| Nov-23-04 | | familyguy: what beautiful calculating by tal with the classic sac on e6 |
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| Dec-19-05 | | Eatman: I am a huge fan (and actually countryman) of Tal, but I doubt Tal saw all of this to the very end here, it was probably a rather intuitive sacrifice as many of Tal's (of his own admission) were. |
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| Apr-09-06 | | nolanryan: According to Crafty, Tal missed a great sac opportunity: 12. Nf5. |
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| Apr-09-06 | | offramp: 12.Nf5 looks like a very good move. The idea is to take the bishop on e7 with the Nf5 or the rook e1 and then play Nd5+ winning the queen on a5. This is not one of Polugaevsky's best Sicilians. |
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| Nov-12-06 | | JohnNash: I also agree with nolanryan and off ramp
12. Nf5 exf5
13. exf5 Bxf5
14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd5 (attacking the Qc7 abd Be7)....Qb8
16.Rxe7+ Kd8
White's pieces are now active, there is material balance, and now white has not much of worries. Hey, I kinda like that Crafty thing, is it something you can shared through Rapidshare?? |
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| Mar-04-09 | | M.D. Wilson: What I find amazing is the fact that Tal's two wins against Polugaevsky in this database were 20 years apart (1959-1979). Incidently, these two years (1959 and 1979) were both memorable for Tal. |
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Mar-04-09
 | | Fusilli: Wouldn't 29...Bxf1 get black out of the mating net? If 30.Nf5+ Kh5 31.Ng7+ = (31.h4? Rg8 and black wins.) If 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 (30...Bxg2? 31.Nd6 wins) 31.Kxf1 and playing that endgame is better for black than the risk of a mating net.
Am I missing something? |
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| Jul-09-10 | | catfriend: <Fusili> You're correct, 29..Bxf1 does get Black from the mating net. However, the endgame's nasty to defend, and I imagine Polugaevsky underestimated White's threats enough to hope to extricate himself out of this. |
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Sep-18-10
 | | talisman: <M.D.Wilson> you are correct sir. |
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Jun-17-11
 | | lost in space: one of the seldom wins of Tal vs. Polugajewski. There is only one more win from 1979; all the rest are 8 losses and a lot of draws. Sigh |
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sac: 15.Bxe6