Bobby Fischer’s UNBREAKABLE record

Featured is the historic 11th and final round game from the 1963/64 United States Chess Championship between Dr. Anthony Saidy and Bobby Fischer. It’s the result of this game from the 16th edition of this event that would have Fischer set an unbreakable record. The game is fast to arrive at an endgame that’s considered equal, however Fischer’s position is preferable because he can construct an impenetrable wall against Saidy’s king. Fischer’s approach on the kingside gives himself winning chances, and Saidy will soon have to find an “only move” to keep the position level. The endgame’s structure provides the student of the game with an excellent example of how to best coordinate one’s knight when both a central ram structure (d4/d5) is present, and the opponent's bishop is on the same-colored square as his fixed central pawn (d4).
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[@BlitzWizard94]

that endgame was just beautiful, fischer really broke everyone with 11/11

[@moa8121]

What is 11/11 ?

[@BlitzWizard94]

@@moa8121 he is the only player ever in american chess history to win the US championship with a perfect score hence 11/11

[@zinan2959]

As far as natural talent and strength at their absolute peak goes. Bobby Fischer is the best a chess player has ever been. To be nearly 2800 in the 1970's WITHOUT CHESS ENGINES, should be seen as Bobby's Unbreakable record

[@trevorrogers95]

When it comes to pure talent I’d say it’s a toss up between Fischer and Morphy. They both were light years ahead of their peers. And they were both American 🇺🇸

[@michaelf8221]

Insane US championship run by Fischer. And this was one of the few games from that tournament I haven't yet analyzed! Thanks for looking at this exquisite endgame Jerry

[@therealsylvos]

Fantastic video, love it. So many chess videos on openings, not enough on endgames. Beautiful.

[@rkloete]

Great end game study. Thanks so much for this analysis of this amazing game, and wow what a record.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you 👍

[@biffboffo]

$64,000 is simply not enough for such an incredible and unlikely feat.

[@richardfredlund8846]

I love the coordination of the actual chess position with the photo. Amazing to see him actually thinking about that exact move more or less.

[@deftrascal1626]

ur ability to take positions I initially have zero ideas in and make me discover the goldmine of ideas/approaches available is unprecedented by any other chesstuber; Black's advantage on move 23 was a complete mystery to me until you explained it. So friggin' underrated, amazing as always Jerry

[@tensor131]

Great video - thank you Jerry. Your analysis was balanced and captivating, as always ... + a big history point to boot. Delightful. Carlsen, Fischer, Capablanca .... these guys know how to grind out a win in a won ending.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you Phil. 👍

[@misha4422]

Very instructive endgame. Thank you for sharing your analysis.

[@victorlee9864]

Thanks Jerry for the wonderful analysis on this Fischer and Saidy game. I'm a big fan of Bobby Fischer

[@gbu32]

Great explanation of the thought process by both of these guys. Thanks for the great coverage.

[@nenadnesovic6999]

My favorite youtuber drops a game of my favorite chess player. How can anyone wish a better wednesday night? Ty Jerry :)

[@MrSupernova111]

Brilliant game and analysis! Loved the knight maneuver from f6 to e6. Thank you Jerry!

[@kotoamatsukami_5832]

Superb analysis! I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you Jerry

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A beautiful endgame. Thanks Jerry.

[@larrycreech9847]

Great job! Your analysis of the game was superb, but your presentation was also excellent. I could keep my mind on the game while listening to you explain the game with silly distractions some authors do. Again, great work!

[@roland.j.ruttledge]

Fascinating. Appreciate the dissection, many thanks UK

[@ChessNetwork]

💪😎

[@blackvx]

I love your videos. You explain so well critical moves. Thank you!

[@ciaranlyons825]

fantastic video, a treat as always!

[@Jim-pq9pm]

97% accuracy across 56 moves, and his opponent had 92%, decades before computers. Fischer went 11-0 at this event, against very strong competition.

[@jaydub2971]

Meh. 92% wasn't even an A- in my middle school.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

@@jaydub2971 This is objective 97% based on a computer, not subject 92% based on the opinions of some hare brained teacher

[@jaydub2971]

@@Jim-pq9pm 1. If you could have done better, you didn't do your best. 2. My comment was specific to the 92%, not the 97%. 3. Not familiar with sarcasm?

