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| Jan-27-03 | | Bears092: This is probably my favorite game ever. The master Tactician vs. the anonymous Miller in a simul. Think how great it would be the battle Tal Mano-A-Mano like that... |
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| Jul-04-03 | | Tigran Petrosian: I think this is one of Tal's finest efforts. |
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| Jul-04-03 | | drukenknight: why wasnt Rf2 played way earlier? |
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Aug-25-03
 | | jaime gallegos: playing on the edge, outstanding ! |
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| Aug-26-03 | | seoulmama: Splendid! Though I knew the game from Le Moir's book. |
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| Jan-08-04 | | nikt: what about 18....Qg4 ?? is it good for black? |
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| Jan-09-04 | | fatbaldguy: On 18... Qg4 play might continue 19 R:e1 Q:g5 (not ... Q:e2 20 N:e2) 20 a3 with an edge for white. Perhaps 22 ... c6 ? But these are minor points, this is a game which most people - even high-level players - would be proud to play even in correspondence chess. And it was a simul.... |
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| Jan-09-04 | | Brian Watson: 18..Qg4 19.Rxe1 Qxg5 20.Qb5+ Nc6 21.Qxb7 and white has more than an edge. 22..c6 23.Rxd5!
<why wasn't Rf2 played way earlier?> 20..Rf2 21.Qxf2 etc
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21..Rf2 22.Qxe5 |
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| Jul-25-04 | | OneArmedScissor: Amazing.... absolutely amazing.
If Tal would have made up a religion so I could be filled by the "Holy Magician's Spirit." |
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| Jul-26-04 | | Erwin: superb tal,in my opinion tal is the best chess player in the 20 century,too many great games come from this magician,forza tal!!!! |
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Jul-26-04
 | | ray keene: black played with amazing ingenuity-for a simul game its a real gem-i onced showed tal a series of incredible combinational positions which i was preparing for my book on nimzowitsch and he saw solutions so fast you wd not believe it-to the most extraordinarily difficult and recondite ideas |
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| Jul-26-04 | | Giancarlo: Tal is nothing but witch craft ill tell you that much!!! What an awesome game. |
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| Jul-27-04 | | Dick Brain: <Bears092> You cannot be Tal but is it possible that you are Mr Miller? You're a Bears fan, the simul was played in Chicago, and it's your favorite game. |
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| Jul-27-04 | | Dick Brain: <Bears092> OK Never mind, it looks as though you just finished high school. You would have been 2 years old in 1988. |
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Jul-27-04
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Remarkable game--at move twenty, both Queens were overloaded guarding mating squares and attacking each other at the same time! Two other simul games which are famous for fierce resistance by the weaker players are Fischer-Celle 1964 and Steinitz-MacCutcheon, which I couldn't find the last time I looked, and that's a shame. Not only was it the debut of the MacCutcheon Variation, but Steinitz *lost!* |
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| Jul-27-04 | | vonKrolock: The position on 20...Qe5 is indeed a most extraordinary one, <An Englishman>... And after 21.h4 Qg3 22.Rd1!, as the actual 22...Rf2 seems inadequate, and (a) 22...Rf4 would be ansewered by 23.Nxc7+ Kf8 24.e7+ and soon mates, so (b) 22...Rf5!? appears as a logical attempt...; and (c) 22...c6!? perhaps too (Note: i'm trying to simulate the atmosphere of a simul display in 1988, off course that the Computers find good answers for (b) and (c) too - so as Tal would, i believe :o) |
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| Jul-27-04 | | mymt: Sheer magic for the "magician",when people ask "what do you see in that game" just smile say nothing.[how can you explain something like this to those who dont play?] |
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| Jul-27-04 | | kevin86: In 1980,Cleveland had a team called THE KARDIAC KIDS. They played exciting football-they didn't always win,but boy did they put on a show. Tal may have been chess's version It is rare to see the pieces fly as in this game,but the better player did win after all. |
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| Jul-27-04 | | Severian596: <An Englishman>, here's the Steinitz - McCutcheon game you spoke of! Enjoy: Steinitz - McCutcheon
French Defense
New York Simultaneous Display, 1885
1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bg5 Bb4
5.e5 h6
6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 f5
8.Bd3 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.0-0 Nc6
11.Qd2 Qe7
12.Qf4 Bd7
13.Nb5 0-0-0
14.c4 Be8
15.Rfc1 Kb8
16.a3 a6
17.Nc3 dxc4
18.Bxc4 Nd4
19.Ne2 Nxf3+
20.Qxf3 Bc6
21.Qh3 Ka7
22.b4 Bb6
23.Nc3 Rhg8
24.Bf1 Rd2
25.Nd1 Qg5
26.Rxc6 bxc6
27.Qc3 Qf4
28.Qxc6 Rxd1
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| Jul-27-04 | | ruylopez900: Very nice, an active defense seen by both players. Rarely do they protect their own pieces, but more often just counter-attack and trade off all the while throwing tactical shots at one another, looking for the full point. |
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| Jul-27-04 | | karelen: trully an amazing game |
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Jul-28-04
| | An Englishman: Dear Severian596: Thank you! This game gives all us duffers hope that someday we might leave a World Champion begging for mercy--and not giving it to him/her. I wonder if the piece sac 13.Bxf5 is any sound? Chessgames, is there any chance you could add it to the database? |
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| Aug-13-04 | | ArturoRivera: in move 31: why was miller still playing hf he was a hole rook down and had passed pawn treaths? |
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| Aug-31-04 | | Giancarlo: Maybe he wanted to see if Tal made a mistake or give it one last trap, but he gave up soon enough. Not everyone resigns right after they are down. Although most do. |
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| Oct-20-04 | | notyetagm: An unbelievably brilliant game by Tal. |
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sac: 23.Qxf2