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Bobby Fischer's most instructive games of Chess 1956-1962

Learn about Bobby Fischer's Opening repertoire, tactics and common strategies from this period of Fischer's career
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Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (8 ratings)
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Created by Tryfon Gavriel
Last updated 3/2021
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What you'll learn

  • Be able to see the real Beth Harmon depicted in Netflix series Queen's Gambit - Beth was largely modelled on Bobby Fischer
  • Be able to get more empathy for Fischer tactics and combinations
  • Be able to leverage Fischer's opening repertoire with 1.e4
  • Be able to put a "Fischer hat" on when those positions Fischer excelled at come in your own games
  • Be able to see how Fischer took advantage of downsides of Opponent positions
  • Be able to use the Kings Indian Attack system with White
  • Be able to see a high number of Fischer wins - Note Tal wins reserved for another course on Tal :)
  • Be able to see amazing resources uncovered by the latest engine technology such as Stockfish Neural Network
  • Be able to pick up opening knowledge, middlegame tactics and strategy and endgame knowledge
  • Be able to appreciate the Nd5 springboard in the Ruy Lopez which was mentioned in Netflix Queen's Gambit
  • Be able to know more of Fischer's games beyond My 60 memorable games and the Fischer Spassky 1972 match
  • Be able to see why many Fischer's opponents lost including Tal when they had Knight vs Fischer Bishop endgames
  • Be able to understand more Bobby Fischer's chess openings
  • Be able to see and appreciate the influence of Bobby Fischer's opening repertoire on Garry Kasparov with the Najdorf and King's Indian in particular

Requirements

  • Knows the basic rules of chess and how the pieces move

Description

Learn about Bobby Fischer's evolving opening repertoire, tactics, and common strategies

In this course, Kingscrusher goes over Bobby Fischer's earlier career from when Fischer became very strong which was at the time of the "Game of the Century" game, and examines some of the more fun and instructive games Fischer played.

The course structures itself on Fischer's major tournaments during the time period 1956-1962 and tries to extract as much "instructive juice" from each and every game. The course also tracks historically any changes in Fischer's opening repertoire, and depth of tactics, strategy, and endgame technique.

Fischer has some of the most instructive games of any World chess champion and was in an era where Opening theory and Chess Engines were not so highly evolved. So quite often players were improvising more and the actual battle starting early in the games for instructive moments to learn from. Fischer's accuracy, when checked with modern engines, is often without any major errors - and for this reason, perhaps the Soviet Chess Grandmasters often referred to Fischer as a computer! This should be taken as a complement for Fischer's accuracy and determination to win every game. On certain statistical polls Fischer comes up as one of the most accurate world chess champions especially when factoring in the complexity of positions, comes even ahead of Capablanca for overall engine-like accuracy.

Fischer's Opening systems

Bobby Fischer had a specific system early on in his career which he used - The King's Indian Attack. This seemed to serve him very well and helped him win his first US Chess Championship - the first of many US championships he would win. Fischer gradually started to become more theoretical with 1.e4 and go into various specific variations of the Sicilian defence, Caro-Kann or other defences without resorting to the Kings Indian attack setup. In particular the Russians feared Fischer so much on the White side of a Sicilian defence with Bc4 that they would often use the Caro-Kann instead of the Sicilian defence against him!. 

With Black, the Sicilian Najdorf vs 1.e4 is still very popular at the modern Grandmaster level, and Fischer's handling of the Sicilian Defence is highly instructive.

With black against 1.d4 Fischer used quite often the King's Indian defence but was also playing in this period the Nimzo indian defence and other systems as well.

Fischer's Middlegame tactics and strategies

Regarded as a "computer" by the Russians, Fischer's tactics are sometimes absolutely brilliant and "computer-like!". So much so that even grandmasters commentating expect Fischer to resign on occasion only for Fischer's opponent to resign abruptly a few moves later like in a classic game vs Byrne. Fischer is able to see the more "theoretical downsides" that are extremely subtle and often by force bring these to the surface to expose those downsides in reality.

