Bobby Fischer beats a Grandmaster in 10 moves! (But Reshevsky plays on)

Once Bobby Fischer made his debut at age 14 in the U.S. Championship with the 1957–58 event, he dominated completely, winning on each of his eight attempts, leaving Reshevsky, the seven-time former champion, back in the chasing pack. There was little love lost between the two players, separated by a generation in age. Ahead of the Buenos Aires 1960 tournament, Reshevsky reportedly said, "I would settle for 19th place – if Fischer placed 20th." Reshevsky in fact won the Buenos Aires 1960 tournament, with Fischer well back; this was the only time Reshevsky finished ahead of Fischer in an international tournament.

In 1961 Reshevsky began a 16-game match with the then-current U.S. Champion Fischer; it was jointly staged in New York and Los Angeles. Despite Fischer's recent meteoric rise, consensus opinion favored Reshevsky. After eleven games and a tie score (two wins apiece with seven draws), the match ended due to a scheduling dispute between Fischer and match organizer Jacqueline Piatigorsky, with Reshevsky receiving the winner's share of the prize fund.

In the 1967 Sousse Interzonal, Fischer turned up 53 minutes late (only seven minutes short of an automatic time forfeiture) for his game with Reshevsky, and made his opening move without a word of apology. Reshevsky, who had been convinced that Fischer had withdrawn from the tournament, lost the game badly and complained furiously to the organizers. Despite losing that game, Reshevsky advanced to the next stage. Reshevsky also refused to play for the U.S. team in the Chess Olympiads of 1960, 1962 and 1966 because Fischer, as U.S. champion, was chosen ahead of him for the top board. He did, however, finally consent to play on a lower board in 1970, the only time the two men appeared in the same team.

Although Reshevsky and Fischer had one of the fiercest rivalries in chess history, Fischer greatly respected the older champion, stating in the late 1960s that he thought Reshevsky was the strongest player in the world in the mid-1950s, around the time when he defeated world champion Mikhail Botvinnik in their four-game mini-match, which was the top board of the USA vs USSR team match held in Moscow.

It was only in 1968, in his 57th year, that he finally lost a match where he had time for extensive preparation. This was against Viktor Korchnoi in Amsterdam in the first round of the Candidates. The match was scheduled for ten games but the younger Grandmaster proved too much for Reshevsky, who didn't win a game and lost by the final score of 5½–2½.

During his long chess career, Reshevsky played eleven of the first twelve World Champions, from Emanuel Lasker to Anatoly Karpov, the only player to do so (he met Garry Kasparov but never played him). He defeated seven World Champions: Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, and Bobby Fischer.

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[locutusdborg]

Great explanation of a famous game. I learned something. Don't play Fischer.

[groussac]

Commentary is clear and to-the-point. The background material on Samuel Reshevsky is an added plus. Obviously lots or research went into the preparation of this short video. My man agadmator has the heart of a teacher.

[DavidAWA]

I just hit that, "I suck worse than I thought" moment. I literally do not predict a single move in this match.

[kornelkesmarki]

YouTube just cut the title in half so it said "Bobby Fischer Beats a grandma-"

[paulrangitsch]

The best is the “He can resign here” lag my brain has while trying to figure out how in the world this benefits fischer

[networkbike]

Chess should only be explained with an East European accent

[adjuster]

Fischer always looks like he is playing so defensively, then bammm!! He stole your lunch money and is drinking your milk.

[khaosng]

I aint got a fucking clue about chess and i still watched this.

Youtube is weird.

[MrEsMysteriesMagicks]

Fischer once caught me in a trap. He played 1. e4 and I resigned immediately as I had no defense.

[marlonbrando]

Bobby Fisher was the best player in the United States at the age of 14. One year later, he became the youngest player to reach Grand Master status. When he was 20 years old, Mr Fisher won the 63/64 US championship with 11 wins, in 11 games. No draws like today’s players. Not even the great genius of Magnus can claim such brilliance. In my opinion, he is the GOAT.

[peterandersson]

Watching this in 2020: what a development this channel has had! Congratulations, you are an excellent Youtuber.

[martinwhalley]

I played casual game with Sammy at US OPEN 1983-Pasadena, CA. It was held (darn the name) on Oak Knoll. He was so kind (must've been close to 90yo. I was 17, an A class player

[alexweitz]

Watching it now in 2020, and I'm just so impressed to realize how much agadmator improved in 3 years.

[serdarcelik]

Actually, the name of this trap would be Bastrikov, Because, this game had been played between Bastrikov - Shamkovich in Sochi 1958. And the game had been published in the chess magazin ' Shakhmaty v CCCP', approximately six month ago of the game Fischer - Reshevsky . Of course Fischer read it (as you explain) but Reshevsky didn't.

I love coming back and watching your older videos! Comparing commentary on old and new. Its crazy how comfortable you are now and how much you have grown!!! Love your work!!

[Narrowcros]

Fischer can make GM's look like 1200 players lol

[mactimo]

I am an absolute novice but I just wanted to say I appreciated your video. A good teacher can make the complicated easy for the beginner but still teach those with experience.

[gabeD]

As someone who plays chess only casually this is freaking insane

[mattadams]

You’re a treasure. I’ve found this game again, thanks to you.greetings from the desert of Arizona, USA.

[ron]

I never really appreciated the greatness of Bobby Fischer until recently after watching some of these videos. Just amazing! I’ve been teaching my kids how to play chess and to see the big picture and to look ahead and the possible scenarios that can unfold for both players. It’s a truly awesome game and it’s really cool that allot of people on YouTube are bringing back some of the amazing players for everyone to see.