Do you want to play like a Bobby Fischer? Here is Bobby Fischer’s Opening Repertoire. You will see how Fischer played with white pieces and what variations Fischer liked to play and tested as best.

Openings Covered in this post:

Kings Gambit

Ruy Lopez

Evans Gambit

Petrov’s Defence

Alekhine’s Defence

Scandinavian Defense

French Defense

Caro–Kann Defence

Sicilian Defense (Accelerated Dragon, Dragon, Najdorf with 6 lines)

Bobby Fischer’s Opening Repertoire (White)

In this post we will analyze his repertoire with white pieces. Fischer was very strong in the opening. He analyzed too much and have deep knowledge of openings. He almost played 1.e4 and he never played 1.d4 in serious game. Lets start with first move 1.e4.

After 1.e4 e5 he played sometime kings gambit, but his main repertoire against 1.e4 e5 was Ruy Lopez. Lets watch 1 game of his kings gambit and later we will come into Ruy Lopez.

Kings Gambit

In Kings gambit after capturing f4 Bobby played Nf3 or Bc4. Lets watch 1 example form Fischer.

Game Fischer vs Evans

[Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1963.12.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Qe2 c6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. d4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 g5 10. e5 d5 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Qd1 O-O-O 14. c3 Na6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nxf4 Qxh4 18. Kg1 Nh6 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. Nxh5 Rg8 21. Nfg3 Rg6 22. Nf4 Rg5 23. Be3 Nc7 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Nfe2 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bxh6 Bd6 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Bf4 Rde8 30. Rh6 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qe7 32. Rf6 Ne6 33. Qe5 Ng5 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Ruy Lopez

I can say that this is opening that bobby Fischer loved it. Bobby Fischer played main line in almost all matches. You will see in all openings, Bobby Fischer was very principled at openings. He never changed too much in his openings except for some matches like one of the match of world championship match with Borris Spassky, Bobby played 1.C4 and surprised Spassky because he always played 1.e4 and this was a big surprise for Spassky.

In Ruy lopez Bobby Fischer played exchange variation of Ruy Lopez in some games with score of 86% in Exchange Variation of Ruy Lopez. Lets have a look at some of his exchange variation games in Ruy Lopez.

Bobby Fischer and Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation

We found 11 games of Bobby Fischer in our database with exchange variation of Ruy Lopez. Fischer won 8 games and rest were drawn. Lets watch shortest game of Fischer in exchange variation.

Game Fischer vs Spassky

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1992.09.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "YUG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 O-O-O 14. a5 Kb7 15. e5 Be7 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Ne4 Kc6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nbxc5 Bc8 20. Nxa6 fxe5 21. Nb4+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Now you will know about Fischer’s knowledge and preparation of the openings. Now Lets start with Ruy Lopez.

In his life almost all the time Boby Fischer played main lines and here in Ruy Lopez Fischer also played mian line. Lets watch one of his games in Ruy Lopez main line.

Game Fischer vs Rinaldo

[Event "USA-ch op 58th"] [Site "Cleveland"] [Date "1957.08.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Rinaldo, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C97"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1957.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Rc1 Bg7 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. dxc5 Nxd5 21. Bb3 Nf6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Be3 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 h6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxd7 Rac8 28. c4 Ng5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. c5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer also played 3.Bc4 and if black followed with Bc5, Fischer played Evans Gambit. Garry Kasparov also used this gambit in his games. We will see two games with one 3.Bc4 and with one Evans gambit.

Game Fischer vs Snuske

[Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Flint"] [Date "1964.05.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Snuske, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C57"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1964.05.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qf3+ Ke6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bxd5+ Kd6 11. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 bxc6 13. O-O Be6 14. dxe5+ Kd7 15. Rd1+ Bd5 16. c4 Rf8 17. Qh3+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Evans Gambit

Game Fischer vs Boatner

[Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Boatner, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C51"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Nh6 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Bh5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Petrov’s Defence

Fischer played 6 games against Petrov’s defense with the score of 5 1/2 out of 6. He played 3.Nxe5 and 3.d4 with 3.d4 he has scored 100%. Lets watch one game with 3.d4.

