Mikhail Tal vs Viktor Korchnoi (1955)

Mikhail Tal vs Viktor Korchnoi
Riga 1955 · Spanish Game: Open. Malkin Variation (C83) · 0-1

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Given 3 times; par: 60 [what's this?]

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Nov-21-05		who: Tal never seems to get anything going, and after winning the exchange it seems that the knight is just stronger than a rook anyway. This seems to be how Tal's awful record against Korchnoi started.

May-07-06		madlydeeply: Didn't Tal say something like, "there are three kinds of sacrifices, sound, unsound and mine". I guess a great defender like Korchnoi shows that Tal's sacrifices are not in the first category.

May-07-06		penarol: <who> In an interview to Tal shortly after he won the WCh in 1960, the Hungarian Dimitri Bjelica asked him about Korchnoi. Tal answered that Korchnoi was a very fine player and that their score was 5-5: 5 games won by Korchnoi, and the other 5...were drawn!!

Sep-04-09		The Rocket: tal said "There are two kinds of sacrifices: sound ones, and mine"

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