Watch the movie pawn sacrafice to understand it better. It’s really good and explains everything based on a true story just like how agad explained it 😁
"So in Game 2, Fischer has several options. Typically he'd play e4, but he also has d4 available to him, or he could play another opening like c4. Instead, he plays none of these moves, and it's at this point that the game ended."
What a great man Spassky was. No one could accuse him of not conceding to Fischer. No one would question his legacy or sportsmanship for not agreeing with Fischer and no one could say he earned the championship due to luck or something else. Yet he chose to play, he chose to risk his title. (P.s: Spassky was confident he would defeat Fisher)
I doubt Spassky was confident he could beat Fischer. Fischer was clearly the string favorite to win. I think he was truly a great sportsman. He was not treated well after the match by the Soviets.
Spassky was a gentleman of the highest order. He knew the historic impact of this championship. Thank you Boris Spassky for allowing this match to take place. Even though the terms you agreed to guaranteed your demise.
Bobby felt the moves were being fed bc his opponent would not be prepared to play those lines. And Spassky thought he had a big enough lead. No psychoanalysis or congratulations needed here
Spassky had great sportmanship: while his conduct in 1972 was praiseworthy, he gradually lost his fair-play aura over the subsequent years. Just read about his 1977/78 match with Kortchnoi, for example. Second, Fischer was mentally ill. They stripped him of his title in 1975, so I think no-one can claim he got preferential treatment or anything. He won the title all by himself, and for that, he is a legend.
I remember clearly spending my summer holiday of 72 in my uncle's house , rarely going out. He was subscribed to Agadmator's channel ( just a joke !). He was subscribed to "Politika" , Belgrade newspaper , and every morning the postman would deliver the newspaper.Then , in front of the chess board , I would play the moves of the game that was played previous day. It was mesmerizing .The worst thing was after a day they didn't play .The feeling was exactly the same as when Agadmator misses a day to post his video. In 72 I was 14.
I was aged seven during this match,no other chess match had this impact.Immediately I requested a chess set for my 8th birthday. I still have those pieces but the board fell apart..
You could make a video on game 2. Just show the starting position : ''In this position, Bobby Fischer resigned the game. Why did he resign?...'' and the story of game 2 :)
It's very important for younger viewers of the channel to understand that film cameras 40+ years ago were quite noisy, not like the digital ones we have today.
I got to see Spaasky give a talk at the US open in the late 80s. He said that he and Fisher talked with each other frequently and called him his friend.
Nice when you said Spassky is quite the gentleman, I would also say good sportsmanship as well. I also saw his interview videos when he's already 80 years old, he mentioned the golden age of chess and of course being friends with Fischer too. A few mention as well when Spassky even wanted to visit Fischer's funeral but unable to due to his wife, so yes, he recalled a lot. Took a while then only can visit Fischer's grave (I could not find a video of that, only Kasparov was taken)
I’m so happy you called Spassky a gentleman near the end of the video! As you were setting the stage for the game by talking about the pre-match problems and how everyone thought Spassky made a terrible decision by accepting Fischer’s conditions, all I could think was how cool it was of Boris to do that. Any true ambassador of the game would never be content to win a match by disqualification or default, and although it was the start of his downfall I doubt he regrets it one bit. Somehow I think our boy agadmator would conduct himself in a similar manner :-)
It's quite amazing that every game of urs make me change my perceptions about chess and chess players.. You r such an awesome narrator... God bless you
Man. I’m learning so much from this channel. I love it. Bobby Fischer, for all his chess skill and being the best to ever be, was incredibly...odd. I had no idea he acted like this in his prime. Thought he was just going off the deep end near the end of his chess career, but it seems he was always a tad crazy. Thanks, @agadmator. This is all fascinating.
I think Spassky made the right decision overall. Karpov said that he regretted not being able to play against Fischer in 1975. He said that he would have turned out to be an even better player with that experience under his belt, even if he lost that World Chess Championship.
i always knew fischer was a .. complicated guy. but since i see this series i can not understand how anyone would deal with fischers basicly psycologigal problems and why he was allowed to even participate the game. i'd rather grant spassky the win tbh
Chess, aswell as any sport, it's a business. World Championship matches are arranged by people who want's to make money. I don't think they care about Fischer's mental health or his arrogant attitudes. They knew that keeping him happy and agreeing to all his terms was the most viable outcome for their purpose: to make money. (Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Argentina and it's difficult for me to find the right words)
@@agadmator yeah, sounds like an Aspergers/OCD kinda situation. Good job at setting the stage agad, we are really thankful for this content :) love from Argentina.
Aspergers for sure and surely strongly authistic. And when you cover his childhood that wasn't let's say suitable for such a difficult growing up, it all gets so much more understandable - i have a brother trisomie 21 and bit autistic, so I know what I am talking about - they are so lovely and childish - but also they are so often imprisioned in their minds / ideas and its very hard for them to come out of it and just let something go - thats why they can be so particularly strong on a certain field (as chess).
