Looks like the Opera Game to me.
Fischer-This Is A Weak Move Already
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Correct, but why is the third move weak? There are other chess books which
also say moving this particular piece early is not good while sometimes moving
this piece early is acceptable. What's the difference?
The move is weak because it leaves b7 unprotected, and the white queen will end up on b3 attacking that pawn, plus an additional pressure on f7.
Well, now black has to reclaim the pawn 4.dxe5, 5, Qxd8 white exchanges queens (ruining castling), and white is up a pawn after 5.Nxe5 (the knight is no longer pinned because white exchanged queens).
A better choice for black is therefore not to take the pawn at e5, but that will leave white a pawn up.
I might have missed something obvious-I'm a weak player, so I'd appreciate hearing whether it's correct.
figure out which one)?
In the annotations by Bobby Fischer himself
he declared "This is a weak move already" in
reference to black's third move.
Why do you think he felt that way?
Hint: It's a Philidor.