| Nov-04-03 | | ughaibu: This is interesting. It's the more familiar Tal style without requiring anything super brilliant just the exploitation of his opponent's piece weaknesses. Maybe that's a distinctive point of Tal's style, that he plays against the pieces not the pawns? |
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| Nov-04-03 | | Open Defence: hehehe <journalist> How does Tal win his games? <Koblents (Tal's trainer)> he brings his pieces onto center squares and then sacrifices them, his oponnent faced with checkmate then resigns!
hehehehe |
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| Nov-21-07 | | Whitehat1963: What's the best finish here?
I'm thinking 27...Kf7 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Bxb4, and white has a big advantage. Is there something better that I'm missing? |
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Jun-02-08
 | | keypusher: <Whitehat 1963> I think that's it. White is the exchange and two pawns up, so it's hopeless for Black. |
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| Jun-02-08 | | Assassinater: Tiny problem is that it looks like it just hangs the rook after 29... Kxe7 so 29. Rcc7 might be needed beforehand. |
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| Jun-02-08 | | euripides: <27...Kf7 28.Re7+ Kf6 29.Bxb4> and the rook is protected by the b4 bishop so Kxe7 is illegal. Black can try 29...Bf8 but White has 30.Re4, or 29... a5 30.Bc5 and the bishop is protected. |
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| Jun-02-08 | | Assassinater: D'uh! Talk about chess blindness... |
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| Jul-15-09 | | ToTheDeath: 12.Bxf7+!- the key move, giving up two pieces for rook and pawn is usually a bad trade but Tal has seen in this position his rooks will be able to quickly occupy the central files and make threats while Black's queenside development remains retarded. A good example of Capablanca's rule that the initiative itself is an advantage, and must be pursued like an extra piece. |
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| Dec-20-10 | | Crocomule: 11...Nbd7 is a typical example of the difference between a master and a gm. He was afraid to play 11...Nc6 because of the potentially isolated c6 pawn, while the half-open lines and support of d5 would have compensated. Compare to 13. d:e6 in Khermlin-Tal '68. |
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May-10-14
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This game won the prize for "Best Attack" in the <1st Riga International Tournament>, played 5-21 December 1959. The tournament slogan was "The Baltic is the Sea of Friendship." <Tal> finished 4th, behind Spassky, Mikenas and Tolush, ahead of Sliwa, Gipslis, Teschner, Nei and Pietzsch, with +7 -2 -4. #######################
-Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.352
-http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1959/...
-"The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal," p.124; |
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| Jul-16-17 | | RKnight: Tal's 21st move is stunning. 21 Rc6! Of course the rook sac must be declined or else 21...Qxc6, 22 Qxe7+ Kg2, 23 Qxe8+ Bf1, 24 Ne7+ winning the Q. I wish I could see moves like that over the board. |
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Jul-16-17
| | keypusher: < keypusher: <Whitehat 1963> I think that's it. White is the exchange and two pawns up, so it's hopeless for Black. Nov-21-07 Whitehat1963: What's the best finish here?
I'm thinking 27...Kf7 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Bxb4, and white has a big advantage. Is there something better that I'm missing?> I didn't realize how big White's advantage is, e.g. 29....Bf5 30.Rcc7 and after either 30....Bh6 31.f4 or 30....Bf8 31.Bc3+ Black is getting mated (Stockfish). |
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Jul-16-17
| | keypusher: Incidentally, Stockfish is not convinced by Tal's 12.Bxf7+ sacrifice, continuing 12....Rxf7 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Qb3+ Kf8 15.Rac1 Qc6 16.Rfd1 Nc5 17.Qa3 b6 18.b4 Bb7 19.f3 Ne6 and Black has developed his queenside. |
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