Unstoppable | Reshevsky vs Fischer | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970)

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The 1970 Interzonal was held in Palma de Mallorca from November 9-December 12, and was the last Interzonal held as a one-section round robin. With the tournament swelling to 24 players and further expansion on the way, future changes were inevitable. The following players vied for six slots in the candidates matches to be held in 1971: William G Addison, Miroslav Filip, Robert James Fischer, Efim Geller, Svetozar Gligoric, Vlastimil Hort, Robert Huebner, Borislav Ivkov, Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera, Bent Larsen, Milan Matulovic, Henrique Mecking, Dragoljub Minic, Renato Naranja, Oscar Panno, Lev Polugaevsky, Lajos Portisch, Samuel Reshevsky, Jorge Alberto Rubinetti, Vasily Smyslov, Duncan Suttles, Mark Taimanov, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Tudev Ujtumen..
Ujtumen from Mongolia, about as outside as an outsider could get, actually held the lead by himself after round 3. However, reality and Robert J. Fischer set in, as the American quickly soared to a dominating position. The other contenders didn't worry about it too much; after all, you only had to finish in the top six to qualify for the Candidates, and there was even a seventh spot open for a reserve. So they played it safe, while Fischer kept working hard.
At the quarter pole following round 6, Fischer had 5.5 points and a 1.5 point lead on Geller, Gligoric, Larson, Panno, and Ujtumen. But then came a bad stretch: he managed to draw lost positions in round 7 and 8, but Larsen didn't let him off the hook in round 9. By now the lead had vanished, as Geller joined Fischer at the top with 6.5.
That led to the critical round 12 encounter between the leaders, Geller holding a half-point lead and playing the White pieces. Any normal grandmaster, when Geller offered an early draw, would have accepted to get an easy half-point closer to qualification. Fischer, hungry for a win after five rounds without one, refused.
Geller played inaccurately and lost a pawn, reaching a difficult rook ending. Eventually, a hallucination and a final mistake sealed his fate, and Fischer took the lead. The rest was a matter of technique: Fischer won two more in a row, took a couple of draws for a breather, then started his famous streak with full points in his last seven games.
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Samuel Reshevsky vs Robert James Fischer
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 6, Nov-15
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation Spielmann Defense (A32)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cd4 4. Nd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc3 8. bc3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. f4 d6 12. f5 ef5 13. Nf5 Bf5 14. Qf5 Nd7 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Bd5 Nf6 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. cd5 b5 21. e4 Bf8 22. Rb4 Re5 23. c4 Rbe8 24. cb5 ab5 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Qb5 Re4 27. Re4 Qe4 28. Qd7 Qf4 29. Kg1 Qd4 30. Kh1 Qf2
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[@young_dan_kee]

“This leads to checkmate, so you can’t really afford that” - Agadmator I love you 😂

[@LionHGH]

Kh1 Always a good move. Unless it's not.

[@hey8174]

Let's find out if the king is claustrophobic!

[@JJ-kl7eq]

You can use the top of a rook as an ashtray. But be forewarned: Torch-move rules apply.

[@GaneshKumar-bv2td]

James Jumper torch-move..my beautiful brain switches to ‘how about a board with pieces on flames?’😂😂😂

[@philipr1567]

Tudor chess: burn those heretical bishops.

[@chitramaridi]

@Jay Krishnamurthy shut the hell up you fun-spoiling dumbass

[@akashroy-gq4vy]

@Jay Krishnamurthy stupid

[@renshartsuiker9629]

I have a cigarette bud waxed to a candle stump as replacement pawn....

[@mikevaldez7684]

The sheer physical presence of Fischer sitting across the board from you in his prime, a relatively large man compared to his peers, combined with the intense energy he exuded & his brilliant mind must have been a daunting challenge to even his most competent challengers ! Under that sort of pressure in tournament conditions it's no wonder that his opponents eventually blundered or imploded. All except Spassky, Fischer claimed, crumbled beneath him

[@rokanza2293]

It's definitely not surprising at all

[@ponglerman]

"People have been playing against me below their strength for years" - Bobby Fischer Fischer kind of played similar to an engine; very aggressive yet extremely accurate. Even world champions were terrified of facing him as a TEENAGER (see Smyslov - Fischer in Bled 1961). As for Spassky, Karpov theorised that he admired Fischer too much to entertain defeating him. I'm not sure how true this is, but they did do a lot of prep together before the 72 Championship, so if anyone would understand Spassky, it would be Karpov. Imo we will never have such a dominant champion, at least for a very long time

[@SpicyTurkey83]

It's not wonder it was said that the 3 most feared opponents in chess were Fischer, Capablanca, and Tal (Tal because of his sneaky-assery).

