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Bobby Fischer - Bent Larsen: Candidates Semi-final Match 1971 - Roard to World Ch.

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Game 3 of match Instructive game tags: Sicilian defence, Fischer-sozin variation, [Event "Fischer - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Denver, CO USA"] [Date "1971.07.11"] [EventDate "1971... (Show Full Description)
Game 3 of match Instructive game tags: Sicilian defence, Fischer-sozin variation, [Event "Fischer - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Denver, CO USA"] [Date "1971.07.11"] [EventDate "1971.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. f5 Qc8 12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Nb6 Qe8 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Ne5 18. Qd4 Qh5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe2 21. Ba7 Rbe8 22. Rf2 Qb5 23. c3 Bh4 24. g3 Qxd5 25. exd5 Bf6 26. Raf1 Nc4 27. Be6 Ra8 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 b5 31. Kf1 g6 32. b3 Na3 33. Ke2 Ra7 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 b4 36. Rxd6 Nb5 37. Rb6 Nxd4+ 38. Kd3 Nxe6 39. Rxe6 a5 40. Kd4 Kf7 41. Re2 1-0 Game 4 of match [Event "Fischer - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Denver, CO USA"] [Date "1971.07.13"] [EventDate "1971.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. a4 f5 13. a5 Nf6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qa3 Bh6 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nde4 Bxc1 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Rfxc1 Raf8 23. Rb6 Bc8 24. Ne2 f4 25. Be4 Nf5 26. Rc6 Qg7 27. Rb1 Nh4 28. Qd3 Bf5 29. Kh1 f3 30. Ng3 fxg2+ 31. Kg1 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Nf3+ 33. Kxg2 Nd2 0-1 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher Thumbnail Fischer Smiling (with nice tie) By Verhoeff, Bert / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Larsen Harry Pot [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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