Bobby Faces Iron Tigran | Fischer vs Petrosian | (1971) | Game 1

[@danceswithstone]

Vast knowledge Boost: Funny Rook + Funny Knight = Not Funny

[@JeyJ730]

Hahahahahha

[@yasir5422]

it is funny but not to the guy who have the funny rook and knight

[@stawski9k]

I laughted myself to death when I heard ".. and now you have your funny rook defending your funny knight"

[@timothykurdt7645]

Me too! I couldn't help my chuckles!

[@chitramaridi]

Agadmator is so hilarious

[@FloydMaxwell]

Packing so much into these videos...referencing legendary past games, people, places, music, photos...I feel my love for chess growing, and I honesty never thought it would happen (at least in the first 60 years of my life). You are a bit of a miracle worker, Agadmator.

[@martinet1985]

how old are ya?

[@FloydMaxwell]

60+1

[@christiaansmit8210]

@@FloydMaxwell my vast mathematics knowledge tells me that that is 61

[@thesharkfin9607]

Wrong, I’m no expert on maths but I’m pretty sure he is 103

[@CitoyenDuMondeSocrates]

Hey there, how are you doing Floyd? Everything's good? I Hope all is well for you.

[@neiladri]

I imagine poor Taimanov watching with some relief.

[@giovanni_7191]

In fact Taimanov WAS relieved when Larsen was beaten wih the very same 6-0. It's not that he wanted it. He (as everyone else) didn't expect that this would happen. But after his defeat he was very heavily accused by the Party, was chased in many ways (funds removed, banned from performing as a journalist and a piano player). As he said in his own words "I don't know where all this would end, if there wasn't a help from an unexpected quarter: thanks to the colleague Bent Larsen who lost with that very same score! This had a sober effect to my prosecutors..."

[@neiladri]

Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking about.

[@raphaelschostok9467]

until game 2 :(

[@uselessjoe]

Mark was a pianist; chess was secondary to him.... imagine being a GM and it's just a hobby

[@geuros]

@@uselessjoe from the view of history, he's almost unknown among pianists, while very known among chess players. Maybe also because Soviets though, as he was really quality pianist, maybe not the most technical, but definitely had spirit in his play. Vladimir Krainev was actually one of the best pianist of the time, but he dared not to win one competition and Soviets basically prosecuted him for that as well...

[@benirabinowitz8579]

YES I FINALLY SOLVED ONE OF HIS "GUESS THE NEXT MOVE" QUESTIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS I AM AN EXCELLENT CHESS PLAYER

[@MrAJC5]

Beni Rabinowitz Hahahaha same it was probably the easiest I've seen but I'll take it 😂

[@Gregobars]

nice

[@user-uz9wc6dn5s]

Yo is this the dude who pronounces fencers names in Hungarian

[@gilbertfanzayi9899]

😂😂😂

[@dillonjohn7999]

I know the feels 😂

[@kilimanjarno]

the Morphy-Anderssen game referenced is perfect not just because of the opening pattern similarity but because of the fact that Morphy, like Fischer, so rarely had badly-placed pieces. So looking forward to the rest of the games against Petrosian. Loving this series.

[@johnmarlin7269]

Love the "funny rook and funny knight." In November 1971 I had started my sophomore year in a new high school and discovered to my delight that the school library had a subscription to Chess Life and Review. So from the previous year of issues, I caught up on the Interzonal and the matches against Taimanov and Larsen. The finalist match between Fischer and Petrosian is the first match that I was able to follow "live," or as live as we could get in a Minneapolis high school. So I played through all the games and was mystified by many of the moves - well, I was 15 and new to the sport. These videos demystified a lot! So I was very excited to find this series and I binged on the whole match this afternoon. Thank you so much for the memories!

[@atharvakokaje5818]

The title should be a funny rook guarding a funny knight 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Loving the series 🤩🤩🤘

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

Petrosians smile is genuine, no? It seems he enjoys life regardless of situation. Even after losing to Fisher, I bet he was still smiling. For this, he has my admiration.

[@Doc_Fun]

To be fair, the man was already world champion twice over. It's a lot easier to be nice and affable after a loss when you have nothing left to prove.

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

@@Doc_Fun Very true!

[@haworthtrevor]

Great commentary on this game. I particularly like the "Funny Rook guarding a Funny Knight" at the end. It's the best way to describe Petrosian's unfortunate situation.....

