How to Defeat Bobby Fischer with the French Defense

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Robert James Fischer vs Vladimir Kovacevic
Rovinj/Zagreb (1970), Rovinj/Zagreb YUG, rd 8, Apr-21
French Defense: Winawer Variation. Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bc3 5. bc3 de4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Be2 Nf8 15. O-O Ng6 16. Qh6 Rh8 17. Qg5 Rdg8 18. f3 e3 19. Be3 Nf8 20. Qb5 Nd5 21. Kf2 a6 22. Qd3 Rh2 23. Rh1 Qh4 24. Rh2 Qh2 25. Nf1 Rg2 26. Ke1 Qh4 27. Kd2 Ng6 28. Re1 Ngf4 29. Bf4 Nf4 30. Qe3 Rf2
Bobby Fischer won the "Tournament of Peace" by a full two points over his nearest competitors, which included 10 other Grandmasters in a field of 18 players. The tournament was held in two different cities in Yugoslavia; Rovinj from April 12th to April 26th, and Zagreb from April 27th to May 8th. Fischer jumped quickly into the lead, winning 6.5/7 points to claim first place. In the eighth round, Fischer was defeated in 30 moves by a little known Yugoslav by the name of Vlado Kovacevic (Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970). This was Fischer's first loss since losing to Efim Geller in Skopje (1967). He defeated Gligoric in the next round and had a point and a half lead over the field through nine rounds. His final three rounds were tough draws against Browne (who should have won), Korchnoi and Petrosian.
The tournament followed the USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) match in Belgrade and the Unofficial Speed Chess Championship in Herceg Novi (which was also won by Fischer). Several players that played in both of these tournaments made the trip to play in Rovinj/Zagreb: Fischer, Hort, Ivkov, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Smyslov and Uhlmann. Svetozar Gligoric also made the trip from Belgrade to Rovinj/Zagreb, but did not enter the blitz tournament.
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[@domjon9797]

9:30 According to Kovacevic himself, Petrosyan's wife apporached to him (as he was under great tension and couldn't sit in the chair but was walking all over the room) and tried to tell him a few words, but he couldn't understand her at all. Not only beacause he doesn't speak Russian, but also because he was completely focused on what to do next. So, Kovacevic actually brought all the game on his shoulders by himself, learning only from mistakes made by previous player who tried to play French defense against Fischer two days earlier.

[@ijij8191]

@gJb 1 yeah you sound like you are using your head right? So tell me if the russians were so good (they could tell moves to some croatian player to beat fischer) why did they lose every single game to fischer in that tournament. Kovacevic obviously knew that opening just a bit better then fischer. Use your head. Idiot

[@rafaelkovac4211]

The player Kovačević watched against Fischer and remebered all his mistakes in the French was legendary Wolfgang Ullman.

[@domjon9797]

@gJb 1 You should see how Kovacevic described that game in his own words. Even after so many years, his voice trembles when describing his feelings and what he went through while playing against Fischer. It's was a rollercoaster of emotions for him. What is highly more probable is soviet propaganda tried to "steal" his victory and portray it as their own. On the top of what was already said up there: no russian player could beat Fischer during that tournament. And last but not least: why Fischer didn't react if there was something weird going on? Fischer did two things that goes in favor of Kovacevic's story: first, after Kovacevic attacked Fischer for the first time, Fischer was thinking about his next move for more than half an hour. Kovacevic said he felt how Fischer was off the track and wasn't sure what to do next. And second, when the game was over, Fischer shaked hands with Kovacevic and said "Very good!" to him. There was no ANY sign of his doubt or suspicion. So, when you put all that into equation, it's easy to conclude Kovacevic beat him fair and straight.

[@domjon9797]

@@rafaelkovac4211 Thx man, I wasn't sure who he was, thanks for the update!

[@crab_striker1961]

Ah, finally... Some toxic idiots in an agadmator video's comment section

[@mikestyon5396]

Can you show some Svetozar Gligoric games ?

[@ivandragicevic6786]

Hi Antonio, You can find a nice Kovacevics pic from that period in Viktor Moskalenkos book The Wonderful Winawer. The game against Fischer is the very first game in the book. Kovacevic still had almost all of his hair and some cool sideburns ha ha. Oh yes, and his tie on that pic was as ugly as hell. Pozdrav!

