Botvinnik vs. Tal | World Championship 1960 - GM Yasser Seirawan

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2015
  • Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan tells the story of the 1960 World Championship match. Yasser looks at Game 6, which was a key encounter in the matchup.
    2015.11.19
    Mikhail Botvinnik vs Mikhail Tal, Tal - Botvinnik World Championship Match (1960): E69 King's Indian, fianchetto, classical main line

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  • @BlackBeltMonkeySong
    @BlackBeltMonkeySong 8 лет назад +238

    Yasser is the best: knowledgeable, charming, eloquent, enthusiastic... please create 100s of videos for all the generations to come.

    • @bigbrother5024
      @bigbrother5024 8 лет назад

      +BlackBeltMonkeySong He's nearly there, if you download all his clips (use JDownloader on the yt playlist) it's 94 and counting! Unfortunately, he's not on screen for 20% of the time but demonstrating something to the left, so calculating this as a penalty it's 74 :-p

    • @QwertyNPC
      @QwertyNPC 7 лет назад +1

      Indeed. But a hundred videos is not even near hundreds ;)

    • @robink.9966
      @robink.9966 4 года назад

      He sounds like he's been smoking opium...

    • @abhi_shek1196
      @abhi_shek1196 2 года назад

      @@robink.9966 no he sounds like a roman general ur opinion is cringe

    • @robink.9966
      @robink.9966 2 года назад

      @@abhi_shek1196 He's a gay opium addict. Go take a look at his wiki page

  • @truli91
    @truli91 6 лет назад +124

    Normal GM: "what strategy sould i play?"
    Tal: "what piece should i sacrifice this time?

  • @cristiangamboa2037
    @cristiangamboa2037 4 года назад +221

    I wonder if there is somebody in Russia who talks about Mikhail Jackson' and Mikhail Jordan.

    • @dusanninic9572
      @dusanninic9572 4 года назад +9

      In cinema they talk about Mikhail Caine !
      👍😉👌🏼

    • @gregoriopornillos8113
      @gregoriopornillos8113 3 года назад +1

      Lmao!

    • @bashbrannigan
      @bashbrannigan 3 года назад +6

      This is a fantastic video, despite Yasser annoying habit of Americanizing their first names. The only real problem I had was that his analysis of Tahl’s wonderful F3 was a bit hurried or confusing.

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold 3 года назад +8

      I don't know about Russia, but in Poland it used to be a thing (before the globalization era), and so, for example, George Washington is commonly referred to as Jerzy (Polish equivalent of "George") Waszyngton (polonized spelling), Richard Wagner is Ryszard, Charles Darwin is Karol etc. This custom went out of use somewhere between the 19th and the 20th century, but the names of such historical figures have retained that form to this day.

    • @tahaceen
      @tahaceen 3 года назад

      @@vibovitold "Went out of use somewhere between 19th and 20th century" really? How old were you back then?

  • @Zapodawacz
    @Zapodawacz 8 лет назад +69

    James Seirawan's lecture on Michael Botvinnik and Michael Tal

    • @TheClassicWorld
      @TheClassicWorld 8 лет назад +3

      +zxcsafasfcasczxc Mikhail, not Michael.

    • @clorky420
      @clorky420 7 лет назад +14

      Funniest fucking comment i've ever read.

    • @nuwandalton
      @nuwandalton 7 лет назад +6

      Please Yasser...
      Miraïl not Maïkel.

    • @nagarjunamote2587
      @nagarjunamote2587 6 лет назад +1

      Michael tal Vs Michael Botvinnik the match which happened in apple where Chris Jericho won MIBT

    • @styx85
      @styx85 5 лет назад +4

      Yasser knew Tal personally. If Tal himself didn't care enough to impose the Russian (or Latvian "Mihails") pronunciation on him, why should you?

  • @rtgrrk
    @rtgrrk Год назад +8

    watching this after 7 years, Yasser is a true storyteller, .. and still a nice verrassing :-)

  • @jehushaphat
    @jehushaphat 8 лет назад +120

    Yasser, may I interest you in a new bookshelf?

