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Something I liked about Spassky is that when Fischer got arrested, he demanded his release. Finally he stated, "If you won't release him, put me in his cell with a chess board."
Spassky was an ultimate gamesman.
I'd never heard that quote. Legendary. Thank you for the history.
Like Fischer said in 1972: Spassky is a real sportsman!! And a gentleman as well!
Boris spassky is underrated world chess champion
I'd hate being stuck in a cell with that freak. Imagine the fucking rants he'd go on.
@@Muffinmurdurer they'd bond over antisemitism the second Fischer mentioned Jewish people, which you know would take 15 second tops.
Watched the whole video, very instructive and educational. 10/10 would suggest
Sure, I’m 30 seconds
@@flade- Hi 30 seconds
@@flade- hi 30 seconds, I'm dad
heh?
Robert spoke the truth, and the truth hurts.
I watched one of the games live! I couldn't find it anywhere afterwords. I remember that Boby was playing white, and was in the position that looked lost, and everybody in the audience was disappointed.. an old man asked me what do I think who will win, and I said Spasky, afcourse... Bobby is lost. I didn't know anything about chess... just said what everybody is saying. Than the old man asked me what do I think of a rook move Bobby had in the position... the move that attackers Spaskys queen... Bobby later played that move and managed to queen one of his pions and won the game. Does someone have all the games data from that match maybe?
there is an amazing game bitween Fabio Bruno (probably the greatest italian chess champion, and good friend of Spasky)) and Moskalenko in Padova, i think in 1992, please check it :)
Levy, please look at this game where I beat a 2207 chess master in a blitz game as Black. 1.c4 h6 2.Nc3 a6 3.d4 h5 4.e4 a5 5.f4 h4 6.Nf3 a4 7.Be3 h3 8.g3 a3
(very logical so far) 9.b3 e6 10.Be2 Bb4 11.Bd2 d5 12.cxd5 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 exd5 14.e5 Nh6 15.Rc1 Bg4 16.Bb4 Nf5?! (16...Na6 would have been more in keeping with the spirit of this opening) 17.Qd3 Qd7 18.O-O Nc6 19.Bc3 g6 20.Rcd1 Nd8 21.Ng5 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Ne6 23.Nf3 c5 24.dxc5 d4 25.g4? (White cracks due to Black's nonstop pressure)...Ne3 26.Nxd4 Nxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rd2 Nxd4 29.Rxd4 Qc6 30..Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.b4 Kc8 32.e6 Re8 33.e7 Rxe7 34.Qd2 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Rh1 36.Kg3 Rg1+ 37.Kh4 g5+! 38.fxg5 Qe4!! and White, a 2207 chessmaster, wondering why he even plays this game, lets his clock run out as mate is unavoidable. You may make a video of this game, and call it the funniest, most ridiculous game ever, or choose your own adjectives.
1972 is the story. How about Bobby winning the title coming from behind everyone thought it was over the blunder by Bobby then the forfeit of game 2 then the master class games winning from 2-0 down apart from the theatre it was pure magic. Spassky applauding Bobby was great sportsmanship and for a moment we forgot about the cold war. Game 6 enough said!
I think you could put bobby in a game against me with only a king and he would still somehow find a way to win lol
Fischer's performance rating from this match was 2660, which would have put him at #10 in the world on the January 1993 fide rating list. He did this after not playing chess for TWENTY YEARS at the age of 50. Simply incredible.
That’s right I did
Wait isn't elo calculated only form wins and losses?
@@oxiosophy Draws count for elo as well
@@oxiosophy And this is performance rating not elo
In 1992 Fischers rating of 2780 would put him tied for number 1. Ratings don't degrade with time if you don't play, you just get removed from. The elo ratings gs list. So starting the match fischer was rated #1 in the world, he was spraying spasski who was rated the bottom on the top 100. Fischers performance is not that impressive and him staying in the top ten from starting at tied for #1 is not impressive ether.
“Chess doesn't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane” - Bill Hartston
"Chess doesn't keep mad people sane, it drives sane people mad"-Real Life
Yeh, Bill Hartston said that.