I love being able to learn about the history surrounding these matches in addition to watching the games themselves. Really gives you some context as to what was going through their minds at the time.
Thanks a lot for making this Fisher-Spassky series. I remember very well the media attention it generated in the Netherlands (and I guess everywhere in the world) when I was a teenager. Spassky used to be described in the press a bit like the bad guy, those times being the Cold War and such, but in fact he was a great honorable sportsman! If he would have taken the easy way, we would never have seen the fascinating games in this match. I already look forward to game 13!
Heavily agreed by whom? Not wanting to be around people is a sign of schizoid disorder, not autism. Autistic people show signs of WANTING to socialize, but not being able to. Fischer was capable of socializing but he didn't WANT to.
@@maxim3193 Asperger's is a form of autism. Also look it up plenty of people in the chess world nowadays think he suffered from Asperger's. It's where I first heard about was people talking about it in different chess forums.
**"Asperger's is a form of autism. "** Where did I imply otherwise? **"Also look it up plenty of people in the chess world nowadays think he suffered from Asperger's."** Plenty of people also have no idea of topics outside their immediate area of expertise. Fischer's countless interviews with American guest shows and in Iceland and even a few years before his death are the only evidence one needs to discount any accusations of being mentally unsound. If he did have a mental disorder it was on the schizoid spectrum, but of course this is just speculation. The media had reasons for trying to tarnish Fischer's name and even edited his interviews to make him out to be an insane conspiracy theorist. www.historyvshollywood.com/video/dick-cavett-show-bobby-fischer-interview/ th-cam.com/video/GcZvomWDuUY/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/a4UAQ0Gahcc/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/2znOBlyQusY/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/-S4BU_AYJEs/w-d-xo.html twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/969224340297302021?lang=en The problem with the media is that they have to look out for their own interests, and painting some famous figure as mentally ill for just being honest is how they profit. Same thing happens to this very day in every first world nation. The reason Fischer was so "unagreeable" in the world championship is because he felt he wasn't being given enough respect, neither financially nor intellectually. He was willing to sacrifice his chess legacy for what he believed was right. And without him chess would probably not be as popular in America today (especially if Chess960 takes hold)
Bobby Fischer realized that the world belongs to the meat eaters...all of the other players were competing to be the champion...he was being realistic...all of the greats are like Fischer...look at Larry Bird for example...Fischer was a meat eater...
Having been aware of the history and circumstances of the match for a long time, I only discovered this game through watching your video. What an amazing game! I have been trying to learn to play the black side of the Benoni ever since, but what a difficult opening to master!
Indeed it was! According to Frank Brady's account in 'Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy' (p. 249), ''The temporary playing room, located on the second floor of the stadium, above and to the rear of the stage, was a large, breezy, green-carpeted affair, used normally for table-tennis tournaments.'' So no artistic license from Pawn Sacrifice - at least, in this particular instance...
I really appreciate your videos. The backhistory is outstanding.... Spassky is such a badass against fischer who is a nutcase here. Spassky goes fishing!! He is the better man, and outplayed fischer in life, not forgetting its a game.
Another wonderful video, amazing background. Vast knowledge continues to increase. Fischer was a great chess player, and Spassky was a great human being. I know how this ends, sometimes life isn't fair. Thank you for the videos!
I'd heard that about Spassky before and I instantly became a fan of his for not defending his title the easy way. I'll make no bones about being glad that Fischer won this series since he's my favorite player ever, but I'll fully admit that I admire Spassky just a little bit more for that decision.
Fischer plays the Son of Sorrow, he was telling a story with this game and it made an even bigger impact as this was the first game he actually played, Fischer wasn't just a chess player or a man struck by illness, he was a poet in his best moments, without ever writing a word.
I have a different interpretation of that Spassky decision. It could be the case that he thought his chances of keeping the title would be higher against a troubled Fischer already down 2-0 than against a fresh and camera-seeker Tigran Petrosian. If he didn't reply immediatly, then the decision would be made by the Soviet Union, that didn't care if the champion was Spassky or Petrosian as long as it was a soviet player. But... maybe Spassky was just a gentleman afterall, who knows
Possible, but then again, Fischer had just defeated Petrosian. And while it's true that against another Soviet player he wouldn't be fully backed by Moscow, the flip side of that is he wouldn't risk being the person to concede the crown to the USA for the first time ever, in a period where the Cold War is still going strong. And frankly, everything aside, not many would want to sit across someone and give them chance after chance when they actively behave in the most inconsiderate way possible towards their opponent, towards the audience, and towards the organisers.
I know what you're thinking. Did Fischer make six unreasonable demands or only five. Well to tell you the truth, I've kind of lost track myself with all the excitement. But seeing as this is Bobby Fischer, the most powerful candidate in the world and can blow GMs away 6-0. You've got to ask yourself a question. Do I feel lucky?