[@modestoquinto1911]

Some say Fischer had difficulties vs french defense. Likewise vs Gm Mednis..

[@danielmcgibbon8200]

E4 E6 And in this position agadmator resigned the game

[@2Hot2]

Petrosyan's wife must have told him the brilliant move because the KGB couldn't afford vibratory but plugs at the time.

[@YingTou1]

High art.

[@Laenthal]

You know it's gonna be an exceptional game when a loosing player is Fischer playing whites.

[@babykevinxoxo]

Fischer was young

[@TheImadoglu00]

@@babykevinxoxo he was young but also undefeated for 3 years at the time

[@jasonmichael3676]

@@babykevinxoxo This was 1970. Fischer was in his prime.

[@shubhendranathsingh9888]

Yeah he was young for his whole life

[@ChocolateMilk..]

Loosing is not a word.

[@greg939]

I love how all the best moves are pawn moves...

[@TheLordoftheDarkness]

That's why I never find them.

[@SadParting97]

Cuz there's nothing to play but the pawn

[@ZrtvaKvalitete]

I just watched Kovačević comment this game for Croatian tv couple years ago.It is amazing how excited he still is talking about this game after all those years.He explains that the Winaver variation 3...Bb4 was not his main opening choice at that time but rather 3...Nf6 but he decided to play it because of the game Fischer-Ullmann which was played 3 rounds earlier in the same tournament and Fischer won that game pretty easily.He said he had a feeling black can play much better in the opening so he went for the move 3...Bb4 just because he knows Fischer didnt like playing 4.e5 and entering those kind of blocading positions in French and that he will play 4.a3 and sac the e4 pawn just like he did against Ullmann.He also talks about that cold war conspiracy theory that the Russians were telling him the moves and he explains how that theory came about.Kovačević explains he was so excited to play Bobby and he was consantly walking around the hall for that reason.At the moment Fischer played his move pawn to f3 he says to himself : " Is Fischer really such a big Patzer to allow me Nh4?Wait a minute,Bobby is not Patzer at all!Let me see what is he up to.And than i realized he wants to sac a queen for a rook and a minor pice and to open up the f-file and have a real good compesation."He says Rona Petrosian did say something in Russian to him passing by in the tournament hall but he didnt know russian and he didnt understand what did she say to him.He also said after he played his last move Rook to f2 Fischer resined,stood up and said: "Really good" and he left the hall.He also says that he bearly have time to sign the score sheet because Tigran Petrosian tried to take his score sheet away saying:" For Moscow ! This must be sent to Moscow right away so russian chess fans could see Fischer can be beaten!" Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqqoqYN_gcqVitk

[@animezoneamv9116]

Soviets are so immatured 😂 at that time. All soviets were simply crushed to tiny pieces by Fischer and Petrosian also.

[@zoodidwa]

Hello. Im a long time sub over at MatoJelic. Just discovered your channel. I dig your style. Short, concise, informative, and entertaining analysis. Great job. Subbed.

[@agadmator]

Thanks :)

[@furkankarakaya26]

:))

[@mr.barnes2630]

I am 15 and I just began to play chess a week ago. Thanks for the video! It motivates me :)

[@agadmator]

+Edward Karim Glad to hear it :)

[@entityzero1269]

Let me challenge u i am also fifteen

[@jandom9008]

Edward Karim 😂😂😂😂

[@jandom9008]

Edward Karim you will hate it

[@abnerlouischarles]

Edward Karim that's the same age I learned it. I'm 17 now

[@xyon9090]

*How to troll Agadmator* . . . . Play the French defense against him.

[@arnabnath6601]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@krileym]

E6 was played, and it was in this position that Agadmator resigned.

[@MrSupernova111]

Please post the other game from Kovačević #suggestion

[@agadmator]

+MrSupernova111 Yes, yes. I will :)

[@srikanths7873]

@ 10:59 why didn't the bishop move to *d2* - very poor move to protect the bishop with the King, giving up the pawn to the rook :( sorry Fischer, something fishy :)

[@Norpan506]

good

[@spoileralert227]

Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3uUfGCdbdWljsU

[@dariobarisic3502]

#LetsMakeChessASubjectInSchools :D

[@iceinhuman9139]

at my school in the USA, we made chess theory an official subject, and elective! i was in the very first one years ago and it was awesome.

