Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer | World Championship Match, 1972

Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
"Fischer King"
Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972) · 0-1
#chess #chessgame #bobbyfischer #borisspassky

[@maanmohammad8459]

Unbelievable.What a beautiful game.A master piece

[@eduardnovac4220]

Fisher the whole game played on the edge. So much tension.

[@gottadomor7438]

Fischer & Spaasky. I feel like I'm in church - chess church - watching their matches. And bravo BRAVO the music accompaniment - as beautiful as the game itself.

[@rmp7400]

Yes: both men are using powerful gifts given to them by GOD - and not for a destructive purpose! Additionally, they had profound respect for each other - not just for the game. Boris had to perform for Russia - but Bobby just performed because that is what he was: a Chessman.

[@SantosSantos-bf5sz]

music if you have insomnia

[@joseluisperezruiz1312]

Nadie podrá jamás superar a Bobby. Porque lo hizo solo, sin la ayuda de nadie. Kasparov, karpov, carlsen y otros tuvieron ayuda de grandes entrenadores, incluso de su familia y el gobierno. Bobby ni siquiera su familia ni el gobierno de su país le ayudó. Llegó en taxi a jugar el campeonato del mundo contra la escuela Soviética de ajedrez. Y les ganó a todos. Además ha jugado el ajedrez más perfecto de todos los tiempos. Por estas razones y otras más nadie le llega ni a los talones al gran Bobby. El único que supera a Bobby es el ajedrez mismo. Robert James Fischer: "EL MAS GRANDE".

[@jamesmarshall7416]

Every time I think one of them had seized the momentum the other one pulls out a brilliant defensive move. What a battle of attrition!

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

Really great game. Robert Fisher was one of the greatest. This game is so amazing!!

[@texasskyliner704]

Not one of the greatest. The greatest.

[@salinagrrrl69]

​@@texasskyliner704But an odd bird. Tends to be that with outstanging ones.

[@mpg9788]

Between 1970 -1972, no one in any era could have beaten him. He was the greatest chess player to ever live. He defeated the Soviets all by himself, no computers, and no cheating.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Fischer beat the weakest chess world champion Spassky 17 wins 11 losses! Capablanca would beat the blunder maker Spassky 8 wins 6 draws zero losses! Magnus Carlsen would beat weakest Spassky easily 6 wins 6 draws zero losses! You can not lose 11 times against awful Spassky!

[@rmp7400]

​​​​​@@RaineriHakkarainen and Mpg9788 Bobby played the man who was put before him by the Soviets. He would have played anyone. He was not playing against the Soviets....or against Russia (or against the Soviets in Russia). Bobby did not create the news hype - and did not like it much, either.

[@gennadydolgov3199]

In history of chess there was nothing like that game. M. Botvinnik

[@adamlv1]

Fischer managed to corner Spassky with pawns. They locked his king in place not just because he would put himself in check, but if he was to try and move away even one square then Fischer gets his queen back on the board and the position of the queen when restored would have led to a check mate. Incredible game. Using the weakest pieces on the board to beat him. It seems almost impossible.

[@Eli-uu4vt]

He also locked at least one of Spassky's Rooks at the back row with those same pawns for a large portion of the match. After the two had traded queens, Fischer had more pawn development to keep throwing them at Spassky's back row to regain his queen and Spassky had to keep a Rook there as protection. So Spassky was essentially playing with one arm tied behind his back the whole time.

[@Lambert7785]

- a truly incredible game

[@adamlv1]

There is an unbelievably good video on KZbin called Deep Blue in the series Down the Rabbit Hole on the channel Frederik Knudsen. About the computer that went against the best player in the world, Gerry Kasparov. The back and forth they have is fascinating and some of the greatest chess matches ever. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqipY2VvipeVl5osi=Q5U4Fn6ce8BT_f8R

[@SantosSantos-bf5sz]

checkmate

[@dannygjk]

I remember a lot of people's minds exploded when Fischer changed up his openings for this match.

[@781David]

I've got a book on the match somewhere, the author did note that numerous Soviet grandmasters would have been going through Fischer's favourite openings. And Bobby refused to play them.

