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A famous Fischer position against Bill Hook at the Siegen Olympiad in 1970.


Nice mating attack. I got the impression that Hook saw the fruitless delaying lines and went for the quick finish and not waste Fischer’s time or maybe he just liked the prettier finish so it would end up in books. 1.Bxc5+ bxc5 1...Rxc5 2.Rxe6+ Kf8 3.Qf6 Rxe5+ 4.Rxe5 Qxe5+ 5.Qxe5 f6 6.Qc7 b5 7.Rd8# 2.Rxe6+ fxe6 2...Kf8 3.Qf6 Qxe6 4.Qxh8+ Ke7 5.Qd8# 3.Qf6#

 


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