Bobby Fischer Games: Guess the Move

Robert James Fischer, known as Bobby Fischer, was born in Chicago in 1943, became a grandmaster at fifteen, and won the 1972 World Championship from Boris Spassky. His run through the 1970 Interzonal and 1971 Candidates matches produced one of the most dominant climbs to a title match in chess history. The games selected here span his early career and his journey to the world title, bringing together victories against opponents including Donald Byrne, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, and Spassky. Studying them in chronological order offers a practical introduction to the range of positions he handled.

Fischer's play joined principled development and opening preparation to precise tactics and endgame technique. When guessing his moves, first check whether every piece is active and then calculate the forcing continuation that turns a positional advantage into something concrete. His games also encourage attention to quieter decisions: improving a piece, choosing an exchange, or limiting an opponent's counterplay. Pause before each move and describe what the position needs. Then compare your plan with Fischer's continuation and use the feedback to identify whether your difficulty came from calculation, piece coordination, or judging the resulting position.

Solitaire Chess is a way to study a master game by choosing one side's moves before revealing what was played. On this page, Guess the Move turns that study method into an interactive exercise: you play Fischer's side, compare your decisions with the historical continuation, and track your score and accuracy.

Choose a Fischer game from the table and consider two or three candidate moves at each turn. Check your opponent's threats, calculate your preferred continuation, and commit to a move. After the feedback, explain the difference between your idea and Fischer's before continuing. Revisit difficult positions to turn each session into a useful study of his decisions.