I once had a girlfriend with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and sounds like that was the case with Fischer too. Everytime we went out for dinner she kept complaining about everything, tables not being aligned with each other, etc. Nowadays she is kinda recovered and realized that she was being unreasonable. Shame that didn't end up like this with Bobby. (Bad english)
"Spassky the biggest Chess gentleman you will every see" As a big fan of Bobby I say 10000000% right on. In fact in some ways I admire Boris Spassky more than Bobby. So thankful I get lessons in how to play but for folks like Boris I get lessons in how to be an honorable and true competitor.
I think we have to accept the idea that it was really the noise from the cameras that disturbed Fischer in game 1, as in game 3 without any annoying sounds Fischer lived up to the people's expectations and delivered another masterpiece with the black pieces!
I was shocked on hearing you saying game 3 and the first thing that came into my mind was how can I miss a video from this Chanel. Sigh of relief when I again started to watch this video after searching for game 2 and hearing you saying that game 2 never took place.
I have all the respect for Spassky for his show of sportsmanship inspite of Fischer's eccentric antics. Sure he had a strong 2-0 lead which was hard to overcome but he still wanted to play and win rather than win on forfeit. True gentleman of the game.
No why he allowed is that he do understand that Fischer was a grown up child. He did mentioned this in many interviews, so he exactly analysed that either the match goes on with Fischer terms or not. He do not want Fischer disapperaring from scene again for decades. He was indeed a very understanding gentleman.
now I cant wait for the rest of the games... a lot of new information regarding this duel and Spassky gains a lot of new earned respect for his decision to play.
Spassky is a true gentleman. He agreed to play on Fischer’s terms because he didn’t want to win by default. He could’ve easily retained the title and humiliated Bobby after Bobby forfeited Game 2 and lost Game 1. Moreover in Game 6 he recognised Bobby’s brilliance and applauded him. And by the end of all this he held no grudge against Bobby and admired him for his genius. I have huge respect for Bobby as a chess genius, but I will respect Spassky as a former world champion and also as a true sportsman.
I just saw a mini doku of this match. And Gudmundur Thorarinsson, the islandish organiser of the event says in an interview, that Boris Spassky talked to him 30 years later and that he said: After this game I had lost the whole tournament. Thorarinsson replied: this is not possible, there were more than 20 games to play. But Spasky insisted and said "I could no longer". Think it was all this pressure from every side (an absolutely must win situation for Boris Spassky) from his Regime as well as from the more than excentric Bobby Fischer.
Wonderful series! To me this game is Fischer's brilliancy. In his other wins (Games 5, 6, 8, 10, 13 and 21) it is easy to see the progression that led to victory. If you stop this Game 3 after the exchange of rooks it is hard to see an obvious advantage for Black - indeed White has a much more direct mating attack Two enormous plusses for Black turn out to his pawns on the light squares c4 and g4 (I say "turn out" - did Fischer really foresee this?). When the White King comes out left to meet his nemesis the Black Bishop on d3 rules the game
We all owe Boris Spassky a debt of immense gratitude for being such a fine gentleman and allowing the greatest chess spectacle ever, to take place. The sports analogy to the Ali/Foreman fight is not to be lost as Fischer like Ali played the baiting rope-a-dope to Spassky as befell Foreman. These were two of the greatest sports battles ever to be witnessed., and never likely to be repeated! Thank you, Mr Spassky! You were a great World Champion and the better man in this battle putting Chess before any personal ingratiation! And this was the greatest chess “sacrifice” ever played over the board!!! And all to few recognized it for what it really was. Perhaps Fischer alone in keeping his promise with a rematch was alone in showing his undying appreciation to Spassky for making his dream a reality, although many years too late. Like everything else in our world today, allowing politics to enter into an apolitical event, just destroys and demeans it to the betterment of no one! 🙏
“Yes, I will play him in the back, I will play him with a snack, I will play him in the park, I will play him in the dark, I will play him here or there, I will play him Anywhere!” ... ... a few hours later... “Oops”
I don't think it was a mistake by Spassky, accepting the Fischer's tearms... It just showed what a gentleman Spassky was and that he knew just how emportant the mach was, history, wise. There were numerous other accasions that support that stand... Like openly applouding Fischer, standing up, at the end of game 6. You can not only win like a gentleman, you can also lose like one. The match was never going to happen if EATHER one of these players wasn't at his own best.
Spasski knew very well that Fischer was most probably the greatest of all times so it was good of him to save the championship..Yes he was a real gentleman.. When asked in 1974 ' who do you think has better chance if Fischer decides to play Kortschnoi or Karpov? His reply came abruptly, ' it doesn’t matter, neither has any chance in 1975 '
At 19:32 I was thinking that too but then Bishop to g6 would be completely fine Then further if you move Qd8+ Kh7 is perfectly fine And then white queen is in no position to save its own king
What is your opinion of the Soviet team cheating on adjourned games and unfairly helping their countryman to victory...I will await your answer til hell freezes over.
