Fischer's sense for a positional mistake was extraordinary. The very best players in the world had to be letter-perfect against him, at least when he had White. It's amusing to note that the next time he had White against Najdorf, _Najdorf avoided the Najdorf Variation._ (He lost anyway.)
Before the Spassky 1972 match all of Fischer's losses were theoretical-positional in nature-none were tactical. His first case of chess blindness was in a Spassky game. Imho he is still the best player we've ever had.
No one has yet mentioned the focal movements and astute genius of this game yet. That being, the offer to the opponent, of a bishop, knight, and rook, each leading to a potential for the opponents destruction. And this is why I love this match so much. Absolute genius!
I’ll take some comfort from the fact that I seriously considered the rook sac but am not too proud to admit I opted for something else. Great game and stellar analysis as usual. Thanks Mato!
Love your videos. Very clear and concise illuminating the most important points of the the game. I especially love these older videos when you are natural.
It was humiliating simply because Najdorf had received world recognition for this very variation that was named after him. But what else is going to work against BF?
We mustn't be too self-congratulatory when "finding the move". It's not so hard when Mato says "what would you play now?". What makes a GM is that they are looking for this kind of move ALWAYS and, of course, there are only one or two moves in the entire game that are the game changers. It cannot be overemphasised how brilliant Fischer was, to find this move under these conditions (this wasn't a game in the park for a dollar). Awesome and thanks again Mato - great commentary.
Amazing! Fischer was brilliant--who would have seen that the winning exchange/sacrifice of rook was the key that early but a genius! It's Morphy-esque !! Wow, what a game.
I've been playing chess since I was a little kid and I NEVER played at a level of understanding like this. I like to think I was an ok player but the subtleties of how and more importantly WHEN to sacrifice pieces are still often lost on me. Thanks for the video!
Fischer never fails to amaze. He make moves that seem like blunders but give him a positional edge. By the time his opponent realizes the cheese was bait the bar swings shut. WHAP
I have to take exception to the title of this one Mato. Fischer beat everyone & maybe humbled just about everyone too. Does that mean they were all humiliated? Why was Najdorf "humiliated" here. Looks like another great Fischer game against another great opponent.
MatoJelic lol Not related to Najdorf; but he was a grerat player & a fine gentleman. Someone with your talent & class could think of something better. How about Fischer vs. Najdorf? or Najdorf's najdorf ?
+tubewatcher38 It is nothing to do with the "class". Ideas come to my mind and I use them. I am only lucky that there is more people that like my ideas than those that don't like them. I am not making any effort to get ideas they just come to me freely. Like this one: th-cam.com/video/7gugUf8IEXE/w-d-xo.html. This is my most disliked video. If I was worried about dislikes I would never make it. I make the videos for my own entertainment and than I share it with the world.
Fischer new all the variations, but he made unexpected moves . It seems that his mind was going further than the others, but i believe that he had studied the moves,
Thanks for this. No comment about the repetition interaction with castling Sg7+ Ke7 Sf5 Ke8, which Fischer could have repeated without danger of drawing the game?
At 5:44, look how incredibly strong Fisher has positioned his pieces. They all cover each other and are all attacking critical (weak) spots of Najdorf-considered a master in defense at the time.
I found the rock move, giving 3 options to black, but the last one (more obvious) I fail, kkkkk I still have a lot to learn with these fantastics players, very interesting/out of the box thinking game, congrats 4 the initiative!!
There are several variations to be analyzed at critical junctures in this memorable game, which can be referenced in "My 61 Memorable Games" annotated by Larry Evans. Fischer's judgement and planning all throughout must be extolled.
awesome game of chess. takes a lot of time to figure out the complex problems in such a less time and play your move. Fischer do was the greatest grandmaster of chess
Fischer told that chess is a waste if played according to the book. It destroys the beauty of chess. This is just one example. H6 what a response to nadorf variation. Unbelievable
Thanks for all your analyse!!! Very Instructive. I think that Najdorf didn't take G2 with the bishop because Bobby Fischer will try something like Knight in E6 sacrifice it to conserve the pair of bishop. pawn takes you can chess with queen in H5 after the king moves D7. AND NOW Bobby Fischer will eat the bishop in G2. don't have scare to lose the bishop in c4 because if he eats you check with your rock in D8 and eat the queen. So a thinks Nadjord had scare on this combinaison. What do you Think?????
