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

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

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

James Seirawan's lecture on Michael Botvinnik and Michael Tal

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

Yasser, may I interest you in a new bookshelf?

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

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).

Yasser is awesome

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.

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

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

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.

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

Thank you for a great lecture on a classic game!

"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*

yasser is excellent storyteller! thanks for great video.

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.

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

Great stuff, thanks Yasser for this awesome lecture.

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

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

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 ))

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. :)

Fantastic! Thank you.

Thanks for the content!

Nice lecture. Thank you Yasser.

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

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

38 mins of yasser seirawan? yes please

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

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

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

What a candid and parsimonious teacher!

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

Seirawan is the chill ass uncle of the chess world 😊

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

Great video !! Good game too !

Amazing game; clear analysis by Yasser. Bravo

Yasser 🌈 u make my day ✨

Excellent game! Tal is such a genius!!

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

Well analyzes .. Greeting from Bangladesh

finally gm yasser is back

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

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.

Superb lecture

Marvelous lecturer.

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

Yasser, the Mr. Rogers of chess. Enjoyed.

Excellent, greetings from Serbia.

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

You are the best

More Yasser please.

good job, Yasser Seirawan.

what a game...a masterpiece of tactics

He is an amazing person,chess player and storyteller

awesome. enjoyed this so much.

Michael Tal !!! oh please hahaha

What a game!

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

Tal is my chess idol and resonates closely with me. All hail the magician from Riga :)

This man is teacher by nature

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

Yasser speaks normally when speed is 1.5x

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

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

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

Yasser speaks very well.

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!

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

Tal the genius! Yasser is the best!

Its about time you guys upload a watchable Lecture.

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

Whoa his voice

No ! Check "Tal Botvinnik 1960" by Mikhail Tal

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

Yasser is a gift for all of us.

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

Michael Botvinnik ?!!! hahaha Mikhail !

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

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...

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?

what is the name of the book ?

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"?

I need the book list...

Never heard Tal referred to as "Mike."

very good lecture but please, mikhail not michael.

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

Yasser is the Bob Ross of chess

Tal: Nf4 Crowd: "Blyat!"

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

Ah yes, the two Michael's.

Michael!!!! Michael!!!!!

Hi (sorry for bad english)

What's with the "Michael" thing?

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

does anyone know the book that Yasser talk about?

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

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.

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