[@richardfeynman5560]

Absolutely fantastic how Bobby capitalizes on every small inaccuracy of his opponents, whereas his own play is totally flawless! Fischer's superiority in this short period of time from about 1970 to 1972 is almost unique in history, only Paul Morphy can maybe compared with Fischer and not even Kasparov was that much stronger than everyone else, he had always Karpov close behind him, although Kasparov's reign lasted for about two decades, not only two years...

[@sokolkristollari7895]

Quality over quantity. Fischer over Kasparov

[@al-master596]

Cool ashtray

[@Raghuveer2798]

@@sokolkristollari7895 Kasparov didn't have quality?

[@akmd114379]

Kas ruled for a period of 8 years. Imo of the best and would have loved to see a series between he and Bobby.

[@ponglerman]

I remember that Fischer, Capa, and Kasparov are technically the most accurate world champions, and Bobby's legendary streak is the most accurate streak of any champion ever (nearly 72% engine move correlation compared to moves played in-game). For comparison, Magnus at his BEST peaked at around 70%...while living in an era with computer engines... all Fischer had was a small room, a chess board, and a dream. The man was on a totally different level; Morphy crushed amateurs while Fischer crushed organised professionals. Magnus pathetically draws every game and wins tournaments by half a point; Fischer preferred to lose rather than draw (always pressing for an advantage) and still won tournaments by 3, 4, or 5 points. Fischer was nearly 2800 *in 1972* while his "peers" were almost 200 rating points below him

[@gillrowley7264]

I figured you'd start this series with his 20-0 streak. What an added bonus to cover the whole Interzonal. Thanks!

[@agadmator]

I had to increase my vast knowledge with it as well :)

[@gillrowley7264]

It will never happen again. That's what makes it so amazing.

[@hyzercreek]

@@gillrowley7264 It's like a batter hitting 20 home runs in a row against good pitchers. Or even getting 20 hits in a row.

[@rahulmistry5019]

what a game by Bobby ... life isn't nice to some of the gems of our world. i started playing chess because of bobby as did many.

[@aaronthearon4498]

"He is doing excellently in this tournament" now just superexcellently and unexcellently left

[@vivek_yt]

The ash tray was dedicated to Tal.

[@HaloLvl43Legit]

0:00 Above quote: ""Psychologically you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be fact" -Bobby Fischer Also Bobby: Throws a game because of a schedule and throws a draw because Tal smiled at him when he went to make the obvious (but correct move).

[@leorigor157]

Hey agad, I really like the long introduction from the first video for the series. It is like a story telling before sleeping.

[@nepislr]

I think imma stick an image of your face on the king of my chess board. You are a beast! I love your vids, man

[@agadmator]

Be sure to send me a photo :D

[@harshsahrawat9050]

I think it would be a valid fact here that Reshevsky was almost 60 by the time of the 1970 interzonal. I doubt there was anybody else in history(except Lasker) who were still considered to be very strong players at 60 that still competed for title

[@ryomanisha8208]

Steinitz

[@eddarby469]

I suspect Kasparov is considered a "strong player" by more folks than just me.

[@mathemagicalworld5015]

Bobby was the Best of all time

[@oisinoc8533]

Very true

[@sebastianjosefsson3620]

Hard to say, even harder to compare eras. Fischer is an all time great, and if he would had a little longer career, for example facing karpov and beat him , then he would be a clear goat. Hard to say he is the best of all time, but he is certainly the most dominating player of all time

[@jasper5016]

@@sebastianjosefsson3620 - There were lots of better players than him. Ficher beat them when they got old.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

Analyzing the positions you suggest is always a little gem in my days. Keep it up, looking forward to the next videos!

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

Really enjoyed this recap, Agadmator. Thank you for suggesting we pause the video (8:27) and try to "find the winning idea" (Qd4). This was a fun challenge which I failed. (I went with Qe3 and showed I'm no Bobby Fischer! LOL)

[@firex60747]

I'm a simple guy, i see Fischer, i press like.

