Spassky's Stolen Chair! | Spassky vs Fischer | (1972) | Game 7

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Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 7, Jul-25
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. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Ne4 Bh4 14. f5 ef5 15. Bb5 ab5 16. Nd6 Kf8 17. Nc8 Nc6 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qf4 g6 21. a4 Bg5 22. Qc4 Be3 23. Kh1 f4 24. g3 g5 25. Rae1 Qb4 26. Qb4 Nb4 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Na5 b6 29. Nc4 Nd5 30. Ncd6 Bc5 31. Nb7 Rc8 32. c4 Ne3 33. Rf3 Nc4 34. gf4 g4 35. Rd3 h5 36. h3 Na5 37. N7d6 Bd6 38. Nd6 Rc1 39. Kg2 Nc4 40. Ne8 Kg6 41. h4 f6 42. Re6 Rc2 43. Kg1 Kf5 44. Ng7 Kf4 45. Rd4 Kg3 46. Nf5 Kf3 47. Ree4 Rc1 48. Kh2 Rc2 49. Kg1
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 could not have known back in 1972 that 46 years later someone would be analyzing these games for me in such a clear and enjoyable manner. Then, I was just a teenager new to chess (thanks to Bobby) and struggling to make sense of these games. Thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane.

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In '72 I learned to move the pieces because my parents understood this championship was a big deal. I was just starting school.

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That poor chief arbiter. Had so much to deal with during this match lol

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I genuinely feel bad for Spassky. Being kind and super considerate and having to deal with the stressful games and also Fischers shenanigans and then some blown fan steals his chair? Spassky never lost his kindness either

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[@Lens98052]

It was games like this that taught me to develop pieces first before going into concrete variations. Black's rook stayed on h8 for the entire game.

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Spassky: "You may have fancy chair, BUT CAN YOU DO THIIIS?!?" 🙃

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you should really check out the movie 'pawn sacrifice.' its a biopic of fischer but the focus is on the matches vs Spassky with game 6 the climax. Liev Schrieber is wonderful as spassky as is toby maguire as fischer.

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You know that you're a chessnerd if you steal a chair for your favourite player to win the game...

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Of course being able to swivel in your chair is a huge advantage. How could the referee have let this happen ?

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I agree with Fischer,this isnt like him,he was probably surprised that Spasky went all out on him..It was actually very well played by Spasky..Rf3,h4,those moves require hard calculative abilities.I wish games from the present were like these.I guess we still have Aronian,Chucky and Rapport to entertain us

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Saw video on KZbin of the first game and indeed Fischer had a chair that swiveled and Spassky did not. And Bobby was doing a lot of swiveling! I believe it’s in Spanish and they show Fischer losing his famous bishop. Very cool to see what you describe. Top notch analysts!

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"It was the first game where I showed my fighting spirit." Boris Spassky What he meant, ""It was the first game where I remembered I brought seconds to calculate the moves and listening to their suggestions could be helpful." It was a fight of chess and the showdown between two different but massive egos.

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Wow, it's an Agad Oktoberfest. . . you keep posting and I'll keep clickin' the like button 👍 Often, English is a nightmare. In this case, the past tense of cost is just cost, no need to add the ed. So it would be, the chair cost a lot of moolah :) The word costed is used when estimating, as in a statement like: Those options have yet to be costed into the proposal.

[@dude7038]

“Hello everyone and welcome back to the good stuff” I thought I was in the wrong channel lol

[@dustydaniel4204]

Bobby is the greatest chess player who has ever graced chess. I don't really know about Paul Morphy (Magnus not higher than Morphy) but Bobby had a shot career. Bobby played from 6 to 29 can you imagine Bobby after so many variations under his belt a beast.

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[@RaineriHakkarainen]

My old computer tought 5:22 minutes Capablanca-Reti game move and solved! Same computer tought only 4:37 Kasparov-Kramnik game move and solved! The computer telling the truth Capablanca better than Kasparov! Bobby Fischer beat the weakest champion Spassky 17 wins 11 losses! You can not lose 11 times against blunder maker Spassky! Capablanca would beat weak Spassky 8 wins 6 draws zero losses! Carlsen would beat Spassky 6 wins 6 draws zero losses! Caruana scored 8,5/10 in St Louis scoring the tournament elo rating world record 3080! Karpov 11/13 in Linares 1994 elo score 3040! Alekhine in San Remo 1930 elo score 3040! Fischer and Kasparov their best tournament scores only 2990!

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I love Robert James Fischer. Best Chess player ever

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It will give you a supreme advantage over those with only Vast Knowledge.

