You like Capablanca? 0:03 Fischer: Yeah. Then what about Alekhine or Lasker? Maybe you don't like Lasker? 0:20 Fischer: Well see... I don't know. From the contemporary players? Tal? Spassky? 0:36 Fischer: Hmm... Spassky? Yeah. What about Petrosian? 0:40 Fischer: Maybe, I don't know. How do you see Morphy through his games? 1:22 Fischer: Oh, he was a brilliant player. Fantastic player. And what do you know about him? 1:33 Fischer: I read his biography. What was most interesting about Morphy's life? 1:44 Fischer: Well... I don't know, just the whole life, y'know, he came from a wealthy family in New Orleans, then he went to Europe, and he never played these great players before, and he beat them all... easily. He had no experience against such strong players before. You know, in these matches, in the beginning of the matches, he usually lost the first game or something, because he didn't know their style, and then he learned how they played. He beat them in every game afterwards. Yes, but people said that Morphy was winning so easily because his opponents were not so strong? What do you think? 2:57 Fischer: Mmm.. Well, I mean, that's true. Many of them were quite weak, but the chess theory wasn't so advanced like it is now, and uh... he also beat players like Anderssen, for example, a very experienced player. Beat him 10 to 2 in a match. Hah... nobody could do such a thing. It's very difficult now to win the game, and [people] say "Why today do we have no Morphy?" because today we also have no Columbus. 4:08 Fischer: Heh. I mean, for example, many times I play good games, y'know, and I see some pretty, many variations, but they never happen. Because they always see it, and maybe they don't want to give up a pawn and lose an end game in fifty moves. 4:35 Fischer: This is true, but uh, anyway, Morphy's not responsible for his opponents' mistakes. It doesn't make him less of a player, you know? And some of these people who criticize Morphy, if they played with some of these players that he beat so easily, they would be beaten. How do you think Morphy would play in today's tournaments with chess theory being so [important]? 5:19 Fischer: Well, he would do very well, but he would have to study maybe six months to really adjust himself to the new openings. 5:31 Fischer: But even now, he could sit down and play, I mean he wouldn't do anything bad, I mean could he do better than me? First, it's theoretical. He could win? 5:44 Fischer: Of course, yeah. But if he plays, for instance, match with you, what would happen? 5:53 Fischer: Well, listen, I don't know. I don't know. You don't know, but whom of the big players could he beat? 6:05 Fischer: I mean, it's hard to say, I mean, he would do very well. You told me about that anecdote that Morphy played with someone. With whom did he play? 6:39 Fischer: I think it was Paulsen. I don't think it was a true anecdote. 6:47 Fischer: Maybe it's true, but it's exaggerated, you know. 6:51 Fischer: And he's, he was supposedly playing with Paulsen, and Paulsen thought maybe twelve hours... It's what I read. Only for one move? 7:01 Fischer: Yeah. Yeah. What happened then? 7:08 Fischer: And then, you know, Morphy was a gentleman. He didn't want to say anything, but finally, he indicated he would like to move, you know? And what happened? 7:22 Fischer: And uh, Paulsen said: "Excuse me, I thought it was your move." 7:36 Fischer: But I don't think any of it's true. Maybe it happened for one hour or something? But in any case, he was thinking too much. 7:50 Fischer: Yeah... Why didn't Morphy like to play chess any more? Why did he give up chess? 8:06 Fischer: I don't know, he got fed up with the whole... chess scene, you know? Why? 8:13 Fischer: I don't know, he... well... he thought they were petty people, and so he couldn't get these- he thought that these people were not honorable, that he was meeting. With him? To play chess? 8:28 Fischer: No, not the players, just the whole, the whole people in chess, I think he felt that they weren't honorable people, he didn't like the type of people he met, you know? 8:47 Fischer: For example, Stauton. He refused to play him, and Stauton, um, did some dishonest things in their negotiations for a match, and he did everything to avoid playing him. 'Cause he would have lost, y'know, easily, he would have been... of course... and he refused to admit this, and he tried to make an appeal with Morphy that he didn't have enough money or something. Do you think that Morphy is the strongest player, not only of his time, but in the history? 9:30 Fischer: Again, I can't say this, y'know, because chess is advancing, and he was... I mean, these questions, like they're always asking this about boxing, y'know, same questions, you know... "Would some of these old guys beat, you know, Cassius Clay?" Would they beat him? Who knows... What is Morphy's style? How can you describe his style? 10:30 Fischer: Uh, very brilliant. Very exact. Even, he understood his opponents very well. and y'know, just a fantastic player all around. I would like to play him, y'know. And which of his games would you like to show us? 10:56 Fischer: This game against a guy called the Duke of Brunswick. Yes... That's a very old game. I think somebody helped the Duke of Brunswick. 11:13 Fischer: Ah? I don't know. That guy who was helping him, he only entered into chess history because he lost that game against Morphy. 11:30 Fischer: Yeah...
