1959 US Chess Championship: Bobby Fischer vs Robin Ault

[816bigbear]

These videos are amazing! The commentary is very, very helpful. I find that I'm seeing the board in different way and that I'm starting to win more games. Thank ye!!

[gastro54]

At 12:04 why is black Nxe4 better than Qxd5?

[VegasMarcMarc]

beautiful cover

[vovkam]

I love your commentary, continue to make these videos.

[KJVWordofGod]

"Obviously".....You use that word a lot...I do not think it means what you think it means......Princess Bride

[KJVWordofGod]

It's not the "perk" defense....it's the "peertz" defense.......PIRC.

[Sylence777]

Hey Kevin, I don't mean to sound whiny, but it's pronounced Peerts.

[joyalram]

@Sylence777 yet accidental whinyness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all.

[Papajack55]

this video is awesome,and your realy funny!ima go head and lose the rest of my games!

[MaveRaccoon]

17:24 he has to free up space for the Knight if .. b4 is played. the previous move was set the "trap" for capturing the piece.

[v1991c]

2:00 skip to game

[1234DaMarkus]

Qxd6 instead of Bxf6?? in my own variation

[1234DaMarkus]

Bxf6 is stupid Qxd6 instead and whites a pawn up

[1234DaMarkus]

At 10:00 i think Black definitely has to play h6 cause Nxe5 is threatened, if castles still Nxe5, if Qe7 Nd5 Qd6 (Qd8 Nxe5 Ne5 Nxf6+ and blacks dropped the queen) Nxf6+ Bxf6 Qxd6 cxd6 Bxf6 Nxf6 f3 with advantage, though Nxf6 immidiately might not be the best)

[Olliek94]

12:03, if this was to be what was played, why do you suggest that black doesn't just Qxe5?

[Omas007a]

@Olliek94

Because than white just plays Qd8 checkmate.

[Olliek94]

@Omas007a HAHA, can't believe I missed that. That's worrying, if it were my game, I probably would have done that, and obvoiusly lost...

[chester89899]

@Olliek94 If black plays Qxe5, white will play Qd8 #

[justdrifting21]

at 23:24 when your saying he could've just moved the queen isn't it possible in that situation for fischer to just move the bishop on d3 and discover the rook on d1 and threatening the queen?

[Raiden326q]

Queen to B2, It's GG right there, hey that's checkmate, that's high fives to everyone around.... This cracked me up :D

[DavidGFalzarano]

@Raiden326q lmao i know he can be funny sometimes

[BRECHDURCHFALL12]

u are cool man

[Aztek8993]

Everything started after Robin taking the pawn at h5.

[Aztek8993]

You critised Qg5 as it was a wasted move. It was the only way to protect the knight and the bishop on h corridor

[dubstepforce]

u talk too much man... i mean too much sorry but it is true :/ i want to see the game not what could have happened :/

[Flamefrog]

@dubstepforce Then mute the video?

[dubstepforce]

@Flamefrog and watch the same situation for 2 minutes?

[KingsServant1]

At 23:14 couldnt white just play Bxb5 with a discovered attack on the black queen.

I dont see that Qd5 is a good move,

KingsServant1

[TricksterChow]

At 24:27, if Robin played e4, couldn't bobby just play Bf6? then after Qxf6 Qxg4+ Qg7 Qxg7+ Kxg7 and then Bxe4 wins a pawn.

[FamousChessGames]

Where's the Kasparov vs. Deep Blue videos? :(

[Beant1980]

@FamousChessGames

uPLOAD REST OF Deep Blue vs karporav..

[tbdurant]

Wuts with NOT showing the mate.??? there were several ways that cud have gone wud like to know wut way it did.

[brahamella]

@tbdurant There is actually only one way that the mate was going to be played, if you have even a minimal of knowledge of the game you would see it.

[tbdurant]

@tbdurant Tru but it was not Fishers move, therefore it cud hav been king to h7 or queen to block or pawn to G6.. Just wud be nice to see it to the end thats all.. But GREAT job on your part that your doing this and the comentary is right on too. TRACY

[Michael0114PS3]

Dude, please show the ending, I need to study on startegies, and this is one of them.

