Mikhail Tal blasts Bobby Fischer with the Najdorf

[@ahmadhusain3756]

I am a simple man. I see Tal in video thumbnail. I click on it immediately

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

Hey Jerry, I used your analysis of Fischer Bolbochan, with my students last night, very successful even with my translation. this will make a good folow up to that for next monday night. thank you from me and my students.

[@ChessNetwork]

Awesome, great to read that. Hope you’re all learning. 👍

[@pwcrabb5766]

Very pleasant analysis

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you

[@manylch7964]

Great commentary, very instructive

[@peterjongsma3221]

It's satisfying to see Bobby lose.

[@peterjongsma3221]

It's satisfying to see Bobby lose.

[@VictorianoOchoa]

loving all the recent uploads!

[@reshad8570]

98% accuracy by Tal, in the absence of computer assistance. Just wow!

[@bevs9995]

if only he liked to study

[@WtItCbtLoR]

Thank you, Jerry. I really learn so much from these game analyses you do.

[@ChessNetwork]

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[@jacksonpollock8984]

Jerry has some of the very best games with top analysis here on KZbin. And very good material picks too. I also like his calm voice and good presentation skills. Big thumbs up! Note: I was already subscribed to ChessNetwork :-)

[@ber7129at]

Love the content Jerry, thanks for entertaining us.

[@philipfarmer3232]

The best chess commentator on the internet.

[@PeterHuypens]

I love your work, man. It is so enlightening

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you Peter.

[@MrSupernova111]

In this same event, Candidates 1959, Fischer defeated Keres in a similar line but with Fischer holding the black pieces. Keres moved the queen to f3, took the knight on f3 with the bishop and sac'ed his queen after Bb7-Bxf3. I wonder if the Tal game happened first and Fischer took note of it to defeat Keres in a later round. Also, that was Fischer's first encounter with Keres and many of the other top players in the world at the time. Its important to note that Fischer was only 16 years old at the time which I believe its a record even today for youngest ever participant in a Candidates event.

[@ex0duzz]

How old was gukesh? 17 or 18? Did Fischer win the candidates? Or is gukesh the youngest? Didn't Kasparov become youngest WC? How old was he when he qualified for candidates or won it?

[@alexroc172]

Great explanation of the pivotal battle over d5.....thanks !

[@chrislukas959]

Your videos are so wonderful

[@gbu32]

Well done. Very interesting game. Loved your analyses.

[@vladantripkovic6122]

Jery, I do not know who you are, but your explanations and variations why something is played or not played are so exact and clear, and much better than any other comentators on you tube. And I saw many townsands of videos about chess.

[@superalkadias]

This was Tal at his best. he went on to win the tournament and to defeat Botvinnik to become the world champion in 1961.

[@jacobdrollinger4802]

Tal has always been my favorite player. Love the way he attacks.

[@moesheri9385]

Thx Jerry 😊, love your work

[@AdityaMisra-s3c]

Excellent analysis Both Tal & Fischer were giants in chess

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you

[@jacobjosiahsteele]

Great video as always jerry thanks

[@tamirtsogbayar3912]

Thanks for your videos! More Mikhail Tal's game would be great!!

[@bobby5776]

Thank you Jerry! I really like your vids where you go into the details of the openings...no that's not true... I like all your vids 😁

[@ChessNetwork]

👍😎

[@naturalmystic67]

Thanks Jerry, as always.

[@MrSupernova111]

Hi Jerry! Loving the old classics! Cheers!

[@Rob-q4b5b]

Very instructiev Jerry thx

[@iskandertime747]

Tal is like a chess trickster god.

[@eprox-y3248]

The Loki of Riga!

[@eprox-y3248]

I'd liken him more to a war god like Mars: aggressive, forceful and unrelenting.

