Fischer's Underrated Technique | Bobby Fischer vs. Samuel Reshevsky, 1962 U.S. Championship
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2018
- Bobby Fischer's most famous games often showcase his brilliant calculation and superb feel for the initiative, but did you know that he possessed fantastic technique? In this 1962 U.S. Championship encounter against Sammy Reshevsky, Fischer demonstrates sterling play against Black's multiple weaknesses.
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Photo of Bobby Fischer courtesy of Chess.com. Photo of Samuel Reshevsky from the Dutch National Archives and made available under the Creative Commons CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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The excellent article by GM Bryan Smith on the 6.h3 Najdorf: www.chess.com/article/view/6h3-against-the-najdorf---quotthe-adams-attackquot-a-history
John Bartholomew I’m convinced Fischer was the best play of all time. His understanding of the game blows my mind every time I see one of his games.
Mr. Bartholomew, what do you play against the sicilian najdorf? Is there a particular course on chessable that you would recommend for teaching white a line that can actually get an advantage out of the opening?
Now expanded into a great book: The Najdorf in Black and White, available on Kindle.
I think this is John's best video in a while, and that is not at all a knock on his regular content, just praise for this one in particular. His passion for chess really shines through in this video with lots of minor details that really show how knowledgeable and enthusiastic he is about this game. Also I feel the long format allows him to express more complex ideas and thoughts than he might normally, and it really increases the quality of the video. , and as he mentioned, sets it apart from other chess youtuber's content. I suppose in short this vid is an excellent example of John the teacher instead of John the player. And boy, he is an excellent teacher, I felt like it was almost a private lesson! If someone was curious about John's channel and asked me to recommend a video to show what he is about, I would be hard pressed not to cite this one. If you get around to reading this John, firstly great job! It's top-notch content. Secondly, I'm super excited to see how regular a thing this becomes, I think a game review series in this style would be fantastic.
Don't want to say "best," because I still prefer the excitement and uncertainty of direct competition. But I agree, it's a beautiful vid, and I don't use that word lightly.
Really appreciate you posting these in-depth videos!
This was so great to watch. Fischer really was something, huh? Crazy accuracy. He just always seems to play slightly good moves that over 30 to 40 moves start adding up.
I really like how well he played against the weaknesses of his opponent. Three weaknesses at the same time is way too much...
Great video! I sat through it and just realized at the end that I had watched it for more than half an hour. Did not feel at all like it was that long, which says a lot about the quality!
Great stuff John! Your analysis of games are very instructional and easy to follow. I would love to see more of this sort of videos. I memorized the opera game with your video this one is maybe next. Excellent game by Fischer what a pleasure to watch. Keep up the great work much appreciated.
thanx john for this great analysis...thats how analysis should be.. and please we want a ton of videos like this one..thnx again !
This is by far excellent series John ! Thank you
Thank you for the upload and analysis!
Great video John! I enjoy analyses such as these and you are someone who has a lot of deeper chess understanding which makes these much more enjoyable to watch
I love watching you playing.But specifically this video (the game and the analysis) is a masterpiece.Thanks for sharing this , John.
Excellent, thanks, more please. Shows how it is so often the quiet moves that are difficult to find.
Great format - please continue this style of teaching!
Great video! More of the same please John
I like these videos John! Please do more of these high-level games in depth analysis of the top players in the world. Thanks!
I really like those type of videos. Keep going John :) Well done!
Awesome ! You said recently that you want to put instructive content on this channel beyond live streams, I was very pleased to hear that ! Still my favorite youtuber :)
Really enjoyed your deeper review of an instructive game!
Great video! Love a good analysis of a classic game and fisher’s technique is sooooo smooth
Always loved this game and it was wonderful to see your excellent commentary. Thanks.
More of these please!
Thank you so so much for this video !! Learned a lot from it !! Thank you so much for your time !!
this is amazing! thanks a lot. i would really love some more endgme analysis such as this. i love your channel!!!
I definitely need to check out more of JB's commentaries! Awesome coverage as the meanings behind the moves are fully explained - and with clarity!
Thank you - glad you enjoyed the analysis!
Good job, I love that you dug deep and took your time.
I loved the video. Great game and great analysis. Hope you continue this series.
Do more of this! It was really instructive!! Better than all others john
Thanks for the video, John!
The principle of the two (or more) weaknesses is very nicely displayed in this game, I hope I can implement this in my future games.
Excellent analysis. Thanks John, you should do this more often
I do really like this kind of content, even if it’s different from your regular videos.
Your way to explain positions it’s very easy to follow.
More like this.
Thank you John .
Hey John, this was a really instructive video. I know there are a lot of masters already reviewing these games, but you have a special talent for teaching, and I think you should do more of these games.