[@aregn9661]

It is a school subject in Armenia now

[@SSmitar]

@Areg N: Oh that sounds pretty cool. Is it because of Levon Aronian?

[@aregn9661]

Not only him but also Tigran Petrosian who popularized chess in Armenia so his impact is unforgetable here.

[@aaronalfer2615]

#MakeChessGreatAgain

[@michaele.2583]

This goddamn french-defence, indeed - often you get the feeling with white, you get into such strangleholds even with the best play possible (without intending to compare myself with Fischer, but if it happens to him, there might be some truth in this impression)!

[@GoranRadic]

This is why I always play French against agadmator. Even today I did it. :)

[@agadmator]

+Goran Radic I will secretly master it and destroy everyone :D

[@jmtluimem6427]

(french is all about women .. everybody knows it)

[@jmtluimem6427]

can you find a queen jumping to g4 in another opening this is french cancan..

[@arnabnath6601]

@@agadmator 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@arnabnath6601]

😜😜😜😁😁😂😂😂

[@Sarothis]

show the immortal game of kovacoboy

[@SSmitar]

When you are suggesting a game use #suggestion hashtag to make it more readable.

[@xyon9090]

Sarothis, Yes. Would love to see it.

[@mrblacky6882]

#suggestion Vassily Ivanchuk - Viktor Moskalenko, 1988. Pozdrav :D

[@SSmitar]

Well, finally a game where Booby Fisher loses and that too in French defense? O_o That was a bit of shock to be honest. As always, excellent commentary.

[@eastweymouthchris]

He was known for underperforming against the French defense.

[@jordan22031991]

who came here after watching pragga and topalov 's game?

[@WeAreAllAnimals-j8k]

MEEE

[@ShermanSitter]

"before this he hadn't lost a game in 3 years" ...wow

[@vasakeidruzina7338]

Kovacevic played it for the first time in his life then. You have a video where he talks about it on balkan language but he says that he never played it before. Video is called " Iz ličnog ugla - Kako sam pobedio Fišera".

[@martinbrkic14]

It was the first time in his life that he played Winaver variation of French defense, not the French defense. He was lifetime practitioner of French, but before the game against the Fisher, according to him, he had almost exclusively responded by 3...Nf6 to 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 (the so called Classical variation of French)

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

Wow great game

[@vitakyo982]

In your analyze , at 6:34 , after rook to h8 , white can play bishop takes knight on f8 ...

[@ME-kd1ko]

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/KovacevicBellin1973.jpg The picture is from 1973 but should be close enough.

[@velvety2528]

I would love to see Kovačević's immortal game

[@MrSupernova111]

Use the hashtag. Look on the bottom of the video.

[@TeddyIV_777]

#Suggestion Please make more videos about the french defense... thank you

[@arunavamaulik19]

Hello Antonio..you have no idea how much i look forward to your videos everyday! Please keep up the good work for years to come....!

[@oscaro.172]

Hey Agadmator! I hope I'm early enough for you to read this: I love your commentary! I think you and Suren and Mato make the top 3 :) please never stop!

[@agadmator]

+Oscar O. Thanks Oscar. I'll do my best :)

[@vernie7882]

Oscar O. I fuckin' hate Suren, not sure how you can put him up there with those 2.

[@ClarkPotter]

No love for Danny King?

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

"The last game Fischer lost before this one was to Effin Geller!"

[@bezzlebedeviled4756]

4:11 -- This is where Bobby's slips off the rails. He had just played Ne2 last turn, presumably with Ng3 in mind -- and that is his best move now. Ng3, Bb7, Be2, and suddenly it is Black who is feeling cramped, as while White is ready to castle, the Black queen would have to go to e7 to get out of the way, and it she does, then a4 followed by Ba3 are coming post-castle.

[@johnnygks]

hey agadmator i hope you make a tournanment again i want to play against you i have just begun playing chess and i really enjoy it cheers!

[@vinicius3938]

First of all I opened the video to see you speaking the name on the tittle hahahahah

[@agadmator]

+vinicius richter How was it? :D

[@felipemp93]

It's a bit like Esipenko v. Carlsen :)

[@justindam8089]

4:05 "LIKE DIS" - Agadmator

[@paulboro5278]

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. Bruce Lee

[@alekssavic1999]

Agadmator YOU LEGEND

[@FAnd-bn8wv]

11:18 why didnt black take Q+N g3 ???