TimurTolibayev Yes, as a matter of fact, when Tal was very ill, he was rather ignored by his peers, but Fischer traveled far to visit Tal in the hospital-- Two beautiful minds sharing at their highest level.
jonmaxwell74 the picture of tal in his hospital bed playing chess on a little travel set with Fischer is really heartwarming. Fischer had many faults but his respect for tal was pleasing.
@@donnie8032 Why oh why couldn't they have overdubbed Fischers voice back then? It was definitely possible, but for some reason they wanted to have a local on the screen???
Bobby Fischer the greatest champion of all. This video would be a lot better if sections were edited out when the interviewer is translating to the audience.
Just to reinforce, its apparent that fischer is frustrated by this interviewer because of him being rudely interrupted. I would go nuts, and yet fischer kept his cool, a good interviewer always lets you finish your thought. This guy doesnt even let you finish a sentence let alone let u have a complete thought. This is why whenever possible translation is done using subtitles.
@ 0:38 He only said Tal. His words MATTER. ps What I mean here is that he carefully chooses his own words. Like his opinions matter. Like they are very, very IMPORTANT TO HIM.
Interviewers are supposed to shut the hell up when the interviewee is speaking. Especially if the interviewer can't speak the language of the interviewee worth a damn, but this guy does the exact opposite.
@@neonnaughtsie4726 Era uno de los jugadores de pensamiento mas profundo que han existido, de hecho el tradujo el juego de morphy y gracias a eso fue campeon muchos años
Badly managed interview. The translator should have been told to summarise, not just ask a question and then talk over Fischer translating word for word. It’s not about the translators ability to talk in 2 languages.
funny when you consider how 'short tempered' Fischer supposedly was...he looks very accepting here. much more than the commentators here, including me. very interresting.
to condense a bit: "Morphy was not responsible for his opponents' mistakes", that says a lot from Fischer. Truth is...his true limits were never tested, not even closely. If you take Anderssen as the finest master of those days (as clearly showed before after morphys departure from chess) and realize that he couldn't get more that 2 wins over a sick.blood leeched Morphy....then, he truly was never tested. there was simply noone in those days to pose any serious problem to his play. There's no reason not to believe that had somebody emerged with a solid positional play Morphy would have not simply adjusted his play. Fact is that there was simply NO NECESSITY to change his play, which was more than adequate to defeat the best of that era. And frankly said, he played positionally well in advance of times...yet won in Anderssen's way. The romantic way to end the game is always the most esthetically beautiful way to finish off the enemy. My 2 cents.
Bobby nailed it: yes, within 6 months of imbibing theory, Morphy would do very well. I get the feeling Bobby looked up to him, like an older brother with whom he had many similarities.
The comparisons between Fischer and Morphy are remarkable. Fischer could have been speaking about himself! Wonderful footage of the 11th World Champion.
Very good interview the guys below simply dont understand that Fischer could understand and even speak serbian perfectly i know this as I heard him to speak serbian very well.
Fischer and Morphy the greatest of all time (in this order). It is extremely funny to see how Fischer cannot hold from showing his thoughts with his body language and his (low) consideration for some players. For him, Morphy and Tal were to be taken in great consideration, Spasskji (for his kindness), ........the rest was all in his grimaces.....
Paul Morphy was a brilliant player like Bobby Fischer was also brilliant player. Morphy could beat anyone probably he could not beat exactly Fischer. Tthat match Morphy-Fischer would be the greatest match ever played
Péter Alain Szpiriev, Morphy vs Fischer would be an amazing conversation I think the entire chess world would love to hear. Never going to happen! Even the next greatest chess player won’t give away their secrets to the world because they don’t actually respect us. They did all the work and we did nothing. We don’t even bother to just learn the things they already taught us!