...but you're not that guy, pal. Trust me, you're not that guy
@@mrchoon2010 he literally is That Guy though
@@plaguedoc7727 more like -you not -real life
@@alonewanderer4697 He might be That Guy, but he's not _that_ guy
I feel like the thumbnails never get enough attention, they are really well made!
Yeah this one looks particularly good. Very eye catching.
funniest one is "The Best Draw in Chess History"
Thanks
@Adal Heathen ur lucky we cant do pin of shame on replays
Agreed
It's worth nothing that Bobby's proposal reportedly lost by a single vote. It's also worth noting that the conditions Fischer demanded for a return match with Karpov we're no different and even more fair than previous conditions set by Botvinnik who demanded an instant rematch.
These match ends in his favor if it's tied 9/9. That condition alone is just insane
@@aluminiumknight4038 not really, in 1954 the match was tied and Botvinnik retained the title. Fischer's conditions were more fair than those set previously and champions have always asserted some sort of change, they just happened to have rejected Fischer's change.Honestly his made more sense than having a rapid game deciding the outcome.
@@aluminiumknight4038 That "tie goes to the title holder" custom goes back to the early days of chess world championships, so there was nothing new or unusual about it. In fact, the great Emanuel Lasker retained his title in the 1910 championship match against Schlechter only by tying the challenger, not by actually winning the match.
@@kabeerchawla4776 wtf? How is it OK to end the match when it's all on one game
@@michaels4255 dude the match was supposed to be 10 wins, he wanted to end it if it was tied 9/9
Imagine.... Bobby Fischer was the only US-born world chess champion during 50+ years of complete Soviet chess domination. Yet, the Soviets were kinder to the US champion than the US government itself.
Fischer broke US law, he didn't break Soviet law. Yet the US was extremely kind to Fischer. He didn't pay his taxes for years and they didn't go after him. They didn't pursue him very hard after the match. Being the former world champion doesn't make you above the law, that's an odd definition of kindness.
Bootlicker@@GraemeCree
Fischer is an all time great regardless and a genius who was simply ahead of his time on the chess board. His story and that of Morphy and Sultan Khan are simply unbelievable and also sad in that they weren't able to do justice to their talents. Perhaps if chess had sports psychologists like they have in different sports now then maybe such talents could have been fostered better. Fischer should have been better handled by the US admin despite his outbursts. He gave the US a strong ideological bragging right at an intellectual sport and at the height of the cold war rivalry. Regardless of his stances later he deserved better. A lot better.
I personally went to those matches several times.
Let me give you a bit of context. Serbia was a living hellhole at the time, like Venezuela today, except with a war happening right next door and even more of a pariah status. The average salaries were a couple of euros a MONTH and hyperinflation was rampant. Nothing worked, nothing functioned, crime and violence were everywhere and people were just desperate to survive somehow. You were essentially considered upper-middle-class if you weren't starving. The entire country was completely sealed off and travel out of it was next to impossible, perhaps the worst sanctions in human history. Today, no country would ever face such sanctions since the world is no longer unipolar and you could never get a vote for it in the UN.
In this context, imagine a 10 year old kid in this situation, entering the Sava Center with one of my grandparents, a glitzy convention center. The entrance was free. It was literally the event of the year so the place was packed. I believe even the drinks were free or purchasable for a very low price. It was the atmosphere of a cocktail party. People wore their best clothes. I didn't understand a single bit of chess theory, but just a chance to watch something this big was absolutely magical. It gave me hope to endure the coming years.
Oh, and on a final note the guy organizing it, Jezdimir Vasiljević, was a major crook who ultimately stole hundreds of millions of dollars from desperate people looking to invest into his bank. I mean, the state took most of it, but he eloped with quite a bit.
did Serbia have a lot of murders like Venezuela though
@@elpibe1924 I don't think the violence ever got as bad as in the poorer parts of South America, but it was still quite bad for European standards. Criminals fought and killed each other in broad daylight. If you had a fancier pair of sneakers you might run the risk of someone approaching you and forcing you to give it to them. Bullying and fights in schools were endemic, as well as between football gangs. Other than that, I guess the one saving grace was that if you weren't part of the criminal ruling class, no one would likely target you since you had very little money on you anyway. One could say the state already did the robbing part.