[@crisgon9552]

Agadmator you are a true gentleman for the way you handled Sinquifiel controversy. Spassky would be proud.

[@gillrowley]

I definitely agree. Total class. We're all for the advancement of chess, not to take advantage of chess.

[@nebojsazakic]

Spassky is alive wtf are u talking about

[@martinet1985]

Spassky would be proud if he cared lol

[@matildaaverkieva5208]

I saw this and for a second thought you were a time traveller

[@RightInTheFeels69]

16:32 “this funny rook defending your funny knight.” LMAOOO

[@squealer42]

"And of course, when you have a passed pawn, you must push it, because passed pawns must be pushed." I must admit I was not aware of this seemingly universal truth until Agadmator. He states it like such a boss, I have foregone my standard independent research and simply added it to my belief system. I look forward to future videos reinforcing this.

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

“Bobby did not become world champion by moving his rook when attacked” My favorite Agadism

[@gheffz]

"ah, again, you have a funny rook guarding a funny knight" -- brilliant line, brilliant commentary! ... brilliant game ... brilliant, brilliant, brilliant Fischer!!!

[@anirudhabrv1]

I don't know about other players, but there is definitely a song on Agadmator. 😀

[@philipr1567]

O agadmator Your channel's my college You have such a store Of vast chess knowledge!

[@DonDon9000]

I haven't been invested in a channel like I am with yours in a while. I'm always looking forward to your next video, especially now with the Fischer series as he's one of my favorites along with Tal. Great analysis and commentary as usual, keep it up good sir

[@bfunkt4313]

"...and now you see the problem." Do I though, Agadmator? Do I?

[@mr.alboss2856]

Fischer was a beast at his peak

[@antichrist.superstar]

Some might even say he was the best ever...

[@rayfinkle2805]

@@antichrist.superstar I would

[@casdomdomcas5214]

@@antichrist.superstar Kasparov is more impressive. 20 years at number one.

[@antichrist.superstar]

@@casdomdomcas5214 Agree. I didn’t say I thought this of Fischer. I think his story is sad and inspiring, and I’m disappointed that in the end he came to despise the chess world. Outreach is important too, and since Fischer actively discouraged young people from getting into the game I think he can’t be the best/most significant player in chess history on principle. And we’ll never know how long Fischer would have remained number 1 since he quit the game. Too bad...

[@innosanto]

We don't even know if it was his peak. He didn't do the full course. Just stopped at 1972 because he wanted the world championahip got it and then was confused. This was big mistake for me and he should have gone to a psychologist but anyway he stopped at 29 yrs old.

[@captainnautilus9578]

Interesting facts from the book "ending" of Frank Brady: at certain point of the match, when or was looking Like a draw with the 2 repetitions, the lights went off! The players had to wait for 11 minutes to fix it. It was Fischer's move and the arbiter stopped his clock, but Petrosjan protested because Fischer was analyzing the position in his head, so he agreed to have his clock started! He was analyzing the position in the dark for 11 minutes. Of course thats easy for a GM , but its an interesting fact about the game! I am reading this wonderful book about Fischer's life, and following the games of agadmator channel, its Just awesome! Its Like being with Fischer himself during the games! Higly reccomandable

[@DoctorX149]

I love it when you do all this analysis behind their choices and show us the correct or incorrect ideas. These videos teach me so much more than ones where people _just_ show the moves with little explanation :)

[@paulbatthephys]

Hm... I really thought people where writing songs about JR Casablanca every day. Way to burst my bubble. Next you’ll tell me people don’t write poems about Karpov, paint abstract paintings of Steinlitz and tweet about Carlsen...

[@innosanto]

Capablanca

[@jeremygonzalez2230]

I think they made about about Casablanca bit didn't know they made a song

[@davidcopson5800]

@@jeremygonzalez2230 *'a film'.

[@maximegorky2396]

The song was for the match capablanca vs marshall

[@ricardomarques3257]

It's ok.

[@shourya202]

but the song says he played caro kann, u r talking about the marshall attack game right?then how?

[@jamesrsemple123]

I can't find a game between Capablanca and Marshall in which ether queen is on h6, as the song says. Which Capablanca vs. Marshal game are you referring to?

