To understand how great Fisher is, keep in mind that his rating 47 years ago (!!!) was 2785! And there were no computer engines. After half a century and three decades of computer developing chess, only few top GMs have rating higher than he had in 1972! Fisher also have the highest rate of victories in the chess history - 72%, and he lost only 82 games in his official career. Fisher's secret online 8 games vs Short in 2000. are insane. He destroyed one of the best blitz players of that time with 8-0 and every game Fisher started with completely insane opening. Simply the GOAT.b
@@davidfranklin5426... Engines can't reply in chat. Short asked Mister x a tricky question because he assumed he was playing vs Fisher and he got instant response. There is no chance that anyone accept Fisher knew the answer in two seconds. The question was about Mexican player which Fisher faced in 1970.
@@fundhund62 wdym sure Kasparov had World Champion Title for 20 Years And Carlsen is a machine but Bobby was different. everyone in the Bobby's era has teams who helped analyze games. Bobby on the other hand spent countless hours prepping and it paid off. During the World Chess Championship against Spassky, he just had a book of Spassky's games and analyzed that. Spassky had a WHOLE GM Team and they still couldn't defeat Bobby.
@@junwei8480 Well Magnus didn’t have to bear the pressure of being a representative of a entire country during the cold war where propaganda is eveything, unlike Bobby
1. Imagine if Fischer had help on his way to become the goat 2. Imagine if Fischer was born in the era of computers 3. Imagine if Fischer was coached by someone other than books and met a proper master as a kid
good of you to have put this together.. just the sort of thing to expose one's mind to while taking a break from the day's toils . thumbs up material all the way
Brilliant chess players, brilliant chess playing moves! I've been playing chess for a while, but watching this video inspired me a whole lot. I certainly have learned magic chess moves by watching this video. Keep posting fantastic chess playing strategy videos!
That beautiful smothered mate is probably the most iconic one. Its a reoccurring puzzle that I keep having whenever I play puzzles on chess websites and I find it the most fascinating that at such a young age he found that line where not a lot can usually think of when checkmating an opponent. To this day, this type of position is one I keep remembering.
In the 4th example (Fischer - Myagmarsuren), I think more brilliant was moving bishop from h3 to g2 square 2 moves before this combination, making it possible to finish it like that. Qxh7 wasn't really that hard or brilliant sacrifice to see with a forced mate in 2 following. But rerouting that bishop from h3 to g2, before inching the queen in through g5, h6 and finally sac on h7 was what made this attack so brilliant. Such a subtle little (but so deadly) move in so dynamic position. One of my favorite Bobby Fischer games and a brilliant example of a King's Indian attack. I've studied this particular game multiple times through various chess books.
The last example, with Rf6 was sublime. I was tempted by the Game of the Century against Byrne, but since we are talking about an individual move, I am going with the game against Benko. The brilliant move in the Byrne game came much earlier when 13-year old (!) Fischer saw the combination coming -- and that far-sighted vision was more impressive IMO.
The greatest sir. He dominated the era of russia in chess world back then even at young he's move was called the move of the century. He even defeated IM at the very young age. that's why many other chess player believes he's the only one who can defeat alphastock zero and stockfish.
Fischers 5 best moves are more impressive to me than Magnus 5 best moves. He dominated all the players of his era by an enormous margin compared to Magnus who is only slightly better than his peers. In my mind Fischer is 100% the GOAT.
@@someguy1717 Both Morphy and Fischer are probably the best players who ever lived. Fischer for his legendary records during the cold war, and Morphy for his raw talent and brilliancy.
0:35 I'm only 1500, so this may have been obvious to others, but I think a big part of this moves brilliance comes from the fact that he not only had to see the king takes variation where black has to choose between his queen and being mated, but that he also saw that, after rook takes, Ne6 traps the queen. It's amazing how many different positions Fischer had to analyze just to play this one move
Excellent video and commentary. GREAT production value. Simon is a refreshing take on your typical chess commentator. Would like to see him go over each option \ line. Otherwise those questions, “Why can’t x piece move to…?” are left unanswered.
7:46 what if black pushed pawn C5. if P b3 then b5, protecting Pc4. if white Pc3 to allow bishop to retreat, then Pc4 attacking Bishop (Pawn protected by knight) White Bb1, Pd3 closes off the Bishop's diagonal and attacks knight. Black is still in the verge of dying but has 1 passed pawn very close to promoting.
The first one is well known in the Sicilian, and in fact this move was published in a chess magazine a few days before the game. Obviously Reshevsky missed it
Rather than amassing pieces in vicinity of king, and that's great feat for beginners, BF opens diagonals files and ranks - advice printed in each and every beginner chess book collecting desk in my home. The videos confirm chess tactics are important to chess, particularly for piece-pushers.
