Bobby Fischer's 1st US Championship

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In 1957-58 at the age of 14 Bobby Fischer played in his first US Championship. He would win the tournament and become an International master soon after. His opponent in this featured game is Edmar Mednis, one of the 3 people ever to beat Fischer at a US Championship.
This is the 2nd video for the upcoming graphic novel "Bobby Fischer, the Knight who killed the Kings."
For more information on the graphic novel click here gatherfield.blogspot.com/p/bob...

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@willyh.r.1216 Жыл бұрын

Kevin, not only you are an excellent chess commentator but also you comment one of many memorable games of the chess legend Bobby Fischer the Great. This is a gift for me, thank you so much.

@johnlawlor4996 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis of an excellent game by Bobby Fischer.

@chesswebsite 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John

@Monyistbitu95 13 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I just watched a 40 minute video, and didn't feel one moment of boredom. Splendid commentary. Great match. Excellent video. Subscribed.

@yyzx_6668 2 жыл бұрын

damn felt like 10

@devitus781 2 жыл бұрын

Frfr

@eveliovarela2279 2 жыл бұрын

I fell asleep but I pulled an all nighter playing chess though . Just found out how to play

@ModMax69 Жыл бұрын

samsies

@ruthzelda5217 4 жыл бұрын

i'm not even that into chess, but i love the guy who narrates this video. i watched a bunch of other chess matches that he narrates too. he's just fun to listen too. and i learn a bit about chess. great work!

@mnormanhammerlord7655 5 жыл бұрын

The American Chess Congress was the official sponsor of the BOBBY FISCHER INT’L CHESS PARK proposed to be built in Santa Monica to honor the only American to have won the World Chess Championship. Bobby had an impressive career and for many is considered the greatest in chess. He began to study chess at the age of six and became a voracious student of the game. Fischer won the United States Chess Championship at the age of fourteen and at fifteen became the youngest Grandmaster at that time. In two consecutive years, he won the United States Chess Championship with a perfect score and has held the title eight times. In 1972, he captured the World Chess Championship with a decisive lead. In 1975, the Soviets and the International Chess Federation [FIDE] claimed the title on forfeiture in what is still a controversial issue and thus began the FIDE World Chess Championship. In 1992, Fischer emerged to play a rematch for the real title and won in good fashion. He died in 2008. The chess tables at the foot of the pier in Santa Monica, California are known of internationally. It was the former site of the old Santa Monica Bay Chess Club. Bobby first played in Santa Monica during the Piatigorsky Cup [a strong international tournament] in 1966. When Fischer lived in Pasadena in the late eighties, he would delight many with his visits to the tables. For these reasons, the tables have been selected to honor a great American chess hero.

@herbertmische8660 2 жыл бұрын

Great, fantastic and immortal Bobby Fischer!!! Respect forever!!!

@AnkhArcRod 11 жыл бұрын

Great job with commentating. You brought out several lines and suggested the more correct way to play in several situations. Thanks.

@johnlinnon2629 4 жыл бұрын

There will never be another Bobby Fischer! He revolutionized chess. Opponents couldn't figure him out, and he could see so many moves ahead. Not as much specific moves, as much as seeing where weaknesses in position would be opening up later on. I remember how his match against Spassky really catapulted the game with the general public, and I watched the games during my high school senior year. Great times, as I played on my high school chess club, as well. RIP Mr. Fischer.

@Turnpost2552 Жыл бұрын

Ummm Magnus is Magnus is

@OnBelayClimbOn 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I must have played over this game many many times from Fischer's 60 memorable games (as well as the game you did between Fischer and Pal Benko)! You're explanations were great it makes the game really come alive and it's so easy to appreciate the genius of Bobby Fischer even at 14!

@MaximShelkov 7 жыл бұрын

your videos are excellent thanks for putting them up!

@ace942 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. The explanation for why certain moves and seeing the variations was very helpful.