Great video, John! Cheers for all the content you provide us with! Best of luck on your way to becoming a GM!
Fantastic video. Thanks for making games like this accessible to us regular players.
Really an enjoyable 36 minutes and every single intended lesson hit home! Nicely done.
Wow...I loved this analysis! I learned sooo much...thank you John
I know you don't do these often for us, but wow...this was more than a game review. Thanks!
Love these annotated games. More please!
Game reviews are amazing and instructive, hope you do more.
Thanks for this video John
Good analysis john 👍🏻
Thank you, very instructive. Please do more!
I really enjoy these instructive games with slow positional play. These positional ideas that you convey are very instructive and important for someone to improve their chess skills. Games with full of tactics and crazy sacrifices are entertaining but these games I enjoy more than that
I really would like to see more videos like this. It helps me understand more.
I really enjoy the depth of analysis in this game John. You do a really good job of explaining the positional aspects of a chess game. I find that many youtubers who analyze chess games just gloss over the positional aspects of chess and focus so heavily on sacs and complicated tactics.
I like this! While those long twitch streams are obviously fun too, I mainly come to Your channel for instructive content and this one delivers in spades. Great job.
Great video John!
This vid showed how it might be to get a lesson from you: the longer format really suits this type of video, letting you go real in depth analyzing strategy, motifs, and putting the game and moves into context.
Really instructive, learned some new things.
:D
We want more videos John... Really the explanation part was awesome. Please.. more videos based on play of GMs and their complete analysis. The way you analyse them.. extremely instructional.
Great Vid! Keep it up!!
This is great news! Looking forward to the analysis and the instruction!
Hey John, I really love this new series. Keep up the great content. More 15 minute games would be nice.
I am.a massive fan of your content. I have learned all of your 1. d4 repertoire on Chessable.and have learned about half of your Scandi book.
Hey John! I would love if you brought back your standard series! I've been binge watching the whole thing for a month or so now and I think they're much more instructive than faster time controls because you actually have time to fully explain your thought process. Regardless great video! Keep up the great work!
Great video!
Excellent video Minnesota Fins. Your love of the game is quite obvious to see when watching this. You are a credit to the chess world. More videos of this nature would be a great idea. I've read that Tal was quite the attacker, one of his games would be fun.
Hooray! Thanks John, for taking the time and creating another great game review and listening to our requests :) I'm sure you'll have it made into a Chessable book too :)
Thank you very much for the clear analysis. Very instructional for a beginner player like myself.
Please, more like this !
Interesting and thorough. I like how you take dry-looking games and tease out their teachable moments.
Amazing analysis and an even nicer game!
Thanks a lot John!
Love these strategic based games, especially by Fischer. Somehow he makes it look simple.
Missed this, love it !
Great analysis of an instructive game! I like positional wins like this one!
great video, thank you!
Wonderful video. Made my day
Your video on the OperaHouse game really taught me a lot, also mentioning I should memorize it. Since, I've been more able to get quick advantages out of the opening. So keep on bringing this stuff.
Nice addition, John! One very desirable aspect of your streaming that tends to feature less prominently in other chess content online is the discussion around strategic strengths and weaknesses, pawn structures, strong / weak squares, piece mobility, etc... Many other game review videos tend rattle off possible lines, which can be very interesting but don't always lend to a better understanding (at least for me) that is broadly useful outside of the exact position at hand. So maybe that could be your niche!
Anyway, I'm very appreciative of the time you invest in these videos!
Awesome video!
John you're a phenomenal teacher. Thanks for the video
Aldo Camilleri Thanks, Aldo!
More of these videos please! I think it might be useful to include engine evaluations at pertinent moments.
Do more of these!
This was really enjoyable to watch John. Bobby really had an amazing ability to manipulate the game into just crushing positions. As Nigel Short once said “his games are very clear to understand but who else could play those moves...you know after the fact it’s very clear but to see everything before” Thanks for the video
Nice video John, like the longer style! Fischer covers this game in My 60 Memorable Games. Interestingly, he gives 25. c4 as “possibly more accurate” than 25. b4, so maybe your students weren’t wrong! He also points out that 41. Kf1 rather than Kd2 wins at least piece, due to the threat of Bf2+
Jamie Hand 41.Kf1 is nice indeed. Thanks, Jamie!
Jamie Hand did you mean to write Kd3 instead? Very nice Kf1!
Yes but Fischer instead of Shooting right to the head prefered to make Reshevsky suffer by Shooting him in both Arms.
Very instructive. Also count me as another fan of your longer time control games. The recent 25-5 games were among the best as there was no time scramble at the end.
