Playing King’s Gambit against the great master of defence, Karpov, proves Spassky’s level of his courage and self-confidence in chess.

@112sje

Ай бұрын

That's the first King's Gambit I have ever seen. OK Spassky had to win this game and had nothing to lose, but he played it so well he put Karpov in time trouble, leading to his two blunders near the end.

This format is seriously awesome! The table is center frame, with the analysis board right above it, and each player is sitting against a backdrop of the color they’re playing as…. Perfectly symmetrical and easy for everyone watching to understand. And the way it has each player’s voiceovers as if we’re able to hear inside their head. This format really needs to be used again in today’s games. The only thing missing is the clock times. Thanks for this!

@basilharrison3071

Ай бұрын

I really dislike the inner monologue. It makes it seem silly & staged & phony

@johnp515

Ай бұрын

@@basilharrison3071how is it phony? They are merely stating their reasoning and thoughts as each move was played. Would you prefer they changed their grammar to the past tense?

@jerryshunk7152

Ай бұрын

Spot on comment, those clever Ruskies !

@jerryshunk7152

Ай бұрын

​@@basilharrison3071Definitely redone after the fact, but hardly phony !

Both are gentlemen, the leaders of their respective times. A joy to watch. Though watching Spassky take time out to light a smoke... lol. A different era.

@chrisolson2846

16 күн бұрын

There’s another video featuring Korchnoi vs Dr. Nunn where Korchnoi can be seen smoking a cigarette

Boris Spassky is one of the most underrated great players and World Champions in history, imo. Possibly the first player to adopt a "universal" style of play allowing him to adapt to his opponents. 1972 he ran into one of the greatest of all time, in unstoppable form, and he was still a gentleman when Bobby was throwing his toys out of his pram, as he so often did. Thank you for uploading this :)

@Top_Lad

Ай бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree! Also, his states, both the Soviet Union and the later Russian Federation, mistreated him, a shame.

@Dbdbe1

Ай бұрын

Really agree with this too: so much richness to Spassky's style

@gomiamigo

Ай бұрын

Spassky was the first to say that Fischer was nothing less than a true gentleman at the chess board and always 'behaved very correctly.'

@peterkitson2843

Ай бұрын

Sixty years earlier than Spassky a much greater world champion Emanuel Lasker had “a ‘universal’ style of play allowing him to adapt to his opponents”.

@grahamredmond3891

Ай бұрын

I wouldn't say Spassky was underrated, he was a very strong GM.

The girl on the demonstration board...another fine and noble job overtaken by computer

@LaterGator1446

Ай бұрын

25:06 Scramble!

Love that smile from Spassky at 29:09 --- "Gotcha!"

@ASMRChess

Ай бұрын

What a beautiful and human detail in this incredible video!

Spassky's h3 was a very strange decision which was never really explained.

Rob thank you very very very much! These Karpov's videos are like diamonds that we can find just in your fantastic channel! ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Great upload. I remember watching this series on BBC 2 on a Sunday afternoon (I think) and have never seen it repeated until now. It's just a shame that the programme's editor didn't give BH and JJ time to show on the computer screen exactly how Spassky won the end game, especially as it was rarity for Karpov to lose, until Kasparov came along. That poor girl trying her best to keep up on the demo board ! I hope both players bought her a drink afterwards 🤣😄

@thegorn

Ай бұрын

Boris should buy her a drink and then see where that leads

@112sje

Ай бұрын

@@thegorn Ha ha 😂. I think she might show him her Scicilian defence !

Thank you for this! I really love to hear Karpov thinking, he is my favorite player

@112sje

Ай бұрын

We'll never know what would have happened if his match with Fischer in 1975 had taken place. Opinions are very divided, of course. My gut feeling is that Fischer would have built an early lead, but Karpov would eventually find him out; like what happened with him and Kasparov.

@delboy9234

Ай бұрын

@@112sje Spassky himself said he thought Fischer would have won a close match against Karpov in 75, with Karpov then beating the American in 78, had both matches taken place.

@josueramirez7247

Ай бұрын

Same here. Karpov also has a unique speaking voice in my opinion too

@112sje

Ай бұрын

@@delboy9234 It would have been a real marathon of a match, possibly over a year - first to ten wins with no draws counting. FIDE were right not to allow Fischer to keep the title if it reached 9-9. Karpov would have had to win 10-8 or less.

@hansmahr8627

Ай бұрын

I think Fischer realized what an incredible player Karpov was. These great players always seem to recognize the next big talent. He probably would have beaten Karpov but it would have been more difficult than Spassky. Plus he had never played Karpov before which added another level of uncertainty. I think those two would have played at least 3 or 4 matches had Fischer not decided to refuse playing Karpov. What a great loss to the chess world.

