WEBVTT 00:01.070 --> 00:04.970 Hi there, this clash, we talk about Boris Spassky. 00:05.450 --> 00:11.720 So Boris Spassky, a Russian chess player, he was the 10th world chess champion holding the title from 00:11.720 --> 00:13.930 1969 to 1972. 00:15.050 --> 00:17.410 So he actually played free world championship matches. 00:17.420 --> 00:20.210 He lost the ticker and chosen in 1966. 00:20.960 --> 00:25.250 He defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world chess champion. 00:25.730 --> 00:32.540 Then he lost to Bobby Fischer in the famous match in 1972 in Reykjavik, the match of the century. 00:34.190 --> 00:34.700 So. 00:36.110 --> 00:44.480 An excellent player, really a naturally talented player, one that won the Soviet championship twice 00:44.500 --> 00:54.920 outright in 1961, 1973 and twice lost in the playoffs 1956 and 1963 after tying for first place during 00:55.460 --> 00:58.100 the event he was. 00:59.410 --> 01:05.380 During the main event, so when I say he was an actual tennis player like Capablanca for the amount 01:05.380 --> 01:09.710 of work and the results, his results were absolutely staggering. 01:10.240 --> 01:11.770 So a massive talent. 01:11.770 --> 01:17.050 And quite often, you know, Boris Spassky will play very, very creative, dynamic, attacking chess. 01:18.430 --> 01:23.530 So it's definitely a world chess champion that I would love to learn more about myself personally to 01:23.530 --> 01:28.940 go through basically all of his wins, as I have done recently with Bobby Fischer. 01:28.960 --> 01:36.490 I'd like to go through all the words of definitely, you know, take where I'm chosen, definitely Boris 01:36.490 --> 01:44.320 Spassky, definitely Karpoff, definitely XPath, because that for me would also help me strengthen 01:44.320 --> 01:46.960 links in my game, my opening mental game. 01:46.960 --> 01:54.730 And I think and other aspects within those those those skill sets, the vast amount of different interrelated 01:54.730 --> 02:01.600 skill sets by looking at these certain biases and strengths and weaknesses of some world champions, 02:01.940 --> 02:05.290 especially the strengths, you can sort of bolster your game. 02:05.290 --> 02:08.290 You can strength your game where they're strong, ideally. 02:09.370 --> 02:15.640 So I believe there is a lot, a huge amount to learn from all the world champions and especially especially, 02:15.790 --> 02:22.330 you know, two grandchildren, especially Fischer, especially Spassky complex both for me personally, 02:23.500 --> 02:29.260 these are more modern world champions than than the early ones. 02:29.260 --> 02:35.110 But even if you go back to Laska, you know, Lask was a superbly accurate player as a modern player. 02:35.110 --> 02:38.050 His his games pass the test of time. 02:38.620 --> 02:39.430 So anyway, 02:42.310 --> 02:49.180 basically, let's have a look as iconic Boris Spassky again. 02:49.420 --> 02:50.380 And he's still alive. 02:50.380 --> 02:54.580 I actually met him in a tournament in Gibraltar. 02:55.060 --> 02:56.260 He was a guest of all of that. 02:56.260 --> 02:56.440 Yeah. 02:56.440 --> 02:58.990 It was an honor to kind of meet him for a brief moment. 02:59.710 --> 03:05.110 So here is his game against David Bernstein in the nineteen sixty years, Shamsher round sixteen. 03:05.320 --> 03:07.900 It kicks off of E4 after five. 03:08.260 --> 03:11.500 Spassky is not not afraid to play unusual opening's. 03:11.500 --> 03:13.000 He actually plays the King's gambit. 03:13.390 --> 03:16.660 So a kind of opening from the romantic era of chess. 03:18.430 --> 03:25.010 So David Bernstein accepts the game at nights three and now the five we see here. 03:25.090 --> 03:38.440 He takes the five, Shibly six, Sifry LATISM, the four black holes, the three ninety seven white 03:38.440 --> 03:40.450 castles that we see, eighty six. 03:41.380 --> 03:47.140 So very, very interesting start position from 1994, 1995. 