1963 US Chess Championship Bobby Fischer vs Larry Evans

[SomethingLegit1]

17:56

why not Ne6? forking the two rooks and having a discovered attack on one of them with the bishop on c1...

[paddy110287]

I know it takes a long time to post and commentate etc but you do it by far the best on youtube, I'm new and you have though much free of charge

[SovereignFOTL]

appalling play by Evans

[dragonoidcolosus]

Your videos are the best! I learn so much from them!!!!!!!!!!

[patrckhh20]

"I'm Bobby Fischer and I'm better than you at chess."

[az79642]

from king side

[az79642]

larry should move knigth

[RederusMusic]

23:36 if he did that with the knight it would be an exchange of two knights for the rook, because after Nf5, Qxe2, then Nd6+, Kd8, Nxe8, Kxe8.

[sumar36]

wonderfully

[ezwayout54]

how come he ddint take the pawn on h4 with his queen when bobby blocked his only defender at 13:30

[peteroroszori]

Fantastic commentary, thank you very much. :)

[mahanhen]

hahahaha im bobby fischer and im better than you at chess

[qu1et]

Thanks for the commentary, so that even a patzer like me can understand the play.

[ripley450]

fascinating, ty Facebook

[green0violets]

he shouldn't have resigned come on..

[tcaruso66]

black queen would take white knight so you are wrong and bobby was right

[jwheyer22]

@tcaruso66 ummm no... black queen would then be taken by white queen... dumbass

[maj27]

at 23:38 u said is a more stronger move putting knight rather than the rook, u know what it will be a bad move, cause the black queen can eat the open white knight right?? leaving Fischer "s King open !!

[batman2909]

"He literally destroyed everyone who got in his path."

>literally

[Qahoa]

Does any1 have a match for Bobby loses ?

[mukmin01]

@Qahoa in bobby's career he has lose only 3 times. but i aalso havent see any 1 of them..

[GeOlicar]

Excellent video!

[Gottagetdatpoontang]

at 18:24 seconds y not a discovered attack and move the knight to d5? it gains material

[dasfasdfkk]

@Gottagetdatpoontang don't waste Butlers time with question like these..

[motorhead1995able]

i love bobby!!!!!!

[AlanWattParrot]

i know this game pretty well

i smashed a much stronger player who played the KG on me and've beaten other varyingly stronger players who've used it on me at various times over the last 18 mnths or so online -i like to see myself as an expert vs. it but maybe that's a bit hubristic of me lol...i agree with Fischer in thinking it unsound -Morozevich describes it as "blundering a pawn in the opening" lol....great for blitz tho in the hands of a strong blitz player like kingscrusher

[apologeticjedi]

What was your thought process in saying that he should have moved the knight instead of lining up the Rooks and Queen. After Nf5 wouldn't it follow QxN(e2), Nd6?, Kb8, Nxe8?, QxN. A rook for two knights gives Evans back some play doesn't seize any moment. Actually it helps Evans get his king more to safety (slightly) as b8 is probably very slightly preferable to c8.

[leakycauldron1]

Great post as always. Always amazing how somebody manages to object to some misunderstood point in your videos. Come on people, Kevin is doing chess lovers an incredible service here free of charge, cut the keyboard-commando nitpicking!

[stickdude566]

when are you posting the next game?

[thechesswebsite]

@stickdude566 few weeks

[rafkepfaffke]

@thechesswebsite Hi, nice vid, very nice comment! I just love your website :-) Just one question about this vid: Why white @ 10:10 doesnt play Nxd5? Because after: ...cxd5 ; Qc8+, Qd8 ; Qxb7, Nd7 ; Qxd5 and white has 3 pawns + center instead of 1 knight... :-)

[xSiLeNtKiLax]

The queen was defended by the bishop.

[BastaBat666]

At 17:45 why didn't Fishers knight take on d5 and then he would have had an discovered attack with bishop c1 on the rook g5 plus he would have attacked the queen on e7. Why did he move his bishop up to e3?

