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Bobby Fischer's autograph score sheet for his famous chess match against Ulf Andersson in Siegen, West Germany, on September 26, 1970, one page, 8 x 11.5, headed in Fischer's own hand, "Fischer Andersson," with a notation below in another hand, "Game for Expressen." Fischer signs at the conclusion after winning the game, "Fischer," noting Andersson's final move: "Resign."
Fischer uses descriptive chess notation to record the match, which was widely used until the 1970s, when it was replaced by algebraic notation. The first move in this game was Fischer's, who notates "P[awn to]-Q[ueen's k]N[ight ]3"—that is, the pawn nearest the knight on the queen's side of the board moves to the third square. In algebraic notation, the move is completely and unambiguously described as "b3." This opening move set up what is known as a 'Hedgehog formation,' rarely used by white; this was one of the first games to feature this method of development. Fischer's crushing victory in the match so impressed Andersson that he later became one of the foremost 'Hedgehog' exponents himself (see: Karpov–Andersson, Milan 1975).
In Garry Kasparov on Fischer: My Great Predecessors, Part IV, the Russian grandmaster observes: 'This game made such a great impression on Ulf Andersson that in the 1970s the talented Swedish grandmaster, who is well known for his skill in defence, became one of the main ideologists of the 'hedgehog' set-up and the 'compressed spring' method when playing Black. That is how the chess revolution of the 1970s began.'
The heading, "Game for Expressen," penned in unknown hand, refers to the sponsor of this particular match, the Swedish newspaper Expressen, which published the game a move a day over the course of several weeks. This may have been the score sheet from which the series was derived. In good to very good condition, with file holes to the left edge, and very heavy overall creasing.
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