[@claytonbenignus4688]

Fischer got Frenched!!!

[@bilaldeveci6499]

Agadmator I love u and Mikhail tal for the beautiful times you giving to me in my mind. So keep those Mikhail Tal matches coming!

[@Dragonball7seven]

Im 22 i just started playing. Watch these videos every night and it has really trained my mind to operate differently when playing and its been winning me a lot of low level games lately, thanks

[@fairytalejediftj7041]

Yes, please show the Kovačević immortal. :)

[@louis8213]

First comment on three years

[@chengzhou8711]

Sometimes, I really love it when very strong players lose badly especially here. I totally respect all types of brilliance.

[@ninjaong87]

He mentioned this game so many times I just had to check this out in 2023.. lol

[@agadmator]

It's incredible!

[@eddieash6189]

Makes the pawns, Nasty nasty

[@AshishTiwari-mz7yl]

Hey agadmator!! I have one suggestion ..why don't you give us puzzles everyday..n next day its answer and other puzzle...what u say??

[@agadmator]

+Ashish Tiwari I'm preparing to create my own puzzles so you'll get some soon :D

[@AshishTiwari-mz7yl]

agadmator's Chess Channel ohhk..see we both think in a same direction ..give a high 5✋

[@agadmator]

+Ashish Tiwari It is given :D

[@MrSupernova111]

That's not a bad idea. Maybe a daily puzzle with tactic description a difficulty rating.

[@davidjesse8689]

Please show more French Defense games .. those which are instructional. Thank you.

[@piotrekz4032]

Beautifull game

[@bezzlebedeviled4756]

2:57 -- It's debatable exactly when Fischer starting losing this game, but I'd say it was all the way back here, where a3 is a much weaker play than Bd3, which was needed to inhibit black's imminent Pxe4 after BxN, PxN. Castling to the side of the board where exactly all of Kovačević's pieces would soon be predictably present certainly didn't help matters either; Fischer's king was a lot better protected underneath his pair of bishops than anywhere else, and this particular turn (the one in which he castled) is the last in which Fischer would enjoy any sort of tempo. Instead of castling, the time was right for Bxh3, as black can no longer follow with Rg4 (bottling up the white queen) since the white bishop is now covering g4. If, following Bxh3, then Rh8 (seemingly pinning the bishop), then Bxf8 -- gobbling the knight the black just moved there while threatening his queen. The queen cannot take the bishop (because then the other knight is seized by white's queen), and so probably eRxB, followed by white's queen escaping to the black diagonal formerly occupied by his bishop.

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

I love the French Defense. No. 1 pick against 1.e4 :)

[@noahwilliams2662]

sometimes ppl try to avoid my Scandinavian by pushing 2. e4 and I simply feed them the French. They are surprised and I am happy. :)

[@backlogguru3710]

French is my favourite opening , Emanuel Berg and Rubelovsky are great French player also simon William has many model games

[@kickdogseal]

Wow. I instantly pushed for the pawn myself.

[@pashapasovski5860]

My mother was Kovacevic before she married my father!

[@kingmakerbull]

@Antonio, The Best defense against the French was played by Fischer himself twice. The legendary game against Myagmarsuren where he dismantles the French with King's Indian Attack (KIA) and again he demonstrates the same against Oscar Panno. I have used it many times now and it holds up amazing well against the French, getting black into a lot of trouble. If you so desire, it would be nice to show the Fischer Myagmarsuren game in your channel so that many people will benefit immensely. Thanks

[@agadmator]

+kingmakerbull I did the first game already

[@kingmakerbull]

Ah, I see..The one against Panno is also an amazing game! Also check this KIA out against Sicilian French of Irina Krush... www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1802491 Black was busted before a blunder by white.. Maybe this can be shown on your channel.. The main thing is very few people play KIA, maybe a word around will help!

