[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1992.09.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "Mills,Holland"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C95"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid"] [StudyName "The Games of Boris Spassky - Part I"] [ChapterName "The Games of Boris Spassky - Part VI - Fischer-Spassky 1992 Game 5"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/Ae94i9tP/KnJAuxV4"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. d5! $146 { Fischer produces a new and more potent move in this position. } (18. Bf4?! { was tried in game 3, which continued } 18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. b3? d5! 21. Qd2? dxe4! $17) 18... Nb6 (18... a5!? 19. a3 Qb6 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. Be3 Bg7 22. Nh4 $14 { White intends to advance the f-pawn with pressure on the kingside; Black has limited counterplay on the queenside. }) 19. Ba5 (19. Qc1!? Kh7 20. Ba5! $16 Bg7 21. Rb1 Nfd7 22. b3 { White has excellent prospects on the kingside. }) 19... Nfd7 20. b3 Bg7 21. Rc1 Qf6 22. Rb1?! (22. h4!? h5 23. e5! dxe5 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. d6 Qf8 26. Nxc5 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxd6 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Ng5 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Be4 Ra7 32. Rc6! Bxg5 33. hxg5 Nc8 34. Rec1 Ne7 35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Bxc7 Nf5 37. Bc6 Re7 38. Bb7 Nd4 39. Kf1 Re8 40. b4! $16) 22... b4 23. Ne2 $14 Qe7 24. a3?! { This concession of a pawn frees the dark-squared bishop but in doing so tosses away White's small advantage. After the game Fischer called this move a lemon. } (24. Qc1 { before pushing the a-pawn is better, but Black strikes back with } 24... f5! 25. exf5 Nxd5 26. fxg6 Qf6 27. Qd2 Nf8 $10) 24... bxa3 25. Bc3?! (25. Nc3 Nc8 26. Ra1 Na7 27. Rxa3 Nb5 28. Nb1 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 $10) 25... f5!! { In the post-game press conference Fischer conceded he missed this excellent pawn break which gives Spassky great play. } 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Nf4? (27. Nd2 { was necessary: } 27... fxe4 28. Nxe4 Re5 29. Nf4 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Qc1 Re8 32. f3 Rde5 33. Rd1 R8e6 $15) 27... fxe4 $19 28. Nh4 (28. Bxe4 a2 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Bxg6 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nfxd5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Be4 Nf4! 34. g3 Re8 $19) (28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Re8 30. Ne6 Qf6 31. Qd2 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Bxe4! 33. Re1 Qxe6 34. Qxh6 Qf6! { Eyeing the a1 queening square } 35. Rxe4 a2 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Re1 a1=Q $19) 28... g5 29. Ne6 (29. Nh5 Qf7 30. Bxe4 gxh4 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Bg6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qf8 $19) 29... Qf6 30. Qg4 Nxd5! 31. Nxg5 (31. Qxe4 Nf8! $19) 31... hxg5 32. Qxd7 Nb4! (32... Re7 33. Qg4 Bc8 34. Qg3 Kf8 $19) 33. Qxb7 Nxc2 34. Rxe4 a2 35. Rf1 Nb4 (35... a1=Q 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kh2 Qf6 $19) 36. Rg4 a1=Q 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kh2 Qg7 { Bizarrely Fischer fights on down a rook for an hour and a half. } 39. Qf3 Qe5+ 40. g3 (40. Rg3!? Ra7 41. Qh5 Rh7 $19) 40... Rf8 41. Qg2 Qf6 42. f4 Ra7 43. Rxg5+ Rg7 44. Rh5 Qe6 45. g4 Rxf4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1