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| Jun-25-07 | | whatthefat: 20.Qxc8+ is plenty good enough to win, but yes, 20.Qg7 looks even more crushing. |
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| Jun-25-07 | | capatal: LIFE Master A J Goldsby claims he drew a game with Mikhail Tal.....That's very hard to visualize! |
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| Sep-25-07 | | outsider: the analysis i refer to was published in the magazine "shahmaty v sssr" in somewhere around 1977 and it was by a well-known master (not grandmaster). it gave a defensive line where black end with three pieces for the white's queen. of course, i may have dreamt it, but i am dead sure that a highly qualified analytically-minded player found a way to resist. rybka someone?? don't blame/ kill the messenger, i just try to remember what i read in my adolescence |
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Nov-09-07
 | | sallom89: wow... how the hell did the pawn get there ... he even sacrificed his queen.. brilliant! |
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| Nov-28-07 | | irasta: Tal was the greatest ever.Take away the booze and tabacco which may have added to his ill health,and you have the "King of the Chess Universe".
He wouldn't have had a perfect record. but if anyone could beat the computer, it was Tal. |
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| Jan-16-08 | | Cibator: Black's real mistake was probably to essay the Sicilian against Tal! (To paraphrase one commentator on his performance at the 1966 Havana Olympiad.) |
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| Aug-08-08 | | castelao2: Una combinacion relativamente mas sencilla, pero increible en unas simultaneas, en la posicion final es extraordinario ver como las cuatro piezas menores se defienden entre si y evitan todo contrajuego negro; la dama negra en d2 da una sensacion de tremenda impotencia |
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| Nov-27-08 | | ChessYouGood: Tal runs into a book dragon simul opponent and brushes his teeth with him. Great game by Tal. |
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| Feb-13-09 | | nuwanda: the final position is very aesthetic, espcecially the lineup of whites bishops and knights, one bishop covering one knight and vice versa, and of course, the crucial point c2 is covered too... |
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| Jul-31-09 | | WhiteRook48: 18 fxg7! instead of 18 Bxd2? |
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| Aug-08-09 | | bunbun: I just love that knight-bishop formation at the end of the game- each piece is protected by and protects another in a neat little 4 piece circuit. This game is probably most known for Tal's wizardry, but I wonder if this belongs in that collection of artistic shapes etc? |
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Feb-06-11
 | | WannaBe: Touchdown! Touchdown?? The pawn haven't even cross the goal line yet... |
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Feb-06-11
 | | Phony Benoni: "Good morning, students. Today's lesson will be The Zwischenzug." |
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Feb-06-11
| | Phony Benoni: By the way, that formation of knights and bishops was vaguely familiar. Then I remembered Dodge vs J R Houghteling, 1904, which reached this final position:
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Feb-06-11
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Those minors are both picturesque and practical. The Nd4 defends the Be2 which defends the Nd1 which defends the Be3 which defends the Nd4. |
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Feb-06-11
 | | Check It Out: <irasta: Tal was the greatest ever.Take away the booze and tabacco which may have added to his ill health,and you have the "King of the Chess Universe".> Take away the booze and cigs and you may not have had the Wizard of Riga. Could go either way. |
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Feb-06-11
 | | sevenseaman: A pretty miniature. And what a wonderful pun! Cheers to whoever has contributed it. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | sfm: A pearl! And Black is obviously a seasoned player. I would not have been able to tell, that this was not a tournament game between two GMs.
That Tal just pulls out 16.gxf6!! when walking from board to board shows how great he was. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | Ratt Boy: Tal.
What a magician.
Always entertaining.
When I see that the GOTD is a Tal, I know I'm in for a treat. |
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Feb-06-11
 | | hedgeh0g: I'd have expected the "Wizard" of chess to at least smoke a bong before games or something. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | KingV93: Wow. Two great attacking games today, I hope the big one follows suit. At first I thought 18.Kd8, g8=Q+ 19.Kc7 gets black out of it (I haven't had a cup of coffee yet) but 19...Qxc8+ and it's all over. <Check it Out "Take away the booze and cigs and you may not have had the Wizard of Riga. Could go either way.">
Absolutely! ;-)
<irasta "He wouldn't have had a perfect record. but if anyone could beat the computer, it was Tal.">
Now THAT I agree with. |
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Feb-06-11
 | | johnlspouge: < <Phony Benoni> wrote: "Good morning, students. Today's lesson will be The Zwischenzug." > LOL. Are you ever serious? :)
Thanks for the pointer to Dodge vs J R Houghteling, 1904, truly a gem. |
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Feb-06-11
 | | Eduardo Bermudez: Pawn h2-h4-g5-f6-g7-g8 !! Amazing !! |
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Feb-06-11
 | | AylerKupp: How many of us would have automatically responded to 15...Rxh1 with 16.Rxh1? Out of curiosity I entered the position after 15...Rh1 into Rybka 4 and it came up with 16.gxf6 in less than one second, eventually suggesting the following as best for both sides, but with a [+2.81] (lost for black) evaluation at d=20: 16.gxf6 Rh7 17.fxg7 Rxg7 (another fianchettoed rook, it seems to be a recent recurring theme) 18.Nb3 Qd8 19.Rh1 Rg8 20.Nd5 Be6 21.Bb6 Qd7 22.Nd4 Nc6 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Ne3 Nd8 25.Qb4 Nf7 26.Qb3 g5 27.a3 Ne5 28.Rh7 Rf8 29.Nc4 Rf7 30.Rh5 Ng6 31.Rxg5
click for larger viewHoudini 1.5 also found 16.gxf6 in less than 1 second sith a similar evaluation ([+2.83] at d=20, but increasing) and suggested the following even more convincing continuation as best for both sides, although it looks like black is getting some play at the end: [+3.39], d=24: 16.gxf6 Rh7 17.fxg7 Rxg7 18.Nb3 Qd8 19.f4 Nc6 20.Rh1 Rg8 21.Nd5 Be6 22.Bb6 Qd7 23.Rh7 Rf8 24.Bd3 g5 25.Bf2 gxf4 26.Nb6 Qc7 27.Nxc8 Qxc8 28.Qxf4 Nb4 29.Be1 Nxd3 30.cxd3 Kd7 31.Nd4 Rh8 32.Rg7 Rh1
click for larger viewI wonder how long it took Tal to see 16.gxf6? But I think it was Sviridov who should have knocked off the booze and cigs. Playing a Sicilian Dragon against Tal in the late 60’s? |
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| Feb-06-11 | | gars: <penarol>: this is game number 35 in "Tal since 1960", by W. H. Cozens, and Tal's opponent name isn't mentioned. |
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