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Fire and Ice
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In Patrick Wolff's book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess", he nicknamed Tal "Fire", because of his fiery tactical style, and Petrosian "Ice", because of his icy defense. Here the two great forces of hot and cold (and of chess) battle it out.

Fire - Final position Tal is a bishop and five pawns ahead!
Tal vs Petrosian, 1957 
(C18) French, Winawer, 51 moves, 1-0

Ice - A long rook ending sees Tal frozen!
Petrosian vs Tal, 1962 
(A12) English with b3, 64 moves, 1-0

Fire - It's rare you see a WC hang a rook!
Tal vs Petrosian, 1967 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

Ice - It's rare you see another WC allow a pawn on the 7th!
Petrosian vs Tal, 1972 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0

Fire - Petrosian is burned by a series of brilliant sacrifices!
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0

Ice - A blizzard of a king attack blasts Tal off the board!
Tal vs Petrosian, 1973 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 27 moves, 0-1

Fire - Sometimes a knight is stronger than a rook!
Tal vs Petrosian, 1975 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0

Ice - I don't think Tal was very good with rook endings!
Petrosian vs Tal, 1963 
(A15) English, 50 moves, 1-0

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