"(Morphy) got fed up with the chess scene. Thought they were not honorable."...More foreshadowing of Fischer following Morphy's path...that's why he resigned his FIDE title, because FIDE was playing B.S. politics with him
just another interviewer who thinks it's all about him, talking over and interrupting Fischer - who is who we want to hear.... too frustrating. Not worth watching.
He's not trying to interrupt, he's translating. But yeah, the interview would've been far better if he let Fischer finish his words and only then translate :)
A proper interpreter should be able to let the guy who is being interviewed answer the question fully, take some notes and then start interpreting, not interrupt him every five seconds. A pity. Great video nonetheless :)
Who is that f.... interviewer? Only thing he's begging for is a couple of towers between hes teeth. One can see the pain in Bobby. Knowing what we do about Bobby and hes connection to people, this must have been such a torture.
Unfortunately this interview is practically unlistenable for an English speaker, but I realize it was intended for Serbian/Croation speakers and is. Sucks though, would love to hear Fischer speak more on the golden age of chess: Morphy, Steinitz, Zuckertort, etc. Most strong players nowadays estimate Morphy as comparatively weak. Even heard a 1800 rated player claim he could probably destroy Morphy. If Morphy could come back today, like Fischer said, after 6 months of modern theory study he would be able to hold his own against any GM living today. And after 2 years of study and observation there's no telling how dominant he would be. His mind was absolutely brilliant. He took apart Adolf Andersson like he was a amateur patzer, destroyed Paulsen with ease. And that's without considering himself a serious chess player, as opposed to his two German opponents. Morphy's chess was a just a time killer for him because we has too young to practice law at the time, and he gave his tournament win money away. To pass the Lousiana bar exam, he memorized the entire state charter. I'm sure he could do the same with chess theory if he wanted to: memorize all of Kasparov's games, all of Carlsen's games and process all the modern theory in his brilliant mind. If he wanted to, that is. Before he went nuts.
Well you wrote that most strong players evaluate Morphy as weaker player. ÍM a very strong player and i tend to think that Bobby Fischer was very strong player if you agree and can tell you Morphy was an essence of genius you should read the book Matoczy Géza wrote about the great Morphy. Fischer 's every word 100 is truth. Chess all the time advancing so its very hard to tell who was best but Paul Morphy was really brilliant player
Regarding the commentator-- yea, in his excitement he has forgotten that the point of the interview is FISCHER, not him. He's too carried away in the occasion to do his job correctly-- to be invisible so we can focus on the man being interviewed.
Tanto Morphy como Fischer, dejaron el ajedrez de un dia para el otro ... Ambos fueron muy buenos, ambos tenian algún problema psicológico que se les hizo más difícil enfrentar a la vida, que a un rival de ajedrez. Pero innegablemente, de ellos se puede aprender mucho, y justamente es lo que estoy haciendo. Muchas gracias por presentar este video!
It is true that the interviewer is not giving the interviewee much of a chance to talk, but to say that he is an imbecile would be wrong. There is another way to view the situation and that is to see Bobby Fischer as a man that had the ability to make people talk and be enthusiastic for the game of chess!
Why did no american TV station make one sensible Interview with Bobby. Of course this interviewer is a disaster, but at least he tried to speak about chess .
michael alando I hear ya. I thought about this, and decided to just present the full authentic relic for posterity. Someone else may create a spliced version.
jonmaxwell74 Thanks for posting. A way will be found. There's something almost artsy-historic to this as it is. Says something about Bobby's patience too. I remember being quite frustrated a while back upon failing to find any footage of Alekhine for example.
It wasn't a bad interview once you got the rhythm of it. Obviously it was in a foreign country, and the guy was translating from English to the native language, and Fischer seemed to understand that very well.
I have a huge respect for fischer, but he certainly has no chance against Morphy in a set match, if both the players are given access to all the modern theory. In a match of 10 games, Morphy scores 7, Fischer scores 3. That's my bet.
5:48 "But if he plays for instance a match with you, what will happen?" Bobby Fischer : "I don't know... I don't know ..." also SEE 'Bobby Fischer annotates Paul Morphy Opera Game' 6urb6b2oNOY (6:05) "You think that Morphy played better than you?" Bobby Fischer: "I don't know (smiles). We both won."
Bobby fischer ignoring defending his title against Anatoly Karpov of USSR still aches the hearts of his fans even today. Had it been some peripheral grand master who forfeited his title, the world would have cared too hoots. Bobby Fischer was too precious to do such a thing.