[@burt591]

According to the song it is a Caro-Kann with a Queen on h6, I cant find the game neither

[@Max-mm7vp]

Every game you show I really felt like I was there watching them play👍👍🔥great story details Agadmator

[@johndennis4261]

What a fantastic game of chess that was. The power of the simple rook move to e4 near the end is effectively the winning move. Hats off to both players for a wonderful game. Loved it.

[@SelfReflective]

Yes! I said the same. How exciting! And clearly Petrosian is also playing at a very high level. This was a sweet, sweet victory for Fischer. I think Petrosian wins the next game, though, but just a minor hiccup for Fischer, no worries.

[@Lavaflow1000]

Thank you kind sir for once again improving our vast knowledge!

[@The27Devin]

I realize I have watched your videos since October of last year. Since then I have been going to a chess club every Sunday and am watching your videos every week if not every day! Thanks man!

[@MultiFirefox23]

This guy makes watching chess games entertaining and interesting. Definitely loving the content... Fischer was my idol and this Bobby Fischer series is pure gold... Keep up the good work...

[@BirdDawg1]

My favorite KZbin channel! Thank you!

[@Amer1kop]

This is absolutely the match I’ve been waiting for !!

[@michaelcole2879]

I never understand why occasional dummies give a thumbs down to these videos. As of now, I see 285 likes and 6 dislikes. What's to dislike? These are good chess videos. Very clear explanation of chess.

[@marclefebvre695]

I like a lot your comments, they are showing us the possibilities but with internet and the acceleration, namely here on youtube, there is one thing we don't catch anymore: the time the players take for one move, the effort behind one move. It is something that takes me the heart when I am thinking about. The move of one piece is the result of a so big thinking. Here it seems easy because the result is given instantly.

[@anthonysellers6455]

Winning a game like this with 30 minutes on the clock while your opponent has 0 is demolition

[@revmo37]

Thank you sir for all your research and great content. I'm only an intermediate player, but since subscribing to your channel, I'm hooked

[@michaelmendillo4614]

I loved that pause that you made, where the queen took the night ! Then came right back to take the queen !!!! Certainly something for us to put in the toolbox, 😁🖒

[@gregainsborough9866]

Thanks for the series! Great Commentary!

[@JacobFreeze]

A song about Capablanca! This is a GREAT youtube channel!

[@theotherside7504]

The quote is hilarious 😁

[@IndigoBassNotes]

As a Chess player myself and teacher of the the game I found the quote to be very true to life, its a mistake I have made myself many times . Its quite common to become so focused on your own plans that you do not pay enough attention to what your opponent is doing. Great defensive players like GM Petrosian rarely made this mistake, however just because you see what your opponent is doing does not mean you can stop him.

[@juanpeltzer4275]

¿Qué tal, amigo? Gracias por tus análisis y comentarios; siempre muy atractivos. Dos curiosidades: El match entre Bobby y Tigran fue presenciado por un amigo mío aquí en Buenos Aires, en el teatro San Martín. Dice que cuando Bobby ganó la última partida salió corriendo del teatro, sin poder contenerse, y que corrió por cuadras y cuadras, eufórico. También dice que Petrosian era una enciclopedia: que cuando comentaban los juegos en el post mortem, tenía miles de antecedentes para cada posición: "esto es Steinitz, Tchigorin, juego Número... Esto, Stein vs Korchnoi, Bled año, etc etc. Una memoria de elefante. Un abrazo; muchas gracias

[@zephirothx]

congrats on 250k subscribers. keep it up!

[@RightInTheFeels69]

18:05 “again you have a funny rook guarding a funny knight.” Hahaaaa

[@EDMango]

damn I love your channel, you are the reason I got interested in chess

[@TheDixinho]

Hey agadmator, about 11...d5. It seems that contrary to your belief Fischer had not seen this previously, apparently he was rather surprised by the move. The long story short is: The Chebanenko version. He found 11...d5 years previously (so why not give it to Taimanov?) He sent a letter addressed to 'The Winner of the Petrosian - Korchnoi match.' This was the other semi-final being played at the same time as the Fischer - Larsen match. Petrosian won the the semi's opened the envelope and found all this analysis. Game One. Petrosain uncorks his novelty and a few moves later the lights go out. The clocks are stopped. Petrosian complains that Fischer is still analysing the moves in his head! They ask Fischer if the clocks can be re-started. Fischer, who had been the bane of tournament organisers everywhere complaining about the lightning agreed to sit there playing in the the total darkness! (you could not make this up). The light s come back on and Fischer walked right into the Russin prepared mainline. This is one of the few references in english about the matter, i will try to find another source in english.