Dont think my.reply posted anywho yeah.found Rxe4 the exchange sac in about 15.seconds , then again im always scouring the board for sound combinations actually cant help playing unsound ones too hoping my opponent wont find the cortect line usually only in blitz games or if opponents in time trouble
Hi Mato and friends! At 2:16 instead of the rook move wouldn't an immediate Qa4 been a better move? Can't see Re1 doing anything other than offering black the line proposed in the video.
+Olof Johansson If Qa4+ black could go Nd7 to block, and Fischer can't go Bb5 anymore since pawn could just take, and black's rook is protected by the queen.
Well there is a story behind this game apparently Fischer told Najdorf that he would beat him in 25 moves.... If I am not wrong Najdorf resigned in 24? :D
(2:32, I paused I will find out soon...) One of the first moves that would come to mind was e6; otherwise Nd7 or possibly e5 (which looks the most risky, but maybe has potential for counter-play) maybe e5 has potential it attacks a lot of "loose pieces" and when those threats are responded to any weaknesses of it can be addressed the following moves. And I am not so sure about any King-side castling which the consideration doing of would maybe consider Bg7; but I would be very concerned against a coordinated against a Castled King attack by White especially with the Knight on d4; so probably not that.
Sky tactics puzzles, lots and lots of tactics puzzles. sprinkle in some opening study and endgame study and play as much as you can. But don't forget about tactics puzzles, lots and lots of tactics puzzles.
Sky you can download many different free apps that have all sorts of tactics puzzles to solve. Also many chess sites have tactics training options that allow you to solve puzzles and most give you a rating system to make it interesting. I say to work on tactics the most because until you attain a master level or higher, opening and endgames will not determine whether you win and lose most games. Even if you are outplayed in the opening, if you are a better tactician than your opponent you will outplay them for the rest of the game.
Excellent video, as usual. Of course by move 24 almost any move wins (I thought 24. Qe6 looked good, and the PC agrees, but likes 24. Rxd7+! even better).
At 6:00, the move I guessed was Rxd7. If ...Qxd7, then Qb8+ Qc8, Qxa7 winning back the rook and getting a knight for free, plus the a pawn unless I'm overlooking a forced mate (likely). If ...Kxd7 then Qd5+ and pursuing the king to win material and mate rapidly.
Fischer saw extremely complicated non-theory lines, which is what made him so deadly. Every GM knows advanced theories which is why playing by the book cannot faze a GM. Non theory lines lead to extensive calculations, and extensive calculations lead to errors, even at the GM level.
For those saying its not a humiliation, e5 was a terrible move. Fischer had a slightly better position, but played Re1 instead of simply Bb3. That gave Najdorf a better position, in the exact variation Mato showed. But instead Najdorf played e5 and immediately the Re1 mistake is turned into an advantage and black opens up a serious weakness. Dont believe me? Ask a computer engine who is winning after Re1. And then after the terrible e5 right after. So call it a humiliation or a blunder, but Najdorf made a horrific move, which I would say is humiliating for a GM.
What I love is fisher doesn't just offer a piece like the rook if he doesn't think it's to win the game I don't understand they knew he was that good he isn't going to just give u a piece just to help u win lol . Sometimes I think he is seriously toying with some players lol
Por entonces Fischer con 19 años, se encontraba en la plenitud de su fuerza física y mental, como lo comprueba el hecho de que ése mismo año de 1962, triunfó en el Interzonal de Estocolmo (Suecia), con dos puntos de ventaja sobre Tigran Petrosián, quien se coronaría campéon del mundo un año después...en cambio Najdorf que nació en 1910, contaba ya con 52 años... y su lucidez ya no era como la de un muchacho de veinte años...!
