Spassky's Stolen Chair! | Spassky vs Fischer | (1972) | Game 7
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Published 2018-10-01
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Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 7, Jul-25
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Ne4 Bh4 14. f5 ef5 15. Bb5 ab5 16. Nd6 Kf8 17. Nc8 Nc6 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qf4 g6 21. a4 Bg5 22. Qc4 Be3 23. Kh1 f4 24. g3 g5 25. Rae1 Qb4 26. Qb4 Nb4 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Na5 b6 29. Nc4 Nd5 30. Ncd6 Bc5 31. Nb7 Rc8 32. c4 Ne3 33. Rf3 Nc4 34. gf4 g4 35. Rd3 h5 36. h3 Na5 37. N7d6 Bd6 38. Nd6 Rc1 39. Kg2 Nc4 40. Ne8 Kg6 41. h4 f6 42. Re6 Rc2 43. Kg1 Kf5 44. Ng7 Kf4 45. Rd4 Kg3 46. Nf5 Kf3 47. Ree4 Rc1 48. Kh2 Rc2 49. Kg1
The name Bobby Fischer, at least to Americans, is synonymous with chess. A prodigy in the 50s, a world class player in the 60s, the 70s saw Fischer at his pinnacle. He earned the right to challenge Boris Spassky in a title run without comparison, defeating Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen with perfect scores of 6-0, and ex-champion Petrosian 6½-2½. Now the stage was set, and the only thing standing between Fischer and Spassky was Fischer himself.
The match was mired in political overtones, during the height of the Cold War. The Soviet chess system had a monopoly on the title since 1948, and the expectations on Spassky were enormous. While Fischer studied chess virtually in seclusion, Spassky had the full resources of the USSR. Victor Baturinsky, head of Soviet Chess Sports Committee, said: "Basically, the Soviet leadership and the powers that be in sport, were interested in just one issue: how to stop Fischer from becoming World Champion.
With the match set to begin in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer (who had not signed any documents confirming his participation) began to make a number of demands, including a percentage of television rights, a larger prize fund, and all manner of conditions covering everything from the lighting to the chair cushions. To satisfy Bobby's demands of a larger prize fund, British chess promoter James Slater donated a dazzling $125,000 to be added to the prize fund. Fischer still needed more convincing by Bill Lombardy (Fischer's last-minute choice as second), and one famously persuasive telephone call from Henry Kissinger. Mere hours before he would be forfeited, Fischer arrived in Iceland.
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All Comments (21)
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If someone asks me "What do you mean by good stuff?", I will refer them to this video.
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So a Bobby fan played the american opening with stolen chair variation against the world champion and lost to the German defense.
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Unless I am mistaken this is the third upload of the day. What’s the idea here? Rewarding your excellent subscribers? Thanks very much.
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I could not have known back in 1972 that 46 years later someone would be analyzing these games for me in such a clear and enjoyable manner. Then, I was just a teenager new to chess (thanks to Bobby) and struggling to make sense of these games. Thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane.
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The drama in this series itself is much better than many of the movies made in the past decade.
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love your fischer series. still trying to find an algorythm to your daily upload time :'D
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That poor chief arbiter. Had so much to deal with during this match lol
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I genuinely feel bad for Spassky. Being kind and super considerate and having to deal with the stressful games and also Fischers shenanigans and then some blown fan steals his chair? Spassky never lost his kindness either
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Love how you explain all the previous games results and stories briefly at the beginning of the video so that new viewers can understand the backdrop 👌🏻
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Jesus, the amount of quality content you manage to show video by video is just outstanding and amazing. You are truly a gift for any chess lover and I hope I can see your videos till the day the lights turn off. Keep it up!!!
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I originally came to these videos to see the actual chess games, but hearing about all the stuff outside of the game is super hilarious LMAO
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It was games like this that taught me to develop pieces first before going into concrete variations. Black's rook stayed on h8 for the entire game.
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Of course being able to swivel in your chair is a huge advantage. How could the referee have let this happen ?
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Spassky: "You may have fancy chair, BUT CAN YOU DO THIIIS?!?" 🙃
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I hope I'll one day achieve supreme vast knowledge of anything in my life
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50 views and 57 likes, that's how you know you have the best community out of all
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You know that you're a chessnerd if you steal a chair for your favourite player to win the game...
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Great work Agadmador, I look foward to your next video. If someone told me when I was younger that I would look forward to chess videos, I would have told them they were crazy.
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Thanks for the lead to "A Chess State of Mind". [smile] That was awesome!
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I will repeat my comment from the last video. I am from the Czech Republic and I am very sad that every time I see a video on your channel featuring David Navara’s game it is a game he lost. Please show us a game that proves that he even wins some game or two :D
