Jacob Yuchtman vs Mikhail Tal (1959) Jacob's Madder

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Jacob Yuchtman vs Mikhail Tal
"Jacob's Madder" (game of the day Sep-15-2014)
USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 2, Jan-11
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Bardeleben Variation (C44) · 1-0

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Jan-04-06		popski: Göring Gambit have some poison in it...

Feb-17-09		Sem: 10. Ng5 is very unpleasant, even for Tal.

Jul-01-11		Shams: Hard to see on 10.Ng5 is that back row threats will open up after 10...Qxd1 11.Bxf7+ Kg8 12.Ba3+ Ne7 (the knight is pulled off defense of d8) so that now 13...Rfxd1 gives black no time for ...h7-h6 which might otherwise pocket the bishop.

Jul-01-11		paul1959: <Shams> In your line,12 ...Qd6 bags a piece for Black. Better is 11 Rxd1 after which o-o transposing into the game looks forced.

Jul-01-11		Shams: Yeah, you're right.

Jul-01-11		technical draw: Yuchtman later played in a New York park for money with a sign that read, "Play the player that beat Tal"

Jul-01-11		technical draw: Then again I may have the wrong player: <Israel Zilber was Latvian Chess Champion in 1958. He defeated Tal in 1952 and once made a living in a park with a sign, "For $5 a photo or a game with the man who beat Tal.">

Jul-01-11		technical draw: I played in a park once with a sign: "$5 for a game or photo with the man who beat WannaBe" I didn't find a single sucker.

Jan-12-14		john barleycorn: <technical draw> try again. photoshop software has advanced immensely. or ask $10 for NOT playing the accordion.

Sep-15-14		piltdown man: Is it pick on Tal day today?

Sep-15-14		Cheapo by the Dozen: Tough day for Tal on chessgames.com

Sep-15-14		Castleinthesky: To echo others, this must be beat up on Tal day (who is one of my favorite players). I am not sure that this game represents a win because of White's efforts or a loss because Black did not choose a good sacrifice. Fortunately, the rest of the tournament went much better for Tal. Today's Tal loses theme reminds me of a chess story about Capablanca and Eugee Znosko-Borovsky (a chess writer and one of the strongest players of the time). When Capablanca heard that Znosko-Borovsky was planning to write a book about Capa's worst games, Capa retorted that he wanted to write a book about Z-B's best games but couldn't find any!

Sep-15-14		pedro99: I seem to recall that England's Jonathan Penrose (brother of Roland the astrophysicist) was the only player to beat Tal competitively whilst world champion. He wasn't world champion for long though.

Sep-15-14		kevin86: A bad day for Tal (losses on GOTD and the puzzle).

Sep-15-14		Lighthorse: Too bad it's pick on Tal day. To even the score, maybe they should include the following Tal brilliancy as a puzzle later this week. [White (Tal) to play.] click for larger view Andy Soltis' includes it in his book "Chess to Enjoy" in his last chapter titled "Brilliance Everywhere". The game is in the database: Tal vs T Paehtz Sr, 1974

Sep-15-14		maxi: <pedro99> Actually Jonathan is a nephew of artist Roland Penrose, and brother to mathematician Roger Penrose, who has also done work on cosmology.

Sep-15-14		Conrad93: <Actually Jonathan is a nephew of artist Roland Penrose, and brother to mathematician Roger Penrose, who has also done work on cosmology.> Some families have all the luck.

Feb-01-16		Honza Cervenka: Tal's game started to fall apart when he had played 29...Kh8. 29...Nh4 seems to be better. Of course, if then 30.Kxe4, then 30...Re8+ 31.Kd3 f3 gives black some advantage. Also in the game 29.Kxe4 was not much attractive due to 29...f3.

Oct-15-16		zydeco: <Honza Cervenka> I agree that 29....Kh8 is a strange move. Tal must have been worried about Bd1-c2 as a manoeuvre but it doesn't have sting after 29...Nh4 and 30....e3. The Goring Gambit is definitely a good psychological choice against Tal. He could get a little stir-crazy if he was denied the initiative for too long. I'm surprised more people didn't play this way against him -- with gambits right in the opening.

Mar-17-25		Zugzwangovich: In Hilary Thomas' collection of Tal's games, for this game he exclams five Misha moves in a row beginning with 16...e4! BTW, the December 1998 Chess Life issue has a great article on Jacob Yuchtman, starting on pg. 70.

Mar-17-25		Sally Simpson: <Thank You Zugzwangovich> It is a very good article and an amazing cover for that issue. https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...

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