@@johnnypastrana6727 Didn't everyone analyze positions during adjournment in those times? It was expected. What did the soviets do precisely that was more unfair in those situations?
#suggestion Hi Agadmator I've been watching your channel for a while now and I really enjoy what you do, you managed to get me back into chess after about a 3 year absence and even though I'm pretty bad, I still really enjoy your content. Anyway here is my suggestion: This might be a lot of work but I would love if you continued to cover the world chess championship series of the past, particularly the Karpov v Kasparov showdowns and also the many Alekhine world championship games, since you don't have that many videos on Alekhine and I really enjoy how he played and I'm sure your analysis could make it even better. I was also going to ask if you were planning on covering the 2018 world chess championships when that happens. I'd really enjoy that. Anyway, keep up the good content!
It's crazy if you think about it.... How much has chess improved since then. Today this game would be at 1800 rating level. Imagine if fischer faced carlsen
I was about to close the video to check game 2
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Me too even though I remember there was no game 2 in 1972!
The history surrounding this match is so unbelievablely priceless, thanks for investing the time to really set the stage for these games
Watch the movie pawn sacrafice to understand it better. It’s really good and explains everything based on a true story just like how agad explained it 😁
@@Destruu501 agad explained it better tbf. pawn sacrifice was beautiful but didn't go in depth after game 7
T-shirt idea: “Play like Bobby, Behave like Boris”
I think "act like Boris" is a bit shorter and sounds better, but great idea 😉
JacobPlays surely I’m down for a good edit
I’d buy that lol
David Stanley the alliteration in the original rolls off the tongue easier
CouchJunkies my original thought as well. The way the words form in le mouth.
Not gonna lie, I voted against this series a couple months ago. Now that we're here, I'm so glad this won!
What a dope comment
Same, but I'll be very sad if Alekhine vs Capablanca is not the next one
Why would you vote against this series?
We are not at all thinking why you didn't show game 2 like you said agadmator. We already know why, due to our vast knowledge of chess thanks to you 😜
He really should've shown game 2, talked over it, and then conclude "it was at this moment that the match ended".
Yeah, like the game which he showed in parma mallorca last match......
Hello Everyone, and welcome to the shortest game I have shown on my channel so far, because the game was never played.
"So in Game 2, Fischer has several options. Typically he'd play e4, but he also has d4 available to him, or he could play another opening like c4. Instead, he plays none of these moves, and it's at this point that the game ended."
@@TheSBleeder You forgot about the part where we watch the clock for one hour.
What a great man Spassky was. No one could accuse him of not conceding to Fischer. No one would question his legacy or sportsmanship for not agreeing with Fischer and no one could say he earned the championship due to luck or something else.
Yet he chose to play, he chose to risk his title. (P.s: Spassky was confident he would defeat Fisher)
Artur Koort Well, he already was 2-0 on Fischer...
I like what you wrote about Spassky. True sportsmen want to play, not win by forfeit.
Spassky was a truly great player..unfortunately he was great while Fischer was great..
I doubt Spassky was confident he could beat Fischer. Fischer was clearly the string favorite to win. I think he was truly a great sportsman. He was not treated well after the match by the Soviets.
@@syourke3 Why would Spassky not be confident? He was World Champion, he was up 2-0, and in Game 3 he had white!
Spassky was a gentleman of the highest order. He knew the historic impact of this championship. Thank you Boris Spassky for allowing this match to take place. Even though the terms you agreed to guaranteed your demise.
mad respect for spassky, its not a real win if they dont play
Agreed Fischer acts like a....well i wouldn't say child, but more like a complicated jerk for the sake of himself.
@@fancytoxicsoda I'm pretty sure he was ill but just never got diagnosed
@@fancytoxicsoda Fischer's antics made a lot of money for the players that came after - don't be so thick
no more videos?
Bobby felt the moves were being fed bc his opponent would not be prepared to play those lines. And Spassky thought he had a big enough lead.
No psychoanalysis or congratulations needed here
Wow!!!!spassky has a great sportsmanship
He does have unlike Fischer,Fischer was an asshole
Spassky had great sportmanship: while his conduct in 1972 was praiseworthy, he gradually lost his fair-play aura over the subsequent years. Just read about his 1977/78 match with Kortchnoi, for example.
Second, Fischer was mentally ill. They stripped him of his title in 1975, so I think no-one can claim he got preferential treatment or anything. He won the title all by himself, and for that, he is a legend.
Spassky, a cool guy
Erm.... two dead flies?
Amit Gupta I don’t know if Fischer was so much an a-hole as a paranoid weirdo
I remember clearly spending my summer holiday of 72 in my uncle's house , rarely going out. He was subscribed to Agadmator's channel ( just a joke !). He was subscribed to "Politika" , Belgrade newspaper , and every morning the postman would deliver the newspaper.Then , in front of the chess board , I would play the moves of the game that was played previous day. It was mesmerizing .The worst thing was after a day they didn't play .The feeling was exactly the same as when Agadmator misses a day to post his video. In 72 I was 14.
