AThe Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, July 03, 1965 - Page 55
Chess: Fischer Played 26 Experts and Had Only Two Losses
Grand Master Bobby Fischer, the 22 year - old United States champion, recently faced 21 international experts, members of the United Nations chess club, plus five local players, in a simultaneous exhibition at the Church Centre of the United Nations.
The event, arranged through the courtesy of TAG, Inc., a producer of games, found the champion in spirited form.
Fischer played 1 P-K4 every board and ended with 21 wins, three draws and two losses, to the club secretary, Luis Loayza of Peru, and to Vladimir Vakula of the Soviet Union.
The following games are from the exhibition.
Fischer encountered a stubborn, if unorthodox, opponent, when Gerardo Martinez, as Black in a French Defence, played the bizarre 2 … B-N5ch.
This loss of time allowed Fischer to obtain the bishop-pair after 9 NxB, QxN. After 11, B-Q2, moreover, White was completely developed and lead an attack in hand.
Black was not overawed and refused to crumple easily. He even managed a sort of counter with 14 … P-N5.
But after 18 Q-K1ch, K-B1, it appeared that Black had reached the end of his rope. Note 23 … PxB, saddling Black with tripled pawns. But Black had no choice: If 23 … QxB; 24 Q-K8 would mate.
Fischer's star move was 27 P-Q5, giving up a pawn to establish his knight on a dominant square with 28 N-Q4. Still Black refused to concede the hopelessness of his position and forced White to play cautiously after 33 … B-R6; 34 R-B2.
Finally, White's 36 N-B3 could not he overcome. Had Black tried 36 … R-B5; 37 QN3 could not be overcome. Had Black tried 36 … R-B5; 37 Q-N3 would have sufficed.
Loayza as Black in a Caro-Kann, organized his defences confidentially and actively reached a middle game where White's impending king-side assault was countered by a dangerous queen-side demonstration.
The climax was 17 … P-QB4; 18 P-KN4, PxP.
