14-year-old Bobby Fischer vs Dr. Max Euwe | The "Unpublished" Game | 1957

you hi everyone it's Jerry let's have a look at a game that was played on March 10th 1957 this was played in New York at the Manhattan Chess Club Game two of 2 from this mini exhibition match between 14-year old Bobby Fischer playing on the white end and Max Irving this game was unknown for quite some time unpublished for over 50 years and it wasn't until Frank Brady came around and shared this game with us Frank Brady is the author of the book endgame which is a biography of Bobby Fischer and in his research for the book he found Fischer's score she for this game so we have him to thank for sharing this game with us so let's dive in and see how it develops we have on board a Roy Lopez and to be a bit more exact we're working with an open system Knight takes e4 closed would be Bishop e7 where the files go unchanged but here we're now working with a half opened efile and white wants to open it up some more very sensible white king is safe blacks king is still in the center b5 Bishop b3 and black is not getting greedy here capturing on d4 you could be sure the knight and the King will come under some heavy fire fast so some emphasis on development d5 white now regains the pawn and something more is happening with this last capture the structures have changed White has a four to three majority on the Kings side and the same story for black on the Queen side from here some defense of d5 it was under fire white opens a square for the bishop it will not be hunted and after Bishop e7 white challenges the strongest black piece the one that's in White's house from here black castles moved ten now one of the sharper continuations instead of castles is Knights e5 and after Bishop see to d4 things get really sharp with this sequence but we go down a much more positional path in this game castles Queen e2 insisting that this Knight leave it does at this moment Knight c5 and we do not have Bishop c2 because once more d4 would hit and it would be that much more effective that much more threatening let's say because d3 would also be a threat with the fork now that the queen is on e - instead of the home square so what does Fischer do he makes sure d4 is not a move at all Knight deform at the same time this is clearing the way for White's majority the F pawn is now free to move ideally white would love to be able to establish an e5 f5 pawn duo okay first things first Knight takes bishop white simply recaptures with the second-ranked night at this stage will caught my attention at this moment is can't white take the knight on c6 with the fork and win a piece this is not the case this would would not be the case because black would have an in-between move taking the bishop and then the knight is on the queen so we have a simple recapture on b3 the bishops eyes are opened up and on this move thirteen Queen to d7 defending the knight something that's especially important to know I already drew some attention to the majorities if you don't already describe majorities as healthy or unhealthy it'd probably be a good idea to start doing that because black can very easily find himself with an unhealthy majority if not careful so for example if you're playing as black now and capturing the night light would recapture with upon and black would now be working with an unhealthy structure black is never would never be able to successfully get in the move c5 Knight is there pawn is there that Bishop will be there rook will be there forget about it this is a half dead pawn okay black understands this and says no way I'm not giving you a great grip over the c5 square Queen d7 Knights are exchanged and now Bishop e3 focusing on the c5 square black next to me if white can maintain control over the c5 Square even if with a piece that would mean the majority is unhealthy for black so there's something you really need to be aware of this position can turn into a strong night versus a bad Bishop in a blink not saying this is the greatest you know dummy move to be sharing with you but suppose the Queen goes here on blacks next move this would be a wonderful opportunity for white to do what force a dark square Bishop exchange and establish a knight on c5 it's going nowhere Queen could defend pawn can defend this is one of those positions you would see in a book titled aa or in a in a chapter titled superior minor piece or good night versus bad Bishop something to steer clear of playing as black must avoid that at all costs in the game what do we have Queen c4 Fischer ducks no Queen exchange for team black see five hits so there's a bit of a timing issue with blacks last move given one more move black will be there in time to secure c5 but Fischer now comes up with a five move sequence that in the end nets upon if you'd like to pause the video and work out how exactly this is done feel free to do that okay here we go the move played in the game Knight a5 not too many options with the black Queen Queen h4 and now knight c6 so the threat here is to deflect the Queen away from defending the bishop and just pick up the bishop so black adds some defense with the reliable piece the rook Fischer gives the Queen a kick what white wants to do is take the bishop and not have the Queen recapture and defend c5 so g3 only now take the bishop and then take on c5 at the end of it what do we have Fisher's up upon but needs to be careful because we have an opposite color bishops position and with the move g3 guess what color squares have been weakened light squares to be very careful now the bishop slipping in here Queen there before you know it game over on g2 first things first rook is under fire counterpunch and black just drops back to a nice secure square you could go to d6 but I imagine part of the arethe part of the reasoning that goes into the move Bishop d4 is to cut out any possibility for rook c4 in the rook you know kind of drifting quickly towards the Kings side not sure what great square it would have but you certainly rule that out this idea of pivoting on c4 and having those possibilities towards the Kings side okay after Bishop d4 what do we have Bishop g4 in the game I questioned at this stage isn't this a wonderful