Nice memory, komrade!
I was aged seven during this match,no other chess match had this impact.Immediately I requested a chess set for my 8th birthday. I still have those pieces but the board fell apart..
'If you ask an engine it's not even an imperfection..'
What a time to be alive!
You could make a video on game 2. Just show the starting position : ''In this position, Bobby Fischer resigned the game. Why did he resign?...'' and the story of game 2 :)
No.
hahahah
he never resigned. He forfeited the gme to spasky
Hmmm we have a regular 1.
A4 ?? over here 😂
@@kartikeygill6119he gave him a couple early wins because they took everything from Taimanov after Bobby 60d him
It's very important for younger viewers of the channel to understand that film cameras 40+ years ago were quite noisy, not like the digital ones we have today.
I met Spassky in person. We sat together for 2 hrs chatting. He was very friendly and down to earth person.
I got to see Spaasky give a talk at the US open in the late 80s. He said that he and Fisher talked with each other frequently and called him his friend.
I know I self actualized when I heard agadmator tell me I’m an excellent subscriber.
I was already a great fan of Spassky. His gesture to play on Fischer's terms takes my breath away!! As you rightly put it, he was a true gentleman.
I'm watching Pawn Sacrifice and pausing the movie to watch each game here. Glad to have these videos.
Nice when you said Spassky is quite the gentleman, I would also say good sportsmanship as well. I also saw his interview videos when he's already 80 years old, he mentioned the golden age of chess and of course being friends with Fischer too. A few mention as well when Spassky even wanted to visit Fischer's funeral but unable to due to his wife, so yes, he recalled a lot. Took a while then only can visit Fischer's grave (I could not find a video of that, only Kasparov was taken)
I’m so happy you called Spassky a gentleman near the end of the video! As you were setting the stage for the game by talking about the pre-match problems and how everyone thought Spassky made a terrible decision by accepting Fischer’s conditions, all I could think was how cool it was of Boris to do that. Any true ambassador of the game would never be content to win a match by disqualification or default, and although it was the start of his downfall I doubt he regrets it one bit. Somehow I think our boy agadmator would conduct himself in a similar manner :-)
Excellent coverage, Spasky was known to be a true gentleman (contrary to Bobby who was a diva)
Was. But after he lost his title, he slowly lost his fair-play reputation.
@@SelfReflective How do you figure?
Read about his match against Kortchnoi in 1977/1978.
@@SelfReflective what about it?
@@gray_gogy He wasn't such a good sport during that match. And a very sore loser to boot.
“Booked a trip from Reykjavik to Iceland” Hmmm
Meant to say Greenland. I'm still amazed at how my brain produces absolute nonsense from time to time :D
agadmator's Chess Channel I know. Just teasing. Thanks for the uploads!!
adadmator, you do a great job. It's pretty easy to armchair commentate. It's not easy to do what you do and you do it well.
Bobby was on Planet Fischer. Fortunately he finally granted himself a visa to travel to Reykjavik on Planet Earth. The rest is interplanetary history!
So that is how you beat Bobby Fischer! With my camera phone, I'll be world champ in no time!
@Muhammed Saeed I can make shutter sounds with my mouth if need be,
And in other Angler news: While Spassky was catching salmon, the Fischer snagged a stockfish but couldn't get the Karpov.
Bellissimo
Incredible, how did this only get 35 votes =(
The cameras at that time made alot of sound it makes sense
Love your little stories before the matches. Very entertaining!!!
You're a genius!!! Perfect way to told an history. Congratulations for you from Minas Gerais, Brazil!!
I love your channel! You and lichess are helping my way up to 1800 elo❤️😁
Whats your username on lichess?
If We can have a game.
It's quite amazing that every game of urs make me change my perceptions about chess and chess players.. You r such an awesome narrator... God bless you
Man. I’m learning so much from this channel. I love it. Bobby Fischer, for all his chess skill and being the best to ever be, was incredibly...odd. I had no idea he acted like this in his prime. Thought he was just going off the deep end near the end of his chess career, but it seems he was always a tad crazy. Thanks, @agadmator. This is all fascinating.
Just came back this video - I really appreciate the effort you put in to cover the context and historical details surrounding the match. Thanks
I think Spassky made the right decision overall. Karpov said that he regretted not being able to play against Fischer in 1975. He said that he would have turned out to be an even better player with that experience under his belt, even if he lost that World Chess Championship.
i always knew fischer was a .. complicated guy. but since i see this series i can not understand how anyone would deal with fischers basicly psycologigal problems and why he was allowed to even participate the game. i'd rather grant spassky the win tbh
Chess, aswell as any sport, it's a business. World Championship matches are arranged by people who want's to make money. I don't think they care about Fischer's mental health or his arrogant attitudes. They knew that keeping him happy and agreeing to all his terms was the most viable outcome for their purpose: to make money. (Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Argentina and it's difficult for me to find the right words)
He did have Aspergers. I'm planning to visit this issue during the match, as it sheds a whole new light on the entire incident.
