CHESS RESULTS : Fischer-Spassky Game 3 Ends in Draw

Former world chess champions Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky played to a draw in game three of their “Revenge Match of the Century” Saturday in Sveti Stefan, Yugoslavia. Fischer leads, 1-0, with two draws.

Saturday’s game followed the course of Wednesday’s first game until move 16, when Spassky, playing black, introduced a new idea that solved all of his problems. He achieved equality immediately and a small advantage a few moves later, but he could not make further progress. The final position was still slightly favorable to black, but Spassky chose to accept Fischer’s offer of a draw.

The fourth game is scheduled today. The match will continue on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays until one player wins 10 games. The moves of Saturday’s game are listed below.

Fischer-Spassky 3: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Re1 b5

7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Nb8 10 d4 Nbd7 11 Nbd2 Bb7 12 Bc2 Re8 13 Nf1 Bf8

14 Ng3 g6 15 Bg5 h6 16 Bd2 exd4 17 cxd4 c5 18 Bf4 cxd4 19 Nxd4 Ne5

20 b3 d5 21 Qd2 dxe4 22 Nxe4 Nd5 23 Bg3 Rc8 24 Re2 f5 25 Bxe5 Rxe5

26 Ng3 Rxe2 27 Ngxe2 Nb4 28 Rd1 Nxc2 29 Nxc2 Qxd2 30 Rxd2 Rc7 31 Ne3 Kf7

32 h4 Bc8 33 Nf4 g5 34 hxg5 hxg5 35 Nd3 Bg7 36 Nd5 Rc6 37 N5b4 Rc7

38 Nd5 Rc6 39 N5b4, Drawn.