Newsday (Nassau Edition) Hempstead, New York Wednesday, July 12, 1972 - Page 85
An Analysis
Since Fischer is known for his predilection for the Grunfeld Defense, it was a little surprising that he drifted into the Nimzo-Indian opening. Maybe he feared use of the Grunfeld again after his loss to the world champion at the Siegen Olympiad in Germany in 1970.
At first the experiment appeared rewarding at least as far as the draw was concerned.
Early exchange of the queens was followed first by the exchange of minor and then by the exchange of major pieces, so that very rapidly the game came down to a level bishop-and-pawn ending.
Surely this was going to be a draw, we all thought. Suddenly, there came a most astonishing twist to the game. Against all expectations, Fischer captured a rook pawn with his bishop and doomed the bishop to destruction. Could the grandmaster have overlooked something or had he seen deeper than the rest of us?
The only real winning chance for white lies in getting the king back so as to prevent Fischer's pawns from advancing. Once this is done, black is entirely without winning prospects. But it is not clear how white can make further progress. It is upon this problem, no doubt, that the Russian grandmaster will pass the night in analysis.
Harry Golombek, an international chess grandmaster, has been three times British chess champion and a judge in six previous world chess championship matches. He is chess correspondent for the Times of London.
An Analyses 12 Jul 1972, Wed Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Hempstead, New York) Newspapers.com
