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Sep-14-07
 | | Benzol: <Jan-05-04 northernsoul: According to Larry Evans's book Modern Chess Brilliancies this game is from the USSR Championship of 1961> <Jan-05-04 ughaibu: I guess Evans got it wrong, I cant find a cross table for Baku 1961 so have as yet no reason to believe Evans' version.> According to Peter Clarke's book this game was played in the 24th USSR Ch in 1957. They did play in the 29th USSR Ch in 1961 at Baku and Tal won that one as well but Larry Evans would seem to have made an error in Modern Chess Brilliancies. |
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| May-28-08 | | ChessYouGood: Our Tal who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. |
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| Sep-07-08 | | HannibalSchlecter: TAL!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Sep-21-08 | | pom nasayao: The game is full of tactical surprises! |
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Jan-08-09
 | | KingG: It's funny, but because of games such as this, these days even quite weak players wouldn't play a move like 14.h3 unless it was a blunder, let alone someone of the level of Gurgenidze. |
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| May-28-09 | | ToTheDeath: <13...Rb8 is the thematic move but when did Tal ever let thematics interfere with bludgeoning his opponents? The knight move is premature however and is simply refuted. 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Nc4 (0.84/13)
White has traded his somewhat woeful bishop for a potent knight and can complete his development effortlessly.> I agree. Nice game by Tal otherwise. |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Sasi173: What is the winning line after 28.Kd1?? |
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Sep-03-09
 | | hedgeh0g: 13...Ng4 is an annoying move; perhaps it isn't best, but Tal definitely knew what he was doing in the Benoni! I think White should give up the bishop to remove that knight. |
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| Sep-18-09 | | tentsewang: What a superb finish by Tal. The game could have went like this 28. Qxc4 Qxg2+ 29. Kd1 Qxd2# 0-1 |
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Sep-18-09
 | | Boomie: <Sasi173: What is the winning line after 28.Kd1??>
I would play 28...Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qg1+ or Qh1+ forcing 29. Re1 Qxg2.
click for larger viewNow black threatens Bb3. With 4 pawns to the good, the rest should not be too difficult. |
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| Sep-26-09 | | abstract: If we call Tal a sacrifice genius with a relatively underrated players, what would we call the brutal sacrifices of kasparov in his immortal game with Topalov? |
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| Dec-12-09 | | Bozantium: 23...Rf8 is very interesting. |
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Aug-28-10
 | | sevenseaman: Amazing brutality; every piece is homed in on target. Nothing could be gorier than .. 17. Qxh3, the right time to resign. |
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| Sep-26-10 | | Rook e2: unbelievable how every time I see a game of Tal, he offers a piece and wins! |
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| Dec-01-10 | | DrChopper: 28-Kd1 Rxe3 29- Rxe3 Qg1 30- Re1 Qg2 31- Re8+ Kf7 32- Re3 Bb3 33-Kc1 Bxc2 34- Kxc2 Qxd2+ 35- Kb3 Qxe3, etc. |
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| Aug-11-11 | | aaronv1: < KingG: It's funny, but because of games such as this, these days even quite weak players wouldn't play a move like 14.h3 unless it was a blunder, let alone someone of the level of Gurgenidze.> What would you play then , instead of 14. h3 ? |
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Aug-11-11
 | | perfidious: <aaronv1> As <Boomie> notes above, 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Nc4 was stronger, when White maintains some advantage, though I don't believe that it's quite so great as his note suggests. The curious thing about this game is how Gurgenidze appeared to have his sense of danger let him down; I don't believe any strong master today would have let the black steed remain at g4 for one moment, though the final outcome of Black's attack can hardly be foreseen. |
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Oct-08-11
 | | King Sacrificer: Come on guys.
How can Gurgenidze know Nxf2 would bring so much trouble in the end?
Black had a reasonable defensive position there and he must have thought he can cope with the sac.
This game is annotated by Josh Waitzkin in Chessmaster.
Big respect to Tal after watching it.
I wonder if anyone can dare to make that sac against h3 today. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | mooseheadchris: Amazing. But, I'm sure that Tal saw the 13-move win when he played 14... Nxf2!! |
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Feb-25-12
 | | Peligroso Patzer: <Sasi173: What is the winning line after 28.Kd1??> In <Advanced Chess Tactics>, by Psakhis, Lev, Quality Chess UK Ltd. ©2011, at page 21, GM Psakhis writes of the final position: “Black has various ways of winning; if he wants to have a little fun, he can go in for <28.Kd1 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Qg1+ 30.Re1 Qf2 31.Kc1 Bb3 32.Qc3 Qxe1+ 33.Bxe1 Rd1#>." |
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| Jun-26-12 | | reisanibal: A real masterpiece by Tal. A wonderful attack. This game should definitely be on Tal's notable games. |
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Oct-20-12
 | | DrGridlock: Komodo gives a significant advantage to white after 14 Bxg4 (the easiest way to get rid of black's intrusive knight):
click for larger viewAnalysis by Komodo32 3 32bit (depth=21):
1. ² (0.70): 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Nc4 Qf6 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.Bf4 f6 19.f3 Bc8 20.Nb5 Nxb5 21.axb5 Qc7 22.Re3 Qe7 23.Rea3 Rd7 24.Bh6 Qf7 25.Bxg7 Qxg7 26.Qf4 Red8 27.Qe3 Qf7 28.Qh6 Chasing (14 h3) instead of capturing (14 Bxg4) the knight leads to an advantage for Black: 
click for larger view1. ³ (-0.33): 14...Nxf2 15.Nf3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Rxe8+ Nfxe8 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Qxg6+ Ng7 22.Bxf6 Qf8 23.Re1 Bxh3 24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Re7+ Kf6 27.Rxc7 Rg8 28.Ne1 Bf5 29.Rxa7 Ke5 30.Rf7 White's best defense is not to take black's knight after its intrusion to f2, but to regroup his pieces for a kingside defense (line given above). The king capture on f2 leads to the disastrous game continuation, which Komodo evaluates at black's move 15 as: 
click for larger view1.  (-1.52): 15...Bd4+ 16.Kf1 Qh4 17.Nd1 Bxh3 18.Bf3 Bg4 19.Ne3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Nxd5 21.Re1 Nf4 22.Qc3 d5 23.Qe3 Qh2 24.Qg1 Qg3 25.Bxg4 Qxg4 26.Qf2 In response to the earlier question asking where White went wrong, it was a combination of playing 14 h3 (instead of Bxg4) and 15 Kxf2 (instead of Nf3). |
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Oct-21-12
| | DrGridlock: <King Sacrificer: Come on guys.
How can Gurgenidze know Nxf2 would bring so much trouble in the end?> It's called positional analysis - a useful skill for chessplayers. |
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| Oct-23-12 | | Mimchi1: Tal's killer instinct is truly highlighted in this game. I can just imagine him puffing a cigarette as he plays ...Nxf2. And the man could write as well! A true badass. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | EvanTheTerrible: This will surely be game of the day in the future. |
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sac: 14...Nxf2