Crime and Punishment | Spassky vs Fischer | (1972) | Game 11

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Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 11, Aug-06
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bf6 gf6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Nb1 Qb4 15. Qe3 d5 16. ed5 Ne7 17. c4 Nf5 18. Qd3 h4 19. Bg4 Nd6 20. N1d2 f5 21. a3 Qb6 22. c5 Qb5 23. Qc3 fg4 24. a4 h3 25. ab5 hg2 26. Kg2 Rh3 27. Qf6 Nf5 28. c6 Bc8 29. de6 fe6 30. Rfe1 Be7 31. Re6
The name Bobby Fischer, at least to Americans, is synonymous with chess. A prodigy in the 50s, a world class player in the 60s, the 70s saw Fischer at his pinnacle. He earned the right to challenge Boris Spassky in a title run without comparison, defeating Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen with perfect scores of 6-0, and ex-champion Petrosian 6½-2½. Now the stage was set, and the only thing standing between Fischer and Spassky was Fischer himself.
The match was mired in political overtones, during the height of the Cold War. The Soviet chess system had a monopoly on the title since 1948, and the expectations on Spassky were enormous. While Fischer studied chess virtually in seclusion, Spassky had the full resources of the USSR. Victor Baturinsky, head of Soviet Chess Sports Committee, said: "Basically, the Soviet leadership and the powers that be in sport, were interested in just one issue: how to stop Fischer from becoming World Champion.
With the match set to begin in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer (who had not signed any documents confirming his participation) began to make a number of demands, including a percentage of television rights, a larger prize fund, and all manner of conditions covering everything from the lighting to the chair cushions. To satisfy Bobby's demands of a larger prize fund, British chess promoter James Slater donated a dazzling $125,000 to be added to the prize fund. Fischer still needed more convincing by Bill Lombardy (Fischer's last-minute choice as second), and one famously persuasive telephone call from Henry Kissinger. Mere hours before he would be forfeited, Fischer arrived in Iceland.
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I opened Agadmator’s video with the volume of my phone at zero level. I knew I missed nothing out of the ordinary but I still restarted the video just to hear “Hello everyone”. It sets me in the mood I guess

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If I don't hear "Hello Everyone" or "Hello Chess Lovers" I've got to restart the video

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I really like this words. "Hello everyone"

[@sorguvasfen2426]

After so many losses I wanted Spassky to win this one tbh

[@superalkadias]

He is the world champion. Who are you to question his king to H1? 😂😂😂

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Agadmator gaining a lot of activity after sacrificing yesterday's upload

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My first like from Agadmator!

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Another box checked off on the bucket list : ) Time to go base jumping.

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[@rupamsharma7457]

Robert Hansen what a sense of humour!

[@prahladsankrti1298]

This is definitely compensation enough

[@aubreystewart3772]

Wow... just wow. The first word that comes to my mind when someone says "Fischer" is "Activity". So to see Spassky play so excellently... and to see Fischer unable to even complete development... in one of Fischer's trademark lines of the Sicilian... I think this game is the first game to really motivate me to study a PLAYER, not just just a game or an opening. I want to see some more of Spassky's games now.

[@mylifematters858]

Fischer gets all the print but Spassky defeated one of the greatest of all time defenders , Petrosian , to become champ. He won the candidates seven times and he is the oldest living former world champ

[@insanejughead]

I like to call him "Boss" Spassky. ;-)

[@harryseldon9315]

He was an amazing human being too

[@MrArtless1]

Spassky is good dude. He was really tactical in a lot of mathces. Look up Spassky vs Bent Larson USSR vs the world.

[@aubreystewart3772]

I watch Spassky vs. Larsen every morning. There's something so satisfying about how he approached a hypermodern opening with a traditional, classical claim in the center, and then DECIMATED with his center control. I typically struggle facing a hypermodern opening, and am hesitant to claim the center. That game gives me confidence.

[@mattbyrne8139]

two videos of the Bobby Fischer series in one day... it's almost too good to be true

[@spaceghost7807]

It was in this position, that my other plans for the time being resigned XDDD

[@cj-nyc2057]

Actually when I see another Fischer upload my eyes roll back in my head. 🙄🙄🙄. More Carlsen please !!

[@PeaceMakerS2]

I know right, I started to get into it like a t.v series and was like where is the next episode coME ON MAN AHHHH

[@tan116A]

What an anti-spoiler quote. I read the quote above the board and thought that Fischer wins this game. And when Spassky pressured his queen, I thought here is where Fischer's brilliancy will come. And when Fischer lost the queen, I thought that this is some massive queen sacrifice because Fischer is about to win this game. And then, to my pleasant surprise, it was Spassky who won. What a roller-coaster ride this was :D

[@EugeneOneguine]

True, I got the same. From expectation to disapointement to hope to surprise.

