AThe Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, October 24, 1957
Chess.
Fischer-Cardoso. The B-QB4 line against the Sicilian Defence is one of the best for an attacking player to adopt, since its theme of a king's side advance is both clear-cut and hard to meet. In this game from a recent match in New York the young American prodigy gives an excellent display of the possibilities of the variation.
1. The scheme of exchanging White's KB is too ambitious, and allows White to develop a swift king's side attack. Black's best line is 10…B-Q2; so as to put pressure on the White centre by Kt x Kt and B-B3.
2. 13 BP x Kt s also good, since White can use the QB file as an avenue for attack.
3. White's attack already plays itself, and Black can only make forced defensive moves.
4. An exception to the general rule of avoiding exchanges when attacking; here the knight is Black's only active minor piece.
5. Not 19 P B-6 P x P; 20 PxP, R-Kt1
6. Threatening 22. R-R3, P-R3, 23. P-B6, wityh a quick win.
7. Black no doubt saw the following sacrifice coming, but he can do nothing to prevent it, for if 22. P-B3; 23 P-Kt6, P-R3; 24 B-K3, and this time White decides the game by B x RP
8. A textbook example of a king's side attack, and another remarkable effort by the 14-year-old winner.
