This Chess Player Made a Move that Stunned a World Champion!

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  • @AlwaysAudacity
    @AlwaysAudacity 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Pillsbury is one of the hidden gems of chess.
    You're making great videos, keep them coming.

    • @Necrozene
      @Necrozene 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As a chess beginner, I absolutely loved Pillsbury's games and CJS Purdy's analysis.

  • @bjorneriksson6480
    @bjorneriksson6480 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Pillsbury was world champion material, he was the best player in the world by ranking if they had used elo back then

  • @fporretto
    @fporretto 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    What adds extra spice to this game is that nine years previously, at St. Petersburg, Pillsbury had faced Lasker in a game that began almost the same way...but in that game, Pillsbury erred by *_not_* taking the Knight on f6. Rather, he played 7. Qh4, which gave Lasker a persistent source of tactical strokes that he exploited to the hilt. It was considered one of the best games of the era and a near-refutation of Pillsbury's chosen opening...until Pillsbury discovered the refinement 7. Bxf6.
    The all but forgotten William Ewart Napier, who was a friend of Pillsbury, wrote in *_Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess_* that ever after the St. Petersburg game, Pillsbury would insist that Napier play him from move 7 in that game! Napier called it "The life of a canal horse"...but through those games Pillsbury refined his attack on the Black position. His ultimate victory over Lasker was made possible in part by those games with Napier.

    • @VitoPlaysGames
      @VitoPlaysGames 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Awesome comment, thanks for the context.

    • @diggitus
      @diggitus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great story. Perhaps this is hindsight talking (the view looks much different in 2024!) but Lasker looks a bit naive for allowing Pillsbury to repeat the line

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    wow, those pins were amazing. and playing into hanging positions knowing you can fork the higher piece if they take it.... that's just stuff I never think to look for.

    • @richardrichards8401
      @richardrichards8401 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true, it’s only after you’re shown the fork that the move seems obvious!

  • @mentalmoves6032
    @mentalmoves6032 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great game. Nice to hear that you also have Lasker as one of your favourite masters. He was once the reason I began to play chess at a young age - Lasker and Fischer, and I was also fascinated that Sweden had its own very good GM in Ulf Andersson.

  • @Amer1kop
    @Amer1kop 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the best narrative driven chess analysis, dude has a story and tells it with class!! Thanks @Chessdawg!!

  • @Orion-zq8jf
    @Orion-zq8jf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful attack there, wow

  • @flippert0
    @flippert0 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Pillsbury was one of the early truly "modern" grand masters using professional opening preparation, constantly trying to stay atop of the rest. If we look at US top grand masters between Paul Morphy and Bobby Fischer, there is usually mostly Frank Marshall, but Harry Pillsbury probably was on par with Marshall, if not exceeding him in terms of postional play.

    • @benjamindillard2391
      @benjamindillard2391 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Frank Marshall wasn't anywhere close to Pillsbury's league

  • @thomasherbst6771
    @thomasherbst6771 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It was actually the first time I had seen this famous game. I knew about it, but I never replayed it. It was the last gasp of the already ill Pillsbury. Thank you for the entertaining analysis.

  • @thiagomennabarretoguedes2835
    @thiagomennabarretoguedes2835 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great game. I loved that you said Lasker is one of your heroes. He is awesome.

  • @ig2d
    @ig2d 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I seem to recall a famous HNP game involving lots of passed pawns in a complicated ending

  • @MrGyges
    @MrGyges 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Good old Harry.

  • @stevemalbasa3301
    @stevemalbasa3301 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for posting, before this video I had never heard of Pilsbury -- Anyone who picks a fight with a world champion is chessboard psychotic. And he chose violence that day.

  • @thomasherbst6771
    @thomasherbst6771 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    19. f4 I saw immediately, but not the following queenside move to d4 in advance. Lasker's position was immediately ready for resignation.

  • @opensourceanglers8291
    @opensourceanglers8291 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was a sweet forking game!

  • @woodstoney
    @woodstoney 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great game. I do enjoy your video reviews and presentations. I like the way in which you allow us to follow along without taking up so much time by injecting your own thoughts without end. Some other reviewers swamp their viewers with far too much non-essential prater. Thanks and I have just subscribed to your channel!

  • @Oggi7777
    @Oggi7777 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great channel . The pacing is very good as well. Thanks for your effort.

  • @eonny
    @eonny 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The best video annotating on TH-cam.

  • @paulbloemen7256
    @paulbloemen7256 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Magnificent game, thank you for showing!

  • @Nikeairxxx
    @Nikeairxxx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great game, thanks for sharing it !

  • @jeffjones6951
    @jeffjones6951 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great game, well explained. Thanks!

  • @jeffrey3498
    @jeffrey3498 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant game!