I geberally love how any players talk about any other players. Fischer was such an assertive fucking gentleman. He let the world totally obliterate his psyche and ended up, well..... like he did.
If someone out there edited this video to only contain the part where English is spoken or even just was Fischer said, prefaced with the question written, it would be greatly appreciated. Anything to not hear this interviewer would be helpful
Horrible interview. Clearly people want to hear Robert, not the constant translating by this tool... All he had to do was either translate it post interview, verbal or textual, OR, have someone translate for those at home from another room so that Robert could give full uninterrupted answers... What a waste...
You display a naivety about TV production. The interviewer will have been instructed by the producer to translate on the fly. This could be because the broadcast went out live. Besides, he actually does a good job of keeping Bobby engaged in the conversation despite having to translate between answers.
I disagree in-fact I cant even think of 1 reason why religion would make any difference at all, it is actually the opposite because of his radio interviews against jews. Fischers chess accomplishments are unparalleled this is why he is a the likable character that he is. He also had an intangible charisma that was with him.
No, it was recorded on professional boradcast equipment of the time and place. Tape unavoidably deteriorates, and it would have sat in archives untouched for decades.
You like Capablanca?
0:03 Fischer: Yeah.
Then what about Alekhine or Lasker? Maybe you don't like Lasker?
0:20 Fischer: Well see... I don't know.
From the contemporary players? Tal? Spassky?
0:36 Fischer: Hmm... Spassky? Yeah.
What about Petrosian?
0:40 Fischer: Maybe, I don't know.
How do you see Morphy through his games?
1:22 Fischer: Oh, he was a brilliant player. Fantastic player.
And what do you know about him?
1:33 Fischer: I read his biography.
What was most interesting about Morphy's life?
1:44 Fischer: Well... I don't know, just the whole life, y'know, he came from a wealthy family in New Orleans, then he went to Europe, and he never played these great players before, and he beat them all... easily. He had no experience against such strong players before. You know, in these matches, in the beginning of the matches, he usually lost the first game or something, because he didn't know their style, and then he learned how they played. He beat them in every game afterwards.
Yes, but people said that Morphy was winning so easily because his opponents were not so strong? What do you think?
2:57 Fischer: Mmm.. Well, I mean, that's true. Many of them were quite weak, but the chess theory wasn't so advanced like it is now, and uh... he also beat players like Anderssen, for example, a very experienced player. Beat him 10 to 2 in a match. Hah... nobody could do such a thing.
It's very difficult now to win the game, and [people] say "Why today do we have no Morphy?" because today we also have no Columbus.
4:08 Fischer: Heh. I mean, for example, many times I play good games, y'know, and I see some pretty, many variations, but they never happen. Because they always see it, and maybe they don't want to give up a pawn and lose an end game in fifty moves.
4:35 Fischer: This is true, but uh, anyway, Morphy's not responsible for his opponents' mistakes. It doesn't make him less of a player, you know? And some of these people who criticize Morphy, if they played with some of these players that he beat so easily, they would be beaten.
How do you think Morphy would play in today's tournaments with chess theory being so [important]?
5:19 Fischer: Well, he would do very well, but he would have to study maybe six months to really adjust himself to the new openings.
5:31 Fischer: But even now, he could sit down and play, I mean he wouldn't do anything bad, I mean could he do better than me? First, it's theoretical.
He could win?
5:44 Fischer: Of course, yeah.
But if he plays, for instance, match with you, what would happen?
5:53 Fischer: Well, listen, I don't know. I don't know.
You don't know, but whom of the big players could he beat?
6:05 Fischer: I mean, it's hard to say, I mean, he would do very well.
You told me about that anecdote that Morphy played with someone. With whom did he play?
6:39 Fischer: I think it was Paulsen. I don't think it was a true anecdote.
6:47 Fischer: Maybe it's true, but it's exaggerated, you know.
6:51 Fischer: And he's, he was supposedly playing with Paulsen, and Paulsen thought maybe twelve hours... It's what I read.
Only for one move?
7:01 Fischer: Yeah. Yeah.
What happened then?
7:08 Fischer: And then, you know, Morphy was a gentleman. He didn't want to say anything, but finally, he indicated he would like to move, you know?
And what happened?
7:22 Fischer: And uh, Paulsen said: "Excuse me, I thought it was your move."
7:36 Fischer: But I don't think any of it's true. Maybe it happened for one hour or something?
But in any case, he was thinking too much.
7:50 Fischer: Yeah...