[@ciburo12]

Finally!! A video from the great chess comentator in KZbin!!!! Keep it up your good work, always support you!

[@LyricsOfALifetime]

"It's simple. We capture the queen." 7:38

[@j.d.2896]

Such a great ending! Thank you for sharing it🙏🙏

[@Daniele.Rossini]

I really like how this series started, it could beacame my favorite series, even higher than Tal-Botvinik match!

[@bigknocker2264]

In late 1973, I learned how to play chess, and joined the USCF and played postal chess in the Golden Knights tournament. Reshevsky had an ad about playing a postal game for $25. I still have the score somewhere, but I remember that Reshevsky beat me

[@CarlosGarcia-bw2gb]

Fisher was moving like a tremendous machine

[@chadmcguyer1168]

This is so awesome seeing these legends battle it out

[@dearfutureme5657]

Oh man what a final move! That is bloody awesome!

[@phothar93]

Is Bobby Fischer the strongest player ever? These games have been amazing so far.

[@gillrowley7264]

In his day, yes. I contend today's ratings are inflated, and anybody today at their peak wouldn't hold a candle to Bobby at his peak. But, that's a debate for the ages, that will never be resolved. Bobby Fischer could see the whole board, unlike anyone else ever.

[@Raghuveer2798]

@@gillrowley7264 Prime Bobby vs Prime Magnus would be a spectacle.

[@mikehunt4503]

@@Raghuveer2798 As someone who basically worships Fischer, he would be crushed like a bug vs Magnus in the EndGame.

[@hemanthcv1105]

@@mikehunt4503 even bobby was a good end game player...

[@JSamad]

@@mikehunt4503 don't be silly, Fischer was an endgame monster too.

[@bobfree1226]

Bobby was so ahead of all chess players.he saw more then any player.

[@littlewooperband]

When you arrive and the only 5 comments are "First" 😑

[@maxnullifidian]

Nth!

[@lecobra418]

This game is just great, that queen litteraly blockaded the access to the f-pawn while attacking the rook by direct opposition while passively protecting his own rook without even having to guard it and litteraly spoliating white from doing any decent moves, and white is fucking Reshevsky! That game while remaining quite short and easy to tackle is briliant. This is a great mate pattern one has to keep in mind. I think it is quite possibly my favorite game ever.

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Love you thank you for what you do you ❤️ you bring me much joy

[@sarthakmaruti]

playing against fischer is ultimate nightmare

[@themastergrantful]

This tournament is great, thanks

[@nathynorthy6916]

"Fischer handed Sherevsky's arse to him on a plate, there" - the Agadmator quote that was sadly cut from this video.

[@iwancuffy1709]

You create good vids as usual. Keep up the good work :)

[@jonathanlindsey463]

reshevsky was 59 when this game was played... they have many great battles through the 50s and 60s

[@wec00l]

Bobby 🤦🏻‍♂️ start attack in a way that confuses the opponent..thanks 💐

[@RossFigurepaintingCoUK]

Love you vids. I already watched the Fischer Spassky series you did and now working through the rest of your Fischer vids then the rest! What a tame end by Reshevsky ending up with his king on H1. Wouldnt just h3 have been safe? I am playing this through and cant find an advantage for Black

[@nenoa1090]

Thank You Sir ! and Thank you Medo too. You are a great guy

[@richardmalovec7879]

From my point of view, its one of the best chess games I have ever seen! Just wow

[@meirdaniel7515]

Dear Antonio you gave away the pause the video and find the answer section by your thumbnail which describe the move with an exact picture

[@gfweis]

I certainly didn't think that the brilliant Sammy Reshevsky and I had anything in common until I saw Queen to f4. I too did not see that coming. Chess is so much just seeing one move farther ahead than your opponent.

[@cristiannovelle-ruddy3083]

Are you going to do a game analysis of tomorrow's Beil Chess Festival 2018 with Magnus Carlsen????

[@TheChamp21]

Thank you Agadmator for uploading on my birthday!

[@sayan64]

#Suggestion there are many interesting stories about Bobby Fischer in these tournaments. Likewise in '67 tournament he quarrelled with organisers nd got banned from the tournament; and many more awkward stories about him. He had spoken many ambitious quotes after games or at different times. I would #request you to tell few short stories of him or some of his ambitious quotes related to these tournaments. U may add these stories in Ur videos. Or if the story is big enough then u can make a #separate_video of his stories. We don't care about the length of those vdos, as they are interesting. Many people reported about the big intro in ur first vdo. But I enjoyed, it increased my vast knowledge. So if there are more stories, plz include them. ♥️ Ur channel

[@Gingham_tale]

The checkmate amazes me!!!