Fischer's endgames

Fischer's will to win gives us great exposure in how to squeeze out wins from even very small advantages. Fischer would sometimes play out games across multiple adjournments even against feel US players like Sherwin when playing abroad. Fischer would basically take no prisoners and rarely offer draws. In trying to extract the maximum result from each and every game, we get to witness often highly instructive endgame technique, and especially where Fischer was renowned such as in Bishop vs Knight endgames. Many of Fischer's opponents make instructive blunders in seemingly innocuous rook and pawn endgames where Fischer's finesse and focus finds the narrow path to victories quite frequently even in seemingly drawish rook and pawn endgames.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner to intermediate players

Course content

23 sections • 160 lectures • 25h 44m total length

  • Preview05:56
  • Why "Instructive games" emphasis - influence of Chernev
    03:17
  • Why Fischer and not a more flashy player like Tal or Nezhmetdinov or Morphy?
    07:08
  • Trying to extract maximum "instructive juice" from each game or variations
    03:45
  • Seeing instructive games in a time line to understand evolution
    02:45
  • Was Beth Harmon partly modelled on Bobby Fischer?
    02:48
  • Appreciating "makes things worse" instead of saying blunder or mistake
    04:29
  • Exploring after where game ended for often more instructive juice
    04:34

  • Preview16:19
  • Enjoy Semi-Open File Heaven - Herbert Goldhamer vs Bobby FIscher
    10:34
  • Unblockading d-pawn spectacularly - Bobby FIscher vs Camillo
    06:56
  • Tactical opportunity vs Stereotypical move - Bobby FIscher vs Stepans 1957
    04:27
  • Instructional remedy vs Ruy Lopez - Bobby FIscher vs John Rinaldo - 1957
    06:08
  • Justifiable Caveman Pawn storm - BF vs Charles Witte - 1957
    06:36
  • Fighting for d5 control - Garais vs Bobby FIscher
    04:42
  • A fantastic desperado tactic - Bobby Fischer vs Edmar Mednis - 1957
    07:39
  • X-ray downside created - Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer - "Game of the Minute"
    06:22
  • Bishop dominates Knight in Endgame - Bobby Fischer vs William Addision
    09:31
  • One unprotected pawn issue - Bobby Fischer vs Cardoso - 1957
    07:35
  • Exploiting a skewer possibility - Bobby Fischer vs James Sherwin
    11:24
  • What happens when Bc4 Sicilian bishop removed? - Bobby Fisher vs Cardoso - Rd2
    12:04

  • Thorn pawn and overprotection of e5 Strategy - Bobby Fischer vs Feuerstein
    09:09
  • Provoking an unsound Piece Sacrifice - Bernstein vs Bobby Fischer - US Champ 57
    10:12
  • Playing vs Petrosian style French Defence - Bobby Fischer vs Arthur Bisguier
    09:27
  • Light square bishop without counterpart - Bobby Fischer vs Sherwin - 1957
    11:45
  • Not as solid as it seems - George Kramer vs Bobby Fischer - 1957
    07:24
  • Smooth defence and Smooth Attack - Bobby Fischer vs Edmar Mednis
    09:42
  • Passed pawn instructiveness - William Lombardy vs Bobby Fischer - 1958
    10:56
  • Knight and Bishop vs Rook - Bobby Fischer vs Attilio Di Camillo
    06:42

  • A knight stretched too far - Geza Fuster vs Bobby Fischer - Round 2
    08:05
  • Sac, Sac and Mate vs Sicilian Dragon - Bobby Fischer vs Bent Larsen
    06:54
  • Creating an e4 square collapse - Raul Sanguineti vs Bobby Fischer - Round 9
    08:30
  • Defending the h7 square - Boris De Greiff vs Bobby Fischer
    06:59
  • Violating opening principles and getting away with it! - Fischer vs Cardoso
    06:40

  • The "Bobby Fischer Trap" in the Sicilian Defence! - Fischer vs Reshevsky
    06:04
  • Two rooks on the 7th rank - Bobby Fischer vs Raymond Weinstein
    11:37
  • Using d5 tactically in Ruy Lopez - Bobby Fischer vs Charles Kalme
    10:08
  • Exploiting departure of a Fianchetto bishop for pawn - Mednis vs Fischer
    09:56
  • Dodging a bullet to get to an endgame - Bobby Fischer vs Arthur Bisguier
    10:04

  • Endgame mating net - Mendes vs Bobby Fischer
    05:59
  • Fischer shows he is just human like the rest of us - Redolfi vs Bobby Fischer
    12:11
  • A crushing exchange sacrifice for central control - Fischer vs Shocron
    09:47
  • Passed pawn potential - Bobby Fischer vs Raul Sanguineti
    09:29
  • The classic Sicilian Defence Minority Attack - Herman Pilnik vs Bobby Fischer
    10:27
  • The c5 pawn break and knight blockade square - Bobby Fischer vs Hector Rossetto
    07:29
  • Light square battles won and lost - Bernardo Wexler vs Bobby Fischer
    08:09
  • Transforming bishop pair into King Walk - Bobby Fischer vs Jacobo Bolbochan
    10:10