@@elpibe1924 even better, they had genocides
We scream about inflation lately in the U.S.A., but many have no idea! I was in Jugoslavija the year before this match, and one day, they just moved the decimal point a few places on the currency! And out came "new money," smaller bills. Imagine having a dollar turn into less than ten cents, overnight! But even long after his death, they still loved Tito. It is a shame that such a vicious war broke out the following year. Most of the people are wonderful, but the nationalism that took over there now tries to infect us here. - j q t -
@@elpibe1924 Serbia is far more safer than the western cities and countries. This all happened 30 years ago, and the media satanised Serbs because of the politics. Serbs are one of the most welcoming people on this planet.
Don't get me wrong, I love all your recaps. But this one in particular was one of the best. Incredible commentary, explaining everything in detail very well, just a blast. Story time was also sick. Great video.
Also, Fischer was a SAVAGE
I agree
fischer is my favourite chess player
@@EGS3586 Great chess player...but an awful person.
And an ANTISEMETIST... he has issues
@@gamer9smith had*
the US Department of the Treasury warned Fischer before the start of the match that his participation was illegal, that it would violate President George H. W. Bush's Executive Order 12810 imposing United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 sanctions against engaging in economic activities in Yugoslavia In response, during the first scheduled press conference on September 1, 1992, in front of the international press, Fischer spat on the US order, saying "this is my reply"
Well I was broke and needed money. What would you do?
Expelled for playing chess in a country that no longer even exists now
Thank you. This cements my great respect for Bobby Fischer and cements my contempt for the US federal government !
Good on Bobby Fischer for saying exactly what is also on the minds of billions of people around the world to the US government.
That's a common myth, that Fischer didn't break the law, just an Executive Order. Not true, the law Fischer broke was the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The Executive Order simply told him to obey that law, which he failed to do.
please cover the history of the soviet chess school, would be fascinating to learn about the styles and approach to the game that saw that succession of champions from botvinnik up to kasparov and kramnik.
I think Fischer was the most talented player of all time. To do what he did pre computer age is hard to fathom. Having to get all his education from books and a board on front of him is incredible. No engine to check his lines, no giant databases to prep for opponents, just incredible.
Yes but that it's true for every other player from that time, it's not that he won against people who got computers...
@@lorenzo97tth562 from 1970 to 1972 Fischer was a beast. Look at what he did in the Candidates, he was levels above anyone else at that time.
what about Morphy? he reached his level without computers or books but rather just by observing some games
@@Janet_Airlines802 Morphy was even better, theory wasn’t fletched out in his time. Also Fischer peaked then disappeared so he has no longevity unfortunately
@@lorenzo97tth562 not really. Most players had teams of people analyzing positions, proposing lines, etc. Bobby did everything by himself. He didn’t just defeat Spassky, but the entire combined effort of the best Soviet chess players alive at the time.
Levy, your historical chess game videos are amongst your best videos! Your talent for storytelling equals your talent for commentating games, and that makes these videos so much fun!
I totally agree I can not say it better. than you. and thank you as well.
I completely agree - it is quite fascinating how I'm simply never bored listening to this man speak.
Just a note from someone who lived in Yugoslavia '92 - Organiser (Jezdimir Vasiljevic) was not an entrepreneur/businessman, but a scammer (and convicted criminal) that was close to the ruling party of president Slobodan Milosevic (died in Hague in 2006, while being tried for war crimes).
He was arrested after his Bank was found to be a Ponzi/pyramid scheme - his bank was giving >10% monthly for savings in hard currency (USD/EUR), by paying it with new customers' savings. Needless to say, the government knew what he was doing, but did nothing, course he bought a few months of "social peace" in war thorned country, and he was helping the country (smuggling) the oil, whose import was banned by the Internationally imposed sanctions. Of course, they "tried" to arrest him, when he started to fail to give back people their money, but he "somehow" got over the border in March of 1993.
