Ministry of Finance | Fischer vs Spassky | (1972) | Game 20

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Robert James Fischer vs Boris Spassky
Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 20, Aug-29
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation (B68)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Be7 Nd2 14. Bd8 Nf3 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Rd6 Kf8 17. Rhd1 Ke7 18. Na4 Be8 19. Rd8 Rd8 20. Nc5 Rb8 21. Rd3 a5 22. Rb3 b5 23. a3 a4 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. Nd3 f6 26. Rc5 Rb8 27. Rc3 g5 28. g3 Kd6 29. Nc5 g4 30. Ne4 Ke7 31. Ne1 Rd8 32. Nd3 Rd4 33. Nef2 h5 34. Rc5 Rd5 35. Rc3 Nd4 36. Rc7 Rd7 37. Rd7 Bd7 38. Ne1 e5 39. fe5 fe5 40. Kd2 Bf5 41. Nd1 Kd6 42. Ne3 Be6 43. Kd3 Bf7 44. Kc3 Kc6 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. Kd3 Bg6 48. Kc3 Kc5 49. Nd3 Kd6 50. Ne1 Kc6 51. Kd2 Kc5 52. Nd3 Kd6 53. Ne1 Ne6 54. Kc3 Nd4
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 think Medo responded to the smiley cushion's unprovoked attack by cunningly luring it off the sofa. He has probably enticed it into a quiet corner and is busy ripping it to shreds. Fischer vs Spassky and Medo vs Cushion. The saga continues.........

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@Ze TheGame he was not a piece of shit human he was mentally ill. His chess is brilliant and Spassky admired the beauty in his game and didn't judge him for his actions away from the board

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I’m old enough to remember this tournament as it happened. Despite Fischer’s inexcusable behaviour, he had great respect for Spassky. There’s a famous quote made long before this match, where Fischer said his favorite moment in a game is when his opponent’s “ego is crushed”. After the match a reporter recalled that quote and asked if he ever felt Spassky’s ego was crushed and Fischer said ‘no’. What also should be remembered when criticizing Fischer is he arranged the 1992 rematch with Spassky, which despite his losing Spassky made over $1.6 million which was huge for the day. Give Fischer some credit for that.

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[@f-oh-ex1964]

It's not even a two-fold repetition, actually. The position almost identical to the final one had appeared twice (12:42 and 12:51) but it was Black to move and in the final position it was White to move which makes it the first time this position was on the board in this game.

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#suggestion Please cover Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen, Altibox Norway (2017). Levon won the game with an early pawn sacrifice and an exchange sacrifice to trap the queen and also a bishop sacrifice later!! 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bc2 Rd8 11. a3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Qxa3 13. c5 b6 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Qc7 Bd7 22. Nf7+ Kh7 23. Nxd8 Rc8 24. Qxb6 Nd5 25. Qa7 Rxd8 26. e4 Qd3 27. exd5 Qxd2 28. Qc7 Qg5 29. dxc6 Bc8 30. h3 Qd5 31. Rd1 e5 32. Rd3 exd4 33. Qe7 Bf5 34. Rg3 Bg6 35. Qh4+ 1-0 www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1877986

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[@cj-nyc2057]

Oh another Fischer game ... what a shock.

[@TheHigherSpace]

It IS a three fold repetition ... it's not about repeating the moves three times, it's about the same position appearing 3 times on the board ...

[@f-oh-ex1964]

12:42 12:51 The position at these moments seems to be same as the final position but it's Black to move in these and it's White to move in the final position. Hence not a repetition, not even a twofold, actually.

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@@f-oh-ex1964 It's twofold, it's about position on the board

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ohh so that's why i keep drawing games for no reason

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Salvatore Provino I think you replied to the wrong person

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Mr Woofie heard our plea...and took over the smiley pillow

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Paul Marshall?

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No one wanted to take any risk, but the end is at hand...

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Finally we get to see Medo 😍

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[@xthemugshot]

13:49 what if black goes for bxc2?? now fisher can't move knight from c3, and have to move king, but then black just capture that knight. So whats wrong with that idea??

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"Fischer won't have to pay taxes when he returns back to us,if he does" lmao

[@rizka7945]

#suggestion For the halloween please prepare a Halloween gambit game again.

[@t0h3av3n]

who is the 2018 fischer and spassky?

[@christose9247]

classic Fischer, drawing on twofold repetition.

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Watch Bobby Fischer vs Bob hope super funny

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0:53 The dog grabbed the cushion & went ...

