Please confirm that the ChessBase score is correct & the Mednis score
is incorrect.

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1959.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1959.03.23"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bd7
14. Ne3 Bf8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nhg4 Nd7 19.
Nd5 Qb8 20. h4 Nc4 21. h5 h6 22. b3 Nd6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. f4 Bxd5 25.
exd5 e4 26. Ne5 Qb7 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28.
Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd8 Qxd5 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33.
Bxd3
Nxf7+ Nxc3
34. Bd2 Ne4 35. Re1 Ndf6 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Nc6 Bd6 38. Bc1 Kf7 39. Bb2
Ng3 40.
Ne5+ Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. Bxe5 Nxh5 43. Kf2 Nf6 44. Kf3 g6 45. Bxf6
Ne5+ Kxf6 46.
Ke4 Ke6 47. a4 Kd6 48. a5 ({Per Mednis} 48. f5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Kd5 ({ I
think Mednis's score must be wrong because} 49... c4 {wins simply!})
50. g4 Kd4 51. g5 c4 52. bxc4 b4 53. c5 b3 54. c6 b2 55. c7 b1=Q+ 56.
Ke6 Qb7 57. Kd7 Kd5 58. g6
Qc6+ 59. Kd8 Qd6+) 48... Ke6 49. g3 Kd6 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Kd5 52.
g4
Qc6+ Kd4
53. g5 c4 54. bxc4 b4 {
Note that the pawn is actually on a5, not a4 (per Mednis).} 55. c5 b3
56. c6 b2 57. c7 b1=Q+ 58. Ke6 Qb7 59. Kd7 Kd5 60. g6 Qc6+ 61. Kd8
Qd6+ 0-1

"Bill Brock" wrote in message
om...
Please confirm that the ChessBase score is correct & the Mednis score
is incorrect.

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1959.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1959.03.23"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bd7
14. Ne3 Bf8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nhg4 Nd7 19.
Nd5 Qb8 20. h4 Nc4 21. h5 h6 22. b3 Nd6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. f4 Bxd5 25.
exd5 e4 26. Ne5 Qb7 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28.
Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd8 Qxd5 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33.
Bxd3
Nxf7+ Nxc3
34. Bd2 Ne4 35. Re1 Ndf6 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Nc6 Bd6 38. Bc1 Kf7 39. Bb2
Ng3 40.
Ne5+ Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. Bxe5 Nxh5 43. Kf2 Nf6 44. Kf3 g6 45. Bxf6
Ne5+ Kxf6 46.
Ke4 Ke6 47. a4 Kd6 48. a5 ({Per Mednis} 48. f5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Kd5 ({ I
think Mednis's score must be wrong because} 49... c4 {wins simply!})
50. g4 Kd4 51. g5 c4 52. bxc4 b4 53. c5 b3 54. c6 b2 55. c7 b1=Q+ 56.
Ke6 Qb7 57. Kd7 Kd5 58. g6
Qc6+ 59. Kd8 Qd6+) 48... Ke6 49. g3 Kd6 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Kd5 52.
g4
Qc6+ Kd4
53. g5 c4 54. bxc4 b4 {
Note that the pawn is actually on a5, not a4 (per Mednis).} 55. c5 b3
56. c6 b2 57. c7 b1=Q+ 58. Ke6 Qb7 59. Kd7 Kd5 60. g6 Qc6+ 61. Kd8
Qd6+ 0-1

Lou Hays gives 48. a5 Ke6 49. g3 Kd6 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Kd5 52. g4 Kd4
53. g5 c4 54. bxc4! b4 55. c5? (55. g6), as in the ChessBase version. FWIW,
Crafty thinks that Fischer's 50. f5 is good only for a draw, but that 50. g4
would have won.