The Sixth Sense

Tibor Farkas – Péter Lékó

1st International Fischerandom Tournament; time control: 25 minutes for 20 moves, plus 5 minutes for the remainder of the game; Kanjiža, 1996

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Position #40

1. d4 d5 2. e3!? “This demonstrates very early that White has no active plan of play”, Grandmaster Svetozar Gligorić wrote in his book “Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess?”, Batsford, London, 2002, p. 85. 2. ... c6 3. Nd3 Nd6 4. b3 Bd7 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. c3 Bxb1 7. Qxb1 Re8! 8. Qd3 f6 9. Nf3 e5! 10. Nd2 e4 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Nb1 f5 13. Bd2 b5. As often happens at Fischerandom chess, one party (in this case Black) has achieved a huge superiority after a few developing moves. 14. Rc1 Nc7 15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Nba3 a5 17. c4 b4 18. c5 Nf7 19. Nb1 f4 20. exf4 Bxf4 21. Be3 Nh6 22. Nd2 Rf7 23. Nf1 Ref8 24. Ng3 Qh4

25. Qa6? Gligorić regards this move as “suicidal”, but White’s position is desperate anyway, e.g. 25. 0-0 Ng4 26. h3 Nxe3 27. Nxe3 Nxd4 winning easily. 25. ... Bxe3 26. fxe3. Or 26. Nxe3 Rxf2 27. Qxc6 Qf4! 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 and finis. 26. ... Ng4 27. Qxc6 Qf6 0 : 1.