03:48.130 --> 03:56.860 And now see for nudging that night my every bishop takes every offtakes, every the remarkable thing 03:57.100 --> 03:58.330 about this position. 03:59.080 --> 04:05.500 Well the Kings Gambit Power that Semir fall can create a vast rich array of Tatsuru resources just to 04:05.500 --> 04:09.490 set me on the phone like this where you're missing a pawn and opponents call a pawn. 04:09.790 --> 04:16.000 But also there is a certain diagram of death lurking here which would be amplified by this F.R. pressure. 04:16.000 --> 04:22.390 And we see the move C5, which certainly suggests the use sometimes of this diagonal of death, as I 04:22.390 --> 04:27.700 like to call it, the Stiefel ability when the opponent consoles Kingside, you know, this Dienel could 04:27.700 --> 04:29.830 be very, very weak at certain points. 04:30.310 --> 04:37.120 We see Bishop is and the bishop actually drops back, giving great flexibility to either use this diagonal, 04:37.270 --> 04:39.850 which can be also very sensitive, and this diagonal. 04:40.450 --> 04:45.310 So maybe both rookie aides and I will direct France Queen Differe. 04:46.660 --> 04:50.080 So it looks as though this is a direct effect we parade. 04:50.650 --> 04:55.810 It looks very nice if things would be dangerous for Queen Eighty-seven, but in practice, notates would 04:56.200 --> 05:04.450 take the knight and protect 087 and Black actually thus place Itou expecting the Queen to have the drop 05:04.450 --> 05:05.860 back and take on Itou. 05:06.340 --> 05:10.690 But here is an amazing concept in this position. 05:11.080 --> 05:14.650 I wonder if you can guess if I give you five seconds to pause the video. 05:33.210 --> 05:44.150 OK, now, actually, taking the -- would be an advantage for whites, you know, after have sex 81, 05:44.160 --> 05:46.530 but whites attacking spirit has been derailed. 05:46.680 --> 05:51.090 The attacking nature of the position has been slightly derailed. 05:52.110 --> 05:59.680 If black plays move like G six, it seems as though, you know, black could potentially be in trouble. 05:59.700 --> 06:03.780 Still on this diagonal, for example, like this, this is a crushing idea. 06:06.510 --> 06:12.990 We've coordinated seven Jack and Queen seven there, so, yeah, you know, this could still be an immensely 06:12.990 --> 06:18.300 attacking position, this kind of position could still be hugely dangerous. 06:18.300 --> 06:21.870 Black's pawn structure around the king is really fragile. 06:22.800 --> 06:27.180 So, you know, this is just the fictional example where White could get an amazing attack. 06:27.690 --> 06:34.800 Nevertheless, even with a Quansah move, White can get, you know, potentially gigantic looking possessions 06:35.190 --> 06:38.120 with big advantages like this know it's crushing. 06:38.460 --> 06:43.350 So even Quintet's Eita is actually not a bad it's not a bad position at all. 06:43.350 --> 06:46.050 This just to recap here, 96 81. 06:46.410 --> 06:49.680 The Kings Gambit style position here is not actually that bad. 06:49.950 --> 06:51.960 There is attacking spirit to be had. 06:52.410 --> 06:56.810 There are issues for black unraveling in this position. 06:57.120 --> 07:02.880 So, for example, you know, Bishop AR5, you know, the forcing of like takes, queen takes, Rook 07:02.880 --> 07:07.680 takes and then the bishop's hanging at the end shows that, you know, Bishop at five is desirable but 07:07.680 --> 07:09.960 impossible if that's impossible. 07:10.500 --> 07:15.060 And and this has to be done, then this is just a really dangerous position for blacks. 07:15.060 --> 07:23.400 KINGSON Anyway, however, what makes this game game iconic is this move ninety-six that was actually 07:23.400 --> 07:25.890 played instead offering an entire rook. 07:26.930 --> 07:35.450 So it seems that there are multiple sensitive points in Black's possession and actually multiple roads, 07:35.870 --> 07:45.110 the diagonal, the foul, so fascinating position and it actually prompts a serious mistake. 