    • @martm216
      @martm216 3 года назад

      Lol! Very good.

  • @TheMaestromMephisto
    @TheMaestromMephisto 7 месяцев назад +1

    i still return to this video after few months and everytime i learn something new

  • @saleembaba5144
    @saleembaba5144 4 года назад +6

    Years later and I still come back to this video. Gotta love Yasser!

  • @stacemeister
    @stacemeister 8 лет назад +62

    I agree. I think in years to come, these lectures by Yasser will be seen as amongst the best ever given on chess. I am sure that they appeal to those just starting out as well as those at a very high level of chess knowledge. He is an absolute natural and we're lucky that they are available for free online. (If there's any way that the slightly irritating chess prompt can be removed for future lectures, that would be great).

  • @debbiethompson-xm1qn
    @debbiethompson-xm1qn 8 месяцев назад +1

    His lectures are A1 grade true you can gain a lot from them☮️

  • @chessvolp3142
    @chessvolp3142 8 лет назад +34

    Yasser is awesome

  • @dandiaz19934
    @dandiaz19934 6 лет назад +21

    I love Yasser Seirawan's lectures! What an asset to the St. Louis Chess Club and to the United States list of greatest chess players. He seems like such a gentleman and avid storyteller. I love getting all the information he shares about chess culture around the world--much of which has passed and we can now only get through stories.

  • @BenjaminRodriguezIS
    @BenjaminRodriguezIS 5 лет назад +6

    I miss Yasser's books. I loved reading them when I was a teenager; his writing, concise analysis and knowledge were a joy to read through. His Tactics and Brilliancy books were extremely helpful as I started to play.

  • @behzadmahagmail
    @behzadmahagmail 3 года назад +18

    "This match played in Moscow in the spring of 1960 is forever engraved in my memory. Hundreds of chess fans who had failed to buy an entrance ticket stayed outside the Pushkin Theater watching on a big demonstration board the games of the match. I will never forget the famous 6th game in which Tal right after the opening moves sacrificed a knight. It was a challenge to Botvinnik, to all his followers who were trying to put the game into the Procrustean Bed of cold logic and algorithms. As if nothing had happened, Tal was pacing to and fro on the stage, and his famous opponent , who had scored victories over such legends as Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine, confronted with a surprise sacrifice was taking all possible pains to refute Tal's daring decision. All in vain! Botvinnik had already few minutes left on his clock when Stahlberg and Golombek, the arbiters of the match, transferred the game backstage. The spectators were so excited that the atmosphere in the playing hall was more reminiscent of a football match! Tal won this game, and in spite of Botvinnik's stubborn resistance, he won the whole match."
    *Lev Khariton*

    • @jmdesp
      @jmdesp 2 года назад +1

      Tal and Fisher had a great friendship. They both spent more time playing with their opponent's mind than with the pieces on the board.

  • @keepityoung4083
    @keepityoung4083 7 лет назад +1

    Yasser Seirawan not only produces great lessons with his good smile and style but also shares with us a wonderful memory about that old beautiful time, where most of us are eager to know about it. Thank you Yasser ))

  • @erikstetina2248
    @erikstetina2248 8 лет назад +5

    yasser is excellent storyteller! thanks for great video.

  • @MrSunilson
    @MrSunilson 8 лет назад +2

    38 mins of yasser seirawan? yes please

  • @Waterflux
    @Waterflux 6 лет назад +1

    I love GM Yasser Seirawan's teaching method. He does hes best in trying to be descriptive and, at the same time, provide the context and the atmosphere surrounding the matches he covers. Last, but not the least, he has a very good sense of humor. :)

  • @8aymapaidi
    @8aymapaidi 8 лет назад +13

    Thank you for a great lecture on a classic game!