[@Jim-pq9pm]

@@jaydub2971 This isn't true in chess. Nobody can play like Stockfish, that's beyond human ability

[@jaydub2971]

@@Jim-pq9pm people have actually hit 100% accuracy on the analysis, so this appears factually incorrect.

[@JulesMoyaert_photo]

I love your analyses!

[@martinwhalley3286]

The 1st chess book I ever read, at 10yo, Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. Paperback, puzzles . Met Fischer in 1983 at the Memorial Day Classic. I won top "C" player and $650. Paul Koploy was chess columnist for the OC Register. He hosted Fischer for some purpose. They looked around took a few pictures, Fischer crushed Djinjy in 1min each blitz. Roman had fattened up on Shirazi. Bobby didn't gamble (yet😮). That was the last time I saw him in public, 5/83. Despite his own personal challenges, his contribution and his genius will never replace his legend. When one puts such full preparation, top results and a reasonable amount of MONEY on the board, Fischer was tenacious, sans recklessness. He rarely played for GM draw w/ black vs top Soviet GMs... He played to win with black, and gave no quarter as white. RIP Bobby.

[@gooddognigel9992]

Bobby disdained GM draws because money was on the table. He was reckless - at times - but he was highly confident in his ability to get the job done. He was a gambler. He had an indomitable will to win and a crystal clear understanding of chess. Add to the mix his preparation and talent and one can see why he was far ahead of the field.

[@jamesdelb6885]

Thanks for sharing and thank you for the information.

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Somehow Jerry takea these dry, boring looking endgames and makes them fascinating and suspenseful

[@naturalmystic67]

Thanks Jerry, really enjoyed that end game analysis. The king and pawn lines featuring promotion with check were fun.

[@ronhux1742]

Thank you for the great instruction, I learned from ur instructions

[@ChessNetwork]

👍

[@SparrowLee-me1mp]

Start watching your videos during world championship 2023 ,I think I am addicted to your explanation and commentry........to your videos. ..😅😃

[@AgnaktoreX]

great endgame strategy learned in this video. awesome pawn kniight barrier, gonna remember this

[@nareshdondapati116]

Thankyou for such an informative video

[@ChessNetwork]

👍

[@Frankie_apollo1717]

Very instructive as the pawn on D4 made bishop bad and pawn d5 combined with Ne6 made it be a one side on the board. Which is known to favour Knight vs Bishop. Amazing video ❤!

[@luisrosario2467]

Thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@hgoldrocker5431]

great explanation of the one or two seemingly insignificant moves that are actually crucial in the long run and end up costing white what looks like a draw but leads to a black win - since black was Bobby Fischer it is not so surprising that he was able tp extract a win from such a minor defensive move error. i doubt many others would have been able to manufacture a win from the white bishop black knight scenario

[@sebastianmullerbalcazar6229]

I believe Bobby Fisher has been and it is still the best chess player ever. Considering he did not have access to internet, simulations, and had less resources compared to todays champs (GM) and considering he is self taught…his capabilities are literally out of this world….he is still by far, the best player….even better than Magnus….no doubt Magnus genius and capabilities, he is really great, yet again, considering all context variables…. Bobby Fisher is still beyond… would love to keep seeing him playing …. he would have kept making history …

[@19037vinny]

Very TRUE. I second that emotion, and so does Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson. I wonder if his 11/11 in 1964 has ever been equalled ? Well I don't know everything.

[@MusikPiratCH]

Why do you write "Fisher" and not Fischer? As his mother was from Switzerland! 🤔

[@ianattong6989]

Awesome !!! Speechless.

[@tzitza8359]

just too bad knowing about his real life ending. yet for me, hes still the best!

[@FAITHneednotbeblind.-mh1id]

Love your commentary! In depth and not too fast. Such a pity that Bobby had to have the conditions of defending his world champion title all his own way or not at all. Fischer vs the young rising superstar Karpov would have been sensational!

[@josefserf1926]

Maybe not. Karpov lacked stamina and was prone to collapse.

