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| May-02-16 | | Johnnysaysthankyou: Or just play back to h5. 21. Qh5 gxh7 22. Qxh7 and then black loses on either Rf7 or Rg8.
22...Rf7 Rhe1
22...Rg8 Rxd7 Bxd7 Bxf6+ |
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May-03-16
 | | beatgiant: <Johnnysaysthankyou>
On 18...Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5+ 20. Qxg5 gxh6 21. Qxh6, Black can try <21...Qa1+> 22. Kd2 Qa6. Black threatens to consolidate with ...Bb7 or ...c5, and meanwhile White's own king is getting exposed. What is White's follow-up?
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May-03-16
| | beatgiant: <Johnnysaysthankyou>
Sorry I left out a couple of the moves, the line is 18...Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5+ 20. Qxg5 <f6> <21. Qh5> gxh6 22. Qxh6 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa6. Resulting position is in the diagram above. |
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| Feb-25-17 | | ChessHigherCat: <offramp: I play the Caro-Kann, because it is Mt Rushmore-like in its solidity.> Here's what Tal thinks of solidity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81T... |
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| Jun-04-17 | | skemup: I can see only one small inaccuracy(?) in Tal's play here, why he did not play simple 22 Nh6+ spoiling pawn structure ? |
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Jul-29-17
 | | Sneaky: <skemup> Moves like that often make nice zwischenzugs but in this case Tal intentionally wanted the enemy king on f7 to set up the Ne5+/Nxc6 maneuver. |
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| Aug-17-17 | | Saniyat24: This is a mesmerizing game...such bravery, such domination...that too played in a Candidates match...just incredible chess by Mikhail Tal...!! |
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| Aug-17-17 | | RookFile: 10.... Nb6 would have been ok for black. White probably has to play 11. Nxc8, not such a glorious end for this advanced knight. |
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Jan-15-18
 | | tpstar: <I love the picture! Both champs are dressed like gentlemen and have an intense look on their faces.> And the old school demonstration board up top.
Marvelous game. |
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| Jan-15-18 | | ChessHigherCat: <Eyal: Thanks, <Archives>. That certainly looks like an improvement on the first edition.
I'm still unconvinced by the analysis, however... after 13...Bc5 14.Qf4 bxc4 15.Bc3: Analyzing 15...Qxa2 here is doing the same "trick" of choosing a crappy move for Black which allows for spectacular wins by White. What about 15...Re8! (which is also good, btw, in case of 14.Qh4) - how can White win then?> I was wondering about 13...Bc5, too, and I had to wade back 4 pages to find your posts, which were very interesting but you didn't analyze 16. Nh6+!, which seems to work: A)
16... Kh8 17. Qf5 Ne5 18. Nxe5!! Bxf5 19. Nexf7# B)
16....Kf8 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 Be6 20. Ng5 threatening Nxh7# C) 16...gxh6 17. Qxh6 Re6 18. Ng5 Qb6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxf6 Bf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qxh7+ Ke8 24. Qh5+ Kd8 (24...Ke7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qh7+ Ke8 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Bf6#) 25. Ba5 wins the queen |
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| Mar-16-18 | | ACMEKINGKRUSHER: Howdy,
Comparing FISCHER & TAL is Impossible. They are Both Greats! TAL's record against Smyslov is 3W, 4L, & 21D. While SMYS has a very Slight edge, I would say that they are more a bit Less TIED! TAL was a good friend of Bobby's. Have you ever seen the photo of Bobby & TAL playing CHESS in TAL's Hspital Bed? BOTH will go down as GREATS in CHESS History!
