Game 6 B. Fischer vs B. Spassky 1972

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Pi4Chess
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Game 6 B. Fischer vs B. Spassky 1972

Post by Pi4Chess »

Hello,

Does anyone know if there is already a published extensive analysis of this game with recent chess engines ?

I was quickly analyzing the moves of this game with last dev stockfish and i was amazed by how Bobby Fischer was nearly playing at nowadays Stockfish level !

Many moves of Fischer are the best moves found by stockfish while Spassky moves are not.

This is mindblowing :shock:

[pgn][Event "Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1972.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6
12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra7
17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Qe7
22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf5
27. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7
32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8
37. Qe4 Nf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4 1-0[/pgn]
Henk
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Re: Game 6 B. Fischer vs B. Spassky 1972

Post by Henk »

Qa4 was preparation or a novelty. Spassky had to improvise.
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Re: Game 6 B. Fischer vs B. Spassky 1972

Post by BeyondCritics »

Pi4Chess wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:32 am Hello,

Does anyone know if there is already a published extensive analysis of this game with recent chess engines ?

I was quickly analyzing the moves of this game with last dev stockfish and i was amazed by how Bobby Fischer was nearly playing at nowadays Stockfish level !

Many moves of Fischer are the best moves found by stockfish while Spassky moves are not.

This is mindblowing :shock:
Agreed.
But why don't analyze it for yourself. You have a chess monster at your disposal, which wipes the floor with any analysis done without
computers.

Here Spasski missed an amazing oppotunity, to turn the tables. I feel it is very beautiful how anything suddenly fits together for black.
[d]rnr3k1/p3qpp1/1p2b2p/1Bpp4/3P4/Q3PN2/PP3PPP/2R1K2R b K - 3 14
Pi4Chess
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Re: Game 6 B. Fischer vs B. Spassky 1972

Post by Pi4Chess »

BeyondCritics wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:49 pm
Pi4Chess wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:32 am Hello,

Does anyone know if there is already a published extensive analysis of this game with recent chess engines ?

I was quickly analyzing the moves of this game with last dev stockfish and i was amazed by how Bobby Fischer was nearly playing at nowadays Stockfish level !

Many moves of Fischer are the best moves found by stockfish while Spassky moves are not.

This is mindblowing :shock:
Agreed.
But why don't analyze it for yourself. You have a chess monster at your disposal, which wipes the floor with any analysis done without
computers.

Here Spasski missed an amazing oppotunity, to turn the tables. I feel it is very beautiful how anything suddenly fits together for black.
[d]rnr3k1/p3qpp1/1p2b2p/1Bpp4/3P4/Q3PN2/PP3PPP/2R1K2R b K - 3 14
I did not analyzed the game itself but i did like a quick similarities check between Stockfish moves and players moves. The level of play of Fischer was clearly really high since SF would have played many moves as Fischer did.