07:45.110 --> 07:50.960 My fate, it seems, with best, absolute best play with precision engineering. 07:52.280 --> 07:57.530 You know, if this was a correspondence game where players have days and weeks to think that maybe then 07:57.650 --> 08:02.720 this continuation could be found, where that's taken, that's taken. 08:02.720 --> 08:04.420 Inviting seven check. 08:04.790 --> 08:07.430 The point is it Seven Square is available to the king. 08:08.090 --> 08:12.530 And it turns out that actually there might be 95 as well. 08:13.100 --> 08:21.230 And basically, if black does all this, black can survive black and survive with an equal position. 08:21.230 --> 08:23.160 It seems so. 08:23.330 --> 08:32.820 However, you know, Spassky is not playing a supercomputer and sort of takes a one fdx knight. 08:32.990 --> 08:34.220 Thanks F7. 08:34.880 --> 08:35.900 It's just devastating. 08:35.900 --> 08:39.410 It really undermines that Fehn -- chain around the king. 08:39.950 --> 08:41.630 And, you know, this is just crushing. 08:41.630 --> 08:43.520 That diagonal is just vicious. 08:43.520 --> 08:44.210 That's checkmate. 08:45.560 --> 08:48.050 So OK, but no effort was played. 08:48.350 --> 08:50.510 And now guess what? 08:50.510 --> 08:53.240 White plays if I give you five seconds pause video. 09:02.000 --> 09:07.820 I should have stated the obvious, by the way, so I just before we go to the obvious, relatively obvious 09:07.820 --> 09:13.750 rather, is check and mate, if not, if it's just routinely captured that we check in Mazar e Severns, 09:13.790 --> 09:19.380 you know, a bit of a liability, to say the least, if it's if there's no escape hatch for the kingdom. 09:19.850 --> 09:25.190 So anyway, but no a was played and this actually now allows a great move anyway. 09:25.340 --> 09:28.220 So can you suppose if I give you five seconds, pause the video. 09:31.550 --> 09:32.090 OK. 09:33.320 --> 09:39.800 It's nineteen eighty seven, it really has to shreds these roads for the king opens up that so-called 09:40.040 --> 09:48.470 Triangle of death that night takes seven, so the risk has taken rotates and ambition at five is played 09:49.010 --> 09:50.660 to try and defend with this move. 09:50.660 --> 09:53.870 Bishop, I find it it's rather a desperate scenario. 09:53.870 --> 10:01.940 If King takes F7, then there's an absolutely beautiful concept that lies beneath hair. 10:03.290 --> 10:06.710 Of the 95 doublecheck, the king is forced to move. 10:07.070 --> 10:16.040 But guess what beautiful, stunning resource White has in this position, which actually forces a checkmate. 10:16.400 --> 10:21.890 If I give you five seconds to pull through the shackle checks, even the totally outrageous ones, and 10:21.890 --> 10:26.690 you may find a bit of magic here to forcefully checkmate the opponent. 10:34.430 --> 10:39.920 So you need that full apparatus here prioritised for seamless moving every step of calculation, look 10:39.920 --> 10:45.560 at the weaknesses of the last move, the killer common squares, the discovery of facts around the board. 10:46.760 --> 10:49.100 And you won't find Koeneke seven check. 10:49.100 --> 10:53.580 It creates a weakness of the six square and six square. 10:53.600 --> 10:55.510 So both of these would be weakened. 10:55.940 --> 10:57.820 And now Bishop B phrase devastating. 10:58.760 --> 10:59.630 There's no defensive. 10:59.900 --> 11:06.530 He because, you know, it's not there to hold for someone he thinks and say, well, there's not too 11:06.530 --> 11:07.990 many replies here. 11:08.000 --> 11:09.480 Ninety-Six is checkmate. 11:10.130 --> 11:10.640 So, yeah. 11:10.640 --> 11:13.400 So that's why this is a very, very desperate situation. 11:13.400 --> 11:16.520 So Bishop F I was tried that is taken. 