Bobby Fischer's Brilliant Ruy Lopez

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Bobby Fischer was renowned for his opening preparation and made numerous contributions to chess opening theory. He was one of the foremost experts on the Ruy Lopez. The Ruy Lopez remains the most commonly used amongst the open games in master play. Due to the difficulty for Black in achieving equality, a common nickname for the opening is "The Spanish Torture".
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Spassky
04:50 Terrone
07:00 Bell
10:16 Bisguier
14:43 Shipman
17:46 Barczay
21:37 Walker
24:39 Geller
Game 1: Bobby Fischer 2785 vs Boris Spassky 2560, Belgrade 1992
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 O-O-O 14. a5 Kb7 15. e5 Be7 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Ne4 Kc6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nbxc5 Bc8 20. Nxa6 fxe5 21. Nb4+ 1-0
Game 2: Bobby Fischer vs James Terrone, New York 1964
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Bf6 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Na5 Bd7 12. b3 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. c4 Be7 16. c5 Nc8 17. Nb7 1-0
Game 3: Bobby Fischer vs Clarence Bell, Houston 1964
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Bc5 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 d6 14. f4 f5 15. Qh5 Kh7 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bd3 Kg7 18. Bxf5 Qf6 19. Rf3 Bxf5 20. Nxf5+ Kh7 21. Nxh6 Qxh6 22. Qf5+ 1-0
Game 4: Bobby Fischer vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier, Buenos Aires 1970
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 Nxe4 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Nd2 Bxh2+ 12. Kf1 d5 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Qxh2 dxc3 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. bxc3 c5 17. Re3 c4 18. Bc2 Qf6 19. Rf3 Qe6 20. Rh3 Qf5 21. Be3 Rad8 22. Re1 Rd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Rh5 g5 25. g4 1-0
Game 5: Bobby Fischer vs Walter Shipman, Manhattan 1971
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Qe2 Qd5 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. O-O Bg6 11. Nb3 f5 12. Be3 Qf7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qa6+ Kd7 15. Na5 Qe6 16. c4 Be7 17. Rfd1 Rb8 18. d5 cxd5 19. Rxd5+ Bd6 20. Rad1 Ke7 21. Nc6+ Kf7 22. Nxb8 Rxb8 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Qxa7+ 1-0
Game 6: Bobby Fischer vs Laszlo Barczay, Sousse 1967
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nh4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Nf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bf5 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Rc8 19. b3 Nd7 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 c5 22. Ba5 Qxa5 23. Rxe7 Qd8 24. Ng5 1-0
Game 7: Bobby Fischer vs Robert Walker, US Championship 1957
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O Nxb3 7. axb3 d6 8. d4 f6 9. Nh4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 g5 12. Qf3 Bg7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bc5 Nxf5 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Nd5 Kg7 20. g4 1-0
Game 8: Bobby Fischer vs Efim Geller, Bled 1961
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Qf6 8. g4 Bg6 9. d4 Bxe4 10. Nbd2 Bg6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Nc4 h5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 d5 19. Qb3 hxg4 20. Qb7 gxh3+ 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Qb4+ 1-0
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Smothered queen

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[@2Oldcoots]

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Unbelievable tactics. Fisher is a magician.

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“Back to the game.” Very informative video! I needed more information on this opening and why it is still very popular. Thank you for taking the time to make it!

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Thanks Sammy. Great commentary. New subscriber level 500. Ruy Lopez seems to be more logical to me than most openings. So thanks for this video. Do you know an example of a Ruy Lopez loss from Bobby? Thanks again!

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[@yitwailu2]

Great tactics by Fischer, even if opponents made mistakes.

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Very inspiring thank you. I really like playing d3 but it seems like d4 is much more fun

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Wow, Each match is a training in itself.

[@n1te]

3:45 is why I know I'll never be a high-level player. Just identifying the 3 possible ways the situation can unfold, and going just 2-3 moves deep is already a frightening idea for me.

[@TheQuickunderstander]

Wow - Roy Lopez !!!

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[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

I adore fisher he is my fav player He made engines first move alwwways e4 and ways plsying the ruy lopes 😭❤

[@flav5361]

Got a bit suspicious with the arrows at 3:26 😂

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Bobby Fischer makes Ruy Lopez opening look so easy to execute. Such a tactical genius chess player 🐐🐐

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[@bagelmanb]

at 12:27 why not take cxb2 first forking the rook/bishop before doing dxe4?

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Nice...

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Fischer the GOAT

[@user-wy1gs3kz3t]

do the Karpov match next

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You literally explaing how Bobby thinks when making these moves

[@Quickcat21MK]

I forget what game. But I took a lesson an it was based on one of his games. And it really broke down the sort of wall my mind had on the game. Elo went up about 20% just on studying one of his games. He has the most amazing forced mate in history. Its a shame he went nuts.

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3:00 I raised my hand

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“A knight on the rim is usually dim” 😂

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Cover also Petrosian games

[@flame3303]

In game two(Terrone), you only discussed black knight move, I really curios if black dont move the knight, the position slightly equal.

[@jhakhohbhy]

At the 21:20 mark, pawn at G6?

[@lyubomirmishev5781]

It is a very well presented compilation of Ruy Lopes games by R.J.Fischer. However, the annotator quite often mistakes the notation moves..:)

[@giovannip8600]

I want to see the eval bar please!!!!

[@supperhey]

why didnt Efim Geller move the pawn down, H2, checking the king and promote on the next move?

[@Breckmin]

Spassky was old here. (first game) I still say Fischer should have played Botvinnik in Iceland and defended his world title against Karpov if he even beat Botvinnik. We have know way of knowing whether Fischer is really the 3rd best player behind Carlsen and Kasparov because he didn't play Karpov. As genius as he was at chess...we don't know where to put him in the rankings.

[@philcolbert7864]

In the game against Bisguier you say that after Qd6 white can play Qxf7 but it's not protected!