Exploring Fischer's Openings #3: Four Knights Game

Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his tactical play in a four knights game. The match was played in 1955 against Ames.

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[tabidzi]

that trick is bad because when night retakes bishop d5 is winning\

[jrobichess]

@tabidzi That's assuming your opponent plays correctly to the end. In a blitz game, it's tough to say.

[kinggoatpete]

your videos are awesome

keep 'em coming.

[jrobichess]

Thanks for the comment and checking out the vid King!

[leadstring66]

Fischer was a beast

[Mathman3025]

short and sweet clip.

Fischer had a smart comeback. trick worth watching and memorizing.

[DOGGEATDOGG03]

@leadstring66 he lost to a computer. haha

[kikook222]

@chivo2468 Because Bishops are worth more than knights in an open game. You don't want to lose your Bishop unless you're getting considerable compensation, IE if the knight moved the queen would be lost. So in your example you could just move the knight being attacked by the pawn and let the bishop take giving you the edge when you reclaim it. That's just practicality, as for Fischer, he probably had a great defense against it!

[fishontilt64]

what do you do if you play bishop to c4 as fischer does and they counter with their bishop the b5? its really tough to combat- thoughts?

[HarryPotterDude1000]

@hernan922 Then white takes the black bishop on a5.

[chivo2468]

Why wouldn't black push the pawn at e on 1:58 ???? So white would lose one of his knoghts

[chillyrooster]

great video i wud like to see more games broken down like the way u did and short also like a football color commentater does watching the game with arrows and highlighting key spots

[shaolinmonk1991]

dude you can't take with the knight for that white bishop because if Kxd5 cxd5 Qxd5+ Be6 solve the problem and you end up just with the black bishop so sorry thumbs down

[BigGus87]

At 158 e pawn should push forward making the knight move.

[Svecify]

@2:34 Qf7 would protect the lightsquare bishop, so that only the darksquare bishop would fall.