ACME KING KRUSHER |
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| Jun-11-18 | | Monocle: When grandmasters sat down to play Tal, did they want to keep the game quiet and boring to stifle his creativity, or did they want to encourage him to sacrifice on the grounds that, often as not, it would be unsound? I can only imagine, after going for a solid opening, Smyslov would have had that sinking feeling around move 14 or so - "Oh, it's going to be one of THOSE Tal games..." |
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| Aug-14-18 | | Caissa04: This is the guy who called Tal's chess style just "tricks"? Well I guess he just got "tricked"! |
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| Apr-05-20 | | Sunrise: It's amazing how Tal at his best was able to found complicated positions where he was seemingly lost at first sight, but really always able to slip away safe. E.g. after 13..., Bc5 White seems bad, but it's only a mirage: 14. Qf4!, bxc4; 15. Bc3!, Nh5; 16. Qg5!, f6; 17. Qxh5 [ ±] (or 15..., Re8; 16. Bxf6!, Nxf6; 17. Nxg7!, Be7; 18. Nxe8, Nxe8; [ ⩲]) |
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Apr-05-20
 | | harrylime: The magic of Tal. |
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| Jun-29-20 | | Saul Goodman: This game roughly coincides with the moment that Tal passed Smyslov to become the best player in the world. |
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| Jun-29-20 | | Howard: What about Botvinnik and Keres ? |
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| Sep-29-20 | | Jambow: Zonkers... |
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Sep-29-20
 | | Yuridmi: Sunrise provides 13 ... Bc5. FRITZ produces a line to a forced draw:
14.Qf4, bxc4;
15.Bc3, Re8;
16.Qg5, Bf8;
17.Nh6+, Kh8;
18.Nxf7+, Kg8;
19.Nh6+, Kh8;
20.Nf7+, Kg8;
21.Nh6+, Kh8;
22.Nf7 |
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| Dec-22-21 | | Saul Goodman: “ What about Botvinnik and Keres?”
Botvinnik was 48 at the time of this game, and didn’t play much anymore. Keres was 43. Both were 15 years past their peak, although obviously great players. |
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Jan-02-22
 | | Dionysius1: Dear goodness, but the sequence from 19.Qxf7 is wonderful! Apparently after the game Tal came over to Milunka Lazarevic and told her "I did it for you, madam". https://en.chessbase.com/post/milun... And I thought he only had eyes for chess! |
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Jul-23-24
 | | WTHarvey: White wins (zwischenzug):
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Aug-19-24
 | | PawnSac: < skemup: I can see only one small inaccuracy(?) in Tal's play here, why he did not play simple 22 Nh6+ spoiling pawn structure ? > Don't know if you're still around, but for any who wonder the same..
In the game after 21.Nf7+ Kg8 <diagram1> 
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In this position it is <white to move>: After the game moves Rxa1 Kxf7 <diagram2>
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it is still <white to move>. White has Ne5+ with tempo to grab the c6 pawn, attacking the Bd8 (white wants to remove one of the bishops, when being up the exchange is amplified ) But in your idea after Nh6+ gxh Rxa1:
diagram3
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it is <black to move>
Now lets compare..
Black can play Ne4+ Ke2 3 Nxc3+ bxc ,
He has the 2 bishops advantage, offsetting the loss of the exchange, and it is still <black to move>. He can now fight for the initiative with ..Bb6 (guarding the A pawn, freeing the rook, and targeting the f passer), there followed by ..Be6 and ..Bd5 securing the pawns on white squares while targeting g2. White no longer has the tempo gaining Ne5+ as the K is too far away. Although black is still down the exchange, his position in diagram3 is stronger than in the actual game. So in summary: Nh6+ actually loses a tempo (leaving black to move) and he doesn't have the tempo gaining Ne5+ so.. <white has lost 2 tempi> |
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| Jan-15-25 | | andrea volponi: 18...Bf6!? (18...Bc7! = ) -19 Ng5 Bxg5+ - Qxg5 f6 - Qf4 !? Ne5 - Bxe5 Be6 - Bd6 c3 ⩲/+- . |
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Feb-18-25
 | | offramp: From move 1, this is one of the greatest ever chess games, between two colossuseses, in a crucial event. I think that Smyslov constantly thought, "No way...It is not possible for Tal's attack to succeed. That will NOT win." But Smyslov made a tiny slip. I think it was the ...Nf6/Bf6 problem. |
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