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[@g3enzo544]

To be honest.. These kind of matches are much better and with deeper meaning than the ones played now.. Bobby Fisher was right. Chess nowdays is boring because of the theoretical tactics. Now there is still theory till move 20.. Thats not chess. That is just study about chess.. Thats why you always see draws nowdays instead of the past..

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Chess960 brings life back. It's actually really fun.

[@ricobarth]

Also...GET OFF MY LAWN!!

[@sandybarrels4445]

capablanca chess even more fun , have played a thousand, mostly random too, and it really stretches your vision

[@jeffj2495]

As of minute 21:24, I have now gained Supreme Vast Knowledge. This will definitely give me an edge in future chess games against opponents who only have Vast Knowledge. And of course, this was a most excellent video, with good background on the series and this game in particular. Fisher missed a checkmate sequence near the end. So he was human after all.

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Great video before going to bed :D

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This game was a tru battle on the chessboard with winning chances for both players and thus a draw was the only plausible result.

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Supreme vast knowledge has been acquired.

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Welcome back bobby.

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Lothar Schmidt was the unsung hero of the WC ship challenge.

[@ciprianghenghea9584]

Sugestion!!!! Please post the game between those 2 grandmasters (this year at olympiad) when one of them remained with a bishop and a knight versus a lonely king and had to remember the correct way of checkmating.It is a small labirint and he was frustrated as he knew he must not mistake one move.

[@dannygjk]

Some mistakes are ok as you have 50 moves and it can be done in about 35 or less depending on the position. Learn the ideas and practice it vs computer with 5 minutes on your clock.

[@sitizenkanemusic]

Sounds like Spassky really loved the game- moreso than HIS performance. He saw the game very objectively, like a scientist testing a hypothesis. Man, what a good sport and a cool guy. To applaud your opponent's brilliance while playing and losing on the game YOU are known for just shows you his absolute love and fascination for the game.

[@pryoness5849]

Spassky said I’m not playing with out my DxRacer🤣

[@airhead3409]

Great video

[@SenorQuichotte]

Game 8- Fischer unleashes an English opening beat down on Spassky. Let the crushing continue.

[@edide1627]

Can this be the third video you uploaded today , good work and thanks .

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This is my favorite show on the internett

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Highlight of my day

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-Antonio how are you? -All is well so... Yeah.

[@Artimuth]

this championship would make such a good motion picture

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ah yes, the good stuff!!

[@puremercury]

I almost always get the tactics (like Ne3) correct, but I never can get myself into the right positions through the opening. I guess I need to study opening theory much more.

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I was going to go to bed and now I see you've uploaded this. Love you, love you, love you man! Here is a kiss, just for you :*

[@rajivkhanna7801]

Wow 3 videos in a day .must be our lucky day

[@gazlink1]

Please do a video on game 3

[@fernandovargasmejia740]

10:57 That move should be called "The Scorpion's Tail".

[@abdellah1937]

Finalement 😍

[@arkirron7172]

Lol I just started playing tbh, but I got the end game move right in that last bit you said on 13:10.

[@jockotaku7472]

#Suggestion We really want u to show the 7 other Games between Fischer nd Short From their Secret online match ! PLEASE DO THIS .

[@louiss2595]

Could we have more Karpov games please ☺️

[@stellar7933]

Finally found the move!

[@VJ-zz8hr]

Finally i completed the task to find the best move! I even failed to find a move in Morphy vs Löventhal blunder game.

[@boxingjerapah]

"It really doesn't get any better than this" ! #Agreed

[@WiseSam95]

That rook on h8 is so sad and lonely :(

[@wgolyoko]

So in the end Fischer didn't even move the King's rook once. Impressive.

[@IamStrqngx]

My favourite game of the match

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

omg game 7

[@cashboymusic245]

Notice how it was just two pieces and a king going up against 3 pieces and a king, fischer barely utilized the rook on h8 and was still winning in my book

[@roybatty3989]

The Draw is the only imperfection in Chess.

[@swarupkumarnanda4433]

So nice

[@dem0ns588]

Its been a long while since you showed a game where Fischer played the Sicilian with black also #suggestion Boris Spassky vs Anatoly Karpov

[@1981stonemonkey]

7:31 What does it mean to 'win back' a piece? Only through a pawn reaching the other side of the board, or do I misunderstand?

[@josheike3543]

Spassky had sacrificed his bishop earlier. In this variation, Spassky would have captured Fischer's bishop in return, 'winning back' the piece. So he doesn't get his own bishop back, but he does win Fischer's bishop.

[@Narrowcros]

He drawed with black and is a head in points, Fischer should feel satisfied.

[@SenorQuichotte]

No he needs to crush Spassky two more times. Fischer believed you have to beat the champ not just by draws