Bobby Fischer's Brilliant King's Indian Defense

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Bobby Fischer was renowned for his opening preparation and made numerous contributions to chess opening theory. The King's Indian is a hypermodern opening, where Black deliberately allows White control of the centre with pawns, with the view to subsequently challenge it.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:10 Game 1
06:00 Game 2
09:43 Game 3
14:51 Game 4
19:40 Game 5
26:50 Game 6

Game 1: Robert Byrne (2434) vs Bobby Fischer (2780), USA Championship 1963
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Nd3 15. Qc2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 d4 20. Nxd4 Bb7+ 21. Kf1 Qd7 22. Qf2 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qg2# 0-1

Game 2: Jimmy Thomason vs Bobby Fischer (2780), USA Junior Championship 1955
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Be2 f5 13. f4 h6 14. Bd3 Kh7 15. Qe2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Bd2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Bc2 Nd4 20. Qd2 Nxc4 21. Qf2 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4 0-1

Game 3: Manuel Aaron (2294) vs Bobby Fischer (2780), Stockholm 1962
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2 a6 9. Ng3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd5 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. a4 e6 17. O-O Qh4 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rfc1 Qa6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. f4 d5 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Qb7 27. Qf2 Ba6 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. Rd2 Rxc3 0-1

Game 4: Karl Burger vs Bobby Fischer (2780), Milwaukee 1957
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e5 Ne8 12. f4 f6 13. Ndb5 fxe5 14. Qxd5+ Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Bc5 Rf7 17. Bc4 Be6 18. O-O Na5 19. b3 Nxc4 20. bxc4 b6 21. Bb4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 exf4 23. Rae1 Rd8 24. Re4 a6 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Rexf4 Nxd5 27. Ne6 Nxf4 0-1

Game 5: Viktor Korchnoi (2608) vs Bobby Fischer (2780), Herceg Novi 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 f5 13. f3 f4 14. a4 g5 15. a5 Rf6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Rg6 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Kh1 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. Rf3 Rh6 22. h3 Ng6 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Be1 Nh8 25. Rd3 Nf7 26. Bf3 Ng5 27. Qe2 Rg6 28. Kf1 Nxh3 29. gxh3 Bxh3+ 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 0-1

Game 6: Rene Letelier vs Bobby Fischer (2780), Chess Olympiad 1960
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. f4 d6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb1 dxe5 14. f5 e4 15. fxe6 exf3 16. gxf3 f5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Rxe6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bf3 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Qxf4+ 0-1

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