Grandmaster Chess Tactics #2: Can you spot the line?

This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features an interesting tactical idea by Bobby Fischer in a match he played against W. Birch in 1963.

The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.

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[Jahanam9994]

@ 5:02 why didn't black take the knight with the queen?

[jrobichess]

Because Fischer could just take the bishop on G7 and then the black knight on E5 has to move to F7 at which point white can play the queen trade and then win the rook right after. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[bepeacefull94803]

I never even though of that! it just shows how much more practice i need. Keep up the good work jrobi. If you stop making video's i will tie you up and make you watch all the teletubby episodes!

[jrobichess]

That's reason enough to continue! =)

Thanks for checking out the vid Peace!

[thomas271104]

thanks for posting, love the series man

[jrobichess]

Thanks Thomas!

[Omegawabo]

what if black takes the bishop with bishop, and when the queen takes the knight, black moves his king to E7? The Rooks are protecting each other and white cant put a solid check. Im still learning so maybe theres something I didnt see.

[Hedning1390]

@Omegawabo If king to E7 after QxE5 then perhaps RxD5? The black queen on A5 is threatened and blacks king is in danger.

[leartcr7]

why in start black knight didn't take the bishop 

[EinsteinMad]

I recently did an analysis of this game and it turns out Bg6 first is better than Bxd5. It makes sense if you analyze with the Houdini engine and review the lines :)

[rightclickblog]

@Powerofthecowboy so black queen takes white knight. white bishop takes black bishop, black knight must move to square F7 (next to the white bishop) to defend his rook and queen, and then a few things can happen. most likely a queen trade subsidized by the black knight and then the black rook is taken by the bishop.

[TisforTaco]

at 2:55, why didn't white capture the knight with his bishop? it looks like it would accomplish the same thing, but he'd save his queen.

was it just such a powerful move that it didn't matter if he could save material at that point?

[weirddudeonice]

Brilliant.

[europeanbamf]

@Hedning1390 Way to catch that!

[lalaMisca]

well Black can still do the castle : u can still castle when ur rook is unde attack, played vs. Fritz and i win 2 Material (the 2 center Peons). So u can still counter good enogh to maybe remis

[MFN1337]

So. Fucking. Good.