[@anatoliy3323]

Robert Fisher is the greatest chessmaster in all over the world. Bobby, you are for ver in my heart!

[@tk6729]

Nowhere near Kasparov.

[@tweegeTX3]

Shit guy thou

[@honkymonky7033]

Kasparov had a lot of grand master to help him first and then computers. Bobby was alone by himself

[@vibovitold]

​@@honkymonky7033computers helped his opponents too, so this cancels eachother out

[@vibovitold]

​@@tk6729Kasparov wins in terms of longevity, by far,, but Fischer's level of dominance (short-lived as it was) has never been equalled by anybody. not to mention Kasparov came from a country where chess culture flourished, he attended Botvinnik's academy (a 5 times world champion). Fischer didn't have such resources at all. he singlehandedly took on an empire.

[@GMPLAS7]

The greatest chess regret of my life is that, when conversing with Kavalek in a London hotel in 1987 I, for some mad reason, did not question him about his work with Fischer on the adjournment analysis of this the magnificent thirteenth game. For Kavalek became Fischer´s second in Rekyavik, Short did subsequently tell me that Lubosh told him that he had taught Fischer how to play the Richter Rauzer system Vs Spassky´s Classical Sicilian, though. A line Fischer deployed in the eighteenth and twentieth games.

[@edwardfoye6784]

Had Bobby ever played Alekhine's before? Amazing to think that opening was considered playable at that level

[@SevenCostanza]

The greatest chess regret. Never thought I'd hear someone say that

[@valerii-tz9il]

Фишер - Гений Шахматного поля

[@parasuraman1155]

Fischer makes it seem so easy! Lovely game👏

[@airkuna]

Easy? He hardly won.

[@farmergiles1065]

@@airkuna Or you might say he deftly outmaneuvered a world champion, seeing more deeply into the positions of the game, and luring his opponent into a most unapparent trap, all the while appearing to be in trouble. But he wasn't. Unmatched mastery defies all appearances!

[@dancingtrout6719]

hes light as a Feather

[@Jack-kz4nb]

And Boris Spassky stood up and applauded him

[@renetrost2711]

That was another Game. The Game where Bobby opened with 1) c4

[@janlavcharivmakhgalsuren6127]

Epic game

[@chrishimmelmann]

I was 12 when I replayed that game, almost traumatized when dreaming of getting rolled over by black pawn chains while trying to push my game on the other side of the board. 51 years after, I still hold this was the greatest game of chess fought over the board in a World Championship. Clearly not free of errors, but what a fight!

[@cryptohalloffame]

enjoy the chess without commentary, enlightening, you can see their game unfolding

[@robertstewart239]

My sentiments exactly. You can watch the game without all the might haves, could haves, should haves and at a speed that is comfortable to watch. Well done.

[@phillipadams4691]

I also enjoy it more this way. It's like watching a movie without someone explaining the plot.

[@rmp7400]

​@@phillipadams4691 👍

[@albertocastro7592]

Batalla hasta el último aliento

[@adagiooigada7723]

Музыка какая-то депрессивная... Пришлось полностью звук убрать.

[@juanbojanich]

Que nivel de juego 👏👏👏👏👏

[@rg1809]

I love the comments by the "Chess Experts" here who find multiple blunders by the best two chess players of their day. If I see a blunder, I just accept that I don't see the brilliance of the move.

[@Peter-976]

Fischer played that game exactly as how I would have played it. I actually thought he was copying my every move!

[@jamestolles2353]

Is there commentary available for this game?

[@initiativapartidulpensionarivu]

12:52 0 - 1

[@jorge67831]

Após 41 anos ao vermos uma partida brilhante mostra q Fischer foi e ainda é o maior gênio do xadrez vivo ou morto 😂

[@thomashenry3284]

Hi, this is the most incredible and easy-to-understand tutorial on chord & chord-building. THANK YOU!!!

[@rekilfc8363]

There was so many moves I didn’t understand.

[@dancingtrout6719]

of course

[@geri0756]

Super Spiel.

[@okilshuhaoou8291]

two greatest ❤

[@mfburk2010]

How difficult would it be to tell us which game this was? They played 20.

