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===Fischer vs. Najdorf=== {{Chess diagram | tright |Fischer vs. [[Miguel Najdorf|Najdorf]] <br />[[15th Chess Olympiad|Varna Olympiad]], 1962 |rd| | |qd|kd| | |rd | | | |nd| |pd| |pd |pd| | | | |pd| | | | |bd| |pd|nl| | |ql| |bl| |pd| | | | | | | | | | |pl |pl|pl| | | |pl|pl| |rl| |bl| | | |kl| | White to play }} The diagram illustrates the consequences of losing castling rights. [[Bobby Fischer|Fischer]], with the white pieces, played 16.Ng7+ Ke7 17.Nf5+ Ke8.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008414 |title=Fischer vs. Najdorf, Varna, 1962 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref> Although all the pieces were now on the same squares, the two positions were not identical because Black, having moved his king, no longer had the right to castle. White now had time to build pressure on the black king without worrying that the king might escape by castling. {{clear}}
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