Why didn't Morphy like to play chess any more? Why did he give up chess?
8:06 Fischer: I don't know, he got fed up with the whole... chess scene, you know?
Why?
8:13 Fischer: I don't know, he... well... he thought they were petty people, and so he couldn't get these- he thought that these people were not honorable, that he was meeting.
With him? To play chess?
8:28 Fischer: No, not the players, just the whole, the whole people in chess, I think he felt that they weren't honorable people, he didn't like the type of people he met, you know?
8:47 Fischer: For example, Stauton. He refused to play him, and Stauton, um, did some dishonest things in their negotiations for a match, and he did everything to avoid playing him. 'Cause he would have lost, y'know, easily, he would have been... of course... and he refused to admit this, and he tried to make an appeal with Morphy that he didn't have enough money or something.
Do you think that Morphy is the strongest player, not only of his time, but in the history?
9:30 Fischer: Again, I can't say this, y'know, because chess is advancing, and he was... I mean, these questions, like they're always asking this about boxing, y'know, same questions, you know... "Would some of these old guys beat, you know, Cassius Clay?" Would they beat him? Who knows...
What is Morphy's style? How can you describe his style?
10:30 Fischer: Uh, very brilliant. Very exact. Even, he understood his opponents very well. and y'know, just a fantastic player all around. I would like to play him, y'know.
And which of his games would you like to show us?
10:56 Fischer: This game against a guy called the Duke of Brunswick. Yes...
That's a very old game. I think somebody helped the Duke of Brunswick.
11:13 Fischer: Ah? I don't know.
That guy who was helping him, he only entered into chess history because he lost that game against Morphy.
11:30 Fischer: Yeah...
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That would be a very uncomfortable way to converse with someone. You can see that Fischer is agitated.
the most frustrating interview to watch ever...
And god bless Fischer for hanging in there the whole time
Notice how, when Fischer is asked who he thinks are some of the best of his peers, he immediately responds "Tal."
And when he is suggested Petrosian, he replies: "maybe, I don't know". He obviously disliked Petrosian.
Fischer had quite friendly relationships with Tal
TimurTolibayev Yes, as a matter of fact, when Tal was very ill, he was rather ignored by his peers, but Fischer traveled far to visit Tal in the hospital-- Two beautiful minds sharing at their highest level.
jonmaxwell74 the picture of tal in his hospital bed playing chess on a little travel set with Fischer is really heartwarming. Fischer had many faults but his respect for tal was pleasing.
Probably because Tal beat his tail regularly. Greatest rivalry in chess history for me, tal vs Fischer.
There's a circle in hell with this interviewer's name on it
Dude had to do an interview and translate at the same time. He did a pretty decent job, I´d say, but it was hard to focus on both things.
@@donnie8032 Why oh why couldn't they have overdubbed Fischers voice back then? It was definitely possible, but for some reason they wanted to have a local on the screen???
Bobby Fischer the greatest champion of all. This video would be a lot better if sections were edited out when the interviewer is translating to the audience.
Only for 3 years!.
Just to reinforce, its apparent that fischer is frustrated by this interviewer because of him being rudely interrupted. I would go nuts, and yet fischer kept his cool, a good interviewer always lets you finish your thought. This guy doesnt even let you finish a sentence let alone let u have a complete thought. This is why whenever possible translation is done using subtitles.
Little did he know that eventually he'll also got fed up with the chess scene just like Morphy.
Complete with sound artifacts, a beautiful piece of chess history
Bobby Fischer the greatest chess player ever. Better than Kasparov. Better than anyone living or dead. The greatest of all time.
@Dominic dominic lad this comment is 7 years old...
Delusional. Kasparov dominated in 20 plus year
@@casdomdomcas5214 Bobby beat 20 gms in a row
Yes
@@casdomdomcas5214 so? That's more about the support system he had and how calculative he was with his career.
4:48 Good point, and maybe also a left-handed remark about critics in general.
@ 0:38 He only said Tal. His words MATTER.
ps What I mean here is that he carefully chooses his own words. Like his opinions matter. Like they are very, very IMPORTANT TO HIM.
the worst interview of all time, LET THE MAN FINISH A SENTENCE, then translate it, good grief.
Interviewers are supposed to shut the hell up when the interviewee is speaking. Especially if the interviewer can't speak the language of the interviewee worth a damn, but this guy does the exact opposite.
