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[Event "Fischer-Larsen Candidates Semifinal 1971"]
[Site "Denver, Colorado, United States"]
[Date "1971.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bobby Fischer"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Ejaz Husain"]

1. e4 c5
{Sicilian Defence}

2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
{Sicilian Defence, Open Variation;
more commonly known as the Open Sicilian}

3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Qc8
11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 exf5 13. Qd3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Be6
16. Rf3 Qc6 17. Re1 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 d5 19. Rg3 g6 20. Bxd5 Bd6
21. Rxe6 Bxg3 22. Re7 Bd6 23. Rxb7 Rac8 24. c4 a5 25. Ra7 Bc7
26. g3 Rfe8 27. Kf1 Re7 28. Bf6 Re3 29. Bc3 h5 30. Ra6 Be5
31. Bd2 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rd4 33. Bc3 Rcxc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Kd3 Rc5
36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Bxa5 Bxb2 38. a4 Kf8 39. Bc3 Bxc3
40. Kxc3
{Now this pawn endgame is a theoretical win for White, because of the outside passed pawn}

40... Ke7 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. a5 f6 43. a6 Kc6 44. a7 Kb7 45. Kd5 h4
46. Ke6
1-0