Game of the week February 22, 2026 by Robert Huntington A rare Fischer game not in ChessBase’s MegaBase. [Event "Log Cabin 50/50 1957"] [White "Jimmy Sherwin"] [Black "Bobby Fischer"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "ATH"] [ECO "E87"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2276384714621146"] [EventDate "1957.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 (8. g4 Nf4 9. h4 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. fxe4 $6 Bg4 $15) 12... Nd7 13. O-O-O $14 {Slavin-Darevsky, LSS email, 2023}) 8... f5 9. exf5 (9. O-O-O $1 $16) 9... gxf5 10. O-O-O a6 (10... Na6 11. Bg5 $16) 11. Bd3 Nd7 $6 (11... b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nge2 $16) 12. Nge2 (12. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 13. g4 Ndf6 (13... Rf7 $6 14. gxh5 Qh4 15. h6 Bf6 16. Nge2 $18) 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Nge2 $16) 12... Nc5 13. Bc2 b5 14. Ng3 (14. Bg5 $1 Qe8 15. b4 Nd7 16. c5 dxc5 17. d6 Ndf6 18. bxc5 cxd6 19. Qxd6 $14) 14... Nf4 15. Nge2 $2 (15. Rhg1 bxc4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nh5 (17. Qxf4 $6 Be5 $15) 17... Be5 $11) 15... b4 16. Na4 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Bd7 19. Bc2 (19. Bxd7 Qxd7 $17 {is a small improvement for White}) 19... a5 20. c5 $2 (20. Qd2 Qh4 $17) 20... a4 21. c6 (21. a3 bxa3 22. bxa3 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Qf6 $1 $19) 21... b3 $2 (21... Bc8 22. b3 axb3 23. Bxb3 Ba6 $19) 22. axb3 $2 (22. cxd7 bxc2 23. Rd2 Qxd7 24. Rxc2 a3 25. b3 Qf7 $15) 22... axb3 23. Bxb3 $6 (23. cxd7 $142 bxc2 24. Kxc2 Qxd7 25. Ra1 c5 $19) 23... Qb8 $6 (23... Be8 $19) 24. Qc4 Be8 (24... Bc8 $142 $17) 25. h4 $6 (25. Kd2 f4 26. Bf2 e4 27. fxe4 f3 $17) 25... f4 26. Bf2 Bg6 $2 (26... e4 27. fxe4 Bh5 $19) 27. h5 Bf5 28. h6 Bf6 29. Kd2 $2 (29. Bc2 e4 30. Bd4 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 e3+ 32. Kc3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bxc2 34. Kxc2 Qe8 $11) 29... Ra5 30. Ra1 (30. Rhe1 $5 Qb5 $19 {might be a little better}) 30... Rb5 31. Ba7 Rxb3 $1 32. Bxb8 Rxb2+ 33. Kc1 (33. Ke1 Rfxb8 $19 {is better but probably not enough to make any real difference}) 33... Rfxb8 34. Rd1 (34. Ra8 Rb1+ 35. Kd2 Rxa8 36. Rxb1 Bxb1 $19) 34... Bh4 $2 (34... Kf7 $19 {Given the time control, it's reasonable to suspect that one or both of the players might have been in time trouble by this point}) 35. Ra2 (35. Rd3 Bf2 $1 $19 (35... Bxd3 $2 36. Qxd3 $11)) 35... R2b4 $2 (35... R8b4 $19) 36. Qa6 R8b5 $2 (36... e4 37. fxe4 Rxe4 38. Qb7 $1 $11) 37. Kd2 Rxd5+ $2 (37... Kf7 38. Qa7 Bd8 39. Ke1 $16) 38. Ke2 $2 (38. Kc3 Rxd1 39. Kxb4 $18) 38... Rxd1 $2 {The final mistake} (38... Re4+ $1 39. fxe4 Bg4+ 40. Kf1 Rxd1#) 39. Kxd1 Rd4+ 40. Ke2 Bd3+ 41. Qxd3 (41. Qxd3 Rxd3 42. Kxd3 Kf7 43. Ra7 Bd8 44. Ra8 $18) 1-0 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Views: 0