[OnlineChessLessons]

Kevin, I have a suprise for you on this video :-)

[danielghofrani]

Hey Kevin, at 9:55 should white not play Knight to d5 attacking the black queen?

then if black plays c takes d5, then white can play Queen to c8+ and the only move for black Queen to d8, and now white can play Queen takes b7, threatening the rook. is that not good for black?

Thanks

[FaceManBDSC]

ok, i see it know ;) he would have taken with the f Pawn...

[FaceManBDSC]

at 18:05, why woulndt white play Ke6, trading it for a Rock??? Is there something i dont see, or did Bobby Fischer followed some kind of plan or strategy for which the knights are important?

[RGYOGI]

thanks enjoyed the video.

[Carlisle412]

I don't think that the king's gambit is flawed, I think Fischer was.

[MrAgrospas]

I like the way you say pawn

[Tompa1337]

At 8:31 b5 is decent for black. If white sacs the knight, then black can play d5, threatening the queen. When white exchanges on d5, black will get the knight versus the pawns, but will not lose a piece. This line is equal and both sides have good chances. Btw, if b5 is played by black, white's best choice is Qb3

[purplerevival]

at 9:55 why didn't the knight take on D5?

[bostonrules222]

@purplerevival probably for a good reason that you did not see.

[moviecritic6]

@purplerevival ... Why would he give up a knight for a pawn

[purplerevival]

@moviecritic6 After the pawn takes the knight, the queen takes, taking control of the centre and threatening queen takes on b7

[moviecritic6]

@purplerevival He's not threatening Qxb7, it's protected. There is no advantage to give up the knight for the pawn, especially in this high level game.

[purplerevival]

at 9:55 why didn't the knight take on D5?

[purplerevival]

at 9:55 why didn't the knight take on D5?

[TheMarineMagic486]

hey kevin, I had the finalchess tournament for our school, we went in with 6 guys while other team went in with 12 or 15 guys, and one team won 3rd at the nationals last year, but i came hear, learned, and showed my friends and we won second place. not only that but i won 5th and my friend josh won first.. thanx for everything...

[IPuGBTT]

Why didnt Larry capture the pawn on H4 after Fischer moved his knight at the 13:37 mark ?

[stdlib0042]

Hi Kevin.

Thanks for all your videos, love 'em, especially the "famous games".

But don't forget your non-native English speaker followers and try to not speak too fast like you did sometimes in this one.

Looking forward for your future videos!

[theunbeatenable]

feel free to correct me but i think booby stated that black should have an advatage after giving up the the gambit pawn. This game was different because black chooses to try to hold on to it.

[gorila987k]

this knight at the end of the game (23:35) is wrong , because black would take 2 knights for one rook. think about it, you are no better than Bobby F. ;)

[thechesswebsite]

@gorila987k it's actually not wrong, and i never said I was better than Bobby F. I clearly see that it's 2 knights for a rook, strictly from material not better but the advantage from white is MUCH greater after the rook goes to h7. PLEASE read the other comments asking about this. Nf5 is MUCH better even though Bobby Fischer did not play it. He was not perfect. I was simply pointing out an improvement.

[TheMalstead]

@thechesswebsite mate you owned this guy well done i would love to give you a game

[ManBearxPig]

@gorila987k raped

[konzum22]

at 9:42 Larry could play his pawn from d6 to d5, then bobby wold have to move queen and evenas could take pawn on e4 and then protect pawn on f4

[squirrelray34]

larry evens couldn't play the developing moves at 15.02 like,bishop to g7 because of Nxh5 and then the threat of Rxh5 Qxg4+ picking up the rook

[partypianoplayer]

Bobby wins 11 games out of 11 games, and still at the end he try's to win?

[ChristopherHasty]

Kevin, I am sorry, as I continued to watch you answered my question at 15:45. Thanks again for the great teaching you are doing.

[ChristopherHasty]

Kevin thanks for the videos, you have really inspired and helped me to understand chess. I had a question and it my be stupid but at 13:32, when Evans moved pawn to G4, forcing Fisher to move the knight to H2, why did Evans not take the hanging pawn on H4? Its unprotected, and would, at least in the short term pin the knight to the rook. What am I missing?

