Fischer's 24-game winning streak ended after a draw with…
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Fischer's 24-game winning streak ended after a draw with Ciocâltea in a game that started with 1. d4 Nf6 2.e5
This happened during the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba. Fischer was denied permission to travel by the US State Department. This problem was resolved by allowing him to play via teletype from the Marshall Chess Club in New York. He won the first two games, then came the third game against Ciocâltea.....
‘All went well until Fischer played Viktor Ciocaltea of Rumania. Ciocaltea’s first move, 1 P-Q4, was played on the Marshall Club board by a FIDE judge. Fischer replied with his usual 1...N-KB3. Then came the remarkable reply, 2 P-K5!? There was considerable consternation on West 10th Street as the officials realized that White’s first move had been 1 P-K4 and not 1 P-Q4. Could Fischer take his move back? Could the error in transmission be explained? It didn’t matter because Fischer waved aside the fears by playing 2...N-Q4. He was willing to play Alekhine’s Defense, an opening he had never played before in tournament chess and was not to play again for five years. But he was sufficiently prepared to hold Ciocaltea to a draw in an unfamiliar opening.’
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This happened during the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba. Fischer was denied permission to travel by the US State Department. This problem was resolved by allowing him to play via teletype from the Marshall Chess Club in New York. He won the first two games, then came the third game against Ciocâltea.....
‘All went well until Fischer played Viktor Ciocaltea of Rumania. Ciocaltea’s first move, 1 P-Q4, was played on the Marshall Club board by a FIDE judge. Fischer replied with his usual 1...N-KB3. Then came the remarkable reply, 2 P-K5!? There was considerable consternation on West 10th Street as the officials realized that White’s first move had been 1 P-K4 and not 1 P-Q4. Could Fischer take his move back? Could the error in transmission be explained? It didn’t matter because Fischer waved aside the fears by playing 2...N-Q4. He was willing to play Alekhine’s Defense, an opening he had never played before in tournament chess and was not to play again for five years. But he was sufficiently prepared to hold Ciocaltea to a draw in an unfamiliar opening.’
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