Smartypants Chess's video: Slaying The Dragon Bobby Fischer vs Bent Larsen 1958

The first game played between the legendary Bobby Fischer and Bent Larsen. Fischer aims to crush Bent's Sicilian Dragon with the Yugoslav Attack! https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008373 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation,_Yugoslav_Attack,_9.Bc4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent_Larsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer WHITE: BOBBY FISCHER BLACK: BENT LARSEN {Slaying The Dragon} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 { Open h-file sac dac mate} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 {Yugoslav Attack} Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 (12... Bxb3 13. cxb3 {White gains a weak pawn structure for the endgame but black must survive the middlegame and whites structure is strong.} (13. axb3 Qa1+ 14. Nb1 Rfc8)) 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 (14. Ne2 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rfd8 16. g4 Rac8 17. h4 e5 18. g5 Nxe4 19. fxe4 exd4 20. Nxd4 d5 {Black gets a good game}) 14... Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 (15... Nc3+ 16. bxc3 Kxg7 17. cxb4 Qb5 18. a4) 16. exd5 Bd7 17. h4 h5 18. Rhe1) 15. Bxd5 (15. exd5 Qb5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4) 15... Rac8 (15... Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Nc3+ 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. cxb4 Qxb4+ 19. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 20. Bb2 Rfb8 {Draw but Larsen claims he was going for the win!}) 16. Bb3 Rc7 17. h4 Qb5 (17... h5 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 gxh5 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Qf4) 18. h5 Rfc8 (18... Nxh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 (19... Kxg7 20. g4) 20. Qh6) (18... gxh5 19. g4 hxg4 20. Rdg1) 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g4 (20. Bxf6 {Would be impatient} Bxf6 21. Qh6 e6 22. Qh7+ Kf8) 20... a5 21. g5 Nh5 (21... a4 22. gxf6 axb3 23. fxg7 bxc2+ 24. Qxc2) 22. Rxh5 gxh5 (22... Bxd4 23. Rh6 (23. Qxd4 gxh5 24. g6 Qe5 (24... Rc4 {Gives black drawing chances}) 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. Qg1 Qg7 27. Be6 Rb8 28. Qe3) 23... Bg7 24. Qf4 Bxh6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. gxh6 Qe5 27. Qxg6) 23. g6 e5 24. gxf7+Kf8 (24... Rxf7 25. Be3 a4 26. Be6 Rcc7 27. Qxd6) 25. Be3 d5 26. exd5 Rxf7 27. d6 Rf6 (27... Rxf3 28. d7 Rd8 29. Qd6 #) 28. Bg5 Qb7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qd6+ (31. Qh6+ Bg7 (31... Ke7 32. Qh7+ Bg7 33. Qxg7 #) 32. Qd6 #) 31... Kg7 32. Rg1+ 1-0 Add me on chess.com https://www.chess.com/member/smartypantschess Add me on lichess https://lichess.org/@/smartypantschess If you have a game you'd like me to commentate on let me know! Perhaps it's a well known game or one of your own. Whatever the game let me know in the comments below! WEBSITE: http://www.smartypantschess.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SmartyPantsChes PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/smartypantschess/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/smartypantschess/