The best and the most professional commentator I ever seen. Thank you so much. Quote: "It's not how many pieces you have in the board, It's about how many pieces you have in the battle"

"Obviously you can't play Bobby Fischer because he's dead" - loved this line.

21:58 "Obviously you can't play Bobby Fischer because he's dead." Anyone else find this morbid, but slightly humorous due to how unexpected it was?

"Simple development move, trying to control the center of the board". That's this guy's catchphrase!

i really appreciate the time and energy you put into making these videos. thanks they really pump up my game when I watch them it also shows the love for the game you have as well. chess is one of my passion as it is yours, thanks again.

Great commentary and explanations man. Even some very sound general tips as they relate to the game. Been watching a lot of instructional and top level game analysis lately having recently taken the game back up after a twenty year layoff. Yes I have some catching up to do. Anyway I liked your approach to game analysis. Thank you, I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work, I need all the help I can get. I always enjoy Fischer games best, I feel inspired somehow and and more creative just studying his games.

this was uploaded on my birthday

good stuff thank you Kevin

@joey06612 yes, the next video that will be coming out is Deep Blue vs Kasparov and then I'm going to start commentating on my own games.

Your commentary is spot on, keep up the great vids.

I started watching thechesswebsite last week and funny seeing how old the actual video is.

The commentary is very good indeed. Thoroughly enjoyed the analysis!

I appriciate the comentator's teaching. Benko did not play well, but i deffently learned something, Truly an excelent job!!

Great video. Very well explained.

Excellent Video ! Enjoyed very mutch

Kevin Thanks you so much

thank you

that would actually be a really good move, thanks for bringing that up!

Great stuff....thankyou.

"You can't play Bobby Fischer because he's dead." Sage wisdom, Kevin :P

what is the program you are using to have all these pre-made games ?

I've been a long time fan. I love your clips. My question is relatively simple but odd, when I was in my early teens, my rating was 1700's. Now that I'm 28, my rating has dropped to 1567. Admittedly I don't practice as often, however my ability to see ahead a few moves has really taken a hit. Is this something that will return upon practice?

EXCELLENT

amazing video

Thank you for the videos. I have seen many but I still don't know who to thank. Who are you? Some guy named Kevin? You say it so fast. Are you a patzer like me or a grandmaster? Never heard you speak your surname.

At 18:30 what about if Fischer played Rc8. This would attack the knight and then if Benko wanted to exchange at that point Fischer would be up two pawns?

The link to novel graphic is dead :(

Benko also has a column in "Chess Life" magazine that has run for several decades and is still in the magazine ;(I am not sure if he is still writing this column or if they are running archival material, but it is presented as if it is currently written)

i don't think what you are saying is covering everything, that's normal though. Was it a mistake by fischer that led to the rook fork? Can you explain that move, instead of the move after (b6)

Thanks so much! Why at 10:29 did Benko move his knight to C3 instead of taking Bobby's knight on C5 with his queen?

Bobby Fischer can still beat most of us post-mortem I suspect lol! Top vid thank you

I've always wondered, what is the general time limit on one of these games?

Sorry, if this has probably been answered (wich is probably the case): Why doesn't white move his Knight from d5-c7, putting a fork on the rooks at 14:44?

great video

Wow, what an awesome game ! I love the commentary too. Thank you

can we please get more videos on the kasparov vs deep blue series?

@sirmegallot you gotta keep in mind Fischer would then lose his bishop. So he had to choose to either trade his bishop for a rook or just get a free piece in white's bishop. He chose correctly and took the free piece.

Why does he trade Queen’s instead of forking the rooks? Knight to C7 wasn’t guarded once the black knight moved.

Pal Benko, Winning with Chess Psychology p.228

i missed ur videos :)

Excellent commentary! I liked Fischer's sneaky move

Lose a bishop or give the opponent a passed pawn? Pal Benko in 21:28 : Why not both?

@thechesswebsite hey Kevin. just wodnering. wouldn't the best play for white be bishop to f6 instead of queen to b4?

at 14:48 why not bishop g5 , if any one knows please comment, i'm fully confused.

I'm a novice so sorry if this is stupid, but why not knight to F6 for Benko at 14:39?

for anyone who is still wondering about this one(i know it was 6 months ago) it was because white's knight on d5 is doing a great job defending and has a great outpost there and if he went to c7, black could go nb5 threatening white's queen and knight, so if white takes with his own knight, black takes with the queen/bishop and it's an even trade and now he doesn't have that knight on d5 protecting his bishop. if white doesn't capture with his own knight then he of course loses his queen

will you ever try live commentary on your games?

Newbie here. Why do people give up? Never say never.

I think you misunderstood some of pal benko's thoughts

i dont understand...can someone help me get it.... 20:40...why does white must take the bishop on e2 and lose the rook? he could have just play rook at a1 to c1 trying to exchange rook. Even if black moves bishop from h6 to e3 to check, king could take that bishop at e3

at 24:25, when the rook takes the pawn and the the bishop takes black's pawn, insteaad of rook d2 couldn't he have played rook h1 to skewer the king and then later take rook. can any1 help?

Thanks for the video. I believe these videos can be further improved if you talk about some different variations and what ifs in the game. Just for example, it is worth talking why Banko after knight to d4 move from Bobby Fischer (@14:43), does not play knight to c7.

@Ptrrrrrrrr Fischer could have played Qd2, threatening a deadly attack on white's kingside. This would have been very difficult to defend against. It is much better to first remove the threat the queen presents and then proceed with the fork.

at 14:49, couldnt white fork his black's rooks with Nc7? Can someone explain to me why that is a bad move ? :(

Amazing game amazing fisher

Excellent commentary, to a very cool chess game.

awesome game

Can you explain how benko has an advantage after taking a rook? Is it simply based on the idea that he has a matching pair of bishops?

