9/28/2013 – Surely, we venture, you have not yet seen a video of the legendary American World Chess Champion analysing a game. Well, here is a rare example: Bobby Fischer explaining a miniature of Capablanca. We have reconstructed his analysis so you can watch the video and simultaneously replay the moves he is talking about on a JavaScript board. Historical footage.
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We do not know where this film was recorded, nor are we sure what language
the interviewer is translating Fischer's remarks into.
Addendum: Guardian chess correspondent
Leonard Barden informs us that the interviewer in the video is "clearly
the Serbian journalist FM Dimitrije Bjelica, so that the film was most probably
shot in Yugoslavia 1970". Multiple readers have informed us that the
language used by Bjelica and partially understood by Fischer is Serbo-Croatian.
We would be grateful for any further information regarding the footage.
Also if you know of any other Fischer analysis on video please send us a
link. Thanks to Ian Olsen for pointing us to the current video.
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1.e4
1,157,099
54%
2422
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1.d4
940,742
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
279,272
56%
2441
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1.c4
180,870
56%
2443
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1.g3
19,622
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,033
54%
2427
---
1.f4
5,819
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,708
51%
2384
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1.b4
1,731
48%
2378
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1.a3
1,177
53%
2402
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1.e3
1,054
48%
2407
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1.d3
927
50%
2376
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1.g4
648
46%
2360
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1.h4
438
52%
2371
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1.c3
418
51%
2423
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1.h3
260
55%
2413
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1.a4
101
59%
2476
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1.Nh3
88
66%
2510
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1.f3
82
47%
2435
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1.Na3
38
62%
2477
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Please, wait...
1.e4e62.d4d53.Nc3Nf64.Bg5dxe45.Nxe4Nbd76.Nf3Be77.Nxf6+Nxf6This is weaker, because it does not
simplify.7...Bxf6Petrosian took with the bishop, after which it
is difficult for White to win.8.Qd2Bxg59.Nxg5Nf610.Be20-011.Rd1Qd612.0-0Bd713.Nf3Rfd814.c4Bc615.Ne5Nd716.Nxc6Qxc617.Bf3Qa618.Qc3Nf619.b4c620.a4Rac821.a5b522.Rc1h623.h3bxc424.Qxc4Qxc425.Rxc4Nd526.Rfc1Rb827.Rxc6Rxb428.Rc8Rxc829.Rxc8+Kh730.Ra8Rb731.a6Rd732.Rb8Rd633.Be2Nc734.Rb7Nxa635.Rxf7Nb436.Rxa7Rxd437.Bg4Rd638.Re7Nd539.Rxe6Rxe640.Bxe6Nf61/2-1/2 (40) Fischer,R-Petrosian,T Stockholm 19628.Bd3b69.0-0 White has the centre, nice development, attacking chances...Bb710.Qe20-011.Rad1h6This is a weak move, weakens the kingside.12.Bf4Qd5Another weak move, threatening the pawn - if he take on c7
he takes on a2. But of course he attacks the queen:13.c4Qd8If he
moves the queen, say13...Qh5we just take the pawn for nothing:14.Bxc7or here:13...Qa5we can play this move:14.d514.Ne5Nd7 The knight on e5 is very strong, he wants to remove
it.He cannot take14...Qxd4 because of the check:15.Bh7+15.Bb115.Bb1Black saw that if he takes with the knight:Nxe516.dxe5Qc817.Qd3g618.Bxh6and
it's a lost game.1–0
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