Spassky Goated KG Player! Nepo tried to take his place but its hard these days.

Wow, what a rare video, and with my two favorite players, no less! Thanks for this!

Coolest stuff ever to hear what they are thinking - excellent explanations in narrative as well. I'm 61 & remember this game being played. Fascinating to take another look at it in this well-thought-out format. Thanks for posting & I'll be looking for others !

The intro theme was excellent

Such a good game by these champions. KG at this level is complete wonder.

Cutting away to the Girl's screen instead of the computer screen at the climax, was a bigger blunder than Boris' H3 move for the audience !!!

@nth7273

Ай бұрын

would've been good to see both.

Brilliant upload. Thank you 😊

Thanks!

That endame was draw for a long time and they both knew it . But if you have extra piece and very devious piece like knight, you have to push and ask questions. They did not have increment back then and Karpov was in bad time trouble .He hoped to repeat moves or get queen trade, but that did not work well. 50 move draw was almost impossible to get with his time left on clock. Spassky asked questions until Karpov blundered badly and moved his king to wrong square.

23:12 Omg karpov missed Re2 to trade everything into a winning pawn endgame!

@Uyar2007

Ай бұрын

And it was so easy. Spassky was very lucky at the moment

Engines are merciless nowadays. Black had practically a winning advantage in under 10 moves. Opening preparation was very different during the pre-engine era.

Very interesting. Everyone loves to see a Kings Gambit. Spassky blew a winning position but rescued it in high drama

29:23 Pandolfini's all fired up!!

@musical_lolu4811

Ай бұрын

🤣

Spassky was crazy alright I heard one story. Spassky was playing the simul exhibition. And one guy said i can't play gotta go, and offered a draw. Spassky said i don't care here is your draw

K- F2 instead of that H3 blunder would have saved Boris a lot of stress ! But he still rebounded like a true champion!!

2 Legends😍

Spassky will make life miserable for Karpov by blowing smoke in his face.

Great game by Spasskij. Good fighting spirit. All the way to the end of the game he tries to squeeze a win out of the position. This makes me think, that if Spasskij can defeat Karpov, even after his time as worldchampion is over, then Bobby Fischer in his prime would have completely destroyed Karpov. Now mentioning Fischer, it could certainly look like him on the left of the screen at about 29:50 and quickly walking to the right of the screen at about 29:54. If it was him, then he might have wanted to see his former favourite rival Boris defeat Tolja who took Fischer´s throne.

Wow, the time difference.

wow what a great video this is with commentary from the players amazing !

I love the King's Gambit... but I never win at it.

Boris Spasky is really super star

0:50 smoke em if ya go t em

@LaterGator1446

Ай бұрын

29:33!

I was minus 6 years old.

What a “wild and hairy” game

When did Spassky and Karpov record their commentary on this game?

This was a great match until the end, when the fast moves ruined it! Most viewers would not have been able to keep up!

For the noobs like me, final position leads to Kd7, Nc5, Qxc5, Kxc5.

Electronic chess boards have well and truly put that girl's job out of business in the 21st century. Lol

This format is confusing. When was the voiceover recorded? Why is it here I. The first place? The commentators are much easier to listen to & seem real as opposed to the very staged & phony inner monologues

Is it allowed for smoking in front of a chess player but it's proved Spasky stubborn of Boris Spasky

How doen't Karpov just take the unprotected queen on b8 with his king and move into a check on the last move after the last check?

@zelandakhniteblade5436

Ай бұрын

The lady controlling the board missed out Spassky's penultimate move. The final moves were 81. Qc6+ Kd8; 82. Qa8+ Kc7; 83. Qa7+ Kd8; 84. Qb8+.

@monamoreland6065

Ай бұрын

@@zelandakhniteblade5436 Ah thanks she was getting a workout.

Интересно, можно сейчас вот так с сигаркой сидеть и играть?

b5 by Karpov wad a terrible blunder in this easy winning endgame for black.

Good god ..I'm 14 moves in and terrified .. I don't know how this game ends up but the thought of playing this as white I would hate it! Thats why they are both champions and Im 1500 I guess ...

Everything oozed life! Finnish chess, the packed room applauding, a beautiful young woman reproducing the game. And here we are, dead, watching videos at home... What a scam this future is!

I didn't know Spassky smoked certainly a disadvantage.

bobby fischer can beat these guys -_-

Not a good color board