Learn the King’s Gambit With Me ♔ ASMR ♔ Spassky vs. Fischer, 1960 ♔ Chess Opening Tutorial

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The King’s Gambit is a chess opening that I have long been fascinated by. World Champion Boris Spassky played it throughout his career and never lost, so I figured I’d start with his games in my journey to understand this fascinating piece of chess theory. In 1960 Spassky famously beat Bobby Fischer with the King’s Gambit, which spurred Fischer to write his famous article “a bust to the King’s Gambit” in where he shared analysis that was so convincing, that most players simply dropped the KG from their repertoire. But not Spassky!

You can go over the game yourself here:

And here is the pgn:

[Event “Mar del Plata”]
[Site “Mar del Plata ARG”]
[Date “1960.03.30”]
[EventDate “1960.03.29”]
[Round “2”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Boris Spassky”]
[Black “Robert James Fischer”]
[ECO “C39”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “57”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 d6
7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Bg7 9. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 10… c5
11. Be2 cxd4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxg4 O-O 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Qg4 f5
16. Qg3 dxc3 17. Rae1 Kh8 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Bxd6 Bf8 20. Be5+
Nxe5 21. Qxe5+ Rg7 22. Rxf5 Qxh4+ 23. Kg1 Qg4 24. Rf2 Be7
25. Re4 Qg5 26. Qd4 Rf8 27. Re5 Rd8 28. Qe4 Qh4 29. Rf4 1-0

209 Comments

  1. Can u please tell me that chess board and pieces name and where can I buy it ? <3

  2. Wait are u danish? Cuz u have the accent of a danish person:) its very calming

  3. Himyusernameisveryverylongplznoticemeireallyneedit says:

    A-Chess-M R sounds educational for some reason

  4. I’m super down to continue with this series. Might I recommend a game with Judith Polgart (sorry for the spelling). She apparently had a very unique approach to the opening by using the bishop instead of the knight. Would be curious to see your take on it

  5. Chess asmr… chess asmr… chess asmr… i dont even know anymore… i guess its only for the people who like this 😐

  6. Yooo are you a fide rated player :0 your moves are fast ans smooth you look like you have been playing chess for a long time + high level cam meaning you did YouTube before you started showing chess on yt :0

  7. I love how I can subconsciously learn opening theory While I’m sleeping

  8. New to the channel but I'd like to see you play out some ideas past where he resigned. I see moves still but I can't carry them out far enough without a board in front of me.

  9. That’s really good! Will you use Mikhail Tal’s games in your next videos? He was the 8th World Champion and he was crazy about sacrificing the pieces!

  10. Want more of these videos please! What an amazing concept, instead of trying to figure out alone we can now disect matches played by GMs and learn openings in asmr. Also the setup, lighting and angle is spot on. Subscribed!

  11. Amazing video! 🙂 I wish to watch more King's Gambit 😀

  12. Where can I get that board and those chess pieces?

  13. I think we can also relax after learning the kings gambit

  14. Do the pawn structure of this opening as the next segment

  15. At the start you were thinking about playing d4 as the third move for white. Just wanted to point out that this looses immediately to queen h4

  16. This was as enjoyable as it was enlightening. Keep doing this format, for sure.

  17. I’d enjoy learning some theory personally!

  18. I want more openings theory. The chess class is fantabulous

  19. You algorithm: you like asmr
    Me: yes
    Yt: you like chess
    Me: yes
    Yt: we give you both

  20. I enjoyed this a lot, but it's so relaxing that it put me to sleep on about five different nights so I've very little recollection of the beginning by the time I've reached the end 💤 success! I would like a little more finger drumming on the board etc as that is so tingly.

  21. I think we need more theory !! cool video the format is great

  22. I love these because I find chess so boring and it makes me fall asleep instantly. Keep it up!

  23. At 42:43 white could have sacked the queen on D8 and it would have been mate in a few moves 😂

  24. This is an amazing series idea! I'm hooked

  25. Let's learn about the Vienna Game/Gambit please 🙏🏻

  26. where could I get my hands on that beautiful chess set?

  27. I can’t stay awake long enough to learn anything 😴

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