Added: Sep 20, 2008
From: kingscrusher
Duration: 11:0
Letsplaychess.com: Fischer's smile![Event "Blitz:5'"][Site "?"][Date "1957.??.??"][Round "7"][White "Fischer, Robert J"][Black "Sherwin, James T"][Result "1-0"][ECO "B86"][PlyCount "71"][TimeControl "300"]{Bobby Fischer going over the Sherwin game (1957) James T. Sherwin was anInternational Chess Master and the President of the American Chess Foundation.He reached his peak as a chess player in the late 1950s, finishing third inthe US Championship twice behind Fischer and Reshevsky in the 1957-1958 and1958-1959 championships.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a66. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Nb1 (9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Re1) 9... Bd7 (9... Nxe410. a3 d5 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5) 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f3 Be7 12. c3 bxc313. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc3 O-O 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Rxc6 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qb5(18... Nxe4 19. Bd5) 19. Rb6 Qe5 20. Bd4 Qg5 21. Qf3 Nd7 22. Rb7 Ne5 23. Qe2Bf6 24. Kh1 a5 25. Bd5 Rac8 26. Bc3 a4 27. Ra7 Ng4 28. Rxa4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc330. Rxf7 Rc1+ 31. Qf1 (31. Rf1+ Kh8) 31... h5 (31... Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1+ Kh8 (32...Rf7 33. Ra8+) 33. Rxf8#) (31... h6 32. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Rf1+ Kh7 34. Rxc1) (31...g6) 32. Qxc1 Qh4 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. h3 Qg3 35. hxg4 h4 36. Be6 1-0
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bicyclethief Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - Young Fischer's smile seems so unguarded. So different from the person he later became.
Bl4ckR0ck Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - at the beginning he was not worring bout the world. but in the end, he realized how horrible the regimes of isreal and the usa are, and the regime of the usa always had been. so he hated himself for representing them and beating the representation of the soviet union, that only was fighting to free the ppl of capitalism.
Nimzomyth68 Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - Fischer's tactical vision, even at an early age, never ceases to amaze me. He had a lot to smile about after that game, and it shows his genuine love for Chess. I've met Sherwin by the way, I may of mentioned, at a Midlands congress. Still a good player.
aspark7 Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - fischer turned chess into an art. To see such a tactic with all of black's pieces at the brink of victory. very nice.
Newbeeses Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - wow impossible
erlico82 Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - can't get enough of Fischer's brilliance
pussuw Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - wow, I cant express how amazed I was about that Qf1, that was pure brilliance. Btw, did rybka find that move ? I havent had the chance to analyze this game.
trixapete Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - ha great idea for a video.what about knight f2 check after qf1 does that help black?
Biscuitneilston Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - All through the video I was waiting for sherwin to play Kh8 at some point, it may have been a good prophylactic move getting off the white bishop's diagonal
TomLakovic Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - worth mentioning that after nxc6 (3:52) that cxb fails to NxQd8, bxRa1=Q, does not win the ex. as white has Be5! winning the new Q although black would seem to then have a R+B+P for it.
IEatNubs6 Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - wow
nemrod21 Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - you mean Bd4 I guess. I was thinking about that too. Still, after Qd4+ Qd4 and Rd8 black is doing fine imho. probably sherwin didn't want to go for these complications with Fischer.
TomLakovic Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - yeah i meant Bd4 (wasn't looking at a board when i wrote my note :)
dobtoronto Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - Rxf2 with discovered check and black has the same problems ... I think
dobtoronto Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - Mr Gavriel thank you very very much for analysing this game. I'm grateful for all your videos.Dob
darkteknical Says:
Sep 21, 2008 - That was an awsome game and an awsome video.
kingscrusher Says:
Sep 22, 2008 - Thinking about this variation this morning, and I did manage to find (without engine help!) an improvement to the immediate Bd4 - namely Nxf7! Checking with an engine now, here are the two key alternative lines with Nxf7 being better than Bd4 - because nxf7 still prevents Qe5, so the queen is stuck for one more move on a1 :r2Nk2r/3bbppp/p2ppn2/8/4P3/1B2BP2/P5PP/qN1Q1RK1 w kq - 0 11. +/- (0.84): 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Bd4 Qxd4+ 17.Qxd4 Rhc8 18.Nc3 Rab8 19.Qd3 Rb7 20.g4 Rbc7 21.Rc1
Fupper16 Says:
Sep 22, 2008 - Hello Kingcrusher! I'm a big fan. I just had a question. At 8:55, Instead of playing Qf1, why not exert the discovered check immediately with Rf2+! This seems to lead to mate quickly. Please explain. Thank you so much!
lostthefight Says:
Sep 25, 2008 - Fupper, Rf2+ won't work b/c it doesn't address the check given on c1. Rf1+ addresses this, but very inadequately.
remeros Says:
Nov 10, 2008 - After qf1 (and reaching the demo board position), why couldnt Sherwin play rxf1+? Because after rxf1+ then Sherwin wouldve had qxd5. I think that either Fischer would loose material or his backrow would be exploited.
krisDag17 Says:
Nov 13, 2008 - after Nxc6. Why not bx2? If fischer takes the queen with the knight. Black takes the rook with a pawn queening. And black is up in material. Am I missing something here?
Lbezhanishvili Says:
Nov 20, 2008 - Remeros - if rxf1+ by Sherwin, then rxf1+ by fisher, and if queen takes bishop on d5, Fischer plays rxf8+, followed by kxf8 recapturing, and pawn x d5, recapturing the queen. result is that Fischer has rook, and Sherwin has knight in the endgame, but Fischer has the good passing pawn on A2.
Fupper16 Says:
Dec 22, 2008 - thank you! i see i am stupid
Mossflower1994 Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - so funny intro