This is really good stuff. I've fallen out of chess lately, maybe out of a feeling of a rating plataeu. Looking back I've come to realize one thing I was seriously missing was GM game analysis, so this is a nice breath of fresh air.
This is really a great video, thank you John! Also, you mentioned several times that games by Karpov and Kramnik helped you a great deal to improve. Maybe you could do a video and demonstrate how to study a game like this (strategic games I mean) on our own and how to get the most out of it?
I can now see myself breaking the 2000 elo barrier.This video is awesome,more would be fantastic.Thanks.
I liked the commentary, I learned something from the evaluation
You're a damn fine teacher. Thank you.
This was great. More of these, please. As a middling player, I appreciate that there were no engine evaluations or endless variations offered. While that may help some, I think it hurts most of us average players. We don't do anything very well, so helping us see deeper, without that vision getting clouded with countless variations or computer moves which cannot guide our chess plans, is a great benefit. I saw concretely why Fischer wanted to fix Black's pawn on e5. I saw concretely as he planned to exploit Black's weak h-pawn and later how he created another weakness to exploit in Black's a-pawn. I could almost anticipate White's rook moves -- but I thought he would lift the a-Rook, which of course was inferior to lifting the h-Rook -- lesson learned again. To me, that's a great lesson firmly implanted. It's not just a lesson of "create two weaknesses" -- but a clear one regarding the a-pawn and the h-pawn. I can return to this if it ever arises in my games. And the more such examples I have, maybe one exploiting the b-pawn and the h-pawn, or the b-pawn and the g-pawn, then I will have built up an arsenal of attacking themes and the maneuvers that go into executing them. The problem with most chess books is the endless variations they offer. How many chess books have any of us really read cover to cover? I have almost 200 chess books and haven't read a single one cover to cover. Maybe that's an indictment of me alone, but I doubt it. I think we start with great intentions, play through a couple of games, but then we drift off into chess oblivion when confronted with the endless variations we're supposed to play through and of course never fully understand. This game, though, I followed along with your explanation, could do my minimal analysis on some moves you were silent about, and walked away feeling like I truly learned something useful today. Well, as useful as chess can be at least, which is to say not very useful -- but I got better at chess today!
You need board vision and blindfold exercises. No excuses.
Old john is back
Here's a link to the photo of young Reshevsky (it shows up some 10 seconds in): ua-cam.com/video/iNk0rpXzpOg/v-deo.html
A John Bartholomew GM game review? holy shit yeahhh
Love the video. I might put this game into a lesson for my Wednesday class.
I always thought Fischer's technique was well known. Of course he had so many world class level talents in chess that it would be easy to underrate any of them.
What would the time control have been for this? Great video as usual.
Good stuff :D
Thank you very much, John. I thought Fischer had mate after Kf1 rather than Kd3 but since you didn't mention that possibility I am probably wrong. I really love the instructional format of your videos.
Kf1 was a very strong move winning the game straight away.
i love this!!
John, I miss this format. I feel like you used to do it more, and of course KingsCrusher cut his in half depth wise. Love the Master games deepish analysis. Thanks as always,
Very interesting!It would be great if you could show us more games. Perhaps a "My favourite games" series.Mirak from Chessable
Karpov felt relieved when Fischer abandoned His Crown.
Apesar de não entender o seu idioma entendi os lances e a ideia,ganhou mais um inscrito
This was a great video. My only gripe with chess game review channels is that most of them are too formualic and without any effort put into it
Funny enough I remember a while ago I was trying to study the greats I guess but had no clue what I was doing so I just looked up Fischer in the Najdorf. And I just remember I had a note that said Fischer Reveshky d5 weakeness as a note to come back and look at some game but I never did...and then this video comes out.
I like this a lot.
One of your best videos!
(also, you're turning into wolverine)
Did you made a video about game of the century about fischer?
I could see an 8 year old John in a sailor suit, beating a room full of top players :). Your explanations are top notch John. Thanks for your work. Keep it up!
love it
Fischer was a chaotic genius
Thank you so much for the excellent analysis of a great game played by my favorite chess player! This was a joy to watch. Since 16:45 gxf6 was already pointed out, I just have two questions left: 14:25 If Qxd5 why not Nb4 instead of Qxg4? That's a double attack on the queen and on the C2 pawn, no? And white has no good checks. And if exd5 Nb4 doesn't c3 just trap the knight?
Thanks for the upload John! I hope that someday, maybe not too long from now, Bobby will regarded not just for his chess but will also be validated for his conspiracy theories...and how he was targeted and humiliated by the conspirators he fought.
Really clean play by Fischer and very useful analysis for a lower rated player like me. 14-1500ish 👍 Thanks John!