Not really. Botvinnik was Karpov's teacher and then Kasparov's teacher. He was dubbed "The Father of Soviet Chess" in those days Russia was soviet union.

I would say the opposite: Karpov was the highest and greatest exponent of the positional style before Carlsen. Of course Carlsen stands singularly in my mind as, not the best positional player only, but the best universal player. He outdoes tactical players in tactical positions, positional players in positional situations, chaotic players in chaotic positions, and so on. But vis a vis Karpov and Botvinnik, Karpov expounded on and deepened the ideas and methods of Botvinnik.

@@zaksmith1035 Was Galileo Galilei the Isaac Newton of his time? Lets ask Newton himself *If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.* Isaac Newton. If you ask Carlsen, he is going the say the same thing about his career. There were no chess engines, no internet, not even plethora of chess books available in every library and online. He would take a chessboard to a room, alone, from dusk to dawn, burning all the oil in the lamp to discover secrets that engines do in seconds for new era chess masters. I prefer those days.

Less so, because he wasn't nearly as strong as Karpov.

@@saeadborji1464 Russia was not the soviet union, Tal himself was not from the Russian province. Many of top level were from different regions not only Russia

Thanks very much!

Yeah me too with a natural accent, too. You & Matojelic are my favorite chess analyzers.

Thanks a lot and yeh defo!

They are even better because they didnt rely so much on memorization, they play with intelligence, skills and tactics. Everyone can become a 2400 these days you just have to memorize every opening, almost no skill involved at that point, just who memorizes more...

Oh thanks very much! And for the compliments

Ha yeah in my videos of newer games the board greys out in analysis mode but for older games I’m stuck with this view sorry

Thanks a lot!

Thanks and oh interesting! Cheers for sharing

Yeah incredible style!

Wrong! They played 13 games. Fischer lost 4 when he was only 15 or 16 years old. In 1961 he won a famous and wonderful Sicilian game at Bled, his first win against Tal. After that Tal didn't succeed in defeating Fischer any more. Fischer won three other games, among them a Blitz game in the great Blitz tournament at Herceg Novi.

It's just you.

Thanks oh yeah those are built in with the chesscom analysis board I'm afraid

Ah true thanks but I will leave because I like the ring to it even if not grammatically correct

If you say so! Agad called it the exact same thing about 5 years ago…kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtiBgNegqJeuZp8.htmlsi=Z7zMObQCOahJs0KD

​@@epicchess2021it's waste of time to give attention to people like this . Just block them and move on Awesome content as usual

Context is everything.

WTF? If you don't understand the build up, how the hell can you appreciate the move? Do you play chess for the challenge and the mystery, or just for the showy moves and loud personalities? If your attention span is that limited, maybe you ought to take up something a little easier?