Killegar Chess presents: Larry Evans Vs. Bobby Fischer, 1965

[sanauj15]

Couldn't have the king moved to E1 at 8:15?

[federico9261]

i understand 9 :26... why the queen doesn t atack the white tower??

[xyzkerry]

This analysis really shows what an incredible game it really was. I have looked at this game before but I hadn;t realised all that 'could' have happened - top marks!

[GekoPoiss]

@omazzoni He is probably foreign.Pawn and pond are pronounced smilarly.

[ummmj]

Beautiful game. Great review with detailed options throught the match. Great job.

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

Honestly, upon analysis it seems Larry Evans didn't play that well in this game.

[StrategyFiend]

Beautiful!

[CeleryMuffin]

excellent commentary! i would have missed so many things without your explanations.

[Zee96969696]

bobby fischer sais chess is all about memorization these days and he doesn't like chess anymore

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@Zee96969696 - At a Grandmaster level, there is some truth to that, but not for everyone else. Chess is still a great game and has many benefits for anyone who plays it, not to mention just having great fun. :)

[michaelhays92]

@Zee96969696 He's also dead

[takendergib]

@Zee96969696 bobby doesn't say anything, bobby's dead

[hartenskim]

great video, thanks!

[polgarfan]

The reason why Bobby and Larry Evans fell apart from each other was that Bobby wanted Larry to leave his wife and travel with him all over the world. Evans refused. He stated that in one of his books, but I don't remember which one, probably "This crazy world of Chess"

[breakdancer100]

whats wrong with 9:09, instead of c3 is rook to d8 followed by queen to e8

[falconmanracer]

This was a very good video. Thanks for all the analyzing you did!

[GlorifiedTruth]

Sean, this might be the best chess video I've seen on YouTube. Poor Larry (RIP) just seems to fall further behind each move, but without your commentary I would probably never see where. Keep it up!

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@GlorifiedTruth - For some unknown reason, Sean has not been on YouTube for 8 months. :( I feel this is a great loss to us all. Sean has a gift for chess analysis and instruction, very mush so. I don't think he really appreciates this fully, or recognizes it, or he wouldn't be gone form YouTube for so long. I feel Sean has the best chess channel on YouTube, by far and I know I am not alone in this view. What can we do to get Sean to come back with more chess video's?!

[GlorifiedTruth]

@JohnQuincyAdams1 - Well JQA, I know from personal experience that life events can take precedence over even a prolific YouTube career. I also hope Sean returns soon. Maybe when he sees these comments he'll be motivated to make a grand return...?

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@GlorifiedTruth - I agree, but 8 months is a bit. This channel could be making big bucks for Sean with an Google Adsense account. I don't get it.

[antonio8332]

nice video 

[Ronbo710]

More GREAT analysis. Many Thanks!!

[postmasterw00t]

at 09:57 you say the guy is trying to get counter play with the queen but you dont move the piece there and you say he diddnt fall for it, but how would he fall for it if the move wasnt even played????????? can you clear it up??

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

Sean, your chess video's are the best on YouTube, as many agree! I hope you are well, we all miss you very much! Maybe with the winter season coming on you will put up some more chess video's for the world to enjoy? :)

[56richardcory]

Thanks, Sean.  Take Care, Buddy.

[campguy]

nice video. Presentation was excellent and easy for me to understand. Pacing was perfect.

[adhdboy699]

So I'm guessing that repetitive check was not in play here?

[Sniperzodiac]

nice commentary m8 gj

[AUTubeN22]

i was never a seriouse chess player only reaching intermediate or may be higher but i find the moves almost play them selves from the mid to end games its remarkable how the pieces become structured & poised in their attacking and defending positions sometimes! one can hardly believe how they manage to get ones opponent in some realy bazzare sercomstances and produce such good battles! chess is the greatest game ever devised!

[ramzey189]

I just started playing chess a few weeks ago. It was the best decision I have made in years. I am only 22 so I hope I have some time to grow my strategy. Anyways thanks for posting this video. It is great to be able to see how some of the best played in their time. I appreciate it! Thanks again I think I'll go play a match.

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@ramzey189 - Hi :) Glad to hear you are picking chess up. It's a wonderful game, will improve your thinking and even help to ward off Alzheimer's disease, believe it or not! :) I've been told I'm fairly good at instructing, if you'd like some assistance in improving your game. Have you joined the United States Chess Federation yet?

