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 "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kadiri"]
[Black "Pritchett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7k/4q1p1/4p2p/4Pp2/1r3P2/p1p2R2/P1P3PP/3Q3K b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qd7 2. Rd3 ( { White can try: } 2. Rf1 Qd2 3. Kg1 Rb2 4. Qxd2 cxd2 5. Kf2 Rxa2 6. Ke2 Rxc2 7. Rf3 a2 8. Ra3 Rc1 9. Kxd2 a1=Q 10. Rxa1 Rxa1 { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Qxd3 3. cxd3 { The pawn on b3 is black's
winning resource. } 3... Rb2 4. g3 c2 5. Qc1 Rb1 6. Qxb1 cxb1=Q+ { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } 0-1