Letsplaychess.com: Fischer's smile! - Sicilian Defence with Bc4

[kikook222]

This is the perfect example on the power of discovered chrcks.

[RollinLikeABetch]

after looking at the board for a few minutes, i spotted the queen move, and it made me smile too

[kingscrusher]

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[jeffsauceda]

Beautiful q.q

[AirBoyPlummets]

you forgot to have a look in ovary and summerview

[1PawnStar]

@stillelunch then RxF8 is mate. Nice idea tho!

[reachall]

Mr. Gavriel, I thank you very much, for these and all your videos. Aloha from Hawaii

[fiendin281]

fischer! such an intriguing man.

[leandroearth]

Unbelieveble

Fischer has lot of tactics and moves... His it seems he has 64 pieces and the opponent, none.

great video for a great game

[CommunityCam]

@TomDavid88 Oh, and for the record, you ARE a "net Nazi". You think Jews should be exterminated, and you say it on the internet... so therefore, a net Nazi. Also, why did you write your name on THIS video, where you wrote nothing provocative? Nobody cares who you are, you aren't that special. There are plenty of Nazis in the world, I mainly asked because it sounds like you feel you have some sort of self entitlement; like you have arrogance BECAUSE you hate Jews. Sounds strange to me...

[TomDavid88]

@CommunityCam You are replying to me now because I'm developing a "brand name" on the internet, right? So, I'll keep signing my name.

Tom David

Minneapolis

[CommunityCam]

Actually, to be honest I don't see this as a genius move. It really seemed like a blunder on the other guys part, because I'm rated at only about 1500 and I was able to see this almost immediately.

[majorsromo]

Awesome vid CK! From a Quebecer, You Daah Best!

[majorsromo]

Awesome vid CK!

[Sherigami]

closed caption at 8:03

[Nilgard]

The establishment never had tolerance for a brilliant mind like Fischers, so they did things to him that seemed cruel but sometimes rational to us. but simply incomprehensible and as betrayals to Fischer. For instance, I wish FIDE had listened to him when he wanted to change the rules, who better to do so then one who holds the equivalent of 100 Ph.ds in Chess and is the best of all time? Instead of doing as the KING wished, humanity missed countless invaluable and irreplaceable games!

[Delajoyason]

at 9:29 couldn't the queen just take the bishop and still be in the game?

[xEric1993]

@Delajoyason the pawn just takes the queen and black is losing badly.

[Delajoyason]

@xEric1993 except then blacks rook can just capture on f1 and that would be mate...

[xEric1993]

@Delajoyason well obviously there would be the intermediate move rook takes f8 with check.

then king takes f8, then pawn takes queen.

[asskickerfoo]

That looks like a happy smile :-)

[naker115]

oh this is blitz now i understand

[Ericbwoo]

@naker115 not blitz... this was US Championship

[walterfrances]

at 10:21 because he did not capture the Queen in c1 by check and played Queen h4?

[jordanmactas]

@walterfrances Rf1+ (discovery from bishop) wins back the queen and black would just be losing a rook.

[alexleyva22]

after thinking of all the possibilities of queen taking bishop still white will have a better ending game with a passing pawn on the A file. very nice move indeed!

[fresniak]

how about black queen taking the bishop

[SwedenUKGreece]

@fresniak Hi there. If the black Quenn takes that bishop then there is going to be an ending with White having a big advantage anyway with the Rook and the A pawn against black having the Knight

[mraxeguy]

Beautiful finish!

[AlexML909]

??? so confused, why at 10:19 does Sherwin not take Fischer's queen with his own? Wouldn't that be checkmate in 2?

[AlexML909]

@AlexML909 oh nevermind, discover check. haha

[alexleyva22]

@AlexML909 no because after the root moves to f1 there will be a discover check and then the queen will fall. there will be no check make in that variation.

[emi1534]

absolute genius.

[TheEhodge]

What happens if Black plays Kxf8 after white plays Rxf8++?

[sutomaraj]

after the discovered check black could have taken the bishop with the queen and only be down the exchange

[xDamianx0]

@LuisMollmann qF1 check rook A8 mate in 2

[samwiz007]

@SwedenUKGreece if rook take f7 its check mate in 2

there is nothing black can do, Ra8 these are one the best players is history they dont make silly mistakes lol

[javyi18]

@SwedenUKGreece if Qxd5, then Rxf8, Kxf8, Qf1+, Qf7 (the qween has to move because it was attacked, Ra8+, Ke7, Ra7+ winning the qween

[canadiandude1919]

i rarely see a queenside castle for white using this 6.Bc4...

i was wondering why this is the case and the idea of Be3 isnt good in combonation with this opening

[krisDag17]

After the critical move 1. Qf1, from white. Black can save the game with 1... Rxf1 2.Rxf1+ Qxd5. Well, 3. Rxf8+ Kxf8 4.exd5 and white is up the exchange. Still losing for black, but still better than the game.

[chuckyskeys]

Why are you speaking of Grand Masters and Knights and Pawns?Are you a Traveling man/traveler'''''''beyond 33 degrees

[legendarywhiterabbit]

I agree with MariusByrd as to the opening =D and the video was excellent as well.

[LeafInTheStream]

2500 in *modern* terms? It seems to me that Fischer, winning the US Championship ahead of Reshevsky, would have been at least 2650 in modern terms. Keep in mind that 2700 is only good enough to be ranked about 35th in the world nowadays.

