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Adrian Mikhalchishin:

Bobby and the Hedgehogs

Every legendary champion had its own
favourite plan in classical structures. They
have own individual preferences how to
conduct typical plans. Fischer have few
interesting games in hedgehog structure for
both sides. He played few games, but really
high quality games. He even invented
classical attack with the g-pawn here!
Hedgehog was considered until 70-ies years
of the last century as extremely passive and
boring structure, completely suffering from
the lack of space. But suddenly games of
Adorjan, Ljubojevic, Andersson and Psakhis
showed a lot of dynamic potential here. Even
such active player as Garry Kasparov
applied this kind of structure in a number of
games. Nowadays enthusiasm of hedgehogs
disappeared - foxes are ruling!

Lombardy - Fischer
New York, 1960

In preface to this game it is written by GM
Larry Evans, that great Hungarian Geza
Maroczy left strange heritage - he found that
some special structure caused complete
paralysis of the opponents chances for the
counterplay. Interesting comment, but he is
mixing

Maroczy

structure

and

the

Hedgehog!

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3
Nowadays it became popular continuation,
but in the old times was considered rather
harmless. It’s really strange, as at that times
Hedgehog was considered to be favourable
structure from the Whites’ point of view. At
the beginning Fischer plays very simple
game.

5.. Nc6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3
Fogelman against Bobby in the same year,
continued 8.Nc2 0–0 9.Ne3, and once more
here Fischer reacted actively: 9…d5 10.cxd5
exd5
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11.exd5

(clearly

better

would

be

11.Nexd5!?) 11...Ne5 12.Qb3 Bc5 13.Bd2
Re8 14.Be2 Ng6 15.Nc2 Nh4 and obtained
very active position.
8...0–0 9.Nc2 d5!?
Preferably was timid approach 9...Re8, but
Fischer hated to be in passive situations.
Nobody from greats enjoyed such situations
and they always and at all costs tried tо
change the course of the game.
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxd5?!
Not the best reaction - much better would be
11.exd5!? Nb4 12.Bc4 Bf5 13.Nxb4 Bxb4
14.0–0 with advantage.
11...Nxd5 12.Qxd5
After 12.exd5 Nb4 13.Bc4 Bf5 14.Nxb4
Bxb4+ 15.Kf2 Re8 would arise the sharp
position

with

Blacks

sufficient

counterchances.
12...Qc7!
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13.Qb5?
It is too fearless, much better would be
13.Be2 Bh4+! 14.g3 Bf6 15.0–0 Bxb2

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16.Rab1 with equal chances.
13...Bd7 14.Rc1?!
Better would be to drive back - 14.Qe2.
14...Nb4! 15.Nxb4
In the case of 15.Qc4 Qa5 16.Nxb4 Bxb4+
17.Kf2 Rac8 18.Qd5 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Be1+!
20.Ke3 Qb6+! White King would have to
run out to dangerous square f4.
15...Qxc1+! 16.Bxc1 Bxb5 17.Nd5 Bh4+
Important intermediatory move, which was
well calculated by Fischer.
18.g3 Bxf1 19.Rxf1 Bd8
White has pawn for the exchange and some
chances to keep counterplay, because of
control over d5 square.
20.Bd2?
Correct was to secure d5 square - with
20.g4!
20...Rc8 21.Bc3 f5!
Now problems of Knight on d5 started.
22.e5 Rc5 23.Nb4
After 23.Nf4 Fischer planned 23…Ba5!,
winning a pawn.
23...Ba5 24.a3 Bxb4 25.axb4 Rd5 26.Ke2
Kf7 27.h4 Ke6 28.Ke3 Rc8 29.Rg1 Rc4
30.Re1?
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Better here would be 30.Ra1!?, but it would
not save White. Now Fischer transfer into
pawn end, completely according with the
great Capablanca advice – to realize an
excahnge it is necessary to return it back,
winning the pawn.
30...Rxc3+! 31.bxc3 Rxe5+ 32.Kd2 Rxe1
33.Kxe1 Kd5 34.Kd2 Kc4 35.h5 b6 36.Kc2
g5! 37.h6 f4 38.g4 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Kb2
a4 41.Ka3 Kxc3 42.Kxa4 Kd4 43.Kb4 Ke3
0:1.

