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Bobby Fischer's Chess: Olympiad game with Mikhail Tal - Leipzig 1960 Olympiad - French Defence
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[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final"]
[Site "-"]
[Date "1960.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
{The 14th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open[1] team
tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of
chess, took place between October 26 and November 9, 1960, in Leipzig, East
Germany. T....} 1. e4 {In
Olympiad play, Mikhail Tal was a member of eight Soviet teams, each of which
won team gold medals (1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1980, and 1982), won
65 games, drew 34, and lost only two games (81.2 percent). This percentage
makes him the player with the best score among those participating in at least
four Olympiads. Individually, Tal won seven Olympiad board medals, including
five gold (1958, 1962, 1966, 1972, 1974), and two silver (1960, 1982).[8]} e6 {
....
Fischer represented the United States on top board with great distinction
at four Olympiads: Olympiad Individual result U.S. team result Leipzig 1960
13/18 (Bronze) Silver Varna 1962 11/17 (Eighth) Fourth Havana 1966 15/17
(Silver) Silver Siegen 1970 10/13 (Silver) Fourth Fischer's overall total
was +40 âˆ'7 =18, for 49/65 or 75.4%.[92][93] In 1966, he narrowly missed the
individual gold medal, scoring 88.23% to World Champion Tigran Petrosian's 88.
46%. Fischer played four more games than Petrosian, faced stiffer opposition,
and would have won the gold if he had accepted Florin Gheorghiu's draw offer
in the penultimate round rather than declining it and suffering his only loss.
[94] Fischer had planned to play for the U.S. at the 1968 Lugano Olympiad,
but backed out when he saw the poor playing conditions.[95][96] In the 1962
Varna Olympiad, on the eve of the match between the U.S. and Argentine teams,
Fischer boasted to his teammates that he would finish his game in 25 moves.
His opponent the next day, Miguel Najdorf, opened with the Sicilian Najdorf,
and resigned on move 24.} 2. d4 {Despite the alienation from her son, Regina
in 1960 staged a five-hour protest in front of the White House urging
President Dwight Eisenhower to send an American team to that year's chess
Olympiad (set for Leipzig, East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain), and to help
support the team financially.[48]} d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4
(6... cxb4 7. Nb5 b3+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 bxc2 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Rc1 Ne7 12.
Nf3) 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bd3 Ba4) 7...
Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 (11. Bf4) 11... Qc7 12. Bb5
(12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 b6 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Bd3 Rh8 16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qg7 Rhg8 18.
Qh6 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4 20. Rb1) 12... Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Rb1 O-O-O) 14. Bg5 (14. Bxc6 Bxc6 (14... Nxc6 15. Bg5 Rdf8 16. Rfe1
Qxa5 17. Qd3) 15. Qxf7 Rdf8 16. Qxe6+ Bd7 17. Qxe7 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Rxf3 19. Bg5
Rgxf2 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Kg1) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 16. Kh1 Rh8) (
15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe7 Rh8 18. Rae1 Rxh7 19. Rxe5 Rxe7) 15...
Bxb5 (15... Qxe5 16. Bxe7 Rh8 17. Rfe1 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rxh7 19. Bxd8 Kxd8 {equal
}) 16. Nxf7 (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfb1 Qg5 18. g3 Ba6 19. Nxf7 Qe7 20. Rb4) 16...
Bxf1 17. Nxd8 Rxg5 (17... Qxd8 18. Bxe7) 18. Nxe6 (18. Rxf1 Qxd8) 18... Rxg2+ (
18... Bxg2 19. Nxc7 (19. Nxg5 Be4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qh8+ Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23.
Re1 Kc7 24. Rxe4) 19... Be4+ 20. Kf1 Bxh7) 19. Kh1 (19. Kxf1 Rxh2 (19... Qxh2
20. Qxh2 (20. Qf7 Rg1+ (20... Kd7 21. Nf8+ Kd8 22. Ne6+ Kd7 23. Nf8+ Kc6 24.
Qe8+ Kd6 25. Qd8+ Ke5 26. Qxe7+ Kf5 27. Qf7+ Kg4 28. Qg6+ Kh4 29. Qh6+ Kg4 30.
Qxh2 Rxh2) 21. Ke2) 20... Rxh2 21. Ke2 Kd7 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Kxc6 24. Rg1)
20. Nxc7 (20. Qf7 Rh1+ 21. Kg2 (21. Ke2 Qc4+ 22. Kf3 Rh3+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1
Rh1#) 21... Rxa1 (21... Qh2+ 22. Kf3 Qh3+ 23. Kf4 Qh4+ 24. Ke5 Qe4+ 25. Kd6
Nf5+ 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxh1 Qf6) 22. Qe8+) 20... Rxh7) 19... Qe5 20. Rxf1 Qxe6
{United States 1½ : 2½ Soviet Union URS GM Fischer ½ - ½ GM Tal GM
Lombardy ½ - ½ GM Botvinnik IM Byrne ½ - ½ GM Korchnoi GM Bisguier
0 - 1 GM Smyslov} (20... Rg6 21. Qxe7 Rxe6 22. Qf8+ Re8 23. Qf3 Kd7 24. Rg1
Qe4) 21. Kxg2 Qg4+ {1 Soviet Union Tal, Botvinnik, Keres, Korchnoi, Smyslov,
Petrosian 34 2 United States Fischer, Lombardy, Byrne, Bisguier, Rossolimo,
Weinstein 29 3 Yugoslavia Gligorić, Matanović, Ivkov, Bertok, Damjanović,
VukÄÂević 27} 22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ (23... Qg4+) 1/2-1/2
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