When I look at the best games of Boris Spassky, I see something unique: his chess is unique, his sacs are un-acceptable. That is his difference, Kasparov, Tal, Fischer etc would sac a piece, that sacrificed piece gets accepted and then a fatal blow thrives after a series of moves that emerged due to that necessarily accepted sacrifice. But when Spassky sacs pieces, they are un-acceptable. He will just come on to you with his piece, you attack the piece to repel it back but he ignores your threat, leaving his piece en prise, and now you are unable to capture the piece because a greater threat will thrive if you accept it but you will get demolished even if you do not accept it. The great Najdorf famously spotted it. In the 1970 USSR vs Rest of the World Match, Najdorf said the following "When Spassky offers you a piece, you could just as well resign right there. But when Tal sacrifices, you would do well to go on playing, as he might sacrifice another piece, and then... who knows?"
I felt like Spassky in the following game, where I ignored attacked pieces of mine, offered more and reached un-evadable mate. Now, computer analysis says some of my moves were not the best but that is what I played and that is how I felt. Here is the game:
I once saw a quote about Spassky at the internet: "When Spassky played chess, pieces did not move, they danced." Here, I felt like Spassky.
Please, share your OWN games where you went Spassky mode: where you offered your pieces, you left your pieces hanging but the adversary was unable to capture them, seeing the greater danger.
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When I look at the best games of Boris Spassky, I see something unique: his chess is unique, his sacs are un-acceptable. That is his difference, Kasparov, Tal, Fischer etc would sac a piece, that sacrificed piece gets accepted and then a fatal blow thrives after a series of moves that emerged due to that necessarily accepted sacrifice. But when Spassky sacs pieces, they are un-acceptable. He will just come on to you with his piece, you attack the piece to repel it back but he ignores your threat, leaving his piece en prise, and now you are unable to capture the piece because a greater threat will thrive if you accept it but you will get demolished even if you do not accept it. The great Najdorf famously spotted it. In the 1970 USSR vs Rest of the World Match, Najdorf said the following "When Spassky offers you a piece, you could just as well resign right there. But when Tal sacrifices, you would do well to go on playing, as he might sacrifice another piece, and then... who knows?"
I felt like Spassky in the following game, where I ignored attacked pieces of mine, offered more and reached un-evadable mate. Now, computer analysis says some of my moves were not the best but that is what I played and that is how I felt. Here is the game:
I once saw a quote about Spassky at the internet: "When Spassky played chess, pieces did not move, they danced." Here, I felt like Spassky.
Please, share your OWN games where you went Spassky mode: where you offered your pieces, you left your pieces hanging but the adversary was unable to capture them, seeing the greater danger.