After drawing with Addison in the first round, he looked to be back on track, winning the next six in a row which gained him a big lead. But then Fischer made what was probably the worst blunder of his career when he list to Robert Byrne in round 8. But wait! There’s nore! In round 9 he went down to defeat against Samuel Reshevsky. At that point it looked like it might be possible that Fischer would not repeat as champion. Fischer kept his cool though and defeated Nicolas Rossolimo and Dr. Karl Burger in the final two rounds to end up a full point ahead of his rivals.
Two young players made their debut. Duncan Suttles who went on to become a Canadian citizen and Bernard Zuckerman. Suttles,
with his highly original style, was not afraid of anybody and Zuckerman, a walking opening encyclopedia, was about a half an hour late for every game. Arthur Bisguier had an exceptionally bad tournament due to the fact that he was plagued by an illness in his family.
[Event "US Championship, New York"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1965.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bobby Fischer"]
[Black "Robert Byrne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
{C04: French Tarrasch: 3...Nc6} 1. e4 e6 {This was probably the best defense
to play against Fischer.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {Fischer avoids the Winawer (3.Nc3
Bb4), a defense against which he always had difficulty and which Edmar Mednis
famouslt used to defeat him in the 1962 US Championship.} Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5
Qxd5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. Bc4 Qh5 8. O-O {Certainly Fischer did not expect Byrne to
play 8...cxc3 after which black would have a difficult position to defend.} Nf6
{The usual plan is 8...Be6 followed by castling Q-side, but Byrne's
straightforward development is also satisfactory.} (8... dxc3 {White now
obtains a strong attack against black's K which is caught in the center.} 9.
Re1+ Be7 10. bxc3 Nh6 11. Rxe7+ Nxe7 12. Ba3 Nhf5 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Re1 {White
has sufficient compensation for his sacrificed material.}) 9. Qe1+ {The R
would have been a better piece to place on this square.} Be7 10. Nxd4 O-O {
Certainly Fischer saw that 11.Nxc6 does not win a piece.} 11. Be2 (11. Nxc6 Bd6
(11... bxc6 12. Qxe7 {wins a piece.}) 12. f4 bxc6 {and black stands well..})
11... Bg4 12. Nxc6 {[%mdl 8192] Brain flatulence! Fischer could have resigned
after this, but he played on hopiong for a miracle.} (12. h3 {Equally good is
12.Bxg4} Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Ne5 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Nb3 Bf8
18. Rd1 {Draw agreed. Goncalves,J-Van den Broeck,H Munich 1958}) 12... Bd6 13.
h3 Bxe2 14. Nd4 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 {White is the exchange down with no compensation
and the win is a matter of technique which Byrne certainly had.} Rfe8 16. N2f3
a6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Rd1 Re4 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bc1 Rae8 21. Nd2 R4e7 22. Nc4 Bf4
23. Nf3 c6 24. Nb6 Bxc1 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc1 Re2
27. Rb1 Qc2 28. Rc1 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qxc3 30. Rxb7 Rxa2 31. Kh2 h6 32. Qb1 Rxf2 33.
Qf5 Qxf3 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Rd8 36. Rb6 d4 {White resigned.} (36... d4 37.
Rxa6 d3 38. Ra1 d2 39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Kf2 Kf5 42. Ke3 {Now all black
has to do is run white out of moves.} Rd6 43. f4 Rd8 44. Kf3 g6 45. Ke3 h5 46.
h4 f6 47. Kf3 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. f5 gxf5 50. Kf2 f4 51. Ke2 f3+ 52. Kf2 Rd4
53. Kg1 Ke3 {etc.}) 0-1
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