The History Of Chess: The World Chess Championship

[@n.davidlessani8243]

I am 86 y.o. And playing chess for the past 55 years. The last 7 years on line. For the past 25 years my mental capacity has not only changed but made me wiser. Chess is all about concentration, planning and strategy. It keeps your neurons in active mode . One cannot play chess in my age to be either senile ,demented or forgetful. I love the game because it keep me sharp. According to mathematics, the odd of repeating the game exactly twice is 252,000,000,000. N.D. Lessani, MD

[@jamesavery3559]

Bravo!

[@wilfredoalvarez9156]

Excellent comment

[@acombo]

❤

[@ESMIR1337]

I used to play with my grandfather, he was also 86 years old, he played really well considering his age. He passed away two years ago. I miss playing with him it was so much fun. Writing this made me cry 😕

[@oceanicmage]

1 in 252 billion seems too low with so many combinations on the line. 252 septillion would be decent enough

[@douggieharrison6913]

holy guacamole that was amazing. easily one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. PLEASE do more about chrss history. It's what the chess community needs to realize this game isn't just Magnus and supercomputers finding the best moves, but actual styles of play and players that for so long determined the game

[@milaanvigraham8664]

"Supercomputers and magnus" 😂 Man... the champ is something else lol

[@KahurangiSteez]

every generation had their model to work on... i wonder if people used to complain that nimzowitch ruined chess with My System haha

[@mislavivkovic-zm3em]

Xqc is best player ever

[@moonbalancedd]

I'm beginning to understand chess is really like an ocean in complexity. There's place of brashness, boldness, creativity, fear, light touch, nimbleness, anger, bluffs. It is a beautiful game, rich with stunningly creative ideas and tactics. It has stood the test of time because each generation realizes in greater depth than the previous one, how many more things are possible in a game, how far ahead can pieces support each other, how deep and far-seeing ideas can be, and how rich a battlefield it is to display the full range of human cleverness and emotions.

[@Rotation364]

Beautifully said

[@NotoriousKhamid]

What's your online chess username? I'd love to follow you

[@gabrielmachado2709]

That can be said about life too

[@kszwomcszkaszky3291]

@ Yash Change your wet, pants, lady.

[@torshavnnewell]

Chess tilt is real

[@eliet8944]

This is so wonderfully made :) Hope this could become a series and will include the history of the FIDE, openings, schools of thought, international tournaments, ratings, title etc. Thanks again!

[@Johnny-kq9wb]

I taught my sons and grandsons. When the family gets together, we have a family tournament.lots of fun for everyone! Best game ever.

[@elcapitan549]

There seems to be a shift in the cultural zeitgeist. I think chess is returning to mainstream popularity. Oddly enough I recently searched for a good chess doc and nothing this comprehensive came up. There is so much room for historic documentaries about chess like this. Thank you for this amazing documentary.

[@tracymiller1149]

Thanks for the chess history, Gus Fring. Between running a successful fast-food franchise and an even more successful meth empire, I'm surprised he found the time.

[@alexdotdash7731]

lmaooo

[@tracymiller1149]

@@noone3367 No! Anand is by all accounts a nice guy. Very unlike Gus Fring. Of course, Gus could be nice when he wanted, when it suited his purpose (like being nice to his Los Pollos Hermanos employees, because being a good manager helped maintain his cover).

[@thenixaless7493]

Gus Fring 💀

[@pandoorloki1232]

I think the narrator is the anti-Gus ... Gus is measured and unemotional., whereas this guy is hyper over the top emotive, varying his pitch wildly and in all the wrong places.

[@farstrider4592]

Anand a secret cartel drug lord confirmed

[@henrykaspar3634]

Chess world champion must be the most exclusive club that there is. Just 17 members over 140 years, only 7 of them alive.

