World Cup Chess 1982 - GM Boris Spassky v GM Anatoly Karpov

[@KayfabeCorner]

This format is seriously awesome! The table is center frame, with the analysis board right above it, and each player is sitting against a backdrop of the color they’re playing as…. Perfectly symmetrical and easy for everyone watching to understand. And the way it has each player’s voiceovers as if we’re able to hear inside their head. This format really needs to be used again in today’s games. The only thing missing is the clock times. Thanks for this!

[@basilharrison3071]

I really dislike the inner monologue. It makes it seem silly & staged & phony

[@johnp515]

@@basilharrison3071how is it phony? They are merely stating their reasoning and thoughts as each move was played. Would you prefer they changed their grammar to the past tense?

[@jerryshunk7152]

Spot on comment, those clever Ruskies !

[@jerryshunk7152]

​@@basilharrison3071Definitely redone after the fact, but hardly phony !

[@KayfabeCorner]

@@basilharrison3071I totally understand but the whole reason it’s there is because it’s informative to the viewer! You may learn a thing or two.

[@fredgandolfi2356]

Both are gentlemen, the leaders of their respective times. A joy to watch. Though watching Spassky take time out to light a smoke... lol. A different era.

[@chrisolson2846]

There’s another video featuring Korchnoi vs Dr. Nunn where Korchnoi can be seen smoking a cigarette

[@germanchris4440]

Normal times, when they were pleasantly natural and individual human characters, and not whatever they are today in their sterile conformity. And today, some people behave as if smoking cigarettes, for example, is something completely alien. The stultifying re-education of the last two and a half decades has produced a childishly naive new “society”.

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Playing King’s Gambit against the great master of defence, Karpov, proves Spassky’s level of his courage and self-confidence in chess.

[@112sje]

That's the first King's Gambit I have ever seen. OK Spassky had to win this game and had nothing to lose, but he played it so well he put Karpov in time trouble, leading to his two blunders near the end.

[@MrGarrincha11]

Thank you for this! I really love to hear Karpov thinking, he is my favorite player

[@112sje]

We'll never know what would have happened if his match with Fischer in 1975 had taken place. Opinions are very divided, of course. My gut feeling is that Fischer would have built an early lead, but Karpov would eventually find him out; like what happened with him and Kasparov.

[@delboy9234]

@@112sje Spassky himself said he thought Fischer would have won a close match against Karpov in 75, with Karpov then beating the American in 78, had both matches taken place.

[@josueramirez7247]

Same here. Karpov also has a unique speaking voice in my opinion too

[@112sje]

@@delboy9234 It would have been a real marathon of a match, possibly over a year - first to ten wins with no draws counting. FIDE were right not to allow Fischer to keep the title if it reached 9-9. Karpov would have had to win 10-8 or less.

[@hansmahr8627]

I think Fischer realized what an incredible player Karpov was. These great players always seem to recognize the next big talent. He probably would have beaten Karpov but it would have been more difficult than Spassky. Plus he had never played Karpov before which added another level of uncertainty. I think those two would have played at least 3 or 4 matches had Fischer not decided to refuse playing Karpov. What a great loss to the chess world.

[@MrDarkweaver]

Boris Spassky is one of the most underrated great players and World Champions in history, imo. Possibly the first player to adopt a "universal" style of play allowing him to adapt to his opponents. 1972 he ran into one of the greatest of all time, in unstoppable form, and he was still a gentleman when Bobby was throwing his toys out of his pram, as he so often did. Thank you for uploading this :)

[@Top_Lad]

I wholeheartedly agree! Also, his states, both the Soviet Union and the later Russian Federation, mistreated him, a shame.

[@Dbdbe1]

Really agree with this too: so much richness to Spassky's style

[@gomiamigo]

Spassky was the first to say that Fischer was nothing less than a true gentleman at the chess board and always 'behaved very correctly.'

[@peterkitson2843]

Sixty years earlier than Spassky a much greater world champion Emanuel Lasker had “a ‘universal’ style of play allowing him to adapt to his opponents”.

[@grahamredmond3891]

I wouldn't say Spassky was underrated, he was a very strong GM.

[@zachhaywood1564]

Wow, what a rare video, and with my two favorite players, no less! Thanks for this!

[@danielkatzel895]

Coolest stuff ever to hear what they are thinking - excellent explanations in narrative as well. I'm 61 & remember this game being played. Fascinating to take another look at it in this well-thought-out format. Thanks for posting & I'll be looking for others !

[@MrDaniele17]

Rob thank you very very very much! These Karpov's videos are like diamonds that we can find just in your fantastic channel! ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@omegaamigo]

Love that smile from Spassky at 29:09 --- "Gotcha!"

[@ASMRChess]

What a beautiful and human detail in this incredible video!