Game Fischer vs Schmid

[Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Schmid, AD."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 Nc5 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. exd6 Bf6 12. d7+ Nxd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. f4 f5 15. Qc4 fxe4 16. Qxe6 Qc7 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe6 b6 20. Rhe1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Ke8 23. g3 h6 24. Bd3 Nd5 25. c4 Qd7 26. cxd5 Qxe6 27. dxe6 Rf6 28. f5 Bd6 29. Be4 Ke7 30. Bd4 Rf8 31. Bxg7 Rg8 32. Bxh6 c5 33. Bf4 Bxf4+ 34. gxf4 Kf6 35. Rd7 Rg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. e7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Alekhine’s Defence

Against Alekhine’s Defence fischer played (B01 C4). He was remained unbeatable against Alekhine’s Defence. Lets watch one game of Alekhine and see how Fischer handled this opening.

Game Fischer vs Berline

[Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1960.12.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Berliner, Hans Jack"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1960.12.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Qd6 20. Nh5 Rae8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Rae1 Rfe7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. h3 Qe4 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. g4 Bd3 30. Rd1 Be4 31. d6 Qe5 32. Bf4 Qc3 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qe2 Qf3 35. Qxf3 Bxf3 36. Bc7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Scandinavian Defense

If you just develop your pieces on their natural squares you will be OK there is no need to know too much to study against Scandinavian. But we are making repertoire from white so that’s why we will watch one game on Qa5 variation of Scandinavian.

Game Fischer vs Seidman

[Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Seidman, Herbert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Ba4 Ba6 10. a3 Rd8 11. Bd2 Rd6 12. axb4 Qf5 13. Bb3 Ne4 14. Rxa6 Rxd2 15. Qa1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rd6 17. O-O 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and French Defense

Fischer felt difficulty in playing against french defense and he changed variations in his repertoire against french defense. But mainly he stick to main line and remained principled at openings. Most of the time he played main lines in his repertoire. Lets watch one of his game against french main line.

Game Fischer vs Weinstein

[Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1960.12.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Weinstein, Raymond Allen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C19"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1960.12.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Ba3 f6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Rfe1 Be8 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Bh3 h6 18. Bd6 Rdf8 19. Rab1 Rf7 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bg3 Ng6 22. Rb5 Qa6 23. Reb1 b6 24. Qc1 Qxa4 25. R5b2 Qa3 26. Qe3 Kb7 27. Nh4 Nxh4 28. Bxh4 e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Rxb6+ Ka8 31. R6b5 Be6 32. Bg3 e4 33. Qxh6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

In other variations against french defense he played Kings Indian attack type structure. Lets watch one game.

[Event "Schach Kait Festival-10 Nathanya"] [Site "Nathanya"] [Date "1968.06.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Geller, Uzi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1968.06.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ISR"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. h4 a5 12. Nf1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bf4 Ra6 15. Nh2 Rc6 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. e6 Qd8 19. exd7 Re6 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qh5 Qxd7 22. Nf3 g6 23. Qh6 Bf6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Re1 f4 27. Rxe5 Qd7 28. h5 fxg3 29. hxg6 gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 hxg6 31. Qxg6+ Qg7 32. Rg5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Caro–Kann Defence

Fischer played unusual setup against caro kann in his repertoire after 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3. This is the line that Fischer used to play against Caro Kann. The soviet players took advantage of this weak setup and taught Fischer a good lesson on Caro Kann Fischer lost games in this setup and later Fischer switched to Panov Attack. Lets watch first his old repertoire’s game against Caro Kann and later we will watch his game with Panov attack.

Old reportoire with 2.Nc3

[Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1959.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "28"] [EventCountry "CRO"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d4 9. Nb1 Qb6 10. b3 a5 11. a3 Be7 12. Bg2 a4 13. b4 Nbd7 14. O-O c5 15. Ra2 O-O 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 e5 18. f4 Rfc8 19. h4 Rc6 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. h5 Ra5 24. h6 Ng6 25. Qf3 Rh5 26. Bg4 Nxf4 27. Bxh5 N4xh5 28. hxg7 Qd7 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Nd2 Ne3+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Panov attack against Caro Kann

[Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Davis"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Rubin, Sidney J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B14"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. Na4 Nd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Be3 b6 15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. Rac1 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bb7 18. Bb5 Rfc8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qd7 21. Bd4 Rab8 22. Rc3 Ba8 23. Rec1 Rxb5 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qa4 Nxe5 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rxb8 Nxb8 29. Rc8 Nc6 30. Bc5 Bb7 31. Rc7 Ba8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 d4 34. b5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Sicilian Defense

In the Sicilian defense one move that Fischer loved it, its Bc4. Everyone know that Fischer give more value to bishops than knights and now computer also shown that bishop has some superiority than knights. Well lets talk straightly about Sicilian defense. The only move you have to remember against Sicilian is Bc4. Lets start with dragon. we will only watch one game for main variations in Sicilian defense.