  • @jacobomoralesochoa226
    @jacobomoralesochoa226 2 года назад +1

    What a lecture of this amazing game. Thank You very much Yasser and Saint Loius Chess Club.

  • @d.foerster6475
    @d.foerster6475 3 года назад +1

    That book sounds like a great book. I've always wanted to find a book where a great player analyzes his loosing games.

  • @markbroe423
    @markbroe423 8 лет назад +11

    Really like your lectures, Yasser. You and Finegold are the best! I am very grateful for these videos. Thank you to all involved.

  • @chil7081
    @chil7081 2 года назад +1

    "Now I was ready to understand more" ... very powerful

  • @evertblad8760
    @evertblad8760 8 лет назад +2

    Great stuff, thanks Yasser for this awesome lecture.

  • @brendan4970
    @brendan4970 8 лет назад +1

    I haven't been watching the chessclub (or youtube), as religiously as in the past, but to come back at the end of a great night and see Yasser back with a classic, story tale lecture is truly a treat. Thank you chessclub for all you do.

  • @luizfernandoareas25
    @luizfernandoareas25 8 лет назад +2

    Fantastic game and fantastic lecture of the amazing Yass! Contratulations :)

  • @anglosaxon5874
    @anglosaxon5874 8 лет назад +2

    Nice lecture. Thank you Yasser.

  • @zoodidwa
    @zoodidwa 8 лет назад +1

    Fantastic! Thank you.

  • @trialaccount2091
    @trialaccount2091 8 лет назад +1

    What a candid and parsimonious teacher!

  • @carlosfcruz-rr9hp
    @carlosfcruz-rr9hp 2 года назад

    Awesome analisys awesome narration. Awesome history lesson.Yasser is the best we have.

  • @WilliamStoner
    @WilliamStoner 8 лет назад +6

    Thanks for the content!

  • @shamsrizvi6324
    @shamsrizvi6324 3 года назад

    Whenever I hear Grandmaster Yasser he gives so sweet and Grandfatherly Vibes while teaching Chess ♟️

  • @chanceespinosa3861
    @chanceespinosa3861 3 года назад +7

    Yasser, buddy, I love ya man, but there isn't one Michael in Russia let alone two.

  • @jjgonzalez3395
    @jjgonzalez3395 8 лет назад +1

    Thank you, CCSCSL, for Yasser's lectures. He is truly the greatest lecturer of this channel and of all time. Glad he is back.

  • @adamhasson8927
    @adamhasson8927 3 года назад

    i dont know how to discribe how much i thank you Yassir. thank you. you help me to love chess more.

  • @user-nw6qp1ki2n
    @user-nw6qp1ki2n 6 лет назад +2

    Yasser 🌈 u make my day ✨

  • @user-kh6xl4yg1j
    @user-kh6xl4yg1j 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing game; clear analysis by Yasser. Bravo

  • @MadderMel
    @MadderMel 6 лет назад

    Great video !! Good game too !

  • @fredtheafricanpianist5935
    @fredtheafricanpianist5935 8 лет назад +5

    Excellent game! Tal is such a genius!!

  • @guitarmachine13
    @guitarmachine13 5 лет назад +6

    So how many times did you get the player's names mixed up?

  • @nursohel7362
    @nursohel7362 8 лет назад

    Well analyzes .. Greeting from Bangladesh

  • @alexmenard9026
    @alexmenard9026 Год назад

    Superb lecture

  • @redhawk4357
    @redhawk4357 2 месяца назад +1

    Seirawan is the chill ass uncle of the chess world 😊

  • @trashorfire3191
    @trashorfire3191 Год назад

    i hope i meet yasser one day, such a charming individual!

  • @yahyaichakdi1624
    @yahyaichakdi1624 7 лет назад +2

    thank u Yasser Seirawan , really i like you videos and your way of explainning .

  • @boyatbox
    @boyatbox 8 лет назад +1

    Tal was a genius, so is Yasser. Thank you sir.