[@mfburk2010]

​@Francisco ParraBobby Fischer LOST the first game of the 1972 WCC.

[@stevestone6554]

It was the thirteenth game.

[@zeked4200]

​@@FranciscoParra-im9pi Ouch...do you feel enlightened? 😂

[@joaomachadoxavier492]

Que partida maravilhosa!

[@adamdesanti6713]

Wow, these guys are good.

[@rmp7400]

@adam 😁👍Yes.... (at the very least)!😁👍

[@IMAHMS]

Spassky made several mistakes, Bobby never makes a mistake, that is why one mistake against Bobby and you are lost.

[@markmorris76]

Well I'm a novice, but why didn't Spassky play for draw?

[@romanpopov3419]

Я посредственный шахматист, но по-моему Спасский допустил несколько неточностей.

[@DoctorBrute]

Bobby Fischer is a magician

[@rmp7400]

I would say extraordinarily gifted - and CONFIDENT!!!!!

[@joaopedroriff6993]

Why he resigned??

[@Baseds_Backup_Account]

God how I wish Bobby was still around to this day. Then again, he wouldn't survive in this era with all the crap going on and such tbh, unfortunately. As he was barely able to survive back then with all the shit going on and how he was and such.

[@MohamedSaid-km7rm]

raymond reddington acknowledged it in the blacklist "Sacrifice the bishop"

[@sabuem9416]

There was no need to resigned at that position

[@charleshendrix232]

Fisher was the best ever. But Spassky was a fantastic player. Just beautiful to watch and very poignant because, if not for Fisher, Spassky may be the greatest ever.

[@joshdarius5995]

Spassky was good too

[@gottadomor7438]

And a better man than chess player.

[@rmp7400]

​​@@gottadomor7438 Well...certainly more emotionally stable! But he did not like Bobby just because he is a good man - he liked Bobby because he connected with something deeply good in Bobby, too👍

[@hart63]

Which game number is this?

[@aclvaz]

At 11:13 should be Rg1 f4 Kb2 Kd4

[@timpulprobabil]

Natura, poate fi răspunsul pământului!

[@hamatarafauniversal1037]

Спасский ошибся в нескольких местах

[@rmp7400]

Fischer has always admitted that his "secret" was "taking advantage of his opponents mistakes." But that does mean he had to be able to recognize mistakes as they happened....and knew how to profit from them! Bobby was quite a character.❤

[@mwoxo]

Spassky blundered at 6:50 when he moved his pawn to QB4. He was obsessed with the advancement of his D pawn.

[@ulf-christof_engel]

That wasn’t a blunder.

[@mwoxo]

@@ulf-christof_engel you might well be right. I’m no expert. Where do you see him going awry?

[@HassaanAkbar-tb7yi]

5:26 - Spassky gave check, rook to h7 - he could have killed the bishop at d5 - I think this one was more of a blunder, again I'm not an expert either but trying to understand why he did not take Fischer's bishop when he could

[@Kai04834]

6:23 am i wrong or did Fisher just hanged the rook right there?

[@awingedbaby]

I played games with my dad who play against grand masters... I would get so bored as my dad studied the board I'd just make moves to end the game... and get out of the room.

[@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f]

Watching this as a beginner, there so many moves from Fischer that seemed illogical. It looks as if he's sacrificing his important pieces way too easily, only to realize that near the end he just overwhelmed Spassky with "mere" footsoldiers. It's almost demoralizing for a beginner, let alone for a grandmaster!

[@rmp7400]

That would be to Bobby's advantage: feeling demoralized did not seem to enter into his own strategic play...he aimed for the opponents mistakes and pounced at an unexpected time!!!

[@philippberry4900]

Why is it blacked out?

[@GV-Entertainment-Show]

Nice game

[@idx1941]

I don't understand why Spassky, at 11:20, did not move his rook down to the back row. While it's true that he would likely lose his last pawn, Fischer would still have trouble moving his pawns.

[@tomaccuphose5535]

6:21 why dont take the Rock with Bishop?

