2,000 Spectators Roared When Smyslov Stopped The Clock

2,000 Spectators Roared When Smyslov Stopped The Clock - The Soviets Are in Shock

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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator "I felt very bad, because I knew it was a terrible shock to lose with white so quickly. Smyslov is normally a great gentleman, but at that moment he just stopped the clock and left immediately, because he felt ashamed of himself for losing such a game."
- GM Svetozar Gligorić
Vasily Smyslov vs Svetozar Gligoric
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 26, Oct-25
Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. dc5 Na6 6. g3 Nc5 7. Bg2 d6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b4 Ne6 10. Bd2 a5 11. a3 ab4 12. ab4 Nd4 13. Nh3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nd5 15. cd5 Bd7 16. Rc3 Ra2 17. Qb1 Qa8 18. Rc1 Bf5
The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958). Mikhail Tal, Svetozar Gligorić, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, Friðrik Ólafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956). Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (Gligorić), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Ólafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931). 4 Mikhail Tal had just had his appendix removed less than two weeks earlier, but FIDE insisted he make it in time for the tournament. According to Tal, "I was not much troubled by the effects of the operation, apart from in a purely mechanical sense; during a game I did not feel inclined to stroll about ..."5 This information may have come as a surprise to Harry Golombek, who commented after Round 5 that "it is an impressive sight to see him (Tal) get up after he has made what he obviously thinks is a winning move and pace around the table like a man-eating tiger."6 It may also have surprised Bobby Fischer, who complained after his first game with Tal that whenever he "rose from the board ... he'd begin talking to the other Soviet players, and they enjoyed whispering about their or others' positions."7 Pal Benko later revealed that due to his "demanding" job in a US brokerage firm, he "didn't prepare at all" for the event, although he reckoned "I did reasonably well."8 He didn't. After the first cycle Tal, Paul Keres and Tigran Petrosian shared the lead.
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@yogibear6363 6 жыл бұрын

Old soviet joke: A prisoner in the gulag heard that another world chess championship had been played, but nobody knew the result. When a new load of prisoners arrived he asked one of them if he knew the results. The new prisoner replied: "I lost."

@preussenuberalles1682 4 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

@wasekhasan1094 4 жыл бұрын

i dont get it

@ukaszkowalski725 4 жыл бұрын

@@wasekhasan1094 E.g. when Spasky lost to Fisher, he had problems with KGB, cuz they concidered it as provocation. That is why, he lives in France.

@williamr7416 4 жыл бұрын

@@wasekhasan1094 "if you lose, we send you to gulag"

@robertwayner3523 4 жыл бұрын

@@ukaszkowalski725 Now he lives in Russia, but good example

@Hater0182 6 жыл бұрын

"If Bobby wasn't Bobby" lol Antonio always with a great sense of humor

@steelcantuna 4 жыл бұрын

So much said with so few words.

@kendrakrust1244 4 жыл бұрын

@@steelcantuna i like having sex with my dad

@ganeshkumars3383 4 жыл бұрын

What oes that mean?

@vaqalarxornawosk1731 4 жыл бұрын

Why did he say that?

@takatotakasui8307 4 жыл бұрын

@@kendrakrust1244 What's the idea here?

@fabiogaucho77 5 жыл бұрын

It's not only losing to a non Soviet but losing to a Yugoslav was politically terrible. The USSR had a big beef with Belgrade because of their "alternative communism" and "Titoism" was actually outlawed in the Soviet Union as an enemy ideology.

@FloydMaxwell 6 жыл бұрын

Agadmator pronouncing names like a boss

@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB 6 жыл бұрын

I bet he speaks quite a few languages :)

@dodgecoates8760 6 жыл бұрын

Attention to detail is a nice quality to have in chess, I suppose

@FloydMaxwell 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, if you don't have attention to detail, chess in not your game.

6 жыл бұрын

he could improve his benkő though!

@pashapasovski5860 6 жыл бұрын

Floyd Maxwell he's is speaking the same language, Croatia and Serbia speak the same language, exp in Serbia it's Serbian and in Croatia it's Croatian!

@ErikAdalbertvanNagel 4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't afford a chess set so he made one from corks, what a story. Full respect.