He did return a decade or so later, and was even convicted to a relatively small sentence (5 years), but he was released just after the trial ended (he spent 5 years in jail during the trial).
In 2013. he even participated in a reality show on government propaganda TV - Yep, not much political/judicial progress happened in Serbia since the 90s.
By the way, a US law (not the Internation) is the one that sanctioned the play of Fischer in Yugoslavia (or to be paid by Yugoslav entity, to be precise), Spassky, a French citizen at the time (from '70s), didn't have that problem.
Edit: I was writing this comment, while the video played in the background, so I just saw that Levy did mention the whole Vasiljevic thing. Kudos to Levy for not missing those kinds of details!
I am curious about the other character in this story - Boris Spassky. Everything I have heard about his is that he is a true gentleman who maintained a high level of respect for Fischer and never really blamed him for all the nonsense of the 1972 match. Meanwhile Spassky was under the thumb of the Soviet system for so many years. What motivated him to face Fischer in 1992? The money? Curiosity about Fischer's condition? I understand he donated some memorabilia recently to the hall of fame in St. Louis for their 50 year anniversary exhibit of the 1972 match. Spassky is an interesting dude in his own right.
it looks like Fischer and Spassky were some sort of comrades
Spassky was in serious need of money
@@hellopleychess3190 Both of them were non-conformists in their own countries.
i heard in some place Fisher say Spassky kind love and respect chess like him. Maybe is that the connection, both appreciate to much chess, and together had truly challenges.
They were lovers /s
Wow, I never knew Bobby Fischer invented increment... that's pretty insane, it always seemed like such a natural thing to have in chess. As most of the other comments have said, I absolutely love when you make historical chess content and think you should definitely do more, they're always some of your best work.
The US government was also insane to go after somebody who had been their hero during the Cold War. Kudos to tiny Iceland for standing up against them.
Its weird how the US can ban somebody from playing in another country, i found that to be extremely fascist and non democratic.
We are a VERY emotional country.
In fact, everyone under U.N. jurisdiction in any country was forbidden to engage in any commercial or promotional activity in the "Former Republics of the SFR of Yugoslavia.' Because the war was ragging on and some of its darkest chapters were in active developening at the moment. This blocade was a way to keep foreign powers out of the fight and the warlords far from any trade revenue.
Of course is up to each country to enforce U.N. resolutiions on their nationals and it was seldom overlooked, but the whole thing was too noisy to cover-up.
Saddest of all, they played for money because they were broke.
Then you should think about it a bit more. Playing sports for money is a business, and countries often sanction other countries, sometimes harming their own citizens in the process. The embargo on South Africa in the 70-80s (which included sports and arts) clearly had a major impact on the country, for one example. Paul Simon still gets a lot of hate for violating it. In the 90s, Yugoslavia was doing some horrific things, and to call the US fascist for trying to fight back against that is very misguided.
Thanks for this. You went rather fast over the last "episode" (which is a very interesting in my opinion (at least for an Icelander), and therefore all this writing). Bobby was jailed in Japan for half a year, and the government of Iceland gave Bobby Icelandic citizenship to save him from this unhuman prisonment - a way out. So he was an Icelander in for the remaining years of his live, and wanted to by burried here. He was left a lone, everybody knew about him and he was free to do what ever he wanted to do without being "interrupted". The sad part of this was the way he was treated, as he was obviously a sick man. Man that had a very difficult childhood, grew up in a very poor family - with his mother and siter, but his father was not around (...and "all that" father "issue" is another story which people should look up, Jewish hade later in live, does that have some past in that?) "alone" in a very small flat in NY and the only friend was the 64 black and white tiles. Learning to play buy studying and playing with him self. His mother, which was fighting to survive, financly, was hunted (her live no made easier) by the US government - thinking that she was some kind of a spy (at that time in the US there was a lot of strange things going on due to the cold war) So, even though she was highly intelligent, highly educated, she did not "make it" in the land of the opertunities, and they struckled to survive. So, back to Bobby, and the final stages of his live - Why could the US government not just let him be? This was obviously a sick man - That way he got the "channel" to say all kind of things that were not "good", for anybody, and things only got wors mainly for Bobby him self. Bobby was a man that fighted and won the USSR chess machine single handed (a machine that had helt firm grip on the world title in chess for decates) - in the height days of the cold war. Henry Kissinger knew all about how importand this match was, as a probaganda and got involved to make it happen. So the everybody knew how important this victory was for the US. Bobby died in Iceland at the age of 64 (which is ...yea think about it!), is burried in a semitary in a small village in Iceland, according to his wish - the greatest chess player US has ever owned and will ever own in the future - sad ending, but the Icelandic government did the right "act" to save him from this deadlock that the US government had put him in.
