| Aug-02-07 | | talisman: no k-bitzing for this very historic game? this brings spassky dangerously close, 4-5 advantage korchnoi.i cannot believe spassky would be guilty of anything unsportsmanlike.looking forward to getting keene's book on this match for more information. |
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| Sep-17-10 | | DoubtingThomas: ...accurate or otherwise. |
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| Sep-17-10 | | paavoh: A wonderful finish by Spassky. |
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| Aug-07-12 | | Everett: Nice zig-zag starting with White's 56th |
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| May-21-14 | | Howard: This made the late Gligoric's Game of the Month column back in the summer of 1978, in Chess Life and Review. |
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| Oct-27-14 | | Ulhumbrus: After 20 Kg2 Black's c4 pawn seems exposed to attack. An alternative to 20...Na5 is 20...Nb4 heading for d5 and on 21 d5 Bc5 attacks White's pinned bishop on e3 |
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| Jan-12-16 | | thegoodanarchist: <paavoh: A wonderful finish by Spassky.> I thought the same thing. He used precise technique to sew up the win. |
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| Jan-21-16 | | Joker2048: What a great finish by spassky wonderfull.. |
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| Jan-21-16 | | RookFile: The whole game was a masterpiece. I know I wouldn't want to have the black pieces, it looked like torture the whole way for black. |
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| Jan-22-16 | | Joker2048: I agree with you rookfile..
Spassky absolutely control the game and it was beautiful play by Boris. |
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| Mar-04-16 | | edubueno: I would like to comment Ulhumbrus remarks, 20...Nb4, that is much more interesting. However 21 d5! has to be answered by 21... De5, since 21...Ac5 allows 22 Dxc4! |
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| Apr-28-23 | | tinnderbox: This was one of the 'panic' games in this match (game 11 to 14). Korchnoi was completely out of sorts here. 31... a6 is simply bad (Rb8 is much better). Spassky is winning, but 36. Rc7 is not great (R1b6 was winning) and 37 Rxc4 is also inaccurate, although here it is extremely difficult to see that white wins in a long line starting with 37. Rb8?! Rxb8 38. Nxd6. But now Korchnoi blunders again. 37... Qd7 is just equal, but after 37... Rxe4 black is completely lost. Spassky and his team then had a day to find the win after the adjournment on move 41. In such a concrete position it's not surprising they managed to do so. |
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| Apr-28-23 | | Granny O Doul: I think it was Ray Keene who said of 31...a6, "like King Vortigern, Korchnoi invites his own invaders". |
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| Apr-29-23 | | sudoplatov: So Spassky plays a Closed Sicilian against 1....e5. |
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Apr-29-23
 | | fredthebear: Well, White's structural approach is very similar. Here's some background on the Vienna Game: https://www.chess.com/openings/Vien... |
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Jul-03-24
 | | MarcusBierce: Interesting reading the engine analysis note 22.Bf4 creates a winning game for White, as Nb5 and d5 are waiting in the wings, Shame Spassky missed it. Yet still created a beautiful game |
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| Sep-23-24 | | goodevans: <tinnderbox: [...] 37 Rxc4 is also inaccurate, although here it is extremely difficult to see that white wins in a long line starting with 37. Rb8?! Rxb8 38. Nxd6.> Of the many misses by both sides in this game, this is perhaps the one that I find most difficult to understand. After <37.Rb8!> (certainly not '?!') <37...Rxb8 38.Nxd6> White is threatening to invade with Qe6+ or Qe7, either of which would be fatal. 
click for larger viewIt turns out there are only two defences worth considering, neither of which is terribly 'long'. The most obvious is <38...Rg5+>. How to escape the checks? The winning way is <39.Kh3 Rh5+ 40.Kg3 Rg5+ 41.Kf4> and Black must give up his R. He can get a couple more checks in with <41...Rf8+ 42.Kxg5 Qa5+ 43.Nb5> but then he's completely lost. The more resilient defence is for Black to attack White's R with <38...Qa5>. The question then is whether Spassky would have recognised the R+P endgame resulting from <39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Nxf5 Qxf5 41.Qxf5 gxf5> as winning for White. I would have thought so but I'm particularly weak at R+P endgames so I couldn't say for sure. A great game despite its flaws but I'm a little mystified by the pun. Something to do with Black's 36...Bd6 perhaps? |
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Sep-23-24
 | | offramp: User: goodevans I think it's something to both players playing from their <boxes>. They both sat in their "relaxation rooms" on the stage. What a pair of gits! |
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| Sep-23-24 | | Allderdice83: <The most obvious is <38...Rg5+>. How to escape the checks? The winning way is <39.Kh3 Rh5+ 40.Kg3 Rg5+ 41.Kf4> and Black must give up his R. He can get a couple more checks in with <41...Rf8+ 42.Kxg5 Qa5+ 43.Nb5> but then he's completely lost.> After 43 ... Qxb5+? White has to block with 44. Rc5, but after 44 ... Qb7, White's king is the one in danger. |
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| Sep-23-24 | | goodevans: <Allderdice83: [...] After 43 ... Qxb5+? White has to block with 44. Rc5...> 43...Qxb5+ 44.Kh6!
Not only is the K perfectly safe there, he's also joined in the attack! |
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Sep-23-24
 | | HeMateMe: Terrific game. It's a shame spassky never did an auto bio. What great stories he must have, to tell. |
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| Sep-23-24 | | Allderdice83: BTW, the "?" there is punctuation, not an indication that 43 ... Qxb5 is a bad move. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 51.Re5