[@georgewalker903]

8:30

[@jerryholder6999]

New subscriber here, really enjoying your perspective and... well, teachings. thanks

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you 👍

[@RoyGazoff]

Really instructive 👍

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you

[@marianosetula5666]

Good vid my friend :) nice game

[@richardfabrizio8998]

Nice insights on a classic game

[@BobChess]

I think Tak moved his knight like a camel in the thumbnail 💀

[@maximus4007]

Fascinating game ..Thanks

[@Anxiathy]

Beating this guy sure is a Tal order.

[@shivaji856]

Every square is important in chess. You cant play chess without giving up a square.

[@muzafferelmal5482]

very good game to share, impossible not to admire

[@peterbrown6224]

Thank you, I got the puzzle :-) I just found you and enjoy the laid back approach, though I should be in bed by now.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you 👍

[@DankFizzy-x2r]

Hey Jerry, been a fan of yours for many years although it's been a while since I've watched, used to watch nearly every day!! But from my searches it seems you never covered the Fischer-Spassky 1992 unofficial world championship match. I would love to see your commentary on those! Hopefully you can look at them sometime- or maybe I just missed them. Anyway, thanks for many hours of wonderful chess commentary.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you. 👍😎

[@davidstar2362]

@@ChessNetwork Me too Jerry you are top notch you should be doing commentary for Championships people will LOVE you. think about it.

[@cesar.sandovalcolon]

I need go learn these ideas well!! 😮

[@tanadihensen73]

Verg detailed and clear analysis, thanks a lot GM.

[@PaulHobbs23]

I love listening to your voice

[@jessejordache1869]

I've heard this game called "The Perfect Sicilian", because it follows black's ideal strategy in the Najdorf: to unwind your pieces and end up with central control.

[@AlexSimiakakis-l9l]

So eloquent

[@ex0duzz]

Show us a great fishing pole game of yours Jerry. I'm sure you have a few wild, awesome fishing pole attack games you can share with us..

[@asesh40]

While playing chess one should always concentrate all powers at the centre of the board. Powers at the sides are difficult to manoeuvre as much moves will be wasted in bringing them to the centre by which time the game slips.

[@jacobdrollinger4802]

Love Tal's games. You might want to cover one of the games where he makes an insane sacrifice...

[@TymexComputing]

Got it, if i ever have a son i will name him Jerry, so whenever he calls me on a phone i would hear "hello, its jerry" :D

[@ChrisTopher-nr1vb]

Wonderful game

[@fakoidrizovic9286]

Talj was one of kind

[@Enrique-m3w]

Mikhail tal definely is the best of the all the times

[@anilbista7445]

If you compare with this computer generation he isn't very accurate player To say best of all time is false He's one of the most creative player for sure but not accurate

[@Enrique-m3w]

But he was also the youngest champion in the world

[@anilbista7445]

@@Enrique-m3w yea he was later broken by Garry Kasparov

[@Enrique-m3w]

Tal was first younger champion with the artistic sacrifices still till now there is nobody to compare with him because tal is not equal that others chess players he is the best

[@emanuelr.desousa6878]

​@@anilbista7445 Actually, some research shows that Tal is in the top 10 most accurate players of all time.

[@enriquevecerra4651]

Gran partida.gracias y Saludos.

[@bevs9995]

Correction: Mikhail Tal annoyed the hell out of Bobby, making it almost impossible for him to concentrate, and then blasted him with Najdorf

[@hugo_studio_hay439]

Most Based Latvian Moment LMAO

[@ex0duzz]

Annoyed him doing what? Annoyed a 16 yr old kid lol

[@Enrique-m3w]

Excusses

[@spyros07]

Correction: Mikhail Tal ADOPTED the hell out of Bobby, making almost impossible for him to stop crying like a baby.

[@PaulFurber]

Black's position collapses after d5? That might be a slight exaggeration Jerry. *Watches game* Holy cow.

[@johngleeman8347]

I simply have to watch an analysis of a game from the Magician from Riga.

[@AlexandruVataman]

12:48 What if king doesn’t take the bishop and moves forward f4/f5, by securing this pawn with the knight and the knight itself with the queen?

