Letsplaychess.com presents Fischer vs Tal - Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation

[johnmilo117]

7:20 - why trade a rook for a knight?

[mdnoorfairouz]

@johnmilo117 its like a decoy,to release pressure from the king side coz knight and bishop were aiming for the g2 square

[johnmilo117]

@mdnoorfairouz True, but all he had to do to protect the pawn at G2 was to move forward one, save him trading a rook for a knight. Unless his move was better.

[hthought]

@johnmilo117 that move would be an instant loss. What follows is Nh3+, KF1 only move, and f4! ripping the g3 pawn and preparing rook and queen to come to the almost open g file. It would be a totally losing move.

[hthought]

@hthought and if you make a deeper calculation and go down some moves, you will see that the queen will have to move to d2 after f4, which is the only square to keep it in game really, allowing also tactics to the black queen on the white knight on c5, which is not protected now. White will either lose the queen after Rf2+ forking the king and queen or get mated if queen goes to c1, where it' totally passive. The loss would be some moves away.

[kingscrusher]

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[janweltevreden]

Amazing that just before his death and looking very ill he sneaked out of hospital and gate-crashed a blitz gathering with kasparov crushing everybody as usual. Security at the door entrance stepped aside.(They tend to do that for ex-world champions!) Tal then asked gary for a game. Gary obliged and then tal produced an amazing sequence of moves in a mega sharp sicilian and beat him!! See this amazing short game AND the video of this incredible game here on youtube.

[RedneckkRudy]

I've lost several games like Fischer did here, only at several levels of skiller lower. Tal brilliantly wears his opponent down and goes for the kill when he smells blood. Thanks for the commentary, great stuff.

[Gleefan39]

I like how Tal wasted no time!

[TomDavid88]

@eeeeeriickkkkk Ya, well, he was still a kid at the time. He got WAY better.

Tom David

Minneapolis

[IdiosyncraticChild]

@5.16, why didn't Fischer just move his pawn on the g file to chase away the knight? Great commentary by the way. Thank you.

[echever7]

@IdiosyncraticChild  Instead of Re2? May be it goes Kh3+ King goes f1 and then f4 with crushing attack

[rpdigital17]

4:23 Why white played g7 !? Why not gxe7+ ??

[HoTN1755]

loool simpsons theme in the back xD

[thespacialone]

One of those situations where white can get 3 pieces for the queen early & a good game with 11. e5. Then if 11...Bb7 12. exf6 Bxf3 13. fxe7 Qxe7 14. Rxf3.

An exciting continuation wld be: 14... Nd7 15. a3 Nd5 16. Ba2 Qb7 17. f5 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. fxe6! Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qe5 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Rd5! Qe7 24. Bg5 Nf6 25. Rdf5 Qa7+ 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Rxf6 Qxb2 28. Bd4 Qc1 29. Rf1 Qd2 30. Rxd6 Qxc2 31. Bd5 Rac8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Be4 Qb3 34. Rh6 Rxf7 35. Rb1 Qxb1 36. Bxb1 Re8 37. h3 Rd7 38. Rh4 1-0

[allensugar]

who is your analytical assistant?

[robmct22]

@allensugar He has a special Russian lady grand mistress help him with high-level analysis

[zavertushkin]

gg

[duffmasterofpuppets]

At 4:24, why doesn't Fischer play gxf (en passant)?

[seikster]

The only person who doesnt like this video is Fischer himself

[KnightedMagi]

Wow! This isn't just some "NM" this is Fischer getting beat so bad

[NoPrivacyANYMORE10]

@KnightedMagi yeah but he was only a youngster and the great Tal was at the top of his game

[ultranoob802]

fischer played towlee omg!!! he was all like wanna go get high?

[ggaeta91]

at 4:28, why doesn't fisher take the h7 pawn with check, capturing another pawn and further exposing the black king?

[4108194]

@ggaeta91 then fischer couldn't checked the king with its queen because of the knight on f4

[Aegwyenn]

@4108194 That doesn't matter, Fischer would be a pawn up, which can't be bad and the position of Tal's king would be simply very unreliable.

[Aegwyenn]

@Aegwyenn Sorry, now I looked at the position again and realized, that he'd loose his knight.

[4108194]

@Aegwyenn np

[tufosanta]

omg tal is pure magic!

[Dumbassz11]

Tal is from LATVIA!

He`s the best.

I`m from Latvia too. :D

[xplayer0x]

actually nvm but thats not the best way

[xplayer0x]

ii meant h5 oops

[xplayer0x]

angel thats not the most effecient move their r defences like qg4

[UnholyMasterOfMetal]

Tal's games are art.