[xDamianx0]

@LeafInTheStream he said what his rating was not what it would be in comparison to today obviously the 2 greatest of all time have the 2 highest ratings of all time Fisher & Kasparov

[MariusByrd]

Nice Introduction Sir. :D

[seafood555]

Because after Kxf8 ...

34.Qc8+Ke7

35.Ra7+Kf6

36.Qf5# 1-0

[memokk]

fischer epic chess god

[blah1988]

great video, KC, but you didn't cover the possibility of 31. Qf1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1+ Qxd5 and then white can't simply capture the queen with 33. exd5? because of Rxf1#. so white plays 33 Rxf8, leaving black with only one legal move: Kxf8.THEN white can play exd5, but due to the queen sack of Qf1 earlier on, the game isn't nearly as disastrous for black as it was with the continuation you showed. although white does have a Rook vs. a Knight and has the passed pawn on the A file.

[lakermangmx]

great video

[huseen135]

wait this game is blitz?! how many minutes for blitz

[vathaj]

my rating in yahoo is 1400.... i wanted to know if someone like fishcher or kasparov rating?? how much??

[llstevej]

kasparov's highest rating was 2851 and no one has ever beaten that

[packmaster02]

Fischer's peak rating, according to Chessmetrics is 2895. His one-year peak average is 2881. His three-year peak was 2687, just behind Garry Kasparov.

[norb1937]

Fisher and Kasparov have lifetime ratings of 2785.

[bendkafka]

Qf1!! Great move. Thanks for posting the game.

[magus1324]

i read the end of this game in one of the books by bobby fischer, now I know how the game led up to this point, great video!!

[onewordafteranother]

queen takes the bishop staves off mate in the end game but white plays rook takes f8 check and picks up the black queen next move

[loikasser]

at 2:09 cant white play Qe1?

[BJ1008]

I would just move the pawn to D5 so the bishop protects the pawn and the pawn protects the knight

[Lbezhanishvili]

Remeros - if rxf1+ by Sherwin, then rxf1+ by fisher, and if queen takes bishop on d5, Fischer plays rxf8+, followed by kxf8 recapturing, and pawn x d5, recapturing the queen. result is that Fischer has rook, and Sherwin has knight in the endgame, but Fischer has the good passing pawn on A2.

[krisDag17]

after Nxc6. Why not bx2? If fischer takes the queen with the knight. Black takes the rook with a pawn queening. And black is up in material. Am I missing something here?

[cLiPz0r]

White can keep up an advantage by playing Nxd8 bxa1Q Nxf7! Kxf7 Bd4 Qxd4+ Qxd4. And white has a nice position with queen versus bishop + rook.

[remeros]

After qf1 (and reaching the demo board position), why couldnt Sherwin play rxf1+? Because after rxf1+ then Sherwin wouldve had qxd5. I think that either Fischer would loose material or his backrow would be exploited.

[kingscrusher]

Thinking about this variation this morning, and I did manage to find (without engine help!) an improvement to the immediate Bd4 - namely Nxf7!

Checking with an engine now, here are the two key alternative lines with Nxf7 being better than Bd4 - because nxf7 still prevents Qe5, so the queen is stuck for one more move on a1 :

r2Nk2r/3bbppp/p2ppn2/8/4P3/1B2­BP2/P5PP/qN1Q1RK1 w kq - 0 1

1. +/- (0.84): 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Bd4 Qxd4+ 17.Qxd4 Rhc8 18.Nc3 Rab8 19.Qd3 Rb7 20.g4 Rbc7 21.Rc1

[Fupper16]

Hello Kingcrusher! I'm a big fan. I just had a question. At 8:55, Instead of playing Qf1, why not exert the discovered check immediately with Rf2+! This seems to lead to mate quickly. Please explain. Thank you so much!

[lostthefight]

Fupper, Rf2+ won't work b/c it doesn't address the check given on c1. Rf1+ addresses this, but very inadequately.

[Fupper16]

thank you! i see i am stupid

[darkteknical]

That was an awsome game and an awsome video.

[dobtoronto]

Mr Gavriel thank you very very much for analysing this game. I'm grateful for all your videos.

Dob

[TomLakovic]

yeah i meant Bd4 (wasn't looking at a board when i wrote my note :)

[IEatNubs6]

wow

[TomLakovic]

worth mentioning that after nxc6 (3:52) that cxb fails to NxQd8, bxRa1=Q, does not win the ex. as white has Be5! winning the new Q although black would seem to then have a R+B+P for it.

[Biscuitneilston]

All through the video I was waiting for sherwin to play Kh8 at some point, it may have been a good prophylactic move getting off the white bishop's diagonal

[trixapete]

ha great idea for a video.

what about knight f2 check after qf1 does that help black?

[dobtoronto]

Rxf2 with discovered check and black has the same problems ... I think

[pussuw]

wow, I cant express how amazed I was about that Qf1, that was pure brilliance. Btw, did rybka find that move ? I havent had the chance to analyze this game.

[erlico82]

can't get enough of Fischer's brilliance

[Newbeeses]

wow impossible

[aspark7]

fischer turned chess into an art.

To see such a tactic with all of black's pieces at the brink of victory. very nice.

[Nimzomyth68]

Fischer's tactical vision, even at an early age, never ceases to amaze me. He had a lot to smile about after that game, and it shows his genuine love for Chess. I've met Sherwin by the way, I may of mentioned, at a Midlands congress. Still a good player.

[bicyclethief]

Young Fischer's smile seems so unguarded. So different from the person he later became.

[Mossflower1994]

so funny intro