[@ramachandra776]

This was highly impressive video . Probably one of the best videos of this channel this year . Happy to see Kramnik and Spassky given a very fair treatment in their influence on the modern game . Anand and Short (current and former FIDE vice -presidents ) discussing the world champions was a nice touch . 🙂 . Please put timestamps for this video for there are lot of interesting quotes and anecdotes which would be missed (eg. Anand's discussion of Capablanca and Alekhine , Tal turning up to challenge Botvinnik at age 11 , Petrosian's unusual preparation for world championship match ).

[@azzzil9405]

as a Mikhail Tal Fan its so sad that he was not included on the final slideshow of chess world champions :( I mean he held it once too.

[@guyscounter]

Chess clock brief history would be good to have been included in this documentary. How would one classify classical chess against rapid chess without clock? Nevertheless, this is such a good film. Finally, a chess film that has filled the void!

[@heyhey8626]

see chess asmr's channel for a doc on that

[@kingscrusher]

This is brilliantly done - congrats :)

[@SonofNewo]

not as brilliant as a good kingscrusher video!

[@TheMaestromMephisto]

Oh blimey

[@djvelocity]

This is amazing! *I love documentaries and Chess. And they came together on my birthday.* Lucky me 😳🤯🙌🥳

[@TheChessNeck]

Such a fascinating game and really the only game I have ever gotten so interested in. The ELO system is inspiring because it gives you a goal

[@kirillzakharov7336]

yet it's also incredibly frustrating at times. I played several games where the rating difference was well over 200, a lot of games with the disparity nearing that. All those losses cost A LOT of points, and the points gained are only a minuscule portion. VERY annoying

[@nickhall7995]

​@@kirillzakharov7336 just make your settings where u play players with higher ratings than you. Thats the key to get better

[@micke7]

I loved this in the original context, the WC between Magnus and Jan 2021, and I am happy to finally see it all as a full documentary. (It stopped somewhere before getting to Spassky.) Many Thanks! It is very brief but very good.

[@TheSavagederek]

Spassky deserves tons of credit, for putting up with Fischers shit and refusing the KJB telling him to come home and give up and agreeing to Bobbys weird rules.

[@robertdominicceasarsalvill2221]

He's one of my favorite players

[@TheBenevolentDictatorship]

Best chess documentary yet. Very well done. Thank you!

[@davewestner]

compliments to the folks that produced this video....really well done. About halfway thru and really enjoying it!

[@Mono_Mach]

Well done, been looking for a documentary like this for a while.

[@ThePawnslayerChessVideos]

Chess is, and forever will be, a timeless endearing game that will forever captivate the human mind. Long may it reign in thousands of years to come!

[@YChess]

Just hope it doesn’t get solved so we can play it

[@mistlistel6433]

@@YChess even if it does get solved, our mind possibly wouldn't have the capability to retain all the positions. We can keep playing even after it is solved because it holds no relevance for us. It's well-known that chess is a draw, but not all players are GrandMaster and the GMs too make mistakes, so what are we to do with it being solved; it'll still be played.

[@shreyaskumar9175]

@@YChess it can't even be solved

[@susta1815]

@@YChess solving chess doesn’t make any sense. Every move is a new game. There are infinite possibilities.

[@gaopinghu7332]

@@susta1815 there aren't infinite pieces, or squares for them to go, or infinite types of moves, it's a lot of games and so many we'll probably never solve chess, but technically, with infinite time, we could solve it.

[@ReinaldosChessLessons]

Good documentary. The effort behind the scenes definitely shows in the production and quality. Good job! 🎉❤

[@ZachNovak]

Lasker's books were the first I remember reading in the mid 90's when I started learning the game, along with Karpovs

[@renobgm]

Even if you don't play the game you gotta admit this documentary was extremely well done, between the music and interviews, let alone historical accuracy and attention to important details

[@dogandonmez5274]

A wonderful film about a great game. I would like to add that the book "De ludo scachorum" by Luca Pacioli, written in 1500, precedes the book by Ruy Lopez.