[@arnienermo5989]

Regardless of the winner; they respected and even liked each other! Means a lot, especially from Bobby’s side, as he wasn’t the most socially adept fellow.…

[@yonahngambi29]

Even though Tal is not listed among top ten chess players of time. I believe he was a chess wizard.

[@mr.nobody2515]

Why not? In his era and with his knowledge he is clearly better than any other player before him (like Capablanka, Alekhine, Lasker etc)

[@thetoastycroissant]

HOW ARE WE GETTING ALL THESE VIDEOS?!?!

[@rajeswararaobhyri5921]

Great display of genius by Tal

[@winfieldscott9058]

Well done by Tal & by ChessNetwork

[@ChessNetwork]

👍

[@RicardGomes76]

Hi J! This concept of "important square to get into", is something I think very important to grasp. Do you have some vids about it? If not could you give us some more deep insights, like, ps pls pls pls 😅? Anyway, BIG THANK YOU!

[@uwu-nyaa]

Watch his videos about holes

[@RicardGomes76]

@@uwu-nyaa Thank You

[@ChessNetwork]

Many have expressed over the years that this playlist has been helpful. Video #13 has a focus on squares. kzbin.info/aero/PLQsLDm9Rq9bHKEBnElquF8GuWkI1EJ8Zp

[@ChessNetwork]

Just seeing now @sawyer directed you. 👍

[@RicardGomes76]

@@ChessNetwork Thanks GM

[@richardfredlund8846]

great pop quiz, actually got a3, but only after thinking for ages and process of elimination. not a move I would have thought of normally at all. Phenomenal game by Tal.

[@kokohbagaitebing7565]

All Hail Mr. Tal 🙌

[@davidstar2362]

JERRY!!!! I been trying to solve the queen taking my rook problem. THANK YOU!!! for that solution

[@Jcc988]

Awesome

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

Howw??this knight move ??

[@gexpe2003]

❤ Chess

[@19580822]

Knight on f4 is very powerful and prevents white queen's access to h file.

[@andreasandergast6839]

A great positional game from Tal. All moves are logical.

[@dr.alikhudhair9414]

Wonderful

[@brandonzhu2304]

nice

[@chullupa]

Hi Jerry its everyone

[@robertmac7833]

Looks like even Bobby had his days. But he got better and better.

[@Creativechessyoda]

After e5, why wouldn’t you go Nc6??? Why push the b pawn??? Not sure you fully understand the board

[@mderveni9144]

Kc6 is a good developing move but b5 threatens b4 which kicks the night away fighting for the center squares so black can push d5 himself after the white knight moves. Theoretically, if you can push d5 in the sicilian you are doing good

[@mderveni9144]

I mean d5 isnt possible directly after b4 but you get the idea

[@bonethug612612]

Wow! Never seen bobby get destroyed like this. Only tal could do something like this.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Gonzo Queen Ok pretty smooth 😅

[@ndm8447]

Tal best chess mind of all time. If he was born in 2000 he would reach the rating of 3000 by now.

[@MrSupernova111]

Maybe if he was healthy.

[@MrSupernova111]

Although I think Morphy was the most naturally talented player in history.

[@Enrique-m3w]

Thanks to theses videos now everybody knows that tal is the best chess player of the world fisher is only a good player tal karpov kasparov and maybe fisher in the last place

[@theoneandonlyhooda]

Fischer eventually became better than Tal. Unfair comparison based on a game between Fischer and Tal long before the former's prime.

[@Enrique-m3w]

Tal was the younger champion chess with only 23 after kasparov with 22 and fisher was with 32 so old so compare this dates and tal won to fisher more games for the official word champion chess 😀 tal was the master from kasparov and other sovietics player and he taught also to the last one fisher but fisher is only a proyanqui stoty

[@HansDelbruck53]

@@Enrique-m3w Could you put that in English?

