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| Oct-16-10 | | Nullifidian: <offramp: Even better is 33...c1♘ 34.♖h1 f1♘#.> Better for whom?
After 33... c1♘, ♕d4+ is a real threat:
34... ♘f6 35. ♕d6, forking the rook and knight, 35... ♖f7 36. ♕e6 and now Black has nothing better than 36... ♘xh5 37. ♕xf7 ♙h6 38. ♕xh5 Furthermore, even if White were stupid enough to fall into a one move mate with ♖h1, ♙f1♘ is *not* mate because White has the escape square at g1. The promotions that lead to mate are ♙f1♕ and ♙f1♖. |
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Oct-16-10
 | | Once: Sometimes the GOTD pun is as difficult to fathom as a cryptic crossword ... (especially for us Brits) ... and sometimes it just needs a little lateral thinking. Here's the position after 16. Qg3
click for larger viewWhite is relying on the pin on the pawn on d4 to hold his position together. But Tal "lets the pin drop" by 16...dxc5 and for his queen he gets a rook, knight, a passed pawn and the initiative. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it until someone comes up with a better one. Great game, by the way. Reminds me yet again of my patzer tendency to overvalue the queen. |
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Oct-16-10
| | Once: Oops - 16...dxc3. Add to my list of failings an inability to type. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | Tridel: Clearly they're running out of puns... Magnificent Game by Tal though! |
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| Oct-16-10 | | whiteshark: <Tridel> And even if they did, there's nothing wrong with an alternative approach. And isn't successful marketing about reiteration, too? |
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| Oct-16-10 | | Dimitrije Mandic: Can anyone point me to a detailed analysis of this game, with annotations? Although I don't need those examples made of whole games for theory, just the critical lines that could've been played throughout the game. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | BobCrisp: As opposed to a detailed analysis without annotations? |
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| Oct-16-10 | | sfm: Have no clue about the current theory, but I don't like 8.dxc5 - too friendly. 10.b3 makes sense, but White is a bit behind in development. Why not 12.Ncxd2 instead of 12.Ndxd2 ? 13.Nf4? is terrible. After 14.Qf3 Black hammers through. The "queen sacrifice" (R+N+P for the Q) kills off the white queens wing, and would have been a no-brainer for a Tal. Actually White fights back very well, creates counterchances, and lives much longer than I would have thought.
Was there a chance with 28.Nxe4 ? The black king is pretty much in the open and there are many checks to analyze. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | talisman: according to the database...udris was never the same after this game. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | ketchuplover: <sfm>28.Nxe4 does look vexing |
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| Oct-16-10 | | tarikhk: this game gives me a headache- so- many- complications. Analysing this game at home is a nightmare, let alone otb. Tal was a monster. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | ketchuplover: 28.Nxe4 fxe4 29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.Bb2+ Nxb2 31.Qe5+ should draw imo. |
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Oct-16-10
 | | kevin86: Black promoted...and will do so again. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | C4gambit: If you want to give up your queen, you should know how to use the others. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | weisyschwarz: Pun: How about "undrissed"? |
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| Oct-16-10 | | weisyschwarz: Or, if you want to keep it as is:
"U Can Hear A Pin Drop". |
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| Oct-16-10 | | David2009: Dazzling Tal fireworks: but the modern computer (Crafty End Game Trainer) rains on the parade. The sacrifice is absolutely sound, but after 18 h3 the EGT suggests 18...Rd1+ 19 Kh2 Bd6 as stronger for Black. As the game went, the EGT suggests 28 Qe6+! as drawing e.g. 28...Kh8 29 Nxe4 fxe4 30 Qe7 Rg8 Qf6+ with perpetual check. Crafty EGT link to the sacrifice position 
click for larger view (Udris vs Tal, 1953 White to play 17?) http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... The perpetual checks suggested by <rulo0801> do not quite work: after 28 Nxf5 (instead of 28 Qe6+!) Rxf5 29 Qe6+ Kg7 30 Qxe4 Black has Rh1+! and after 30 Qc8+ Rf8 31 Qc4 Rf7 32 Qc8+ Black has Kh8. Now 33 Qd4+ very nearly draws, but not quite: the variations become complex. Additional Crafty link to investigate the position at move 30: 
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(Udris vs Tal 1953 30?) http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... |
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| Oct-16-10 | | WhiteRook48: tal smashes his opponent again..... |
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| Oct-18-10 | | njchess: What an amazing game from Tal! Udris must have been tearing his hair out as he gets within one move of checkmate, only to be totally undone; all after Tal exchanges his own queen for a rook and a passed pawn. Again, what an amazing game. |
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| Jun-01-11 | | kevins55555: Tons of Black pieces on White's territory... lol |
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| Jan-05-12 | | BadKnight: This game deserves more attention. |
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| Jun-01-12 | | LoveThatJoker: Guess-the-Move Final Score:
Udris vs Tal, 1953.
YOU ARE PLAYING THE ROLE OF TAL.
Your score: 80 (par = 47)
LTJ |
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| Jul-30-13 | | justin2seo: It is typical tal's sacrificing game!! |
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| Mar-16-15 | | abadravi: I would resign after 19.... Rd1.
Monster Taal :) |
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| Aug-27-18 | | CaringLuv: Nullifidian, Your analysis is a bit faulty though it's a good try. After 34...Nf6, 35.Qd6, Black has the strong 35...Qc5! And that shatters White's threats. |
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sac: 16...dxc3