[@kingbradley3402]

I think this is the same Italian mathematician who wrote the nine forms of cubic equations, some of which could have complex number solutions. His work was later taken ahead by Omar Khayyam and Scipione del Ferro. Veitasium has a great video on this

[@karezaalonso7110]

1:05:05 Anand wasn't the first champion from Asia; Russia is in Asia, too.

[@RicardoAGuitar]

I think all the Russian world champions were from the European side, but I may be wrong

[@Mathematica1729]

Nah Russia is not considered Asia

[@Mathematica1729]

Back then it was Soviet Union

[@temhirtleague-chess]

If Morphy was here and Ben Finegold wasnt here to comment on Morphy, that would have been the pride and sorrow of Chess indeed.

[@jjfaccio]

Although it is a good documentary, it is not a history of chess, but rather a history of the (men's) world chess championship. It would have been great to see the actual evolution from chaturanga into chess, the new figure of the bishop when arriving in Europe, the earned power of the queen, the first move of the pawns, en passant... and then of course all the other things where we actually can find a reflection of us, like the show business from mechanical Turk to streamers, the use of the game for educational or therapeutical purposes or even the history of its role in society, from aristocracry through bourgeoisie to the street... and then to computers! And not to mention the chess Olympiad or all the other great tournaments around! And what about Polgar sisters instead of Charlie's Angels?

[@xEvilRaptorx]

I'm 20 mins in and I had this same thought. They should change the title tbh. I would love to see a video about the evolution of chess itself. The history of chess championship is good and all....

[@d1ab]

I agree with the title change, but I feel like most of the ideas you mentioned could be compartmentalised into separate, more specific/niche videos, which would better explain each other. I feel like fully discussing everything aforementioned in one documentary would be too wide of a topic and would take too long to explain.

[@spy1545]

I would love to see the original piece models from chaturanga.

[@amosdraak3536]

Was the title changed from yesterday? Right now it says it’s a history of chess: Chess Championship. So it’s seems pretty accurate RN. Wondering if it changed since yesterday since everyone is complaining it’s “wrong” when it’s just how English grammar works.

[@xEvilRaptorx]

@@amosdraak3536 yes, it has been changed. It was just called the history of chess before. Much more accurate now. Still a good watch, just wasn't exactly what I was expecting going in (from original title) Edit added: I think ill Subscribe. :)

[@mysticalmagic6172]

Brilliant! I waited a video about this for so long!

[@addisonjudah]

Why on earth do I keep finding jtoh players in chess videos?

[@GH-oi2jf]

I don’t like the Rapid Chess tiebreaker, either. The original rule is better: The champion retains the title in event of a tie.

[@ilycreations23]

FYI: also Anand started learning chess from age six from his mother, but he learned the intricacies of the game in Manila, where he lived with his parents from 1978 through the 1980s while his father was contracted as a consultant by the Philippine National Railways.

[@sonarbangla8711]

Sultan Khan was the best Indian chess player, while Abdussatariv is the world's best chess player, in my mind, better than Morphy and Tal.

[@goodsoup8410]

Eugene Torre was Vishy Anand's first chess coach

[@db8458]

Great stuff. Thanks for putting this together. Glad to see documentaries like this

[@faisalali793]

Such a captivating story, I feel goosebumps every time I see the history of chess world champions.

[@TheGeezzer]

If you feel like you're just a pawn in life, remember, every Pawn has the potential to become a Queen!

[@kevinmalone3210]

That's very clever and hilarious! 😅

[@TheGeezzer]

@@kevinmalone3210Well thanks very much, you may use it as your own quote if you want.

[@jyotsnasrivastava6373]

One thing which you should have mentioned is the impact of Vishwaathan Anand on Indian Chess. Now, chess is becoming popular in India only because of him. He single handedly made chess popular in a country who didn't care about chess.

[@221b-l3t]

Dude they do exactly that at the end, they first describe his career and then go on to say that he inspired many Indians to play chess and that India now has a lot of strong players.