Dropped by his grave site on my trip to Iceland this summer. I stopped in the nearby Fischer Chess Center and happened to be there during an event celebrating 72 match. It was all in German I believe, and I couldn't understand what was going on, but it was neat to be there then.
I think he should be honored as a citizen of Iceland, and the honor should belong to them, rather than the US, and I'm a citizen of the US. But the treatment they gave him or lack thereof, Iceland showed who really allowed Fischer to simply be. Sad story, a damn shame.
About a month ago I spoke with the man who made the clock for this match, he became Fishers close friend during that time and he told me some interesting stories about him.
care to share?
I would love to hear some, wow
I'm sure people who met him have some extremely...interesting things to say about him
@@htwa if i remember correctly, Fisher would would wait for him at the train station every week when he came to the city where he lived at the time, but one time he wasnt there waiting, so he went to look for Fisher at his hotel, when he got to his room the door was slightly ajar, so he went in calling out for Fisher without a response, when he entered the room he noticed something behind him and grabbed it and threw it over him, that was Fisher hiding behind the door with a tazer trying to taze him (the guy was a former karate champion of Yugoslavia)
@@vladapavic9514 lmao this mf was crazy
I think that if Fischer was born 40 years later, had access to modern theory and opportunity to train with engines he would cross 3000 elo today.
judging from his interviews, he more than likely wouldn’t have played chess
I come from Serbia and this is a very well known fact in our country that this match happened. We love our chess. Or at least we used to cherish it more than we do today. But after the chess boom in 2020 many young kids started playing chess and some people for whom I would never be able to tell that they love chess, started playing it. So I hope that one day some grand masters can come out from our country. I personally know a kid who is 8 years old who is really good so there is hope!
i love when gotham makes videos of old games
My dad was watching this game live for free and pretty much the whole of Belgrade became circled around chess for the few days that they were there, which was truly brilliant, he also told me that he was standing and commentating on the game alongside jezda, the criminal that funded the match
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We don't care
@@ffbb598 😂😂
@@ffbb598 I care
3:04 Even levy is a virat kohli fan 😅
absolutely love these historic videos and been missing them, hope to see more in the future!
There are a lot of Fischer stories.
The one that stuck to me was when the Russians colluded against him - they were doing 20-30 move Draws against each other while going full strength against Bobby.
Unfortunately, the phenomena of top players in a tournament taking easy draws against each other and beating up on the weakies is something that's been plaguing chess for over a century. What made that tournament unusual was that Fischer was one of the weakies.
But very commonplace. A couple of years back there were 7 players fighting for 6 qualifying spots. Six of them (including Nakamura) went easy on each other and beat up on Needleman, the one guy significantly weaker than the others. It wasn't "collusion", there's no need for collusion in such a case. The strategy is too obvious to need discussion.
Magic in Harry Potter just does whatever J.K.Rolling wants for the drama and is conveniently forgotten outside of that scope
People have wondered why if time travel was possible they only used it once and just forgot it existed afterwards?
@@cluelessmango768 There's a moment in Order of the Phoenix where an ensuing battle between the Hogwarts kids and death eaters has a spell hit a shelf full of time-turners, destroying all of them. Likely a response from Rowling getting frustrated of people asking that question.
