Bd5! (using the fact that the black light-square bishop and rook on a8 share the same diagonal) Rac8 17. Bf6!, trading strong bishop for weak knight, but after 15…Bf6 16. Nd7 trade, which only leads to a draw.ġ5. Ne7 check and Nb4 with subsequent capture on c6 also threaten.Ī bishop is usually much stronger than knight in a more open setting, so this excellent trade significantly increases white’s winning chances. This wins the minor exchange, both after 19…Bd5 20.ed5 and 19…ed5 ed5. Nd5!! (I give 2 exclamation marks here, for the extremely unusual setup). gf5, white retains the pair of bishops and much better attacking prospects. Please note, that 9…e5, which is Stockfish’s first choice, is nowhere near 9…g5, as after 10. Qh5, preventing a capture with the h pawn towards the center, white gets considerably better. Bg5 Nbd7 and Ne5, black hasįischer played 10…Nfd7, using the pin of the g5 pawn, which can not capture, as the bishop on h4 is hanging, but after 11. Stockfish sees the move, but its assessment is completely wrong: it thinks black has the advantage after e5, when actually white is much better.ĩ…g5!! (I like this a lot as a nice positional move, hence the second exclamation mark), removes the f4 pawn from its role of guarding the e5 square, so it becomes an outpost square for the black knight. If white does not push e5 now, on the very next move black can simplify the game with de4, with considerably better drawing prospects.
It gains space, tempo and makes the black pawn shelter inflexible.
In a recent study I conducted, I ascertained that Stockfish does not see around 40% of Fischer’s positional moves. Robert Fischer was a great tactician, but even greater positional player. On the way to over 2000 ELO … The positional prowess of Robert James Fischer
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