| Sep-26-04 |
| Granite: White takes powerful advantage of the e5 square for the entire game. Bringing at various times his initial pawn, queen, both rooks, a knight and his dark square bishop. It seems to me this is how the French was designed to be played! |
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Oct-12-04
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| Resignation Trap: Tal rarely played the French, so his result here shouldn't surprise anyone. However, there may be a better reason for Black's loss here:
http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten... |
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Nov-12-04
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| Hanzo Steel: <Resignation Trap> I am even more rarely able to read German. What does that page say, if you'd be so kind as to translate the gist? |
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| Nov-12-04 |
| notsodeepthought: <Hanzo Steel> The bottom line is that Tal had the flu during this tournament, and his nurse was supposed to inject a "vitamin-cocktail" to keep him match-fit. But before the Bannik game, instead of vitamins, she apparently injected him with Nembutal, a sedative that apparently was linked to Marilyn Monroe's death (together with other drugs, but that's another story). After the thirtieth move, one of his seconds commented that he was about to go to sleep... |
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| Nov-12-04 |
| Bears092: You'd think that Tal would play the french more often due to his style. In positions like this, black often abandons position for raw attacking chances. |
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| Nov-12-04 |
| Rowson: Worst game ever!!!! |
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| Nov-12-04 |
| sneaky pete: <Rowson> You wouldn't say that if you had seen Merel Schoonman vs Hiekel2 Huistra, 2001. |
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Nov-12-04
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| kevin86: It is interesting how long black's knight is bewitched by white's bishop.A knight at e8,bishop at e5. A tactic seen in endings,rarely in middlegame chess. Tal lost this game,he,however,won the tournament-only losing two other games. |
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Nov-12-04
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| tpstar: <sneaky pete> Good candidate, but let's cut the kids some slack. Here's my vote for Worst Opening Ever = A Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002 |
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Nov-12-04
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| kevin86: Worst game? How about this one?
1 c4  c6 2 e3 e5 3 e2 d3# Smothered mate in three moves!! |
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| Nov-28-04 |
| tex: Tal claimed he never truly mastered French. He said Black must play with great precision to stay alive. |
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| Nov-10-07 |
| sfm: The little bishop on the black square in the corner deserves a medal in this game. |
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