1 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 a5 6. Nf3 a4 7. Be2 Qa5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Rad1 Na6 10. e5 h6 11. Bf4 d5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 14. e6 f5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc7 18. g4 O-O-O 19. b3 axb3 20. cxb3 fxg4 21. hxg4 g5 22. a4 b4 23. a5 bxc3 24. axb6 cxd2 25. bxc7 Rf8 26. Be2 h5 27. Rxd2 Kxc7 28. Rc1 Rh6 29. Rxd5 Rxe6 30. Rcc5 Kb6 31. b4 Nh6 32. Bc4 Rg6 33. gxh5 Kc7 34. Be2 Rc8 35. b5 Nf7 36. bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rb5 Nd8 38. Bf3 Nf7 39. Rd1 Re8 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Ra1 1-0