You might be to young to remember but Fischer beating the USSR was huge. I remember running home from school asking who won the game. It was a national big deal.Him beating Spassky was bigger then the Super Bowl. Thanks For all you do great video !!!

Probably worth mentioning that at this point Keres is 43 and (according to Chessmetrics) 5th in the world, whereas Fischer is only 14th. Of course, Bobby had just turned 16...

Your commentary is great. Very clear explanations without going too long down the alt routes.

Really glad you do these videos. For someone stuck at 2100-2300, these are more helpful for actually improving than most chess channels on this site. I appreciate the work you do man. Some months ago I beat my first GM in a simul (Jan Gustaffson!) and sadly have not repeated the success. As the old proverb goes, chess is hard. thanks for these vids mate

This Fischer victory against the 5th rated super GM when he was only 16 is quite similar to the losses suffered by Caruana and other super top 10 GMs in the last Olympics under the hands of young teenage GMs from India and Uzbekistan. And more recently, top-ranked Magnus was beaten by a low-rated GM in Dubai, I think. Not sure if he was a teenager. There is an 8-year old girl from England who beat a GM quite recently. In 20 years, there could be 100 super GMs all under 20 years old, maybe at least 10 having attained 2700 rating before they are 18. Alireza and 2, maybe 3, Indian prodigies have done that. These young kids can memorise 2000 games and openings with the help of computers. However, if Fischer Random Chess under classical time replaces the chess of today, these young kids will have greater difficulty attaining GM status early on. No opening lines, as a result, can be memorised and only the best natural talents will rise to the top. Memorised chess openings and home cooking are taking the fun out of chess. If you have a photographic memory, you have too much pre-advantage. I believe computers and memorization will prevent a human chess player from breaking the 2900 barrier in classical chess. Humans have reached the limit. Maybe this is why Magnus prefers rapid and blitz because he, and together with many other GMs, have cracked the 3000 barrier not with excessive difficulty. I'm willing to bet that nobody will breach the 2900 in classical in 50 years, assuming the Fischer Random has not replaced it, which would lower the benchmark even further down to 2800.

Great video. I really liked how you showed the winning plan at the end, even after Keres resigned. Love your content.

The game was named "Meat and potatoes" according to notes in "My 60 memorable games" - R.J.Fischer's book

You have great discussion on the attached significance of the matches with great detail. Thanks for your efforts

"TERRIFYING" and "SHOCKING" or "SHOCKS" are the most used and abused clickbait words on KZfaq and more and more people are FED UP with that!

I learned a lot from your explanation about the end game. Besides, I always enjoy your energetic description of the games. Thank you for sharing this beautiful game!

Such a clear commentary makes the whole game possible to grasp and learn from. Thank you!

Outstanding analysis. Precise, entertaining, and conversational in tone.

I'm an 80 yr old Patzer as Bobby used to call us. but I loved that ending. thanks for sharing. ECF.

Fascinating history and thank you so much!

Thank you! Subscribed! (Colorado)

Keep up the great commentaries 🙏🙏

Nice experience with Ruy Lopez,the endgame point which pawn to keep now learnt from continious one year watching experience of such brilliant games from youtube,thanks to all.

4:40 Wonderful vision. Easy to be complacent with such a board and defer instead to finding a strong positional move. At these levels though every crumb matters.

instructive. good one!

BEST analysis of the Bobby Fischer saga since Agadmator’s OG Fischer saga!!!

Context: Should have pointed out Fischer was just 16 years old.

Thank you for your expertise

4:22 reminds me of kasparov karpov 1990 game 20 edit 10 sec later: HAHAHAHA seems i'm not the first one to think of that

Excellent commentary 😊

I am really bad at chess and not practising or learning, but if anything I can remeber is: Watching Keres' games is very instructive for dummies like myself. If I defended like Keres here in my dtupid elo for 3-4 moves, my opponent would probably mistake and let me equalise. In blitz ofc or 10 min games...

Fantastic Video

The second idea from ...f4 is to exchange the bishops with Bf5

I thought that would the the video about unforgettable "1. e4" move he played against Taimanov.

Awesome game & awesome analysis!

What a game!!! Multiple Pins and Tactics!!

Fischer was one of the most bad-ass American minds in history. He was literally the Kwisatz Hederacht of the Chess cinematic universe

It was great, thanks.

Fischer defeated the USSR alone. We mean that he beat all the chess players in the USSR. BUT... When the Politburo declared Spassky a ''genius'' player and no one could defeat him, Petrosian said the opposite in 1971: After the Final of candidates, Petrosian announced - Fischer was a genius, and he lost the game to a genius. What's on his mind: let two geniuses play together now, I'm no longer the champion and I'm not worried about maintaining my title among the genius players. Petrosian was confident that Fischer would easily defeat the “genius” Spassky. The fact: When Petrosian was the champion, Fischer disappeared from chess life... And when Spassky became the champion, Fischer reappeared, since he knew for sure that Petrosian would not stop him, even despite the threats of the Politburo who gave the command to stop Fischer at all costs. Question - Would someone in Petrosian’s place have stopped Fischer? Answer - I admire that Petrosian did not pay attention to the orders of the Politburo - He was no longer a champion. This was already the concern of Spassky’s favorite Politburo who as a genius fell from the moon. And even in 1992, Fischer proved that Spassky is a simple grandmaster. And then Petrosian was no longer alive. Now you know the truth about the genius Fischer, who was truly a super player, and about the candidate Petrosian, who created the Fischer symbol against Russian antagonism, anti-Semitism, and imperial evil. Karpov was a super player as well. However, Fischer decided not to play Karpov. Fischer did everything he could and brought the chess mythology of the USSR to its knees. Therefore, there was no need to play Karpov with the younger generation. Fischer behaved as befits a genius. If you want to know more about Argentine matches, look for true sources outside the chess world. Thanks for your reading.

wonderful!!