[ramzey189]

@JohnQuincyAdams1

I have not joined yet. I need to do some research and figure out just what the group is and does. But if it is a group that loves to play for sport and learn and teach others then I am certainly all in.

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@ramzey189 - Go to ---> USChess.org This is the website for the United States Chess Federation and you can join there.Yes, it is a non-profit organization who's purpose is to promote chess. Every month USCF members have hundreds of chess tournaments at locales all across the country, some of them with very large cash prizes, as in thousands of dollars! As a USCF member, you can purchase chess books, chess sets, clocks, chess computer programs like Fritz, etc. I'll send you an e-mail with links

[hnksnw]

SG, fucking excellent chess vids, probably best on youtube.

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@hnksnw - I wholeheartedly agree! :)

[AlanCFA]

at 9:58 you say that white wants to move Q to e8, check and that he can't take her, it's stalemate. Why would it be stalemate? If the queen moves to e8, why can't Fischer take the queen with his king? Isn't that the situation in your analysis after Evans resigns, that Fischer would force an exchange of queens; i.e. that his king would take Evans' queen?

[LCXXXSR]

Did you guys hear about his "maybe" daughter being really good too?

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@LCXXXSR - Unfortunately for her, she's not his daughter. The DNA test came back negative. I feel sorry for her, as all her life she thought Bobby Fischer was her father, (as he did too), and now she doesn't even know who her father is. She must be devastated. :(

[sigiproductions]

The me2 goes to take 3 ZzZ cause this is really boring 4 me 2 that's a powerful play

[writofmandamus]

good lord never thought you can ever get so technical and have moves named after people in Chess like that

[pinkrudy]

hard to understand... too many proposed moves... just show the moves bobby actually did.

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@pinkrudy - He did show the moves Bobby made and more importantly, *why* he made those moves as opposed to other choices he could have made.

[bliink182]

Great video and commentary! you showed me so many moves i didnt even see, fantastic work

[maulcs]

You need to explain things a little slower, and with more clarity. You go off on tangents that aren't even explained as tangents.

[bierbuik]

Brillant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beachthedestroyer]

awesome. thanks for posting this.

[SorryImaChamp]

Your probably a good chess player but slow the moves down some next time

[silversword23000]

Well put together vid.

[PruePeyton2]

Ouestion: 9:49 sec for example, when Bobby wasn't checking whites king, why didn't Evans queen eat bobby's pond and check him? H7 moves I think? lol

[SeanGGodley]

He never has the chance! It is always check, or the black queen is protecting the pawn. Thanks!

Sean

[PruePeyton2]

@SeanGGodley Your right, never noticed the black queen protecting! :)

[LeLimeLine]

@PruePeyton2 Bobby's queen would have just taken it.

[charliebaird13]

brilliant

[sharps6]

Bobby was the master indeed, thanks for making this video! I heard Mr Fischer moved to Iceland near the end of his days, do you know if he ever played a game of chess with Björk?

[zkanksta1]

great video thanks

[henni1964]

Fischers technique is simply stunning, swapping one advantage for another all the time. It seems natural but it's hard to find. Sean, you give us an understanding of Fischers positional ideas in a highly accessible way. Many thanks !

[contado83ll]

how does bobby win easily at 7:49?

[SeanGGodley]

Because he has won, at least, white's queen for his rook; and white's resulting position is hopeless.

[jabrightlefthook]

@SeanGGodley how do you suggest a fair player with a rating of 1600 increase tactical strength like bobby and also middle game and end game if i already know my openings well

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@jabrightlefthook - The best, quickest and most effective way for anyone to improve their game is by going over/analyzing Grandmaster games. This teaches players why Grandmasters make the moves they do and eventually you'll start making expert moves to. Understanding. :) With Sean's Killegar Chess channel here, we obviously have a great player, (Sean), going over Grandmaster games for us, which is simply fantastic! So to better your game, subscribe to Killegar chess and watch the video's! :)

[milchkanne21]

@contado83ll because QxR and then QxQ with check and white loses afterwards his rock on b2!

[markmustb1]

well worth watching -ty

[Shoarmaboer20]

Its actually called the Byrne variation, i think.

[SeanGGodley]

Not according to Wikipedia! But thanks for the feedback.

Sean

[Shoarmaboer20]

Oh ok, my chessvision program gives Byrne variation but alright, ur welcome & nice videos you have there. Keep up the good work =D

[SeanGGodley]

Thank you and I will do!