@Nayel9950 6 жыл бұрын

i don't know witch one is the most impossible to avoid :"if tal took more care to his health" "if bobby wasn't bobby"

@davidcopson5800 4 жыл бұрын

which*

@josephdestaubin7426 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao.

@12jswilson 4 жыл бұрын

I think their flaws were both very deep rooted. Tough to imagine them to be different. I think Fischer's psychological issues probably helped his chess while Tal's constant drinking and smoking probably didn't help his.

@gideonmuchina9242 4 жыл бұрын

@shane or maybe tals way of life helped in his play He lived as he played Wrecklessly same way he hanged his pieces

@Iam-a-live 4 жыл бұрын

@@gideonmuchina9242 or maybe he was too much in love with chess that he lost sight of his own life.

@guitarbrother1234 6 жыл бұрын

I love hearing about famous classic ragequits.

@jx14aby 5 жыл бұрын

Agadmator's analysis is the best! His comments Soviet Sayslov' losing to a non-Soviet were fascinating.

@yamikagevg7841 4 жыл бұрын

Not exactly ragequit here

@12jswilson 3 жыл бұрын

@@yamikagevg7841 best rage quit in chess history is definitely Steinitz-Von Bardelaben

@hitrapperandartistdababy 3 жыл бұрын

“Gligoric wasnt happy about winning like that” what a gentleman.

@doktarzee 3 жыл бұрын

"...such is the fate of great players who live in the era of legends - Agadmator" Thanks for this amazing video and wonderful background history. You are simply in a class of your own. Watching it over two years after it was uploaded still feels so great and shows how much you have grown. I wish you more success in all you do.

@jasonmichael3676 4 жыл бұрын

In just a few moves, Gilgoric's rook, knight, queen, and both bishops were all monsters. Whenever I try to get one or two pieces developed, they're always pressured immediately.

@kingcarisma 6 жыл бұрын

"I play against pieces" - Svetozar Gligoric

@vinayvmware 4 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful book!!

@hauntinghaze5161 3 жыл бұрын

Such a disrespectful way to call his opponents

@God0fDeath 3 жыл бұрын

@@hauntinghaze5161 Then you don't know the meaning behind it....

@hauntinghaze5161 3 жыл бұрын

@@God0fDeath then you don't see that it was a joke

@God0fDeath 3 жыл бұрын

@@hauntinghaze5161 USSR type of jokes are indeed hard to manuver ;) Have good one.

@mislavivkovic9996 3 жыл бұрын

This is best player ever of Balcan i want to see more games of him one of the best 10 players in world

@josiahmullins3659 6 жыл бұрын

"If Bobby wasn't Bobby..." So true. Best commentary ever.

@gillrowley7264 6 жыл бұрын

I've probably mentioned this before, but I love your knowledge of chess history. It really adds another dimension to your videos.

@ganjalfthegreen1574 6 жыл бұрын

Spectators roared "Raawr!"

@draheim90 5 жыл бұрын

No talking.

@rockyhorror1038 5 жыл бұрын

And then Smyslov cried :'-(

@zaunissy4749 5 жыл бұрын

@@rockyhorror1038 cried like a grandmaster thats for sure

@dattatreyadutt8103 4 жыл бұрын

Could they have roared 'Glee-Gore-Itch'?

@blueromeo1974 4 жыл бұрын

Time to drink like a grand master

@Bell2trac 6 жыл бұрын

Gliga was always the consummate gentleman, he gave an exhibition in my hometown and charmed the crowd. Afterwards we went to dinner and our conversation included fast cars, rock music and just a smattering of Chess. My wife was charmed by his continental flair and said he was so handsome!

@aconsideredmoment 6 жыл бұрын

You executed this video with great sensitivity and regard for the players. I appreciate how you captured the players sensitivity and regard for the game and for each other. Smyslov may be excused his humanity, and was shown as much understanding by his opponent and by you. They join Karpov in the league of extraordinary gentlemen.

@primeobjective5469 5 жыл бұрын

Gligoric: *"bf5. You mad, bro?""* Smyslov: *[Rage Quits]*

@kookokoe 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Sherman said to Tom Brady

@crazypomp927 4 жыл бұрын

There's another great Gligoric game everyone should check it where he plays a positional masterpiece in the Ruy Lopez and makes his opponent resign in 29 moves with no pieces being exchanged. It's the first game in Ben Finegold's Gligoric video for anyone interested.