@@GIR177 also, there are many side effects of time travel In hp. For example, if you went back one year you would have to go through the entire year again to get back to where you started. Essentially there is no way back. This can also cause ageing problems. If you went back 10 years you will seem to have aged by 10 years immediately by people in the present. Also, like Hermione said, imagine if you see yourself what would you do. There will be paradoxes as well. Thus, time travel is a heavily guarded part of magic in the hp universe.
Great video. Only people over a certain age understand how incredibly important the 1972 match was. It was way, way beyond just a chess championship. It was the US versus the Soviet Union, capitalism versus communism, individual versus the collective. Everyone in the US was following it, whether they ever played a chess game of not. This is way before Bobby went nuts; he was still a normal person who happened to be the greatest chess player of all time. Every person in the US was rooting for him, and nothing ever did as much for the popularization of the game than that championship.
It was basically the chess version of Louis vs. Schmeling II.
"Some of his views weren't fully acceptable today". Yeah, let's minimize hatemongering.
He was like Einstein of chess, everyone slowly accepts his ideas as time passes
If Einstein was a paranoid antisemitic hermit, then yes.
@@sphinxman5578 in more ways than one yes 😂
@@sphinxman5578 oh stfu. Anti semitism is just knowing history and what theyve done and CONTINUE TO DO. Bobby was a genius in everything but when he makes 1 observation and opinion on it about semites hes suddenly just a numpty?
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@@sphinxman5578 well if ur people abandon the one who saves them they deserve to be kicked out of most countrys
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Oh so like the crypto you were just shilling?
When??
It is
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nice video! that was one of the most interesting match of chess. every chess player was watching the games, they were all curios about how Fischer would have played!
sadly, Kasparov said that it was a match between two old guys whose style was still from the 70s.
anyway, you haven't mentioned the most interesting fact: the president of the USA sent a letter to Bobby saying that he cannot play in Jugoslavia, because all the tensions you said also... and Bobby, after reading the letter in front of the camera, letterally SPIT on the letter! amazing Bobbyyyyy!!!!!
all these facts as well as his history are covered on a documentary that I have. it is called "Bobby Fischer against the world". Amazing movie!
While I thoroughly enjoyed this video, I don't think any video explicitly talking about Fischer's history on and off the board should shy away from talking about his abhorrent personal views
He got too vocal about his own tribe..
Bobby fischer is an absolute legend
Bobby Fischer was not only banned but also persecuted by US administration for this match. Ironically, he fell from a hero in 1972 to a traitor in 1992 for playing the same guy.
So uhh....can I be pin of shame👉👈
Can I be first comment in pin of shame
Sorry someone took it already
This dude is balding fast asf
Hey Levy, I was dying for a chess history video, thank you for this. Please do a video on the world championship match between Capablanca and Alekhine.
Levy being all hype about Fischer "inventing increment" while Fischer actually not caring about the freaking USA, thus inventing "Chess speaks for itself" is beyond me
oh, and he also invented "literally not caring", like, has any USA player done anything besides modernizing FIscher? not really
@@kheireddineattala1281 The invention speaks for itself
@@AnubhabLeo Speaking for itself speaks for itself
Storytelling at its finest. Some history, some tragedy, some comedy… (ie: almost Shakespearean), but the old bard surely lacked fascinating chess content. Well played sir.
Fischer never asked for any conditions that weren't best or normal from past eras. His terms were accepted later by the Soviets after Bobby left the game. They held the title for 6 more years by stealth. Fischer was the all-time greatest chess champion & all the other champs know it. Case closed. Ask Magnus. He'll say so if above the influence of Kasparov. That's chess in the 20th century.
Soo sad that I have to remember the sad story of how his own nation didn't support him enough during his hard times.. Bobby Fischer was my idol who inspired me to play chess...
Can we 1v1 once?
Anyone else miss pre-engine chess?
Is Fischer the GOAT? Remember, Carlsen has computers and a team...Fischer singlehandedly beat the world. What do you think?
EVEN do i am CROATIAn Yugoslavia was under sanctions i dont think this is honest from Usa they are fretening to give 5 YEARS a gail to him cmon
Unpopular opinion -- many will say they don't like chess drama, like the one we just witnessed, but in reality, youtube channels such as these, benefit immensely from the drama -- their clicks, video views, subscribers all go through the roof, because of the added interest and attention. Btw, this is not said in a pejorative manner, simply as an observation. Cheers.
