Bruce Pandolfini

Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him.

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[Event "Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund, Germany"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liviu Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/ppbR1p1p/2r3p1/8/1Bn1P3/2P5/4NPPP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Sometimes a pawn's journey to promotion starts from the beginning. } 1... a5 2. Nd4 axb4 3. Nxc6 b3 ( { Inaccurate is: } 3... bxc3 4. Rxc7 c2 5. Ne7+ Kg7 6. Rxc4 { And the pawn is not long for this world. } ) 4. Rxc7 Nd6 { The
pawn cannot be stopped. } 5. f3 b2 6. Kf2 bxc6 7. Rxc6 Nxe4+ 8. fxe4 b1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1