[@MultiFirefox23]

This is from Garry Kasparov's book, PART IV. Yeah. Fischer was surprised but according to GK, when facing a destructive novelty, Fischer did not lose his composure. But he was indeed stunned to see the 11. ...d5 move. It was a nasty novelty that spelled doom for him if Petrosian opted for that rook takes g2 pawn.

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

U analyze past games so well. Time well spent i hope!

[@crandallvidal5101]

Petrosian always poses for a picture huh? Sounds like he's always aware of who's trying to capture him #IronTigran

[@josephstalin9167]

Oh. Nice wordplay!

[@Cleisthenes2]

15:27 Why did Petrosian think he would be able to hold that pawn?

[@hishamel-abbasy2337]

Yesterday I was searching your channel for a tigran petrossian game and today You upload one .. and against no one but the great fischer❤

[@pabloAT98]

Hi Agadmator. I am a long time fan from Chile and it was very moving for me that you noticed my tiny little country 😄 I wanna thank you for all the effort you put into your vids and for all the vast knowledge you have given me :)

[@waynemiller6070]

Yes, I love your analysis. Thank you so much.

[@bhgtree]

Thanks Agadmator, great analysis as always.

[@samnichols3190]

He is the best commutator for chess that ever has existed. I love chess and he has renewed my love for chess.

[@jasper5016]

Petrosian must be a very cool guy. I love his playing style.

[@Fatherbouba]

Petrosian was still kicking despite being 14 years older than Bobby Fisher. If they were both in their prime it would have been more interesting. But nevertheless, artistic game from both.

[@AnandSivaram22]

"it's not everyday that somebody writes a song about Jose Raul Capablanca" with a straight face... Go agadmator!!!

[@Cyrpto_Engineer]

Petrosian try to complicated the position for Fischer but he was calm with rashid nezmeldinov petrosian was checking his neck before move fearing of complicated infront of nezm because he will go sacrifice and launch attack unlike Fischer

[@idgaf4928]

Funny rook defending the funny knight...what a line that was😂

[@moronesaxatilis]

Your videos increase my vast knowledge and for that I am thankful to you sir.

[@doughboysnerdly2745]

best intro ever. your use of English is so endearing

[@nicodeklerk1617]

I'm Surprised no big company has tried to make you their PR manager. Lets just say EA games could really use you. Great channel never leave us :):)

[@tusharjoglekar]

Yeah then instead of 'E...A... games' you'd get 'hello everyone's😂😂

[@tusharjoglekar]

Yeah then instead of 'E...A... games' you'd get 'hello everyone' 😂😂

[@MilkCheaks]

Oh my dear Capablanca Where did my attack go? I was clearly winning 2 minutes ago 2 minutes ago..

[@jameshogan6142]

I remember many years ago my brother called to me that there was a film about Capablanca on TV. Get down quickly! I rushed down and there was Humphrey Bogart seated at a chess board. Brilliant I thought. I would love to see a movie on the Cuban Champions life. Of course it turned out to be Casablanca!

[@pauldraper1736]

0:56 "Reality is often disappointing"

[@nadermahfouz1419]

I rarely reply to KZbin videos .. but “your funny rook guarding your funny knight” is hilarious 😂😂

[@dragonskulle7283]

Congratulations on 250k subs 🍺 🍺 🍺

[@Rainbowhotpocket]

Man you say vast knowledge sarcastically but after watching you i know so much about chess that I hadn't before. Spassky Fischer, Kasparov Deep Blue, and Carlsen (a few of them) are the only real "famous" matches i have heard of before the chess channel. Now I know all about the 1959 Candidates and WCC, and the 1970 Interzonal tournament!

[@tottenvillelegend826]

Love your chess videos!! ❤❤❤

[@michelthegreatable]

thanks for the videos! amazing!

[@andrewmims6898]

Love the videos! Keep then coming sir😊

[@shashankbhat7995]

tal must be watching the game from nearby..just to see how tigran blunders the middle game..

[@SelfReflective]

Blunders? No blunder here.

[@tottenvillelegend826]

Love these historic games!!

