Tigran Petrosian vs Mikhail Tal (1962)

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Tigran Petrosian vs Mikhail Tal
Curacao Candidates (1962), Willemstad AHO, rd 15, Jun-01
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queen's Knight Variation (A16) · 1/2-1/2

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Tigran Petrosian vs Mikhail Tal (1962)

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Jul-09-06		Honza Cervenka: I guess that Iron Tigran was quite happy with draw here.

Aug-12-06		Grega: Tal is smoking. Nice picture and a good game.

Aug-12-06		Kingdom NL: Smoking in public areas isnt allowed nowadays..Im sure if Tal would be still alive he would think this law is completly idiot :-) I miss his way of playing, Tall is still the King of unexspected sacrafices for me.

Aug-12-06		Amulet: I remember reading something like, "If the Soviet Union will declare war against vodka, he said he will play for the vodka team."

Aug-12-06		mack: <Smoking in public areas isnt allowed nowadays..Im sure if Tal would be still alive he would think this law is completly idiot :-) > Or, to put it more eloquently, 'the law is an ass'.

Aug-22-06		Kingdom NL: Chess needs the smell of smoke or maybe Im a too romantic thinker lol :-)

Mar-03-07		dzanone: I'm not trying to pick a fight, but if Tal had not been smoking so much, perhaps he'd still be with us.

Mar-03-07		ughaibu: Tal didn't die from a smoking related disease, and, as far as I know, smoking is "allowed" in well over 99% of public areas.

Jul-29-07		Stellar King: no if anything tal did NOT die due to smoking since he died from kidney failure

Jul-29-07		jackpawn: Maybe he didn't die directly from smoking, but his heavy smoking and drinking certainly didn't help his immune system. That's just common sense.

Dec-06-07		InspiredByMorphy: <jackpawn> <That's just common sense.> It is. A completely logical statement. However one could also argue that life is short and he obviously spent his time the way he wanted to.

Jan-07-09		zdigyigy: I used to smoke, and may I say that there is no greater pleasure than to smoke and play chess.

Jan-07-09		ILikeFruits: smoking... harms the... enviorment and... mama earth... save the... planet... and polar... bears...

Apr-18-09		James Demery: ILikeFruits... I notice... your posts... are always... this way... is it... because of... your bong...

May-07-09		carpetshark: Tal was suffering from a serious illness and was operated on during this tournament, which must have affected his performance (maybe not in this game).

May-17-10		Eric Farley: Now he's smoking in hell! It's amazing how people don't even up the odds!

May-17-10		Petrosianic: <Tal is smoking.> Tal was always smoking. His wife said in one interview that he didn't even need a lighter, he'd just use the end of the old cigarette to light a new one.

May-17-10		mrbasso: I just noticed, the game notation is wrong, not only here but in all sources. Look at the picture. You can see the black Pawn already on h6, a black King on c6, the white King on c4 and the Knight on d5. So 45.Nd5 Kc6 46.Nc3 really happened in this game.

May-17-10		Marmot PFL: <as far as I know, smoking is "allowed" in well over 99% of public areas.> Not any more, at least not in the USA. Many states have banned it even in bars and nightclubs.

May-17-10		Phony Benoni: <mrbasso> Not necessarily; the picture could be from a post-mortem. Note the official-looking guy who looks like he's collecting scoresheets.

May-17-10		mrbasso: <phony> I guess you're right. Tal looks pretty relaxed in the picture.

May-17-10		Petrosianic: <Amulet: I remember reading something like, "If the Soviet Union will declare war against vodka, he said he will play for the vodka team."> The way it happened was a little funnier. The Soviet Union was organizing one of their periodic anti-alcoholism campaigns. The name of the campaign was "State vs. Vodka". To this, Tal quipped "I'll play on the Vodka Team."

Dec-13-12		Cadoy: Tal can't win this endgame?

Dec-13-12		Sastre: White has a fairly straightforward draw in the final position. 50... g3 (50...Kc5 51.Kf4 Kd4 52.Kxg4 Kxc3 53.Kf5) 51.Kf3 Bf2 (51...Bd4 52.Ne4; 51...Kd7 52.Ne4 Ke6 53.Ng5+) 52.Ne4 Be1 (52...Kd5 53.Ng5) 53.Ng5=.

Apr-26-13		unluckythirtyfive: Ughaibu, I have kidney disease, and it is recommended for me to not smoke. Smoking raises blood pressure, which hastens kidney disease. Tal could have lived a couple more decades had he never picked them up.

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