Killegar Chess presents: Paul Keres Vs. Bobby Fischer, 1959 - part four

[semasiologistics]

What I find interesting is the sacrafice Keres made, and how much analysis must have gone in to that decision. He must have had so much time and emotion wrapped up in that decision. From the middle game he really made a lot of quick progress and pretty well isolated black's queen. I think the biggest mistake of white was the assumption that black would not sacrafice his rook but would move it. A very courageous game by white.

[plan9area51]

Thank you very much for the posting. I enjoyed listening to your commentary as it was very thoughtful and contained much helpful background information. My only other comment is that being a novice, some of the end game developement went too fast to really follow. I had to watch the last segment 3 times to follow it. But, I guess that is normal. Thank you !

[plan9area51]

Thank you very much for the posting. I enjoyed listening to your commentary as it was very thoughtful and contained much helpful background information. My only other comment is that being a novice, some of the end game developement went too fast to really follow. I had to watch the last segment 3 times to follow it. But, I guess that is normal. Thank you !

[YtubeUserr]

Liked it! But do i have to press 4 likes??

[tubertomp]

and thus it is shown: "a queen is still a queen"

[SyracuseLax09]

wow

[pwnb0t]

Amazing game bobby fischer is my all time favorite player!

[kamikaze111222]

a good win for fischer, but i was cheering for Keres, because i'm estonian:D. Thanks Sean

[nagoya4]

amazing game. good luck in using the najdorf urself it's a sick opening

[TheDoubleEscape]

that gesture at the end was beautiful

[OceanderTethyseus]

Thanks for not posting a bunch of disorganized rubbish about internal and external qualities.

[hagonamatata]

What does it mean for a player to seal his move?

[ckuttruff]

I believe when a match goes long and there is an adjournment (temporary break from play), the player whose turn it is must take down their move and give it to the tournament director. This I guess was to discourage that person studying the position further before deciding on the next move during the break.

But there have been controversies surrounding adjournments so I'm not sure if it still works this way. Sean probably knows the current rules though.

[hagonamatata]

Thanks a lot. But this confuses me, I mean is the system designed to discourage one player in favor of the other? That doesn't sound fair lol.

Btw great game and analysis as always.

[OceanderTethyseus]

They need to pause the game for a period of time, and then resume it later.

However, if they were to simply pause the game at some point in the middle, then whoever played the last move is at a disadvantage, because his opponent will have all night to work on the response.

That make sense so far, right?

[OceanderTethyseus]

So, in order to make it less unfair to the person who plays the last move before the pause, the last move that is played before the pause is not played on the board, but instead is written down in secret and given to the director (in other words, the move is "sealed").

When the game resumes, then the sealed move is played on the board.

That way, opponent of the the person who plays the last move before the break has a more difficult time coming up with a response when the game resumes.

[hagonamatata]

That makes perfect sense now, I appreciate the response.

[SeanGGodley]

Yes these guys have explained the situation well - I will take the question as answered! All the best,

Sean

[jonathanbirchley]

Thanks Sean, for this great game and analysis! A tremendous display by Fischer, even with hindsight of what he went on to achieve, I'm in awe. His h5 was a huge move, I'm not surprised he said it was hard to find OTB.

My favorite so far, but my passion for the Najdorf perhaps means I am biassed.

BTW I like to think Keres last move was a gesture

[ckuttruff]

Sean, another awesome video. Great match and, as always, stellar commentary.

Thanks again for the time you put into these; not only do I gain a lot from watching, but your analysis and coverage of different topics has inspired me to read up on things I wouldn't have been exposed to at this point.

Keep up the great work.

[SeanGGodley]

That's brilliant man, very glad to hear it! All the best,

Sean

[trixapete]

brilliant explanation, what a player i had no idea he was this good at such a young age!

[buffguy86]

your analysis of these games are second to none, its amazing to see the intricacies of each move and their influence on the entire game which is oblivious to the naked eye

[SeanGGodley]

Cheers buffy! More coming soon.

Sean

[60tat]

a difficult endgame immaculately played and excellantly explained,well done again sean

[TzuDevil]

Fantastic video! Well put together and very entertaining, hard to believe it was over 30 min long.... went by very fast!!

Cheers!

[ImposingSumo]

My god what a game. Obviously, the prepared queen sac was refuted, but the attack was savage, I woud be intrigued to know if there are many winning games for white in this line. The odd looking ...h5 wouls pass many players by. SGG - An absolute joy old chum, outstanding vid.

[SeanGGodley]

Hey Sumo, thanks buddy, glad you enjoyed it! There were quite a few games played in the Keres line, none other than Mikhail Tal won a brilliant game with white against Alexander Koblents in 1961. If you check on chssgames then a dot then a com you can see it yourself. I have recommended it to the site for Game of the Day; it's vintage Tal material. Enjoy!

[roaddog481]

Great game! Bobby Fischer at just 16 years of age was better than most.

[badamhell]

glad i didnt miss that ending :)

[badamhell]

i really wanted tos ee the ending damn it :(

[nOPeaxe]

Its working now

[badamhell]

tq :P

[nOPeaxe]

:S :S

[badamhell]

its not working :|QQ