[@chessloverontwitch]

Spassky Goated KG Player! Nepo tried to take his place but its hard these days.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Cutting away to the Girl's screen instead of the computer screen at the climax, was a bigger blunder than Boris' H3 move for the audience !!!

[@112sje]

Great upload. I remember watching this series on BBC 2 on a Sunday afternoon (I think) and have never seen it repeated until now. It's just a shame that the programme's editor didn't give BH and JJ time to show on the computer screen exactly how Spassky won the end game, especially as it was rarity for Karpov to lose, until Kasparov came along. That poor girl trying her best to keep up on the demo board ! I hope both players bought her a drink afterwards 🤣😄

[@thegorn]

Boris should buy her a drink and then see where that leads

[@112sje]

@@thegorn Ha ha 😂. I think she might show him her Scicilian defence !

[@columkenn]

It was still a rarity for Karpov to lose after Kasparov came along. Most of their games were draws

[@112sje]

@@columkenn Especially that long run after Karpov went 4-0 up in their first World Championship final. The BBC stopped covering it at that point, but did cover the re-match that Kasparov won.

[@112sje]

I have read that the BBC will be doing a new chess tournament, but Jeremy James & Bill Hartston will be replaced by Sue Perkins & David Howell.

[@michelbrauner8550]

Such a good game by these champions. KG at this level is complete wonder.

[@paulmorphy6187]

The girl on the demonstration board...another fine and noble job overtaken by computer

[@JanuszSyty-s8k]

TAK!!!!!!CZASAMI EMOCJE PRZENOSZA SIE NA PARTIE SZACHOWE!!!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.ZAWSZE MOZNA POROZMAWIAC!!!!!!!!TEORETYCZNIE!!!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.

[@Jaguar106-sl3ls]

OMG, the golden age of TV chess! I'm missing those TV format so badly! And both players are so great gentlemen on the board! Yeah, the golden age of TV chess!

[@toothyfangface1583]

The intro theme was excellent

[@sergifernandezmiranda1311]

Great commentators, great players, great atmosphere.

[@stagna1959]

That endame was draw for a long time and they both knew it . But if you have extra piece and very devious piece like knight, you have to push and ask questions. They did not have increment back then and Karpov was in bad time trouble .He hoped to repeat moves or get queen trade, but that did not work well. 50 move draw was almost impossible to get with his time left on clock. Spassky asked questions until Karpov blundered badly and moved his king to wrong square.

[@KirubanithiKiruba-vo6ih]

Boris Spasky is really super star

[@lwalker8785]

Spassky's h3 was a very strange decision which was never really explained.

[@baoboumusic]

Stockfish likes it. The real blunder was Rd4.

[@Ukedc259]

Brilliant upload. Thank you 😊

[@columkenn]

Very interesting. Everyone loves to see a Kings Gambit. Spassky blew a winning position but rescued it in high drama

[@baoboumusic]

When do you think it was winning for him?

[@jerryshunk7152]

K- F2 instead of that H3 blunder would have saved Boris a lot of stress ! But he still rebounded like a true champion!!

[@Vesalempinen]

Great chess era, great personalities ❤

[@Life-Sky]

23:12 Omg karpov missed Re2 to trade everything into a winning pawn endgame!

[@Uyar2007]

And it was so easy. Spassky was very lucky at the moment

[@renehenriksen1735]

Great game by Spasskij. Good fighting spirit. All the way to the end of the game he tries to squeeze a win out of the position. This makes me think, that if Spasskij can defeat Karpov, even after his time as worldchampion is over, then Bobby Fischer in his prime would have completely destroyed Karpov. Now mentioning Fischer, it could certainly look like him on the left of the screen at about 29:50 and quickly walking to the right of the screen at about 29:54. If it was him, then he might have wanted to see his former favourite rival Boris defeat Tolja who took Fischer´s throne.

[@dionlindsay2]

I don't think the figure is tall enough to be Fischer. But wouldn't it be great if it was him?

[@b3rno]

Thanks!

[@mohammadsulieman6213]

More of vedios like that please

[@anouarben779]

wow what a great video this is with commentary from the players amazing !

[@JanuszSyty-s8k]

WYDAJE MI SIE,ZE SZACHY SA ROSYJSKIE!!!!!!!!!!!SZUKA ZWYCIEZANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.TAJEMNICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!NAJLEPSZE KSIAZKI NA SWIECIE!!!!!!!!!!MOZE PARE WYJATKOW!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.

[@milankotevski1663]

Engines are merciless nowadays. Black had practically a winning advantage in under 10 moves. Opening preparation was very different during the pre-engine era.

[@dionlindsay2]

Wasn't it just! And there's a lot of talk nowadays about what the computers say v the psychological reality. E.g. Black is winning but it's very difficult to find the winning lines. And if he doesn't, White could win. Computers would find the winning lines every time.

