Killegar Chess presents: Bobby Fischer Vs. Svetozar Gligoric, 1959 - part two

[yiyoascen]

sir, you always make my day! Very precise, humble and interesting comments

[Zee96969696]

kid genius

[56richardcory]

At his peak, Fischer was simply invincible. He had no weaknesses, only strengths, and preparation was useless. As he did against Spassky in the world championship, Fischer took the book away from his opponents and they fell apart against his imagination and creativity over the board. He didn't play chess. He understood it.

[Nikola300c]

Svetozar Gligoric beat him i think 4 times .

[SeanGGodley]

Yes that's right, I think the quote is "(beating the Dragon) is only a matter of opening the h file, throwing in a couple of sacrifices and delivering mate." It's something he did with regularity - his record in one online database against the dragon is a very impressive 13/14! If only it were so simple for the rest of us!

[colourmegone]

I really enjoy your videos, your analysis is always clear and easy to follow. I realize that time is limited but I think it would help, particularly in complex positions, to have either a short pause or some kind of indication that the viewer might benefit from pausing the video and examining the position.

Thanks for all your hard work. Please keep them coming. Also you did a series on the French which I would like to watch but there is no indication as to which videos are relevant.

[SeanGGodley]

Hi and thanks! Usually I do mention when the path is not obvious that stopping the video and trying to find the right move would be a good thing to do. Are there any particualr instances you are referring to? Thanks for the feedback. Oh and about the French series - if you look under playlists on my homepage you should find the link easily; although it is all on a particular (and very sharp!) side-variation. Enjoy!

Sean

[wynchesster]

Great evaluation. Love Fischer's use of sacking the rook on the H-file.  Something I would never would have thought would be worth doing.

[SeanGGodley]

Hiya, yes it's a great approach isn't it!? Sacking the exchange like this can be very effective in Sicilian structures with opposite side castling - but your judgement has to be very good!

Sean

[Mathview]

Footnote: GM Evans was the first GM I met personally. The Phoenix Chess Club (AZ) sponsored a 7 round Swiss tournament called the Rocky MountainOpen. In 1967 GM Larry Evans was living in Las Vegas ( as I recall). A few hrs away by car. The PCC lured him to play with an appearance fee which angered some strong masters who were also playing. GM Evans DID generate some press coverage when he won with 6.5 of 7. I scored 4.5 winning the Junior (under 21) prize at age 16. A nice memory.

[lakermangmx]

what are you talking about?

[Mathview]

Ok. Well. This is called a series by SeanGodley is focussed on Bobby Fischer's book: My 60 Memorable Games. Bobby's friend GM Larry Evans, a co-author and excellent chess writer, wrote the introduction at the beginning of each game. Bobby then annotated and commented on the text of the game. Further, Evans was a long time friend of Fischer. That's why I recalled the above meeting with GM Evans, as a historical footnote on GM Evans. One of the strongest US GMs during the Fischer era. Cheers.

[lakermangmx]

allrighty then i got it. the last two sentence were particularly relevant to the subject that's why i asked. cheers.

[Mathview]

Hmmm... perhaps it does wander off point near the end. I'm feeling sad about it too. LoL

[lakermangmx]

Sorry. I think i was rude. I visited your page, you don't look like an ass. Will you marry me eventually?

[60tat]

very enjoyable

[dan112358]

Fischer is right about the sequence of moves being important; I don't know how many times I've lost and Fritz has told me that if I had only reversed a sacrifice, or played it a move later it would have been winning. Great analysis, cheers.

[nagoya4]

carlsen actually uses the dragon a lot at least he'd been using it up until one year ago or so

[PrzystankersFCB]

And he will be using, due to Kasparov's influence on his opening repetoire:)

[SeanGGodley]

Hiya yes it's true he used it a lot in the past - these days, however, he has pretty much stopped - I think his new coach may have something to do with it too. All the best,

Sean

[chiruzbg]

Sean , i`m watching your channel more than i watch TV ! :D

[yakov53]

yeah its the best channel.

[SeanGGodley]

=0)

Thanks buddy!

[SeanGGodley]

Ha! Cool. Glad you're enjoying the vids!

Sean

[yakov53]

your vids make my rating grow and grow..

so thenk you again.

[SeanGGodley]

Hiya - great! My pleasure buddy.

Sean

[SeanGGodley]

Ha! Cool! Glad you're enjoying the vids, more coming soon!

Sean

[rat9836771834]

how come Gligoric didnot see the troubles of castling at that moment!

knowing how destructively powerful fishcher's attacks are, should'nt people hav approached fishcher in a bettr defensive way?

In the pertosian video you put up, tigran defends well. so why wasnt this approach adopted by others against fishcher!

usually most of the players seem to start their defense only aftr the attck has strtd!

and in the 60 memorable games, hasnt fishcher recrded a game in which he has lost?

[SeanGGodley]

Hiya - maybe you're right! But most players are not happy to play defensively and instead try to get initiative. Gligoric definitely got into trouble after castling. But, it's funny, when Fischer was at his peak there seemed to be no style of play that worked effectively against him!

To answer your question: Yes - in "My Sixty Memorable Games" there are 3 losses. My next video will be on one of them; I will upload it tomorrow! All the best and happy new year,

Sean

[TeraHammer]

Nice stuff. I'll keep that bishop b3 in mind when faced with sicilian stuff myself :-D