[@alexwells9434]

I don't understand why Fischer pushed his H pawn up only to let it get eaten. I feel like Fischer was trolling Spassky here

[@robertogonzalez-dn3np]

La torre cortaba el paso al Rey, por eso entrega el peón h y luego puede apoyar su peón f con el rey

[@MaltePhilippA]

To pull the rook over and open the d file for his king to pass through which allowed him to escort the passed pawn on the e file towards promotion causing Spassky's defense to be spread too thin - which eventually won him the game.

[@gigagerard]

Idiotic move, Fischer created a way forward for his king, but Spasski could easily have drawn with his rook on the third rank 69. Rc3♱ instead he played 69. Rd1♱ RIP

[@youyie22]

Because his black king can go on the e column and join the f pawn and go to the promotion. Spassky as no defense against that.

[@neo3373]

Le pion prend le fou, Le cheval prend la Tour, La Reine prise par le toi, Partouououze....!

[@igorravnjakovic3297]

which game was this?

[@syourke3]

Music is extremely distracting. Can’t concentrate on the game.

[@thomaszanzal7846]

As I watch the game unfold , I get happy when I say to myself , ""Oh, I would move this piece here. """ and then these masters proceed to do exactly what I would of done. I was right in that my moves mirrored their moves about 70% of the time. The other 30% -- well I am not a grandmaster. My problem with chess is when I play I get point greedy , meaning I will always grab an opponents higher valued piece sacrificing my lower valued piece and by so doing throw away a good position through that greed. It seems these grand master never ever do that. They value position over mere points. They never sacrifice a lower valued piece for a higher value piece if it opens up or destroys the power positioning of the pieces on the board.

[@davidzambrana8275]

Bobby recordado con gran cariño en todo el mundo hubiera superado tanto a karpov como a kasparov, pero el mismo reconoció que el maestro supremo del ajedrez es el gran Morphy.

[@john58011]

Missed opportunity by Spassky on move 25. He played Qc3 but rejected e5-e6. All the complications favour white after this move e5-e6….needs exact defence for ages. One mistake after that white wins.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Should be 0-1 rather than 1-0.

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[@hart63]

The American way is to put the winner as one first. Your hint is one won then the other lost

[@mfburk2010]

​@@hart63The correct way is still 0-1 to show that Black won. This has always been the standard in annotations.

[@kakhak]

Hater degenerate.

[@vitaliysilchenko8949]

100%

[@NeoBerliner]

11:24 Why not Spassky's Tower H1 to H8?🤦🏻

[@bmoresweetz7023]

Yea instead of checking Bobby right I knew I couldn't have been the only one that spotted that 😏 Nice find I love these type of game plays it allows you to see 👀 what could've been done better in order to get ahead faster n win out the game

[@jonatanaka7134]

I don't get it. There is a black tower. Tg8×Th8. Oh! Now I get it. Indeed! He could have won.

[@zequi5976]

Unglaublich was gäbe Gottes ist was dieser Spieler auf Schachbrett erkennen und sehen ist für mich unbegreiflich der liebe Gott kann wirklich alles erschaffen was er will

[@kakhak]

There never been better Chess person on Earth after Fisher to date.

[@hrishikeshmoghe]

But why did he resign? Can someone please explain?

[@youyie22]

Fischer is going to take the bishop, if not he going to check the black king with his tower. And the paws will win.

[@letsgobrandon6281]

Giving up his queen. Wow

[@rmp7400]

Yeah ..... He knew he could make more of them 😂

[@hebertoolvera8946]

Sin esa música se disfrutaría mejor la partida

[@markburnham7512]

Much better if there was human commentary.

[@camiloformigosa6522]

The name of music , please

[@user-oy8gi6ft4u]

Aymen Atef - Galctic Resonance Escapade

[@eugeniometak286]

Boris vs "Bobby"?! More correct is "Boria" vs Robert

[@nanthakumarrr]

But why wasn't Bobby developing B pawn ?

[@ralffranz3384]

Zwei Weltklasse Spieler welche vom eigenen politischen System bestraft wurden

[@youtubermmk]

Fischer's Bishop was the star of the game

[@user-zr4yf3lj5f]

Datoria externă se plăteşte cu datoria internă. Munţii sau stelele zboară.

