This article lists the times taken for the moves of Game 11 of the 1972 Fischer Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

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Game 11, August 6th, 1972

    Spassky        Fischer
    White          Black
    (ar)  (-0:01)
 1. e4     (0:00)  (ar)  (0:03)
 1. ...            c5    (0:04)
(When Fischer arrived, Spassky had already made his move and disappeared, not returning until 6 minutes after Fischer made his first move.)
 2. Nf3   (0:06)   d6    (0:05)
 3. d4    (0:06)   cxd4  (0:05)
 4. Nxd4  (0:06)   Nf6   (0:05)
 5. Nc3   (0:06)   a6    (0:05)
 6. Bg5   (0:06)   e6    (0:06)
 7. f4    (0:07)   Qb6   (0:08)
 8. Qd2   (0:08)   Qxb2  (0:08)
 9. Nb3   (0:08)   Qa3   (0:08)
10. Bxf6  (0:08)   gxf6  (0:08)
11. Be2   (0:08)   h5    (0:20)
12. 0-0   (0:09)   Nc6   (0:21)
13. Kh1   (0:13)   Bd7   (0:24)
14. Nb1   (0:43)   Qb4   (0:38)
15. Qe3   (0:45)   d5    (0:44)
16. exd5  (0:48)   Ne7   (0:44)
17. c4    (0:53)   Nf5   (0:53)
18. Qd3   (0:54)   h4    (1:20)
19. Bg4   (0:59)   Nd6   (1:27)
20. N1d2  (1:08)   f5    (1:27)
21. a3    (1:13)   Qb6   (1:28)
22. c5    (1:16)   Qb5   (1:28)
23. Qc3   (1:27)   fxg4  (1:29)
24. a4    (1:28)   h3    (1:35)
25. axb5  (1:31)   hxg2+ (1:35)
26. Kxg2  (1:31)   Rh3   (1:35)
27. Qf6   (1:38)   Nf5   (1:38)
28. c6    (1:42)   Bc8   (1:38)
29. dxe6  (1:44)   fxe6  (1:41)
30. Rfe1  (1:46)   Be7   (1:44)
31. Rxe6  (1:47)   1-0   (1:45)

(ar) indicates the arrival of the player.

At the close of the game, people were applauding Spassky for his game, but he gestured in a way that he wished the applause to be reduced.

As we were about to leave the hall, a young chess prodigy, staring at the final position on the projection screen, exclamed, “That was sick!”, probably thinking of the loss of the Queen and the number of moves made afterward before resigning.  The friend I was with laughed, and observed, “Everyone’s a critic!”

This was Bobby’s first and only loss with the Poison Pawn variation of the Najdorf. One time, I reviewed Fischer’s adventures with the Sicilian Defense by looking at his chronological results. His point percentage against 6. Bg5 e6 7.f4 jumped up sharply when he switched to 7. … Qb6, starting with his game against Parma at Bled, 1961.

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