Robert James Fischer vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, King’s Indian Attack (A07)
Sousse Interzonal 1967, Tunisia, Round 3
This is one of Bobby Fischer’s most famous victories. He played two remarkable tactical moves, which surely not many grandmasters would even spot, and he also managed to create an unbeatable attacking setup. While Fischer was in the offense, his opponent just waited to be crushed. A great display of attacking, aggressive chess. It was in the King’s Indian Attack as response to the French Defense. Fischer declined to go in to the main lines with d4 for white on move two. Instead, with 2.d3, he entered the KIA, which was sort of his signature system at the time.
He played Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, the best Mongolian player in history. He couldn’t spell his name so he (as it’s believed) wrote down Mongolia on the game form. This was round 3 of the interzonal, and Fischer had a great score thus far. After the first 10 rounds he was at 8.5/10. Unfortunately, due to his instability and his unreasonable demands he resigned after that. The organizers didn’t want to meet his terms and he didn’t play the last 11 rounds. That’s probably why he didn’t win either, Bent Larsen finished in clear first. Perhaps he could have won the world championship 5 years earlier?
Game moves:
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4
13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Na5 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Nf1 Nb6
18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd7 21. Qh5 Rfc8 22. Nd2 Nc3
23. Bf6 Qe8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 27. h5 cxd3
28. Rh4 Ra7 29. Bg2 dxc2 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ 1-0