[@johngrey5806]

What is it called when the player with the white pieces develops his bishop to B5? It's named after some historical guy, I keep thinking Dirty Sanchez but I'm sure that's wrong.

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Ritcher-Rauser 😂😂😂😂👍

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@@osvaldoruiz3826, that doesn't sound right. I think it was someone else.

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[@ramonestefano]

8:07 what do you think of NB7 instead? This attacks the Rook and the Knight, and the Rook can't go to D6 to defend because Knight just captures it.

[@ramonestefano]

Nevermind, the bishop is on to it.

[@Dropeluz]

I don't remember if you said what was the number of games agreed to this match. And what is the score the winning player have to make. I know it's probably ending and I could Google it at any time but I believe it's an important information you could give on future matches you cover.

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

I think it’s better he didn’t. Many people never knew the results outside of Bobby winning so he’d be spoiling it I personally saw them but a lot would probably like it even if he didn’t mention the winner until the end

[@TheRealMjb2k]

I read your interview it was very well done. One thing missing I thought was asking how you create your videos. So I had the question, how long do you take analyzing a game before recording yourself?

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matthew boyer im asking ma self too .. how long dose he take to analyzing the game 😪❤️

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[@Dr_stogie]

12:46 what about Bxd3 here? Bc after cxd3 then black has Nf3?

[@Kondarivan]

King takes instead of pawn takes. Then Nf3, Ke4, Nxh3, Kxe5. Then after Nf3+, Kf4, black still can't push for anything.

[@Dr_stogie]

@@Kondarivan nice for some reason i forgot about Kxd3.

[@ultrainstinctshaggy669]

Looks like Spassky is channeling his inner Giri

[@georgeray649]

8 more days to go🙂

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Hello everyone..

[@gauravmalhotra8188]

y fischer not played after 1972. ...till 1992.

[@ericsbuds]

good lord how many games do they play?!? do other tournaments have so many games per match?

[@bleach4038]

ericsbuds its a best out of 24

[@skyray3335]

Tal be like play the band when I do the sacrifice

[@jestice75]

I bought Pawn Sacrifice on Blu Ray because of this coverage of the match. This blows the movie out of the water. Casting of Spassky was spot on, but Tobey ruins the entire movie for me. Not to mention they tried to frame Fischer as insane the whole time because he spoke truth.

[@gauravmalhotra8188]

is it money or USA or what is hindrance. ..he can defeat karpov or gave a hard fought battle. ..if not ready due to some circumstances. ....tell me agadmator you have read book ??

[@ChrisHyde537]

Gaurav Malhotra Fischer wanted to change the match format to something closer as it’s played today. The first Karpov-Kasparov match was a resounding failure. There are still many different opinions on the Candidates and World Championship formats. Imagine if this Candidate’s cycle were the same as fifty years ago. Caruana winning the round robin format would only mean that he was one of eight to continue in match play. Fischer won the round robin, quarter-final, semi-final and final candidates match. Then he needed 12.5 to win WC while Spassky only needed 12 to retain WC title. Whether playing all of the extra games made Fischer stronger, it might have worn out a different player. Never will the WC have such a great advantage now or in the future.

[@ChrisHyde537]

Water Bottle No, the WC needed only 12 points to retain the title while the challenger needed 12.5 points to take it away. Off the top of my head, another thing about WC matches dating back a hundred years but gone 1972. The challenger had to secure the funding for the prize pool. The challenger always had to secure.5 more than the WC regardless of the total point total of the match. I believe even the first Karpov-Kasparov match required that. When that changed is probably easily found. The only advantage the challenger got for securing the funding was the choice of location for the match.

[@arafatahmed9343]

one more game then god it will be over

[@ludoddl7381]

"the game was continued the next day" would be more correct than "continued tomorrow" isn't it ? English-speakers can confirm that ? I try to improve my english while playing chess :D

[@cskwillreturn2473]

looks like Spassky's a very nice gentleman

[@yousak527]

M with us so far...I guess

[@fienddube]

1:31 Paul? I thought it was Frank? Or different guy?

[@puremercury]

Paul Marshall was Fischer's lawyer/sort of manager.

[@benediburok]

@ 0:23 - Although the seat #5 is up a piece, that really isn't a very impressive piece. Medo is completely blocking its way to enter the game making it pretty much.. uselesss.. So yeah.

[@jimskea224]

To protect Fischer from the taxman, did his legal representative use the Marshall defence?

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The skull was a better prop compared to the smiley pillow

[@siddharthjain8526]

8 days to go ..countdown begins ...what are your preparations for world chess championship?? Caruana vs carlsen

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Well I call it cccc chess championship carlsen caruana