[@pedralicamosa]

thanks for this vid. Can't wait to visit for the first time Croatia in august :)

[@Sivajivaylajilebi]

#Suggestion, Rafael vaganian vs Victor kupreichik Leningrad 1974

[@shyamdas6231]

prasanth you keep recommending this game. I will go through it.

[@Sivajivaylajilebi]

Shyam Das thanks

[@travgraves2970]

nice videos ag. you got me interested in chess again. I joined lichess and have got my score to 1420. not great but hope to get better

[@misternewoutlook5437]

Reshevsky didn't like Fischer's attitude, but then Reshevsky was hardly a gentlemanly player himself. The Byrnes got rubbed the wrong way by Fischer too. According to a book I have, Fischer by Frank Brady (1974), there are numerous incidents. I'm sure that all of Fischer's contemporaries, Bisguier, Evans, Denker, Lombardy, Benko, etc. had plenty of stories not included in the book. Lombardy, incidentally, was Fischer's coach in the 1972 WCC.

[@KeoughSchwantiger]

so good

[@matheusselhorst5053]

Hey Agad, where can I found those pictures?

[@christiannielsen6076]

Hi Agadmator, a proposal for future content: how about doing previews on upcomming tournaments, in that way you can return and talk about upsets and other exciting stuff :) greetings from Denmark

[@sanketpatil6711]

#QUERY Well I have watched all first 6 rounds and Bobby won all of them .. But description says he was 5.5/6. Also at the end of round 3 you said he was 2.5/3.. Really I m confused which was that drawn game???

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

Robert Hübner

[@captainamerica2909]

Can someone explain why at 8:43 Queen to e3 is a mistake as we can pick up the bishop, be a piece up and therefore its game over? thanks in advance

[@emperorqinsquestfororeos2300]

Bit of a late reply. Qe3 isn't the best as it blocks the rook's access of the e-file. (Qe3+ Kh8) Also, if you were thinking of Qxa3, winning a bishop, Qxf7+ and it is game over... for Fischer.

[@gheffz]

Great, great game, thank you.

[@MinusC24]

Too bad Bobby didnt have a son to pass on his legacy

[@hyzercreek]

Yeah, like sons always have their father's talent. That's why Julian and Sean Lennon crush the Billboard charts.

[@shadowyes3249]

Bobby Fischer is so creative at end games

[@مرتضىالدراجي-خ2غ]

but why tal didnt qualified to this interzonal plz answer

[@jamesknapp64]

مرتضى الدراجي would Tal have been in a different interzonal tournament to get to candidates?

[@febe111]

He was 14th in USSR championship in 1969. Only top3 qualified for the interzonal

[@dmsalomon]

There was only one interzonal. Top 6 players went to the candidates tournament

[@rogerstone3068]

That was a superb lesson, in the "pause the game" challenge. I'm sure nearly everyone was like me and thought: that's easy - Qe3+, wins the bishop. But like the man said, when you see a good move, look for a better one.

[@akmd114379]

Can't take the bishop or he'd lose the rook.

[@BasicLand-Swamp]

After watching a hundred videos of Agadmator. I was finally be able to see the "winning idea". At 08:26.

[@akshayssridhar]

I am no expert but moves like King H1 always seem risky in my amateur games.. It really opens up the back rank checkmate opportunities

[@karebuu1383]

Nice game, I wonder if I can do something like that

[@blunttrauma5300]

I love this channel

[@duvidl58]

I found Qe3+ for Bobby. Works the same, right? Continuation is the same, Kh1 for white, then Qf2 for black. Someone let me know if I'm wrong. Thx.

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

you're wrong

[@elysesargent8361]

I'm hooked on this channel. But at the end there, couldn't he just move the rook out of harms way? He protects the squares with the move, and is no longer under attack. He's resigning due to the position, but he has the ability to change that position. I'm just confused.

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

then comes the black rook to E1 and lights out

[@davidburkhardt9390]

Instead of resigning, would rook g 1 work? Or rook c 1 , where its guarded by the bishop

[@krishnanvenkatrao9344]

If rook this g1 or c1, Bobby will play rook e1. You either need to capture the rook at e1 and queen will deliver checkmate or if you play something else, rook or queen can just capture your rook and it's checkmate

[@cskwillreturn2473]

Please do a series for Grishchuk and need to see more of Ivanchuk.