@danielchequer5842 5 жыл бұрын

Tal, fischer, smyslov, petrosian... All of them were former/future world champions, that tournament must have felt like gods battling each other

@RobFlaxMusic 6 жыл бұрын

Gligorić is the reason I play the KID as black... I bought his book on the origins of the Mar Del Plata Variation from a chess shop about a decade ago, and it transformed the way I play the opening. Still learning new tricks from him now... I'd never seen 4...c5 5. dxc5 Na6 until now, and that's a very clever idea that can appear elsewhere pretty easily. Thank you!

@manu-ox4fe 6 жыл бұрын

The consolation price of all the great chess player that never became champions are the victories accumulated against the world champs. Another good video . Thanks Agad

@Maydupnem777 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most Beautiful games i have ever seen.

@markgammie4667 6 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoy the additional context, background to players etc. Good job.

@echo7348 6 жыл бұрын

Odlični su ti video klipovi! Samo nastavi! Pozdrav iz Srbije.

@NotElusivePanda 6 жыл бұрын

3:58 this is the Smyslov variation so Smyslov goes for it lol

@kscomedy6606 3 жыл бұрын

That dog is amazing

@tennisblood 4 жыл бұрын

You failed to mention that Gligoric was also a pro football (soccer) player... Multi-talented!

@buzzbbird 4 жыл бұрын

My friend, this is the BEST Chess Channel! Per THIS game, I have been on both ends of such cascade failure losses. It is amazing to see one move cost so much.

@peropetrovic7460 6 жыл бұрын

Finally some Gliga games. Do kings indian vs petrosian in zagreb in 1970, thats a treat 😊

@Charles_Martel74 6 жыл бұрын

Show the Gligoric win against Petrosian. Glig is a god

@Sasha1234575 6 жыл бұрын

Is it the game, where he locked the queen in the corner h1? Great game.

@slobodanstosic8563 6 жыл бұрын

I think it was in LA tournament.

@noahruns7776 4 жыл бұрын

Ognjen Nedeljkovic #suggestion

@mislavivkovic9996 3 жыл бұрын

One of Best 10 players in world

@toox 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Gligoric is the best

@gxtmfa 6 жыл бұрын

Poor Smyslov! Show more of his wins! He’s a very underrated world champ

@gfweis 6 жыл бұрын

W-O-W! What an attack! Very aesthetically pleasing. I really enjoyed this one.

@michaelrocke5721 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Agadmator. This is a fine example of maneuvering tactically. Tactics, Tactics, is definitely 👌 what is needed to improve your game and you help us improve our game by posting these types of games. So thank you again Agadmator for helping us.

@alisterzarkar7163 Жыл бұрын

Smyslov saw the queen side attack was coming and tried to open that side up but this guy came in through the same space. This was realy great.

@victorsamuleson9505 3 жыл бұрын

I love hearing your stories and analysis you are amazing as A raconteur you are the TAL of commentary

@sahiljain6618 6 жыл бұрын

Like the part where u show the photos of the players playing. Try to show couple more of them. Love ur channel.

@jlmmcguirkmusic6050 3 жыл бұрын

Another great game. Thank you for your dedication and your wonderful, historically informative posts. Much appreciated.

@mardenhill 4 жыл бұрын

gligorić is a legend himself, ask around, antonio.

@matylda3820 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, you are great as always!

@wackywhacker 6 жыл бұрын

@agadmator...... Got halfway through the video and realized something..... I've been watching your videos for months now and have just fully appreciated the variations you go through. I fluctuate between 1300-1400 on lichess and really appreciate your commentary. Onward and upward from here!

@rmendeljacobs2832 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your hard work with putting out two videos every day! You deserve every subscriber you have :)

@kingtaj 4 жыл бұрын

Well done, as usual. Great historical references.

@tiggerwoods8829 5 жыл бұрын

Agadmator, where do you get all your background information on these old games? Information like "There was 2000 people in the crowd..." is pure gold. Yours is by far the best chess channel on you tube!

@trudbenik 3 жыл бұрын

Books.

@mnms979 4 жыл бұрын

"The fate of Great players who live in the era of Legends." This is excellent!

