| <The <<<LEGACY>>> of Mikhail Tal, Efim Geller, and Paul Keres> Mikhail Tal Efim Geller Paul Keres ####################################
<CHESS FILMS>
<WATCH THE CHESS FILMS in <<<480p>>> YouTube Setting for BEST RESULT> _____
MIKHAIL TAL
1. "The Life and Times of Mikhail Tal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYiV...
2. Russian film on Tal- "М. Таль играет по памяти с 10 досками / Возможности мозга" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEOb... 3." Simultaneous exhibition"-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEOb... A ten-minute video that shows a blindfold simultaneous display, given by the immortal Mikhail Tal. The date is unclear and the commentary is all in Russian, but we (Chessbase) have prepared a summary transcript in English. We were even able to reconstruct four game fragments. Must watch. Translation and analysis of this video: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... (courtesy of Crawfb5) 4. "Mikhail Tal's Last Game- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6nU... Youtube video analysis of this historic game- (The Chess Network) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm9n... 5. Live footage <Tal-Botvinnik> 1960 World Championship Match http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnmg... 6.Live footage <Tal> at the 1988 World Blitz Championship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_h9... 7. Video elegy of Tal featuring his personal favorite song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce2S...! __________________________________
EFIM GELLER
1. "Efim Geller and the Soviet School of Chess"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1q...
2. "Roman Dzindzichasvili reminisces about Efim Geller"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Pp... __________________________________
PAUL KERES
1. "Paul Keres: the Crown Prince of Chess"- Part one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhft...
"Paul Keres: the Crown Prince of Chess"- Part two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2m2...
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<ARTICLES>
MIKHAIL TAL
1. "Mikhail Tal Wiki Biography" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhai... 2. "Garry Kasparov Talks about Mikhail Tal and Soviet Chess History" http://www.chess.com/news/garry-kas... (courtesy of Chancho) 3. "Mikhail Tal, the Chess Player Ahead of Chess" by Lev Khariton
http://www.chessbase.com/columns/co... (courtesy of Crawfb5) 4. Book Review- "Tal – Botvinnik, 1960" by Crawb5
ChessBookForum chessforum 5. "Mihail Tal- Games, Quotes, Biography"
http://www.academicchess.org/Focus/... (courtesy of ragh) 6. "Mikhail Tal tactical puzzles from his games- 1952-1992"
http://www.wtharvey.com/tal.html
See if you can play like Tal!!
7. "Triumph and Tragedy- Tal at the Moscow Blitz Tournament 1992" (courtesy of Crawfb5) Part one: http://www.chess.com/article/view/n... Part two: http://www.chess.com/article/view/t... 8. "Interview with Zhianna Tal" (courtesy of Tabanus)
http://www.e3e5.com/article.php?id=...
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EFIM GELLER
1. "Efim Geller Wiki Biography" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efim_G... 2 ."Efim Geller: 1925-1998" by Mark Crowther
http://www.chess.gr/tourn/1998/gell...
3. "Eternal Combat Passion- Remembering Efim Geller" by Mikhail Vasilyev, FIDE Master http://members.multimania.co.uk/csa... 4. "The Geller Affair" by Mark Weeks http://chessforallages.blogspot.com... 5. "Geller's Nightmare" by Marius Ceteras and Olimpiu G. Urcan (courtesy of Crawfb5) http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skitt... 6. "Aviv on Geller" by Aviv Friedman- includes analysis of Geller vs Anikaev, 1979 http://www.coruschess.com/article.p... (courtesy of Crawfb5) 7. "Zurich 1953: Efim Geller, the Trainer" http://blunderprone.blogspot.com/20... 8. "Efim Geller tactical puzzles from his games- 1951-1992"
http://www.wtharvey.com/gell.html
See if you can play like Geller!!
9. "Efim Geller: Chessmetrics" by Jeff Sonas
http://db.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL123...
10. "Obituary- Efim Geller" by William Hartston
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e... (courtesy of Crawfb5) ___________________________________
PAUL KERES
1. "Paul Keres Wiki Biography" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_K... 2. "The Games of Paul Keres" by Scott Massey- includes analysis of Fine vs Keres, 1938 Euwe vs Keres, 1940 Keres vs Szabo, 1955 Keres vs Geller, 1962 http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/...
