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Section 2Friday, August 23, 1974THE HERALD(Diagram 1)BLACKUNZICKERHO NO 80 O X 8X NX HXOR QN OB Q K KB KN KRPlSCMfRWHITE(Diagram 2)BLACKUNZICKERHO NO 80 O X 8X NX HXOR QN QB O K KB KN KRFISCHERWHITE«?Cke76b« 3 'i 2Ki1(Diagram 3)BLACKUNZICKERHO NO 80 0 X 8X NX HXQR QN QB QKB KN KRFISCHERWHITEHypothetical Position (Diagram 4)BLACKUNZICKERHO NOX 8X NX HXQR QN QB QKB KN KRFISCHERWHITEWhite moves?White moves?Now what ?White winsBobby leads Wolfgangdown road to defeatShelbyonLyman chessendgame wins are a matter of down the opponent. But othersconducted with a grace and innuendoWolfgang Unzicker probably thoughthe had at least spare drawing chances when he reached the position given in our first diagram, as black, against Bobby Fischer at Siegen, 1971.(Diagram 1)But Fischer called the tune and led Unzicker in a pitiless pas-de-deux of knight and bishop. Each successive move (and there were few) merely measured out the West German’s dwindling hopes.Bobby started with an apparently insane maneuver. He played 1. N-Q5! This move undoubtedly wins a pawn. For both l. N-B6 check (a deadly fork of king andbishop) and 1. NxP are threatened.after 1.....B-B3; 2. NxP B-B6!second diagram is reached. How(Diagram 2)is Fischer to save his vital pawns?Watch the answer unfold, as i and response succeed each otheiourkingsideanother threatened knighti.e. 3.courseBxPbe met bv N-B6 checkK-R3 andBut Unzicker played 3 . . . , again BxP is threatened. Fischer defended the pawn with 4. N-B6. and Unzicker attacked the defending knight with4 . . . K-N2.Now Fischer attacked the black bishopuifh 5 K-R2 (hrineine his king closer)retreatedB-Q3.(See diagram three.)(Diagram 3)Now' surely the pawn must fall after the attacked knight moves. But Bobby found 6. N-07!! and black cannot takethe pawn. If 1 ensued after 6thereBxPB6ourposition) and ;pawn queensKxP6P-B5), a deadly knight forkn everything.lt; Diagram 4)zicker pathetically played Fischer replied with 7.K-N3 (finally safeguarding the pawn).And the game was ended. Black had nostomach for the technical exercise thatremained.Copyright 1971 by Shelby Lyman
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