[@kolaas2006]

Very interesting. I would've liked some more attention for the early forms of chess. It's glossed over in ~2 minutes, while it's very interesting how this game evolved into modern chess. Anyone a recommendation for a documentary or website on this topic? I like to recommend the documentary Love For Wood. Unique and entertaining interviews with Dutch grandmasters, including Max Euwe.

[@74neverlast]

I imagine (!), that the there are not a lot of historically solid sources of earlier forms of chess - which makes it hard to make a documentary our of it. If there has been written a book on a game, that does not exist anymore, the likelihood that the books gets destroyed or forgotten is immense high, unless it ends up in a bibliography. As "games" was never a category that church or early science was interested in Europe during middle ages or even later the sources might have been lost over time. Dont know about Persia or India from year 1000-1700 though...

[@rainabasso6537]

Amazing documentary, very well-made!! Would love to see more in future!!!

[@markbraybrook8807]

Great video - really well made and speaks volumes about the game, and more importantly the great characters who make up the world chess champions with all their shades of grey in a black and white world!

[@ilycreations23]

FYI: and Fischer, who spent his last years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities because he defied international sanctions against the former Yugoslavia, spent time in the Philippines and Japan before moving to Iceland, where he was offered citizenship in the mid-2000s.

[@jobemarmaghari3448]

Wow...many things that I've learn from this video. History of chess. Those great players in old time. But for me,. bobby Fischer is the best..! 🤘

[@GrigoriyBabenko]

Great documentary, brilliantly narrated and full of respect and admiration for chess. Thank you.

[@jozefserf2024]

Alekhine and Fischer brought increasing levels of professionalism to chess, whilst Morphy and Capablanca remain its greatest geniuses.

[@southstar9931]

Lmao. Fischer brought professionalism??? I loved his charisma but not sure what's so professional about him.

[@carlmarc3877]

Chess greats have the coolest names I.e. Alekhine, Capablanca, Bogoljubow, Kieseritzky, Magnus, lol These are cool ass names bih It’s like the guys with these names were destined to play lol Love the game

[@mistyhuneycutt9275]

I taught my son to play chess when he was 10 and I've never beat him at a game since 💕

[@yashbhartia9438]

Very well made I loved watching the whole walk through the history of chess beautifully made❤❤❤

[@cchairez1947]

Thank you so much on the extensive chess history! I just loved it!

[@williammorris584]

At 32:20 I think the players surrounding Botvinnik are Spassky to his left, Larsen to his right, and Donner to his right rear. At 33:43 is a row of super GMs of the time: Bronstein, Keres, Geller, Petrosian, Smyslov, and Tal. At 35:34, the height of the players is noticeable. Keres, third from left, was 6’2” (188 cm) Behind and to his right is the 6’5” (195cm) Smyslov. The player on the far left, whose name escapes me, was a Rumanian grandmaster who stood 6’7” (200.5 cm).

[@pac1261]

Perhaps the Romanian GM is Florin Gheorghiu?

[@williammorris584]

@@pac1261 Thanks for the memory prompt, the tallest man near Keres and Smyslov is Miroslav Filip, who made it to the Candidates Tournament in 1955 and 1962.

[@sadsack8319]

Thanks for this. The greatest game of all.

[@dyatlov3466]

25:19 Vishy can read a person from his chess.

[@FarmandSMC]

Nice doc, but the title should probably been “A history of world champions/championships”. I would like to have learned about when and why clocks, e.p. and 0-0, 0-0-0 was introduced to the rules.

[@leonardocontreras9690]

Clocks were added because in times of Morphy and Anderssen people could spend a whole day playing.... Spending 3 hours for 1 move

[@FarmandSMC]

@UCwV8NntgNoq3QgqNV-2Xdfw yeah, I can see that ;) I must only have looked at the thumbnail, which only says HoC.

[@antoniocarlosmansoldo129]

Congratulations to the producers, an excellent documentary.