Fischer – Taimanov,
Palma de Mallorca, 1971

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6
5.Nb5 d6 6.c4
Fischer played here 6.Bf4, with good results,
but this system is dubious as was shown by
Petrosian in their match in Buenos Aires
1971.
6...a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0–0 0–0
10.Na3 b6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.f3
Ra7 14.Nc2 Rd8 15.Qe1 Be8 16.Qf2 Rb7
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Taimanov was one of the top opening
specialists at that times. He obtained rather
good position and now threats b6-b5.
17.a4
White could try to react here a bit differently
17.b4 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Rfd1, but Fischer
always preferred the radical measures.
17...a5!
Taimanov was not just the top theoretician in
Sicilian, he was one of the top practioneers.
Now he starts very dangerous strategy of
occupying the Black squares.
18.Nd4
A bit too directly, much more interesting
would be 18.Rfd1, with the idea Nc2-a3-b5.
18...Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Nd7 20.Qg3
It was possible to transfer Bishop to с2, after
20.Bd1.
20...Bf6
Not bad, but a bit passive was 20...Bf8.
21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Rfd1 e5! 23.Qh4 h6
24.Rd2 Nd7

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25.Bd1
Did not work 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxd8 Rb8
27.Qh4 Qd2 28.Rb1 Nc5 29.Qe7 Bxa4
30.Qxe5

Rd8

and

Black

has

good

compensation for the pawn.
25...Nc5 26.f4
Once more Fischer showes his energy. A bit
smarter would be 26.Bc2, then Rcd1, and
immediately after it, preparing f3-f4.
26...exf4 27.Qxf4 Ne6?
It was necessary to play on Black squares
immediately: 27...Re7 28.Bc2 Re5 and after
29.Rcd1 f6 30.b3 Bc6 situation would be
extremely unclear.
28.Qg3 Qc7 29.Nd5 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Bc6
31.Rc3!
Multifunctional move – prepares both Bc2
and transfer of the Rook to the Kings flank.
31…Ng5 32.Bc2 Bxd5
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Sooner or later it will be necessary to
exchange this strong Knight. After 32..Re8
was very strong reply 33.h4! Nxe4 34.Bxe4
Rxe4 35.Nf6+.
33.Rxd5 Qc7 34.e5!
Now Fischer starts to destroy the fortress on
the Black squares.

34… dxe5 35.Qxe5 Rdb8
Probably it would be better to try 35...Ne6,
as 36.Qe4 is not so dangerous.
36.Bf5!
An excellent move, cutting Knight g5.
36…Qxe5 37.Rxe5 g6 38.h4 Nh7?
Much better would be 38...f6!? 39.Be6+ Kg7
40.Re1 Nxe6 41.Rxe6 and in Rook endgame
nothing is clear, as usual. Taimanov here
would have chances to survive.
39.Bg4 Nf6 40.Bf3 Rd7?
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It was necessary to fight the Black squares
till to the end: 40...Rc7!?
41.Rb5 Rd4 42.c5!!
Fantastic pawn sacrifice idea is to create the
passed pawn, which will be powerfully
supported by the Bishop f3.
42…Rxh4+ 43.Kg1 Rb4 44.Rxb4 axb4
45.Rc4 bxc5
After 45...Rc8 follows 46.c6 g5 47.g3! and
the capture on b4.
46.Rxc5 Kg7 47.a5 Re8 48.Rc1!
Elementary

prophylactic,

limiting

the

activity of the opponents Rook.
48… Re5 49.Ra1 Re7 50.Kf2!
Now King starts the decisive activization.
50…Ne8 51.a6 Ra7 52.Ke3 Nc7 53.Bb7
Ne6 54.Ra5!
Last prophylactics against Nс5.
54… Kf6 55.Kd3 Ke7 56.Kc4 Kd6
57.Rd5+! Kc7 58.Kb5! 1:0.