  • @Ronbo710
    @Ronbo710 3 года назад

    Beautful game. One of the things I have to remember is when an opponent sacs a major piece I can do the same for position later on. I don't think of it many times until going over the game later.

  • @TomPark1986
    @TomPark1986 6 лет назад +1

    More Yasser please.

  • @acacar89le91
    @acacar89le91 8 лет назад +5

    Excellent, greetings from Serbia.

  • @Ahmed-cr9kv
    @Ahmed-cr9kv 8 лет назад

    finally gm yasser is back

  • @pruebacelus1932
    @pruebacelus1932 2 года назад

    Es un excelente catedrático, tiene un talento enorme es muy carismático gran sentido del humor y parece buen tipo....

  • @kevinmartin5965
    @kevinmartin5965 7 лет назад

    Marvelous lecturer.

  • @singlespies
    @singlespies 8 лет назад +2

    What a game!

  • @andyman268
    @andyman268 8 лет назад

    awesome. enjoyed this so much.

  • @jandom9008
    @jandom9008 6 лет назад

    You are the best

  • @howardromano7395
    @howardromano7395 7 лет назад +1

    Yasser, the Mr. Rogers of chess. Enjoyed.

  • @cana123uruguay2
    @cana123uruguay2 8 лет назад +11

    Michael Tal !!! oh please hahaha

  • @cstanciu7609
    @cstanciu7609 8 лет назад

    good job, Yasser Seirawan.

  • @teejay5511
    @teejay5511 6 лет назад +1

    I love his teaching style but I wish he would use the mouse to point out his ideas on the computer screen... us online watchers cannot follow the pointing on the projection directed at the live audience. Thx for the content!

  • @61rmd1
    @61rmd1 2 года назад

    what a game...a masterpiece of tactics

  • @sreckokraljina6224
    @sreckokraljina6224 2 года назад

    its annoying that you put another board over the original one so we cant see what he s pointing to... its unwatchable for me...is there a link to the original video?

  • @antoniostojanovski9008
    @antoniostojanovski9008 Год назад

    He is an amazing person,chess player and storyteller

  • @JPCPSeto
    @JPCPSeto 8 лет назад +1

    Liked the 'verrassing' part around 09:38 :-)

  • @jesusrios1313
    @jesusrios1313 8 лет назад

    Its about time you guys upload a watchable Lecture.

    • @jasonrawls6959
      @jasonrawls6959 8 лет назад +8

      +Jesus Rios Pretty rude thing to say considering these videos are free to watch and the commentators are doing this as a service. What do you contribute to the chess community?

    • @blueromeo1974
      @blueromeo1974 8 лет назад

      Jason Rawls ouch thats hurts. ..

    • @jesusrios1313
      @jesusrios1313 8 лет назад

      +Hob Goblin His reponse wasn't even hurtful at all what are you saying "ouch that hurts" for. He's just saying he loves shity chess videos and used a crappy insult. That's it.

    • @blueromeo1974
      @blueromeo1974 8 лет назад

      Ohhh😑 but he got a point for chess mortal players

    • @blueromeo1974
      @blueromeo1974 8 лет назад

      I'm a fide 1800 player. ..by the time I was fide 1000 this video would be helpful for lots of novices players

  • @houssemhizi1011
    @houssemhizi1011 2 года назад

    This man is teacher by nature

  • @thatguy4064
    @thatguy4064 8 лет назад +24

    No Homo... I love Mr. Seirawn!!!! His humor and method of teaching is fantastic. I am sure that he could make any lecture interesting. Thanks

  • @9211vaibhav
    @9211vaibhav Год назад +1

    Yasser speaks normally when speed is 1.5x

  • @samuelyoung8103
    @samuelyoung8103 8 лет назад +40

    Seirwan is a great teacher, but he keeps calling the sides by the wrong names, and it's pronounced "Mikhail", not " Michael".