Bobby Fischer and Accelerated Dragon

[Event "Manhattan blitz"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Reuben, Stewart"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B35"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a6 9. h4 b5 10. h5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qg4 e6 14. Qh3 f5 15. O-O-O Na5 16. Qh7+ Kf7 17. Rh6 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Rh8 19. Qxg6+ Kg8 20. Rxh8+ Kxh8 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Rh7 Qf8 23. Bh6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Against Dragon he played Yougoslav attack.

[Event "Olympiad-19 Preliminaries C"] [Site "Siegen"] [Date "1970.09.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Camara, Helder"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B75"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1970.09.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Bc4 Rc8 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Bc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qc8 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Nc7+ Qxc7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Qb5+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Bobby Fischer and Najdorf Variation

Against the Najdorf variation Fischer played 6 moves starting from 6.Bc4 (Fischer’s beloved move), 6.Be2, 6.h3, 6.f4, 6.g3, 6.Bg5 . Lets start with Fischer’s favorite move Bc4. Here are two games with Bc4 both games have different ideas for white.

[Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1970.12.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Arrupe Diego de Somonte, Jose R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1970.12.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Bd7 8. f4 Nc6 9. f5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 exf5 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bc6 17. Rxf5 Rae8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nd5 Ng6 20. Nc3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Rb6 Re7 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Rf3 Rc7 25. c4 Ne5 26. Rc3 Nd7 27. Rd6 Kf8 28. b4 Nf6 29. Bf3 Re7 30. c5 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rb6 Ree8 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Re3+ Kd7 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. c6 Kd8 37. cxb7 a5 38. bxa5 Kc7 39. Kf2 Rxb7 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7 41. Ke3 Ka6 42. Kd4 Kxa5 43. Kc5 f5 44. Kd6 g5 45. Ke5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Lontoc, Ramon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1967.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "PHI"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Qf3 h5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 b5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc8 19. Qd3 Ke7 20. Kb1 h4 21. Rd1 Rhd8 22. c3 Qb6 23. b4 Rc6 24. Ng1 Bg5 25. Nf3 f6 26. g3 hxg3 27. Nxg5 fxg5 28. Qxg3 Kd7 29. Qxe5 Kc7 30. Qxg7+ Rd7 31. Qxg5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Now Lets move to 6.Be2 game. Fischer played 4 games with 6.Be2 and scored 3/4. Here is one game below.

[Event "Reykjavik"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1960.10.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1960.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ISL"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 Nf8 17. f3 Ne6 18. Bf2 Kg7 19. Kh1 Nf4 20. Qe3 d5 21. exd5 Bc5 22. Qe1 Bxf2 23. Qxf2 N6xd5 24. Nce4 f5 25. Ng3 Rf8 26. Bb3 Rae8 27. Ndf1 h5 28. Nxh5+ Kg6 29. Nxf4+ Nxf4 30. Ng3 g4 31. Ne2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 gxf3+ 33. Kf1 e4 34. Qh4 f4 35. Qg4+ Kh6 36. Rd7 fxe2+ 37. Ke1 Qc5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Qh7+ Kg5 40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rg6+ Ke5 42. Qg7+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

6.h3 Fischer Scored 100% in this line. with the score of 4/4.

[Event "Olympiad-15 Final A"] [Site "Varna"] [Date "1962.09.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1962.09.27"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BUL"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. Nd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. c4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxe4 11. O-O d5 12. Re1 e5 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Rxe4 dxe4 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Ng7+ Ke7 17. Nf5+ Ke8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qb6 20. Rd1 Ra7 21. Rd6 Qd8 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Bxf7+ Kd8 24. Be6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

6.f4 Fischer played 2 games in this line and won both of them. lets watch one of the game.

[Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Kelley, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. g4 h6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Qg2 Rb8 13. h4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Bf3 Bxh4 18. Be3 g5 19. Bf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Bd7 21. Rae1 b5 22. Qh2 Kg7 23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 Qa7 25. f6+ Kh7 26. Rf2 Rg8 27. Qxh6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Fischer also played 6.g3 and 6.Bg5 but he lost in these line, so we are not going to watch these games.

Conclusion:

In conclusion against Nadrof Fischer’s favourite is Bc4! and in his repertoire, he loved to place his bishop on c4. So this is the first part of the post on Bobby Fischer’s repertoire. In the next part we will discuss how Bobby Fischer defended with black pieces.