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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

chessnutz

Our weekly chess puzzle.
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Boris Spassky (USSR) versus Bobby Fisher (America)
Reykjavik 1980.
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White is moving towards an assured win with his pieces lining up for serial attacks on the cornered black king. But Black found an interesting gambit to deny the prize. Can you figure it out?
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Solution: Bored witless, Fisher got up from his seat and went outside to the toilet. He did not return for fifteen years, by which time Spassky couldn't be arsed finishing the game. This really happened.

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