Spassky vs Fischer 1972 Game 3 - Modern Benoni Defence

[AXEL77ism]

in this game he demonstrates unparalleled genius who was fischer losing two to zero playing with black pieces defeat Spassky easily

[AndyMH182]

This strikes me as one of my favorite games ever.

[TEDOVSKY]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. Against 1.d4 and 1. c4 i always play the king's indian, grunfeld, or benoni set-ups and happily i often create a mixture of all 3 systems. I think the benoni is great in 3-minute blitz games, but in 1-HOUR games i don't do so well and just manage to get around 20% of wins, 20% draws and 60% losses against my opponent fritz. I URGE EVERYONE to only play STRONG COMPUTERS as they teach you in-between moves and punish the slightest inaccuracies.That way you LEARN!

[FassinTaak]

Awesome



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[rab631]

What a game!!!!!!!!!!!

[Laseptiemewilaya]

black knight G5 was an genius move....or totally crazy and yet genius.

[hackerkillea]

@Laseptiemewilaya often there isnt much of a diffrence between gennius and crazy ;)

[willsmackyoudown]

@Bl4ckR0ck

Fischer is the greatest chess player of all time. Every other world champion does something other than play chess. You people dont realize, this game was his obsession. Kasparov is married etc. All the little things that distract you from playing the game, fischer ignored. He was the michael jordan of chess and he would beat anyone ever. You cant stop a man like that. Fritz at times hasnt even picked up on a fischers moves. FRITZ. And I have to say Paul Morphy was the best talent.

[suvaline02]

@willsmackyoudown then again fischer joined a religion, I think marriage beats that

[GarrBear314]

very efficient. a few dynamic moves to gain just enough of an edge and maintain it throughout. textbook stuff.

[dmed312]

Its very hard to find videos on your channel. I've spend the last 15 min trying to find Game 1 of the 1972 match, and there is no organization to your site so that I can find it. 

[DontBendOverForAllah]

@dmed312 just type the 2 words - fischer spasky - into his search box. If you want to make it more permanent put the resulting games into a play list - hope that helps.

[oryxfreeride]

@dmed312 did you look for game 2 as well? :)

[56richardcory]

Fischer was 2 points down in a 21 game match. He needed a win. He had never beaten Spassky before. He was playing Black. All of my friends and I thought the match was over. When Fischer won, we thought he was a god. I remember that day like it was yesterday.

[vijaysuri]

people are so fickle....

if spassky had won the game(maybe even due to some mistake in the middle game)they would have said fischers opening was dumb....

now that hes won they say his opening was a genius....

fischer was great anyway but my agony is towards the bias of people....

[james1x1x1x1]

you didn't mention this was played in the back room away from all the cameras

[ArseneLupin2009]

good interpretation and interesting game

thanks

[paradoxicus]

La defensa Indo-Benoni fue una de las preferidas de Fischer.

[HomelessTwit]

why was Nb5 never played to attack the d6 pawn?

[Henrique676]

i always find it funny when someone accuses a gm chess player of being sloppy...

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

Not compared to me; compared to Fischer's own peak play.

To believe that they play at the same level every match is ludicrous, at best.

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

What's more important...winning Chess tourneys...or winning the cold war?

[Destroyer666AU]

that is strange to think about... lol

[dylancaprotti]

They are one in the same

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

+1 IQ to the fractal, cold warrior!

[Henrique676]

who won the cold war really?

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

China

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

...maybe we should all learn to play Go?

[Henrique676]

Ah yes thats right, they used their dragons and magical tigers, i remember now

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

They stepped back and let the USSR and USA beat each other up while they positioned themselves to be an economic superpower. Bright fellows, they.

[Henrique676]

USSR and USA didnt beat each other up... the countries they used, on the other hand, werent so lucky... but that isnt something to discuss in this video...

[liebelicht]

indeed

[RebelRay]

Fischer won because he made great chess moves. It was his great chess that made Spassky lose his nerves.

