AThe Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, June 13, 1971 - Page 13
The King's Men - Fischer-Reshevsky Match Always Stirs Wide Interest By Merrill Dowden
A game between American grandmaster and arch-rivals Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer always stirs wide interest. And today's was surely no exception because it occurred during the important Interzonal at Palma de Mallorca and it marked Fischer's fifth consecutive victory in that tournament.
The game is a Benoni English, a rather extraordinary opening in which Fischer loses several tempi in order to split White's Pawns and create weaknesses which eventually prove his undoing.
Grandmaster Larry Evans, who was acting as Fischer's official second, observes that “It is amazing how he manages to gain the initiative so effortlessly with Black, and his winning percentage against grandmasters by now must exceed the record of any other player in the world.”
Reshevsky's deteriorating position under time pressure was accentuated by an error on Move 29. Before playing, consider the diagrammed position. Reshevsky (White) has just moved 28. Q-Q7. Can you find Fischer's response?
Samuel Reshevsky vs Robert James Fischer Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 6, Nov-15 English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation Spielmann Defense (A32) 0-1 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044693