Those brilliant moves seem like the type of moves that only a chess engine could find, but that was in the days before any computer could play even an average game of chess.
If Bobby had defended his Title against Anatoly Karpov in '75, I have little doubt that he would have won and went on - not only to be the World Champion for at least 12 years - but to go down in history as THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME.
The real killer move against Myagmarsuren is 29. Bg2!! ignoring black's threats and weaving the final mating net that causes resignation. That's the real hard-to-spot move. With all the pieces already set up, Qxh7 is relatively straightforward to calculate :D
Hello Simon nice video I feel that the example with a queen takes Bishop on should have been preceded by the rooks taking the bishop sacrifice to put the king in that spot to show Fisher's vision
Bobby Fischer, before the age of scientific chess, had moves that were somewhat computer-like. At that time, there was no engine analysis or data requirements, so all his reporting was based on his own analysis
For more of the best moves from the best players check out this playlist!
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How does this only have 7 likes lmao
Dunno
You didn't even show the double rook sacrifices that lead to this position at 4:30
ok
Yooooo you should make these videos into illustrated booklets for beginners to read
To understand how great Fisher is, keep in mind that his rating 47 years ago (!!!) was 2785! And there were no computer engines. After half a century and three decades of computer developing chess, only few top GMs have rating higher than he had in 1972! Fisher also have the highest rate of victories in the chess history - 72%, and he lost only 82 games in his official career. Fisher's secret online 8 games vs Short in 2000. are insane. He destroyed one of the best blitz players of that time with 8-0 and every game Fisher started with completely insane opening. Simply the GOAT.b
I assume you mean 2785.
v. v. Short’s internet opponent in 2000 was 100% an engine, not Fischer.
@@davidfranklin5426... Engines can't reply in chat. Short asked Mister x a tricky question because he assumed he was playing vs Fisher and he got instant response. There is no chance that anyone accept Fisher knew the answer in two seconds. The question was about Mexican player which Fisher faced in 1970.
@@vladavasiljev en.chessbase.com/post/the-third-coming-of-bobby-fischer-
@@davidfranklin5426 The article doesn't say it was 100% an engine... just that it's unlikely it was Fischer
Bobby was easily the GOAT. He was crazy good at this game. It was insane how he dominated his games. This players skill was completely nuts.
Not even close to Kasparov and Carlsen, but he was great in his own right.
@@fundhund62 wdym sure Kasparov had World Champion Title for 20 Years And Carlsen is a machine but Bobby was different. everyone in the Bobby's era has teams who helped analyze games. Bobby on the other hand spent countless hours prepping and it paid off. During the World Chess Championship against Spassky, he just had a book of Spassky's games and analyzed that. Spassky had a WHOLE GM Team and they still couldn't defeat Bobby.
@@randomaccount8899 I'm pretty sure Magnus could have done the same
@@junwei8480 Well Magnus didn’t have to bear the pressure of being a representative of a entire country during the cold war where propaganda is eveything, unlike Bobby
@@fundhund62 Fischers performence rating was higher than kasparov...
The height that he reached without modern technology was awe-inspiring. A true legend of the game.
Found myself saying "Wow" after every one of these.
Bobby is still my favorite. He caused a tidal wave of interest in chess in the 1960s that carries on today!
Simon Williams is simply the best chess analyzer. I'm enjoying to learn chess from him.
Mid
Gothamchess too
"bobby plays an absolutely brilliant move can you spot it?"
My dumbass: "castle?"
hahahaha
It’s an honor to watch Bobby Fischer’s moves! 🤯
Not sure I'm watching chess or wrestling or a shamwow ad but I love it!
Both
Chess is just mind-wrestling.
@@Cnut_the_grape well said
Love where you've taken this channel and how you've added your personality to it. BOOM!
Very entertaining. GM Williams has a great flair for the game & is an excellent teacher.
These videos are damn good and Williams explains everything really well for non master players.
1. Imagine if Fischer had help on his way to become the goat
2. Imagine if Fischer was born in the era of computers
3. Imagine if Fischer was coached by someone other than books and met a proper master as a kid
0:22 my favorite part!!!
Why?😂
Oh hey Suren!
@@StringDogg hey hey hey ;)
Oh suren hello i I'm regular viewer of your channel loved your commentary
Rf6 is better 4me
Great comments and explanations. Thanks a lot.
Insane stuff from Fisher. Him and Kasparov - my all time goats.
good of you to have put this together.. just the sort of thing to expose one's mind to
while taking a break from the day's toils . thumbs up material all the way
Glad you're liking it, stay tuned for more!