@williambunter3311 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent commentary! Thank you so much.

@kennethfowler6939 2 жыл бұрын

I just love how you go step by step explaining each move, love your video’s.

@chesswebsite 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy my style, Kenneth.

@mal2mR 13 жыл бұрын

always a pleasure to watch your videos!! Thanks a lot to take that time!!!

@miltonrivers 6 ай бұрын

What a sound , marvellous game on behalf of both players, simple and down to earth 🤣

@HaVeNation 11 жыл бұрын

Great commentary!! Ive learned more here than watching ten other GM commentaries. Must be due to you talking in clean English and describing the different variances with clarity. Well done!!

@katewild2194 10 жыл бұрын

I like the talk you explain very well I feel I can learn from you explaining thanks

@m0rt03 5 жыл бұрын

So many people complaining in the comments... no one is forcing you to watch it... I think the commentary and analysis of this channel is awesome!

@TheSurvivorjunkie 12 жыл бұрын

hey kevin. thanks for putting all these videos up. ive started chess with your video and ive watched all of them. i like the basics. and i love the games that uve been posting lately. i would really like to see some more advanced stuff from you. maybe some off- beat variations of some openings and maybe some of your insight on middlegame tactics. thank you for your time and videos!! ur the best!

@lifestylechoicespatscully3284 4 жыл бұрын

Clear and informative commentary. As always.

@Quidamkid 12 жыл бұрын

Great commentary, thank you!

@bendavis7871 11 жыл бұрын

I've been a chess geek for a number of years. I find his game and thinking better than any other chess players in history.

@chesswebsite 13 жыл бұрын

@RxZ95sssPG I completely agree. At 14 I was playing tournament at school, learning basic strategy. Bobby Fischer was winning US Championships playing amazing chess. Pretty incredible.

@etreimage 10 жыл бұрын

great commentary, thanks Kevin

@flowerofsilver 13 жыл бұрын

thanks for another great video!

@iZACWILSON 12 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos. Yes, Commentating and Public Speaking skills are an art form and can be learned and improved; However, I really appreciate that you take your time with the explanations and you offer explanation for why moves are good or bad. I appreciate the variations. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.

@nicocola1 13 жыл бұрын

thanks for the game!

@moukafaslouka4796 Жыл бұрын

I have never admired a chess player. The only chess player I have ever admired is Bobby Fischer. His games are out of this world.

@duckfluffable 12 жыл бұрын

Nice vid, good presentation with a strong subject. My c/c would be that the overall length of the vid is longer than necessary.

@Limegloves 13 жыл бұрын

I recently started studying chess and these commentaries have been helpful, thank you.

@Jack7967 11 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed that analysis. Thank you.

@Phnixhamsta 13 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful player...

@TheWillow34b 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin, there’s a very exciting game to review; Fischer vs. J Bennett, 1956. The last 10 moves of a 40 move game, display Fischer’s brilliance. It’s a game for the All Star list. Fischer check mates Bennett with his last move takes Bennett’s Queen. I’d like to hear your comments. If you have Tiger Pro Chess it’s in that library as Fischer, game 26.

@SixStringStrumming 11 жыл бұрын

great commentary and a great tool for getting better..

@spacefieldtime 6 жыл бұрын

excellent analysis and entertaining in the process....

@howardking3601 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for that clear analysis. I'm a big Fischer fan.

@IMD918 10 жыл бұрын

at 14:12 Kevin really wants to say "fuckload of material"

@chesswebsite 13 жыл бұрын

@Jkaimakides Glad you enjoyed. I always learn a lot from studying Fischer's games. Hopefully everyone else does as well.

@thwomp88 12 жыл бұрын

awesome videos dude, amazing commentary

@ezwayout54 12 жыл бұрын

Great Commentary and selection of players to choose from to study there games,i enjoy these games very much.

@gericurl0882 13 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot!! Thank you

@sallysmith9733 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou.

