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| Apr-19-09 | | paulmorphy41: Instead of 20 cxd4 maybe 20 b4!? |
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| May-13-09 | | ewan14: I don't think Tal had a great record against his strong comtemporaries eg
Spassky , Korchnoi etc |
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| May-19-09 | | M.D. Wilson: Spassky and Korchnoi were not Tal's favourite opponents, that's for sure. Spassky knew Tal inside out. Korchnoi was just tough as nails and was never intimidated by Tal's complications. |
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| Mar-10-10 | | elohah: 13...?!
14 Why not 14 f4 (!;?) ?
13...g5?!, far from preventing that, appears to strengthen it. Indeed, this is the prescription that LARRY MELVIN EVANS recommends for this type of situation in a situation with reversed colors from a game in 'Trophy Chess'. 26 Why not Qc2! Forcing 26...b6 has to be valuable for White. |
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| Mar-10-10 | | elohah: Wait a minute, I'm being DRAWN BACK!
Why am I commenting on Chess games again?
All right THAT'S IT!
Nothing from the slaughterhouse century! Nothing!
Except maybe Bobby's games... |
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| Mar-10-10 | | MrQuinn: dear drnooo, let me congratuloate you. You obviously got a full Phd in dreck! "I have always felt good as he was, for sheer talent a healthy Tal, Petrosian in his peak years, and maybe ten or fifteen other great players from days or yore were easily his equal" There isn't a player in history who was EASILY Fisher's equal. The two K's may (or may not) have been better, but even they would have struggled MIGHTILY with him at their peaks. As for ten or fifteen others being Fischer's equal, well, you destroyed your own credibility with that one...Beating up on RJR is awfully easy, he gave us plenty to work with on that account, but disparaging his chess because you don't like him smacks of immaturity. I would remind you that Tal called him the greatest player ever. Tal would know--you don't. |
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| Mar-22-10 | | elohah: When we assume...
As it happens, I am a great fan of Bobby. |
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| Jun-21-10 | | LarsenBentYou: Ah, Fischer at 16... and people are still going on about how he failed. |
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| Sep-15-10 | | meppi: petro's makes 3 moves that i think are very good. 15 Rg8. 25 g4. and 64 king to b2. petro is calm under pressure as he advances his 2 unopposed wing pawns while the queen harasses his king down the board |
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| Sep-15-10 | | fab4: As someone has pointed out, this was indeed a 16 year old boy, some 16 year old it has to be said, but still a boy all the same. Petrosian was, as someone again has said, approaching his peak, soon to be world champion. The soviets identified weaknesses in Fischer's opening repertoire for this torunament, and this was one of them. His stubborn adherence to this variation of the caro kann which they knew was positionally suspect. The black knight was always superior to the white bishop on g2 and as soon as it got to e5 went on the rampage.Great game by Tigran, who ofcourse was a very great player. As for <drnoo> above, you really do seem ill informed about the dynamics and charisma of chess history for someone who writes so much lol.I bet you think the Beatles were just an ordinary boy band too . |
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| Sep-15-10 | | Petrosianic: <The soviets identified weaknesses in Fischer's opening repertoire for this torunament, and this was one of them.> Yeah, but Petrosian was a big Caro-Kann-o-phile regardless. What was unusual in this tournament was people like Keres, who NEVER played the Caro-Kann, playing it against Fischer, knowing that he'd go into this inferior line. |
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| Oct-15-10 | | morphy2010: An early example of Fischers tenacity even in a lost position; one is reminded of a young Paul Morphy! |
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Mar-06-11
 | | plang: Of Fischer's 14 whites in the tournament he faced the Caro Kann 7 times scoring two wins and three losses. This variation had some popularity after it was used in games 1 and 19 of the 1958 Botvinnik-Smyslov match. Fischer was fond of 7 g3!? but had little success with it; 7 Bd2 and 7 a3 are more popular and have scored better. Later in the tournament in rounds 8 and 22 Keres played 9..Qb6 against Fischer and won both games. 27 a4 worked out poorly; 27 bxc and 27 Bf1 trying to activate the bishop were alternatives. Neither 47 Qf8..Qc7 48 Qh8+..Kb6 or 47 Bc6..Qe6 48 Qxe6..fxe 49 Bxb5..a4 would have helped White. |
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Oct-29-11
 | | HeMateMe: The first decisive Fischer/Petrosian encounter, '59 Candidates tournament. Sixteen year old Bob seems to be breaking into black's porous castled position, but Petrosian puts up a great King walk, to advance the Q-side pawns. |
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| Nov-24-11 | | Eric Farley: Mr Fischer, You lost 0-4 to Tal and 0.5-3.5 to Petrosian in this tournament.
What happened to your "e4 is best by test?"
That doesn't mean I think d4 is better, but simply that neither is necessarily better than the other. |
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| Nov-24-11 | | sfm: This games also shows that Fischer was what all great chessplayers are: a fighter. |
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| Mar-27-12 | | drukenknight: 26 Qf4 followed by QxQ seems to lead to an interesting endgame. Still looking at it to be sure, move 26 might be one of the last chances for white to hold on; as the latter stages of this are bleak for white. Having re looked at this, it is very good game for both sides, I think this is their first encounter? |
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Jun-04-12
 | | King Sacrificer: What a beautiful game of chess. Petrosian must have been impressed by the kid's fighting spirit. A well deserved win! |
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| Jun-04-12 | | RookFile: Except for Steinitz, there was no other champion as brave with his king as Petrosian. |
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Jul-24-12
 | | perfidious: <ChessYouGood: Fischer ought to have resigned much earlier. Typical arrogance from the weakest of the world champs.> Really? By what standard would one conclude that this should be Fischer's place in the firmament? This statement is almost as humorous as much of the current hijinks in this thread: World Blitz Championship (2012). |
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| Jul-24-12 | | Mudphudder: Fischer definitely wasn't the weakest of the world champs. Farthest from it, in my opinion. |
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| Aug-05-12 | | backrank: Chernev gives a fantastic line which could have occurred if Fischer had played 43 Qb4 instead of 43 Qc4:
click for larger view43 ... Qb5! 44 Qxb5 axb5 45 Be2 (of course not 46 Rxb5?? Rxf3!) 
click for larger view45 ... b4!! 46 Bxd3 Nxd3 47 Rd1 (Kf3 or Kf1 Nc1! and the pawn queens!) 
click for larger view47 ... b3! 48 Rxd2 b2 and White has to give up his rook (Rd1 Nc1): 
click for larger viewWow ... just unbelievable! |
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| Aug-05-12 | | Toliman: Cool combo! Leave it to Petrosian to sac the exchange even in the endgame. |
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| Aug-05-12 | | backrank: <Toliman> You're right, typical Petrosianic moves even in the notes! Another Petrosianic move in the variations would have been possible if in the position after 23 ... Qxe5 
click for larger viewWhite would have played 24 f4 (instead of Rc4). Then 24 ... exf4 25 gxf4 Qh8!! 
click for larger viewBelieve it or not, White is lost now! Black will win via 26 ... Rxg2(+)! followed by Rg8(+) regardless of White's 26th move. Check it out! |
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Nov-13-12
 | | Cemoblanca: I simply call this 1 "Baby Steps" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JP... ;) |
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