11:10 "I think somebody helped The Duke of Brunswank"
what a great interview...the 2nd best chess player of all time talking about the best chess player ever.
yeah the skip ad button doesn't work here. not calling
he is not interrupting Fisher, he is translating...
Bobby liked Steinitz? That genuinely surprises me.
LOL, why?
@@neonnaughtsie4726 Era uno de los jugadores de pensamiento mas profundo que han existido, de hecho el tradujo el juego de morphy y gracias a eso fue campeon muchos años
Thus interviewer has no idea
Who’s interviewing who?
Interviewer kept interrupting and couldn't shut up.
Russian TV remained this quality right up to 1992
I think it is in Serbia.
Check mate!!
Commentator spoke Serbian language.
Someone should edit this so it sounds more natural
Tal!
What language is this
sub-titles would be nice
Badly managed interview. The translator should have been told to summarise, not just ask a question and then talk over Fischer translating word for word. It’s not about the translators ability to talk in 2 languages.
ovo je sarajevu
Interviewer is hopeless.
Opinion is like ass,everybody have...
interviewer is very rude and interruptive
Terrible interviewing style.
Interesting translation...Fischer gives 5 word answer and interpreter translates it using 30 words.
This interviewer seems like he likes to hear himself talk more than the interviewee (i.e. Fischer)
funny when you consider how 'short tempered' Fischer supposedly was...he looks very accepting here. much more than the commentators here, including me. very interresting.
You don't become a World Chess Champion by being short tempered
I love how the guy interrupts Fischer every 30 seconds that Bobby tries to speak. Good grief - let Fischer finish HIS THOUGHT and then translate.
lmao same thing i was saying
"You told me about that anecdote..." Immediately interrupts. Do not ask this man to your dinner party!
Chess isn't a complicated game to understand. If Morphy were alive today, he'd adapt real quick, and show his genius all over again.
The moves aren't hard to understand, but it takes a genius to be the best
to condense a bit: "Morphy was not responsible for his opponents' mistakes", that says a lot from Fischer. Truth is...his true limits were never tested, not even closely. If you take Anderssen as the finest master of those days (as clearly showed before after morphys departure from chess) and realize that he couldn't get more that 2 wins over a sick.blood leeched Morphy....then, he truly was never tested. there was simply noone in those days to pose any serious problem to his play. There's no reason not to believe that had somebody emerged with a solid positional play Morphy would have not simply adjusted his play. Fact is that there was simply NO NECESSITY to change his play, which was more than adequate to defeat the best of that era. And frankly said, he played positionally well in advance of times...yet won in Anderssen's way. The romantic way to end the game is always the most esthetically beautiful way to finish off the enemy. My 2 cents.
I just wish Staunton had the balls to meet him across the board. Nothing but excuses.
+Ronbo710 No. He did well not to encounter morphy. It would have been a blow his ego could not bear
Bobby nailed it: yes, within 6 months of imbibing theory, Morphy would do very well. I get the feeling Bobby looked up to him, like an older brother with whom he had many similarities.
It's so touching when Bobby says, "I'd like to play him, you know?" (10:46) It's almost like he's still alive for Bobby, but inaccessible.
Bobby would play him.. but Bobby also has a few "requests".
The comparisons between Fischer and Morphy are remarkable. Fischer could have been speaking about himself! Wonderful footage of the 11th World Champion.
I think that's why he liked him so much
I can see why Bobby got so bored with the chess interview circuit.
Yes ! Morphy and Fischer-the Best Chessplayers !!
Very good interview the guys below simply dont understand that Fischer could understand and even speak serbian perfectly i know this as I heard him to speak serbian very well.
This fucking video might as well have been done in morphy’s time so awful lol
Fischer and Morphy the greatest of all time (in this order). It is extremely funny to see how Fischer cannot hold from showing his thoughts with his body language and his (low) consideration for some players.
For him, Morphy and Tal were to be taken in great consideration, Spasskji (for his kindness), ........the rest was all in his grimaces.....
Paul Morphy was a brilliant player like Bobby Fischer was also brilliant player. Morphy could beat anyone probably he could not beat exactly Fischer. Tthat match Morphy-Fischer would be the greatest match ever played
Péter Alain Szpiriev, Morphy vs Fischer would be an amazing conversation I think the entire chess world would love to hear. Never going to happen! Even the next greatest chess player won’t give away their secrets to the world because they don’t actually respect us. They did all the work and we did nothing. We don’t even bother to just learn the things they already taught us!