6:55 in that position i probably would have moved knight to C6 to threaten the queen, and pressure black. then again, i'm no chess master, so if that is a terrible move for some reason i'm missing, let me know
Not terrible, it just doesn't do much, the "pressure" is too easy to get out of, Qc7 and then what? You haven't really got a followup, your knight is just sorta awkwardly placed now, and needs the queen to protect it. Plus, you got a great pin going on the black knight, now that's gone, and it's free to go places like b6 and cause trouble.
Can someone tell me why Fisher castled at 1:53? It looks to me like he could've sacrificed his light bishop with a check. Then Qh5 check again forcing the king to g7 or g8. Either one looks like a mating sequence. If g7, then the N comes in right away. I think g8 leads to mate eventually too?
Fischer's sense for a positional mistake was extraordinary. The very best players in the world had to be letter-perfect against him, at least when he had White. It's amusing to note that the next time he had White against Najdorf, _Najdorf avoided the Najdorf Variation._ (He lost anyway.)
Really? He avoided his own variation! OK. I guess that counts as humiliation.
Chris McCarthy the Sicilian Defense actually wasn't played for a long time during Fischer's certain win against it until Kasparov popularized it.
Before the Spassky 1972 match all of Fischer's losses were theoretical-positional in nature-none were tactical. His first case of chess blindness was in a Spassky game.
Imho he is still the best player we've ever had.
+Shockingfire7
wasn't the Sicilian Bobby's fav defense?
He was the best player who ever lived
Is it just me, or does this guy sound like Count Dracula from Sesame Street?
Mate you killed me
Ha ha ha! brilliant!
Reece Beauchamp HAHAHAHAHAHA Thank you man! Hardest I laughed today! IM DEAD
Reece Beauchamp LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He usually doesn't sound like that, I think his microphone wasn't that good when he made this video.
No one has yet mentioned the focal movements and astute genius of this game yet. That being, the offer to the opponent, of a bishop, knight, and rook, each leading to a potential for the opponents destruction. And this is why I love this match so much. Absolute genius!
You sound like the leader of the trade federation from the star wars prequels
XDDD
LOLOL best comment of the day! Id like to buy you a drink!
Speaking about the game - "They are still coming through"
Yeah but I bet he probably speaks 4 languages.
I’ll take some comfort from the fact that I seriously considered the rook sac but am not too proud to admit I opted for something else. Great game and stellar analysis as usual. Thanks Mato!
Thank you very much for your commentary on this intriguing game! I very much enjoyed it. I hope you make many more!
Thank you Mato, as always great commentary. This guy knows how to pause at critical moments.
This game is One of Fischer's my 60. Interesting thing is Najdorf was crushed in his own variation.
Love your videos. Very clear and concise illuminating the most important points of the the game. I especially love these older videos when you are natural.
Mato, you are awesome! Thank you for the excellent chess videos. I watch them with my sons who are learning to play.
It was humiliating simply because Najdorf had received world recognition for this very variation that was named after him. But what else is going to work against BF?
If he plays it right, it is a winning position.
@@liberphilosophus7481 the best najdorf can get is a draw if played perfectly by both sides
We mustn't be too self-congratulatory when "finding the move". It's not so hard when Mato says "what would you play now?". What makes a GM is that they are looking for this kind of move ALWAYS and, of course, there are only one or two moves in the entire game that are the game changers. It cannot be overemphasised how brilliant Fischer was, to find this move under these conditions (this wasn't a game in the park for a dollar). Awesome and thanks again Mato - great commentary.
"Which variation of the sicilian would najdorf play?" Lmao
Great game and great commentary. Many thanks.
Najdorf must have felt that he was playing against someone from another planet.
Great game, and good commentaries, thank you Mato !
Enjoyed the game and your analysis. thank you.
Excellent, really helps me understand better Fischer's innovative style.
Amazing! Fischer was brilliant--who would have seen that the winning exchange/sacrifice of rook was the key that early but a genius! It's Morphy-esque !! Wow, what a game.
My Chess has improved 100% because of your videos, Mato.