[IronTapeProductions]

Couldn't the queen have taking the bishop at 12:03 and black would be winning?

[Emtoeduheikel]

@IronTapeProductions queen d8

[SteelPokemonFan]

@IronTapeProductions Qd8#

[monroeyoder11]

@IronTapeProductions if the queen takes white moves Qd8 for checkmate

[failboy98]

cool

[08Mryuvraj]

sad game

[AcceptMe]

Where are Kasparov vs Deep Blue videos? :(

[orion6324]

You might be the WORST commentator ever, 20 min of he could do this, he could do that, and about 5 min of actually doing it halfway decent

[zzzzzzzzzz098]

@orion6324 he posts his video for analysis for intermediate chess players so we can learn from it. what would we learn from it if he just posts up the move?

[REDRAGON12345]

@orion6324 I love that he explains the different possible moves the players could use or respond too. It really expands the game and shows the possible mistakes or brillant moves the players made. If all you want to see is the moves then I suggest you just watch the game by yourself.

[iamverynicesir]

@orion6324 Um he spends a lot more than 5 minutes explaining things besides 'he coulds' (which by the way I find very helpful, as do a majority of people who watch these vids). He goes very in depth as to WHY certain players would make moves, explaining what certain movements mean, showing traps or other things that the opponent is trying to set up, explaining what some openings mean. Definitely not just 'he could, he could, he could'

[bobbysnobby]

loved the art the nonlinear story line is confusing though seems like it was written for fokes who are already very familiar with the story of both players.

[MrGatherfield]

@bobbysnobby Thanks for reading it. Actually, I wrote the first chapter as an introductory to Fischer's (and Spassky's) character. The story covers more than two decades, and during that time anyone's life cant's be that interesting.

So to make it interesting, I'm using a time frame. It moves like a linear story, but it shows other things at the same time (something like the Social Network movie).

[MrGatherfield]

@bobbysnobby But now that Fischer is 18 years old, the time frame changes, and we won't have these chronological jumps. (You will also 'feel' this slowdown, when you hold the actual book, as you'll turn over more quickly the first pages, and then slow down at the end of chapter 1, because you'll take more time to read the larger balloons.)

[RandyIsC0o00o0L]

I just finished watching the first Chapter, it's startling mate !

[MrGatherfield]

@RandyIsC0o00o0L Thanks Randy, I appreciate it. :)

[RandyIsC0o00o0L]

@MrGatherfield Your welcome Sir ! :D

[g3rezz]

oViously

[LuckynumberSlevin11]

These videos are way too long. He talks too much

[S1CKDRIFT3R]

@LuckynumberSlevin11 Don't watch it then, idiot.

[RandyIsC0o00o0L]

Where you've been kev ?

[Menegoth]

24:35 "That's check-mate, that's high fives to everyone around" That nearly killed me xD

[iceparty100]

at 21:51. I think what you said is not true and the situation would be so bad for Fischer. Because black have Rb7 and then black can take white's R in b6

[raphbiss1]

@iceparty100 no because Qe3 defends the rook

[APOLINE69]

Please count how many " definitly " you've got in this comentary . Just a bad habit you've got to get rid of

[harryfassett]

Fischer was a true prodigy, no chess computers, no teachers and still crushed the best who had the best teachers and most recently have computers like Kasporov for example. oh, and btw; Fischer would have crushed karpov too if he had played him.

[Larigiano]

we missed you man :) thnx for the game

[bigfriki]

3:50 for START OF THE GAME.

[pEtErEnGlANnD2011]

@bigfriki thanks guy.....this chesswebsite is an idiot keeps on talkingg.....

[bigfriki]

@pEtErEnGlANnD2011 I don't say that, thechesswebsite is a great guy who does really great game analysys' including the back story of the game and the time. I didn't do it because I found it boring, but many people watch game reviews twice or more, so that just makes clear where the action begins. Btw, Fischer's story is really interesting, but maybe you already knew it, whatever.

[Argon014]

@bigfriki Thanks man!

[nikiss8]

Nice game, about the comics, great, nice graphics i could not stop reading it, just the story may be going a bit too quickly it is almost like i should know it before reading it. (was Spassky married or what happened there, why is he not to smoke?)