  • @paulanderson1915
    @paulanderson1915 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great channel!

  • @lehrerteubert
    @lehrerteubert 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    really great players. Thanks

  • @bernardgjeci7306
    @bernardgjeci7306 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great game, nice channel!

  • @JCH2768
    @JCH2768 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the Pillsbury game.

  • @emiljohann88
    @emiljohann88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant

  • @BillHimmel
    @BillHimmel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great game! Good choice!

  • @HollyMartins
    @HollyMartins 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic game

  • @Rspknlikeab0ssxd
    @Rspknlikeab0ssxd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Pillsbury and Rubinstein are definitely the two players from that era that I think were the best to never to have become champs

  • @elasticharmony
    @elasticharmony 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Pillsbury looks like Billy the Kid, a real duelist.

  • @DexterHaven
    @DexterHaven 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wonder if Pillsbury made any dough.

  • @FloydMaxwell
    @FloydMaxwell 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pillsbury's Immortal

  • @lehrerteubert
    @lehrerteubert 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thats chess!

  • @dusanpogacar1399
    @dusanpogacar1399 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Waaaaauu! This is epic. Harry deserved to be a champion. He totaly destroyed Lasker, but later he has a bad luck when he played against Emanuel.

    • @thomasherbst6771
      @thomasherbst6771 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Later? As far as I know, this was the last (big) tournament of Pillbury, who was already ill.

    • @dusanpogacar1399
      @dusanpogacar1399 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes I didn't realised that this was 1904. Thank you🤗

  • @thomasherbst6771
    @thomasherbst6771 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pillsbury had waited eight years after St, Petersburg 1896 to make his improvement on the seventh move (Bxf6 instead of Qh4).

    • @chessdawg
      @chessdawg  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for historical knowledge and insight.

  • @zavalajoseraul
    @zavalajoseraul 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damn. Great game. Rip Lasker

  • @bradforddrake8633
    @bradforddrake8633 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pillsbury was a great attcking player!

  • @zbigniewopenchowski9555
    @zbigniewopenchowski9555 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you ❤❤❤ Poland ❤❤❤

  • @opensourceanglers8291
    @opensourceanglers8291 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The same forking idea. I see what you did there hahaha!

  • @rainerausdemspring3584
    @rainerausdemspring3584 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Of course, there is another most famous game between these players, won by Lasker in Sankt Petersburg, 1896.

    • @thomasherbst6771
      @thomasherbst6771 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, and Pillsbury had waited eight years to make his improvement on the seventh move (Bxf6 instead of Qh4).

    • @rainerausdemspring3584
      @rainerausdemspring3584 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thomasherbst6771 Really? The often told story that Marschall waited even longer in order to use his famous gambit against Capablanca - and lost, anyway, is definitely a lie.

    • @thomasherbst6771
      @thomasherbst6771 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As the Italians say so nicely: "Se non e vero e ben trovato."@@rainerausdemspring3584

  • @bigknocker2264
    @bigknocker2264 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ChessDawg: Love your stuff. Pillsbury had an unbelievable memory also, and was a great blindfold player.
    Do you know of any book that has a collection of his games which you could recommend?

    • @Amer1kop
      @Amer1kop 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Chess Dawg is low key one of the top tier.

  • @psybranet
    @psybranet 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Supreme Attack🎉🎉🎉

  • @Oggi7777
    @Oggi7777 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice blunt

  • @martincalero7390
    @martincalero7390 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pillsbury is my second favorite player of all times after Morphy.

  • @TomBarrister
    @TomBarrister 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The more pedestrian 22 Qh6+ is a bit better.

  • @michaelwhinnery164
    @michaelwhinnery164 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow

  • @Herlock-lv9ig
    @Herlock-lv9ig 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well, Pillsbury is my hero

  • @JulesMoyaert_photo
    @JulesMoyaert_photo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @jlsabinas8578
    @jlsabinas8578 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who knows what heights he could have achieved had he kept it in his pants! At least around the girls of ill repute. One of my favorite players, HNP, he played a great game of chess.

  • @peterpuleo2904
    @peterpuleo2904 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Didn't Lasker hold onto the World Championship longer than any other player?

  • @Chessdummy
    @Chessdummy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I do not care for the name Harry Pillsbury. Y’all got jokes don’t ya!?

    • @theeconomicsofthings9752
      @theeconomicsofthings9752 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Pillsburys success helped raised the profile of chess in the United States and inspired future generations of chess players. He had a remarkable memory and chess skills. I’m sure as you consume more and more chess content throughout the internet, Pillsbury will pop up. Consider incorporating his style into your chess and see where it will lead you.

  • @LaterGator1425
    @LaterGator1425 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Qxb2 is garbage. Sumply no time for that sideshow.