Warren and Lucas both rate Zurich 1953 as one of the best chess tournaments ever played. In this lecture, given January 19, 2017, at Center64 (www.center64.com) we make our case for why you should view it that way too. FM Warren Harper will cover illustrative games from the tournament, talking about the contributions to theory essayed at this tournament which are still topical today. Lucas Anderson will tell you about the political intrigue behind the tournament, notably by the KGB. In addition, Lucas will paint brief biographical portraits of some participants, such as the eventual winner: Vassily Smyslov.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - History of FIDE
16:43 - Warren's Overview
18:12 - Taimanov vs. Najdorf (Round 4)
26:14 - Stahlberg vs. Petrosian (Round 11)
31:06 - Kotov vs. Gligoric (Round 25)
57:47 - Opening Ceremony/Venue
1:02:56 - Soviet Player Bios
1:15:36 - Najdorf vs. Petrosian (Round 6)
1:19:01 - Najdorf vs. Geller (Round 28)
1:21:23 - Western Player Bios
1:30:14 - Crosstable/Results
1:33:36 - Tragedy! Szabo vs. Reshevsky
1:38:02 - Brilliancy! Averbakh vs. Kotov
1:48:38 - Geller vs. Smyslov (Round 7)
1:55:54 - Reshevsky vs. Petrosian (Round 2)
2:00:25 - Smyslov vs. Stahlberg (Round 4)
2:03:43 - Political Intrigue/KGB
2:13:22 - Works Cited

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