Btw people did not get a chance to get used to Fischer's style of play so you cannot say that he was the best of all times....

[MrGatherfield]

@nikiss8 I'm glad you liked chapter 1 so far. The story jumps through various moments of Fischer's childhood and adolescence, and it slows down at the end, where he is 18 years old. Chapter 1 isn't much about plot but instead a focus on character development. In Chapter 2, as you'll see in a few days, the timeline is different (the events are happening in a slower pace).

Spassky is describing to David how he got married and then divorced, while they are going to a tournament :)

[nikiss8]

@MrGatherfield Thanks for your reply, coming from eastern europe i like Spassky equaly as Fischer, so i am equally or more interested in him and finding out what his life was, i understood what happened but it was just in passing a bit of depth would be nice, 'What do you despise? By this you are truly known..' hehe

Cheers, keep up the good work

[MrGatherfield]

@nikiss8 I believe that Spassky is the coolest character in this story. You'll love him in Chapter 2 :)

[budalmn]

At 18:39 , it wouldn't be better for black to play Queen to B4? From what can I see there's not much that white can do without losing material...

[1arsenal14]

@budalmn bishop d5 attack the knight and the rook and protect b2

[budalmn]

@1arsenal14 Ah, yes, sorry, I didn't notice that. :)

[kakeki212]

I like the game. The graphic novel... well, I like the game, and your analysis

[TheChessDude98]

cool vid kevin please check out my chess like comment sub box shout out i dont mind cheers

[NoComunists]

very good !!! also who watched this needs to learn smth from this great vid if no its a waste of time for him :)

[GobBluth1]

superb analysis, as usual.

[Vince13192]

Whenever I hear him say "Definitely" or "Obviously", I took a shot.

[Hammerscare]

Which chess interface is this?

[r0llingthund]

@Hammerscare

glchess is the interface. I run it on my Linux computer

[Hammerscare]

@r0llingthund I checked it out. It's not the interface used in this video.

[amerikanits]

why does he keep saying obviously?

[pharaoh493]

that was such a great game

[shinyninetales999]

e5 for black is not a mistake I think, a lot of times you see this at openings like the old indian

[drizztisgod]

i took a shot every time you said 'obviously'. great game, tho! love watching fischer play

[sexagismatic]

@drizztisgod Funny, in all vids those are my fav's

1."devastating mooove"

2. "not doing a whole lot"

3. "simpledevelopmentmove"

4. "TryingControlTheCenterOfTheBo­ard"

[RandyIsC0o00o0L]

@drizztisgod Hes a genius..

[xxsamplextextxx]

Not even bobby can beat chess titans on level 10.

[NumbFlynn]

@xxsamplextextxx Virtually any grandmaster could do that.

[kamiakin5]

@xxsamplextextxx you are joking, right? even I can beat chess titans on level 10. (i am only around a 1700 USCF)

[showlegacy619]

2:25 championship championship championship!!!!!!!!!! lolz

[showlegacy619]

he kept saying championship too much in the intro chess game lolz

[showlegacy619]

why did bobby stop playing chess . he could have accomplished alot more then to hate america :/

[AlanWattParrot]

@showlegacy619 when you see that interview of him having just won the world title he's radiating confidence, committed to playing as much chess as possible (which is what his default successor Karpov actually did). He says on a radio phone-in show that chess is no longer spontaneous so it's not about who has the most natural ability but who's best prepared -perhaps he was more concerned about this threat to his supremacy than he cared to admit. Who knows? Bobby was a very difficult, troubled man

[AlanWattParrot]

i noticed that the character who was the target in the film Inception was called Robert Fischer (same spelling, with a C). The film is about a dream extraction team targeting his subconscious mind which involved his fraught r'ship w his father. One of the team was a young woman who used a Bishop chess piece as her 'real' object to take into the dreamscape (to know she was dreaming). I wondered if maybe they were not so subtly hinting that a Russian black budget project was responsible ... cont

[AlanWattParrot]

(2) for Fischer's exile. Bobby was convinced that from the outset Ruski was up to dirty psychological tricks - and it's known that the Russians were far more advanced than the Americans in such techniques. We know that most of Hollywood's budget is Military-Industrial Complex and that Hollwood's used to tell the public what's happening via sci-fi films - it's the perfect medium b/c most ppl will see it as mere entertainment, rather than for the predictive programming and legal declaration it is