[@enis_basic]

#suggestion Agadmatoronio, can you give your official opinion on this game? Rumours say that Soviets were on Kovacevic's side and Petrosian's wife told him mighty move (take into account that many words in Russian are pretty similar to Balkan languages and Vladimir could easily understand what she did say to him, especially when it is about just letters and numbers - which are indeed combinations foe moves). So it does not mean it is nonsense 100%. Although Kovacevic demanded it in Balkan Chess's video where he explained the whole game, which is already mentioned above as "Kako sam pobijedio Fišera" (eng. How I defeated Fisher"), many people were talking that Kovacevic actually did not demand it after the match and was even confirmed once that Rona told him the move). Taking into account Soviets - USA tensions even in Chess world in that time, rumours could be true. In other words, many people who were alive in the time of match, think that Vladimir is a liar! Edit: "e3" is pronounnced the same in Russian and Croatian. So Vladimir is obviously lying that he even could not understand what Rona told him.

[@abj136]

You gave a whole explanation of how white is pinned down in the final position, but the explanation is really much simpler. Nxe2 wins a piece and there's no defense.

[@mardenhill]

again proof that fischer was a decent player, but highly overrated.

[@mardenhill]

@JT Nelson sure, if you hardly play a game during that time span. he didn’t have the balls to defend his title, either.

[@mo215300]

JT Nelson Carlsen also has been unbeaten since a long time

[@patament2944]

So he lost a game. If they played 10 games Fischer would win 9. The heading "How to beat Fischer..." is silly. How about "Fischer plays into a bad line."

[@Damanalovca]

@ agadmator's Chess Bogami hrabrost je komentirati ovu partiju nakon komentara samog učesnika. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqqoqYN_gcqVitk Svaka ti Ante dala.

[@davislee5364]

Now it’s confirmed, Bobby Fisher was not Alphazero, otherwise he would destroy the French.

[@danielhill3665]

Anybody estimate how many official games he played. Since he lost 50. Trying to get a batting average.

[@bojanvesic1845]

Kovacevic played first time French defence against Fischer.

[@northshores7319]

It was not nonsense that the Russsians fed moves to Fischers opponent. He was right in that they were ganging up on him. That was proved when the USSR demanded that all Soviet GMs wrote an analysis of Fischer and sent it to Karpov before their match. Chess was their political tool. We in the West suspected they cheated in the Olympics with steroids so they probably cheated in chess also. It was in their nature as they felt afraid of Fischer taking the Chess Crown away from them. They were very sneaky. Read the book Fischer Goes To War and find out more.

[@promptingbeastai]

During 70's Croatia was Yugoslavia... So he was actually Yugoslav grandmaster

[@GoranRadic]

IMSolutions During 70’s Croatia was Socialist Republic of Croatia and in federation with 5 other SRs it formed SFRJ (Socialist Federation Republic of Yugoslavia). SR Croatia had its own parlament at the time. So, it is correct to say he was Croatian GM,... as well as Yugoslav.

[@MrSupernova111]

Now it makes sense. I was wondering why he played in what seemed like two countries for junior titles.

[@FreemanNS]

@@GoranRadic If so, than how many were true Russians from USSR, incredible how you Croats love to brag about stupid things. If someone was born in SFRY, in Croatia Republic, doesnt make him a Croat, and at that time people were not that much crazy about nationalism.

[@GoranRadic]

@@FreemanNS It was not bragging. I lived in SFRY and know well how it worked. People were free to express their nationality regardless of the federation. Even in USSR people were both Soviets and Russians or Ukrainians or any other nation, at the same time. A good analogy would be the today's EU. Shall we stop calling people Spanish or Irish and start calling them exclusively Euans?

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Pretty impressive beating Fischer in the 1970 with black pieces

[@arturcabral6347]

Yess, Agadmator's channel, the place for real chess.(And Bobby Fischer)

[@arturcabral6347]

Alexander Power heyy man, I'm on every video that agad posts, best chess commentator on youtube😀😀

[@georgetodd5795]

what would have happened if Fischer had played bishop captures knight at 4:35?

[@Aaron-i4k]

It wasn't Fischer fans that started the rumors, it was the Soviets. They wanted to take away the credit from Kovacevic and give it to them selves.

[@elegomeskin]

The French Defense in the hands of a specialist ( MVL ) causes grief , pain , and frustration. We have a couple of FD players in our club and it's always a pain in the ass to play them. Against the French , look for a sacrifice that must compensate with a direct attack...