[@rolfstorz3745]

Very nice endgame study😊

[@josechang39]

Go jerry go ! Love all the content

[@coconutz247]

figuring out these complicated end games makes a champion. nice instruction!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

It’s easy to lose an endgame if a player is not on top of the pawn game I’m not very good at it myself probably neglected it yet they are so important at the end of a game when all the other pieces have been captured or traded this video had some good instruction on how the Knight vs the Bishop should be played

[@ChessNetwork]

👍

[@herbertmische8660]

Great, fantastic and immortal Bobby Fischer!!! Respect forever!!! 👍👍👍

[@user-xb7pe9mw9z]

You're a great announcer and even though my mind tells me karpov is who I should focus on,if asked suddenly,who do I favor,which was the question, I quickly jotted down Fischer.I am about to enter the Chess world and have played the game for years, beginning in Okinawa Japan 1971 as a us Marine.👍😎

[@trevorrogers95]

Karpov or Kasparov?

[@guckfoogle2779]

MOAR Bobby Fischer!!! (Please and thank you, Jerry)

[@Galahad54]

I've seen two (almost) comparable results, both in postal chess. In 1979, I mentioned to a strong OTB player that I was playing in the finals of the Golden Knights. Since since he was 300-400 Elo above me OTB, he entered the current Golden Knights. He went undefeated in his first postal tournament, three rounds, 18-0. Walter Milbratz. The other? I beat David Taylor in the 6th US Correspondence Tournament, preliminary, keeping him out of the finals. In the 7th USCCC, in the finals, he went 13 wins, one draw (as white). That was a much tougher tournament than the Golden Knights, as it was an Invitational. Fischer's record in the qualifying matches were, of, course, the most dominating ever, with 19 wins in a row against grandmasters competing to play against Spassky for the 1972 World Championship (20 if you want to count a 1-move win vs. Panno).

[@colin351]

Hi Jerry, it's me. Good increase in videos.

[@kensanity178]

No doubt a lesson in patience, and cold, hard calculating. Riveting.

[@user-ct8tk9nh8z]

I saw Ke2. I love endgames. There is less to have to calculate. I like the zugswang you pointed out for White.( draw)

[@SenatorBluto]

I think Magnus has said this is his favorite Fischer game and Fischer would be his strongest opponent in history.

[@rpralica]

The fact is that Magnus and Kasparov are afraid of a dead Fischer because they know that they wouldn't stand a chance against him.

[@geOrge_carlin]

@@rpralica This. Fischer is the GOAT.

[@briangerra5236]

​@@rpralica10-6 or so

[@hannesrumpel4527]

my fav player of all time, then magnus, hikaru and garri, greetz hannes

[@brysonstevens1431]

Knights are truly fascinating.

[@josefserf1926]

Bishops are better than knights, unless they're restricted by their own pawns.

[@MrCupidd]

Dr Saidy (who I believe was instrumental in getting Fischer to play in 1972) probably thought the game was a draw when he traded everything to a bishop versus the knight but Fischer like Carlson today was able to convert the smallest advantages to a win. Great game!

[@bdpv025]

You mean magnum carlos?

[@TaxDodger]

Without a doubt Fischer is Jerry's favorite player.

[@MrSupernova111]

I think so too. :)

[@sexdrugsrocknroll420]

Fischer always has been, always will be my all time favorite

[@robertnowak7248]

So instructive!

[@JohnSmith-jt5qr]

INCREDIBLE !

[@gpwbernardrementillachairm3736]

Robert James Fischer, or, Bobby Fischer is the Greatest Mathematical Chess Scientific Genius of no equal, of all time! His Chess Thinking is the mathematical combination of the subtle analytical thinking of Isaac Newton, Leonhard Euler, Carl Friedrich Gauss; Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann; and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! To me, Bobby Fischer is the greatest chess genius of all time - the all-time 1st in History of FIDE Modern World Grandmaster Chess Champions, a World Chess FIDE-GM Champion in his time to have achieved FIDE Peak ELO Rating at 2785 (1971-1972)! He is the ONLY FIDE GM American Chess Champion thus far, the 1st in USA Modern Chess Championship History & of all time record, in 1963/64 United States Chess Championship to have scored 11 Wins out of 11 Games against the best top-ranked chess masters players in the USA - which until present time today, 2023, and most likely of all time - has NOT been duplicated, nor surpassed by all aspects of chess championship levels of play. Booby Fischer is the Greatest World Chess Genius of all time! - Gpw Bernard Bautista Rementilla

[@seeker6369]

Thanks❤

[@JohnIshIshmael]

Good commentary

[@WtItCbtLoR]

Thank you, Jerry.

