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By Larry Parr
Chess Life Editor 1984 - 1988
Author
HEART
OF CHESS DARKNESS
(IV)
REMEMBRANCE
OF BLUNDERS PAST
Chess
players seldom forget their blunders. If
Nietzsche once said, “Blessed are the forgetful:
for they get the better even of their blunders,” then we chess people
are more like the Bourbons. We
forget nothing.
Can anyone imagine Bobby Fischer ever putting the following position on
the mnemonic backburner?
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GM
Robert Fischer -
IM Rene Letelier Mar del Plata 1959 |
IM
Letelier
GM Fischer (to move)
55. c5???
What makes this blunder so remarkable is that White need not even count
the moves to the queening squares. Optically,
White can see rather than conclude that the g-pawn is closer to the 8th rank.
Correct, of course, is 55. g6 b3 56.
g7 b2 57. g8=Q bl=Q+ with a probable draw.
55
...
b3 56. c6 b2
57. c7 b1=Q+ 58. Ke6 Qb7
59. Kd7 Kd5 60. g6
On 60. Kd8, there follows 60. ... Kd6
61. c8=Q Qe7, mate.
60
....
Qc6+ 61. Kd8 Qd6+, White resigns
Fischer - Letelier
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