@@agadmator yeah, sounds like an Aspergers/OCD kinda situation. Good job at setting the stage agad, we are really thankful for this content :) love from Argentina.
Aspergers for sure and surely strongly authistic. And when you cover his childhood that wasn't let's say suitable for such a difficult growing up, it all gets so much more understandable - i have a brother trisomie 21 and bit autistic, so I know what I am talking about - they are so lovely and childish - but also they are so often imprisioned in their minds / ideas and its very hard for them to come out of it and just let something go - thats why they can be so particularly strong on a certain field (as chess).
Watch Pawn Sacrifice if you have not seen it.
It’s great to see how much Agadmators English has improved since the older videos I have watched. It has made the videos become much more enjoyable
Thanks for all you do. Making my games more enjoyable.
I was 100% looking for game 2! Commentary is too good, I didn't want to miss out on anything! Vast knowledge increased!
I thoroughly enjoy your enlightening and insightful analysis! Thank you!
I love being able to learn about the history surrounding these matches in addition to watching the games themselves. Really gives you some context as to what was going through their minds at the time.
I like how you spoke highly of Spassky as a gentleman and didn't bother to put Fischer down.
Thanks a lot for making this Fisher-Spassky series. I remember very well the media attention it generated in the Netherlands (and I guess everywhere in the world) when I was a teenager. Spassky used to be described in the press a bit like the bad guy, those times being the Cold War and such, but in fact he was a great honorable sportsman! If he would have taken the easy way, we would never have seen the fascinating games in this match. I already look forward to game 13!
I have been waiting for this , more exciting than all tv shows .
The background you provide on the matches is amazing, thank you for your efforts and thank you for increasing my vast knowledge
1:19 subconsciously heard "What is the idea behind this"
It was said by Chief Wiggam about Marge Simpson but it also applies to diva Bobby Fischer, too:
"Why are the good ones always insane?"
Its heavily agreed Fisher showed signs of Autism, which explains all his weird behavor and not trusting people and wanting to be alone.
Heavily agreed by whom? Not wanting to be around people is a sign of schizoid disorder, not autism. Autistic people show signs of WANTING to socialize, but not being able to. Fischer was capable of socializing but he didn't WANT to.
@@maxim3193 Asperger's is a form of autism. Also look it up plenty of people in the chess world nowadays think he suffered from Asperger's. It's where I first heard about was people talking about it in different chess forums.
**"Asperger's is a form of autism. "**
Where did I imply otherwise?
**"Also look it up plenty of people in the chess world nowadays think he suffered from Asperger's."**
Plenty of people also have no idea of topics outside their immediate area of expertise. Fischer's countless interviews with American guest shows and in Iceland and even a few years before his death are the only evidence one needs to discount any accusations of being mentally unsound. If he did have a mental disorder it was on the schizoid spectrum, but of course this is just speculation. The media had reasons for trying to tarnish Fischer's name and even edited his interviews to make him out to be an insane conspiracy theorist.
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The problem with the media is that they have to look out for their own interests, and painting some famous figure as mentally ill for just being honest is how they profit. Same thing happens to this very day in every first world nation.
The reason Fischer was so "unagreeable" in the world championship is because he felt he wasn't being given enough respect, neither financially nor intellectually. He was willing to sacrifice his chess legacy for what he believed was right. And without him chess would probably not be as popular in America today (especially if Chess960 takes hold)
Bobby Fischer realized that the world belongs to the meat eaters...all of the other players were competing to be the champion...he was being realistic...all of the greats are like Fischer...look at Larry Bird for example...Fischer was a meat eater...
Having been aware of the history and circumstances of the match for a long time, I only discovered this game through watching your video. What an amazing game! I have been trying to learn to play the black side of the Benoni ever since, but what a difficult opening to master!
I wish I had watched the 1st minute of this video instead of wasting 15mins looking for game 2 😂
I thought it was played in a pingpong room. lol
the movie pawn sacrifice takes artistic license :D
Indeed it was! According to Frank Brady's account in 'Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy' (p. 249), ''The temporary playing room, located on the second floor of the stadium, above and to the rear of the stage, was a large, breezy, green-carpeted affair, used normally for table-tennis tournaments.'' So no artistic license from Pawn Sacrifice - at least, in this particular instance...
konigstephan Oh I see. Thank you for the info
In the movie it shows the black king in the middle of the board, I came here to make sure that wasn't the case :)
I really appreciate your videos. The backhistory is outstanding.... Spassky is such a badass against fischer who is a nutcase here. Spassky goes fishing!! He is the better man, and outplayed fischer in life, not forgetting its a game.
Love this series!!
Another wonderful video, amazing background. Vast knowledge continues to increase. Fischer was a great chess player, and Spassky was a great human being. I know how this ends, sometimes life isn't fair. Thank you for the videos!