If anyone's wondering, the song used at the end is called Break The Road
As a novice, I have to look at these over & over. So clever, so creative.
All super good, but 3rd example -- Game of the Century -- certainly -- Be6 the best suprise deflection! Nice, thx.
That knight windmill IS so explosive
the last one is the best, just simply stopping the pawn with the rook, beautiful!
Yeah I know. I need to remember that technique myself. I've often wondered how to stop that nasty pawn from moving in the way.
Fischer was an absolute genius. Too bad he went crazy.
Wait what
Look it up @VoiDz Miner
@@WCfanboy oh... oh dang
Yeah ikr
@@WCfanboy applauding 911?
Brilliant chess players, brilliant chess playing moves! I've been playing chess for a while, but watching this video inspired me a whole lot. I certainly have learned magic chess moves by watching this video. Keep posting fantastic chess playing strategy videos!
That beautiful smothered mate is probably the most iconic one. Its a reoccurring puzzle that I keep having whenever I play puzzles on chess websites and I find it the most fascinating that at such a young age he found that line where not a lot can usually think of when checkmating an opponent. To this day, this type of position is one I keep remembering.
Simon beard is something :D
It's where he stores all his knowledge ;)
Firebeard
@@chess 😀😀
Each game shown by you was amazing. One develops interest once again after not playing for 3-4 decades. I really enjoyed all the games. Thank you.
Amazing to watch. This makes me realise just how much the greats are in a completely different league. Like Michael Jordan in basketball.
By simply comparing other top 5 moves series, Bobby Fischer is GOAT.
You look refreshed and younger even in this video Simon. I hope you are well. Thanks for the content.
I've solved these puzzles before. Never knew they were from Bobby's games. Fantastic.
Excellent commentary. Keep posting.
In the 4th example (Fischer - Myagmarsuren), I think more brilliant was moving bishop from h3 to g2 square 2 moves before this combination, making it possible to finish it like that. Qxh7 wasn't really that hard or brilliant sacrifice to see with a forced mate in 2 following. But rerouting that bishop from h3 to g2, before inching the queen in through g5, h6 and finally sac on h7 was what made this attack so brilliant. Such a subtle little (but so deadly) move in so dynamic position. One of my favorite Bobby Fischer games and a brilliant example of a King's Indian attack. I've studied this particular game multiple times through various chess books.
The last example, with Rf6 was sublime. I was tempted by the Game of the Century against Byrne, but since we are talking about an individual move, I am going with the game against Benko. The brilliant move in the Byrne game came much earlier when 13-year old (!) Fischer saw the combination coming -- and that far-sighted vision was more impressive IMO.
Rf6 is an obstruction sacrifice and yeah this is one of my favorite moves of his as well.
The greatest sir. He dominated the era of russia in chess world back then even at young he's move was called the move of the century. He even defeated IM at the very young age. that's why many other chess player believes he's the only one who can defeat alphastock zero and stockfish.
no chance he has lost about 70-80 times in his official chess career
Fischers 5 best moves are more impressive to me than Magnus 5 best moves. He dominated all the players of his era by an enormous margin compared to Magnus who is only slightly better than his peers. In my mind Fischer is 100% the GOAT.
Thats exactly why I feel Fischer is #1 - because how far ahead he was of his peers at the very top. Like Morphy but against far stronger competition.
@@someguy1717 Both Morphy and Fischer are probably the best players who ever lived. Fischer for his legendary records during the cold war, and Morphy for his raw talent and brilliancy.
LOL -- the transition at 0:16.🤣
All of them my favourite bobby fisher bless his soul he is the greatest chess player make me play chess brilliant
0:35 I'm only 1500, so this may have been obvious to others, but I think a big part of this moves brilliance comes from the fact that he not only had to see the king takes variation where black has to choose between his queen and being mated, but that he also saw that, after rook takes, Ne6 traps the queen. It's amazing how many different positions Fischer had to analyze just to play this one move
The 5th example is definitely my favorite, never seen it before. Brilliant move
I felt that the fourth one wasn’t too difficult to spot but the last one was incredible
Very cool your videos man! Thanks!
Excellent videos. Thank you
In my eyes Bobby Fischer was the greatest player to ever play the game
Great analysis and style bro,just loved that
Happy birthday legend Bobby 💓🌟
Excellent video and commentary. GREAT production value. Simon is a refreshing take on your typical chess commentator. Would like to see him go over each option \ line. Otherwise those questions, “Why can’t x piece move to…?” are left unanswered.
Brilliant! The pick, the video 📹, and the games of course
My favorite is the last one. Stopping by the sac like parking brake
That Rf6 was incredible, I never would consider a move like that.
