Mikhail Tal vs Rene Letelier Martner (1963)

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Mikhail Tal vs Rene Letelier Martner
Capablanca Memorial (1963), Havana CUB, rd 13, Sep-12
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C75) · 1-0

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Oct-02-06		Operation Mindcrime: Quintessential Tal. One couldn't expect any less than 16. ♘g6!! from him.

Aug-28-07		zev22407: If 17)..Rxf7 18)N-h8! wins

Mar-11-08		chancho: The man seemed to have all the answers when he unleashed his awesome combinations and sacrifices on his bewildered opponents.

Mar-11-08		suenteus po 147: This game was played at a Capablanca memorial, was it not?

Mar-11-08		chancho: <suenteus po 147> Indeed it was.

Mar-11-08		suenteus po 147: <chancho> Thanks!

Aug-24-08		PAWNTOEFOUR: <moonlitKnight> i guess you're right when you call 8...g5?? a blunder...crafty gives the following line pv 8...exd4 9.cxd4 Nc8 10.Nf3 Na5 11.O-O Be7 12.Bc2 <HT> +3 Crafty

May-02-09		WhiteRook48: after 28... Qxe4 29 Qg6+ Ke5? 30 Qe6# makes the board look like a painting by Picasso.

Jul-19-14		Bartacus: In the final position, a kibitzer pointed out that 28...Qxe4 29 Qe6+ Ke5? 30 Qe6 is mate. A better, but still hopeless try is 29...Ke7, upon which 30 f6+ wins Black's queen.

Nov-11-14		perfidious: How many players would have foreseen the clever quiet move 18.Nd5, depriving the enemy king of flight squares?

May-10-19		mikealando: Tal the magnificent

Mar-15-21		Gaito: At a cursory glance Black's resignation might seem to be somewhat premature (diagram) click for larger view BLACK TO MOVE A possible continuation could have been 28...Qxe4 29.Qg6+ Ke7 (if 29...Ke5 30.Qe6 mate) 30.f6+ Bxf6 31.Qxe4+ Re5 32.Qxb7 Rd8 33.Qxc7+ Rd7 34.Qc4 with an overwhelming advantage for White (diagram) click for larger view

Mar-15-21		Gaito: Where did Black go wrong in this game? There were several "little mistakes" and one or two "big mistakes". The following errors might be pointed out: 9...Rh7? (⌓ 9..d5); then 11...Qc8?! (⌓ ...Na5); and then 12...dxc3? (⌓ ...Ne5). A more serious mistake was 14...Ng8? (⌓ 14...Nd3+). After those "little errors" Black had already an inferior position, but a "bigger mistake" probably happened in the following position: click for larger view BLACK TO MOVE Letelier played 25...Rd5? and that proved to be a serious mistake that changed an otherwise inferior position into a completely lost position. From the diagram, a lesser evil would have been 25...Rad8, e.g. 26.f6 Qh8 27.Qxh8 Rxh8 28.Rxe5 Rh6 (diagram) click for larger view This double-rook ending would be won by White without much trouble, on account of his material advantage and his passed pawns.

Mar-16-21		carpovius: One of the most beautiful human chess game ever seen.

Dec-15-24		perfidious: A lovely combinative effort by le grand maitre, and there is no chance whatever I would have nailed even the early portion of this POTD without recalling the motif from Cafferty's work on Tal from so long ago.

Dec-15-24		mel gibson: I saw the first few moves: Stockfish 17 says: 17. Bxf7+ (17. Bxf7+ (1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Nxe5+ Kf8 3.Ng6+ Kg7 4.0-0 Qd8 5.Rae1 Qg5 6.Qd1 Nf6 7.Qd4 Bc6 8.Re2 b6 9.b4 Rd8 10.Kh1 Rhh8 11.e5 Rhe8 12.Qc4 Bb7 13.exf6+ Qxf6 14.Ne4 Bxe4 ) +2.52/50 577) score for White +2.52 depth 50.

Dec-15-24		stacase: After a minute or two I saw what 17.Bxf7+ would do but would have gone for 18.Nxe5+ (++) and grabbed something while White was forced to move his King. I didn't expect 17...Kxf7 allowing the double check. And it took some time to see that on move 28... Black couldn't save his Queen

Dec-15-24		An Englishman: Good Evening: Only flub of the week (saw the first move, but missed the second), so feeling satisfied. On to Monday!

Dec-15-24		vajeer: I saw the combination. It's a typical positional sacrifice where you have to play it with a bit of faith apart from calculations in the live game I guess. After 18. Nxe5+ Kf8 19. Ng6+ Kg7 20. O-O Qd8 21. Rae1 Qg5 22. Qd1 Nf6 23. Qd4 Bc6 24. Re2 Here I was thinking about 24...Re8 click for larger view Now after 25.e5 Kg8 26. exd6 Rxe2 27. Qc4+ Rf7 28. Qxe2 cxd6 click for larger view Black's pawn structure is in disarray and engine gives it a +2.21 evaluation. But seems that black is capable to fight on.

Dec-15-24		cocker: Letelier defended well until 25 ... Rd5?

Dec-15-24		scormus: Another one where I wasn't sure about even the first move. With a bit more thought I should have seen that after 17 Bxf7+, ... Kxf7 is forced. If instead ... Rxf7, 18 Nh8 wins easily. Similarly ... Ke8 18 Bxg8. I thought about 17 Nd5, O-O-O, and O-O, but couldn't see any positive winning chances. I should have realised Bxf7+ was the move for being the most Tal-like, even if the continuing sequence wasn't easy to see. However, I'd have expected at least 18 Nxe5+, with Nd5 likely to follow soon. Curiously, SF took quite some time before finally deciding on 18 Nxe5+ over Nd5 and O-O-O.

Dec-15-24		chrisowen: Irk q its sand cg its op flew its yu Bxf7 ach its match its aoh its jah its a fig pug its chug Bxf7 cinch x

Dec-15-24		HeMateMe: Just walk away, Rene...

Dec-15-24		whiteshark: The black position collapsed like a house of cards.

Dec-15-24		chrisowen: Carry the burdin lubbly jubbly

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