Great Player of the Past: GM Samuel Reshevsky

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This lecture was recorded on October 20, 2021, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia. Originally posted on the CCSCATL channel, but was moved here for channel consolidation.
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[@GraemeCree]

Reshevsky was actually born in 1909. His parents lied about his age to make his juvenile exploits more impressive. So he wasn't quite as big a child prodigy as they made out, but his geriatric exploits were two years more impressive. The Reshevsky-Fischer match didn't end in a tie. Fischer forfeited Games 12 and 13 before the match officially ended. Most of Fischer's forfeits have been edited out of history, except Game 2 against Spassky, which is impossible to ignore. Fischer also forfeited games to Gipslis and Larsen at Sousse, which people have tried their best not to remember. (Fischer wasn't leading when he finally exited Sousse either, maybe a video on Fischer myths is in order.)

[@animalntelligence3170]

You seem to be confusing Reshevsky's age with the year he passed away. He lived until 1992 not 1982.

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[@GraemeCree]

One thing I've never understood about Reshevsky is that he won two matches against *reigning* US Champions (Fischer and Bisguier), but didn't win the title on either occasion. By rights, it seems like Reshevsky should be a 10 time US Champion, but for some reason he's not.

[@beeble2003]

Because those games were not matches for the US Championship. They were just two guys agreeing to play a chess match, one of whom happened to be the US Champion at the time.

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Does Ben secretly speak French? I'm certain I heard him say 'et c'est la meme chose'

[@beeble2003]

He lived in Belgium for a few years, and French is one of the official languages of Belgium. I don't know if he speaks French, but he's certainly been exposed to the langauge.

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49:18 Or GM.

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[@dannygjk]

He would have had a better chance of winning the WCC if he wasn't a smoker.

[@beeble2003]

Everybody smoked in those days. Arguably, he'd have less chance as a non-smoker, as he'd probably be annoyed by his opponents smoking.

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@@beeble2003 non-smokers have better oxygenated brains.

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He's vaccinated. Of course ... Good luck, man!

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[@bajnicestanko4047]

correct to say is nobody in USA could pronounce his name which says only about Americans inability or ignorance, or perhaps the both.

[@beeble2003]

Sorry, but most people in the world -- not just Americans -- don't speak Polish and have no clue how to pronounce Polish names and words. Yes, that is technically ignorance, but it's ignorance shared by almost every non-Polish person on the planet.

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This video is 49 minutes long and you spent the 1st 14 minutes on biography on wikipedia.... This is information anybody can get..... Please focus on the games and try to find games that are not so extremely well known.... These are simple requests that makes sense

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Typically he follows guidelines set by the sponsor.

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