When this game was played, it was assumed that at some time a match between Botvinnik would occur. It is also the only game Fischer ever played against Botvinnik.
If acceptable I could annotate it, with my notes, some of the Fischer notes
and others. Note that the original Fischer notes appeared in Chess Life & Review, and Later in the 60 Games. There has always been an argument whether Black had a way of winning.
[Event "Varna ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik,Mikhail"]
[Black "Fischer,Robert James"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D98"]
1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Be2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Qc5 Qd6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rfd8 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nb5 Qf6 16.f4 Ned7
17.e5 Qxf4 18.Bxf4 Nxc5 19.Nxc7 Rac8 20.d6 exd6 21.exd6 Bxb2 22.0-0 Nbd7 23.Rd5 b6 24.Bf3 Ne6
25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Rd3 Nc5 27.Re3 e5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Rxd6 30.Re7 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Bg4 Rc7
33.Re1 Kf7 34.Kg2 Nc5 35.Re3 Re7 36.Rf3+ Kg7 37.Rc3 Re4 38.Bd1 Rd4 39.Bc2 Kf6 40.Kf3 Kg5
41.Kg3 Ne4+ 42.Bxe4 Rxe4 43.Ra3 Re7 44.Rf3 Rc7 45.a4 Rc5 46.Rf7 Ra5 47.Rxh7 Rxa4 48.h4+ Kf5
49.Rf7+ Ke5 50.Rg7 Ra1 51.Kf3 b5 52.h5 Ra3+ 53.Kg2 gxh5 54.Rg5+ Kd6 55.Rxb5 h4 56.f4 Kc6
57.Rb8 h3+ 58.Kh2 a5 59.f5 Kc7 60.Rb5 Kd6 61.f6 Ke6 62.Rb6+ Kf7 63.Ra6 Kg6 64.Rc6 a4
65.Ra6 Kf7 66.Rc6 Rd3 67.Ra6 a3 68.Kg1 1/2
Relevant games:
Note that above game after 1962 has been played many times in Postal Chess.
[Event "Politiken Cup 19th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Henrichsen,Jens"]
[Black "Momme,Jesper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D98"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qc5 Qd6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rfd8 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nb5 Qxc5 16.Bxc5 Bf8
17.Bd4 Bg7 18.Nxc7 Rac8 19.Nb5 Rc2 20.Na3 Rcc8 21.b3 g5 22.Be3 h6 23.f4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 Ng6
25.Be3 Nd7 26.Rg1 a6 27.h4 Kh7 28.h5 Ngf8 29.f4 Bc3+ 30.Kf2 b5 31.Bd3 Nc5 32.Bb1 Nfd7
33.e5+ Kh8 34.Bd4 Bxd4+ 35.Rxd4 Nb6 36.Rgd1 Nb7 37.Bf5 Rc3 38.R1d3 Rc1 39.Rd1 Rc3 40.R4d3 Rxd3
41.Rxd3 Rxd5 42.Rxd5 Nxd5 43.Be4 e6 44.Bxd5 exd5 45.Ke3 Nc5 46.Nc2 Ne4 47.Nb4 Ng3 48.Nxd5 Nxh5
49.Nc7 Ng7 50.Nxa6 Ne8 51.a4 bxa4 52.bxa4 Kg7 53.a5 Kg6 54.Nb4 Nc7 55.a6 h5 56.a7 Kf5
57.Kf3 h4 58.Nd5 Na8 59.Ne3+ Ke6 60.Kg4 h3 61.Kxh3 f6 62.exf6 Kxf6 63.Kg4 Kg6 64.Nd5
1-0
[Event "World Championship 33th-KK3"]
[Site "London/Leningrad"]
[Date "1986.07.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov,Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D98"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qc5 Qd6 12.e5 Qxc5 13.dxc5 Nc8 14.Nb5 Rb8 15.Nxc7 e6 16.Nb5 N8e7
17.Rd2 b6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Bg5 Nf5 20.b3 h6 21.Bf6 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.0-0 Rfd8
25.Rfd1 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rc8 27.g3 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Be4 Ke7 1/2
[Event "World Championship 33th-KK3"]
[Site "London/Leningrad"]
[Date "1986.07.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karpov,Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D98"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qc5 Qd6 12.e5 Qxc5 13.dxc5 Nc8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bxe5 16.Bxc6 bxc6
17.Bd4 Bf4 18.0-0 a5 19.Rfe1 a4 20.Re4 Bh6 21.Be5 a3 22.b3 Na7 23.Rd7 Bc1 24.Rxc7 Bb2
25.Na4 Nb5 26.Rxc6 Rfd8 27.Rb6 Rd5 28.Bg3 Nc3 29.Nxc3 Bxc3 30.c6 Bd4 31.Rb7 1-0
[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1986.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov,Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman,Jan H"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D98"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qc5 Qd6 12.e5 Qxc5 13.dxc5 Nc8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bxe5 16.Bxc6 bxc6
17.Bd4 Bf4 18.0-0 e5 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Ne7 21.Rd7 Nf5 22.Rxc7 Rfc8 23.Rd7 Rd8 24.Rfd1 Rxd7
25.Rxd7 Nxe3 26.Rc7 Rb8 27.b3 Rd8 28.Ne4 Rd4 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Rxc6 Rd2 31.g4 Nc2 32.Kf1 Nd4
33.Ra6 Nf3 1/2