[Angel1405]

Why after 1.Bd1 black doesn't play 1. ... Rd8 and white can do nothing to prevent 2. ... Rxd1 3. Rxd1 Qh6+ 4. Qh5 Qxh5 #

[Breakitdance]

It was a quite fantastic game.

[thefellowww]

Why aren't any of Josh Waitzkin's games on here?

[Musikfinder007]

@SponglnPyjama : Becose : Qe5Qe5; Re5 or Qe5Qg7; Qg7Kg7 and white takes the impotant e pawn And the e"Highway" and gets strong Counterplay!

[SpongeInPyjama]

at 4:57 why not ...Nxg2?

[shyyte]

someone farted at 1:15

[geekorthodox9]

KC, i see this video is a few years old now. Have you run some of these games through the newer Rybka software and clarified any analytical questions you may have had in the past?

Always appreciating your videos.

[krruger79]

Tal was a world champion "only" for a one year but as you can see he's beaten most former and future champions: Botwinnik, Fischer,Karpov, Kasparov etc. This is a proof that we can not speculate about best chesspalyer ever. Botvinnik proved that contemporary chess more depends on better preparation than extraordinary talent though this last is a must.

[mattrex002]

it must be sweet to beat bobby even in 1959, i bet when Tal played him he was already aware of his games and must have analyzed his opponent thoroughly.

[Dima4702]

genius of Tal)))))))))))))))

[bendkafka]

Great game! I really like your vids, kingscrusher. Thanks a lot for posting them.

[RebelRay]

Tal is one of my favorite chess players. He has a great sense of humor too. I wish that his health had been better.

[MrFedel]

Is Nxe4 possible at 0:50?

[pikmen12321]

Nxe4 is followed by Nxe4 d5 Bxd5 exd5 so yeah i think it is possible

[charleshiggie]

No! If Nxe4 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Qxf7+ wins for white. Incidentally in his book "How to beat Bobby Fischer" Edmar Mednis thinks that 10 0-0 is a mistake and 11. f5 is the losing mistkae by white

[pikmen12321]

but you get a weak isolated pawn on the queen side

[derenkoff]

he just takes the N if he eats e4

[geonerd]

Sweet.

Very smooth, with a feeling of inevitability. No spectacular sacrifices, just smooth positional pressure that transitioned to brutal tactics when the time was right.

[D33veeoss]

That's exactly it Geo. Just follow the rules of chess (position) and safely put your pieces on good squares, and you will be rewarded with a tactical masterpiece in the end.

[Rivafla]

I think you should annotate the first time Fischer defeated Tal.

[paperbackwriter22]

Beautiful...

[PabloPena108]

at 2:43 when White played Bf2 it looks like black could just win a piece with Qa5 (knight has no retreat squares) but then a3! is probably what Fischer had in mind. Thought this was worth mentioning.

[gologram]

Tal was an amazing Russian magician.

[Minkki82]

come on TAL!

[weissermarmor]

Thanks for documenting this game!

Maybe instead of 31. Kxg2 31. c5?

[effingbastard]

Only Tal could do this to Fischer; an old article in Chess Life quoted Tal, "When we played, I was Tal, but Fischer was not yet Fischer!".

[geonerd]

It's a real shame that Tal's health prevented a proper showdown between he two sometime in the mid to late 60's. Heck, a healty Tal might very well have been waiting for Fischer in Iceland. Spassky was a VERY solid player, but I think Tal or even Korch would have offered a more energetic fight in 72.

[shayeeX]

I agree.

[harshvgaus]

i remember carlsen got done the same way very recently with queen and RKx2 on the same line.

i dont remember who, but they must have looked at this before the game.

[Akabane009]

Wtf? .... fisher lost?!?!?!......O_o¡

[Doublemac88]

he was 16 years old, and I think he played spectacularly against the brilliant Tal.

[DaKrazedKyubizt]

lol. the pressure, THE PRESSURRREEE!!!! that was awesome.

[Robotman42]

Tal demolished him...

[saberous33]

Excellent commentary. Foregoing the usually dry variant heavy specifics for a more general and entertaining concept-explaining approach. I thoroughly enjoyed this!

[erlico82]

WOW! he launched his attack like a terminator

beautiful game!

[sauron0512]

how old was Fischer then???

[rob2011r]

16

fischer DOB- march 1943

[bayabasdotcom]

tal is a brilliant attacker in chess.

[Newbeeses]

All time favouriate

[blsfalcao]

just beautiful

[elimisteve]

Ouch.

[licker01]

oh tal is great.ı think he is the most interesting world champion in history.he has a great style.

[saberous33]

Wow, Tal destroys Fischer. Good show!

[jackfruit22]

nice video. What's ur rating king crusher?

[candidatemaster]

Great Analysis. Thanx for the vid.

[andsanp]

great commentary!