[@martinmuller3814]

Fischer the Genie❤

[@uniktbrukernavn]

Just one small inaccuracy and it all falls apart, well he could have gotten a draw rather than a loss :) I really enjoy these historical videos!

[@freddymars2014]

The most beautiful scorecard in the history of chess

[@jamalansari7845]

Really beautyful game

[@gheffz]

Fischer had a lot of remarkable runs that set him apart. Personally, I rate him as the best classical player, apology to Carlsen and Kasparov. Now, in the shorter time formats? Well, we will never know... they are probably better because they played them more. I don't think his 20 game winning streak will ever be matched... at the peek of his powers and on the way to his World Championship... that amazing run of 20 wins was not just any 20 wins in a row... it was 20 wins over his peers with the same prize in mind!

[@shaheenkdr]

Suggestion: when showing possible variations please change the color of the board, with too much variation at times it gets trickier to keep track if its the actual game or variation being shown, especially when playing at 1.5x

[@zfeazcesd1047]

It's so unlikely someone will ever go perfect in the US championship again...or really any major tournament. I think the only way it would happen is if there were a huge rating difference between the best player and the rest of the field...even then it would be difficult. In the 2014 Sinquefield Cup Fabi had an amazing 7-0 start which is reasonably close to a perfect tournament, but he still would have needed a 3 win streak on top of that 7-0 to achieve perfection...I just don't see it happening in the modern day. Also, securing wins in your last few games is probably even more difficult since you could be playing people actively trying to draw. Also, it's just perfect that this historic feat of chess occurred in 1964. It's like the only historic chess event that I can easily remember what year it was.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Nice endgame,thanks.

[@MegaBabu143]

EXCELLENT 👌👌👌👌👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@n8style]

Thank you! I don't understand something though, when you posed the question "Who is better?" and it's an open position with pawns on either side of the board, one player with a knight, the other with a bishop, surely the side with the bishop is better? Was black actually better or did Fischer win because he was Fischer?

[@RicardGomes76]

I don't think it's an open position. Maybe i am wrong.

[@anonymousanon4822]

He said black was for choice. Meaning it would be easy in his opinion for black to draw the game. It doesn't necessarily mean that black was better. I think white could force a draw as well but the way to do it is a lot less straight forward as Jerry showed and why Saidy failed. So mathematically it's probably even, but for humans black would probably win more often.

[@nicksamek12]

The ram structure splitting the board in two made the endgame feel more like a "mini-middlegame" to me, making that space advantage really show up in a way that most endgames don't see.

[@djamshidmodarres247]

Wonderful

[@ChessNetwork]

👍😎

[@Raventooth]

Incredible endgame. Great story! 64,000 buck!! Nice

[@elsagavshaham4202]

Now, 60 years later, prize should be $640,000.

[@mirkomiladinovic9891]

Bobby is chess Goat .

[@gheffz]

Agree! Especially in classical format.

[@josefserf1926]

6:24 Ne6 is such an important move but how many of us would find it?

[@somewhere6]

I like how this illustrates how the knee jerk assumption that a bishop is superior in the endgame when there are pawns on both sides can be a fatal assumption. It isn't necessarily so by any means. The bishop is fast but it can only touch half the squares.

[@MrSupernova111]

True. But the bishop was blockaded by his own pawn. On a more open board the bishop will dominate the majority of the time.

[@kurzackd]

24:00 -- to learn what the mentioned *"RECORD"* is... -- *YOU'RE WELCOME !! :)* .

[@TheTastefulThickness]

Also unbreakably based

[@trevorrogers95]

🧃

[@CRSolarice]

13:13 Bishop C3 or A5? Interesting game to be certain.

[@davidskaar3232]

Talked to Anthony Saidy in 1992.