  • Celebrating the f5 outpost square - Bobby Fischer vs Luis Augusto Sanchez
    11:03
  • Not quite stable enough - little risks taken - Mendes Jr. vs Bobby Fischer
    11:00
  • Light square bishop swapped for structural damage - Fischer vs Grunberg
    09:16
  • A tactical configuration issue rising to the surface - Bobby Fischer vs Letelier
    07:21
  • d5 pawn weak in endgame - Romo vs Fischer
    07:29
  • Kingside massacre - Bobby Fischer vs Herman Pilnik
    09:11
  • A crushing exchange sacrifice - Walter Hausman vs Bobby Fischer
    07:21

  • Having to play precise steps or face defeat - Bobby Fischer vs Edwin Bhend
    12:51
  • Managing king safety and counterplay needs - Fridrik Olafsson vs Bobby Fischer
    10:50
  • A calculated risk - Bobby Fischer vs Josef Kupper
    07:52
  • A small calculated risk again - Andreas Dueckstein vs Bobby Fischer
    07:35
  • An amazing Bd1 exploiting Skewers and pins! - Bobby Fischer vs Wolfgang Unzicker
    12:04
  • Avoiding tactical traps - Bobby Fischer vs Erwin Nievergelt
    11:33
  • Diced pawns fall like ripe apples - Bobby Fischer vs Paul Keres
    10:33
  • Queenside pawn chain undermining - Jan Hein Donner vs Bobby Fischer
    10:40

  • Queen sacrifice for 3 pieces - Paul Keres vs Bobby Fischer (rd 1)
    10:16
  • "Chicken mode" Caro-Kann needed vs Fischer - Fischer vs Gligoric (rd 4)
    10:49
  • A tempo gaining queen and a direct Q attack - Fischer vs Benko (rd 10)
    11:35
  • Neutralising f-file counterplay and knight tour - Fischer vs Olafsson (rd 12)
    09:47
  • Punishing Opening Principle violations - Paul Keres vs Bobby Fischer (rd 15)
    10:15
  • Working on both sides of board - Bobby Fischer vs Pal Benko (rd 24)
    08:36
  • Transition into winning endgame - Bobby Fischer vs Fridrik Olafsson (rd 26)
    07:38
  • Castle only when safe and advantageous to do so - Smyslov vs Fischer - Rd 28
    10:12

  • Tragedy of a single tempo in endgame - Bobby Fischer vs Arthur Bisguier
    08:27
  • Removing opponents strategic break, but retaining own one - Denker vs Fischer
    08:58
  • Forcing move respect boundaries - Bobby Fischer vs Robin Ault
    09:47
  • A fatal tactical flaw in the opening - Bobby Fischer vs Herbert Seidman
    06:27
  • A very scary Marshall Gambit ride - Bobby Fischer vs Norman Bernstein
    09:01
  • A killer common square creates good luck - Edmar Mednis vs Bobby Fischer
    09:30
  • A reason to study rook and pawn endgames - Fischer vs Benko
    10:36

Instructor

Tryfon Gavriel
FIDE Chess Candidate Master
Tryfon Gavriel
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 575 Reviews
  • 2,890 Students
  • 7 Courses

Tryfon Gavriel, also known as "Kingscrusher" on the Internet. I am a FIDE Candidate Master (CM), British Regional Chess Master, and run a popular Youtube channel for many years with over 100k+ Subs as of 2020 and a Silver Button Award.

I also do shows on commercial chess servers. I am also the Webmaster of the correspondence style chess server Chessworld.


Playing experience

Over 35 years of playing activity both online and offline. Peak ICC blitz rating of 2625 (18-Jun-1999). Peak ICC 5 min autopairing of 2383 (29-Jun 2012). ECF Grading peak classical: 212 (A) ECF. Peak Rapid rating: 217 (C). Lichess marathon top 10 finisher in 3 marathons so far. In the other two, top 50 finisher. Won quite a few tournaments at lichess

One of my earliest Over-the-board achievements in Chess was winning the Lloyds Under 18 national UK tournament in 1989. My trophy was awarded to me by Grandmaster and PHD Mathematician Dr John Nunn.

Teaching experience

Currently doing shows on 3 commercial servers on a weekly basis and have several Lichess students on a regular basis.

Other experiences

Played twice in main British Chess championship. Many of my Youtube viewers claim big rating increases after watching my videos.

Best skills

I will try and give you greater enthusiasm for the game and in particular the dynamic aggressive aspects of playing chess. My favourite heros are Fischer, Kasparov and Tal. if you want to be a dynamic aggressive player, I may be able to encourage you and find you relevant resources on that path.

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