(A giant thank you to Benzol for helping finish this link) 3. "Zurich: 1953- Paul Keres the Attacker"
http://blunderprone.blogspot.com/20... 4. "Keres Plays with the Wehrmacht" by Thomasz Lissowski (the fascinating story of how Keres became the "Chess Champion of Posen" in 1943 by winning a tournament organized by the Wehrmacht- and including German soldiers)
http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... 5."Remembering Paul Keres" http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... (courtesy of Crawfb5) 6. "Paul Keres tactical puzzles from his Games- 1936-1973"
http://www.wtharvey.com/kere.html
See if you can play like Keres!!
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<ANNOTATED GAME ANALYSES> MIKHAIL TAL
The mysterious story of "Plaskett's Puzzle" and Mikhail Tal White to play and win (the Black King is on the h7 square) 
click for larger viewVideo analysis and solution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laLK... (EndgameStudies) Tal v Strelkov 1949 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGqs... (Majnu) Tal v Tolush 1957 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH9p... (Kingscrusher) Spassky v Tal 1958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3I... (Kingscrusher) Bobotsov v Tal 1958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lGI... (Comte de MonteC) Tal v Fischer 1959 (in two parts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGnG... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHvu... (Majnu) Tal v Smyslov 1959 - brilliancy prize game with famous Bishop sac 12.Bd2! and Queen sac 19.Qxd7! in two parts!- (by Majnu) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI3r...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCmI... Tal v Smyslov 1959 - brilliancy prize game with famous Bishop sac 12.Bd2! and Queen sac 19.Qxd7!- (by Kingscrusher) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPKv... Tal v Botvinnik 1961 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KW... (Canstein) Tal v Gurgenidze 1969 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G65P... (ebhavanishankar) Spassky v Tal 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ie... (Sean Godley) Tal v Van der Wiel 1982 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJKd... (Sean Godley) Tal v Karpov 1987 (Blitz) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Eh... (Comte de MontC) _______________________________________
EFIM GELLER
Geller v Sokolsky 1950 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2COE... (Sean Godley) Geller v Averbakh 1954 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqlD... (Kingscrusher) Geller v Smyslov 1956 http://chessforallages.blogspot.com... (Mark Weeks) Fischer v Geller 1961 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th-G... (Sean Godley) _________________________________________
PAUL KERES
Keres Endgame Composition 1936- try it out before you watch the video explanation (which is visual only-no sound) White to play and win:
click for larger viewHere a silent video analysis of the solution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dyW... (MadChessPlayer) Keres v Tarnowski 1952 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeI6... (Kingscrusher) Keres v Smyslov 1953 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vo... (Canstein) Fischer v Keres 1959 (Zurich) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkYB... (Kingscrusher) Fischer v Keres 1962 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ky-... (Canstein) Tal v Keres 1962 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8QP... (Canstein) Korchnoi v Keres 1965 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcTT... (Canstein) ####################################
<GAMES COLLECTIONS> MIKHAIL TAL
Tal v Fischer (Classical Games +2)
search "tal-fischer" Game Collection: a rare Tal-ent - under construction (courtesy of Crawfb5) __________________________________________
EFIM GELLER
Geller v Fischer (Classical Games +2)
search "geller-fischer" Game Collection: Old Geller
(courtesy of Crawb5)
Game Collection: Efim Geller's Best Games (courtesy of KingG) _________________________________________
PAUL KERES
Keres v Fischer (Classical Games -1)
search "keres-fischer" Game Collection: Who Keres? under construction (courtesy of Crawfb5) Game Collection: AVRO 1938
At AVRO 1938, on tie break, Keres won what might be considered one of the toughest "candidates tournaments" in history- and history, in the form of WWII, cheated Keres out of a subsequent match for the World championship with AA Alekhine (courtesy of Benzol) Game Collection: Match Keres!
(courtesy of amadeus)
Game Collection: 1962 Candidates play-off match: Geller-Keres (courtesy of capybara) ###############################################
PLACES TO VISIT NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN RUSSIA
1. Moscow Chess Museum
http://www.russianmuseums.info/M1659 (courtesy of whiteshark) |
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