@@tomscott904 Their secrets are computers, which the older players had no access to. The engines do all their calculations for them.
"(Morphy) got fed up with the chess scene. Thought they were not honorable."...More foreshadowing of Fischer following Morphy's path...that's why he resigned his FIDE title, because FIDE was playing B.S. politics with him
just another interviewer who thinks it's all about him, talking over and interrupting Fischer - who is who we want to hear.... too frustrating. Not worth watching.
He's not trying to interrupt, he's translating. But yeah, the interview would've been far better if he let Fischer finish his words and only then translate :)
A proper interpreter should be able to let the guy who is being interviewed answer the question fully, take some notes and then start interpreting, not interrupt him every five seconds. A pity. Great video nonetheless :)
Who is that f.... interviewer? Only thing he's begging for is a couple of towers between hes teeth. One can see the pain in Bobby. Knowing what we do about Bobby and hes connection to people, this must have been such a torture.
It sucks the interviewer insisted on talking more than Fischer.
yo que fischer me iba y al entrevistador lo dejaba solo con su micro y su lengua de papagallo..
Unfortunately this interview is practically unlistenable for an English speaker, but I realize it was intended for Serbian/Croation speakers and is. Sucks though, would love to hear Fischer speak more on the golden age of chess: Morphy, Steinitz, Zuckertort, etc. Most strong players nowadays estimate Morphy as comparatively weak. Even heard a 1800 rated player claim he could probably destroy Morphy. If Morphy could come back today, like Fischer said, after 6 months of modern theory study he would be able to hold his own against any GM living today. And after 2 years of study and observation there's no telling how dominant he would be. His mind was absolutely brilliant. He took apart Adolf Andersson like he was a amateur patzer, destroyed Paulsen with ease. And that's without considering himself a serious chess player, as opposed to his two German opponents. Morphy's chess was a just a time killer for him because we has too young to practice law at the time, and he gave his tournament win money away. To pass the Lousiana bar exam, he memorized the entire state charter. I'm sure he could do the same with chess theory if he wanted to: memorize all of Kasparov's games, all of Carlsen's games and process all the modern theory in his brilliant mind. If he wanted to, that is. Before he went nuts.
Paul West he is unlistenable to me as a serb,you can see bobbys frustration
Well you wrote that most strong players evaluate Morphy as weaker player. ÍM a very strong player and i tend to think that Bobby Fischer was very strong player if you agree and can tell you Morphy was an essence of genius you should read the book Matoczy Géza wrote about the great Morphy. Fischer 's every word 100 is truth. Chess all the time advancing so its very hard to tell who was best but Paul Morphy was really brilliant player
Today’s 1800 rated players would be drubbed easily by Morphy. Fischer considered him one of the strongest & most accurate players of all time.
Regarding the commentator-- yea, in his excitement he has forgotten that the point of the interview is FISCHER, not him. He's too carried away in the occasion to do his job correctly-- to be invisible so we can focus on the man being interviewed.
Classic Balkans interviewer.
No, it's Serbian/Croatian. I should know, it's my native language. This program is from Sarajevo (Bosnia) also where I'm from.
Seems like it runs in Eastern European mentality. lol
and thanks to this video, we could justify Fischer on his opinions about how much annoying the voice of these cameras. lmao
the reporter is Dimitri Bjelica, who made several interviews to Fischer, along his life
Tanto Morphy como Fischer, dejaron el ajedrez de un dia para el otro ... Ambos fueron muy buenos, ambos tenian algún problema psicológico que se les hizo más difícil enfrentar a la vida, que a un rival de ajedrez. Pero innegablemente, de ellos se puede aprender mucho, y justamente es lo que estoy haciendo. Muchas gracias por presentar este video!
Bobby seems bored and distracted.
It is true that the interviewer is not giving the interviewee much of a chance to talk, but to say that he is an imbecile would be wrong. There is another way to view the situation and that is to see Bobby Fischer as a man that had the ability to make people talk and be enthusiastic for the game of chess!
Why did no american TV station make one sensible Interview with Bobby. Of course this interviewer is a disaster, but at least he tried to speak about chess .
Rare footage. Could do with help from some modern-day editing.
michael alando I hear ya. I thought about this, and decided to just present the full authentic relic for posterity. Someone else may create a spliced version.
jonmaxwell74 Thanks for posting. A way will be found. There's something almost artsy-historic to this as it is. Says something about Bobby's patience too. I remember being quite frustrated a while back upon failing to find any footage of Alekhine for example.
