Hi there, this clash, we talk about Boris Spassky.
So Boris Spassky, a Russian chess player, he was the 10th world chess champion holding the title from
1969 to 1972.
So he actually played free world championship matches.
He lost the ticker and chosen in 1966.
He defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world chess champion.
Then he lost to Bobby Fischer in the famous match in 1972 in Reykjavik, the match of the century.
So.
An excellent player, really a naturally talented player, one that won the Soviet championship twice
outright in 1961, 1973 and twice lost in the playoffs 1956 and 1963 after tying for first place during
the event he was.
During the main event, so when I say he was an actual tennis player like Capablanca for the amount
of work and the results, his results were absolutely staggering.
So a massive talent.
And quite often, you know, Boris Spassky will play very, very creative, dynamic, attacking chess.
So it's definitely a world chess champion that I would love to learn more about myself personally to
go through basically all of his wins, as I have done recently with Bobby Fischer.
I'd like to go through all the words of definitely, you know, take where I'm chosen, definitely Boris
Spassky, definitely Karpoff, definitely XPath, because that for me would also help me strengthen
links in my game, my opening mental game.
And I think and other aspects within those those those skill sets, the vast amount of different interrelated
skill sets by looking at these certain biases and strengths and weaknesses of some world champions,
especially the strengths, you can sort of bolster your game.
You can strength your game where they're strong, ideally.
So I believe there is a lot, a huge amount to learn from all the world champions and especially especially,
you know, two grandchildren, especially Fischer, especially Spassky complex both for me personally,
these are more modern world champions than than the early ones.
But even if you go back to Laska, you know, Lask was a superbly accurate player as a modern player.
His his games pass the test of time.
So anyway,
basically, let's have a look as iconic Boris Spassky again.
And he's still alive.
I actually met him in a tournament in Gibraltar.
He was a guest of all of that.
Yeah.
It was an honor to kind of meet him for a brief moment.
So here is his game against David Bernstein in the nineteen sixty years, Shamsher round sixteen.
It kicks off of E4 after five.
Spassky is not not afraid to play unusual opening's.
He actually plays the King's gambit.
So a kind of opening from the romantic era of chess.
So David Bernstein accepts the game at nights three and now the five we see here.
He takes the five, Shibly six, Sifry LATISM, the four black holes, the three ninety seven white
castles that we see, eighty six.
So very, very interesting start position from 1994, 1995.
And now see for nudging that night my every bishop takes every offtakes, every the remarkable thing
about this position.
Well the Kings Gambit Power that Semir fall can create a vast rich array of Tatsuru resources just to
set me on the phone like this where you're missing a pawn and opponents call a pawn.
But also there is a certain diagram of death lurking here which would be amplified by this F.R. pressure.
And we see the move C5, which certainly suggests the use sometimes of this diagonal of death, as I
like to call it, the Stiefel ability when the opponent consoles Kingside, you know, this Dienel could
be very, very weak at certain points.
We see Bishop is and the bishop actually drops back, giving great flexibility to either use this diagonal,
which can be also very sensitive, and this diagonal.
So maybe both rookie aides and I will direct France Queen Differe.
So it looks as though this is a direct effect we parade.
It looks very nice if things would be dangerous for Queen Eighty-seven, but in practice, notates would
take the knight and protect 087 and Black actually thus place Itou expecting the Queen to have the drop
back and take on Itou.
But here is an amazing concept in this position.
I wonder if you can guess if I give you five seconds to pause the video.
OK, now, actually, taking the -- would be an advantage for whites, you know, after have sex 81,
but whites attacking spirit has been derailed.
The attacking nature of the position has been slightly derailed.
If black plays move like G six, it seems as though, you know, black could potentially be in trouble.
Still on this diagonal, for example, like this, this is a crushing idea.
We've coordinated seven Jack and Queen seven there, so, yeah, you know, this could still be an immensely
attacking position, this kind of position could still be hugely dangerous.
Black's pawn structure around the king is really fragile.
So, you know, this is just the fictional example where White could get an amazing attack.
Nevertheless, even with a Quansah move, White can get, you know, potentially gigantic looking possessions
with big advantages like this know it's crushing.
So even Quintet's Eita is actually not a bad it's not a bad position at all.
This just to recap here, 96 81.
The Kings Gambit style position here is not actually that bad.
There is attacking spirit to be had.
There are issues for black unraveling in this position.
So, for example, you know, Bishop AR5, you know, the forcing of like takes, queen takes, Rook
takes and then the bishop's hanging at the end shows that, you know, Bishop at five is desirable but
impossible if that's impossible.
And and this has to be done, then this is just a really dangerous position for blacks.
KINGSON Anyway, however, what makes this game game iconic is this move ninety-six that was actually
played instead offering an entire rook.