@SamuelPearlman 4 жыл бұрын

"Meddle not in the affairs of Legends..." -paraphrasing Tolkien

@markangus3252 Жыл бұрын

Paul Keres. Perhaps the greatest player never to become World Champion.

@santoshchavan5572 2 жыл бұрын

I watched it live...so much excitement in the crowd...

@tharkanzox1493 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have always enjoyed the “perfect” chess of gligoric, particularly his endgames

@duskoe77cw94 6 жыл бұрын

Sjajan video! Gligoriću u čast, možda bi mogao odraditi partiju Petrosjan-Gligorić iz 1970. (Rovinj/Zagreb) #suggestion

@markangus3252 Жыл бұрын

A tour de force from Gligoric. That knight just wreaked havoc on Smyslov's position in short order. I don't think many players were capable of taking Smyslov apart in such devastating fashion like that!

@scottalbers2518 5 жыл бұрын

You really have a great channel.

@ericmatthews3307 6 жыл бұрын

Idea for your own line of hoody guy hoodies with you on them: your face in a black and white caricature with your tag line above and below "Hello Everyone!"

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea :D

@Supware 6 жыл бұрын

200K subscriber special? :)

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe even sooner :)

@kittuojha 4 жыл бұрын

with a caricature of dog behind on the sofa licking his balls

@christopherclubb9167 4 жыл бұрын

kittu Jesus, dude. I mean, we all know the elephant is there, you don't have to point him out lmao

@royplayer 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful game. Gligoric, also for a number of years, did a monthly chess column for Chess Life & Review.

@jamestickle3070 6 жыл бұрын

Damn. I learn something every time I watch this dude.

@simeyD 6 жыл бұрын

Great game & analysis. Good stuff.!!

@CaptainYesz 5 жыл бұрын

I love increasing my vast knowledge of chess thoughts... Appreciate the introductions as someone new to American chess

@drutgat2 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. This was very interested.

@italianlawyer2978 6 жыл бұрын

The good old 1959 candidates tournament before you taught us all about it!

@brianbiles4878 6 жыл бұрын

What an amazing game. Gligoric was surely inspired.

@ludacrisbutler 6 жыл бұрын

This was a brutal position, holy moly

@mtown1994 6 жыл бұрын

Best chess content anywhere on the internet. By far.

@rmendeljacobs2832 6 жыл бұрын

That was ruthless. Smyslov got destroyed!

@epomeni-ekpompi 6 жыл бұрын

those pictures are amazing keep showing them in the games if you can

@MadderMel 5 жыл бұрын

I am in the Gligorich team on chess.com , He is a legend !!

@RanmaHalf100 6 жыл бұрын

Congrats on being verified man. That did not take long :) .

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

It was, like, instantly :)

@andrew_owens7680 6 жыл бұрын

I looked away for a couple of moves and then returned to see Smyslov getting throttled! Gligoric made it look easy!

@benashley2955 6 жыл бұрын

for the q&a - you're quite a talented youtuber. getting to 100k in such a short space is really impressive. how much planning went into your channel before you began it and did you anticipate such amazing viewership

@gregbeeman2077 6 жыл бұрын

Dude, just have to say again how much I enjoy your channel. I wish you were a commentator for the NFL. Your voice and delivery are pro grade. Chess is better, though it does not pay. lol Thanks for the videos.

@seeker869fm2011 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Agadmator! This video is within your usual, very high quality standards, but it gets perfect only after 9:56. Had me kinda worried till then :)

@rayhanmansoor2951 6 жыл бұрын

Kalos Gatos the agadm dog was a special part of agadmator

@lecioperyjunior1690 6 жыл бұрын

Agadmdog... Good name. I always think on that dog. I wish I knew its name.

@andrewptob 5 жыл бұрын

Lécio Pery Júnior His dog’s name is Medo

@tonym2513 4 жыл бұрын

AOB which means bear, or maybe even, uhh, little bear.

@serhiyradzyniak1353 6 жыл бұрын

As always, great comments. Just one small thing - Tal started playing chess and when he was 10. ))

@johnprice3341 4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know chess moments could be that epic 😂 the guy is asked to leave because people are cheering for him too much? Damn...