I've been playing chess since I was a little kid and I NEVER played at a level of understanding like this. I like to think I was an ok player but the subtleties of how and more importantly WHEN to sacrifice pieces are still often lost on me. Thanks for the video!
BEAUTIFULL !!! THATS THE BEST CHESS PLAYER EVER =BOBBY FISCHER R.I.P !!!
Fischer never fails to amaze. He make moves that seem like blunders but give him a positional edge. By the time his opponent realizes the cheese was bait the bar swings shut. WHAP
I have to take exception to the title of this one Mato. Fischer beat everyone & maybe humbled just about everyone too. Does that mean they were all humiliated? Why was Najdorf "humiliated" here. Looks like another great Fischer game against another great opponent.
+tubewatcher38 Fischer humiliated Najdorf defence
MatoJelic Fischer beat everyone else's favorite openings too. Just because Najdorf had that variation named for him...
+tubewatcher38 Is Najdorf your uncle? If I spent 10 hours thinking of the title I would get nowhere.
Fisher kicked Najdorf ass
MatoJelic lol Not related to Najdorf; but he was a grerat player & a fine gentleman. Someone with your talent & class could think of something better. How about Fischer vs. Najdorf? or Najdorf's najdorf ?
+tubewatcher38 It is nothing to do with the "class". Ideas come to my mind and I use them. I am only lucky that there is more people that like my ideas than those that don't like them. I am not making any effort to get ideas they just come to me freely. Like this one: th-cam.com/video/7gugUf8IEXE/w-d-xo.html. This is my most disliked video. If I was worried about dislikes I would never make it. I make the videos for my own entertainment and than I share it with the world.
Great game and good commentary!
Mato why don't you show any of the Fischer vs. Spassky 1972 games??
+Matt there are a few other vids on these matches but i wont watch because they are not done by mato.
+Matt I wish he did too
+Baron Ballenpap There are no thugs in Croatia.
+AssChavez He only answers to hate comments, or very early comments on his new videos
Fischer vs. Spassky is where I learned about the Sicilian, as it was covered in newspapers at the time.
Fischer new all the variations, but he made unexpected moves . It seems that his mind was going further than the others, but i believe that he had studied the moves,
This game is found in Fischer's "My 60 Most Memorable Games", p. 254. Thanks Mato.
really spectacular! from Fischer's book "my 60 memorable games", indeed.
I don't play chess but i find watching these explanations very entertaining and relaxing. Chess is just amazing.
Same here
Amazing game, plus, Mr. Mato, best commentator ever.
*Excellent commentary unlike a lot of the chess dross you find on yew chewb - very well done Tomato*
i like your way of commenting .. thanks for you
I love the mouse clicks they are very fascinating...
Thanks for this. No comment about the repetition interaction with castling Sg7+ Ke7 Sf5 Ke8, which Fischer could have repeated without danger of drawing the game?
At 5:44, look how incredibly strong Fisher has positioned his pieces. They all cover each other and are all attacking critical (weak) spots of Najdorf-considered a master in defense at the time.
Great video :) I would like to see Tal - Zajcev 1972 Moscow from you, if you didn´t upload it yet.
That was a fun game to watch
I found the rock move, giving 3 options to black, but the last one (more obvious) I fail, kkkkk I still have a lot to learn with these fantastics players, very interesting/out of the box thinking game, congrats 4 the initiative!!
There are several variations to be analyzed at critical junctures in this memorable game, which can be referenced in "My 61 Memorable Games" annotated by Larry Evans. Fischer's judgement and planning all throughout must be extolled.
I saw RxB sac but did not see how it will work out until the end. Bobby is great.
Great job! thanks..
Awesome replay...
2:15 that's the difference between me & Fischer right there. I would not have thought of that...
Yes, it is a big jump to go from thinking about material to thinking about strategic positioning.
Dexter Haven only that?
I watched this amazing vid 10000 times
very entertaining, good job
Fisher was a nut. So epic.
Genius again Sir Robert
I like your sense of humor Mato
Bilo bi lijepo da odradiš još partija balkankih majstora, ako ima neka partija da je smatraš zanimljivom. Pozdrav iz Podgorice!