[bestalways12]

TheChessWebsite - don't you think if at 17:57 if bobby ficher played knight c6 the knight would be pinning both the rooks ?? EVEN IF black caotures the knight either with queen or pawn , he still had bishop attaking the rook on the g file ??

please reply.

[Tutterkop]

@ 23:50 minutes you say he should move the knight, but then the knight on E2 can be taken or am i missing something? and after the fork, it's 2 knights vs 1 rook. so that's losing the exchange

[wrestlingfool08]

@susanbasnet Because he has no pieces attacking the rook lol

[Nimzowitz]

so long..

[lewiszim]

At 15:02 I think your missing a tactic. Larry can't fianchetto his bishop with ...Bg7 because then Bobby can play 2. Nxh5 threatening the bishop and Bg5 which wins massive material either way.

[sunlion55]

NICE

[ez2b]

At 10:30 if white plays Qb3 he's threatening Nxg5 since the black queen is defending both b7 and g5. If black defends g5 then white can play something like h4 and continue putting pressure.

[KoReAnGaMeR1]

@susanbasnet He can't?

[Soulend1]

Great video as always Kevin. Thanks for making it.

[xHippieHunter]

at 21:54 wouldn't it have been a better move for larry to move his rook from g8 to g6 blocking the attack on the queen?

[enginekid88]

To the maker of the video: at 23:31 you suggest Fischer made a mistake by not moving his Knight to attack the queen, then get a fork on the rook and king. but that line was avoided because Evan's would simply move his queen capturing the hanging knight on E2. Then Evan's queen attacks the b2 pawn. Fischer wanted to win the game a piece up, not give the piece and a pawn back for an exchange up. that could have lead to a draw. you even say yourself why Bobby would want to maintain it 24:37

[MrWp97]

thanks for the video, i really enjoy just lay in my bed and watch some chess vids.

[DJDhananjayK]

At 3:45 bobby could move pawn to g3 to get out of the check

[thechesswebsite]

@DJDhananjayK true but then fxg3 and white is losing more material, king side is destroyed and can't retake without losing rook.

[andstrel11]

@DJDhananjayK dude think before you post stuff

[guitarfella581]

@DJDhananjayK pawn takes g3 a caps g3 queen caps rook

[Norskmorder]

yay another bobby fischer

[pistraurder]

the kings gambit is fine if it's amateurs playing, probably even expert and below, especially if it's 5 or 10 minute blitz. if your opponent has no idea what he is doing, and you know all the ins and outs of it, it's a good thing to play. today at higher levels of chess,standard time control games, with the advent of computers it is not very dangerous. your opponent will know exactly what to do and won't fall for any typical tricks, if this is the case and you don't blunder, equal middlegame

[Xplayer007]

I have a small suggestion. Could you post a move list in the description? That would be really helpful.

[swva7956]

I'm loving the BEAUTIFUL pawn structure on the queen side that's there the entire game

[Nola213]

Very nice. Thanks for doing some commentary/analysis on this game, I look forward to more Bobby Fisher games!

Also is there a release date set for that Graphic novel you spoke of? That definitely sounds interesting. I wonder who is doing the writing, and who's illustrating it.

[OwnTooMuch]

20:03 --> because there's not many squares for him to go to, he cant come to f5, erm, he'll die

LOL

[bigfriki]

Fischer is a german surname, isn't it?

[MrGatherfield]

In this game is like Fischer moved his pieces in such a way to avoid exchanges. Evans wanted to exchange and Fischer wanted to develop

[PhnixHAMsta]

Check it out! He thinks your favourite opening is flawed! How do you feel?

[thechesswebsite]

@PhnixHAMsta I'm definitely torn. He's one of my favorite players but he did hate on the KGA. I still think it's the most exciting opening and he knows it. He was just mad he lost to it :)

[PhnixHAMsta]

@thechesswebsite I agree. =) Very good opening if you know how to deal with it.

[Solonil]

thanks for the vid!

[Botchlae]

very weak comments...

[yazeed4]

i see Bobby as the definition of the aggressive Chess. n i don't like play this way

But i still enjoy his games and learn from it , i know u adore him Keven ..

