the most brilliant Kings Gambit game ever!

This was a king's Gambit game played by fischer. The tactical creativity in this match is mind-blowing, but what's crazy is this game was played after his famous article that he wrote at the age of 18 after losing to Boris Spassky (who played the king's gambit) forever condemning the gambit and pointing out its unsound positional weaknesses. While the article had an effect on grandmasters and for a while the opening disappeared from tournament play, it was fischer who brought it back and scored some sparkling victories—such as this one!

3. Bc4 d5
4. Bxd5 Nf6
5. Nc3 Bb4
6. Nf3 0-0
7. 0-0 Nxd5
8. Nxd5 Bd6
9. d4 g5
10. Nxg5 Qxg5
11. e5 Bh3
12. Rf2 Bxe5
13. dxe5 c6
14. Bxf4 qg7
15. Nf6+ Kh8
16. Qh5 Rd8
17. Qxh3 Na6
18. Rf3 Qg6
19. Rc1 Kg7
20. Rg3 Rh8
21. Qh8#
1. e4 e5
2. f4 exf4

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01.07.07 / 12pm
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