In the 1963 New York State Open held in Poughkeepsie over the Labor Day weekend Fischer, then the US Champion, scored a clean 7-0 sweep. It was the second time in recent months that Fischer had played in a weekend Swiss; the other was the Western Open in Bay City, Michigan which he also won.
At Poughkeepsie, Arthur Bisguier, James Sherwin, Joseph Richman and Matthew Green tied for second in the 58-player field with scores of 5.5-1.5.
The opening of the Fischer vs. Bisguier game was a surprise; Fischer abandoned his usual Ruy Lopez and pulled out an old Wilhelm Steinitz ideas. Some of Steinitz' ideas on positional play were stigmatized as bizarre.
In this game we see Fischer essay what was one of Steinitz’ most bizarre moves and it worked.
When this game first appeared the annotators made their comments based on the result and praised Fischer’s play as if it had been faultless.
While his play was innovative and clever, it was not perfect and it could not be claimed that Bisguier was outplayed! He held his own, but unfortunately the final part of the game was spoiled when he blundered. Still. GM Blunders are, if not always instructive, entertaining. Also, Fischer dud deserve credit for resurrecting Steinitz’ old suggestion.
Robert Fischer–Arthur Bisguier1–0C59New York State Open, PoughkeepsiePoughkeepsie, NY USA02.09.1963Stockfish 17
C59: Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 Surprise! Uo until this game Fischer had always played the Ruy Lopez. f6 Bisguier loved sharp play, so this was what he usually played and Fischer was prepared for it. 4.g5 d5 5.exd5 a5 6.b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.e2 h6 So far normal stuff; this could be considered the Main Line. 9.h3 Another surprise! This odd-looking move was recommended by Steinitz who introduced it in a telegraph match against Chigorin back in 1891. Steinitz lost ans as a result right up to thus game nobody thought it was any good except the Dutch player Salo Landau who was gassed by the Nazis at Auschwitz in 1944. Today Stockfish indicates that Steinitz was not wrong...the position is dead equal. c5 10.0-0 Steinitz-Chigorin continued 10.d3 which is just fine, but Chigorin obtained a strong attack which gradually became decisive. Steinitz still claimed that white opening strategy was OK and he can successfully retain his extra Pawn. Fischer doesn't care about the Pawn. Instead, he is playing for the advanatge of the two Bishops. 0-0 11.d3 xh3 The problem for black is how to get an attack going as compensation for the P. At the time 11...Nd5 was comsidered best, but it was assumed that Fischer had investigated yje position and found an improvement. Actually, black has tried several different moves here, including 11...Bxh3, and all seem to lead to a playable position,.Engine evaluation if 11...Bxh3 is that the game is dead even. 11...d5 12.c4 xh3 13.cxd5 f5 14.e3 xd5 15.c3 d6 with roughly equal chances. Socko,M (2462)-Batsiashvili,N (2417) Plovdiv BUL 2014 12.gxh3 d7 13.f3 Fischer's idea is to return the P in exchange for a position in which he has the two Bs and a sound Q-side majority. 13.g2 d5 14.c3 ad8 15.xd5 cxd5 16.f4 equals. Socko,B (2643)-Pavasovic,D (2590) Austria 2009 13...xh3 The position is equal. 14.d2 ad8 15.g2 f5 16.e1 This idea behind this odd looking move is that the Q is positioned to threaten to win a P after Nf3 and it can also go to the Q-side. A good alternative was 16.Qf3 16.b1 As far as I know this move, found by the engine, has been overlooked. White threatens a P fork on the B and N and gains the initiative. b6 17.b4 b7 18.f3 d6 19.c4 Threatening another P fork. White has gotten his Q-side Ps moving with a gain of time. c7 With the advantage. He has more space, the two Bs and black's c-Pawn is a target. 20.c5 16...fe8 17.e4 b6 18.xf6+ xf6 19.h1 To make way for the R on the g-file. c5 20.c3 \Somewhat better would have been 20.Qe4 keeping the Q centralized. c6 21.f4 d4 22.c4 g6 23.c3 f5 When this game was played annotators gave Fischer undue credit claiming his position is superior. However, that is not the case. Bisguier has defended well and the chances are equal after the text. In fact, Bisguier could even have gotten the advantage with 23///Nc2! 23...c2 This unexpected move, plunging the N into white's territory, would have actualy left black woth a slight advantage! 24.b1 exf4 25.e4 e6 26.xe6 xe6 27.xf4 c4 and black has the initiative. 24.fxe5 xe5 25.f4 e2 26.e4 This move was incorrectly praised because Fischer has set up a dangerous pin. That's true, but 26.Be4 gives black the opportunity to gain a significant advantage. me 26.f3 was in order. After xb2 27.ae1 27.e5 as in the game is met by e3 winning 27...f6 with equal chances. 26...xb2 What a shame! This capture is a gross blunder. At first glance it looks good though. With a R on the 2md rank and his Q and N menacing white's K-side black appears to have a dangerous position. Bu,t Fischer's two Bs aew poised to strike. 26...e8 keeps the upper hand. 27.f3 e3 28.xe3 8xe3 29.g1 29.xe2 xe2 30.xf7+ 30.g1 c6+ wins outright. 30...xf7 31.xf7 xf7 29...xh2+ 30.xh2 c7+ 31.h1 d6 32.g2 xf3 33.e4 f6 34.g1 f5 It's doubtful that black can win. Five Shootouts were drawn. 27.e5 This simply wins the N e8 28.xf5 xe5 29.xe5 Black resigned. 1–0
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