11:17.060 --> 11:22.520 We have now Queen D7 and then just a subtle little move queen a full. 11:25.680 --> 11:29.790 And there were gigantic threats of what gets an extra move like this would be free. 11:31.690 --> 11:39.070 Or 1996, just to rip open the king, there are huge fans, but Spastics is to unlike comes in and that's 11:39.070 --> 11:40.450 another one, another major one. 11:40.900 --> 11:44.930 So it blunts the bishop against its pressure on DE for its supports. 11:44.930 --> 11:46.840 The other night, it hits the queen. 11:47.410 --> 11:51.000 So it gains the tempo by hitting the Queen Queen 87. 11:51.010 --> 11:53.390 And now this time there should be free. 11:54.700 --> 11:59.350 And here we have Bishop 65 night 1995 check. 12:00.870 --> 12:01.570 Charism. 12:04.970 --> 12:08.900 This is just a very, very difficult position indeed. 12:10.660 --> 12:18.340 We have now the final move of the game, which is queen, he fought back and this is actually a similar 12:18.340 --> 12:25.660 position, was used in a James Bond film from Russia with Love, where Peter Madden, as McAdams was 12:25.660 --> 12:32.320 playing against trons thing, then a bronze thing, something bit of a giveaway, but in his final possession. 12:33.130 --> 12:39.390 And he had to go, you know, six ciggy six, guess what white plays in this position. 12:43.750 --> 12:46.780 OK, thanks, Efate. 12:47.470 --> 12:54.340 So where Jesus is falling apart, for example, here, Queen takes sex and seven will when the queen 12:54.850 --> 13:00.300 with a massive advantage and shortly mating eggs are queen states say it's a token check. 13:00.640 --> 13:02.700 It's going to be meeting with queen sex and sex. 13:03.100 --> 13:05.630 So really, really crushing, you know, finish there. 13:07.150 --> 13:09.670 Yeah, it's it's a beautiful iconic game. 13:09.760 --> 13:11.680 So much so that it was used in film. 13:11.680 --> 13:12.640 That's always a good sign. 13:15.040 --> 13:15.730 So, yes. 13:16.570 --> 13:21.550 And David Bronstein, by the way, is another great champion of the game and uncrowned king, so to 13:21.550 --> 13:21.870 speak. 13:22.270 --> 13:24.670 He was very, very close to becoming world champion himself. 13:25.190 --> 13:29.590 So there are other champions, not just the official world champions. 13:31.090 --> 13:38.560 Which these champions are worth studying as well, you know, if if your competitors in the CHASSAGNE 13:38.560 --> 13:43.690 study them and you don't, you could be missing out on really strong aspects of their play. 13:44.080 --> 13:50.860 But also happens to be that David Brounstein is a is a fantastic golfer and there are superb books like 13:50.860 --> 13:55.270 The Sorcerer's Apprentice, which I have, which are absolutely brilliant. 13:55.600 --> 14:00.100 It's just got a lot of insight, a lot of dynamic insight into chess. 14:00.940 --> 14:08.430 So it's well worth also finding out the champions, which might not have become official world champions. 14:08.770 --> 14:12.750 So we're talking, you know, David Bronzewing, we're talking Victor, cautiously. 14:13.090 --> 14:15.400 They had huge struggles. 14:15.400 --> 14:21.460 And, you know, maybe under different circumstances they would have become world champions. 14:21.460 --> 14:28.480 But they're also local champions, you know, United States champions, British champions, which could 14:28.480 --> 14:29.230 inspire you. 14:29.230 --> 14:36.250 And for me personally, Michael Adams, his dominance of the British scene has been remarkable. 14:36.250 --> 14:38.880 His style of play absolutely brilliant to behold. 14:39.460 --> 14:41.620 So seek out the champions. 14:42.310 --> 14:45.880 But Boris Spassky is certainly one for minimal effort. 14:45.890 --> 14:47.910 You know, he had amazing results. 14:48.340 --> 14:53.830 I know he lost nineteen something to match, but he shouldn't be underestimated, you know, is absolute 14:53.830 --> 14:57.500 genius of the chessboard as this game iconic game shows. 14:58.090 --> 14:59.650 OK, that's so much.