| Apr-24-05 | | morphynoman2: A very hard job, and a very instructive game. |
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Oct-05-06
 | | talisman: 2-0 against tal in his prime, wow. |
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| May-25-09 | | avidfan: 4 knights line-up for inspection to make a picturesque scene on the board after 29 Kd2-e1. 
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Was 28 Nd6-f5 a miscalculation when 28 Nd6-e4 would have avoided the following sequence? 30...Ne5-d3+ attacks White's N/f5 by cutting off protection from the B/c2, winning the resulting exchange.
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| Oct-25-09 | | vonKrolock: <21. f3> Here an attacking concept, instead of trying to defend in some way the position to reach possibly a draw... Interesting how this almost works in the sequence... <28.f5> Suetin pointed out the 'obstinated' alternative 28.de4  a6 29.a3 etc, but is notewhorthy that Tal's move gives white a good game in most of the sequences... Then, next move is the key of black's defense and counter strike 
click for larger view <28...d8>!! |
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| Dec-26-09 | | jerseybob: There is a reason why Qd2 is usually played by white in the Samisch, and Boleslavsky makes Tal pay dearly for not playing that move. |
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Jul-22-12
 | | perfidious: < jerseybob: There is a reason why Qd2 is usually played by white in the Samisch, and Boleslavsky makes Tal pay dearly for not playing that move.> This is an oversimplification; the variation with 7....c5 isn't seen much, because it gives White a free hand to play on the kingside in standard Saemisch fashion-he no longer has to concern himself with ....c7-c6 and the opening of the c-file. It's not altogether clear that White needed to play Qd2 (which, as you correctly note, is typical). |
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Jan-01-13
 | | JamesT Kirk: Is Mischa Tal in zugzwang? |
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| Jan-04-13 | | jerseybob: Perfidous: Then where in your opinion did white go wrong? If you're looking for clues, check the game Spassky-Tal 1956 USSR Chp, where black(Tal) also played both e5 and c5,but white played Dd2. Now, the e5/c5 combo for black may not be inherently bad - if an opening guru like Boleslavsky plays it it could be playable - but in the Spassky-Tal game, black had no center counterplay and just got crushed on the k-side. |
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