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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1111119 Then there is this match. Judit Polgar at 16 was already an incredible player. In this the first game sacrifice meets sacrifice and Judit parts with the queen. A lovely picture appears on the board and the draw is justified.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1129679 Spassky loved playing this opening from both sides and he kept finding creative ideas. In an innocuous position all the rooks get traded on the C-file but Spassky wins a pawn and thats all he needs but its the way he does it that makes it a great endgame, I would say an immortal candidate.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1129677 Spassky beats one of the greatest trainers ever. I went into a trance watching the pawns go up the board and getting the eerie feeling that spassky was toying with his opponent. A vintage Spassky endgame, I'm almost tempted to give it immortal status.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044741 Oh my! Oh my! Spassky sents pawns to f4,g5,h6 and Fischer escapes to the endgame, but is it an escape? Fischer hems in Spassky's knight on h1 but Spassky zigzags his king up the A+B files to win the rook pawn. The bishops play a role dominating over the knights and finally the white squared bishop sacks on g6 to create another passed rook pawn.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044396 More entertainment. Fischer dominates with knights on d5 and f6 but Spassky staunchly defends. An incredible endgame is reached where it still looks like Fischer is better but than Spassky's king goes for a stroll all the way to c2. Both sides queen pawns but Spassky's queen and bishop chase Fischer's king around the board. A vintage Spassky endgame.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044395 Huge entertainment again! Spassky initiates with the central pawn lever d5 but in the process loses a pawn. A look at the position at move 35 shows Fischer with an incredible dominating knight outpost on d6. and then he exchanges it to win another pawn. Two pawns down! Has Spassky finally bitten off more than he can chew? No-o-o!!! Spassky triples on the third rank! and slowly starts to win pawns back and should have drawn.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044751 and then after the stalemate Houdini game Spassky puts on a display in this one. Fischer started the melee with two central pawn levers to which Spassky replies Ne2, Nxf4, Nd3, Nxe5 and then Nc4! and eventually the knight fork on d6. Huge entertainment again.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044394 Huge entertainment. At first I was flummoxed! How could this not be a win? Fischer had all the trumps. But Spassky pulled off the stalemate trick several times and virtually all the other endgame tricks in the book. Draw. Unbelievable.
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