Very fascinating....very amazing.....thanks for these unbelievable games.
i would buy an unlimited supply of merch with simon's drum roll face im not joking
Great idea to show these brilliant games
and only in a few minutes. Thanks.
Coolest moves presented by the coolest chess player (GM ginger ofc)
Amazing moves....last one was my favourite "bobby was in no rush"......windmill was great too
Bobby never lost his mind, he spoke the truth till the end.
big yikes...
I love your fun and fan friendly informative videos thank you from Ireland here (too?!)
#4 was absolutely beautiful with the pawn protection.
He was the best player in the history of chess
I'm just started to play chess by Bobby Fischer's game with Burne I'm just impressed about Fischer's Brilliancy.
7:46 what if black pushed pawn C5.
if P b3 then b5, protecting Pc4.
if white Pc3 to allow bishop to retreat, then Pc4 attacking Bishop (Pawn protected by knight)
White Bb1, Pd3 closes off the Bishop's diagonal and attacks knight.
Black is still in the verge of dying but has 1 passed pawn very close to promoting.
The second and the last one were truly amazing. If only I was this friggin clever I wouldn’t have such a low rating lol
Last one was my favourite. Thank you.
Thanks GM SM Analyse for GM serjey karjakin
The first one is well known in the Sicilian, and in fact this move was published in a chess magazine a few days before the game. Obviously Reshevsky missed it
GM Simon explains best moves really nicely.
great .. many thanks mr Williams .. Rf6 is my best
Rather than amassing pieces in vicinity of king, and that's great feat for beginners, BF opens diagonals files and ranks - advice printed in each and every beginner chess book collecting desk in my home.
The videos confirm chess tactics are important to chess, particularly for piece-pushers.
GREAT SITE, FOR ME BEST OF ALL CHESS VLOGS, GREAT IDEA BEST 5 MOVES!
Excellent video series Mr Ginger GM
when he said "BOOM"
I felt that
2nd game vs Byrne is a really cool set up. Different ideas available.
Queen sac against Byrne was my fave Be6...SHAZAMM!☠
You should do this on other great champions as well.
We are, more videos coming soon!
Tals top ten terrifying attacks!
Those brilliant moves seem like the type of moves that only a chess engine could find, but that was in the days before any computer could play even an average game of chess.
If Bobby had defended his Title against Anatoly Karpov in '75, I have little doubt that he would have won and went on - not only to be the World Champion for at least 12 years - but to go down in history as THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME.
love your videos
The real killer move against Myagmarsuren is 29. Bg2!! ignoring black's threats and weaving the final mating net that causes resignation. That's the real hard-to-spot move. With all the pieces already set up, Qxh7 is relatively straightforward to calculate :D
Rarely one can see this type of brilliant moves.Thanks for your comments. Boby fisher is really great.
Hello Simon nice video I feel that the example with a queen takes Bishop on should have been preceded by the rooks taking the bishop sacrifice to put the king in that spot to show Fisher's vision
We need some time stamps on these videos mate. Other than that, great video!
Brilliant! Can't pick a favorite, all of them just bloody brilliant. He plays like you Simon.
The last one very diffcult to find in a real game to sacrfice a peice like that but brilliant
It was the easiest of the 5 if you know the motif 'Alekhine's Block'. It's a textbook example of it.
I came to see the brilliant moves but am not sufficiently proficient in chess to choose the best one. I was very happy to find/see some of the moves.
This guy is really good comenting. He shows the most lines, and not just one.
What makes the best case for Fischer as the greatest of all time is I would never bet against him..
Bobby Fischer, before the age of scientific chess, had moves that were somewhat computer-like. At that time, there was no engine analysis or data requirements, so all his reporting was based on his own analysis
Great, fantastic and immortal Bobby Fischer!!! Respect forever!!!
Game 1 - pawn to e6, automatic queen check seems more efficient.
the first tactic Bobby himself does not claim he invented it, but read it in russian chess magazine, and now falsely named Fischer Trap or Gambit
I love the enthusiasm of this guy
You didn't include the Qd7 against Robert Byrne, making Byrne resign when everyone thought Bobby was lost.
not lose
Fuck yes Simon, fuck yes mate!
My favorite was Queen Sac vs. Byrne
just one? Not possible. All of them are simply amazing. Fantastic
It is nice to know legends are not forgotten.
Game #4 Qxh7!! Unbelievably cool!
*_is it beer time YES YES ITS BEER TIME_*
Gotta love smothered mate,i won 2 games today with that theme so its a good one to know.
Funny how Rf6 would be easy to find if it were taking a knight. In the actual position, it takes some true inspiration.