Killegar Chess presents: Bobby Fischer Vs. Efim Geller, 1961

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Another very instructive game that demonstrates how to punish your opponent if he does not develop his pieces

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Gaming

Tags:

• Grandmaster
• Chess
• Bobby
• Fischer
• Efim
• Geller
• Ruy
• Lopez
• Steinitz
• Strategy
• Tactics

[isayoldchap1]

Bobby Fischer's play is always so purposeful and clean. You get the impression that Geller wasn't that great of a player from watching this game, but of course he was among the world's elite, and won the USSR championships twice among many other accolades. It is a bit surprising that he went in for the Qf6 line. Anyway, thanks for the game Sean. A lot of Fischer's games have been analyzed to death (esp. My 60 memorable games), but you do such a good job of it - I am thoroughly enjoying them.

[SeanGGodley]

Thanks. Yes, I agree with you, his most famous games have been over-done on youtube and that is why I am omitting them from my series. Glad you anre enjoying them!

Sean

[SeanGGodley]

Thanks. Yes, I agree with you, his most famous games have been overdone on youtube - that's why I'm choosing lesser-known ones. Glad you are enjoying them!

Sean

[ImposingSumo]

I love logging on to youtube and seeing an SGG vid in my subscriptions box. Another cracker :)

[SeanGGodley]

Ha! Cool. Glad you are enjoying them!

[SeanGGodley]

Ha! Cool man! Thanks.

[BoudieBatsnikov]

I would like to see a game of bobby fischer which he loses... and would like to hear some of fischer`s note on that game!

[echever7]

@isayoldchap1 In fact Geller was for Fischer a kind of black demon. I´m not sure but i think he was the GM that more times beat Fischer in official games.

[SuperShakespeare]

Bobbys games are always a pleasure :-)

[toyouiwill]

High quality video.

[reachall]

Sean, thank you very much for these illustrations, they are wonderful...

[thadinininon]

9:05 chess rap rofl

[Toxie207]

Qb7!! is a beautiful schwichenzug. I'm sure most of us would have played Qb4+ immediately when black struggles on a piece down. Fischer's move leaves black with no hope at all. Thanks for these amazing videos - I'm 2200 strength but definitely learn a lot from these. Cheers!

[madarivi]

i'm just starting out with chess openings but why don't you see b5 in the rui lopez to kick the bisschop of it's diagonal?

[BailCas]

Thanks for sharing , that was a very good video

[Parent33w]

Great analysis; really enjoyed.

[60tat]

fischer's score against geller was three wins,two draws and five lossesgiving fischer a minus score against geller tho in their later games fischer would have the upper hand.fischer also had a minus score against tal(two wins against four losses with five drawn)and again it should be noted that all tal's wins came in a single tourney-Bled 1959 Candidate's Tournament-long before fischer would reach his peak(and just as tal was hitting his)