[@danno1800]

Great song! Thanks for the link...

[@mislavivkovic9996]

Thanks to agadmator i learn such a lot opening traps everything

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

How many legends have Bobby destroyed? Yes

[@insanejughead]

Yet another game that doesn't include Chuky... 😞

[@evi9740]

Insanejughead Very good, very good!

[@shreeyamittal1771]

To be fair, not all of them do. Plus, c'mon dude, you got Fischer _and_ Petrosian.

[@adamrothman7480]

@agadmator, amazing photo challenge! I did enjoy it

[@derventio2860]

Great series on Fischer thank you. Don't understand a few comments below complaining about these vids on Bobby?? How can you not enjoy the chess of maybe the greatest to ever play this game ? Fischer was a Mozart at the board. His chess was beautiful.

[@cygnustsp]

So good, thank you agadmator

[@chrisreboya2794]

The way he said "funny rook defending your funny knight" makes it more funny. HAHAHAHA

[@hovikgasparyan9729]

Song is about Aron Nimzowitsch vs Jose Raul Capablanca, "The Other Immortal Zugzwang" from 1927.

[@jamesrsemple123]

In the Aron Nimzowitsch vs Jose Raul Capablanca, "The Other Immortal Zugzwang" from 1927 neither queen was ever on h6 as the song says.

[@clashlegends6138]

I might come back to playing chess seriously because of you. Love you man. 😍

[@Dkgupta121]

Wait.. let me check out the song first.... Thanks 😀... it was great...👍🏼

[@demiplays8966]

16:28 thank you, i laughed and forgot some problems 😂😂 funny rook - funny knight lmao

[@filippostella6578]

Great series! thx!

[@Gid-J]

What would be super cool for future games is where if you follow the database and went through the moves it showed you how much time was on each players clock after each move.

[@ramia1289]

All respect from IRAQ .. it is really good chess you present in this channel 🌷🌷

[@bobfree1226]

Fischer had the Best end game ever.

[@davidcopson5800]

Capablanca and Rubinstein might argue the point.

[@ashokdesai2663]

Ms. Juga di Prima is Singer/songwriter of *OH CAPABLANCA* song

[@davidcopson5800]

I didn't know about Capablanca being in a song but I know of at least two songs that mention Bobby Fisher.

[@The_red_stallion]

Great video as always keep it up

[@SenorQuichotte]

20 - 0. Let the crushing continue.

[@RaptoHs]

This time it took me 1:07 minutes to give the video a like. Thx for making my night.

[@viswanathananand9598]

My gf got mad at me for watching this video instead of doing something with her. your fault agadmator for making your videos so damn addictive!! Xoxo

[@alexandruepuran]

“... further increase your vast knowledge...” c’m on! :D I had the laugh of the week. Oh, and I do feel I’m not thanking you enough for your wonderful work... Thank you! 10:17 paused. Took me a while. Thanks for sharing this with us infamous noobs... (I miss the “Bear” :(..... )

[@mayattv4986]

At 18:20 what would happen if Ra3+? What should the white do to win the game?

[@reeatch]

A song was written about Bobby Fischer: "Can't Touch This", by M.C. Hammer.

[@yaswanthkumarpabbisetti9937]

At 12:09, black can play Ne3 and attack both rook on f1 and pawn on d5. pawn on d5 cannot be defended in anyway.

[@joshhoppe6513]

Very excited to see this series, considering that Petrosian is a very defensive player that is opposite to Taimanov and Larsen.

[@mdb831]

2 guys playing against each other and I wish I could have met them both.

[@maximegorky2396]

I was on your channel searching for your new video 😁

[@YotamPiano]

at 4:08, why didn't Tigran went Queen A5 check, then knight has to back (to block) - white proceeds with Bishop B4? developing 2 pieces with tempo while forcing white to back seems like a no brainer. Did I miss anything here?

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Hey agadmator. Congratulations on 250,000. Well deserved from all the hard work you put in. Thanks for creating a channel and coming out with videos that make my day better every time one comes out!

[@taylorcagle9885]

If you use the 10 second forward and back function to jump back and forth between 6:15 and 6:25 you get a pretty great rap hook by agad “what do you do here, what what do you do”

[@MegaLaier]

at 10:00 . Why does the king has to move? (Qxc3, Qxc3, Ke2)