Heard of this match before. Never thought it had this much history behind it 😂😂😂
I'd heard that about Spassky before and I instantly became a fan of his for not defending his title the easy way. I'll make no bones about being glad that Fischer won this series since he's my favorite player ever, but I'll fully admit that I admire Spassky just a little bit more for that decision.
" A soundless replica of the board " Made my day :D
Fischer plays the Son of Sorrow, he was telling a story with this game and it made an even bigger impact as this was the first game he actually played, Fischer wasn't just a chess player or a man struck by illness, he was a poet in his best moments, without ever writing a word.
I literally just flinched in public cause i wear headphones and your intro was so bloody loud hahaha love your vids and of course you :D
I have a different interpretation of that Spassky decision. It could be the case that he thought his chances of keeping the title would be higher against a troubled Fischer already down 2-0 than against a fresh and camera-seeker Tigran Petrosian. If he didn't reply immediatly, then the decision would be made by the Soviet Union, that didn't care if the champion was Spassky or Petrosian as long as it was a soviet player.
But... maybe Spassky was just a gentleman afterall, who knows
Possible, but then again, Fischer had just defeated Petrosian. And while it's true that against another Soviet player he wouldn't be fully backed by Moscow, the flip side of that is he wouldn't risk being the person to concede the crown to the USA for the first time ever, in a period where the Cold War is still going strong. And frankly, everything aside, not many would want to sit across someone and give them chance after chance when they actively behave in the most inconsiderate way possible towards their opponent, towards the audience, and towards the organisers.
Spassky was a true gentleman.
I know what you're thinking. Did Fischer make six unreasonable demands or only five. Well to tell you the truth, I've kind of lost track myself with all the excitement. But seeing as this is Bobby Fischer, the most powerful candidate in the world and can blow GMs away 6-0. You've got to ask yourself a question. Do I feel lucky?
Dirty Bobby, now in theaters.
Wow! Nice one!
Bon Mot!
I once had a girlfriend with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and sounds like that was the case with Fischer too. Everytime we went out for dinner she kept complaining about everything, tables not being aligned with each other, etc. Nowadays she is kinda recovered and realized that she was being unreasonable. Shame that didn't end up like this with Bobby. (Bad english)
Was she any good at chess? ;-)
Was she good in bed?
Genius and madness, a fine line...
I had a similar partner..an absolute disaster! One demand satisfied led to another..life became chess..
I almost die waiting for u to upload the third game. At last im saved. Thank you Antonio. May ur channel grow more.
"Spassky the biggest Chess gentleman you will every see" As a big fan of Bobby I say 10000000% right on. In fact in some ways I admire Boris Spassky more than Bobby. So thankful I get lessons in how to play but for folks like Boris I get lessons in how to be an honorable and true competitor.
I think we have to accept the idea that it was really the noise from the cameras that disturbed Fischer in game 1, as in game 3 without any annoying sounds Fischer lived up to the people's expectations and delivered another masterpiece with the black pieces!
In few words spassky made fischer a legend.
What a gentleman this Spassky fella, this is why I love chess. Mutual respect, sportsmanship and beatifull minds fighting.
18:17 time there's a check mate when you moved the white bishops to b2 the black bishop check followed by queen
Love your chess videos!!
I was shocked on hearing you saying game 3 and the first thing that came into my mind was how can I miss a video from this Chanel. Sigh of relief when I again started to watch this video after searching for game 2 and hearing you saying that game 2 never took place.
This one of the best games in the match, but Im waiting for game 13.
Love your commentary. Thanks
I have all the respect for Spassky for his show of sportsmanship inspite of Fischer's eccentric antics. Sure he had a strong 2-0 lead which was hard to overcome but he still wanted to play and win rather than win on forfeit. True gentleman of the game.
No why he allowed is that he do understand that Fischer was a grown up child. He did mentioned this in many interviews, so he exactly analysed that either the match goes on with Fischer terms or not. He do not want Fischer disapperaring from scene again for decades. He was indeed a very understanding gentleman.
now I cant wait for the rest of the games... a lot of new information regarding this duel and Spassky gains a lot of new earned respect for his decision to play.
1 st and amazing video, commenting without even watching the video cuz they are amazing!!
Spassky is a true gentleman. He agreed to play on Fischer’s terms because he didn’t want to win by default. He could’ve easily retained the title and humiliated Bobby after Bobby forfeited Game 2 and lost Game 1. Moreover in Game 6 he recognised Bobby’s brilliance and applauded him. And by the end of all this he held no grudge against Bobby and admired him for his genius.
I have huge respect for Bobby as a chess genius, but I will respect Spassky as a former world champion and also as a true sportsman.
Love Bobby Fischer’s chess games
Well now I have so much respect for spassky
This guy never run out of energy deep thnx making us love chess more and more
I just saw a mini doku of this match. And Gudmundur Thorarinsson, the islandish organiser of the event says in an interview, that Boris Spassky talked to him 30 years later and that he said: After this game I had lost the whole tournament. Thorarinsson replied: this is not possible, there were more than 20 games to play. But Spasky insisted and said "I could no longer".