@sallysmith9733 2 жыл бұрын

All Chess players. Worldwide. Thankyou.

@BrainlessZombie 13 жыл бұрын

Very good commentary about Bobby Fischer; as result, this video was just awesome.

@richwaight 10 жыл бұрын

Great analysis thanks :)

@rustystevens1 13 жыл бұрын

excellent stuff!

@styroyou 4 жыл бұрын

You are a very excellent teacher!

@mortimerzilch2608 4 жыл бұрын

very nice analysis. ty

@coleguadenine8079 7 жыл бұрын

These are really helpful

@paracletusrevelation4080 4 жыл бұрын

Very instructive!

@helveticaregular 12 жыл бұрын

i enjoy your videos alot! i've noticed the level of the sound varies a lot from video to video - keep having to readjust my volume.. not sure what the solution is.. just thought i'd mention it in case you werent aware.

@msidloi 4 жыл бұрын

24:53 Fischer's decision to trade the light-square bishop for the knight is crucial. If he passed on that, black's next move would be Ba3, which would disintegrate the defence around the white king.

@PaulPerryArgentina 3 жыл бұрын

Great insight!

@albanianprince1 13 жыл бұрын

I won my chess championship in my school and this game helped me alot thanks alot for this.

@joshuacoleman6245 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@XaniaGeo 13 жыл бұрын

great video as always :)

@moppettshow 13 жыл бұрын

Top commentary as always.

@destructorextreme707 5 жыл бұрын

I noticed a lot of future thought in the move choices of the players. I know video length reduces commentary time but it could help others if those future attacks were mentioned. Some moves don't make sense unless the threat that developes 3 moves forward is revealed in the analysis. In any case, thanks for the replay and thoughts!

@stanbest3743 4 жыл бұрын

Chess is about decision trees. This is how computers beat human players.

@robertakerman3570 Жыл бұрын

Nicely explained! Question: Fischer was 6 years younger; how old was the opponent when He began playing(etc)?

@angoor101 2 жыл бұрын

The more I look at Fischer’s games the more I’m convinced his skills were inspired.

@chesswebsite 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you.

@tunamayo21 10 жыл бұрын

20:40 he could've always push forward with b4, we've talked about this b4 ;D

@teclote 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@trevee123 10 жыл бұрын

Good point I didnt see that!

@GMfish 3 жыл бұрын

great video

@oliviamou60 3 жыл бұрын

i can't believe a person with that kind of play was one of the 3 people the same person to defeat Bobby Fischer in another game

@thomaspowers5981 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is amazing guys but always watch at 1.25x 😂

@zippyman28 11 жыл бұрын

Uploaded on my birthday!

@planetpeter917 8 жыл бұрын

We talked about it b4

@youngevil353 5 жыл бұрын

nice pun

@spacefieldtime 11 жыл бұрын

The videos are great and great analysis, I loaded the game up played black against the computer right where the King goes to the center instead of the A8; I am watching all of the videos... it seems like BF always camps out with the three pawns on the same side of the castle action, its like your broadcasting the games and its more exciting than an NBA game...

@Purimta 2 жыл бұрын

Great... 🙋

@kieronazure 12 жыл бұрын

The significance of the Rook in the 2nd rank as a mode of defense is only mentioned in your analysis but not explored further. It is a vital move in the defense. Analyze deeper. There's an interesting anecdote regarding this (Rook in 2nd rank as defense) in Fischer's life. He played an important game against the Yugoslavian GM Gligoric using this strategy. It is very famous. He was 15 when he played that. Look up "Sicilian Vespers Fischer Gligoric" in google. There's an article on Chessbase.

@tonyg1299 11 жыл бұрын

I hope he takes your advice. Couldn't agree more.

@lufknuht5960 4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@decave 13 жыл бұрын

Great video. A point though: @ 24:08 when black plays Rg8 it's also a defensive play against Ng5 because if 1. Ng5 -- pxg5 2. Rxh8. Another possibility is 1. Ng5 -- bd7 and black loses a pawn after Qxf7.