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Fischer : Andersson,
Siegen, 1970

1.b3
Sometimes Fisher liked to use this move, we
can remember his spectacular game against
Mecking. Maybe it was influence of
Nimcovich?
1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7
Much more direct would be 4...d5 5.cxd5
Nxd5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Qc2 0–0 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Nc3
(9.d3 f5 10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.Nc4 Bd7 12.Be2
Rae8 13.0–0 Rf6 Stein : Brinck-Claussen,
1987; 14.g3∞) 9...Nxc3 10.Qxc3 f5 11.Bb5
e4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ne5 c5 14.b4 cxb4
15.axb4 Bb7 16.Ra4 a6 17.0–0 f4 18.exf4
Rxf4 19.b5 axb5 20.Rxa8+ Bxa8 21.Qb3+
Kh8 22.Qxb5 Rf8 23.h3 Qe8 24.Qxe8=,
Larsen : Spassky, Leiden 1970.
5.a3 0–0 6.Qc2
A bit different approach he applied in the
other game 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd6
9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Qc2 Rfd8 11.Rd1 h6 12.h3
Qe6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Be2, Fischer :
Tukmakov, Buenos Aires, 1970; 14...Qg6!
6...Re8 7.d3
7.b4!? would be possible, but question arises
- why not 1 b4?
7...Bf8 8.Nf3 a5
More passive was Kings Indian strategy
8...g6 9.b4 d6 10.Be2 Bg7 11.0–0.
9.Be2 d5
9...g6 was passive. Any strong GM has to
take advantage of the strong center.
10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6
Here it was possible once more to park
Bishop on g7 11...g6 12.0–0 Bg7 13.Rac1.
12.0–0 Be6
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13.Kh1!
Start of the most unusual plan for those
times. Years later Yusupov repeated it
against Taimanov in a well-known game.
13...Qd7 14.Rg1 Rad8 15.Ne4 Qf7 16.g4 g6
17.Rg3±
Now idea is to concentrate both Rooks on
the Kings side.
17...Bg7
Wrong was 17...Nb6 18.g5!.
18.Rag1 Nb6 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Nh4 Nd7?!
20...Kh8!? was better, to eliminate sacrifices
on f5 forever.
21.Ne4 Nf8
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22.Nf5! Be6
Others captures don't help:
22...Bxf5

23.gxf5

g5

24.Nxg5

fxg5

25.Rxg5+-;
22...gxf5 23.gxf5 Bxf5 (23...Kh8 24.Rxg7
Qxg7

25.Rxg7

Kxg7

26.Bg4

…f4)

24.Rxg7+ Qxg7 25.Nxf6+.
23.Nc5 Ne7?!
23...Bc8!?
24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.g5
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Now the Black's squares control is
destroyed.

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25...Nf5
25...fxg5 26.Rf3 Nf5 27.e4 (27.Bxe5+ Kg8
28.Ne4!? Nd7 29.Nxg5+-)
26.Rf3 b6 27.gxf6+! Kh8
27...Qxf6 28.Ne4+-.
28.Nxe6 Rxe6 29.d4 exd4 30.Bc4 d3
31.Bxd3 Rxd3
31...Red6

32.Bc4!+-

(32.Bxf5!

Rd2

(32...gxf5 33.Rg7 Qd5 34.f7 h6 35.Rgg3+
Kh7 36.Qc3+-) 33.Qc3 c5 34.Ba1+-)
32.Qxd3 Rd6 33.Qc4 Ne6
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34.Be5
Here Fischer could finish the game much
faster: 34.Rxf5! gxf5 35.Rg7 Qf8 (35...Qh5
36.f7

Qf3+

37.Rg2+

+-)

36.Qxe6!

(36.Rxc7+-) 36...Qa8+ (36...Rxe6 37.f7!+-)
37.e4 Rxe6 38.f7 Qxe4+ 39.Rg2+ Qe5
40.f8Q#.
34...Rd8 35.h4
Once more it was possible to sacrifice on f5:
35.Rxf5

gxf5

36.Rg7

Qh5

37.Rd7!