[@MrSupernova111]

I'm not fond of the FD system either. I always counter with the exchange varation and crack things open at every opportunity. It frustrates the hell out of french defence players. lol

[@maxhieber5705]

Orlando Romero MVL doesnt play the french, he only plays najdorf

[@teo5146]

MVL is French, but that's about it.

[@waso]

Or playd4

[@teo5146]

Crammy Thomas Or punch them in the face.

[@LegalAlien75]

If you dont mind here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqqoqYN_gcqVitk the comment of Kovacevic in person and explanations of all his moves. For me Qe7 at 4:10 was brilliant move bcs doesnt allows Fischer to castle queen side. Cheers m8

[@leovinci3149]

I was just thinking when you will upload :D

[@nathananthonybarber8861]

Same here

[@Dybbouk]

I have a point in common with Bobby: I don't like playing against the French either.

[@alanche309]

How would this be nice if seen from black perspective...

[@richardfeynman5560]

Amazing game and also amazing how well everything is explained on this great channel!

[@maceroni4390]

I play this opening with black up to bishop b7. I have yet to beat Bobby Fischer.

[@daviddurbin7682]

Fischer always had difficulty with the French. Especially early in career

[@franciscopareja2919]

But in 12:07, if white make a waiting move, for example a pawn, how the black continues with the atack?

[@sarjhon]

Fischer didn't lose a game in 3 YEARS?? Is that a world record?

[@amineelabed4224]

sarjhon Tal played 98 tournament games without losing once and thos is the record

[@pmwanjohiKing]

#suggestion Kovačević Immortal Game

[@Riki96ifs]

If you are a beginner and you never saw an agadmator video you are not a real beginner

[@umarkhan-ru9dz]

Keep calm and hate french defense😁😁😂 I also hate

[@QED_]

3:43 Ah, the good old days of Шахматный бюллетень. Anyone remember that coming from Russia in the mail . . . and the paper it was printed on (?) Sigh . . .

[@ErnestoFDali]

yes I do remember that magazine!

[@lakeembryant4290]

at 11:16 Qxg3 check ! ?

[@vandansawai2380]

Abramovic vs ko ACE iv is nice French game too

[@stevesteve2198]

Jesus Christ this game gave me palpitations

[@rameshmisra4764]

Pl. Do run the subtitles it is blocking the view

[@mazymetric8267]

Fischer vs Petrosian, 1962 is also a pretty good example. www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044166

[@Simeon-Lev]

Please show his immortal!

[@derrickstorm6976]

They should have used this in World War 2

[@mulengachimbola87]

I would have been too dumb to resign there

[@harryandruschak2843]

Bring back the Bird........ e4, e6 2. Bb5. Stops d5 (PS: yOU tUBE MAY BE ALLOWING TO POST AGAIN. pLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE TO COMMENT TO MAKE SURE.)

[@vandansawai2380]

Abramovic VS kovacevic sorry

[@ambientgahds7865]

Came here from Hans Nieman game ✌🏿

[@leonardobaracchi7040]

At 10:18 cant you play the Queen to F2?

[@Moronvideos1940]

I see your wonderful little dog is not having a fit today ! He or she is really cute !

[@avinashnayak7398]

#suggestion Garry Kasparov vs Viswanathan Anand 1991 Reggio Emilia tournament This game also features the French Defense, and black won that game. Please do this game as well.

[@martinbrkic14]

By Kovačević's words, the moment of enlightenment for him in this game came before he played 10...Qe7. 365chess database contains only 10 games that started with 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. Bg5 Qe7. So, it's not impossible that 10...Qe7 was theoretical novelty at the time. Fisher responded with 11. Qh4, which indeed is strongest response (if you ask Stockfish 10). But (according to Kovačević) Fisher spent 35 minutes before he played 11. Qh4 because he realized that 10...Qe7 sets some sort of trap. If he had played something "normal" like 11. Nf4, then Kovačević would have played 11...Ng4 and Fisher's queen would have been attacked and his dark-squared bishop would have been attacked twice (by queen and the rook). Then 12. Bxe7 Nxh6 and dark-squared bishop is trapped: if 13. Bb4, then 13...a5: if 13. Bh4, then 13...Rg4

[@pashapasovski5860]

It's funny, my mother is Kovacevic, but from Ohrid lake,Macedonia!