[@mustangw8ford415]

why

[@ymgp1460]

Bobby vs Magnus would be a dream game to watch, they just seem to be on another lvl imo😊

[@gregoriopalofuego9808]

And Fischer would win~ no doubt at all. He was the most brilliant, creative, and mentally prepared for victory. Indeed, sad he suffered from mental illness as he got older, but, aside from that, if you watch all his games in all the US Opens, you get to look into a mind similar to Newton and Einstein. ⚛️

[@HiTechOilCo]

@@gregoriopalofuego9808 - When was Bobby ever diagnosed with mental illness? I missed that.

[@gregoriopalofuego9808]

@@HiTechOilCo Hi-Tech~ I'm not certain if he were clinically diagnosed, but his rantings and behaviour in his last years of life were truly bizarre and not socially normal. It appeared to many, his magnificent genius brain was afflicted with something terrible. If you watch his guest appearance on the Bob Hope Show and on Johnny Carson, then many years later watching him rant about things that just were not true, and very offensive, you can see this transformation from being so much fun, so witty and enjoyable- to when he descended into madness and paranoia. With today's medical innovations, it's possible my hero, *the best ever* -could have been saved from such mental agony and torture. ♟️

[@InControlIC]

@@gregoriopalofuego9808Bobby’s never mentally Ill. He just spit facts. His behaviour was off, we can agree on that… He was just honest in stating his own opinions wether they were right or wrong.

[@humanrightsadvocate]

I find the amount of money offered by the Fischer prize to be insulting. It should be 64 million.

[@gregoriopalofuego9808]

I thought the same thing. At least 1M. Considering nobody is going to go unbeaten in the future U.S Opens, at least make it *appear* the prize reflects the achievement. ♟️

[@dodekaedius]

The 64 is symbolic. One million isn't. 640k is maybe as well acceptable.

[@edntz]

For 64 million, i'll be offering all my opponents 1 million dollars to let me win and still walk away with 50+ million.

[@gregoriopalofuego9808]

@@dodekaedius Okay, let's compromise. How about 6.4 million?

[@cptnoremac]

@@edntz That's a great point.

[@nicbentulan]

Wesley So is a true patriot - highly praises Bobby Fischer as GOAT / MTOAT partly for this 11/11 victory and the double 6-0-0 wins in the 1971 candidates. Wesley So in turn for the 2019 WFRCC - played the most classical (incorrectly called 'slow rapid') games (14), won the most (6), drew the most (8) AND NEVER LOST ANY and even beat nepo 2x in a row.

[@freewheelburning8834]

vamos!

[@bobbyfischersays1262]

I approve this video.

[@F4R4D4Y]

❤

[@MusikPiratCH]

I wonder why 44 Ke2 is an only move followed by 45 Bg1 ? Can't you simply play 44 Bg1 followed by 45 Ke2 ? It seems to me as if you'd reach the same position either way ... Am I wrong?

[@radicalrick9587]

*Yeah, checking the chess engine does tell you moves you and us normal humans would miss or never be able to see that far ahead unless we've played the move in the pass.*

[@markcu8169]

Dirk Nowitski is also an MVP in chess

[@chriszablocki2460]

Just kidding. You get Johnson, I get Schilling.

[@loplop7029]

Hi Jerry.

[@Ramiiam]

Fischer's record as world champion: 0-0-0.

[@zogzog1063]

This is a good point. In my opinion Fischer is the greatest player ever, but he is the weakest World Champion ever. He never won a single game as World Champion. Even worse, he did not play a single game as World Champion.

[@checkmateKings]

👍

[@capoman1]

Whew. A whopping ONE THOUSAND dollar prize? Come on!

[@aurifaber81]

(Equivalent to about 10grand today, not too shabby)

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Pawns on light squares for black advantageous.

[@rickprice7919]

Big fan of Dr. Anthony Saidy's Chess Life column.

[@rickprice7919]

Fischer had a very good idea of either knight vs. Bishop, and bishop vs, knight. See his famous game vs. Taimanov.

[@dtchmn77]

When they acutally played the game the moves were identified as "Queens Bishop to whatever" they had to simplify it for the masses.

[@Mal1234567]

There was no grid. The notation was the same for everybody.

[@RicardGomes76]

This one is a repeat mode. Alot to internalize 😅

[@Dr.Sortospino]

Or to fall asleep with Jerry's voice 😁😁

[@RicardGomes76]

@@Dr.Sortospino 😂

[@davvves7977]

Another video 🙌

[@JayAr709]

Pete Rose