[@Enrique-m3w]

I Am sure that you like the tal games

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

I love booby fiwher he is my fave plqyer of all time Thank u I would love to see his all matches

[@loplop7029]

Hi Jerry.

[@NoNameAtAll2]

it's everyone

[@loplop7029]

@@NoNameAtAll2 😎

[@bobjebbington5628]

Hi Jerry

[@6dmiller]

I'm sure Tal would have played 34. ... Qg2+ 35. QxQ Rc6+

[@owencrawford5984]

there's a funny line 34... Qg2+ Kh4 Qxh2+ Qxh2 Rh6+ Bh5 Rg4+ Kh3 Rxh5#

[@psybranet]

When the Whiz Kid meets the Demon King

[@saadrathore4408]

Forward thinker...wow😅

[@jmadratz]

Come on Bobby was 16

[@1satyaghosal]

Don't forget the fact that Bobby Fischer.. 16.. took down the great Paul Keres in the same tournament

[@jmadratz]

@@Enrique-m3w​​⁠Bobby was born on March 9, 1943. This game was played on Sept 28, 1959, so unless you are using some new math, Bobby was 16…do you agree chief?

[@Enrique-m3w]

He was 17 year

[@FahimHoq]

Fisher even at 16 was still very strong

[@Enrique-m3w]

Your fisher is a story but mikhail tal is a legend

[@ExplosiveBrohoof]

Haven't watched the video yet, but is there an error in the thumbnail with the square the knight is pointing at? Because it's not looking at that square. EDIT: Finally got around to watching the video, can confirm is not an error!

[@fburton8]

I thought it was clickbait. Well, it evidently worked in my case! :P

[@gregoriopalofuego9808]

Looks like Bobby didn't eat his Wheaties (Breakfast of Champions™) before the game.

[@MrSupernova111]

Fischer was 16 years old here playing in the Candidates. The rest of history. But keep making a mockery of yourself.

[@gregoriopalofuego9808]

@@MrSupernova111 Mockery? Are you kidding? You can't grasp my humor? Sad you don't understand beautiful humor, SN. Eres un culo guango.

[@h0wnr681]

@@MrSupernova111 so butthurt, simp harder clown

[@A51838]

luuuuuuuuv seeing games where fischer got crushed. by tal no less!

[@Number1GaryMeatWatcher]

Boby was 16.tal was 22.bobby wasn't even close to his peak,and tal was almost at his peak

[@MrSupernova111]

Yeah, prime Tal crushing 16 year old Fischer. Wait until the late 60s and early 70s. Let's see who's crushing Fischer then. LOL

[@HiTechOilCo]

This game proves without a shadow of a doubt that Bobby Fischer was not an android, but an imperfect person. :)

[@Zenith9132]

Fischer was only 16 during this game, give him a break! He became an 'android' later on in his life

[@uforferdetnilsson2595]

@@Zenith9132 - 15-16-17 is not an excuse for chess prodigies - Fisher had played thousands of games by the time he was 14 when he was the youngest player to be awarded the rank of Master by the U.S. Chess Federation in 1957 - losing to Tal in no way diminishes Fisher - both were extremely gifted players and it is a testament to their tenacity that each would would win 4 games with 5 drawn over the 13 times they met on the board - Fisher's 1963 11-0 AI android performance was otherworldly and yet there are those who will detract about the disparity in the level of competition blah blah blah - at the Grand Master level there are no excuses in chess and regardless of what level one plays the game at losing sucks

[@henryromagosa433]

Makes Fischer look like a piker! Well told

[@FahimHoq]

Only Tal could do that

[@angoor101]

I’ve watched a few of your Tal videos and how he has some crazy sacrifices and unnatural moves. It would’ve been interesting to see them play when Fischer had reached his prime. The recent GM players are not putting up any great games anymore and especially the last few world champions have been nothing but boring with draw after draw. We need a Tal, Morphy, Capablanca, or Fischer to bring new life into chess. Maybe you, Jerry!