[@alexpopov859]

Какая то хрень… почему было не взять черную ладью на Н8 белым слоном? 🤔да и вообще, какой-то венегрет

[@user-kr2cg5kf6n]

Тоже пересматривал и не понял.

[@ma78644]

Boa

[@maradona150]

At 13:02 Spaski should have move his rook to A1 and game over.

[@hiiq323232]

I thought Fisher blundered his rook on h8 to be taken by White's Bishop for free. Did I miss something there?

[@ulf-christof_engel]

Yes.

[@hiiq323232]

@@ulf-christof_engel So what did I miss?

[@KOl-xj4jt]

plays with black very good trapping white while attacking

[@bruhmeowduse]

music?

[@bach5861]

Spasskiy was not in his best shape at this time. As soon as he grabbed the Title from Petrisyan he didn't participate in strong tournaments, and, morover, said goodbye to his coach Bondarevskiy who led him to WC title.

[@ShineOnYouCD]

I'm not good at chess. Why did he resign at the end?

[@rmp7400]

Just to avoid humiliation. Do not forget: he had the KGB watching his every move, too - better for their player to jump off the tracks immediately... at least that showed them that he was able to avoid being smashed by the train.

[@2BrothersWorld]

Spasky played like a baby . He could won this match

[@ROBERTORRRR1]

I guess that chess is the only game where players from different eras could compete: I’d like to see Kasparov against few top current ranked players playing chess 960, I think he could smash some top 10 players.

[@christinemurray1444]

If Spassky resigned then it's not 1-0 but 0-1, as he was white in this game.

[@SuperBartles]

Er massive blunders in this one. Fischer getting his rook trapped, and then Spassky letting him get away with it :)

[@sergiogaleano4185]

All of that was planed

[@aclvaz]

At 11:23 why not Rh8??

[@aclvaz]

I see. Pc4-c3

[@bigmike2910]

@6:23 why doesn't white bishop take rook at h8

[@warrenchu6319]

@2:46 Why didn't White Pawn to C4? Guess I'm too dumb to understand.

[@landrover-ib7wo]

H8? Rook would be gone with queen promotion

[@varunkrishnan9374]

Did he miss an early check mate chance

[@ThePlaton20]

Spassy was too quick to resign? He still had a chance to win and had better pieces than Fisher. I dont get it.

[@mvprose4195]

He has pieces, but bobby has pawns

[@ericday4505]

I am a chess novice, and people that I really admire love this game and the strategy of it, but I have a question, I guess Fisher was considered maybe the greatest all time, maybe debatable, but could he have beaten Kasparov?

[@luizscherer2850]

Probably yes. We will never know.

[@yuriystruykin3849]

Fischer couldn 't beat Kasparov . I argue that Karpov was stronger than Fischer , which is why Fischer refused to play with Karpov for fear of losing to him . Kasparov , as we know , turned out to be stronger than Karpov , according to this logic , we can assume that Kasparov is stronger than Fischer . Fischer was lucky that by the will of fate he fought for the chess crown with Boris Spassky . Boris Spassky was at that time , although a strong player , but by nature Spassky was a lazy person and did not like to overwork himself in chess !! And as we understand it , this is a big minus for a chess player , because in the fight for the world title , sometimes you need to be able to mobilize all your strength ! But Boris Spassky is not one of those players who will fight to the seventh sweat without sparing either himself or his opponent . Boris Spassky at that time was the most convenient opponent for Fischer , God rewarded Fischer with Spassky for his great efforts and aspirations in chess knowledge . I am convinced that Karpov and Kasparov were stronger than Fischer at that time , Karpov 's strength is in his extraordinary calmness no matter what , Karpov always keeps a cool head and this is his big plus ! But Kasparov is Kasparov ! At that time , Soviet chess players were very strong , I want to say again that he was very lucky that he played with Spassky ! Spassky was at that time the weakest link among Soviet chess players .

