George Duke wrote on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 11:23 AM EDT:
Game 4, http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044365, played forty
yrs. ago yesterday, 18.July.1972, is Draw, leaving the tournament score
Spassky 2.5, Fischer 1.5.
The whole schmeil through the first six moves by Fischer and Spassky is called what? Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack; Leonhardt Variation. Never mind just remembering the moves is easier, the name dramatizes the action. This game 4 is played back in the auditorium as the rest of the tournament. Now Sicilian Defense cum Fischer-Sozin Attack peaked in popularity around 1950. Since Fischer was not really player yet then, obviously specific names get made and attached over time.
Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence. See there that '1 e4 c5' is enough to make it Sicilian, or Sicilian Defence, just the c5 response to regular e4, get it? Then upon the established '6 ...e6' it is full-fledge Sicilian Defence Fischer-Sozin Attack.