[MrGatherfield]

@AlanWattParrot You made a witty observation on Inception! Nolan didn't put these little stories by accident. If you look closer you'll find a dozen of them. The maze, chess, infinity (with the mirrors), etc. are all part of the concept a dream within a dream, which reminds me of Poe :)

[AlanWattParrot]

@MrGatherfield excellent yes, a film in which most of the action takes place in the subconscious mind is gonna be loaded with symbol and metaphor. The operation that the extraction team are performing on Fischer involves three layers of consciousness so we're told, a cue that what we're viewing is, as many films are, multilayered, like certain Kasparov games that GK keeps returning to finding new possibilities each time, things that hadn't occured to him before - so phaps w this film. Best w

[MrGatherfield]

@AlanWattParrot Well put. Anything that we see more than one time, we see it more clearly. What you said actually reminds me T. S. Eliot's "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

[AlanWattParrot]

@MrGatherfield It's a profound line. I'm a big Eustace Mullins fan, a protege of Ezra Pound: institutionalised for exposing the secret of the federal reserve - and in one of his interviews Mullins offhandedly mentions how when he was a youth The Waste Land was "all the rage", they'd even quote it at length to the girls as part of their chat up routine. A more innocent age.  xD

[MrGatherfield]

@AlanWattParrot yeah, back then, things were somehow purer. I feel that every time I read something of that period. (Fischer was feeling that also, when he was in the car in chapter 1, and he was showing some photos of a book to Ralph.) I still don't know what is different now. What has changed... I don't know. Maybe we are exposed to too much information, and we don't know what to do with it.

[AlanWattParrot]

@MrG purer, yes. Society isn't stumbling along happenstantially, it's being engineered this way ..the public censor doesn't exist to protect public morals but to assess whether they're ready for the next degradation

info overload's a well known technique of psychological warfare: target becomes paralysed & switches off, can't cope. I remember my grandfather visibly trembling, confused, dithering, when presented with too many meal course choices at a family do, cdn't decide (computer freezing up

[MrGatherfield]

@AlanWattParrot I didn't know that info overload can be used as a technique for psychological warfare. But it makes sense, because it's a human condition (I guess) that when we are bombarded with too much of something, we go into trance. It's one of the reasons why society is 'sleeping'—among other reasons, of course, see stupidity :)

[AlanWattParrot]

@MrGatherfield i agree w that .. zombies in a trance xD .... hey, that link in the description, i-is th-that .. c-could i-it ... r-really . be ... y-yo--you??

xD

[MrGatherfield]

@AlanWattParrot the link in the description is for the graphic novel I'm working on :)

[AlanWattParrot]

@MrGatherfield i've bookmarked it, brilliant idea ... i'll be following yr progress with genuine interest ... yeah, modest n unassuming of you not to mention it, only noticed the link out of the corner of my idea ... kudos to you MrG. I wish you every success.

[MrGatherfield]

@AlanWattParrot thanks, that's very kind of you :)

[showlegacy619]

@AlanWattParrot but it makes no sense how he loved chess so much but then hates the game ? .

[AlanWattParrot]

@showlegacy619 hi, somehow sensing you'd follow up i've preempted yr question (see below)

[MrGatherfield]

@showlegacy619 Fischer didn't hate the game. He just distanced himself from it, and it was difficult for him to come back. He left chess and chess left him. And because of his strange character, if someone were to call him out, I believe that he would've continue playing (as he did in 1992, when a woman sent him a letter, asking him to play again). But no one did, and when she did call him, it was too late.

[robobrain10000]

That was a really nice game. i didn't even see those lines. 

[yazeed4]

welcome back

[MrGatherfield]

Yup, sound is perfect now. Again, wonderful video :)

[FMafia206]

TFMR

[mrgoodfight14]

@FMafia206 hello uh this is kevin from the chess website

[FMafia206]

@mrgoodfight14 LOL

[Comosiem]

:D

[EmarSM]

Thank you for re-uploading! I was saving the earlier video for last and then you took it down :(