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Chess rest day leaves time for arguments

William Hartston,Chess Correspondent
Friday 04 September 1992 23:02 BST
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AFTER two games of the Fischer-Spassky chess match in Yugoslavia, ending in one win for Fischer and one draw, the players had a day-off yesterday, leaving the stage free for arguments about sanctions-busting.

Bobby Fischer has already been threatened by the US treasury department with a dollars 250,000 (pounds 126,000) fine and/or 10 years in prison for 'trading with the enemy', while the French are looking into Boris Spassky's involvement.

The match director, Janos Kobat, declared the need to draw a line between politics and chess. Fischer, playing his first competitive chess for 20 years, had to defend with accuracy in the early part of the second game but failed to convert later advantage into a win. Here are the full moves:

White: Spassky

Black: Fischer

1 d4 Nf6

2 c4 g6

3 Nc3 Bg7

4 e4 d6

5 f3 c5

6 dxc5 dxc5

7 Qxd8+ Kxd8

8 Be3 Nfd7

9 Ne2 b6

10 0-0-0 Na6

11 g3 Nc7

12 f4 e6

13 Bh3 Ke7

14 Rhf1 h6

15 e5 Bb7

16 g4 Rad8

17 Ng3 f6

18 Nce4 fxe5

19 f5 Bxe4

20 Nxe4 gxf5

21 gxf5 Nf6

22 Rg1 Rxd1+

23 Kxd1 Bf8

24 Nxf6 Kxf6

25 Rf1 exf5

26 Rxf5+ Kg7

27 Rxe5 Bd6

28 Re4 Bxh2

29 Ke2 h5

30 Re7+ Kf6

31 Rd7 Be5

32 b3 h4

33 Kf3 Rg8

34 Bg4 h3

35 Rh7 h2

36 Bf4 Rf8

37 Bxe5+ Kg6+

38 Ke4 Kxh7

39 Bxh2 Re8+

40 Kf5 Ne6

41 Kf6 Nd4

42 Bd6 Re4

43 Bd7 Re2

44 a4 Rb2

45 Bb8 a5

46 Ba7 Rxb3

47 Ke5 Nf3+

48 Kd6 Nd2

49 Be6 Rb4

50 Kc6 Nb3

51 Bd5 Rxa4

52 Bxb6 Ra1

53 Bxc5 a4

54 Bb4 a3

55 c5 Nd4+

56 Kd7 Rd1

57 Bxa3 Nc2

58 c6 Rxd5+

59 Bd6

Draw agreed

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