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

I humbly disagree. Certainly true of later matches in this series, but this was the first game in the "other room" right after Fischer whined about the cameras until they caved right?

I think both players were a little sloppy in this round...

[RebelRay]

I wasn't talking only about this game, but the match in general.

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

I agree. Spassky was spooked (ironic no?).

[Psychorap23]

see at 7:13 --> spassky could catch fischers bishop if i move his queen to G-5 and then to F-5

[dougweight39]

Bg6

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

Yeah, it's a nice check/fork...Fischer left himself open by keeping Spaasky in check instead of snagging the D5 pawn or pushing into G2 to wreck shop and snag the A2 pawn. I think he just felt too far down in material and was lazy, but Spaasky was lazi-ER. :)

[pianomikey0]

View Bl4ckR0ck's profile if you're interested in his agenda. He knows nothing of chess, only his pet "marxist-leninism"

[tcslick420]

The Benoni isn't very strong. I think Fischer new this, and he hoped on just generating complications. Had Spassky played a little stronger (not Qc2 early on as well) he would have exploited the Benoni weaknesses easily. I'm sure no one has played it the way Fischer has since this game. It's very Tal-ish, and most of Tal's moves were refuted after he won those games.

[XXXshukuchiXXX]

i like the analysis

[AWS12345678910]

Capitalism might not teach chess like it coaches foot-ball, but it produces ample supplies of toasters, microwaves, air-conditioning systems, and our spaceships weren't tin tans on a powder-keg :P

[krakatoahhh007]

Perhaps Bl4ckROck can also explain?

Fischer vs. Taimanov 6-0

Fischer vs. Larsen 6-0

...and then murdering the very strong Petrosian to face Spassky. All just dumb luck 'eh?

[krakatoahhh007]

It was common knowledge in the chess world and also the concensus among most soviet grandmasters at the time that Fischer would have beaten karpov with relative ease. Who is living in the dream world??

[lovetowatchvids]

you should complete the fischer vs spassky 1972 games, have a collection

[breaulenny]

Please show us some Fisher Bent LArsen games

[DamnControl2]

Please show us the game of all Fischer - Spassky Games. that would be pretty

[petercsada]

Karpov in his prime vs Fisher in his prime, My money is on Karpov.

[56richardcory]

I remember following the match every day ... Most everyone said it was hopeless for Fisher by Game 3. He was down by 2 points, he lost Game 1 from a stupid blunder, chickened out of Game 2, and Fisher had never beaten Spassky as this level before. This was the crucial game ... Today's heroes would have blamed a dead mom and checked into rehab. He showed up, played brilliantly, and won the match. He is the best ... the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be.

[petercsada]

The game 1 blunder theory is not correct.

Fisher "threw" that game to the Soviets, or to Spassky, so to speak, to apologize for his "antiques". It was his way of saying "sorry"...Trust me, Fisher never blundered.

The second theory suggests the move was a corrrectly calculated step to carry the game into complications.

[56richardcory]

Interesting theories ... but totally out of character. Fisher always played for a win, and was widely known and well respected for abhoring grandmaster draws. But he would never throw a game nor would he push for a win if there was a high probability of a loss. The consensus of opinion then and now is that he miscalculated the complications and the chances they gave him to win. But after such a questionable move, what an ego-smasher a win would have been ... what balls!

[erlico82]

its amazing the way they see all this deep lines ... the Nh5 move is what separates the grandmasters from the rest of us amateurs

[hmsrenown]

The Nh5 is probably also what separates Fischer from most Grandmasters

[gwynedd1]

These are very entertaining indeed. I just got back into chess after a layoff. Well done.

[gologram]

You are a true Kingcrusher.Thank You

[hebrerocasasayas]

thanks for the video!!

[clees3161]

Excellent video! I look forward to these videos everyday now and I hope you continue to do them. Really cool!

[macnolds]

Nh5!? outstanding move.

fischer was on the verge of forfeiting

the match due to russian paranoia before

this brilliant game.

[jrobichess]

Great video and great game!