12/27/2024 – The World Rapid and Blitz Championships began in New York on 26 December. Sagar Shah is reporting for ChessBase India, while Anish Giri is participating. They are good friends and, before the start of the tournament, Sagar invited the Dutch top player to try his luck in a little quiz about the most famous chess player in New York: Bobby Fischer! How well do you know Fischer's games? How well does Giri know Fischer's games?
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This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered.
We give Anish 10 positions from Fischer's games, and we try to find as to how he would fare in this endeavour. Check out this interview to understand how a world-class player views the games of another great player, and in this process learn from one of the absolute legends in the game of chess!
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1.Nf3Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.d40-05.Bf4d56.Qb3dxc47.Qxc4c68.e4Nbd79.Rd1Nb610.Qc5Bg411.Bg511. Be2
followed by 12. O-O would have been more prudent. The bishop
move played allows a sudden crescendo of tactical points to be
uncovered by Fischer. -- WadeNa4!12.Qa3On 12. Nxa4
Nxe4 and White faces considerable difficulties.Nxc3At
first glance, one might think that this move only helps White
create a stronger pawn center; however, Fischer's plan is
quite the opposite. By eliminating the Knight on c3, it
becomes possible to sacrifice the exchange via Nxe4 and smash
White's center, while the King remains trapped in the center.13.bxc3Nxe4The natural continuation of Black's plan.14.Bxe7Qb615.Bc4Nxc316.Bc5Rfe8+17.Kf1Be6!! If
this is the game of the century, then 17...Be6!! must be the
counter of the century. Fischer offers his queen in exchange
for a fierce attack with his minor pieces. Declining this
offer is not so easy: 18. Bxe6 leads to a 'Philidor Mate'
(smothered mate) with ...Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+
21. Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#. Other ways to decline the queen
also run into trouble: e.g., 18. Qxc3 Qxc518.Bxb6Bxc4+19.Kg1Ne2+20.Kf1Nxd4+This tactical scenario, where a
king is repeatedly revealed to checks, is sometimes called a
"windmill."21.Kg1Ne2+22.Kf1Nc3+23.Kg1axb624.Qb4Ra425.Qxb6Nxd126.h3Rxa227.Kh2Nxf228.Re1Rxe129.Qd8+Bf830.Nxe1Bd531.Nf3Ne432.Qb8b5Every piece
and pawn of the black camp is defended. The white queen has
nothing to do.33.h4h534.Ne5Kg735.Kg1Bc5+36.Kf1Ng3+Now Byrne is hopelessly entangled in Fischer's mating
net.37.Ke1Bb4+38.Kd1Bb3+39.Kc1Ne2+40.Kb1Nc3+41.Kc1Rc2#0–1
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered.
Sagar ShahSagar is an International Master from India with two GM norms. He loves to cover chess tournaments, as that helps him understand and improve at the game he loves so much. He is the co-founder and CEO of ChessBase India, the biggest chess news portal in the country. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers, and to date close to a billion views. ChessBase India is the sole distributor of ChessBase products in India and seven adjoining countries, where the software is available at a 60% discount. compared to International prices.
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