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Bobby Fischer vs Mario Bertok 1962

Robert James “Bobby” Fischer is considered by many as one of the greatest chess players of all time. His name is synonymous with chess in the USA. Bobby Fischer was born in 1943. At the age of 13 he earned the brilliancy price in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament against Donald Byrne, the game is known as “The Game of the Century”. Fischer participated in eight US Chess Championships, winning each one of them. In 1971 he became the first official number one rated chess player of FIDE. In 1972 he won the World Chess Championship from Boris Spassky. Bobby Fischer died in 2008

Mario Bertok was a Croatian International master born in 1929. He was a sportswriter by profession, writing for “Sportske novosti”.

 

This game impressively shows that calculation is more important than common chess principles. Fischer utilizes a hanging pawn, usually a weakness and easy target, to his advantage in a extremely tight calculated midgame.

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