Jul-23-13 Victor Baja 
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Crocomule: Thanks Alchemist! No, but that one is also fantastic. The other I found in Lommer's 2nd collection of endgame compositions. |
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Sep-06-11 R Nezhmetdinov vs M Kamyshov, 1950 
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Crocomule: Not that it matters... but wasn't this Yaroslavl '51? |
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Feb-17-11 Tal vs Myagmarsuren, 1974 
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Crocomule: If anyone ever asks you why we love him: 18...Nd5 19.Qg8+ Ke7 20.Nf5+ Kf6 21.d:e5+ K:e5 22.f4+ Ke4 23.Nd6+! Q:d6 24.Qh7+ ... |
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Feb-16-11 J H Donner vs Tal, 1961 
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Crocomule: Donner has a point... 23. Qe2: "Unjustified restraint at a moment when an excellent opportunity exists for 23. Rd6..." But, of course, Tal's fantastic handling of the endgame was too much for Donner. |
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Jan-31-11 R Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin, 1947 
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Crocomule: The gnothi seauton game, as the old timers called it.. |
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Jan-04-11 Arvid Kubbel 
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Crocomule: Someone told me that Vladimir Ilyich actually solved a Platov bros. composition? Anyone know... |
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Dec-20-10 Tal vs S Johannessen, 1959 
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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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Dec-14-10 Tal vs Larsen, 1965 
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Crocomule: See Ivkov-Kagan '79... which is odd, because Misha mentions him in his analysis. |
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Dec-13-10 Tal vs Speelman, 1985 
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Crocomule: If I may request a game not in the database... the blitz game Jon and Misha played after this quick draw. It's in Attack with Tal. Thanks! |
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Dec-13-10 Tal vs F Olafsson, 1961 
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Crocomule: If you really love Tal... read his comments to 20...Kg8 in Life and Games. It begins, "Black chooses the path of least resistance".. a phrase he usually reserves for Larsen. |
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Sep-01-09 Keres vs I Raud, 1937 
Aug-31-09 Keres vs Fine, 1937 
Aug-19-09 R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962 
Aug-11-09 P Schmidt vs Keres, 1936 
Aug-09-09 talisman chessforum 
Aug-08-09 Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960 
Aug-08-09 Keres vs Taimanov, 1951 
Aug-08-09 Tal vs Y Rantanen, 1979 
Jul-31-09 Tal vs M Mukhin, 1972 
Jul-31-09 Tal vs D Mohrlok, 1962 
Jul-22-09 Paul Keres 
Jul-15-09 Tal vs J Grefe, 1991 
Jun-19-09 Milan Vidmar 
Jun-19-09 Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929 
Jun-19-09 H Liebert vs Tal, 1972
Jun-19-09 G Botterill vs Tal, 1973 
Jun-14-09 Igor Khenkin 
Jun-12-09 Tal vs M Romero, 1992 
Jun-12-09 Tal vs Larsen, 1977 
Jun-12-09 Tal vs N Padevsky, 1963 
Jun-10-09 M Burkett vs D Fritzinger, 1969 
May-27-09 Mikhail Tal 
May-27-09 Kotov vs Keres, 1950 
May-08-09 Tal vs V Danov, 1972
May-06-09 Tal vs B Gurgenidze, 1969 
Apr-26-09 Tal vs Velimirovic, 1979 
Mar-01-09 O de la Riva Aguado vs Bologan, 2001 
Feb-22-09 James Tarjan 
Jan-29-09 G Mititelu vs Tal, 1958 
Jan-23-09 Richard Taylor chessforum 
Jan-22-09 Phony Benoni chessforum 
Jan-22-09 Kibitzer's Café 
Jan-13-09 N Mitkov vs Rublevsky, 2000 
Jan-09-09 Blackburne vs NN, 1863 
Jan-09-09 P H Nielsen vs Larsen, 1997 
Dec-31-08 Tal vs J Miller, 1988 
Dec-31-08 Robert Hammie
Dec-29-08 Dennis Fritzinger 
Dec-24-08 Tal vs D Keller, 1959 
Dec-24-08 Tal vs Tolush, 1957 
Dec-24-08 Fischer vs Tal, 1959 
Dec-21-08 Tal vs Suetin, 1969 
Dec-17-08 Peter Hugh Clarke 
Dec-06-08 Tal vs Andersson, 1983 
Nov-20-08 Frost vs J Pope, 1988 
Nov-20-08 John Pope 
Oct-24-08 Tal vs Z Szymczak, 1974 
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