Amazing!!!

Can you please find the Euwe-Alekhine game where Alekhine captured a knight with quote"the most hated knight of the match"

Keres was from Estonia

Keres was my childhood/adolescent hero, I replayed all the games of his “thick book” with 100 games. As I understood the Russians had this Estonian on a leach, because he played some tournaments on Nazi-Germany territory, around 1943, like also Aljechin. Some believe this is the reason he never became world champion, if necessary him having to give way to Botwinnik. Sad for Paul Keres, if this is really true.

BRAVO !

As I recall, this win got Bobby the nickname in chess of "The Dragon Slayer."

Hey, good job. Maybe another minute at the end to wrap it up for us smooth brains would be nice. Subbing.

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insane game

By the way the idea of Bb1 is to play dxe5 ( and after dxe5 black s knight on d7 is hinging)

Chess like most sports requires talent and experience. Bobby was 16 when he played Keres (who was a top Soviet GM at 43 years old!). This kid from NY was coming for Russian scalps and he would have them!

The Soviet Union very nearly collapsed after that move.

Sir, I do congratulate you for calling this opening its actual name after the Castilian player that made it a formidable weapon. At that time there was none Spain as a country but just in a historical, geographic and cultural sense the same as there was no Britain as a country until the 1707 Act of Union with Scotland. Coincidentally, in the same year 1707 the king of Castile, Navarra and Aragon started a _de facto_ union of his kingdoms issuing the New Plant Decrees by which Navarra and Aragon submitted to the laws of Castile. Yet, it wasn't until 1871 that the Kingdom of Spain was born by the proclamation of Amadeus I of the House of Savoy; notice that ever since, Spanish Kings are not crowned but proclaimed by the Parliament. Now I will enjoy your enlightening video.

thanks for nice game

So nice. I love Fischer very much❤

Do modern chess computers offer a way of stopping Fischer's endgame?

2 strong players.....understated

HOWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL chess dawg, thank you great analysis

"I enjoy it when I crush a man's ego." -Bobby Fisher

No wonder Keres asked his wife and kid to have Fischer's autograph as he predict Bobby would become world champion! And this game took place when Bobby was just 16! amazing!

I can never get through chess videos without running off to make a couple moves. Like crack

I love Bobby Fisher

Bobby Fischer, the Great.

first time I saw this game, thanks, can you analyzed a game that I played?

Nice game

Fisher said he hates chess. Imagine if he liked it

After Nh6 check white has a +.50 advantage which is TINY, equivalent to half a pawn. The move f5 which you think is great actually isn't, Bg7 is stronger.

Fischer was a giant and the biggest ever

And Fischer at that time was just 14 Years old!!!

And this, kiddies, is why you study the endgame.

The height of the Cold War, very exciting (and dangerous) times. Glad the battles were on the chess board

Thank you so much ChessDog

Nice game. Which move was shocking? What is the name and ranking of the narrator?

Fischer was 16 years old !!

Fischer started to eat his morning corn flakes with white vinegar instead of milk. This was his secret.

is bobby holding a bowl in thumbnail?? 😅😅

Is it fair to say modern super GM's play endgames more accurately than Fischer?

did you consider to speak out all moves to follow blindfolded?

Endgame with Bruce Springsteen playing in the background

For an unranked amateur watching such chess is extremely frustrating. What is it these men see that I don’t? Sigh…

Yeah I'm sure everyone the USSR was shitting they pants by a move played on a game board.

Yo dawg, I heard you like pins.

You speak american like a Belgian. Great video!

Annoying you do not use standard chess move terminology. That just makes it more difficult to keep up with the moves since board grid is unrelatable to the game.

great comments

Ain’t Keres considered the best player not to win the chip?

Which move was the "SHOCKING" move?

Hi Sir, how can i contact you persnol?

Which, then, is the shocking move...?

You can see Fischer will power to crash his opponent.

This was a great game. I noticed It shows Fischer not even at his top level yet!! And imagine if Fischer had the help and train with today’s chess engines!! He would definitely be the GOAT!! To me, As a Fischer fan, I believe he is the GOAT!! If only he had that extra training by today’s chess engines. He would elevate to the level of God of chess 😂😂😂.

What was the great move ? ?

It was two human computers playing 😅

Fischer was a great player; unfortunately he was used by his Government when he was fit for the purpose, when he turned too independent as to be free, he was disposed of.

He was 16

Paul Keres not one of the greatest players in history, about at the level of a super strong GM like Averbach or Geller

Great content and entertaining analysis but by god theres an ad for a shitty mobile game or other nonsnese like every 90 seconds. Really hard to watch.

Fisher never defended his title! Why I wonder.

*tempi

I'm going to guess most of the USSR wasn't even aware of chess, or fischer. Hyperbole gets clicks though...

...and a Brooklyn street kid shatters the Soviet propaganda machine! 🤣

A chess move terrifed the Soviet Union? The same country that lost 30 million people while defeating Adolf Hitler. Gee whizzers, those folks take chess seriously!

Incorrect = Fischer saw the likes of little Magnussen craksen types years before you fetuses were born. You are nothing compared to the GREAT FISHMAN❤😮

keep politic out

FAT GAME !!!

Fischer ended up to be a crazy old man before he died.