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

[lebarosky]

Keres might be one of the strongest attacking players ever.

[KBoogs719]

Great idea by Keres, I like his play in this game losing or not. Its fun to watch.

[semasiologistics]

I disagree with the psychological element and would argue that it was actually just as much on Fishcher's side as it was his opponent's side. If you are playing someone who is considered a prodigy, that tends to have a weighty effect on how you identify with yourself, it would seem.

[cekinxxx]

slovenija, i am slovenian :>

[damthatriver09]

Too much talk. Kind of annoying

[teogialigous]

sean you are incredible!!!

[xox0808]

At 9.10, when black is playing d5, why not fxe7 instead of Bxd5?

[SeanGGodley]

Yes it looks good - my feeling is that black would be solid after that and white wants open lines to the black king. Btw: did you used to play on Chesspark? My username there was Destrudo.

[hthought]

@xox0808 I think Bxd5 is a much stronger move, eyeing to open the king file. Capturing Bishop on d5 would be very weak for black, because Re1 is just devastating. if black does not capture, which is the correct way to play, they will also lose the bishop or rook. And then there is also knight to d5, which is way too strong after rook is moved to the open or semi open file. I think Bxd5 is a strong gm move.

[oberon1020]

I am new to your videos and i find that i really enjoy your annotations and analysis. Please keep up the good work and happy new year!

[dropkicktype]

Thanks for your commentary on the Najdorf. :D

I am curious to see how your opponents will be playing against you now that you've taken up the Sicilian as black. If you have any oddball games against the Wing Gambit or the Grand Prix attack, I'd be curious to see them.

Thank you.

[mavaddat]

Great game choice, Sean!

As for Fritz's opinion on this opening, I have found that even the strongest engines need a lot of time (hours) to see the "proper" continuation in an opening where many possible variations exist. For this reason, I'd be strongly inclined to side with a grandmaster's prepared line (though not necessarily a variation decided over the board).

[leodarkk]

Thank you!

[nOPeaxe]

More bobby fischer games, yay :D