Sean

[indyk91]

please could you do more Fischer games? I really enjoy them. i think his play is just amazing. I wished he played longer.

[Echeque5]

@indyk9 - Yes, I agree Sean! :) If you could analyze more Fischer games that would be really wonderful! :) Indyk91, yes I too wish Bobby had played longer. I feel cheated that he didn't share even more of his chess genius with all of us. Bobby's games are so wonderful, so outstanding, so superior than any other Grandmaster games, it is truly breathtaking! Going over Bobby's games and understanding his tactics is a wonderful method to improve one's game. :)

[Echeque5]

@Shoarmaboer20 - Sean, I'd really like to thank you for your wonderful and very eloquent analysis's of Bobby Fischer's games. You have done a wonderful job of explaining the tactic that Bobby used to create chess masterpieces that are absolutely stunning!Chess is a very complex game, so in order to try to simplify it a bit, I have restriced myself to using openings that only Bobby used. If Bobby gave an opening the Fischer seal of approval, it has to be a good opening! :) Keep up the great work!

[Shoarmaboer20]

I've done nothing really.

just commented. All the credit goes to Sean :D

[sirgator2099]

nice video man, I can't figure out why larry evans did not take fischer's rook when he had the chance. Could you give your ideas on this, I'm confused.

[SeanGGodley]

Hi - sure thing, can you tell me the time of the position you mean? I tried to find it myself but couldn't(!?)

All the best,

Sean

[CaptainCologne]

I very much enjoyed your commentary and appreciate your thorough preparation for this video. Great job!

[SeanGGodley]

Hi CC, thanks very much! More games coming soon!

Sean

[halette20001]

I appreciate the time you take to make these videos. If you can, please post the PGN of these games in the information section, like KingsCrusher does.

Thanks again.

[isayoldchap1]

Lovely series, Sean. Fischer had the quality of making it look easy. Some say simple, but I say deceptively simple. Just like Karpov, the style is inimitable, or we'd all be world champions. It's a special player indeed that can make a grandmaster opponent seem like a rank amateur. Kasparov said, "Don't let your opponent show you what he is cable of doing!". Fischer was a master of this philosophy. Looking forward to the series on K. Thanks!!

[SeanGGodley]

Thanks. Yes, I know exactly what you mean with Fischer making it look easy and you're totally right in tht he makes it look simple, but the whole point is again what you went on to say that if everyone could do it we'd all be world champions, and the issue is that we cannot, so it cannot be that simple and on the contrary it takes a great mind to play so well. I loved the Kasparov quote and it's a great idea to keep in mind whilst playing. Glad you're enjoying the videos, more coming soon! Sean

[BlindLemonJaffaCake]

Nice one Sean. That entire series was excellent from start to finish. The most impressive analysis I've ever seen (alongside Majnu - who is also excellent) I was wondering could you at some stage show a series of the most sparkling games through the years - such as the immortal game, the evergreen game, and the like? it's always great to see these types of games, but a series of them would be very cool. Thanks for all your time and effort from all the chess fans around the world. All the best.

[SeanGGodley]

Thanks very much. It's a great idea to do a series on those games and I may well do it at some point in the future. I'll keep you posted! More videos coming soon, very glad you are enjoying them! Thanks again.

Sean

[xclosertotheheartx]

wow. great series on bobby, one of the greatest, if not "THE". any other suggestion for series. (possible series: kasparov, anand, petrosian?) great work sean. i really enjoyed it!

[SeanGGodley]

Glad you enjoyed the seires so much, thank you. The next series I'm planning will start tonight and it is on ... Kasparov! Get the popcorn out! =0)

Sean

[lakermangmx]

nice !

[Aartsaap]

very nice thanks 4 the series!!!

[dan112358]

Mate you are on fire Sean, top effort!

[chesstino]

good series sean.. excellent analyses.. i will be goin thru the series again, hope to see more vids from you.. thanks!

[buffguy86]

never seen him play the nimzo he is quite good at it

[SeanGGodley]

Lol ... "quite good" you should quit your day job and become a stand up! =0)

[dino2034]

Thanks for the analysis.

ehmmmm......

Could u do some more Kasparov though? I think I really enjoy his games the most.

[SeanGGodley]

I am about to start a series on Kasparov, stay tuned! =0)

[elbay2]

Very nice! It's been 10 games? I'll have to go back and check out the first few!

Cheers!