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Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen
Bled csf 1965  ·  Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Tal Variation (B82)  ·  1-0


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Jun-01-08   zanboryaa: Well , move34.Bc5!!!,in my believe ,is the magic touch,in this dramatic Combination...Not a SACRIFICE???...because Black can't refute it....
Jun-02-08   sfairat: I don't like black's play in this game. For some reason it really irritates me. The stupid attack on the Queenside which has no chance of succeeding, the weak counterplay on the Kingside. Not to brag or anything, but even as a much lower rated player I think there is no way Tal would win this game against me. *Prepares to defend himself against the oncoming angry mob of critics*
Jun-02-08
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  keypusher: <sfairat: I don't like black's play in this game. For some reason it really irritates me. The stupid attack on the Queenside which has no chance of succeeding, the weak counterplay on the Kingside. Not to brag or anything, but even as a much lower rated player I think there is no way Tal would win this game against me. *Prepares to defend himself against the oncoming angry mob of critics*>

You need therapy, not criticism.

Jun-02-08
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  Shams: <You need therapy, not criticism.>

sfairat, what do you think of black's queenside play in this position?

http://people.ucsc.edu/~amarubay/Ro...

Jun-02-08   sfairat: Well, you two are rather predictable - looking at names instead of looking at the moves. Typical.
Nov-04-08   TheWizardfromHarlem: does anyone know which player has the most brilloancy prizes?
Nov-05-08   thebribri8: That schmuck Fritz doesn't like Nd5!
Nov-06-08   sergeidave: I simply love how the white queen is hanging, the d5 pawn is hanging with a possibility of even capturing it with check, the white king is on the open... and yet black is lost!!
Nov-07-08   thebribri8: The queen is hanging?
Nov-12-08   sergeidave: <thebribri8> Well, you know, I meant unprotected and attacked, although the rook cannot take it. Visually is beautiful!
Dec-18-08   thebribri8: I'm going to put my stickler-ness aside for the moment and to have to agree with that.
Jan-10-09   WhiteRook48: double bishop sac
Jan-27-09   WhiteRook48: was Black Bent on Larseny?
Jan-30-09   WhiteRook48: he sure was
Jan-31-09   AnalyzeThis: Great Tal game. With the match on the line, Tal stays true to himself, throwing caution to the wind, and is richly rewarded.
Feb-20-09   Dredge Rivers: Would this game be even half as famous if Tal had not been a such a good writer? I doubt it. I guess the old saying about a sacred poet is true.
Feb-20-09   MaxxLange: Thanks for calling this game to my attention - I used to always try to get into this line against the Najdorf, down in the amateur section, by playing 6. f4 and following with Be3 and Qf3. Most players would go ...e6, since they were imitating Kasparov's systems, and didn't know anything about 6...e5, which I didn't really either...I knew that Nb3 was good, or bad, I couldn't remember, and was going to wing it.

I even had people play ...Bd7, with no good square for their QN after g4-g5...sometimes they would try castling long. I got some crunchy wins in this. No way would I have seen the strength of the Nd5 sac in this game...

Feb-28-09
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  andrewleef1: According to Fritz, the position after Nd5!? is advantageous to White.
Apr-24-09   m0nkee1: he plays like Rybka here.... control of centre
Apr-24-09   ILikeFruits: mr monkee...
i believe...
its call...
center and...
not centre...
as stated by...
the great...
american president...
bush...
May-01-09   WhiteRook48: various ways to exploit a back rank
Aug-11-09   WhiteRook48: what's the Tal Variation?
Aug-27-09   WhiteRook48: try this: 37...Qxd5+ 38 Qxd5 Bxd5 39 Rxf8+ Bg8
Sep-03-09   WhiteRook48: overrated
Oct-18-09   m0nkee1: thx for that mr fruits

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