Many people are taught that axiom that if you can take your opponents major pieces (queen, rook, etc), you should do so; however, in this particular end game, that wouldn't have been as profitable. With only a single rook against two minor pieces, Bobby now cannot trap the king without promoting a pawn, which is harder to do since Pal now has more pieces that Bobby does. Pal can synergize his pieces to make up for not having a rook while Bobby is left to attempt a solo act while White attacks.

what does "dozy drawers" and "conceded" and "ROL!" mean?

who is the best chess player of all time. Carlson or Kasparov?

@thechesswebsite Its it better to take a weaker free piece instead of trading a minor for a major piece? I understand wanting to hold your own material, it just seems like the power of the rook would add multiplicitively as opposed to getting the free bishop.

i cant be bothered but can someone please count how many times he says bobby fischer in this video? its non stop.

CHECK OUT "Bobby fischer, chess champ" CBS 60 minutes. It's here on youtube. 15 minutes of interviews i'd never seen before plus he plays a game of blitz as black and of course wins, watch him training in his room and talking about his coming world championship match with spassky, attending a dinner party on his birthday where he orders the cake away. Sadly for me there are the 1st faint signs of his future mental problems. I hope you all enjoy it!

I love your statements about what you don't want to do against Bobby Fisher :D Also magnificent play by Fisher. From the mistake, small by small he came back first positionally, then materially too.

At 24:32 Fischer takes the pawn on H2 with his rook. Afteeer Benko captures Fischer's pawn at D3, why does Fischer not respond with Rook to H1, pinning the King with the rook behind it? Isnt it always better to get a rook over a Bishop? I found it very interesting that you didnt mention this, and im very curious as to why fischer decided against this move...

this video was uploaded on the 10th anniversary of 9/11

17:25 All the advantage Benko had was he would trade a rook and a knight for Fischer's rook and a bishop. That's not really gamebreaking IMO.

Can someone explain why white wouldn't take the Knight at C5 at 10:23 I can't seem to understand the problem with this except for losing position with the queen although not much, isn't it better to be up in material?

I love these vids such history I get completely immersed

can someone please explain what hypermodern and modern means?

but what if Benko uses the knight to take the rook on e8 and then instead of bishop takes bishop on f3 Benko plays Nf6 check?

i do this as well when i want to memorize important names :P

Why was Pal moving his rook to safety a bad move? Maybe e1 was a bad location, but in general if I have my opponent's rooks forked, why should I let my rook get taken?

I bet Benko thought he was winning until very near the end eg when Fischer played d3.

After d2+ , Kd1 Black cannot play Rf1+ , because of the light squared bishop at A6. Instead, the best move in that case would have been Rh2

I saw that too. Seems extremely obvious and I'm very surprised Bobby missed that.

This Chess. Is . Is War.

Who's Paul Benko?

Impressively aggressive start by Benko. I thought he might have a chance to win it, even after failing to take a rook immediately after the fork.

Surprisingly..... no mention of Fischer and Benko's personal relationship.......

@DeTaPix You'll see he does that later on in the game.

I love how everyone always talks about what if this? - what if that?..... You do realize you're talking about Fischer and Benko... arguably two of the best players ever.

I don't understand why it was such a terrible mistake to not capture one of blacks rooks at 17:35. Either way he would either trade a rook for a rook, 2 rooks for 2 rooks or a rook and a minor piece for rook and minor piece (even if it was a bishop for a knight). Also Bobby fischers bishop to h6 was fine? He was never gonna save both rooks anyway, so setting up for a rook countercapture seems like a good option? I am terrible btw, but can someone explain?

At 15:54 why didn't fischer play Bh6?, it activated his bishop which was restricted by his pawn and it forces white to pull his rook off the back row (making his rooks no longer connected and exposing his rook to future attack), if Benko tried to keep his rook on the back row the best he would get is fischer forking his rooks and if he tries to counter attack with Nc7 then Rc8 Nxa8 Rxc1+. If anybody sees a reason why Fischers move Nxf6+ is better please let me know

It's actually because of Qd2. If knight captures say the rook on a8, then Bxf3 threatening mate, so bishop takes bishop is forced. Then knight takes bishop with check, Kf1 is forced because if Kh1, then queen takes h2 mate. So then Knight takes h2 with check, kg1 is forced. Then Qe2 with the threat of Nf3+, Kh1, Qh2 mate.

at 14:44 white has knight c7. what's wrong with that move?

"I'm Bobby Fischer and I'm better than you."

I found it distraction that you kept repeating the players' full names time after time throughout the whole video.

Nice.

why didn't fischer play RH1 @ 24:48?

14:45 can't he move his knight to C7 to fork rooks since knight is no longer defending?

maybe after the fischer series you can do a series about that magnus kid

At 14:46 , how come benko didn’t play Nc7?

Why didn't fisher take Knight at f 6 early on?

@archersbane After Nc7 Fisher would respond with Nb5 threatening the queen and would end up trading knights. It isn't a bad move, it's just better to keep the threat of forking the rooks there instead of playing the card too early and releasing the pressure. Both players were looking for the win and after the trade it could easily become very drawish.

why didnt white fork the rooks before he traded queens at 14:50? or am i just dumb lol

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at 24:30 why not play Rh1 to check Ra1 to get benkos rook?

what would have happen if would played p to d 2 check