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White to move and mate in two #450 -- Euwe vs. Fischer 1957 [1]
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Date: 2023-12-28
Bobby Fischer
The Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
Compiled and Edited by Lou Hayes
53) Euwe, M - Fischer, R [3/57] Match, New York [1] D50/01 Nimzo-Indian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 [Varying from his usual King’s Indian] 3.Nc3 d5 4.cd5 ed5 5.Bg5 Bb4 [Ragozin’s system, employed several times by Fischer with mixed results] 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ne2 cd4 10.ed4 0-0 11.0-0 Be6? [11...Be7 +=] 12.Bc2! Be7 13.Nf4! Qb6 14.Bf6 Bf6 15.Qd3 Rfd8 16.Rae1! Nb4 17.Qh7+ Kf8 [D] 18.a3! Nc2 19.Ncd5 Rd5 20.Nd5 [20...Bd5 21.Qh8#] 1-0
Please note, the diagram [D] from Euwe-Fischer is in the cited book, but was not excerpted here. The second game of their two game exhibition match ended in a draw and is also included in the Lou Hayes book.
From the back cover:
“The excellently printed game scores, tournament and match tables, plus indexes of players, opening, ECO codes, and endgames make this an ideal Fischer sourcebook.”
— Robert Byrne, International Grandmaster and Chess Columnist, The New York Times
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