I think it's time for Mariya Muzichuck and Wei Yi's games. Merry Christmas and Happy new year in advance Maximus or should I say Maro lol.
awesome game of chess. takes a lot of time to figure out the complex problems in such a less time and play your move. Fischer do was the greatest grandmaster of chess
Fischer told that chess is a waste if played according to the book. It destroys the beauty of chess. This is just one example. H6 what a response to nadorf variation. Unbelievable
Thanks for all your analyse!!! Very Instructive. I think that Najdorf didn't take G2 with the bishop because Bobby Fischer will try something like Knight in E6 sacrifice it to conserve the pair of bishop. pawn takes you can chess with queen in H5 after the king moves D7. AND NOW Bobby Fischer will eat the bishop in G2. don't have scare to lose the bishop in c4 because if he eats you check with your rock in D8 and eat the queen. So a thinks Nadjord had scare on this combinaison. What do you Think?????
nice job ... thanks
4:14 very cool, don't think I've ever seen three pieces en pris like that, right next to each other as if they were in their starting orientation!
FISCHER WAS TOO GOOD
After watching some games of Tal I was trying to find the sacrifice move in critical position! And it was good way of thinking
Creepest "hi" ever :'D
Mato, I have one request. More Fischer games please.
thanks Mato!!
Didactic and pedagogic!!! Amazing!!!
These are great, but that hum in your audio is hard to endure
Dont think my.reply posted anywho yeah.found Rxe4 the exchange sac in about 15.seconds , then again im always scouring the board for sound combinations actually cant help playing unsound ones too hoping my opponent wont find the cortect line usually only in blitz games or if opponents in time trouble
Very nice, mind bending
Humiliation is a proper term in the sense that it was a chess blowout. Fischer played a truly sick game.
Najdorf played quite poor on this one...
Hi Mato and friends!
At 2:16 instead of the rook move wouldn't an immediate Qa4 been a better move? Can't see Re1 doing anything other than offering black the line proposed in the video.
+Olof Johansson If Qa4+ black could go Nd7 to block, and Fischer can't go Bb5 anymore since pawn could just take, and black's rook is protected by the queen.
Just shows you how position is far more valuable than dead material. King safety is paramount!
Well there is a story behind this game apparently Fischer told Najdorf that he would beat him in 25 moves.... If I am not wrong Najdorf resigned in 24? :D
(2:32, I paused I will find out soon...) One of the first moves that would come to mind was e6; otherwise Nd7 or possibly e5 (which looks the most risky, but maybe has potential for counter-play) maybe e5 has potential it attacks a lot of "loose pieces" and when those threats are responded to any weaknesses of it can be addressed the following moves.
And I am not so sure about any King-side castling which the consideration doing of would maybe consider Bg7; but I would be very concerned against a coordinated against a Castled King attack by White especially with the Knight on d4; so probably not that.
+Peter Smythe So it was e5 that was played. It just wasn't a very good move. I actually missed the Bishop sac combination option.
How did Fischer see that R exchange???
He looked.
Mark Jamieson me.too
Is cicilian najdorf named after miguel najdorf? please tell me.
haha yes. I actually laughed when he asked "Which position of the sicilian would najdorf play?"
Bilal Khalid , -:-) :-) :-) :-)
Any tips for a novice player? Also I love your accent (:
Sky tactics puzzles, lots and lots of tactics puzzles. sprinkle in some opening study and endgame study and play as much as you can. But don't forget about tactics puzzles, lots and lots of tactics puzzles.
Tom Wostoncroft what are tactics puzzles?
they are tactics in puzzles you have to figure out, what else
Some newspapers still post puzzles, look up the crosswords section :)
Sky you can download many different free apps that have all sorts of tactics puzzles to solve. Also many chess sites have tactics training options that allow you to solve puzzles and most give you a rating system to make it interesting. I say to work on tactics the most because until you attain a master level or higher, opening and endgames will not determine whether you win and lose most games. Even if you are outplayed in the opening, if you are a better tactician than your opponent you will outplay them for the rest of the game.
which software are you using ?