[@CleavingRay]

I realized Fischer was gonna lose because Botvinnik didn't use the word "so" making it "Fischer played brilliantly, so there is no shame in losing such a game" would imply Bobby won brilliantly. He used "and", and as such the phrase "Fischer played brilliantly, and there is no shame in losing such a game" is implying Bobby lost but he played brilliantly. Technicalities :P Still was nice to see Bobby beat in his favorite and strongest line. Makes you wonder...

[@EugeneOneguine]

It's funny because the move that made him lost was the one I wanted to play... the d4 pawn... I almost feel as if I'm the reason why Bobby lost. When agadmator said "but Bobby played d4" I was thrilled, then 5 seconds later "but this doesn't really work..." oh no, really ?

[@SelfReflective]

This is Spassky's second win, and really, because the first game was marred by Fischer's madness, his only "real" win in this match.

[@SelfReflective]

Happ Botvinik was talking about game 10, which Spasky lost. This is game 11, and Fischer did not play brilliantly!!

[@carlospocaterra]

What a great game! The whole Spassky Fischer series makes you think that Spassky kinda didn't deserve the title of World Champion in comparison to Fisher's level; until this game. In this game is when you actually see why Spassky was the World Champion; simply breathtaking.

[@briant2140]

Let's not forget that Spasky studied these poison pawn variations thourghly with Geller, the other guy, and who knows who else. Besides, I think it was Fisher's turn to be a gentleman by playing this line in the first place, since he was up by three points anyway.

[@sorguvasfen2426]

After so many losses I wanted Spassky to win this one tbh

[@vivek_yt]

I still remember that Bobby Fischer's photo in the video 'Crime and Punishment' u posted an year ago. You had about 15k subs back then. Now u have the biggest chess KZbin channel.

[@agadmator]

Yeah. Good times :)

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ChessNetwork/Jerry has more subs, but his videos get less views than Agad's. His upload schedule is also pretty unpredictable as he just posted a video 4 days ago, which was the end of a one month absence. Compare his review videos to Agad's; Jerry's have about 60k views, while Agad's vids always have 60k or more. Jerry's gameplay videos usually get 30k or less, and those vids account for a lot of his channel. In terms of growth in subs, Agad is dominating. When I first started watching him about a year ago, he had about 70k, and Jerry had almost 200k. And now Agad is has almost as many subs than Jerry (he recently reached 300k subs). I do prefer Jerry's style of reviewing games, but the community is better in Agad's lol

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@EricGR 2Thinkerer Come on man. Jerry has been uploading since six years or more. But less people know about his channel and he doesn't upload regularly. Don't worry Agadmator will be first to reach 400k.

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@EricGR 2Thinkerer ...nobody means he doesn't, but Agadmator deserves more 😊

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@EricGR 2Thinkerer That's right.

[@markhantla7915]

After Larsen, Petrosian, and now Spassky, it was starting to feel like nobody could push Fischer around in a game. What a refreshing game this was! Spassky in control the whole time, and a wonderful attack on Fischer's queen.

[@ritwikghosh5833]

to be honest spassky deserved this kind of victory.......

[@amitkumargupta-]

Not deserved, He earned it

[@chrishimmelmann]

I recall replaying this game together with my dad during our holiday on Baltrum (smallest East Frisian island) in the summer of 1972. As often as possible, we’d get he newest paper searching it for a new game. I still remember how shocked I was at the black queen being trapped on the open board (well, that’s how it felt), and my dreams were literally haunted with that queen flitting about and trying to escape. Eventually, it was that match that brought me to playing chess competitively.

[@EfficientRVer]

I remember watching this game, live with moves arriving via teletype, with commentary and analysis by Shelby Lyman, and probably with Edmar Mednis (who often was there helping analyze, and whose quote about this game you mentioned.) Though I was rooting for Fischer, it was good to see this match become competitive, at a time when Fischer was steamrolling all opponents.

[@arlekin1976]

I think Spassky saw that Fisher will offer the exchange of Queens and he wanted to refuse it by playing Qe3 to put his Queen on the same file as Fisher`s King but than having his Queen on the same diagonal with his King while Fisher has a black bishop would be dangerous. That`s why he played Kh1 imo.

[@precioustreasures6045]

I was eagerly waiting to hear any stories about how fischer reacted after this crushing defeat...and how the soviet authorities reaction to this game as well..did they still keeps on dsturbing spassky with letters or encouragements of any..and the many grandmasters comment about this beautiful game by spassky..i mean it was interesting to know sideline stories about every game so that we can fully experience the drama of thia encounter..

