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Boris Spassky vs Mikhail Tal
Tallinn tt 1973  ·  Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation. Averbakh Gambit (E30)  ·  0-1


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Jan-29-03   PVS: I hate to jump on Tal after such a brilliant victory, but 32...Ba6+ seems inferior to 32. ..Qf5+.
Jan-29-03
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  Honza Cervenka: 32...Qf5+ 33.Kg1 Qe4 is much more precise as in the line with 32...Ba6+, which led to the same position in the game few moves later, white can play 35.Kf2! instead of 35.Kg1? with intention 35...Rf7+ 36.Kg1 Bb7 37.Rc8+! Bxc8 38.Rxc8+ Kh7 39.Qc2 etc.
Apr-21-03   Sylvester: I like the way the two bishops attack the king in this game.
May-13-04   Whitehat1963: A noteworthy example of the opening of the day.
May-13-04   Whitehat1963: What's the finish?
May-13-04
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  ughaibu: Qe3 and Ba6
May-16-04
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  refutor: looking at this game again, is there an advantage to playing the benko gambit where white has Bg5 in? and does black really want to have played Bb4?
Jul-03-04   Bobsterman3000: Playing against Tal must have left GM's with a very bad headache afterwards.

He was so aggressive, unpredictable and brilliant that some of his moves leave you wondering if you should learn chess all over again...

Jul-08-04   samvega: <refutor> Expand, amplify . . .

A particularly fascinating example of this gambit by the way is: Korchnoi vs Durasevic, 1956

Jul-08-04   themindset: i don't think it's a real gambit, as black will soon scoop up one of white's center pawns if the "gambit" is accepted.
Aug-02-04
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  Knight13: Good game.
Aug-16-04   NMTOR761: No it was bound to happen. look at Spassky Unizicker,this game is the improvement.
Nov-26-04
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  JohnBoy: <Whitehat1963> It looks like white looses his queen in any variation. If 39.Qe3 then 39...Ba6+ 40.Kd2 Rd7+ 41.Kc3 Rd3+, or if 39.Kd2 then 39...Rd7+ 40.Kc3 Rd3+. There are other possible finishes, but all amount to about the same thing.
Aug-04-05   mcgee: Amazing to think that Spassky had been champion only the previous year and that Tal can sprinkle virtually unstoppable magic all over the board from about move 7 onwards.
Aug-04-05
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  who: The continuation is
1)39.Kd2 Rd7+ 40.Kc3 Qd4#
2)39.Qe3 Ba6+ 40.Rc4 (40.Kd2 Rd7+)
3)39.Kd1 Rd7+ 40.Rd2 Qh1+ 41.Kc2 (41.Ke2 Qg2+) Be4+
Mar-29-06   HannibalSchlecter: Incredible play by Tal! He attacks like a tornado zooming through all sides of the board with devastating effect against top players! Viva Tal!
Mar-29-06
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  chesstoplay: or
39. K d2 R f2 +
40. K d1 Q h1 mate.

or 39. K d1 R f1 +
40. K d2 R f2 +
41. K d1 Q h1 mate.

Mar-29-06
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  chesstoplay: It works like a Rook and Queen roll basic checkmate.
Apr-07-06   Fast Gun: I believe that I am correct in saying that this game is Spassky's only loss with the Leningrad variation of the Nimzo, if I am wrong then I sure someone will correct me. This was one of Spaasky's pet lines that he worked on with one of his trainers Vladimir Zak:
Jun-15-06   Everett: Larsen vs R Garbarino, 1993

Larsen finds an improvement with 9.a3. Black must exchange bishop for knight or take away the a5 square for the black queen.

Jul-08-06   MrMelad: This game is on of 3 games given as a link from wikipedia's page on Tal.
Jul-21-07
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  chancho: Tal's health while not the best, was ok compared to the late 60's. And his playing form was simply incredible during this time. He was also enjoying an unbeaten streak that to this day is still the standard for unbeaten streaks.
Jul-21-07   RookFile: I remember once, 20 years ago, I deeply studied this game, and used it as the basis to prepare for a game against a strong player. Unfortunately for me, he deviated early, so I did not get to trot out my 'home cooking'. I did however, manage to get a draw in the game.
Oct-25-07   isemeria: Beautiful game, one of my "canonical texts". If you feel bored with chess, this game is a good one to play over and enjoy.
Jun-02-09
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  erwinkru71939: Interesting game. I didnīt guess blackīs move 29 Bxf2+. This move allow the final blackīs attack.
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