    • @alansong4754
      @alansong4754 7 лет назад +4

      usually, people call him Mikhail, but some people like to say Michael because its easier to say apparently

    • @onegerard1
      @onegerard1 7 лет назад

      Well I've tried; ...and no that can't be it :)

    • @unlimitedpower978
      @unlimitedpower978 7 лет назад +3

      Yeah well it isn't the first nor last time a name will be anglicized.

    • @jorymil
      @jorymil 6 лет назад +1

      If Yasser hadn't personally known both "Michaels," then I'd be more inclined to give him grief about it, but if anyone can get away with the anglicism, it's Yasser. A free lecture from someone who shared drinks with both men is well worth a little grating of the nerves.
      If you'd like to learn more, I just finished reading Yasser's _Chess_ _Duels_, where he talks about both men. Highly recommended, both for the biography and for the chess.

    • @skakdosmer
      @skakdosmer 5 лет назад

      Who cares if he calls them both Michael. But it's really annoying when he keeps saying Tal instead of Botvinnik and Botvinnik instead of Tal.

  • @mytwitzworld
    @mytwitzworld 7 лет назад +6

    There is "Michael" Botvinnik, "Michael" Tal.... or as I like to call them the Two Mikes....

  • @exro572
    @exro572 Год назад

    I know this is a very late comment, but is there anyone who knows which books Yasser refers to in the beginning when he says "his top reading list"?

    • @briangerra5236
      @briangerra5236 8 месяцев назад

      He just means he has a list of his favorite books

  • @reem_ice
    @reem_ice 7 лет назад

    At 32:46, is there a possibilty black can play Be5 to block the path of the rook, to save the pawn?

    • @gaming2top759
      @gaming2top759 7 лет назад

      Remi M then Bf3 and may be even Rxe5 in between. in any case white will be up material, except the on played

  • @Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll
    @Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll 7 лет назад

    what is the name of the book ?

  • @martm216
    @martm216 3 года назад

    Yasser speaks very well.

  • @akmalmudori739
    @akmalmudori739 3 года назад

    The best Game CHESS, MR TAL. !! super Heavy Class Genius.

  • @cantfindagoodchannelname7359
    @cantfindagoodchannelname7359 8 лет назад +1

    Whoa his voice

  • @bigbrother5024
    @bigbrother5024 8 лет назад +1

    Mr. Seirawan, please do us a big favor and take a day off to practice demonstrating the game on the computer screen only. You already mentioned that you can do colors, and you have figured out arrows, so you should be all set!
    Like Mr. King, you're one of the very best chess commentators, and missing lots of explanations when you are off screen is such a pity. Maybe try to glue down your shoes in front of the laptop next time if you have trouble not walking about :-)
    Remember that for every one person in your live audience, there are 200-500 people watching online over time...

  • @AM-sp6je
    @AM-sp6je 6 лет назад +1

    Tal the genius! Yasser is the best!

  • @panchomaran4265
    @panchomaran4265 5 лет назад

    Yaz and finegold are the best. They have fun doing it.

  • @My_Dixie_Wrecked_
    @My_Dixie_Wrecked_ 3 года назад

    I need the book list...

  • @GregHu77
    @GregHu77 8 лет назад

    No ! Check "Tal Botvinnik 1960" by Mikhail Tal

  • @cana123uruguay2
    @cana123uruguay2 8 лет назад +4

    Michael Botvinnik ?!!! hahaha Mikhail !

  • @davidchandra8722
    @davidchandra8722 3 года назад

    does anyone know the book that Yasser talk about?

    • @mikahamari5994
      @mikahamari5994 3 года назад

      *Tal-Botvinnik 1960* by Mikhail Tal.

  • @Danumurti18
    @Danumurti18 5 лет назад

    Todays Mikhail Tal is GM Timur Gareyev.. look at his games, even crazier than Tal!

  • @jumpingship3001
    @jumpingship3001 2 года назад

    Chess principals book someone stole Tals when he was young. Tal, "Who needs that book anyways."

  • @bignosebluesable
    @bignosebluesable 6 лет назад

    What's with the "Michael" thing?