[@user-ro3tv8ns6l]

#suggestion Carlsen vs Li chao 2015 one of the greatest attack _counter attack game and magnus play incridible pawn move

[@mads4387]

I never comment, but this is amazing. Just a brilliant face-off between these two giants. I love having it presented to me, since I'm too lazy to become comfortable with reading chess books.

[@spaceghost7807]

I can't get over how much I still enjoy hearing you say "HELLO EVERYONE!" after all these videos XD

[@richardfeynman5560]

I'm reakky impressed with Spasski's fighting spirit. He seemed already totally destroyed, but all of the sudden he crushes Fischer in 31 moves!

[@sharathkuntanahal3746]

This is an incredible comeback I had a very bad day, week and month till now Thank you for spreading the joy of chess

[@davidsheff6280]

Definitely had to watch this one twice.Fierce.

[@jeesusmeesuss5247]

Dude, so psyched you upload 2 Fischer videos today, thanks!

[@eaglebird184]

Beautiful series with all stories around, I'm hungry for more :)

[@arthurarcelli647]

Beautiful game. Thanks for uploading today! I was craving game 11 after 10 earlier lol

[@wiiliskaako5875]

www spassky great respect , this was great game and you showed that you are really great and legend of all time ,

[@dawesketj8842]

Two videos in one day I'm so happy. You've made my day I was having a bad day .Thank you

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Hey Agad, thanks for the great content , as usual. You're the best, dude. Keep it up, we all appreciate you.

[@rehan8581]

Spassky was just awesome. Loved this game😍. Finally i know how to play to poison pawn with white😜

[@hescalante6081]

Great commentary once again. Thank you very much.

[@bqkidestroyz8441]

2 points in lead, GL spaski, that will bring back the excitement. great game, I learned alot from it

[@bahaaeddineturk6601]

2 bobby games in one day thankyou sir

[@Jason_Music]

best chess channel... Very nice analysis easy to understand for almost everyone !

[@drunkenbum3172]

Very nicely presented. Well done.

[@gordonfreeman5958]

Just realised I haven't watched this yet, I confused the previous video with this one and thought I'd seen it already.. I'm glad

[@ivarkristoffersson3282]

Big thanks!!

[@houssamaouya]

2 games in one day ❤❤ i love you agadmator

[@mamatakulkarni9170]

First time hearing it’s is at this position that Robert James Fischer resigned the game

[@precioustreasures6045]

I hope to hear more stories in game 12...thank you.

[@shaileshrana7165]

What a game. I like the matches that are close rather than washouts. Hopefully Spassky wins some more.

[@irwandafalaq]

Yeaaay another video !!!

[@kudoshinichi3810]

You brighten my day

[@alexandruepuran]

« So yeah! « And you know it’s all over...Many thanks again for a great match... :D

[@cptnoremac]

I feel bad for Spassky. When people talk about their favorite chess player of all time, it's always Fischer, Kasparov, Carlsen, Tal, Capablanca, maybe Morphy or some other world champion, but never Spassky. He must have been a great player to achieve the rank of WC, but he's only remembered for being the final boss of the Soviets who was taken down by the American hero.

[@HaroonKhan_7319]

Back to back videos agad❤️❤️

[@leandromendez8142]

What a game! Spassky went nuts... Don't question the World Champ haha

[@devsharma2232]

I love this ..

[@xProjectMyst]

I love you Agadmator!

[@exs1803]

Awesome game by two great chess masters. Looks so simple. But deadly.

[@marcelorafanellirosatti911]

Great book and great match.

[@mayurbannai3102]

If Spassky had played with the same intensity it would have been a close contest between them.

[@ultrainstinctshaggy669]

Chief: Fischer, is this the game in which you beat Spassky using the Najdorf? Fischer: This ain't it Chief.

[@davidgriffiths7696]

An absolute pasting for Fischer. Charging in and getting his queen stuck.

[@darnes6300]

thank agad ...u the best

[@arpitbhuwalka715]

An amazing win. Spaasky gave his best.

[@thomasaskew1985]

Looks like Spassky prepared well for the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the NaJdorf.

[@HarshRaj-gc4ss]

Petrosian vs Gligorić at the tournament of peace in Zagreb from 1970. Please do a video on this @agadmator #suggestion

[@stamatisarvanitidis2430]

What a brilliancy from Spassky.

[@georgyugay33012]

Awesome stuff! Would be great if you analysed Anand - Topalov (Sofia, 12 May 2005). The game Kramnik referred to as "23rd Century Chess".

[@michaelkofman3881]

I feel bad for Spassky. He was truly a brilliant player, but a clear number 2 to Fischer. This game showcases just how strong of a player he really was. He deserved a longer reign.

[@aba22125]

He did not deserve nothing, you are either the best or not, clearly he got outmatched and that is that. ( Do not take me wrong, I mean no insults to Spassky ).