@kieronazure 12 жыл бұрын

Also, at 35:21 After Kf8, Qg6 leads to unavoidable mate but more forceful is Rf2+ which leads to mate in a series of checks rather than wait for black to let you mate. After Rf2+, the variations are: ... Ke8 Qg8+ Bf8 Qf8++ ... Bf6 Rf6+ Ke7 Qg7+ K** Qd7++ (That is, Any move by the King (forced) will be met by checkmate by Qd7) Although your analysis is right and will lead to mate, it is best to not allow time for the opponent to retaliate. Rather mate forcefully in a series of checks.

@GeppettoBrett 12 жыл бұрын

i like the way how mednis has to castle queen side also. early in the game black wasnt going to be able to castle kingside. blacks strategy largely becomes to push his queenside pawns because white castles q-side, but in-so-doing, his defence is already broken WHEN he castles queenside! a magician at the chessboard. one of my best friends...

@chesswebsite 13 жыл бұрын

@DJDhananjayK this is definitely playable and still give white an advantage. White would gain the pawn but keep in mind that this locks the pawn structure and makes it more difficult to break through for an attack where as Qxg4 and then exchanging pawns allows white to open the door for an attack later.

@johlo05 12 жыл бұрын

3 moves done and its almost 4 minutes... But well detailed and i learned a lot.

@danmarino900 11 жыл бұрын

thx

@hmd3008 4 жыл бұрын

Usually watch agadmator's chess channel. Explains the game just as well but in less than half the time. Good information but it's so dragged out here.

@adnandev_ 8 жыл бұрын

37:13 There was a moves for Mednis but he didn't see them by: 1.Rf2 Qf3+ 2. bxq3 Rf3

@forceview3 7 жыл бұрын

bxq3? I didnt know theres a chess board that long

@cooldisude 11 жыл бұрын

at about 17:30, the best move for black is to move the g5 pawn to g4. If he had not done that, white could have taken the pawn for free (black could not take because white would have taken the h8 rook with h1 (or taken a free pawn with the queen) or white could have continued the pressure (completely opening up kings side) and attacked the next pawn seeing as rook and queen were both angled on h6.)

@Parralyzed 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Please tell me more.

@MorgoSargas 13 жыл бұрын

@jkayron It doesn't do much. Let's say Rb2 then Qg7+ and king can only go to d8 or e8 and in both cases Rf8 is checkmate.

@moviemaster2010 12 жыл бұрын

great game!

@GeppettoBrett 12 жыл бұрын

clever play. people underestimate just how good that kid is...

@MorgoSargas 13 жыл бұрын

@jkayron oh, and if after Qg7+ king goes to e6 (which is also possible, just didn't notice at the time), then Qf7 also means checkmate.

@Guitarhero1800 12 жыл бұрын

@KyuubiNemisis95 your completely right! saw after i posted this comment :-) but it still doesn't explain why fischer didn't play queen to F7 instead of the knight?

@dangummoe 11 жыл бұрын

love your videos, bro. i have a question... at 23:25, why not just move your Queen to F6?

@alfred0231 8 жыл бұрын

33:45 Bringing his rook to B8 allows for a potential checkmate. If they traded off pieces, most likely black bishop taking pawn, then at the end black puts the king in checkmate with the two rooks. If white chooses not to trade, then in four moves its mate.

@jonathanvasquez7417 6 жыл бұрын

best way to watch these videos is at 2 times speed

@shadigif8916 4 жыл бұрын

Try 0.5 x speed more preschool friendly

@yoitsjimmy_ 4 жыл бұрын

Shadi Gif lol

@bedwarri0r333 9 жыл бұрын

When Edmar looks to trade off knight for bishop around 11:00, would bishop G3 to D6 be a good move?It would open up the kind side pawn. But I guess you wouldn't want be trade for a pawn when you can trade for a knight.

