When pawn snatching goes wrong, Fischer v. Spassky ‘72

Diagram of position after White's 29th move, Spassky vs Fischer 1972

Move 29…Bxh2??? Even Fischer made mistakes.

This is a subtle, yet important lesson…wing pawns are not always free in endgames where the king is developed to a central square.

Follow the link below to play through the full game!! This is a must see game that turns into a similar style game as Kramnik's English.

Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer, 1972

One Response to “When pawn snatching goes wrong, Fischer v. Spassky ‘72”

  1. Jeffrey Says:

    Though, unfortunately for me, my wing pawns were free in our game! Next time, Greg, next time…

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