[@JanuszSyty-s8k]

ALE SZACHY BEZ REGOL CHYBA NIE MAJA SENSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.ZAWSZE SA JAKIES EMOCJE!!!!!!!!!!

[@williamblake7386]

Spassky was crazy alright I heard one story. Spassky was playing the simul exhibition. And one guy said i can't play gotta go, and offered a draw. Spassky said i don't care here is your draw

[@ashesds1]

Fascinating format. Are their thoughts something like the confession booth format? How was it done?

[@gooddognigel9992]

Spassky will make life miserable for Karpov by blowing smoke in his face.

[@Ghaith-z3e]

Great karpov style

[@orpheus2883]

I'm impressed with those episodes so far. To watch GMs commenting their games as if they're playing at the present and we listening to their thoughts, including doubts and insecures, is fantastic. Could someone be kind enough to give me more info about the program? How it's called and for what television broadcaster it was produced?

[@robclark4626]

This program was broadcast in the UK by the BBC back in 1982. It was never repeated but I taped it at the time and wanted to make it available before it is lost forever.

[@orpheus2883]

@@robclark4626 You're doing a favor for us all. Thank you very much.

[@orpheus2883]

@@robclark4626 You're doing a cultural favor for us all.

[@thegorn]

What a “wild and hairy” game

[@olivertatlow8537]

You can tell it's the 80s. Spassky sat at the board smoking.

[@nullthenightcat]

When did Spassky and Karpov record their commentary on this game?

[@digocr]

Good question, I wonder about producing this. Both confident! 😆

[@andrejbogdanov2816]

Where did they get this comments from? What a treat!

[@baoboumusic]

The comments were recorded after the game. Very cool idea that worked really well.

[@Demian_R]

Wow, the time difference.

[@dan_gabriel]

2 Legends😍

[@TGoat123]

I love the King's Gambit... but I never win at it.

[@eduardjozefgregor5103]

This girl is young Diana , future Princess of Wales.

[@musical_lolu4811]

I was minus 6 years old.

[@kimw200blaze4]

Electronic chess boards have well and truly put that girl's job out of business in the 21st century. Lol

[@krisgen29]

This was a great match until the end, when the fast moves ruined it! Most viewers would not have been able to keep up!

[@monamoreland6065]

How doen't Karpov just take the unprotected queen on b8 with his king and move into a check on the last move after the last check?

[@zelandakhniteblade5436]

The lady controlling the board missed out Spassky's penultimate move. The final moves were 81. Qc6+ Kd8; 82. Qa8+ Kc7; 83. Qa7+ Kd8; 84. Qb8+.

[@monamoreland6065]

@@zelandakhniteblade5436 Ah thanks she was getting a workout.

[@d.s.5157]

Spassky puffing away 😮 !

[@KirubanithiKiruba-vo6ih]

Is it allowed for smoking in front of a chess player but it's proved Spasky stubborn of Boris Spasky

[@basilharrison3071]

This format is confusing. When was the voiceover recorded? Why is it here I. The first place? The commentators are much easier to listen to & seem real as opposed to the very staged & phony inner monologues

[@ВтораяЖизнь-э5ж]

Интересно, можно сейчас вот так с сигаркой сидеть и играть?

[@germanchris4440]

After the successful re-education and dumbing down towards readiness for an increasingly totalitarian society, we will probably no longer experience such freedoms that were once taken for granted. And so people today ask nicely: “Are we still allowed to do that?” Human patheticness knows no bounds ...

[@JanuszSyty-s8k]

PO PROSTU LUBIMY MARZYC!!!!!!!!!!JAK MARZYL A.A. ALECHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.

[@Russ442100]

Good god ..I'm 14 moves in and terrified .. I don't know how this game ends up but the thought of playing this as white I would hate it! Thats why they are both champions and Im 1500 I guess ...

[@JanuszSyty-s8k]

MOZE URWIEMY PARE REMISOW!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.

[@notevolverastontopensando]

Everything oozed life! Finnish chess, the packed room applauding, a beautiful young woman reproducing the game. And here we are, dead, watching videos at home... What a scam this future is!

[@peterberger5579]

b5 by Karpov wad a terrible blunder in this easy winning endgame for black.

[@dannygjk]

I didn't know Spassky smoked certainly a disadvantage.

[@JanuszSyty-s8k]

NIE WIDZE SENSU!!!!!!!!ZMUSZAC SIE DO GRY!!!!!!!!!!JANUSZ.

[@victorlee9864]

Not a good color board

[@Muslim4JJl]

bobby fischer can beat these guys -_-

[@albeback5234]

what’s your point , hassan? …bobby fischer can sick a duck too

[@Muslim4JJl]

Read carefully kiddo -> bobby fischer can beat these guys