@SpiritualFox 8 жыл бұрын

Andrew Matt It's okay to lose that bishop to the knight. It's part of the opening theory. The knight has to take the time to kill the bishop (two moves). In a game where white sacrifices king safety for more attack, it's a disadvantage to burn moves like that getting rid of the G3 bishop. It only makes sense if black plans to castle queenside, for sure. The G3 bishop IS aimed at D6, and black's queenside. Bad: White loses bishop pair, and gets a doubled pawn. Good: White gets to open up the H or F file for a rook when the pawn recaptures on G3. In my experience playing this sort of thing, the black-squared bishop from C1 is VERY expendable. This kind of early queen-side castling for white relies on tempo (speed). White tries to crush the kingside before black crushes the queenside. It's alot like a Sicilian, in that way. The point of Fischer's opening is to attack the opponents king-side with all his minor pieces and all his king-side pawns. It doesn't matter if the black king isn't there. In this game, black lost just a few moves after Fischer moved a piece into his kingside. Besides all this... yes, the bishop pair has value. Probably don't want to lose one if you have both. Less commonly known is that the black-square bishop is typically worth less. It's like this: Knight: 3.0 points, Black-square bishop: 3.1 points, White-square bishop: up to 3.3 points. So basically, it's an even exchange: Black gives up: 'a knight, a tempo, and a semi-open file for a white rook' in exchange for 'a black-square-bishop, and doubling white's pawns'. Normally, white would rather safeguard the bishop, however, in this opening, white wants the opening speed. Also, that bishop already did it's job. Black's kingside is already broken, in fact, it's a disaster. The black square bishop is often essential for cracking black's kingside, usually by going to the H6 square. That's already done, so toss the bishop out the airlock. Black is moving his kingside pawns forward... and it's not an attack. Taking that bishop is a desperate attempt to salvage an advantage somewhere. H7-H6 is probably a terrible error. Black can't defend the kingside after that. It's typically unsound strategy to move *more than one* of the F, G, or H pawns, forward. You need at least two possible pawn-pushes available in the area your opponent is attacking. It takes longer to attack two possible defensive pawn formations, than one. You can give up a bishop pair if you get something. Anything. It's worth a half-pawn to have the pair. Almost anything is worth half a pawn. Fischer had that pawn chain dividing the board in half for the whole game. Knights were better, anyway.

@StreamingStronghold 7 жыл бұрын

hi : i i cant find the novel !! its not opening !!. the site is unavaliable ?! i couldnt find it anywhere . where can i get it ? please help !

@semirmujanovic1223 11 жыл бұрын

Deadly Chess player Bobby is. Amazing display of Chess. Garry vs Bobby, in their primes. Would be something. I think they draw, even though Garry is my favorite player of all-time and clearly the best of all-time. Bobby was a genius ahead of his time, a chess wizard. Bobby could have done what Garry did and beyond, just didn't commit to it. Bobby could have been greatest ever. Sad to see talent go to waste. Dam you Fischer. Could have easily had a 3000 Chess rating. But Garry is GOAT.

@keltar4071 Жыл бұрын

Damn that 4 queen game needed a conclusion instead it ended like it didn't exist

@death8dealer 12 жыл бұрын

can you make video that only show the moves of bobby fisher games?

@jessiedoggie1 2 жыл бұрын

It would have been better to cut the video time in half and get to the point more quickly. I prefer Agamador's analyses.

@MrDpsc 11 жыл бұрын

hehe, I'm honored I beat all the religious comments too :) Ugly is subjective and machine-like is a metaphor. Karpov plays (at least the games I saw) very structured. He gets diagonals, creates a positional advantage and crushes his opponents. That's what I mean by machine-like, the same structure occurring over and over again (and it works). Some other players make clever sacrifices and create a devastating attack out of nowhere. While not every game can have them, I think that's true beauty