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| Aug-22-07 | | whiteshark: Generally, it's possible in German to create a new word when combining two nouns. |
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| Aug-22-07 | | D4n: What is protecting the Rook on c4 from the white queen on d3? |
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| Aug-22-07 | | ikipemiko: <D4n>The bishop from c6 |
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| May-11-08 | | whiteshark: <9.Bxf6?> has been a completely wrong idea. |
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| May-31-08 | | Marmot PFL: < tamar> Tal was winning that game too, but lacked the stamina to put Petrosian away. |
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Dec-26-09
 | | Domdaniel: Tal's 8.Qd3 really is horrible. It effectively forces him to follow up with an exchange on f6 and a Queen excursion, temporarily grabbing pawns but losing time. But if he tries to follow 8.Qd3 with anything else, his development is compromised, especially the Bf1. White's alternative 8th moves, as mentioned by Tal, were probably 8.Bb5+ (OK, but Black should equalize) and 8.dxc5 (not great either). The very fact that Tal should have such trouble choosing his 8th move suggests an earlier deviation from this line -- not easy with this move order. The position at move 7 can arise from either the Rubinstein (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4) or Burn (3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxd4) variations. In some Rubinstein sequences, such as 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6, white can omit Bg5 and play 7.Bd3 ... probably his best line, though it wasn't an option here. But blocking his LSB with his queen wasn't one of Tal's best choices. In any case, fashion has moved on. Steinitz's 4.e5 is now the main line. |
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Dec-26-09
| | Domdaniel: Since this is a French, let's not forget "en passant", "en prise" and "j'adoube" ... |
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| Feb-13-12 | | LoveThatJoker: Petrosian = Tactical Monster!
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| Feb-13-12 | | M.D. Wilson: Spassky said the same following Petrosian's Title defense in 1966. Still, this was not the best tournament for Tal, who was playing on one kidney. Pick a fair fight, LTJ. |
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| Feb-14-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <M.D. Wilson> :D
LTJ |
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| Feb-14-12 | | brankat: Even one M.Tal couldn't have always played like Tal :-) Especially when ill. |
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| Feb-14-12 | | SChesshevsky: <<By move 13, White already stood worse, and then to top it all off, I immediately blundered away a bishop.>> Tal certainly didn't seem on form. I thought it surprising he gave up the b-file and let Black invade with 15. Qa3. Maybe 15. Rb1 exchanging rooks and having the a passed pawn gives some drawing chances. |
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Aug-23-12
 | | perfidious: Cafferty noted that Tal spent an hour on the unnatural-looking 8.Qd3. Two rounds later, he tried 8.Bc4 (Tal vs Benko, 1962) with better results. < SChesshevsky: ....Maybe 15. Rb1 exchanging rooks and having the a passed pawn gives some drawing chances.> Maybe so, though 15.Rab1 Rxb1 16.Rxb1 0-0, followed by ....Bxf3 looks unpleasant. |
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| Dec-25-12 | | notyetagm: Tal vs Petrosian, 1962
click for larger view20 ♖a1-a2?? <alignment: a2+c4>
click for larger view20 ... ♖a4x♗c4! 0-1
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21 ♕d3x♖c4 ♗c6-d5 <skewer: c4,a2>
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| Feb-24-14 | | zydeco: 16.Nd2 and white seems to be holding his own. 18.Bb3 or 18.Nd2 both look much better than 18.a3, which creates a new weakness. |
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| Aug-25-14 | | Mating Net: This is a great exercise in taking advantage of enemy pieces that are on the same line. I'll bet Petrosian snapped off the Bishop in tenths of a second as the alignment awakened the tactical predator inside him. |
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Jul-15-18
 | | saffuna: "...probably the worst game of my life."
--Tal |
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| Jan-01-20 | | AliSawalha: Ra2 was the worst move of Tal's life |
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Jan-01-20
 | | OhioChessFan: Tal was cheating to write down moves before playing/not playing them. |
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Jan-01-20
| | saffuna: <Tal was cheating to write down moves before playing/not playing them.> That's recommended by Kotov in "Think Like a Grandmaster." |
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Jan-01-20
| | perfidious: Kotov's recommendation would be illegal under present-day FIDE rules; just ask Wesley So what fate a player might come to for adding extra touches to one's scoresheet. |
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| Jan-01-20 | | RookFile: The rules at the time let players do this but now they've been changed. What Tal was doing was permitted by the rules at the time. |
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Jan-01-20
| | OhioChessFan: I think it was against the rules, but not enforced. |
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| Jan-02-20 | | Olavi: No, it was all right long into the 80s or 90s. One player who had problems adapting was Portisch. He was also one who quite often crossed out the move and changed it, even several times, before moving. A favourite trick with canny players was to write down a move, wait until the opponent had surely seen it, then play something else. Perfectly legal. |
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Jan-02-20
| | perfidious: There was a strong player I knew who was much beloved of the manoeuvre mentioned by <Olavi>; as he states, quite legal in those days, if what we call angle-shooting in poker, ie, of unquestioned legality but dubious ethics. |
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