1972-08-31. Last game of the WCC match (Sicilian Taimanov). Fischer played a line of the Sicilian that he had never before played as Black and further surprised Spassky with a novelty on move 8 (exd5). Equal middlegame, then advantage Fischer. The game was adjourned with an advantage for Fischer. The next day, the Arbiter informed Fischer that Spassky had resigned the game by telephone.
Il RB procede indisturbato verso la colonna A senza poter essere fermato e al N non resta che sacrificare la T sul pedone. Un campione del mondo non abbandona se non ci sono ragioni più che buone per farlo.
