| Apr-15-05 | | BlazingArrow56: The endgame looks dead drawn until Tal blazes down the board with his king. Very instructive idea in endings with bishops of opposite color. |
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| Apr-18-05 | | chesscookie: Quite similar to the Topalov-Shirov game. |
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Oct-26-05
 | | wwall: If 20...Bxe5, then 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Bxa7 Qxe2 23.Bxe2 Rc2 24.Rxd7 Rxe2 25.g3 Rxb2 26.Bd4 Rb1+ 27.Kg2 g5 28.Rg7+ Kf8 29.Rxh7 Nc6 30.Bc5+ Kg8 31.Rh6 Kf7 and this might draw. Perhaps 23.Bc2 or 23.Bb1 Bd1 (23...Qxe5 24.f4 Qd5 25.Bxa7) 24.Qf1. After 23...Bc6, Black threatens mate with 24...Qxg2.
If 39.Bf8, then 39...Bxf3 40.gxf3 Kxf3 41.Bc5 h4 42.Kh2 Ke2 43.Kh3 f4 44.Kxh4 f3 45.Kg5 b5 46.Kf6 b4 wins for Black. If 41.Bf8, then 41...h4 42.Kh2 Ke2 43.Be7 (43.Bh6 b5 44.Kg2 b4 45.Bc1 b3 46.Kh3 f4 wins for Black) f4 44.Bxh4 b5 wins for Black. If 43.Kg1, then 43...Ke2 44.Bc1 b4 45.Kh2 b3 46.Kh3 f4 wins for Black. After 44...Ke2, Black threatens 45...f4, 46...f3, etc. |
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| Mar-14-06 | | mormonchess: Keres must have been surprised at the Bishop sacrifice. However, it's the best move to make: Black nets two pawns for a Bishop, and as we all know, Pawns are gold in the endgame. Post sacrifice, Black now has four pawns to White's e-pawn and a rather ineffectual Bishop. A nice endgame lesson from the Magician... |
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| Dec-06-07 | | Cibator: Note how White's last remaining P restricts the range of his bishop. |
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May-07-08
 | | Honza Cervenka: <mormonchess: Keres must have been surprised at the Bishop sacrifice> I guess that he was not surprized at all but he simply could not prevent it in any satisfactory way. If he would have played let's say 37.Kf2 instead of 37.Bf8, then black would have created mobile Pawn majority on the Kingside without sac of Bishop and with that plus with passed b-Pawn black should have won the ending hands-down despite of opposite colour Bishops. The idea to sac a piece for creation of passers on both wings against opponent's minor piece is quite common idea and here it was rather easy work for black. But the game is really very instructive and pretty example of this pattern. |
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| May-23-08 | | Vollmer: BOOC endings aren't so drawish if one side has some of his pawns on the wrong color . Tal exploits this with the active king (his only other attacking piece) . A lesson in logic , not magic . I think that while Tal is remembered for initiating enormous complications he also often played with a cold logic that reminds me of Kasparov . Many of their games end with "my last piece (minor or otherwise) is far better than yours" . |
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| Dec-19-08 | | Gryz: I suppose the ending will be something like:
45. Kh2 f4 46. Kxh3 f3 47. Bc5 b4 48. Bxb4 f2 and there is nothing White can do to prevent 49. ... f1Q. |
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Dec-19-08
 | | whiteshark: A very interesting exchange sacrifice would have been <18.Rc5!?> 
click for larger view A likely continuation is <18...Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qb3 20.Qxb3 Nxb3 21.Bc4 Nxc5>
click for larger viewwith <22.Rxd7 Nxd7 23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Bxd7 Rc2> 
click for larger view with   vs   material. About equal. |
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Dec-19-08
 | | gawain: 39...Bxf3 may not have surprised Keres but Tal does allow himself a (!) for it in his book The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal. This is game 13 in that book. |
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| Sep-22-10 | | dondiegodelavega: Amazing!
@chesscookie: indeed |
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