[@robmorr23]

Anatoly Karpov never gets the credit he deserves. The 2 ks played 5 matches, 150 or 160 games and Kasparov won only 2 more games. Karpov is described as a boa constrictor, but in the 1960s and 1970s he was a brilliant attacker. I'm 58 in a few months so I grew up with Karpov as one of my heroes. The 2 k's played each other after the 5 world championships. They're co-equals.

[@ericday4505]

@@yuriystruykin3849 You make a blanket statement, that Fisher was afraid to lose to Karpov, so he didn't play him. First you don't know that you think that, and that still doesn't say he would lose to either of them.

[@yuriystruykin3849]

@@ericday4505 My dear friend, I am 100% sure that Fischer was afraid of losing to Karpov, and he was not afraid in vain ! Of course Fischer is a genius , there is no doubt about it ! But Karpov at that time was still stronger than Fischer ! The Soviet chess school was then the strongest in the world ! Fischer was a self - taught genius ! Do you know what else is very important here ? Fischer would have had to fight not just against Karpov , but he would have had to fight against the entire chess machine of the Soviet Union !!! And this is a very powerful force at that time !!! Fischer did not have such a powerful support at that time ! Behind the scenes , Karpov against Fischer would have been helped by the best Soviet chess players at that time ! Do you understand? Do you remember when Karpov won against Korchnoi , who was very , very strong at that time ? But why? But because Karpov was helped by a powerful machine called the Soviet Union !!! There was a moment when the coaches realized that Karpov was not tired much and the best resorts of the Soviet Union were at Karpov 's service , where he was able to have a good rest from chess and gain new strength to fight Korchnoi and eventually defeated him ! The machine called the Soviet Union was very clever and powerful at that time ! Something like that my dear friend )

[@Pr0Sk4T3R21]

12:21 why d7?

[@QUINCEYJONES00]

I had Bobby loosing . Made a few blunders

[@rmp7400]

@Quincy Yeah... there were a couple of moves/delays that could be debated - because we did not know what was in Bobby's MIND at the time!!! He did not play reflexively.... and he sure was not hesitant to sacrifice a Queen!!!

[@bmoresweetz7023]

I agree 💯 they actually both made slight blunders no more than one or two at the most Boris did one that kind a cost him to surrender the game

[@adamlv1]

Any of the great games between two brilliant minded chess players would be material that you could probably study for years and still not have a comprehension for the how they played the game. But this one in particular is absolutely crazy. Boris Spassky had a higher player rating at the time of this game, at least I am pretty sure that was the case due to Spassky being more active. But there’s a cat and mouse game happening and there is a specific point in the game when Spassky was smiling and was gearing his thinking toward putting Fischer away. And all of a sudden with a combination of one or two moves the mouse became the cat and it was ready to pounce.

[@vibovitold]

"Boris Spassky had a higher player rating at the time of this game" did he? interesting. in fact, when the 1972 WC started, Spassky was rated 2660, and Fischer - 2785. that's a 125 points gap. in fact, the largest EVER between #1 and #2. for comparison, it's LARGER than the gap between the current #1 (Carlsen) and #28; on the most recent rating list. let that sink in. that's how dominant Fischer was.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Fischer beat the weakest chess world champion Spassky 17 wins 11 losses! Capablanca would beat the blunder maker Spassky 8 wins 6 draws zero losses! Magnus Carlsen would beat awful Spassky 6 wins 6 draws zero losses! You can not lose 11 times really bad Spassky! Caruana scored the highest tournament elo rating ever 3080 in St Louis 8,5/10! Fischer and Kasparov their highest tournament elo rating is 2990 only! Karpov scored 11/13 in Linares 1994 elo score 3040! Alekhine in San Remo in 1930 elo rating 3040!! Kasparov and Fischer can not be the greatest with poor 2990 tournament elo score!

[@AntarticaProject]

Seeing the story, since Spassky wons first 2 matches, how is possible 0-1? Just to undestand, which match is this? The third one?

[@john58011]

Game 13. Put Bobby three points up.

[@Eliasvenidero]

Spasky pudo haber ganado

[@user-fn3vs4rw5e]

ФИШЕР МОЛОТОК 👍