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Many chess sites like to show the games of Bobby Fischer. I try to go with his fellow world champion - Boris Spassky.
Here is a game where he calmly and with just classic chess play, disassemble a opening novelty by his opponent.
Notes by Andrew Soltis or [Igor 3000].
Team Championships - 1962
Mikenas (Lithuania) - Spassky (Leningrad)
Nimzo-Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 b6
5. Qf3?! ..........
An odd move played on occasion by Mikenas and Tolush, two players of pronounced originality. Presumably the idea is to bring the Queen too g3.
[Black takes a -.3 of a pawn positional advantage already. 5. Bd2, Bb7 is normal and equal here.]
5. ........ d5
6. Bd3 ...........
This move is too early. White should wait until Black commits his bishop to b7. Better was 6. Nge2, O-O.
6. ....... Ba6!
White never recovers from the loss of initiative that follows this move. The next move is an admission of guilt.
7. Bd2 c5
8. dxc5 Nbd7!
This breaks the counter-pin on Black's d-pawn and secures a lasting attack. Again, 9. Qe2 leaves White poorly placed after 9. .....Ne5.
9. Be2 Bxc4
10. cxb6 O-O
11. Bxc4 .........
White draws the line here. Continuing to eat pawns would leave Spassky with an excellent game - which, by the way, he has anyway.
[Black with a two pawn positional lead (-2).
11. ........ Ne5!
12. Qe2 dxc4
13. Nf3? Nd3 [-2.5]
14. Kf1 axb6
15. Be1? Bxc3!
The simplest win for Black is to bring the knight to e4 and invade on the d-file. [-3.3]
16. bxc3 Ne4
17. Nd4 e5?
[Spassky missed 17. ......Qf6 and the future world champion could relax after 18. Kg1, e5 19. Nf3 [-3.7]. Instead, [2.9]].
18. Nc2? Qf6
19. f3 Rfd8
20. Kg1 Nxe1
21. Nxe1? Nxc3
The only real alternative was 21. Qxe1 [-3.6 instead of -6].
22. Qxc4 e4!
The threats on the new diagonal are too much and even 23. Kf1 loses to Nd5! Moving the rook loses to Rac8 and anything else drops the exchange to the knight check. So,
23. White resigns
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