Think it was all this pressure from every side (an absolutely must win situation for Boris Spassky) from his Regime as well as from the more than excentric Bobby Fischer.
Chess will always be my favorite board game.
I've been waiting for this game!!!
13:24 Weakening the light squares around your king like that with 18. g3 was probably what allowed Fischer to create this “prison” later in the game
How could one opponent start clock without shaking hands?
"I don't believe in psychological games, I believe in good moves" - Robert James Fischer
This content is better than any on youtube and anywhere! in regards to cheese. Bless You Antonio :)
Wonderful series!
To me this game is Fischer's brilliancy. In his other wins (Games 5, 6, 8, 10, 13 and 21) it is easy to see the progression that led to victory. If you stop this Game 3 after the exchange of rooks it is hard to see an obvious advantage for Black - indeed White has a much more direct mating attack
Two enormous plusses for Black turn out to his pawns on the light squares c4 and g4 (I say "turn out" - did Fischer really foresee this?). When the White King comes out left to meet his nemesis the Black Bishop on d3 rules the game
We all owe Boris Spassky a debt of immense gratitude for being such a fine gentleman and allowing the greatest chess spectacle ever, to take place. The sports analogy to the Ali/Foreman fight is not to be lost as Fischer like Ali played the baiting rope-a-dope to Spassky as befell Foreman. These were two of the greatest sports battles ever to be witnessed., and never likely to be repeated! Thank you, Mr Spassky! You were a great World Champion and the better man in this battle putting Chess before any personal ingratiation! And this was the greatest chess “sacrifice” ever played over the board!!! And all to few recognized it for what it really was. Perhaps Fischer alone in keeping his promise with a rematch was alone in showing his undying appreciation to Spassky for making his dream a reality, although many years too late. Like everything else in our world today, allowing politics to enter into an apolitical event, just destroys and demeans it to the betterment of no one! 🙏
It's hard not to love you man! I'm sure many subscribers are here not because of only chess but more so because of you!
Congratulations! You are an excellent channel.
I just watched Pawn Sacrifice. It was excellent! Great game by the great RJF!
“Yes, I will play him in the back, I will play him with a snack, I will play him in the park, I will play him in the dark, I will play him here or there, I will play him Anywhere!” ...
... a few hours later...
“Oops”
What's it with Fisher always being late to his games? 🤔
He says in an interview he sleeps at 6 am or so and gets up about half an hour before these matches :)
I don't think it was a mistake by Spassky, accepting the Fischer's tearms... It just showed what a gentleman Spassky was and that he knew just how emportant the mach was, history, wise. There were numerous other accasions that support that stand... Like openly applouding Fischer, standing up, at the end of game 6. You can not only win like a gentleman, you can also lose like one. The match was never going to happen if EATHER one of these players wasn't at his own best.
Spasski knew very well that Fischer was most probably the greatest of all times so it was good of him to save the championship..Yes he was a real gentleman..
When asked in 1974 ' who do you think has better chance if Fischer decides to play Kortschnoi or Karpov?
His reply came abruptly, ' it doesn’t matter, neither has any chance in 1975 '
Thank you for your work! I think it would be great to make a video about Fischer's life. One of the most controversial person in chess
subscribed.your work is excellent
What if spassky played queen to g5 after Fisher's queen to b3? Do include that variation it might have been a drawn position
At 19:32
I was thinking that too but then Bishop to g6 would be completely fine
Then further if you move Qd8+
Kh7 is perfectly fine
And then white queen is in no position to save its own king
Agadmator, what do you think of this behavior, actually?
What is your opinion of the Soviet team cheating on adjourned games and unfairly helping their countryman to victory...I will await your answer til hell freezes over.
@@johnnypastrana6727 Didn't everyone analyze positions during adjournment in those times? It was expected. What did the soviets do precisely that was more unfair in those situations?
#suggestion
Hi Agadmator I've been watching your channel for a while now and I really enjoy what you do, you managed to get me back into chess after about a 3 year absence and even though I'm pretty bad, I still really enjoy your content.
Anyway here is my suggestion:
This might be a lot of work but I would love if you continued to cover the world chess championship series of the past, particularly the Karpov v Kasparov showdowns and also the many Alekhine world championship games, since you don't have that many videos on Alekhine and I really enjoy how he played and I'm sure your analysis could make it even better.
I was also going to ask if you were planning on covering the 2018 world chess championships when that happens. I'd really enjoy that.
Anyway, keep up the good content!
It's crazy if you think about it.... How much has chess improved since then. Today this game would be at 1800 rating level. Imagine if fischer faced carlsen
I really cant wait for game 4💔
i agree with spassky. winning a title by default is worse than losing.am glad he played fischer and showed some integrity