Bobby Fischer's Shocking Treatment of Russian GM's Exposed!

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4 ай бұрын

In this beautiful game of Bobby Fischer he takes on Russian Great Efim Geller. Bobby gives up his e4 pawn so he can aim right at Geller's king. Enjoy!
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@Hugh_Jasssss 4 ай бұрын

When I studied Fischer's games as a teenager, I was always struck by how simple he made chess appear. Truly a superb talent. Thanks for sharing.

@jackmclaughlin9161 4 ай бұрын

Yes and Capa even made it look simpler.

@arthurpewtey 3 ай бұрын

Agreed - it always seemed to me like he was one move ahead of the game. Only one move ahead, but that was usually enough. This game is a fine example of that, but there are many more.

@beavercreekmhp1744 3 ай бұрын

My buddy Mike was living with my family at that time. We would set up the board and study the newspaper and recreate those games. Like you said the games seemed simple yet so lethal. We went through a lot of famous games and would throw our hands up and scream when a queen was sacrificed. It seemed absolutely wild.

@f0urstr1ng 3 ай бұрын

Also exactly how I feel about Morphy.

@DexterHaven 3 ай бұрын

And Morphy and Alekhine made chess look harder to me. I could rarely predict their moves unless it was obvious.@@jackmclaughlin9161

@RafaelSang-tq8ur 3 ай бұрын

Yefim Geller is the Grandmaster that has given Bobby more trouble. He was Boris Spassky's second in Reykjavik. Later, he was Karpov's second. A fine theoretician and perennial candidate. Geller lost to Spassky twice in the candidates. Geller alongside with Keres and Spassky became part of history in the Argentinian Tragedy against Najdorf, Panno and Pilnik. The last time Fischer faced Geller was in the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970, where Fischer and Geller were tied for the lead at about the midpoint of the tournament; Geller offered a draw in an even position game, Bobby refused and continued the game. Fighting to the last pawn, in a drawn game, Geller blundered the game away. Bobby destroyed the rest of the tournament by winning the last six games. Bobby won by 3.5 points and suffered only one defeat ( by Larsen ).

@andrewmays3988 3 ай бұрын

I would greatly appreciate your commentary on other great chess players whose games were recorded and replayed today as learning opportunities.😇

@RafaelSang-tq8ur 3 ай бұрын

@@andrewmays3988 a good book that everybody should have its: The mammoth book of the world's greatest chess games by Graham Burgess/John Nunn/John Emms. This book only covers games played til 2002. It describes the games with deep analysis and the players.

@DexterHaven 2 ай бұрын

Great recap on an interesting time.

@derricklarsen2919 2 ай бұрын

The Larsens are very proud of that .

@DexterHaven 2 ай бұрын

Don't be too "proud," though, since Bobby whitewashed Larsen a year later 6-0 on his road to the title. @@derricklarsen2919

@jackmclaughlin9161 4 ай бұрын

Another fine lesson you put together. From most likely the most gifted chess player to walk the planet. I had the great privileged of of talking to Fischer on the phone when I was 14 in 1979. I was made aware that he was living in Pasadena, I was in neighboring Egale Rock. I lied to the phone operator that I needed a Robert Fischer's number for an emergency. She said there were to Fishers one on on street and one on another. I took a shot and said with confidence one of the streets was it. She placed the call and he answered. He thought I was Peter Biyasas his room mate playing a joke on him. Call lasted about 90- seconds.

@Rspknlikeab0ssxd 4 ай бұрын

That's quite the story! Thank you for sharing. Do you remember any of the words exchanged in particular?

@jackmclaughlin9161 4 ай бұрын

Almost exactly. Fischer said, "hello." I said hello, "is this Robert Fisher?" " Yes. "Is this Bobby Fischer the chess player? "Yeahhhh, is this Peter? " No, you don't know me but I.. Fisher interrupted, "Peter quit messing around I'm watching a program right now." I said , "It's not Peter you don't know me but ... " Fisher repeated "Aw quit messing Peter around I'm watching program right now." I said , Ok thank you good bye." He wasn't rude in his voice just had to go. My brain was buzzing with energy and I was jumping around. I just talked to the man! Many years later I heard his voice in an interview which confirmed it was him. I already knew before and had no doubt. But became excited again remembering that I had really talked to Fischer!!@@Rspknlikeab0ssxd

@wonderfalg 3 ай бұрын

So he knew jokes. Amazing!

