Suddenly it was obvious to me in my analysis I had missed what Fischer had found with the greatest of ease at the board.
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[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "dah"]
[Black "kix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Hayes, David"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[ECO "A00"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 $4 ( { Black can try: } 5... Nf6 6. Qb3 e6 7. Qxb7 Nbd7 8. Nb5 Rc8 9. Nxa7 Rc7 10. Qa6 Qa8 { A natural
move that is also a mistake. } 11. Nb5 Qxa6 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa6 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Qxg4 { Despite being down
in material, black has some compensation. Black owns the center, and can
develop rapidly. White cannot afford the luxury of castling. } 7... Nf6 8. Qa4 Bd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. d4 e5 { Black is down material and now hopes to break open the
center for an attack on white's uncastled King. } 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nxd5 $1 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Nc5 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Bh3 Rxe2 { A trap! } 20. Bf5 { Who's afraid of the big bad Rook? } ( { Now
the greedy 20. Kxe2?? is punished with mate: } 20. Kxe2 Qd3+ 21. Ke1 Re8+ { Black wins! } ) 20... Re1+ { No better is 20... Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2. } 21. Rxe1 { Black is
done.|A demonstration by white that there may be no real need to castle. } 1-0