A tragic story, Imagine If he got the help he needed how great he could have been.
He was given citizenship here in Iceland and lived out last few years in relative reclusiveness, until his untimely death due to some kind of kidney disease. As reported by his friend Magnus, who sat with him when he died, his last words were "nothing is as healing as the human touch".
The number 64 also marked his life, he dedicated his life to the 64 squares of the chessboard, became a worldchampion in Reykjavik, which is 64° north latitude, and died on that same latitude at the age of 64.
But despite his greatness in chess, he was not exactly a very good human being, he had very harsh right leaning political opinions, was anti-Semitic and was a holocaust denier, just to name a few things.
Having unfashionable opinions does not make one a bad human being, nor are unfashionable opinions always wrong. BTW, "anti Semitic" is a racial, not religious, position. Since Bobby was Jewish on one side of his family, I hardly think he was opposed to Jews as a biological grouping. Of course, he was critical of them for political and cultural viewpoint differences, but what is illegitimate about that? I am from the American South and many Northern liberals are critical of us, but we don't say that makes them "bad" people. Wrong, dumb, odious, etc., but not bad ;-)
@@michaels4255 I didn't say he was a bad person, I said he wasn't a very good one. Which he wasn't. Just read about the things he said.
@@michaels4255 and denying the Holocaust is not a simple "unfashionable" opinion.
@@michaels4255 hey man Holocaust denial is outside the realm of unfashionable opinions. Think again before you post next time.
@@aronbjornkristinsson2099 Indeed... Talking about the number of Chinese killed by Mao, 10 million more or less is not such a big deal, but claiming 1 million less in the Holocaust can cost your reputation, job and what not. Sometimes difficult to grasp for people like me who think that all human lives are equally valuable.
It is amazing that Fisher knew since 1975 the format in which tours should be played. He plain told them and these idiots still haven't changed anything 50 years later. We still have a format that is made for draws..
Simply baffling
Best of all time, rest in peace Bobby Fischer.
You had Alekhine's gun finally in a video and you call it a triple stack?? It was right there LEVY!!!!
Fascinating video Levi, thank you for this. Fischer's life is a sad, but deeply interesting story!
Bobby Fischer was a genius, he invented increment and Fischer random chess.
“World champions since then have been mentally sane”
Well we don’t know what’s up with Magnus, so maybe not…
Not applicable to machines, I suppose.
Txs Gotham☆ U made my day! Exact what we need. More of this Fischer history chess content👍
Hey Levy. I'm from Belgrade, Serbia, and your knowledge of history is impressive. A lot of americans don't know what Europe is, not to mention Yugoslavia etc... And you pronounce names incredibly. Great job right here mate. Have a nice day!
Uvek odlicno izgovara imena na originalnom jeziku. Sad je malo zajebao oko Beograda, ali moze da prodje
Bobby was incredible.
No chess engines in his day, no one to help him, did everything on his own.
Note to Levy - I know he's always trying to do the best pronunciations of the names/locations, It is a Belgrade (not a Belgrad), or Beograd if you want to say it as people on Balkan do it. This may be the first time I "caught you" mispronouncing something international.
Should revisit that first to 10 wins ideas. Draws suck >_>.
Historical chess content idea: chess robot versus napoleon Bonaparte (yes that’s a real thing)
suggestion: The fascinating win of Max Euwe from the Netherlands for the WC in 1935 against Alekhine.
Day 14 of asking for the Fischer-Korchnoi rivalry video.
I think Fischer just loved saying things that stirred people up and pissed people off. The guy railed against Jewish people, but he was Jewish.
he was not Jewish, stop lying
Can you cover Capablanca vs Alekhine world championship match up also? It's very instructive and would be fun with your analysis.
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that was a beautiful story, thanks for telling it to us, Levy
Bobby was a chess genius and the greatest of all time...
13.10 is not Knight c3 King takes b4 Rock a4 also mate ?