@bevs9995 2 ай бұрын

how did you know who his roommate was, lol

@TonyBrasunas 2 ай бұрын

So you probably contributed to his growing paranoid in his later years. Randos calling up pretending to know him...

@user-kh6xl4yg1j 4 ай бұрын

This game by Fischer was a model of attacking efficiency from start to finish. Thanks for posting & your clear explanations. Bravo!

@anitamiller7960 2 ай бұрын

He does a great job of explaining the board in a clear, coherent manner. Better than most on KZfaq.

@flippert0 4 ай бұрын

Geller was a very strong tactician, allmost as strong as Tal. He outplayed Fischer several times using tactics. I think he had a positive score against Fischer. Geller's strategic vision wasn't as strongly developed. Boris Spassky defeated him regularly using slower, positional play.

@johnsimmons6136 4 ай бұрын

I really appreciate your format. Informative, Instructive and interesting!

@gregparrott 3 ай бұрын

I can remember as a kid just how audacious Fisher was, and how he played mind games with his opponents. In one of his tournaments, he deliberately forfeited his first match be not even bothering to appear. Then, on the next match, he handily beat his opponent. That combination so unnerved his opponent that he essentially crumbled. A truly 'in your face' move, and it worked.

@hugovaz777 4 ай бұрын

Great game, great commentary

@martintownsley6544 3 ай бұрын

Bobby Fischer always played the Ruy López.

@rickprice7919 4 ай бұрын

Geller is one of the GM's that have a plus record against RJF. They were great games too! I Know Tal did too, and Gheorghiu was even with him. I met Gheorghiu at a tournament in San Jose, CA which he won. I won my first game against an IM, Richard Lobo in that open section!

@gooddognigel9992 3 ай бұрын

“Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chessic heavens.” - Mikhail Tal

@marcd2936 3 ай бұрын

Wow...what was it like going head to head with R. Lobo? Intense game?

@rickprice7919 3 ай бұрын

@@marcd2936 I played the white pieces and Lobo opted for the Spanish or Ruy Lopez defense. I went for the "Tal" c3 line, and he miscalculated and lost an exchange from a tactical variation, and I played the ending well enough to force resignation. That was in the 70's and in the course of life no longer have the scoresheet. That is my memory, since I have played many games in USCF tournaments and even the world open in 2000. Chess is the hobby I love.

@nilspetterlauvrak1942 2 ай бұрын

I want more of this. The pointing out of the hidden potentials of the position and the context material of then nature of the situation and the players involved. A pleasure to watch :)

@chubsteriffic 4 ай бұрын

Someone once said that playing against Fischer was like playing against Chess itself.

@paulbloemen7256 4 ай бұрын

Great game by Fischer against a super strong opponent. Actually, Geller wasn’t Russian, he was Sovjet-Ukrainian. As far as I know he felt like being the latter, I remember reading somewhere that he was called the lord-farmer (I’m not sure about the English term, I read the Dutch “herenboer”).

@Paul_Beach 4 ай бұрын

The equivalent English term is "gentleman farmer". Thanks for the information. Interesting.

@chessketeer 3 ай бұрын

Geller was born in 1925, by this time the USSR had one citizenship (since 1924). So, Geller was Soviet by citizenship and Jewish by ethnicity. The citizens of the USSR when they were abroad were commonly referred to as "the Russians" by the foreigners, the westerners included, because for the foreigners the USSR was just the next stage of the Russian Empire. This was the case even after the fall of the Soviet Union, for all of the 90s. This created created a lot of confusion. However, many of the citizens of the former USSR republics referred and still refer to themselves as "the Russians" whenever it's convenient.

@dongjuang4196 3 ай бұрын

@@chessketeer it's not true. It's a part of russian propaganda. Only ethnical russians in the former Soviet republics consider themselves as russians.

@rickprice7919 4 ай бұрын

You should show a Fischer loss to Geller in the Sozin. He had a win and one move lost it for him.

