[Event "Milwaukee"] [Site "Milwaukee Central"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Fischer, Robert J"] [Black "Weinberger, Tibor"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B77"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack"] [StudyName "Tibor Weinberger (1932-2025)"] [ChapterName "Robert J Fischer - Tibor Weinberger"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/zRmsonJK/KJYPTejZ"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [Orientation "white"] { [Annotations by JJ Lang] Weinberger had the pleasure of playing as Black against Fischer in 1957 in the North Central Open, in Milwaukee. One slow move in the sharp Sicilian Dragon was enough for Fischer to take over. As the Dragon still remains a popular choice of attacking players almost 70 years later, it is interesting to see what a typical battle in this opening looked like back in the day. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 a6?! (10... Ne5 { has become the more established treatment. After } 11. Bb3 { Black chooses between the immediate ... h7-h5 and the more daring ... Ra8-c8. }) 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 (12. h5 { is best, as was demonstrated by GM Alexei Shirov in 1995: } 12... Nxh5 13. g4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nf6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e6 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. b4 Qd8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Re8 21. g5 Nxe4 22. fxe4 exd4 23. Rxd4 { Shirov – Ljubojevic, Monte Carlo, 1995 (Rapid). https://lichess.org/t59Q9lUv }) 12... e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxh6 { Forced, as Bh6xg7, 0-0-0, and h4-h5 is even more crushing. } 15. Qxh6 d5? { Weinberger senses danger on the flank and responds by opening up the center. But playing on the opposite flank was, relatively speaking, better: } (15... b5 16. h5 Qe7 { Black prepares the defense ... f7xg6 and ... Qe7-g7, creating time to play for ... b5-b4 and, only then, ... d6-d5 if needed. } 17. g4! $16 { But, with accurate play, White still has the better game. }) 16. exd5 b5 17. Ng3! e4?! { Unsound, but a practical attempt to play against White's exposed king before getting mated. } (17... b4 { is rebuked by } 18. Nce4 { , when } 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 { threatens Ne4-g5, and } { [%cal Ge4g5] } 19... f6 20. g4 $18 { gives White a crushing attack to go along with the extra pawn. }) 18. Ncxe4 Rc8 19. O-O-O Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f6 21. Qd2 $18 { White has won two pawns and provoked weaknesses, and can now apply the brakes. } 21... a5 22. Kb1 b4 23. Qd4 a4 24. bxa4 f5 25. Ng5 Bxa4 26. b3 Qa5 27. bxa4 Rc3 28. d6 Qxa4 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kf6 31. Qd4+ Kxe6 32. Rhe1+ Kd7 33. Qg7+ Kc6 34. Qc7+ Kb5 35. Qb7+ 1-0