Donald Byrne Vs Bobby Fischer Game Of The Century Chess Network
This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one, and by mutual consent, the biggest player ever. The subject of the book, Bobby Fischer, is the only American to have become world champion and is in all likelihood the biggest natural talent the world has ever seen.
In the amount of time amid 1955 and 1972, Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes, the likes of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 U.S. Championship and match victories (en route to the World Championship) by the score of 6-0 versus two of the firmest players in the world, Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. The climax of Fischer’s venture was his unforgettable match win in Reykjavik in 1972 versus Boris Spassky.
However, Fischer is not only remembered for his attainments over-the-board, he is closely evenly well-known for his temperamental conduct away from the board. He made uttermost demands of all those around him, including tournament organizers. When these demands were not met he many times refused to play. The 1972 match versus Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over. In 1975, when he was due to defend his title versus Anatoly Karpov, Fischer was totally unable to agree terms with FIDE (the World Chess Federation) and was defaulted. After this, he more or less gave up chess, playing only once, a “return” match versus Spassky in 1992.
In this book, a ought to for all severe chess players, Kasparov deeply analyzes Fischer’s greatest games and assesses the bequest of this great American genius.
From the Back CoverThis book brings together the two biggest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one and, by mutual consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the book, Bobby Fischer, is the only American to have become world champion and is probably the greatest natural talent the world has ever seen.
In the amount of time amidst 1955 and 1972 Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes, the likes of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 U.S. Championship and match victories (en route to the World Championship) by the score of 6-0 versus two of the firmest players in the world, Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. The climax of Fischer’s venture was his unforgettable match win in Reykjavik in 1972 versus Boris Spassky.
Fischer is closely evenly well-known for his temperamental conduct away from the board. He made uttermost demands of all those around him including tournament organizers. When these demands were not met he oftentimes refused to play. The 1972 match versus Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over. In 1975, when he was due to defend his title versus Anatoly Karpov, Fischer was totally unable to agree terms with FIDE (the World Chess Federation) and was defaulted. After this he more or less gave up chess, playing only once, a “return” match versus Spassky in 1992.
In this book, a will have to for all severe chess players, Kasparov deeply analyzes deeply Fischer’s biggest games and assesses the bequest of this great American genius. Also under the microscope are the games of the other outstanding Western players of Fischer’s era – Samuel Reshevsky, Miguel Najdorf and Bent Larsen.
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54 of 55 persons found the following review helpful.
 Like it is subject, a flawed marvel, but a marvel nonetheless
By Scott D. Thomson
There was significant interest in this book in the chess world, and galore expectation of controversy. Fischer is a arousing and attention holding subject in his own right. He lately got back in the news after being detained in Japan for eight months before being given Icelandic citizenship and dramatically flown to the internetsite of his 1972 triumph. Kasparov has not escaped Fischer’s anti-Jewish ravings, and Fischer even accused Kasparov and Karpov of pre-arranging, not plainly the results, but the actual moves of the games of their matches.
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
A good read
By M. A Oberly
I was not planning on buying these books,just based on a great deal of of the lukewarm reviews,and likewise on the fact that I already have rather a few of the games in other books in my library.I ended up browsing one of them in a bookstore,and was impressed sufficient that I purchased them all.I not so long ago read that Kasparov was planning on reorganizing the initial two volumes because he wasn’t as happy with them as he was with the latter two.I would agree with this,as the volumes concerning Petrosian,Spassky,Fischer et al seem a lot more fleshed out.
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Christopher
13 are you kidding me
Franklyn
QED
Oliver
at 4:01 cant the pawn at b2 capture the knight if he moves to c3 from e4!
Socorro
@ChessNetwork Kevin from thechesswebsite. com
Reginald
@MarkedInsanity
That’s what you do when you exam and study a game. That’s how you learn more so if that bores you then just find the moves online and read instead of watching this
Freda
hey jerry, me again lol. it would be very interesting for you to play kingscrusher. i’m not sure how to contact him (other than comment on his youtube videos) but you both are very strong players. let me know what you think about it
Curt
advice, stop wispering!! its creepy like pedofile
Lara
queen s game superb if the oppent did not took the fisches queen da game was his
Michel
bishops in this video give a hard time to my brain :S
Rod
and i know its analysis of a match, still would like to see the game first than go back and look for the alternatives. i just suggest show the game at a fast pace than go throught the analysis so the game could be better understood as your going throught the different moves. Sorry didnt really get what i meant with the first post
Sandy
no disrespect, i know you have to put effort into these, but prehap you can let the game play through than after do recaps on the what ifs and other posible moves. but it was a mad skill game, wish i had a 1/4 of Fischer talent, perhaps i would beat my grandfather so far it 1 to like 300 matchs iv won (1). well his been playing for like 60 yrs and me 10
Nickolas
@MarkedInsanity This is an analysis, not an exhibition. ; P
Thelma
@MarkedInsanity oh
Byron
WTH… to much what if he did this or if this happen. in fact i stopped watching the game bc i got tired of hearing what if’s
Curtis
maybe castle was a good solution for white
Jan
great! i like the black bishop defending 3/4 other pieces at the same time! now i’ll sacrifice my bishops more reluctently in the future! i used to think i was an intermediate chess player but i’ll always be a noob to these guys!
Nell
excellent
Dudley
nice video.
Derick
gotta love the windmill!
Trudy
Great video. I really got a lot out of it. Thanks!
Kurt
excellent videos
Moshe
Gerry: I think your videos are the most detailed and informative of all those out there (at least on this video!). They require more study, but I think, for that, you deserve the label of ‘best chess commentator on youtube, as you speak from experience’. Cheers
Antone
Best chess video I’ve ever seen.
Kent
Great video! Thanks for making and sharing it with us.
Carol
Black’s Na4 is the real masterpiece move in this game. Fischer played the game brilliantly, but Byrne helped by playing really poorly. His queen got stuck in no-man’s land, king got stuck uncastled and his king’s rook was never in play.