  • @Sharwul
    @Sharwul 4 года назад +5

    Yasser's parents must be Bob Ross and the Cheshire cat. Anyone else seeing it?

  • @vladimerkhurtsidze8415
    @vladimerkhurtsidze8415 8 лет назад +1

    very good lecture but please, mikhail not michael.

  • @dago6410
    @dago6410 3 года назад

    What if you had adjournments still today? I mean, players would have to stay in the area where it owuld be certain nobody will bring them the engine analisis and stuff? WOuld that be just too hard to arrange :D? Would be fun IMO XD. I mean, in world championship matches, aint nobody have time for that normally but in a WC match.... restoring taht could somehow be cool, if it was possible to make sure they cant somehow cheat with an aengine. :D

  • @12jswilson
    @12jswilson Год назад

    Tal: Nf4
    Crowd: "Blyat!"

  • @manuelrodrigues5996
    @manuelrodrigues5996 3 года назад

    Michael!!!! Michael!!!!!

  • @galefray
    @galefray 6 лет назад +3

    Hi (sorry for bad english)

  • @TheStupidLama
    @TheStupidLama 8 лет назад

    someone know "how deep" YAsser Seirawan fell with his Fide rating? IMPORTANT: He's amazing, my favourite commentator AND lecturer! He's a genius. He's an idol of mine.
    It's just he said "I was...top 10 world chess players..." and I looked it up and he's nowhere near that, not even the top 100 today.. is it just that long ago that he was Top 10 or did I missunderstand something?
    - Ok I looked it up he peaked at 2658 in his days. But he's around Gelfands age who is still top 20. and more importantly: if he was top 10 then he must have been with a rating relatively far away from 2700 even. Did the Elo go up that high the last 2 decades that 2660 was top 10 whereas now it's not even top 100 ?? Seems odd, someone know? Is it calculated differently now?
    Again, I love Yasser, he just made me notice this.

    • @Toommy78
      @Toommy78 7 лет назад +2

      You may be interested in rating inflation subject.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#Ratings_inflation_and_deflation

  • @RobynHode8
    @RobynHode8 Год назад

    Never heard Tal referred to as "Mike."

  • @kiancavella
    @kiancavella 3 года назад

    Yasser is the Bob Ross of chess

  • @sijaanhallak5279
    @sijaanhallak5279 8 лет назад +2

    whats the name of the book?

    • @studgiri
      @studgiri 8 лет назад +3

      +sijaan hallak Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 by Mikhail Tal

    • @sijaanhallak5279
      @sijaanhallak5279 8 лет назад

      +Foo Bar Thanks

    • @eduardo_moya
      @eduardo_moya 6 лет назад

      netsaver.myds.me/sym/pub/Netsaver%20Library/Tal,%20Mikhail/Tal-Botvinnik%201960%20(3540)/Tal-Botvinnik%201960%20-%20Tal,%20Mikhail.pdf

  • @Klepske
    @Klepske 3 года назад

    Seirawan says "verrassing" in Dutch. *is thus suitably surprised*

  • @Yaruko
    @Yaruko 7 лет назад

    Yasser is a gift for all of us.

  • @BloonMonkeyStudios
    @BloonMonkeyStudios 3 года назад

    At 34:27 why not Rxe2 with threat of Bd4+ winning rook, if white takes bishop Rxa2 wins as well

  • @undertaker66687
    @undertaker66687 8 лет назад +1

    Is that Arjun at 37:57?!

  • @FoxesDragonsAndVirgos
    @FoxesDragonsAndVirgos 6 лет назад

    At 35:43, if BxN, with white bishop pinned, would be great for Tal. If not, someone tells me why.

    • @styx85
      @styx85 5 лет назад

      It would have been... unfortunately, it was Botvinnik's turn to move ;)

    • @teinff7696
      @teinff7696 2 месяца назад

      ​​@@styx8536:16 Why didn't Tal play Bxe2? His move.