[juicenburg]

Great video, Thanks for the website its been a great help!

I was wondering what your ELO rating was kevin?

And if you play in tournaments regularly

[awesomewin1337]

love the videos as always. Keep on going ;)

[noxure]

lol, that was a pretty lame blunder for a grandmaster-game.

Evans moved his rook three times, only to end up at the square he started for no good reason and doing so he blocked off his knight poorly defended knight.

R-g8 wasn't the correct way to defend. He probably should have moved his queen to d7 instead, so he could free his bishop and connect the rooks. Looks like a better idea to me.

Maybe he knew Qd7 was losing too and chose to play an even worse line without thinking it trough.

[thechesswebsite]

@noxure Great observation. He really should have spent more time developing his pieces so they were working together. They seemed to always be defending and never threatening.

[at1212b]

@noxure

I'm pretty playing against Fischer was probably more intimidating than he thought.

Plus, under the bright lights, the attention, it might have contributed to that.

[zethgb]

You are my favorite chess subscription on youtube.

[AlanWattParrot]

scrappy play from Evans -i relish playing KGA as black, either long or blitz and i'm now surprisingly affirmed in it by none other than the Fischer King in an article which i didn't know existed til Kevin mentioned it - gonna look it up, thx for the heads up K-star! - I've seen this game before and Bc4 always jarred on me --> unprincipled in more ways than one. Still, it's kind of fitting that Genius, which can bend the rules for fun / always finds exceptions, would play it knowing its flawed

[Aelfredus26]

Very entertaining game, like most Bobby Fischer matches.

[nr1771]

At 23:35, Nf5 loses the knight on e2. The knight can go to d6 and fork afterward, but white trades two knights for a rook. Fischer still would have been ahead, but not as much as he was before. Plus the black queen is threatening the pawn on b2. It wouldn't have been a good move in that situation.

[thechesswebsite]

@nr1771 I disagree. 32. Nf5 Qxe2 33. Nd6+ Kb8 34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rh7 (threatening the knight which is pinned) Rc8 36. Qg3 and white I feel has a better game than he would with Rf6. Now I will say that the move Fischer played probably allowed Larry Evans a quicker way to end the game and end the domination

[thechesswebsite]

@nr1771 32. Nf5 Qxe2 33. Nd6+ Kb8 34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rh7 (threatening the knight which is pinned) Rc8 (black now has two pieces tied down 36. Qg3 and white I feel has a better game than he would with Rf6. You are merely looking at material but I would much rather be down a pawn but completely neutralize two of my opponents pieces. I ran this through Fritz to see what it says and gives the advantage to Nf5. Again, Fischer's move was fine but I think Nf5 was an improvement.

[franchize44]

@thechesswebsite lol funy how his comment got 7 thumbs up while yours got 0. I think these people havent watched enough of your videos! I think that even at the top level once someone knows they're going to win, they don't always focus enough to make the most accurate move, just one that is surely winning. Rf6 keeps the huge advantage of course but its not the best move

[apologeticjedi]

@thechesswebsite Kd8 instead of 33.... Kb8 doesn't lead to the pin, and while the king is exposed to check there the queen and rook and knight can give some cover. But even with Kb8, the only thing you did was to exchange and clear up the board. It's not a bad idea, but why not wait and exchange for even material instead of rushing to exchange for bad material?

[ummmj]

@thechesswebsite whats ur rank?

[HylianGirl56]

Your voice compels me to watch :D

[noxure]

@HylianGirl56 I like the accent.

It reminds me of cowboys, astronauts and juicy grilled marinated steaks with bbq sauce.

[HylianGirl56]

@noxure Lol, ok. For me his voice is so sexy mhmmm

[GobBluth1]

wish i had 25 mins to spare tonight to watch this; cannot wait to watch this tomorrow.

[geollnyz]

lol the Knight Who Killed Kings, great title!

[vtzeh]

awesome video... thanks for another good bobby fischer video

[missfanning]

2nd! tks

[mac10688]

first

[mdnoorfairouz]

@mac10688 no,im first!

[mdnoorfairouz]

1st