Featured is an excellent game between Bobby Fischer and Vladimir Kovacevic from the 1970 Rovinj/Zagreb Chess Tournament. In response to Kovacevic’s French Defense Winawer variation, Fischer immediately challenges the bishop and quickly strikes with his queen on the kingside. After only 7 moves, it’s clear where each side’s king should reside. We observe an opposite sides castles game where Fischer castles into a very dangerous attack. With Fischer’s 18th move, f3, he sets a trap for Kovacevic. Kovacevic is not enticed to hunt Fischer’s queen. He instead pitches a pawn so that Fischer doesn’t obtain counterplay along the f-file. Kovacevic’s moves seem to strike at light speed once there’s no longer a pin along the h4-d8 diagonal, and Fischer’s kingside completely collapses.
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Be2 Nf8 15. O-O Ng6 16. Qxh6 Rh8 17. Qg5 Rdg8 18. f3 e3 19. Bxe3 Nf8 20. Qb5 Nd5 21. Kf2 a6 22. Qd3 Rxh2 23. Rh1 Qh4 24. Rxh2 Qxh2 25. Nf1 Rxg2+ 26. Ke1 Qh4+ 27. Kd2 Ng6 28. Re1 Ngf4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Qe3 Rf2