Great video, I like this historical chess stuff 🙌👍👍
It's very unfortunate that Fischer held anti-Semitic views, but I think a lot of it stems from his mother, who was Jewish, and neglected him before eventually abandoning him at age 16 to live across the country with her boyfriend
For example, when you hear him talk he seems very anti semitic, but seeing him smiling, laughing visiting Mikhail Tal--who was Jewish--you see a very different Bobby
He was on good terms with many Jewish players...at least, he did. Fischer fell out with almost everyone he'd had a relationship with in his lifetime.
@@dash_r_media He was headstrong and difficult...but he had a lot of trauma. Being abandoned as a 16 year old is no joke
I'm not sure necessarily if he overtly fell out with all of them, or just drifted away. He was understandably a little bit private and didn't like to have a lot of people around him
Though I know him and Boris stayed in touch to the end...and I know he had a wife, Miyoko, herself a chess player. Apart from that he was a private guy who had acquaintances but didn't seem to want a ton of close friends
This is also conjecture. I've been reading about Fischer every day since I started getting interested in chess in February, but there's a lot that is either unknown or that I haven't learned yet
Passed at 64 like the 64 squares on the chess board
Learning details of the greatest chess players is very motivating and GothamChess is the perfect actor/teacher for that for sure.
The aggression of Fischer vs The airtight play of Magnus.
I think any modern player has an unfair advantage vs past players. Bobby might be as talented as magnus but its incredibly unlikely he'd be able to avoid deep engine prep simply getting him a worse position from the very start. Computers and modern training technology have made a massive gap in chess strength the last few decades.
@@caius6019 Of course. There is not doubt about that and I agree. But I still think it would be interesting to see how he would deal with that in raw form.
Thank u for this kind of videos, very interesting!!!
Passed away at the age of 64, for every square of the board.
yasser's breakdown on this match is also fantastic
Thanks for sharing!
No Regrets is a fantastic book
Love your content man, thank you for bringing the greatest game of all time to so many.
Fischer played with a novelty, the increment. But it was David Bronstein the first to talk about it. Some digital clocks even have Bronstein's mode.
Fisher was one of the best and strongest tactical player ever, he is also my favorite player.
Fischer wasn't a tactical player.
@@shauntaylor6040 see his game them you will know how good tactician he was
History = drama + time
All I want to say is that...the only thing Levy and I have in common is the haircut 😅 Bobby was quite a unique chess player, this rematch he played with Spasky was also another awesome clash of two huge chess players.
Nice video. More historical content is great. Also can you do some sort of a video about positional chess. May be covering some Karpov games. I think the biggest problem for intermediate players is positional chess
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there's just something about levy's old videos that are just so enchanting to watch, love this channel so much
Wow, Greater storytelling ! I followed the Fischer saga on another channel but the way you zoom in on this particular event with your own Gotham speed and energy really makes it come alive. Thank you
Levy, I have a great suggestion for you: you can start covering chess players and their memorable games...
It's amazing how in game 1 of this match after Spassky played a dubious move, Fischer, despite not having played seriously for the past 2 decades punishes him with razor-sharp accuracy!
I mean he did train for the game with a GM in the Philippines. But yeah he didn't play competitive chess for 2 decades very impressive and against a top 100 in the world no less (nowdays it would be like 2680~ to 2700 i believe)
@@shlomoshlomo963 someone said in a comment earlier, that bobby was playing to a 2750-2800 level, which means he was literally magnus level when he was in his peak
I remember the 1992 match. And I think it likely that the US State Department would have paid little attention to Fischer, and probably would not have made a warrant for his arrest. But remember that during a live press conference, Fischer produced a copy of the letter from the State Department, warning him not to play the match, and then spit on it, on camera. It was perfect news reel fodder. The State Department does not take that kind of disrespect "laying down". It was only after him spitting on the letter that they really diligently went after Fischer.
he was simply too based
Video was great Levy. Super educational and entertaining and I really appreciate that you simultaneously didn't shy away from the stain on Fisher's legacy without also dedicating too much time to it. I think that is an appropriate way to acknowledge the issue without making it the centerpiece.