[@kasparov937]

@@aba22125 Outmatched in this match. Spassky was dominating Fischer up to that point. All the years prior to this match.

[@TheChamp21]

Great game

[@geokv8974]

What a game!!!

[@gawayne1374]

Awesome

[@OhadAsor]

please make a tutorial video about how to analyze games using engines :) mainly the technical side for the technically oriented

[@quilesboy]

Two Fischer games in one day? Let's go!

[@excuse_me4706]

I saw a very good game after long time

[@YouGotPwnd]

hey agadmator, I've mentioned before I'm new to chess. really new. how many games do they play in these tournaments? I've been learning a lot with these videos and can't wait for game 12!

[@maysamgh1677]

Amazing game

[@avramrotar6716]

@Agadmator Why not capture rock at 12:24 and only then push h3 ?

[@Dan1elAndrade]

Spassky was an amazing player as well.

[@immanuellasker4273]

crazy game

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

OMG 2 games in one day 👏👏👏👏👏👌😍

[@Pat_Johnson]

Share more details from eyewitness accounts (Evans, Gligoric and Krogius). That is what we can not find easily

[@pallikishore4682]

Don't know why.. But I certainly wanted spasky to win this.. I am happy now.

[@usptact]

When Fischer grabs your “poisoned pawn”, it is not “poisoned”.

[@binitpati3536]

Classic

[@BussinGhandi]

👏🏼

[@ytmndman]

Are you going to cover the 1992 rematch?

[@manojdutt9724]

Can you show any game of tanya sachdev from batumi chess Olympiad.?

[@davidborger7159]

12:31 what was that fadeaway? Perhaps a hidden brilliancy from agadmator?

[@mladenradivojevic8676]

Prvo lajk, pa gledam !!!

[@misomiso8228]

What were the key moves in this game that Grandamsters now avoid? Is the Poisen pawn no good anymore?

[@danceswithstone]

Yay for Spassky!

[@leovinci3149]

12:07 laugh is a brilliant move!

[@pavankumar-wd1ys]

"This is why I'm world champion". This title suits to this video

[@alexkzy5210]

This would be rather the most generic, spoiling and overhasty title.

[@elasiduo108]

In my opinion, this game proves that Fischer, being the great player he was, wasn't his best in unclear and crazy positions. In this game it looks he's constantly struggling to find a plan, and eventually Boris has him against the sword and the wall.

[@jjm5353]

It would be great if we could see the black pieces from Bobby's point of view.

[@vedantyadav3056]

12:15 after A4 what happens if queen e2 ?

[@haithamjaradat6821]

what shock . i thought Fischer won all the games after the second one really unbelievable game so nice

[@Alleis]

Damn it

[@TheALLtube]

Wow, only wow here

[@veeclash4157]

@12:22 Why doesn't Fischer take the Rook on F1 with check? A Queen for a Bishop and a Rook isn't bad, right?

[@quickclicker]

#suggestion A highly rated game with only bishop and knight checkmate

[@vivek_yt]

Recently in Batumi Chess Olympiad, a player didn't resign and played out till the bishop and knight checkmate.

[@vivek_yt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4qUm3pmabOCr8U . This is the game.

[@darioabbece3948]

Mamedov-Jones

[@dafabled750]

Spassky is awesome!

[@fayezhalabi7423]

Hello agadmator please tell me a book to read about chess and to learn more books by fischer or some world class players and thank you

[@mirnicht6183]

HELLO Fayezone, you can find a link to books in the discreption of the video.

[@roberthansen5727]

Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca is fantastic, and only $3 on the Kindle app with Amazon.

[@eliasjoost6752]

Is the titel a reference to the book?

[@GuilhermeVictorCC]

Now we are talkin, Spassky!!

[@anirudhabrv1]

Woah.. Spassky literally Crushed Fischer.!

[@spaceghost7807]

When Ant said Prophylactic I ran over to google so fast!

[@mylifematters858]

For the Bronstein fans, Spassky saccing a rook against David and winning in 23 moves . Just amazing piece coordinating and featured in the Bond film From Russia With Love www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1034110

[@agadmator]

I covered this game, long ago :)

[@cskwillreturn2473]

Kramnik Vs Alexandrov from round 8 of Batumi.

[@wiiliskaako5875]

in the openning the poison pawn , after white plays knight to E2, you dont even have to play queen to a3 , black can play knight to c6 , if white tries to win queen by plying A3 , then simply black can reply knight to D5 , whit can trap queen by move like ROOK to C1 or A2 it does not matter black can play knight D5 takes on C3 , and attack the white queen too , so i just wanted to point out that , your queen can not be trapped , if you play knight to E2 after you opponent plays knight to C3 ,