[@donnaglenrossi7458]

Some people undeniably have a natural genius for Chess. They stand apart from everyone else and we wish them well. All people can practice Chess and develop more alert, focused and sharper brains. That benefits humanity. Feel different, be different and, regardless of struggling over your rating, never give up playing Chess.

[@ArranVid]

'The Mozart of Chess' was actually written first by a journalist in an article about Bobby Fischer, way back in somewhere between the 1950s and 1970s. Another journalist copied that, and used it for Magnus Carlsen.

[@dungbeetle.]

A great video for those of us who were unfamiliar with the history and legacy of the game.

[@DAVIDMILLER-nc9vo]

Very good narration and excellent background music; soft and unobtrusive!

[@streetsdapokemane]

one of the best chess docs i could find not enough long form videos on chess history

[@JmesFloyd76]

Consider the rook, how it came to be. When the Persians encountered the Hindus of India where chess originated, they described the rooks as rukhs, war elephants. Castling the rooks is a phrase of exchanging the rook and king, kingside or queenside, to secure the king. Rooks look like parapets or a part of a "castle", but are actually parapets atop the war elephants, which, of course, moves unlike the unmovable castle. But chess expanded quickly through the Arabs all the way to Spain and France and from there spread throughout Europe. The idea of bishops and knights depicts the papacy and the knights of France that built the Holy Roman Empire. And the power of the queen behind the king was well displayed on the board.

[@eneaganh6319]

Chess is the game with the longest lore

[@jmenceladus1332]

Tal was the magician from Riga, not the wizard from Riga

[@davidcopson5800]

Magical comment.

[@bigcolt5256]

were those parachutists playing classical or blitz?

[@davidcopson5800]

They had six hours each on the clock!

[@humankind5627]

This video was nothing short of amazing. Would be great as well if you guys did a series where you analyzed all the world championship games for us more average players.

[@Tom.Livanos]

The 1990s was when I played the most chess. Friendships fizzled. I joined a club in the early 2000s. Found a new friend there. Enjoyed playing him the most. That friendship ended in the late 2000s. At some point I realised something: it is just a game. There is no rationale to why the pieces move as they do or why the board is 8x8. May well be the least popular comment under a chess video but: why care about chess? My life is better now that I no longer play chess. Easier to meet people as equals. Easier to get along with people. People have written and continue to write of the benefits of chess. For some reason the costs of chess are... it is almost as if people think it is inconceivable that playing chess can come with any cost. That.. at the very least.. that is dangerous. One cost is that it embeds an "other people are my enemy" psyche into players. That having a competitive attitude is a goal in and of itself in life. Chess may have benefits but what 'higher purpose' does it serve? Really it is none outside of chess itself. It is an artificial game. It traps the mind rather than liberates it. Yes, I did watch this video i.e. all the way through. The human side was kinda interesting, but also annoying e.g. variations in rules, prize money, playing conditions and locations, schisms. If a person wants to be a fanatic and turn a blind eye to all of that then... well okay... that choice is up to each person. I just see it for what it is: artificial and ego based nonsense. I am hardly going to "unsee" that. No, it does not make it more interesting. It makes it less interesting. It also blows away any argument that chess is pure. Yeah, anyway, not going to be returning to chess any time soon.

[@sergiogentile7680]

I think it's a fascinating game and is very fun It can also be frustrating Maybe taking it very seriously and getting bitter about it is possible Most of the greatest players seem to enjoy it, though some say they hate it (Fischer) or that playing it is a waste of life (Morphy) There's truth to what you're saying but I think all things considered it's a positive game and invention that continues to enthrall and inspire and fascinate people around the world and is a nice social gathering thing to do

[@Tom.Livanos]

