Mikhail Tal vs Svein Johannessen (1959)

Mikhail Tal vs Svein Johannessen
Riga 1959 · Slav Defense: Schlechter Variation (D15) · 1-0

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Nov-04-03		ughaibu: This is interesting. It's the more familiar Tal style without requiring anything super brilliant just the exploitation of his opponent's piece weaknesses. Maybe that's a distinctive point of Tal's style, that he plays against the pieces not the pawns?

Nov-04-03		Open Defence: hehehe <journalist> How does Tal win his games? <Koblents (Tal's trainer)> he brings his pieces onto center squares and then sacrifices them, his oponnent faced with checkmate then resigns! hehehehe

Nov-21-07		Whitehat1963: What's the best finish here? I'm thinking 27...Kf7 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Bxb4, and white has a big advantage. Is there something better that I'm missing?

Jun-02-08		keypusher: <Whitehat 1963> I think that's it. White is the exchange and two pawns up, so it's hopeless for Black.

Jun-02-08		Assassinater: Tiny problem is that it looks like it just hangs the rook after 29... Kxe7 so 29. Rcc7 might be needed beforehand.

Jun-02-08		euripides: <27...Kf7 28.Re7+ Kf6 29.Bxb4> and the rook is protected by the b4 bishop so Kxe7 is illegal. Black can try 29...Bf8 but White has 30.Re4, or 29... a5 30.Bc5 and the bishop is protected.

Jun-02-08		Assassinater: D'uh! Talk about chess blindness...

Jul-15-09		ToTheDeath: 12.Bxf7+!- the key move, giving up two pieces for rook and pawn is usually a bad trade but Tal has seen in this position his rooks will be able to quickly occupy the central files and make threats while Black's queenside development remains retarded. A good example of Capablanca's rule that the initiative itself is an advantage, and must be pursued like an extra piece.

Dec-20-10		Crocomule: 11...Nbd7 is a typical example of the difference between a master and a gm. He was afraid to play 11...Nc6 because of the potentially isolated c6 pawn, while the half-open lines and support of d5 would have compensated. Compare to 13. d:e6 in Khermlin-Tal '68.

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