Spassky v. Fischer – Game 13 of 1972 Championship Match
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Fischer-Spassky match for the chess world championship, I am publishing the games of the match on the anniversary date of each of the games.
Round 13
Spassky-Fischer
Date: August 10, 1972 (*See note below.)
- 1. e4 Nf6
- 2. e5 Nd5
- 3. d4 d6
- 4. Nf3 g6
- 5. Bc4 Nb6
- 6. Bb3 Bg7
- 7. Nbd2 O-O
- 8. h3 a5
- 9. a4 dxe5
- 10. dxe5 Na6
- 11. O-O Nc5
- 12. Qe2 Qe8
- 13. Ne4 Nbxa4
- 14. Bxa4 Nxa4
- 15. Re1 Nb6
- 16. Bd2 a4
- 17. Bg5 h6
- 18. Bh4 Bf5
- 19. g4 Be6
- 20. Nd4 Bc4
- 21. Qd2 Qd7
- 22. Rad1 Rfe8
- 23. f4 Bd5
- 24. Nc5 Qc8
- 25. Qc3 e6
- 26. Kh2 Nd7
- 27. Nd3 c5
- 28. Nb5 Qc6
- 29. Nd6 Qxd6
- 30. exd6 Bxc3
- 31. bxc3 f6
- 32. g5 hxg5
- 33. fxg5 f5
- 34. Bg3 Kf7
- 35. Ne5+ Nxe5
- 36. Bxe5 b5
- 37. Rf1 Rh8
- 38. Bf6 a3
- 39. Rf4 a2
- 40. c4 Bxc4
- 41. d7 Bd5
- 42. Kg3 Ra3+
- 43. c3 Rha8
- 44. Rh4 e5
- 45. Rh7+ Ke6
- 46. Re7+ Kd6
- 47. Rxe5 Rxc3+
- 48. Kf2 Rc2+
- 49. Ke1 Kxd7
- 50. Rexd5+ Kc6
- 51. Rd6+ Kb7
- 52. Rd7+ Ka6
- 53. R7d2 Rxd2
- 54. Kxd2 b4
- 55. h4 Kb5
- 56. h5 c4
- 57. Ra1 gxh5
- 58. g6 h4
- 59. g7 h3
- 60. Be7 Rg8
- 61. Bf8 h2
- 62. Kc2 Kc6
- 63. Rd1 b3+
- 64. Kc3 h1=Q
- 65. Rxh1 Kd5
- 66. Kb2 f4
- 67. Rd1+ Ke4
- 68. Rc1 Kd3
- 69. Rd1+ Ke2
- 70. Rc1 f3
- 71. Bc5 Rxg7
- 72. Rxc4 Rd7
- 73. Re4+ Kf1
- 74. Bd4 f2
- 0-1
Match score: Fischer 8, Spassky 5
A titanic and instructive endgame struggle that ended with Fischer extending his lead to 3 games.
If you want to download the pgn file for the game, here’s a link.
*Note: See my post of game 1 for a note about the dates of the games in this match.