Bobby Fischer played gambits and unsound openings when he was young! This game was played when he was 12. He played the Noa Gambit!
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Robert James Fischer – David Ames
1955 US Junior Ch. Round 4
Four Knights, Noa Gambit
Bobby started playing tournaments when he was 12. After a few unrated events, blitz and correspondence games, and his first ever rated tournament, the US Amateur, which we covered in the first video in the series, the 1955 US Junior is his first serious rated event.
He played 10 rounds, but only 6 games were recorded. He scored 5/10 against (for him) extremely weak opposition. He ended up taking 20th place.
In this game he faced David Ames, an unknown player. He played the Four Knights, which is the first strange thing, since he had a very solid repertoire only a few years later, and he chose one of the worst continuations in the opening – the Noa Gambit!
This gambit line has basically been refuted, and, even though it’s still sometimes played by good players, black scores 90% on the master level.
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