| Oct-21-05 | | lentil: 61. Rxe5 Re1+ 62. Kf4 Rxe5 63. Kxe5 Kd3 soon wins the W f-pawn and Queens his own. 61. Ra5 Re1+ 62. Kd2 Rd2+ also wins the W f-pawn (and W h-pawn in exchange for the B e-pawn, leaving 2 connected passers) |
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| Jan-11-06 | | blingice: This is an awesome game for minor piece moves. Tal controls much of the game with his ♗s and ♘s, and prioritizes his trades of them quite well, trying to weaken Korchnoi's pawns. The ♖ and pawns endgame was also pretty good. Tal, for whatever reason, lost two pawns early, and only got one from Korchnoi. Why aren't there more kibitzes on a Tal-Korchnoi game?! |
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| Jan-11-06 | | HannibalSchlecter: I thought Tal should have kept the queens on. King in the center...come on Tal, what the heck??? |
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| Sep-18-08 | | andrewjsacks: Check the record. Korchnoi was always a "difficult opponent" for Tal, as, for example, Geller was for years for Fischer. |
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| Aug-23-10 | | culei: And if 60 rg6
60...Re1+
61 kd3 (kd2 loses)
61... E4
62 kc3 e3 wins!
(Pxp f2) (rxg4 exf2) |
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| Feb-24-11 | | M.D. Wilson: Korchnoi proved that he was a better player than Tal in their many games. |
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| Apr-01-12 | | screwdriver: 2 outstanding players that played the game a level above most everyone else. |
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Apr-01-12
 | | Penguincw: Korchnoi sure knows how to prevent Tal from doing any sacrifices. |
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Mar-12-15
 | | keypusher: After 17 moves:
click for larger viewNot many people dared to play this way against Tal! |
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| Mar-12-15 | | Nerwal: The game makes 20. a4 look like a serious positional mistake. White should probably concede that Black stands solid and play something boring instead, like 20. a3 then ♖d3. |
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Dec-02-15
 | | perfidious: Enough fishy comments have been viewed, iffen ya git mah drift. |
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| Dec-02-15 | | Absentee: The fish rots from the head, they say. |
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Dec-02-15
| | perfidious: <Absentee> Which brain first, though? |
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| Jan-24-17 | | zanzibar: Korchnoi and Petrosian weren't always "not friends". In fact, Petrosian helped Korchnoi analyze the game during the adjournment, so much so that Korchnoi says they found the winning path together. A complex relationship these two had, despite some people's efforts to pigeonhole it into a pithy phrase or two. |
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| Jan-24-17 | | ughaibu: Petrosian and Tal were also friends. So presumably Petrosian chose Korchnoi to help because of the tournament standings, not friendship. |
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| Feb-07-22 | | tbontb: Kortschnoj played provocatively as Black against (soon-to-be World Champion) Tal and gradually took over in a complex ending after 28.Ra7 (better Rxf7). The tricky 44.Rc1 actually allowed the winning reply ....Ra2 so the last chance was probably 44.Ra1, still with a very difficult defensive task ahead. |
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