He has nothing but good things to say about Morphy
It wasn't a bad interview once you got the rhythm of it. Obviously it was in a foreign country, and the guy was translating from English to the native language, and Fischer seemed to understand that very well.
Vivat for Mr R. Fisher !
"why do we have no Morphy today? Because today we also have no Columbus." Damn 😶
Yeah, that was a very silly comment by the interviewer. One played brilliant chess, the other was a genocidal monster.
I have a huge respect for fischer, but he certainly has no chance against Morphy in a set match, if both the players are given access to all the modern theory. In a match of 10 games, Morphy scores 7, Fischer scores 3. That's my bet.
Interesting Bobby Fischer's reference with Muhammad Ali
Says two words....translates for 5 minutes
Im as uncomfortable as Bob looks trying to watch this.
Fischer is a very patient guy. If any other famous celebrity were interrupted this much during a interview, they would have been pissed off.
5:48 "But if he plays for instance a match with you, what will happen?"
Bobby Fischer : "I don't know... I don't know ..."
also SEE 'Bobby Fischer annotates Paul Morphy Opera Game' 6urb6b2oNOY
(6:05) "You think that Morphy played better than you?"
Bobby Fischer: "I don't know (smiles). We both won."
+JIM2oob where is that quote? in 6:05 isnt
+Mgo Umk ... 6urb6b2oNOY
;)
4:49 That's why chess as a game is fucked up. fyi. Then. And today even more so.
Fischer never got a word in. The interviewer was rude and I couldn't understand a single word he said.
Čuj Duke je Herceg. Polako bre šta gluposti pričaš !!!! Ne može Herceg a da nije iz Hercegovine.
This interview is what ultimately caused Fischer to go insane.
Worst. Translator. Ever.
I can't tell if that guy is speaking English.
Bobby fischer ignoring defending his title against Anatoly Karpov of USSR still aches the hearts of his fans even today.
Had it been some peripheral grand master who forfeited his title, the world would have cared too hoots.
Bobby Fischer was too precious to do such a thing.
You're blaming the wrong person.
This guy should have been on talk radio, not interviewing. Insufferable.
YOU must remember this guy is interpreting the interview in between asking questions.....could it have been done better...yes of course....
So why does he 'translate' into 50 words every two English words?
Without religion Fischer would not be a like that player as he be.
This is one of the worst interviewers of all time
Very interesting to see this footage. Thanks!
Capablanky
I geberally love how any players talk about any other players. Fischer was such an assertive fucking gentleman. He let the world totally obliterate his psyche and ended up, well..... like he did.
If someone out there edited this video to only contain the part where English is spoken or even just was Fischer said, prefaced with the question written, it would be greatly appreciated. Anything to not hear this interviewer would be helpful
bobby doesn't suffer fools
You're talking to Fischer, why waste your breath on polish..?
Fischer -any 6:0 only Botvinnik would be dangerous to Fischer. Fischer would crush anybody. Fischer is never overestimated.
Prime Fischer would wipe the floor with Botvinnik.
@@MrSupernova111 Botvinnik was old at that time, so no chance for Botvinnik
@ 10:12 I know Bobby. For sure. You and Morphy are the best.
Horrible interview. Clearly people want to hear Robert, not the constant translating by this tool...
All he had to do was either translate it post interview, verbal or textual, OR, have someone translate for those at home from another room so that Robert could give full uninterrupted answers...
What a waste...
You display a naivety about TV production. The interviewer will have been instructed by the producer to translate on the fly. This could be because the broadcast went out live. Besides, he actually does a good job of keeping Bobby engaged in the conversation despite having to translate between answers.
Theodore Brothers lol
I think the interviewer is FM Dimitrije Bjelica
Correct.
Please post proof pronto
Do it in English and then subtitle it for your audience perhaps?
I disagree in-fact I cant even think of 1 reason why religion would make any difference at all, it is actually the opposite because of his radio interviews against jews. Fischers chess accomplishments are unparalleled this is why he is a the likable character that he is. He also had an intangible charisma that was with him.
This video was filmed with a soup can
No, it was recorded on professional boradcast equipment of the time and place. Tape unavoidably deteriorates, and it would have sat in archives untouched for decades.
Religion helps to build human character.Fischer would not do anything for no reason,he just knowed move forward.