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The Power of a Good Knight

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Fischer vs Bolbochan, 1962.

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This game is memorable for its clean demonstration of how to achieve and then convert a Good Knight vs Bad Bishop position. It was played during Round 21 of the Stockholm Interzonal which Fischer won. This qualified him to the Candidates Tournament. This is Game 35 from Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games. I have annotated the game below:

https://lichess.org/study/cIGyeDjx/xbtb8mKl#11

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