@@sergiogentile7680 I confess/admit that I am surprised to see my comment received any thumbs up, let alone two. Anyway, to your reply... well... to each their own, right? One could call it fascinating, very fun, frustrating, taking it very seriously leading to bitterness, enjoyable, a game to hate, a game which is wasteful, a positive game, enthralling, inspiring, fascinating, global, nice and sociable... lots of descriptions there. To each their own. One of the things which prompted my comment was that my time, attention, energy etc. in life are limited. That was probably the first thing which prompted my comment. It was a kind of "eulogy to my playing chess". I wanted/want to put it behind me. A second point which prompted my comment is that... well... someone else 'out there' may be feeling similar feelings to me. On the chance that this is the case, I decided to write of my feelings. Perhaps - even if it applies to only one other person who reads my initial comment here - it may provide a source of comfort or not feeling alone/isolated i.e. given that it is played in chess clubs, in cafes, parks etc. etc. One could argue that it is a brutal game. In any case, no matter how one describes the game... when all is said and done... it is merely a game. As such it has a board which, for whatever reason, is 8x8. It has 16 pieces each side. Each piece can move in a certain way (something which has changed over the centuries by the way). It is a game. I guess that is all I have to say in the end. I felt that one comment under one chess video on KZbin ought to make this point. All the best to you sergiogentile7680, to anyone and everyone reading, and indeed to all.

[@XoPlanetI]

The story goes like this...There was a war-monger King who ruled India thousands of years ago who was bloodthirsty. People around him tried to change it. Finally, the Minister of the King had an idea. He decided to create a war game on a board named Chathuranham (in Sanskrit) with all the participants of the war. The chariot(Rook), Elephant (The Bishop) , the Horses or Cavalry(Knights), and pawns as foot soldiers. He succeeded in preventing the King from real wars. Growing up in India we always used to call the pieces horse, elephant, minister, king, chariot, and soldiers.

[@CubeforFun]

This documentary was so welcome that I had to watch it on television!

[@geoffreygeorge999]

the fact that this doesn't have even 1 million is ludicrous. Best documentary ever

[@timbrownrigg5217]

Nice little Bach-Paul McCartney nod with that Bach piece at the start.

[@Tremaine26]

Great video, never knew most of these great background stories and all the contexts and difficulties.

[@fallenbutreborn]

Very good documentary! Educational and enjoyable 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Mantschgo]

Thanks for putting this together!

[@fundhund62]

Some very interesting comments by Anand 25:16 and Pandolfini 50:22, but also some tedious verbiage by Danny Rensch and others 53:28. Overall though, this is a rather enjoyable documentary.

[@terrak7609]

A funny anecdote, after Bobby Fischer had refused to defend his world championship title against Anatoly Karpov in 1975, this duel has now been overtaken by Switzerland. Last week, in the 4th league game between the two Basel clubs, Roche and Ladia Fischer played against Karpov - on the first board, of course. It should have brought back historical chess memories for both of them. 😅 (André Fischer against Alexei Karpov, the result is not yet published)

[@nicholas6870]

Any game can be interpreted to mirror life. Poker for example has the element of randomness, one of life’s features that doesn’t figure into chess whatsoever.

[@Yehohanan67]

You forgot Howard Staunton, Labourdonnais, Philidor, Deschapelles, Lopez, Greco, Anderssen, then Paul Charles Morphy.

[@bohrierpokemonvideos392]

Appalled to see this at less than 1M , let alone 200K views.

[@maxxtechnique3997]

Would be amazing for citations of all the paintings and photos.

[@-ChrisD]

Great job on this video! Well done 👍🏻

[@samuelhumphrey5908]

Appreciated, great concise explanation of 'our' history. Thankyou

[@jozefserf2024]

The Kasparov v Short match was far closer than the final result suggests. Short really went for the throat.

[@davidcopson5800]

He did, and he was very brave in doing that. However, a match that ends 6-1 to the winner can't be considered that close.

[@fundhund62]

It was a complete mismatch.

[@Seagateee]

21:36 Is "Casablanca" a very unfortunate typo in that news article, or is that referring to somebody else?

[@GH-oi2jf]

It is a typo.

[@Inibur]

Very very very nice documentary 👏👏👏 A pleasure to watch, thanks really a lot 🙏🙏🙏

[@johnreid5539]

Thank you for sharing. Very informative.