So it seems that there are multiple sensitive points in Black's possession and actually multiple roads,
the diagonal, the foul, so fascinating position and it actually prompts a serious mistake.
My fate, it seems, with best, absolute best play with precision engineering.
You know, if this was a correspondence game where players have days and weeks to think that maybe then
this continuation could be found, where that's taken, that's taken.
Inviting seven check.
The point is it Seven Square is available to the king.
And it turns out that actually there might be 95 as well.
And basically, if black does all this, black can survive black and survive with an equal position.
It seems so.
However, you know, Spassky is not playing a supercomputer and sort of takes a one fdx knight.
Thanks F7.
It's just devastating.
It really undermines that Fehn -- chain around the king.
And, you know, this is just crushing.
That diagonal is just vicious.
That's checkmate.
So OK, but no effort was played.
And now guess what?
White plays if I give you five seconds pause video.
I should have stated the obvious, by the way, so I just before we go to the obvious, relatively obvious
rather, is check and mate, if not, if it's just routinely captured that we check in Mazar e Severns,
you know, a bit of a liability, to say the least, if it's if there's no escape hatch for the kingdom.
So anyway, but no a was played and this actually now allows a great move anyway.
So can you suppose if I give you five seconds, pause the video.
OK.
It's nineteen eighty seven, it really has to shreds these roads for the king opens up that so-called
Triangle of death that night takes seven, so the risk has taken rotates and ambition at five is played
to try and defend with this move.
Bishop, I find it it's rather a desperate scenario.
If King takes F7, then there's an absolutely beautiful concept that lies beneath hair.
Of the 95 doublecheck, the king is forced to move.
But guess what beautiful, stunning resource White has in this position, which actually forces a checkmate.
If I give you five seconds to pull through the shackle checks, even the totally outrageous ones, and
you may find a bit of magic here to forcefully checkmate the opponent.
So you need that full apparatus here prioritised for seamless moving every step of calculation, look
at the weaknesses of the last move, the killer common squares, the discovery of facts around the board.
And you won't find Koeneke seven check.
It creates a weakness of the six square and six square.
So both of these would be weakened.
And now Bishop B phrase devastating.
There's no defensive.
He because, you know, it's not there to hold for someone he thinks and say, well, there's not too
many replies here.
Ninety-Six is checkmate.
So, yeah.
So that's why this is a very, very desperate situation.
So Bishop F I was tried that is taken.
We have now Queen D7 and then just a subtle little move queen a full.
And there were gigantic threats of what gets an extra move like this would be free.
Or 1996, just to rip open the king, there are huge fans, but Spastics is to unlike comes in and that's
another one, another major one.
So it blunts the bishop against its pressure on DE for its supports.
The other night, it hits the queen.
So it gains the tempo by hitting the Queen Queen 87.
And now this time there should be free.
And here we have Bishop 65 night 1995 check.
Charism.
This is just a very, very difficult position indeed.
We have now the final move of the game, which is queen, he fought back and this is actually a similar
position, was used in a James Bond film from Russia with Love, where Peter Madden, as McAdams was
playing against trons thing, then a bronze thing, something bit of a giveaway, but in his final possession.
And he had to go, you know, six ciggy six, guess what white plays in this position.
OK, thanks, Efate.
So where Jesus is falling apart, for example, here, Queen takes sex and seven will when the queen
with a massive advantage and shortly mating eggs are queen states say it's a token check.
It's going to be meeting with queen sex and sex.
So really, really crushing, you know, finish there.
Yeah, it's it's a beautiful iconic game.
So much so that it was used in film.
That's always a good sign.
So, yes.
And David Bronstein, by the way, is another great champion of the game and uncrowned king, so to
speak.
He was very, very close to becoming world champion himself.
So there are other champions, not just the official world champions.
Which these champions are worth studying as well, you know, if if your competitors in the CHASSAGNE
study them and you don't, you could be missing out on really strong aspects of their play.
But also happens to be that David Brounstein is a is a fantastic golfer and there are superb books like
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, which I have, which are absolutely brilliant.
It's just got a lot of insight, a lot of dynamic insight into chess.
So it's well worth also finding out the champions, which might not have become official world champions.
So we're talking, you know, David Bronzewing, we're talking Victor, cautiously.
They had huge struggles.
And, you know, maybe under different circumstances they would have become world champions.
But they're also local champions, you know, United States champions, British champions, which could
inspire you.
And for me personally, Michael Adams, his dominance of the British scene has been remarkable.
His style of play absolutely brilliant to behold.
So seek out the champions.
But Boris Spassky is certainly one for minimal effort.
You know, he had amazing results.
I know he lost nineteen something to match, but he shouldn't be underestimated, you know, is absolute
genius of the chessboard as this game iconic game shows.
OK, that's so much.