opportunity for black to play Bishop dthe Bishop h3 and then Queen f3 I mean what would you do if the bishop goes to h3 there's only one good defensive move here for white if you'd like to pause the video see if you can figure it out okay if Bishop h3 instead of the move Bishop g4 in the game the best move here is Queen d1 addressing this threat making a rook move checkmate in two the idea here the best move is queen d1 offering a queen exchange Queen takes Queen you would take with the rook and get out of the bishop swag and if the Queen moves now we can move the rook without fear of Queen f3 regarding that square anyhow in the game Bishop g4 looking to get in at a different angle Bishop f3 Queen h3 one way or the other Queen Bishop on these two squares Queen g2 for me what does Fischer do f4 so this is allowing some lateral defense of the G to square even if black has the pieces here somehow the the major pieces can guard g2 now that the pawn is on f4 from here rook c6 looking for this stuff Queen is there though to defend what does Fischer do opens it up on the other side of the board Queen side this rook is unprotected black is still without a flight square B takes a rook takes rook h6 this is defended Queen is there the Queen you can rely upon as defense for h2 can't be distracted Queen f2 in the game there is a better continuation white maintains a small plus and can really build on it with move 26 there is a better move besides Queen f2 computer likes Bishop f3 questioning the rooks position on h6 threat here is f5 and white is close to gaining some control over these very weakened light squares what am I talking about exactly just as a as an example if Bishop e3 and let's say rook here f5 the rook is hit then Brooke here we at least as white start to control some light squares f5 this earlier mentioned duo is in and now black has to worry about e6 or f6 there would be absolutely no attack for black if y can establish this position happens in the game queen f2 Bishop f5 light doubles on the a file and rook to c8 this pawn on e6 is poison it's attacked twice defended once but if you try and pick up the pond that would mean that would mean what it would mean White's back rank is vulnerable so as an example if white takes like this in the end the black queen is going to have some fun combined with the bishop queen d1 if the King steps up there's checks and maybe even a checkmate and if the Queen blocks we could take the Queen and win the rook a6 is poison so we have rook b4 preparing to exchange rooks b6 is the idea we have that and Queen g4 is doing what exactly we see soon enough the H pawn is now ready to roll multi-purpose move here flight square and a battering ram the H file is soon to be peeled open white still up upon but black is in the driver's seat here even even though the engines at this stage say you know white is a tiny bit better this is a position where you would kind of prefer to play as black you know look at the activity look at the squares the black pieces are observing in White's house can't say the same for the white side white has the more vulnerable King that's the bigger factor in this position King safety is much more important than this material imbalance this material plus that white has so what follows rook f1 Bishop d3 the other rook is ready to make use of that h6 square and it's going to be that much more effective especially combined with of course you avoid the Queen exchange combined with this h-file being opened up a rook on h6 now there's going to be some big trouble for teamwipe boy tries to run with the king H files now opened up Black has managed to activate all pieces Fisher is on his back foot for sure very easy to go wrong white goes wrong with this next move computer suggests c4 try to undermine the strong post of the Bishop c4 is not played King d2 bishop b1 all sorts of stuff to worry about Queen c2 rook to one of these two moves rogue h2 actually is a move because Queen c2 and there's a skewer very difficult to defend this one rook h1 in the game move 40 and after move 41 rook to f1 this is a position where black is better black is actually winning black can at this point play rook h2 and if the rook is captured we have Queen c2 and then the Queen would be one and if let's say rook f2 there's a check another check and this Queen gets really active I mean you could just see that this Bishop is just a tall pawn and all the black pieces are surrounding the White King g3 is soon to fall and well something like this black can already do fancy stuff like sacking a bishop checkmate next move multiple ways to certainly put pressure on white in this position however after the move rook f1 according to Frank Brady what happened next Herve offered a draw and Fisher thought about it for a while and reluctantly accepted which is I don't know it it's definitely very very interesting and to this game because clearly Herve knew he was either winning better he can press this position in so many different ways the material is not a factor here black is definitely for choice maybe a bit of a courtesy draw offer why exactly was Fischer may be reluctant to accept the draw well on one hand he knows there's no winning chances here and the best he could do as a draw but at the same time accepting a draw would mean he loses them any match you know he he really wants to win that kind of thought and there's no I guess Fischer had no sense of well there was no satisfaction let's say with drawing the fifth world champion he really wanted to win and he had his chances in this game I mean in the opening the middle game he was in the driver's seat and it was only towards the very end that it really started to slip away and Irv a had this better or really winning position in the end after this 41st move anyhow feel free to share your thoughts on this interesting game it is to me at least a very interesting game feel free as usual to leave any comments in the comment section below I hope you enjoyed it and maybe even took a thing or two away that's all for now take care bye you

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Id: AL1-Xd2HTWU

Length: 17min 24sec (1044 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 22 2018