Pillsbury is one of the hidden gems of chess. You're making great videos, keep them coming.

@Necrozene

2 ай бұрын

As a chess beginner, I absolutely loved Pillsbury's games and CJS Purdy's analysis.

Pillsbury was world champion material, he was the best player in the world by ranking if they had used elo back then

What adds extra spice to this game is that nine years previously, at St. Petersburg, Pillsbury had faced Lasker in a game that began almost the same way...but in that game, Pillsbury erred by *_not_* taking the Knight on f6. Rather, he played 7. Qh4, which gave Lasker a persistent source of tactical strokes that he exploited to the hilt. It was considered one of the best games of the era and a near-refutation of Pillsbury's chosen opening...until Pillsbury discovered the refinement 7. Bxf6. The all but forgotten William Ewart Napier, who was a friend of Pillsbury, wrote in *_Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess_* that ever after the St. Petersburg game, Pillsbury would insist that Napier play him from move 7 in that game! Napier called it "The life of a canal horse"...but through those games Pillsbury refined his attack on the Black position. His ultimate victory over Lasker was made possible in part by those games with Napier.

@VitoPlaysGames

3 ай бұрын

Awesome comment, thanks for the context.

@diggitus

3 ай бұрын

Great story. Perhaps this is hindsight talking (the view looks much different in 2024!) but Lasker looks a bit naive for allowing Pillsbury to repeat the line

wow, those pins were amazing. and playing into hanging positions knowing you can fork the higher piece if they take it.... that's just stuff I never think to look for.

@richardrichards8401

3 ай бұрын

So true, it’s only after you’re shown the fork that the move seems obvious!

Great game. Nice to hear that you also have Lasker as one of your favourite masters. He was once the reason I began to play chess at a young age - Lasker and Fischer, and I was also fascinated that Sweden had its own very good GM in Ulf Andersson.

This is the best narrative driven chess analysis, dude has a story and tells it with class!! Thanks @Chessdawg!!

Great game. I loved that you said Lasker is one of your heroes. He is awesome.

Great game. I do enjoy your video reviews and presentations. I like the way in which you allow us to follow along without taking up so much time by injecting your own thoughts without end. Some other reviewers swamp their viewers with far too much non-essential prater. Thanks and I have just subscribed to your channel!

Beautiful attack there, wow

It was actually the first time I had seen this famous game. I knew about it, but I never replayed it. It was the last gasp of the already ill Pillsbury. Thank you for the entertaining analysis.

19. f4 I saw immediately, but not the following queenside move to d4 in advance. Lasker's position was immediately ready for resignation.

I seem to recall a famous HNP game involving lots of passed pawns in a complicated ending

Pillsbury was one of the early truly "modern" grand masters using professional opening preparation, constantly trying to stay atop of the rest. If we look at US top grand masters between Paul Morphy and Bobby Fischer, there is usually mostly Frank Marshall, but Harry Pillsbury probably was on par with Marshall, if not exceeding him in terms of postional play.

@benjamindillard2391

3 ай бұрын

Frank Marshall wasn't anywhere close to Pillsbury's league

Great channel . The pacing is very good as well. Thanks for your effort.

Good old Harry.

Great game, well explained. Thanks!

This was a sweet forking game!

Magnificent game, thank you for showing!

The best video annotating on KZread.

Brilliant game!

Great game, thanks for sharing it !

Thanks for posting, before this video I had never heard of Pilsbury -- Anyone who picks a fight with a world champion is chessboard psychotic. And he chose violence that day.

really great players. Thanks

Thanks for the Pillsbury game.

Great channel!

Great game, nice channel!

Pillsbury and Rubinstein are definitely the two players from that era that I think were the best to never to have become champs

I wonder if Pillsbury made any dough.

Pillsbury had waited eight years after St, Petersburg 1896 to make his improvement on the seventh move (Bxf6 instead of Qh4).

@chessdawg

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for historical knowledge and insight.

Pillsbury looks like Billy the Kid, a real duelist.

Great game! Good choice!

Fantastic game

Thats chess!

Brilliant

Thank you ❤❤❤ Poland ❤❤❤

ChessDawg: Love your stuff. Pillsbury had an unbelievable memory also, and was a great blindfold player. Do you know of any book that has a collection of his games which you could recommend?

@Amer1kop

Ай бұрын

Chess Dawg is low key one of the top tier.

Damn. Great game. Rip Lasker

Waaaaauu! This is epic. Harry deserved to be a champion. He totaly destroyed Lasker, but later he has a bad luck when he played against Emanuel.

@thomasherbst6771

3 ай бұрын

Later? As far as I know, this was the last (big) tournament of Pillbury, who was already ill.

@dusanpogacar1399

3 ай бұрын

Yes I didn't realised that this was 1904. Thank you🤗

Pillsbury was a great attcking player!

Pillsbury's Immortal

Of course, there is another most famous game between these players, won by Lasker in Sankt Petersburg, 1896.

@thomasherbst6771

3 ай бұрын

Yes, and Pillsbury had waited eight years to make his improvement on the seventh move (Bxf6 instead of Qh4).

@rainerausdemspring3584

3 ай бұрын

@@thomasherbst6771 Really? The often told story that Marschall waited even longer in order to use his famous gambit against Capablanca - and lost, anyway, is definitely a lie.

@thomasherbst6771

3 ай бұрын

As the Italians say so nicely: "Se non e vero e ben trovato."@@rainerausdemspring3584

Pillsbury is my second favorite player of all times after Morphy.

Supreme Attack🎉🎉🎉

Nice blunt

The more pedestrian 22 Qh6+ is a bit better.

The same forking idea. I see what you did there hahaha!

Well, Pillsbury is my hero

Wow

👍

Didn't Lasker hold onto the World Championship longer than any other player?

Who knows what heights he could have achieved had he kept it in his pants! At least around the girls of ill repute. One of my favorite players, HNP, he played a great game of chess.

I do not care for the name Harry Pillsbury. Y’all got jokes don’t ya!?

@theeconomicsofthings9752

3 ай бұрын

Pillsburys success helped raised the profile of chess in the United States and inspired future generations of chess players. He had a remarkable memory and chess skills. I’m sure as you consume more and more chess content throughout the internet, Pillsbury will pop up. Consider incorporating his style into your chess and see where it will lead you.

Qxb2 is garbage. Sumply no time for that sideshow.