@nadezhdatrushkova9189 4 жыл бұрын

Agadmator is an expert at game analysis

@sparkplug1018 6 жыл бұрын

Fun fact for the day, a character in 2001: A Space Odyssey was named for Vasily Smyslov.

@preetsanghavi8134 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks mahn ! Ur insane ! I appreciate the amount of efforts you put for making these. Sorry not able to donate man

@claytonbenignus4688 6 жыл бұрын

Smyslov was an Opera Singer. Since Chess Channel often does the unconventional, maybe an audio accompaniment of Smyslov singing to one of his games is a possibility.

@larsaagenielsen-tap7229 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastik game. When we know Smyslovs stile.

@fabiogaucho77 6 жыл бұрын

Something interesting about this Candidates tournament. Fischer lost all four games against (eventual winner) Tal! However, those were his only losses against the Latvian. Outside that tournament, he scored 2 wins with 5 draws.

@zaytzev45 6 жыл бұрын

great vid as always ..

@williammorris584 Жыл бұрын

The articles by Gligoric in Chess Life & Review were always a highlight. I also must say that just eavesdropping on his conversations at tournaments was very entertaining.

@fritzvold9968 6 жыл бұрын

This game featured the rare "Knight windmill" as most "windmills" involve a repeating discovered check by a rook protected by a Bishop.

@emanuelcolon2680 6 жыл бұрын

GREAT STUFF THANX

@arnaldosandoval453 4 жыл бұрын

I am watching this video two years after Antonio's published it !!!!

@stojko1972 3 жыл бұрын

And I watch it now.

@jx14aby 5 жыл бұрын

"Such is the fate of great players who live in the era of legends."

@saikalyan1025 4 жыл бұрын

Medo went into a trance after hearing after game story.

@Viernes13punto5 6 жыл бұрын

for those of us who don't know, what does it mean losing to a non sovietic player? I don't want my imagination to go wild.

@prysrek8858 Жыл бұрын

🤓

@Nygge1982 6 жыл бұрын

chess is a dangerous sport, everyone goes crazy if they live long enough!

@royplayer 4 жыл бұрын

But they usually don't develop Alzheimer.

@rokanza2293 4 жыл бұрын

That's one of the dumbest comments I've ever seen in my life. Shockingly stupid and hilariously irrational.

@Nygge1982 4 жыл бұрын

@@rokanza2293 it is okey Rokanza, you are in the denial phase right now. In a few years you will transcend to the obvious phase.

@RulezAPower 3 жыл бұрын

If I'm crazy at the age of 22, I don't wanna even wonder what waits me..

@99sunidhi 4 жыл бұрын

Wish we had a footage of this game.

@MolchumanGaming 6 жыл бұрын

The best channel on KZfaq

@Lazy.y 6 жыл бұрын

Thanq agad ~

@Lewis08 6 жыл бұрын

Whenever your notifications pop up, it makes my day

@s.chandrasekhar8290 Жыл бұрын

¡Gracias!

@BacardiFaktor9 6 жыл бұрын

I would love if you showed a game or two from Carlsen and Nakamura's 960 match :) #suggestion

@adezeta18 6 жыл бұрын

#suggestion 1962 Fischer-Botvinnik

@NoahC- 6 жыл бұрын

So rough, what a game!

@marcelbirthelmer7941 6 жыл бұрын

What did happen to Soviets losing to non-soviets in 18 moves?

@Nygge1982 6 жыл бұрын

10 years in Gulag, that is why the rematch was 10 years later!

@nikkim7012 6 жыл бұрын

thank you dan. i was unaware of this information. www.livemint.com/Sports/A7v6n5oJscf8bZFn0cICyJ/Soviet-chess-legend-Mark-Taimanov-who-lost-to-Bobby-Fischer.html

@preussenuberalles1682 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nygge1982 : 😅😅😅

@JIRKA_Praha 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nygge1982 ROFLMAOOO

@igorrivin 3 жыл бұрын

Smyslov was the only top-level soviet player who was ethnically Russian, so nothing bad ever happened to him. Kasparov comments on this obliquely in "my great predecessors".

@divided_and_conquered1854 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation. The only thing I noticed was at 5:17 you said that Smyslov could castle, but not when any of the squares are in the sights of the enemy, no? Thanks.