Bobby Fischer's Incredible Nimzo-Indian Defense

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🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications for more chess content and openings! :) Buy a chess.com membership: https://go.chess.com/SammyChess Follow me… SECOND CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/@SammyChess TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/sammychess X: https://twitter.com/SammyChess1 Bobby Fischer was renowned for his opening preparation and made numerous contributions to chess opening theory. The Nimzo-Indian Defense is a highly respected response to 1.d4, is played at all levels and has been played by almost every world champion. By pinning White's knight, Black prevents the threatened 4.e4 and seeks to inflict doubled pawns on White. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:06 Game 1 03:14 Game 2 10:43 Game 3 12:34 Game 4 18:15 Game 5 23:55 Game 6 33:24 Game 7 39:23 Game 8 46:41 Game 9 Game 1: Donato Rivera vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Bb3 b6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Qc6 15. f3 Qb5 16. Ba4 Qxb2 0-1 Game 2: Izak Aloni vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Rae1 Na5 14. Rb1 d6 15. Be1 Qg5 16. Qe2 e5 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 c5 20. Kg1 Ba6 21. Bg3 cxd4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Bxd6 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 dxe3 25. Re1 Bxc4 26. Rxe3 Bxa2 27. e5 Be6 28. Re1 Nb3 29. Ba6 Nc5 30. Be2 a5 31. Bc7 a4 32. Bxb6 Nb3 33. Bd1 Rc8 34. Kf2 Nc1 35. Re3 Rb8 36. Bc5 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Nb3 38. Bd6 Nd4 39. Bg4 Bxg4 40. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 41. Kh3 Rg1 42. e6 Nf5 43. Rd3 g5 44. Bg3 h5 0-1 Game 3: Theodor Ghitescu vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bb5 e5 10. Bxc6 exd4 11. exd4 bxc6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxh2+ 0-1 Game 4: Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 b6 15. O-O O-O 16. a4 a5 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Rb2 Rb8 19. Rbf2 Qe7 20. Bc2 g5 21. Bd2 Qe8 22. Be1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bd1 Nf4 27. Qc2 Bxa4 0-1 Game 5: Anthony Saidy vs Bobby Fischer 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Qf3 O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nf5 exf5 14. Qxd5 Re8 15. Bxc4 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Nxc4+ 17. Qxe8+ Rxe8+ 18. Kd1 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Re2+ 20. Kc1 Rxf2 21. g3 Bb7 22. Re1 Be4 23. Re3 Rxh2 24. a4 h5 25. Ra3 g5 26. Rb3 f6 27. a5 h4 28. axb6 axb6 29. gxh4 Rxh4 30. Ra3 Rh7 31. Ra7 Re7 32. d5 Kf7 33. Kd2 f4 34. Re1 f5 35. c4 g4 36. Rb7 g3 37. d6 cxd6 38. Rxb6 f3 0-1 Game 6: Anthony Saidy vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Nf4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nb8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Nd3 a5 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Rfb1 Ne8 18. f4 Nf6 19. Rb7 Ne4 20. Be1 g5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Rdc8 24. Rab1 Kf8 25. R1b5 Ke8 26. Nb2 a4 27. Kf1 f6 28. Nd3 fxe5 29. Nxe5 Bf6 30. Nc6 Kd7 31. Na7 Rf8 32. c6+ Ke8 33. Ke2 Bd8 34. Ra5 Rf6 35. Nb5 Rxa5 36. Bxa5 Rf2+ 37. Ke1 Rb2 38. Rb8 Kf7 39. Rxd8 Rxb5 40. Bxc7 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rc1 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Be5 Rxc6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. g4 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Nf2 47. h3 Nd3+ 48. Kd1 Rc3 49. Kd2 Rxa3 50. Re7 Nxe5 51. dxe5 Ra1 52. Rxe6+ Kg7 53. Ra6 a3 54. Kc2 Kf7 55. Rh6 Re1 56. Rxh7+ Ke6 57. Kb3 Rxe3+ 58. Ka2 d4 59. Ra7 Rxh3 0-1 Game 7: Reuben Fine vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Ne2 dxc4 6. a3 Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. f4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd3 Na5 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Qb5 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 c6 16. Qg5 Bc4 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Kf2 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 Nc4 20. Bc5 Ne4+ 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Kg1 f6 23. Qg4 Rf7 24. Rd4 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qb3 26. Qe6 Nd2 27. Qd6 Nxf1 28. Qd8+ Rf8 0-1 Game 8: Larry Evans vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. a4 dxc4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. b4 Ne7 13. O-O Ned5 14. Rc1 c6 15. Bf3 b5 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Rd2 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qe1 Rd3 25. Bb2 Nd5 26. Bc3 f6 27. Ba1 e5 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Rc2 e4 30. Rc1 exf3+ 31. Kh1 Nxb4 32. Qg1 Kf7 33. Bd4 Nc6 34. Qg3 Nxd4 35. exd4 Rxd4 36. Rg1 g5 37. c6 Qxc6 38. Qb8 Rd7 39. h3 Qe6 40. Rg3 c3 41. Qh8 Qf5 42. Kh2 Rd2 43. Rxf3 Rxf2+ 44. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf3+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qxh3+ 49. Ke2 g4 50. a6 Qf3+ 51. Ke1 Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 g3+ 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Kxg3 Qg6+ 0-1 Game 9: Lajos Portisch vs Bobby Fischer 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Qf3 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bd3 f5 14. Qxa8 Nc6 15. Qxe8+ Qxe8 16. O-O Na5 17. Rae1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bc1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bf4 h6 22. Re2 g5 23. Be5 Qd8 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. h3 f4 26. Kh2 a6 27. Re4 Qd5 28. h4 Ne3 29. R1xe3 fxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxa2 31. Rf3+ Ke8 32. Bg7 Qc4 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rf8+ Kd7 35. Ra8 Kc6 0-1 #chess