FICGS - Wikichess - Article 73

The extremely popular Fischer Defense (planning h6 and g5 but only rarely Bg4, a natural-looking but often weak move that beginners play too early) is complicated and subtle. After Bobby Fischer lost a 1959 game at Mar del Plata to Boris Spassky, in which the Kieseritsky Gambit was played, he left in tears and promptly went to work at devising a new King's Gambit defense. In a 1962 article titled "A Bust to the King's Gambit" he put forth this idea and claimed that it refuted the King's Gambit, which was clearly not the case. The article concluded with the famously arrogant line, "Of course white can always play differently in which case he merely loses differently." Nonetheless, the article was possibly the most influential ever written about an opening, and ever since the King's Gambit has been rare in Grandmaster play, though a few players such as Joseph Gallagher still use it.

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Contributors : Thibault de Vassal

[ECO "C34"] [Opening "KGA"] [Variation "Fischer defense"]

d4 : 230 games, White ELO av : 1767, Black ELO av : 1731
1-0 : 42.6% , 1/2-1/2 : 9.1% , 0-1 : 48.3%

Bc4 : 119 games, White ELO av : 1720, Black ELO av : 1726
1-0 : 41% , 1/2-1/2 : 3.4% , 0-1 : 55.6%

Nc3 : 11 games, White ELO av : 1782, Black ELO av : 1919
1-0 : 36.4% , 1/2-1/2 : 36.4% , 0-1 : 27.3%

d3 : 7 games, White ELO av : 1589, Black ELO av : 1785
1-0 : 71.4% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 28.6%

Bb5+ : 5 games, White ELO av : 1434, Black ELO av : 1698
1-0 : 40% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 60%

Be2 : 5 games, White ELO av : 1544, Black ELO av : 1546
1-0 : 20% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 80%

h3 : 3 games, White ELO av : 1623, Black ELO av : 1924
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

h4 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1757, Black ELO av : 1853
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

b3 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1575, Black ELO av : 1980
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

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