(37.Qxe6?? Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Rd1#) 37...Qf3+
38.Kg1 Rg8+ 39.Kf1 Qg2+ 40.Ke2 Qg4+
41.Qxg4 fxg4 42.Re7+-
35...Nd6 36.Qg4 Nf8 37.h5 Ne8 38.e4 Rd2
38...gxh5 39.Qg8+ Qxg8 40.Rxg8+ Kxg8
41.f7#.
39.Rh3 Kg8 40.hxg6 Nxg6 41.f4 Kf8
42.Qg5 Nd6 43.Bxd6+
43.Bxd6+ Rxd6 44.f5 Qxf6 (44...Nh8 45.e5
Qd5+ 46.Rg2 Rd7 47.Rd3+-) 45.fxg6
(45.Qxf6+ Rxf6 46.fxg6 hxg6 47.e5 Re6
48.Rh7) 45...Qxg5 46.gxh7 Qe5 47.h8Q+ +-.
1:0

Fischer : Spassky,
S. Stefan/Beograd (m/21), 1992
(Matanovic,A; Chess Informant)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6
5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N5c3
7.N1c3.
7...Be7 8.g3 N
8.Be2.
8...0–0 9.Bg2 a6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Na3 Qc7
12.Be3 Bd7 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.h3 Rfc8 15.f4
Ng6 16.Qd2 Be8 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Qf2 h6
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19.Kh2?!
Useful move, but White's main problem in
this position is to include into the game
Knight on a3. At this moment it was possible
to do, while pawn c4 is poisoned. 19.Nab1!
Bc6 (19...Qxc4 20.b3! (20.Nd5 Qxa2;
20.Bf1 Qb4 21.a3 Qb3) 20...Qb4 (20...Qc7
21.Nd5) 21.Rd4 Qc5 (21...Qa5 22.f5 exf5
(22...Ne5 23.b4+-) 23.exf5 Nf8 24.b4 Qe5
25.Re1+-) 22.Rc4 Qh5 23.Bxb6±) 20.a4
Qb7 21.Nd2 a5 (21...Nd7 22.b4) 22.Re1 Nd7
23.Nb3±.
19...Qa7 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Bf3?!
It was time to start protecting own pawn.
21.Re1!?
21...Bc6!
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22.Nab1?!
More active and better was 22.Nd5 Qb7
23.Nxe7+ Nxe7 24.Rxd6 Bxe4 25.Bxe4
Qxe4 26.Rd4 Qg6 27.Rd3 Ne4 28.Qg4 Qxg4
29.hxg4 b5 30.b3, with very tense end. It
was possible to start action on the Queens
side - 22.b4.
22...Qb7 23.Nd2 b5 24.cxb5
24.a3 was another typical option of fighting
against b7-b5.
24...axb5 25.b4 Qa8 26.Rc2
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26...d5
More direct attack on the Queens side was
preferable: 26...Qa3!? 27.Rdc1 (27.Rb1
Bxe4! 28.Ndxe4 (28.Bxe4 Rxc3 29.Rxc3
Qxc3) 28...Nxe4) 27...Bf8 28.Ncb1 Qa8
29.Nc3 Qa3 30.Ncb1 with repetition.
27.e5 Ne4!
Of course active approach-Russians never go
back! 27...Nd7 28.Rb1 Nb6 29.Bxb6
(29.Bd4) 29...Rxb6 30.Qe3 Qb8 31.Ne2,
with mutual chances.
28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Bc5
Maybe better strategy would be attack of the
e4 pawn. 29.Rb1 Bd5 30.Bf2.
29...Bxc5 30.bxc5 Rd8! 31.Re1 Ne7!?
Similar idea could be conducted differently:
31...e3!? 32.Qxe3 Ne7 33.Qf2 Nf5 34.Nce4
Nd4 35.Rb2 Qa3, with initiative.
32.Ncxe4 Nf5 33.Nb3 Nd4 34.Nxd4 Rxd4
35.Nd6 Qa4
Two other options were more direct -
35...Ra4 or 35...Qa3!?.
36.f5 Ra8?
Better was 36...Rd5! 37.Rd2 Ra8 38.Rb2
exf5 39.Nxf5 Rxc5, with very tense position.
37.Rb2