@DexterHaven 3 ай бұрын

Great job -- efficient, calm, thorough, strong analysis.

@cathya44 4 ай бұрын

Geller a great player and one that had a plus score against most World Champions including Fischer himself! Thank you for the video

@ETBrooD 6 күн бұрын

It's a great example of overextension by black followed by a quick attack against the black king. Fischer made it look easy by using every angle, but the attack can go wrong very easily because black can turn it into a counter-attack if white fails to keep the momentum going.

@jo90ways 3 ай бұрын

Very good Buddy .... Excellent Explanation and Deadly Fluent ... smooth-less ..... Just 500 Likes .... I cannot Believe that !! But good for me .... nobody knows you !! Secret hidden Gold is my favorite !! my Compliments anyway

@forestturnings5732 2 ай бұрын

Nicely presented. Thank you.

@andrewmays3988 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU for another great chess game with your brilliant commentary!😇

@banzaiburger9589 4 ай бұрын

Good stuff as usual. 🙏

@AlamoCityCello 4 ай бұрын

Good stuff man! Thanks

@Rspknlikeab0ssxd 4 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure Geller was one of a handful of players who had a positive record against Fischer

@yzfool6639 4 ай бұрын

You don't need to worry about being "pretty sure' if you have internet access.

@Rspknlikeab0ssxd 4 ай бұрын

@@yzfool6639 Quite the contrary. The only evidence I have for my belief that Geller was one of a handful of players who had a positive record against Fischer I gathered through my internet access. Yet, the internet is often pretty reliably unreliable. So, yeah, I'm in fact still worried about being "pretty sure" and not certain that my belief correctly represents the facts. I wasn't there to see them play, nor was I alive to have better evidence of viewing their scores actively.

@richardsmith7665 3 ай бұрын

After Re1 why not Ne7? (Did not analyze by engine, just looking at it a little myself.)

@michaelsmith4904 4 күн бұрын

@11:43 I would have foolishly pushed the pawn to h2 with check. The bishop is pinned and can't take the pawn, and White's king must play h1 or the pawn will promote.

@mabblers 3 ай бұрын

Very good recap

@CocoDave37 3 ай бұрын

My Dad went to school with Bobby when they were kids. Bobby taught him to play chess and my Dad recounted some stories to me. I wonder if Bobby was alive today could he compete with todays GM's.

@bevs9995 2 ай бұрын

what school did your dad go to

@CocoDave37 2 ай бұрын

@@bevs9995 The Woodward School in Brooklyn. I beleive Bobby lived just a few blocks from my Dad in Bensonhurst.

@FischerFan-cw7rg 29 күн бұрын

Unfortunately if Bobby was around today he would be 81 BUT if the 29 year old Fischer was around today I think he would still be a holy terror at the board! Oh man would that be a great match to see Bobby in his prime against Gary or Magnus. Those matches/games would no doubt be some of the greatest chess battles of all time!!

@advjayee 3 ай бұрын

A hasty casling may turn into danger. It is opt to do it when the situation demands it

@seanbeadore3615 3 ай бұрын

What Bobby meant by “best by test” was that he and others seemed to have better games when they played 1. e4. That was the “test.”

@SenatorBluto 3 ай бұрын

Just optically Black's position looks lost to me after ...Bg6.

@stephanebelizaire3627 3 ай бұрын

BRAVO !

@DiamorphineDeath 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely shocking treatment. Just utterly shocking

@bimbur1 3 ай бұрын

Excellent commentary - who is this man?

@joedolce16 4 ай бұрын

Bad style of a professinal, the Ruissian, in this game. One side nearly undeveloped !!!!

@chessophiler 3 ай бұрын

Geller's record vs Fischer: 5 wins, 3 losses, 2 draws.

@FirstLast-ms4yl 3 ай бұрын

Yo it's shocking! Everyone is exposed and shocked! I already saw this years ago on other channels.

@DexterHaven 3 ай бұрын

Fischer was very leery of Geller, who was his kryptonite. Bobby had a lifetime losing record vs. Geller, as I recall; rare for Bobby.