[@nathansauveur6704]

I found queen e3 instead of queen d4. Would e3 still result in checkmate?

[@puremercury]

No, because the queen is blocking the black rook's path to e1.

[@ytchatgermany5836]

I tried to google it. I don't get the name. Why "Bobby"?

[@kirillzapple]

Why did Fisher sucrifice his Knight in Midgame ?? 😮

[@SilentGuy876]

at 6:50 why couldnt Fischer play Qe1?

[@jacobwinkelman4704]

e3 would have worked as well right?

[@bigfather87]

great series :)

[@cygnustsp]

That was awesome, again

[@MTd2]

Can you do a series with the history of Chess computer plays before Deep Blue versus Kasparov?

[@MultiFirefox23]

There is a Fischer vs Greenblatt computer game although that machine was obliterated by Fischer, a much weaker engine than in the days of Kasparov.

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

It doesn't sound like much but $6,000 in 1961 was an enormous amount of money.. a years salary for some.

[@djole1996grobar]

No videos yesterday, I was worried.

[@agadmator]

Stuck at Croatia-Serbia border for 3 hours :)

[@djole1996grobar]

agadmator's Chess Channel ništa čudno za balkan

[@caiorolando8330]

#suggestion Please analyze Kamsky - Mamedyarov, World Cup 2013.

[@radrook4481]

What's wrong with R-g1?

[@sajjansingh3418]

Hail Agadmator....

[@Randomguywhat]

Jacob Kailes ehh....

[@AndrewSlays]

could you go over playing queen to e1 at 6:52?

[@petarfenerdjiev7042]

You are a good Yugoslavian guy. 🙏.

[@jimrogers7460]

I wonder how long Reshevsky looked at that last position before resigning

[@RobFlaxMusic]

7:30 ...Qf4 WOW what a move!

[@danielgautreau161]

In the final position W could also try Rg1 but then Re8-e1 wins.

[@babsbuy]

No doubt now, Fisher was really a genius :)

[@Raventooth]

Love seeing Fischer hooowoop on these old guys.

[@tylerackroyd3443]

Wonder if agadmator is a fan of mirco cro cop

[@emylrmm]

looks like the move h3 prolongs the game for white, here's one variation: Qd4+ Kh1 Qf2 Qb5 Re1 h3 Rxf1+ Qxf1 Qxf1+ Kh2 Be7 Bb4 Qf2 a4 Bf6 Bxd6 Bd4 Bc7 Qg1+ Kg3 Qf2+ Kh2 Qe1 a5 Bg1+ Kh1 Bf2+ Kh2 Qg1++

[@NiteshKumar-ss8zd]

6:21 he dont need to take the pawn, if pawn on e4 dies, he will play his rook on e5 instead of taking pawn on b5.

[@nathanialblower9216]

The doubled c-pawn will always be a weakness...plus the knight on e7 would be hanging

[@Andysac314]

"This would be checkmate and you can't afford that." Noted!

[@grapeshott]

at 8:45 What about Qe3 by Fischer?

[@duvidl58]

Rf2

[@alayettenawfel2150]

That Ph2 "should " be always the next automatic step after castling 🤔

[@0mathgaming]

Re1 works as well. That's the move that I found.

[@GigasGirus]

Am I missing something with queen to e3?

[@GigasGirus]

Oh the rook can't go down

[@mikes.8647]

Fischer is a beast, but to be honest (and with all the respect) he doesn't sound like a guy to hang out with... #notahater

[@julianh5167]

Actually Fischer was really friendly. When I was a kid I ran the overhead displays at a tournament Fischer played in and he would talk about chess with us when he was done with his game. That is, as long as he was winning. When he was losing he would get into a foul mood and it was all we could do to get him not to quit the tournament over some minor issue.

[@LunnarisLP]

Well that probably was before he turned mad and started to hate the jews xD

[@thesmoothwater_1445]

Why not open with a4 and bring out your rook It could be a rook’s gambit

[@MarioMurat]

Would anyone enjoy Agadmators live coverage of some games in Biel tournament? I personally think it would be fun...

[@inigomontoya603]

wow...what a finish!!!