[@finlayson6868]

If you genuinely believe that modern players 'are not putting up any great games anymore' then I suggest you watch more chess. Just this week in Norway there have been a handful of fantastic games. On top of that the 2023 World Championships had 6 decisive games. Tal v Botvinnik featured 38% decisive games. This year Ding vs Nepomniatchi featured 42% decisive games. Tal vs Botvinnik had a higher percentage of draws than the last world championship. It's simply not possible to play like Tal or Morphy today and be a top GM.

[@angoor101]

@@finlayson6868 1972 Word Chess Championship, game one, Fischer plays Bh2 and throws the game. You expect me to believe he made a blunder?! I believe he did that intentionally. The man was such a great player that he knew he hadn’t gone to Reykjavík to draw 24 times. He threw the second game, too. But he came back and won. Game six is perhaps the most awesome game ever. This is what I mean. The current GMs don’t have the guts to put up their real talent and the loser is the world chess community. It’s more important for them to win that million dollar prize than actually play real chess. I guess it’s true that the root of all evil is money.

[@finlayson6868]

@@angoor101 Wait, so by your logic, losing on purpose is "real chess" and playing to win the tournament is not real chess? What you're saying makes no sense, and is verifiably false. Players today have greater accuracy than any generation in history. If that's not putting up their best then I don't know what is. Also, Fisher didn't play for free. In fact he refused to play in tournaments if the prize money wasn't high enough.

[@angoor101]

There’s no drama, no rivalry and no fun in todays GMs and certainly the world championships. These new GMs are unable to inspire kids to play chess instead of violent video games. You sound like a younger individual and don’t remember the exciting times when Kasparov and before him, Spassky and other great GMs dominated the news. Bobby Fischer shook the world and inspired millions of kids to play chess including myself as a ten year old in 1972. Of course I learned chess from my father at six, but got more involved because of him. Those are the days I yearn for and know we’re not going to see anytime soon.

[@finlayson6868]

@@angoor101 What world do you live in? More people play chess today - especially young players - than ever before. The game is bigger than it's ever been and that's in large part due to a handful of very famous GMs.

[@nikbeznik4892]

Tal is the best!

[@doekole1089]

in what sport?

[@nikbeznik4892]

@@doekole1089 by jumping sideways(

[@Enrique-m3w]

Of course tal is the best chess player in the history

[@angoor101]

Sad to see my chess hero lose. Fischer probably was not feeling well and that’s why he lost. ☹️

[@AlexWyattDrums]

He was 16. Tal was basically in his prime. Bobby caught up eventually.

[@zogzog1063]

Or the other way round? "Fischer probably was not feeling well BECAUSE he lost". The Fischer Tal battles were just too good, perhaps eclipsed only by Kasp Karp.

[@KF1]

:)

[@abhishekwaghmare2480]

Some say Bobby Fischer is great but the Tal's record is again Bobby Fischer is 4-0 🔥

[@tongpoo8985]

I didn't know that, that's pretty incredible. Tal and Fischer are maybe my 2 favorite players other than Capablanca.

[@megbhattarai22]

Fisher has won against Tal. Source chess database. Including rapid/exhibition games the record is equal. 4 to 4 with 5 draws.

[@salhaddadmusic]

Fischer was only 16 when he lost those four games to Tal in the Candidates tournament in 1959. Tal was in his 20s. After that, Fischer never lost again to Tal. The final score in classical chess was 4-2 Tal with 5 draws.

[@FurkanKahraman.]

Comeback

[@chessmaster3225]

Bobby was barely 16 when this game was played, Tal was 22 I believe and much more experienced player, don't give Tal too much credit, later Bobby beats Tal 4 games almost in a row, two in 1962 and two in 1970, Tal was no match for him after he matured

[@mohammadalqahtani6139]

Why feel hurt? Both are legends.