[@sammarks9146]

At 49:21, is that Kasparov on the left?

[@davidcopson5800]

It certainly is. With Jan Timman on his other side.

[@williamtoler4196]

What a terrific documentary

[@martm216]

Good documentary, but didn't mention the outcome of Game 3 in the Fischer - Spassky match, the one that Spassky sportingly agreed to play in the little backroom. Fischer, playing black and already two games down, won that game. His first win, surprisingly, against Spassky. Most commentators agree that this was the turning point in the match.

[@porcospino289]

32:00: False. All of the OTHER players. Botvinnik did not have a plus score against himself.

[@dape.2746]

the more I learn about fischer the more I see him as a petty/sulky adult person

[@davidcopson5800]

Just focus on his chess, not his human faults.

[@robertdominicceasarsalvill2221]

@@davidcopson5800 teah because its all about Chess.

[@rawnclark]

Fischer knew absolutely nothing about life. Only chess. He dedicated his entire life to chess, so he's ignorant.

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

He had a lot of untreated mental illnesses, so I would not judge him so harshly. Considering his background it is honestly amazing at how well he did. To beat the USSR at chess, when the largest nation in human history dedicated so much money and manpower in developing their players is honestly an incredibly achievement. To be able to be this unbelievably exceptional at this game is going to come at the cost of other things like emotional maturity.

[@weddingwiththewhitedove]

I can't handle the stress of a normal game anymore. As a Rapid player, I feel much better.

[@masterofnone8400]

Awesome documentary thank u!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@antidweller6373]

"The importance of the pre-islamic existense of chess in Persia can not be over estimated, for it has left an impress upon the game that has proved greater and more lasting than that of any other period of its history. Persia gave the game a fixity of arrangement, method of play and a nomenclature that have attended the game everywhere in its western carreer. " ---The history of Chess by HJR Murray

[@erdri]

No one is like Morphy!

[@ItsARCHIEftw]

I would say no one is like Fischer

[@adhi_r]

Magnus

[@amosdraak3536]

Capablanca was the next Morphy.

[@fundhund62]

Fischer, Capablanca and Carlsen all had previous generations to learn from. How Morphy became so good while everybody he played was far weaker remains the biggest mystery in chess history. To my mind, Morphy is proof that time travel exists 😎

[@jaydubya2445]

Great upload, thanks for sharing!!

[@murraycarew]

What the heck does Magnus do at 1:09:08? Seems to remove two pieces from the board - one of each colour - and then move a pawn?

[@azzzil9405]

it was just an analysis, trying to review the position with levon aronian

[@davidblack2970]

Very lazy reporting about the first Karpov vs Kasparov match. It was Karpov only who was at the verge of physical collapse. Kasparov wanted to continue, saying that if Karpov was unable to play then he should resign the match. Karpov wanted to continue the match (after a few months of rest, and with him still in the lead). Of course Kasparov refused that. So only then did FIDE bail out Karpov and cancel the match, to restart it the next year with the score 0-0 in a 24-game format.

[@devaragvinod5278]

For those all who dont know, chess originated in india and i dont think it was mentioned anywhere in this video

[@yonaeb]

TIL Karpov became world champion twice without beating the champion.

[@davidcopson5800]

That's true, amazingly!

[@TheGodfather-bm3ow]

Fischer won game 3 as well . He played the benoni .

[@antoniorochafotografia]

The most enigmatic game i´ve ever played.

[@worldchesschampionship5249]

Very interesting, the history of chess is explained, I enjoyed it

[@kalui96]

Seeing images of people long past looking intensely at a chess board, sometimes contorting in contemplation, really tickles my spirit

[@chessnoob3776]

Long video but informative. Like it a lot.

[@fuckbankers]

Watching Kasparov thrash Short, got me interested in chess.

[@tavinash87]

Fantastic Video to understand the evolution, progress and storylines in chess in History.