@Luckey900 2 ай бұрын

Mr. Geller ran out of Smokes during the Game ?!

@samulikarjalainen6107 3 ай бұрын

I am sorry but way they treated Korchnoi and Keres is why they get no pity points from me. Korchnoi defected, did he not.

@forzatuner3916 4 ай бұрын

Fischer just dismantling his opponents with ease.

@2Oldcoots 3 ай бұрын

Before computers, analysis support teams, and chess becoming a team support there was The Last Lone World Beater who entered history alone. Bobby's incomparable brilliance defeated the entire USSR! He was the Greatest of all Time and even invented Chess 960 to revitalize the game.

@johnbyerlein6682 3 ай бұрын

One rarely sees Geller smashed so quickly.

@herbertmische8660 3 ай бұрын

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

@yzfool6639 4 ай бұрын

That was a tour de force and gave me the delusion that I could play like Fischer. Direct, principled play.

@Glenns_Concho_Ranch 3 ай бұрын

I think you need to go just a little bit faster so as to make this a complete waste of time for the general viewers without Phd's in chess strategy :)

@George-sv7qx 3 ай бұрын

🤣second place is the goal when Fisher is in the lineup

@kwaicaine1417 3 ай бұрын

Are you Matthew Crossette?

@CV_CA 3 ай бұрын

I expected Fisher punching him or something lol...

@jamesdarcy3902 2 ай бұрын

I thought the Soviets learned not to play the Sicilian against RJF?

@Letitbeism369 3 ай бұрын

Very confusing. I just wanted to watch the GM moves

@user-gg1ij4gv2e 3 ай бұрын

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 ❤❤❤❤

@rotagbhd 3 ай бұрын

The G.O.A.T.

@miketripple5 3 ай бұрын

You are playing out too many scenarios. It's distracting to what's actually going on in the game.

@Chessdummy 4 ай бұрын

😎

@SteveBull-tg8mi 2 ай бұрын

I enjoy your explanations, but sometimes you are a little hard to follow

@Amer1kop 4 ай бұрын

Back when chess and national pride meant something different

@trevorwatt1193 3 ай бұрын

Wasn't Geller Ukrainian? This may have been a bit confusing in the Soviet era but these days less so.

@strahdvonzarovich... 3 ай бұрын

"Shocking Treatment" and "Russian GMs Exposed" huh. No clickbait provocation title there?!

@earlmiller6093 2 ай бұрын

This is interesting, I don’t play board or card games…. Chess is the only interesting game

@KeithDonovan-cd3eo 4 ай бұрын

Gallery wasn't Russian he was from Ukraine

@Amer1kop 4 ай бұрын

Which was part of the Soviet Union at the time.

@Amer1kop 4 ай бұрын

And actually was considered a Russian National

@KeithDonovan-cd3eo 4 ай бұрын

@@Amer1kop he wasn't Russian

@KeithDonovan-cd3eo 4 ай бұрын

Soviet Union wasnt Russia @@Amer1kop

@DarkSideChess 4 ай бұрын

Pretty sure he was ethnically jewish. Not that it matters.

@dongjuang4196 3 ай бұрын

Are you sure that Geller was russian? By nationality he was Jewish, by birth place he was born in Odessa, Ukraine.

@markschuette2615 3 ай бұрын

Who cares

@8triagrammer 4 ай бұрын

I like your vids, but please stop with the over the top click-bait titles...

@jameshogan6142 4 ай бұрын

Yes Fischer beat Geller comprehensively but the title suggests that he deployed some skulduggery or other nefarious tactics.

@yzfool6639 4 ай бұрын

@@jameshogan6142 He did, by modern standards. He didn't copy any computer moves. He didn't play moves that contained no threats out of fear a miscalculation on his part, and he did not have a single person assisting him in his preparations. Given these circumstances, people would accuse him of cheating if he played this game today.

@johnh5259 4 ай бұрын

@@yzfool6639 Kramnik would call Fischer's play "interesting" and demand an investigation.

@jameshogan6142 4 ай бұрын

So did Alekhine but nobody accused him of cheating. @@yzfool6639

@yefimk 4 ай бұрын

The titles are the best on youtube