1950 USSR Chess Championship: Geller vs. Vatnikov - Fischer-Sozin Attack

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This is a semi-final round game from the USSR Chess Championship between Efim Geller and Josif Vatnikov. Observe how ignoring control over the critical e5 square can easily translate into a very quick defeat in the Sicilian Defense, Fischer Sozin Attack.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Bb3 Na5 10.f4 b6 11.e5 Ne8 12.f5 dxe5 13.fxe6
f6 14.Nf5 Nxb3 15.Nd5 Nd4 16.Ndxe7+ Kh8 17.Ng6+ hxg6 18.e7 1-0

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[SuperPeristilo]

I like the way you analyse these games. Its very instructive. Nice video!

[ChessNetwork]

@SuperPeristilo Thanks SP :)

[mtgxerxes]

Watching chess too far above my level is just..... I wish I could understand lol

Its half motivating to get better so I could at least follow the speed, and half demotivating just knowing that real chess players have no issue while I lag behind.

[ChessNetwork]

@mtgxerxes I try to cover as many important details in a game review without it being too lengthy. I can see how it could be a bit much, but taking at least one thing away from each video can go quite a ways. Remember...

"Every Master was once a beginner." ~Irving Chernev~ :)

[MrIran69]

can i have thumbs up for no reason ?

[FMafia206]

Are you going to do more analysis' of old games? Old games are much more enjoyable to look at in my opinion cause they didn't have all of the computers and technology to help them like the grandmasters do today.

[TheXanthosis]

@MrIran69 sure you can

[julesdlush]

@mtgxerxes Try watching it more than once, and also pause it, to try to assess what the position is at any one moment.

[Justice1337]

I think the critical blunder in this game was ..Ne6 rather than ..dxe5 into ..Nd5. It seems intuitive, and I am surprised you didn't analyze it. If Nxd5, exd5 recapture is fine. Black's pawn is hard to pressure, since Black can Bb7 or NxB. After Nc6 gets the B on e7, the opposite color B's and symmetrical pawn structure lead to draw.

As played, Ne6 interferes with the Q's defense, and preserves pieces only to see them poorly placed. On e8, the N does literally nothing the rest of the game.

[snuskefar1]

Hi Jerry once again you have made a superb video.

I have one suggestion from improving the videos and especially making them a bit easy to learn from:

And that would if you at the end, made a quick rerun of the game where you summed up the critical moments/decisions and maybe one or two things that one should take away from this.

I hope you can follow me on this?

Because as you said getting just one thing from each video can get you quite far!

[e4e5nc3]

b6 was is saying I need to go home. Why would you do na5 if your not going to bishop?

[kolibrizas]

@MrIran69 yeah sure :))

[Ztormrageheero]

Nice annotations, and showing the forward thinking.

[Faramarzrastin]

Bishops are good for open positions