37.f6 was very unpleasant for Black.
37...Qa3
37...Rb4

was

much

better

chance,

eliminating the defence of pawn a2.
38.fxe6 fxe6 39.Nxb5 Bxb5 40.Qxb5 Rd3
41.Rg2
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White protected everything and their free
pawns are ready to run.
41...Qc3 42.Ree2
42.Re4 was more powerful - young Bobby
would play it!
42...Ra3 43.Rc2 Qxe5 44.Rce2
44.Rb2 Kh7 45.Rbe2 Qd5 46.Qb4 Rac3
47.Qe4+ Qxe4 48.Rxe4 Rxc5 49.Rxe6 Ra5
was close to draw.
44...Re3 45.Rxe3 Rxe3 46.a4 Rc3 47.c6!
Fischer decides to sacrifice its c pawn and
starts to prepare run of another,more
dangerous one. 47...Qd6 48.c7 Rxc7
49.Qb8+ Kh7 50.a5 h5! 51.h4
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51...Qc5?
It was very difficult way to draw: 51...Rc6!
52.Qxd6 (52.Qb1+ Kh6 53.Rc2 (53.Qe1
Rc4) 53...Rxc2+ 54.Qxc2 Qa3=) 52...Rxd6
53.Ra2 Ra6 54.Kg2 Kg6 55.Kf3 Kf5 56.Ra3
e5 57.Ra4 e4+ 58.Ke3 Kg4 59.Kxe4 Kxg3
60.Kf5 g6+ 61.Ke5 Kf3 62.Kd5 Kg3 63.Kc5
g5 64.hxg5 h4 65.g6 h3 with draw.

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52.a6 Rf7
52...Ra7 53.Qb1+ Kh6 54.Rc2 Qf5 55.Qc1+
Kh7 56.Ra2 was stiil winning for White.
53.Qb1+ Kh6 54.Qa2 Re7 55.Qd2+! Kg6
56.Re2
56.Rf2 was not bad.
56...Kh7 57.Qc2+ +-
Transposition into winning Rook end.
57...Qxc2 58.Rxc2 Kg6 59.Ra2 Ra7 60.Ra5
e5 61.Kg2 Kf6 62.Kf2 Ke6 63.Ke3 Kf5
64.Kf3 g6 65.Ra3! g5 66.hxg5 Kxg5
67.Ke4 1:0.

Fischer : Rossetto,
Mar del Plata, 1959
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4
Qc7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Be3 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 Bc5
Black's idea in such situations, as it was
mentioned before, is to fight over the control
of Black squares. It is very instructive to
follow, how Fischer is destroying the
opponents plan.
10.Bc2! d6 11.0–0 Bd7 12.Na4
Another interesting option was 12.Bxc5
Qxc5 (12...dxc5 13.f4 e5 14.Nd5 Nxd5
15.exd5 exf4 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.d6 led to very
unpleasant position, with the King in the
center) 13.Qd3 Ke7 14.Rad1 Rhd8 15.Qg3,
which lead to very unclear position, as King
in the center is placed not bad at all.
12...Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Rd8
Stronger was 13...e5 14.Qd2 0–0 15.Nc3
Be6, with sufficient control over d5 and
Whites efforts to attack pawn d6 are not real.
14.Rfd1 0–0 15.Rac1
Nothing would give 15.Nb6 Bc6 16.f3 e5
17.Qe3 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 19.b3 Be6,
preparing f7-f5 later.
15...Qa5

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16.Qb6!
It is Bobby's plan - to try to exploit his own
better technique in the endgame.
16...Qxb6
Or 16...Qg5, where to very sharp play led the
piece sacrifice 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qxa6 Ra8
19.Qxd6 Bxa4 20.b3 Be8 21.a4 and three
pawns will become dangerous sooner or
later.
17.Nxb6 Bc6 18.f3 Nd7 19.Nd5!?
Possible was 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.b4 Rc8
21.Bb3 Rdd8 22.Kf2 Kf8 23.Ke3 Ke7 24.f4,
but the advantage is minimal.
19...Bxd5 20.exd5 e5 21.b4 g6 22.Ba4 b6
22...a5! was the only chance to create own
counterplay.
23.Rd3 f5 24.Ra3! Nb8
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25.c5!
Destroying the opponents structure in the
center and opening the position, while
Black's Knight is out of action.
25...bxc5 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Rxc5 Kg7
28.Rb3 Rf7 29.d6!
Passed pawns function is to go forward.
29...Nd7 30.Rc7 Nf8 31.Rbb7 Rxc7
32.dxc7 Rc8 33.Bb3 a5 34.a4 h6 35.h3 g5
36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 1:0.