[@daniscool5092]

There have been 2700 players that are 16 Bobby was still a fantastic player at that age. Not to discredit his future improvement but Tal was still a bad ass tactician

[@patament2944]

This was young Fischer. When he matured, he handled Tal.

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

When Fisher matured, he became antisemitic. And speaking of a persona, this weighs heavier than any handling of chess opponents that he might have done.

[@brandonbarker7817]

​@@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649who cares. Chess speaks for itself.

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

@@brandonbarker7817 I care. And so should you. There are more important things in life than chess. Not being a Nazi is one of them.

[@McLKeith]

Fischer did not handle Tal. They each won 4 games a drew 5.

[@peterbrown6224]

@@McLKeith I didn't know that. Thank you.

[@pradeepm.p395]

Tal was the greatest in whole chess historty, much greatest than fischer

[@barracuda7018]

Lol you are an idiot. First , Fischer was 16, and second after 1961 Tal would never beat Fischer. Tal won the 1960 championship against Botvinnik by creating confusions, a year later 51 years old Botvinnik defeated Tal comfortably..Tal is not even among the 20 best of the last century...

[@jessejordache1869]

@@barracuda7018 Tal had just had a kidney removed not long before their return match: I would argue there was nothing comfortable about it at all. Posing problems to your opponent that they are unable to solve over the board is just good chess. You and the Korchnoi fan above seem to think it's dirty pool. Anyway it has nothing to do with this game, which is a positional masterpiece. Tal spent his life in and out of hospital, which cut short a lot of matches. Fischer was often the first person to visit him in the hospital. Tal was liked and respected by everyone.

[@1satyaghosal]

Absolutely agree.. Tal was very ill during the return match but Botvinnik rejected an offer of rescheduling the match probably because he was afraid of losing again

[@barracuda7018]

Tal wasn't a good chess player. He always surprised his opponents with spectacular sacrifices. Players who studied Tal carefully in detail could easily beat him.. Kortschnoi for example described Tal as his most preferable opponent..Tal didn’t have a fucking idea of positional strategic games.

[@jlms69]

"Tal wasn’t a good chess player… Tal didn’t have a fucking idea about positional strategic games…" WOW! 😮

[@kokohbagaitebing7565]

Without Mr. Tal, chess wiil have been boring

[@vaibhavsomani14]

This might be coming from a mentally retarded fat person sitting on his sofa with his hands inside his pants the entire day

[@jessejordache1869]

And Botvinnik, who played two world championship matches against Tal, DIDN'T study him? You don't know what you're talking about. Chess games, especially in those days, were a lot like boxing matches: styles made fights. Tal had a hard time against Korchnoi, and he got so used to losing to him that in the 1968 candidates tournament, Tal was in a position to win the match and finally get his revenge on Korchnoi; instead, he started playing straight "?" moves. Tal was aware of what Korchnoi said (the actual quote was "Tal is a thoroughly routine player": kind of a weird statement when you came half a game from losing)-- when asked what his reaction was, Tal said "I don't have one. I know Victor, and he often says things he does not mean." Classy man. Tal covered the next round in 64 magazine. Korchnoi lost (Korchnoi was as incapable of beating Spassky -- a problem Tal didn't have -- as he was of beating Karpov. Anyway before the match, Korchnoi lodged a formal protest, because he assumed Tal would use his position in the press to "get even", probably because those were the types of antics Korchnoi himself spent his entire life doing, but accusing Mikhail Tal of that sort of petty behavior is absurd. Tal is the player that no one -- not even Fischer -- could bring himself to dislike, whereas Korchnoi was probably responsible for more dick moves in post WWII chess history than any other candidate. Kasparov, a far greater player, doesn't even come close.

[@ryoma1412]

This is actually very inaccurate while Tal loved to play exciting chess he was also a very good strategic and positional player, it is just that that was not his style. Even Kasparov and Kramnik mentions this. But then again you might just know more about tal and be a greater chess players than them so who am I to judge?