Introduction

This book features Bobby Fischer who became world chess champion in 1972 after defeating Spassky. Fischer suggested that the format of the championship be changed so that draws did not count. He lost the title in 1975 by default to Karpov, after some, but not all of his proposals were implemented. Bobby Fischer was from the US.

Boris Spassky was a great attacking, sacrificial and positional player.How many of his moves can you guess?

Playing through Games

One suggested approach was not to take too long on the moves, say about 10 seconds or so. You could score correct guesses. If the move was totally unexpected, then it would be a good time to see if you could understand why the move was played. Every move should have a clear idea behind it. If you cannot see the idea, there is a learning opportunity there.

Here there is between one and four choices. This is similar to a multiple choice exam. This is easier than looking at all moves and may mean you examine some moves you would not have normally considered.

Diagrams

How to Score

Initially all the details of the games will be displayed.

For a number of opening moves you will not need to guess the move. The number will vary from game to game and will generally be between 8 and 10 moves (for each side).

After these opening moves have been played, you will then try and predict the winning player's moves. Your choice will be selected from a number of candidate moves.

If you guess correctly you will score points which will range from 0 to 6. You can either write down or otherwise keep track of your total score and see what category you reach.

Rating

These are based on the FIDE (The international chess federation) rating system developed by Professor Elo.

The rating of 2500+ is an approximation of the strength needed to be a Grandmaster.

After you have finished a game, find what range your score is in the left column. Your approximate rating is in the right column.

• 91-100 2500+
• 81-90 2400 - 2499
• 71-80 2200 - 2399
• 61-70 2000 - 2199
• 51-60 1800 - 1999
• 41-50 1600 - 1799
• 31-40 1400 - 1599
• 21-30 1200 - 1399
• 11-20 1000 - 1199
• 0 -10 below 1000

The challenge is to increase your rating with each game!

Further Books

• Steinitz
• Lasker
• Capablanca
• Alekhine
• Euwe
• Botvinnik
• Smyslov
• Tal
• Petrosian
• Spassky
• Fischer
• Karpov
• Kasparov
• Anand
• Carlsen