R.I.P. Boris Spassky

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128699 The final position is delicious. What would you play? Proceed at your leisure. g6 is threatened but there are so many good moves. However it is Black to move. What do you think Spassky's plan would be?

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128697 Spassky is allowed knights on d5 and f5 and they pretty much stay there. Pleasing how everything hangs together.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1081712 Korchnoi outfoxes Spassky in the endgame. Hard work.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128698 Spassky takes over the white squares and checkmate is pretty much unavoidable but then his opponent blunders.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128696 The Nf5 sacrifice in all its glory but elegant how Spassky simply decides.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128690 Spassky has the bishop and 5 shattered pawns to work with going into the endgame. Interesting to see how he works the position. On move 53 he has Rxa5 but Larsen has set a devious trap. Do you see it?

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1061842 Spassky starts slow in this game. Nevertheless he finds his targets.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044620 The drama around the f5 pawn. Spassky plays a beautiful endgame. Devastating to Fischer on his home turf.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128694 It looks equal. What could go wrong? Spassky in his accuracy has seen further.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128739 Look at the position after move 29. Then comes the unexpected rerouting by Ne4, Qg4 and Nf6+ Admire Spassky's finish with Qxf6.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1032719 The patriarch weighs in.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128703 I have something personal to share from this game. If I'd known this continuation in the Scando (Center Counter) I would have played it in my own games and scored at least 10 key wins. Its a graphic example and Spassky played this line over and over. It really pays to study Spassky games. Beautiful and brutal finish piling up on the e7 pin.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1546537 Again marvelous piece placement. It starts with Qb4, advanced outpost Bd6, a working knight, and double rooks on the seventh rank, and finishes with a king hunt.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1546538 Simple chess. Advanced queen outpost on c3 leads to capturing queenside pawns. Simple until you try to put it into practice in your own games.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1105062 I always thought Kramnik invented the Berlin as its played here but no Pachman played it 35 years earlier. If Spassky can't crack it, it's got to be good.