What a move, man I have a long way to go, but that’s cool, what a game
Brilliant move of fisher so deep
That was just genius. How these players throw away pieces that pull opponents pieces out of place, just amazes me.
it's not just finding the exchange sac, the scariest thing is that he probably calculated 12-13 moves ahead in such an intricated position
Yay, I guessed the rook sac! Thanks!
hello I would like to know wich program will help me to make chess videos please thanks in advance 4 your help
search chess GUI or chess interface.
Excellent video, as usual. Of course by move 24 almost any move wins (I thought 24. Qe6 looked good, and the PC agrees, but likes 24. Rxd7+! even better).
Appropriate choice of names!
At 6:00, the move I guessed was Rxd7. If ...Qxd7, then Qb8+ Qc8, Qxa7 winning back the rook and getting a knight for free, plus the a pawn unless I'm overlooking a forced mate (likely). If ...Kxd7 then Qd5+ and pursuing the king to win material and mate rapidly.
Mato you say black is doing well at 2.55 in your suggested improvement but white has Qf3 hitting the rook on a8. This looks good for white.
6.h3 initiates the Adams' attack in the Sicilian Najdorf.
Beautiful!
Very impressive moving tactics
I found it ;D Using the wisdom that Fischer's famous for sacrifices of course.
Fischer was lethal. Even when sacrificing pieces he got a winning position.
Fischer saw extremely complicated non-theory lines, which is what made him so deadly. Every GM knows advanced theories which is why playing by the book cannot faze a GM. Non theory lines lead to extensive calculations, and extensive calculations lead to errors, even at the GM level.
For those saying its not a humiliation, e5 was a terrible move. Fischer had a slightly better position, but played Re1 instead of simply Bb3. That gave Najdorf a better position, in the exact variation Mato showed. But instead Najdorf played e5 and immediately the Re1 mistake is turned into an advantage and black opens up a serious weakness. Dont believe me? Ask a computer engine who is winning after Re1. And then after the terrible e5 right after. So call it a humiliation or a blunder, but Najdorf made a horrific move, which I would say is humiliating for a GM.
Fischer was brilliant at making his opponents blunder..
What I love is fisher doesn't just offer a piece like the rook if he doesn't think it's to win the game I don't understand they knew he was that good he isn't going to just give u a piece just to help u win lol . Sometimes I think he is seriously toying with some players lol
At the point where Fischer sacrifices his rook --- Was f4 a good alternative?
Given the fact that Fischer was playing Najdorf, he was surely expecting... the Najdorf. Up to what point do you guys think this was preparation?
Why didn't you go over the variation if he took the bishop and not the rook...
Por entonces Fischer con 19 años, se encontraba en la plenitud de su fuerza física y mental, como lo comprueba el hecho de que ése mismo año de 1962, triunfó en el Interzonal de Estocolmo (Suecia), con dos puntos de ventaja sobre Tigran Petrosián, quien se coronaría campéon del mundo un año después...en cambio Najdorf que nació en 1910, contaba ya con 52 años... y su lucidez ya no era como la de un muchacho de veinte años...!
4.22 magnificant position! You don´t see those nowadays..
6:55 in that position i probably would have moved knight to C6 to threaten the queen, and pressure black. then again, i'm no chess master, so if that is a terrible move for some reason i'm missing, let me know
Not terrible, it just doesn't do much, the "pressure" is too easy to get out of, Qc7 and then what? You haven't really got a followup, your knight is just sorta awkwardly placed now, and needs the queen to protect it. Plus, you got a great pin going on the black knight, now that's gone, and it's free to go places like b6 and cause trouble.
cool to see responses like this. really good players above my comment
Absolute genius
Can someone tell me why Fisher castled at 1:53?
It looks to me like he could've sacrificed his light bishop with a check.
Then Qh5 check again forcing the king to g7 or g8.
Either one looks like a mating sequence.
If g7, then the N comes in right away.
I think g8 leads to mate eventually too?
Hi, this is Mato!