Mikhail Tal vs Leonid Stein (1964)

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Mikhail Tal vs Leonid Stein
Amsterdam Interzonal (1964), Amsterdam NED, rd 3, May-22
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32) · 1/2-1/2

White to move.

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Jan-19-19		hukes70: According to an article in chess.com this game was prearranged... up to a point. https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

Jan-20-19		Sally Simpson: * A nice piece of chess trivia even though it makes you feel uncomfortable about the chatting amongst players. How would you feel if someone came up to you mid-game and say you can win now by playing...and then reeling off a variation you had not noticed. Would you play it? I wonder what the long winning line was. --- "Congratulations, you got him!", said Pachman. "What are you talking about," asked Tal, who was really puzzled. Before Tal could say another word, Pachman shot a long line that was winning for Tal. That was the exact line Tal and Stein decided to play! " *

Jan-20-19		ughaibu: The story is fun but without stating where Tal varied from the analysis and what his justification was, it's not much fun and not very plausible. Is there any candidate for a position at which Tal had a winning continuation? And the game continuation could be justifiably preferred to it?

Jan-21-19		Sally Simpson: * "Kapengut said in the article that Tal told him that story himself, but several years later, Kapengut told Tal's story to Alexander Konstantinopolsky, and the latter said, "It's not true. I was there, and they played for real." https://www.chess.com/article/view/... *

Jan-02-24		Teyss: The links above are broken, here is a new link and the text: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... "Mikhail Tal and another legendary player GM Leonid Stein agreed to a draw and created an exciting little game in a very topical theoretical variation, which they were supposed to reproduce the next day. When the actual game started everything went according to the plan. The grandmasters imitated deep thinking and the position on the board promised a lot of blood. When Tal was walking, waiting for the opponent's move he was suddenly approached by GM Ludek Pachman from Czechoslovakia. "Congratulations, you got him!", said Pachman. "What are you talking about," asked Tal, who was really puzzled. Before Tal could say another word, Pachman shot a long line that was winning for Tal. That was the exact line Tal and Stein decided to play! Pachman was one of the best opening experts of his time, so no wonder he knew the refutation of the variation, but what was Tal supposed to do now? Meanwhile Stein played his move and Tal went for a deep thought. How was he supposed to explain toPachman that he didn't play the winning move? Finally, Tal found a fantastic "justification" and played a different move. Stein was really puzzled and also furious that Tal broke their agreement, so he also went for a deep thought. Tal tried to save the situation and offered a draw, but by now Stein was so mad that he refused the offer. At that point the real game started and fortunately ended a draw. Of course after the game everything was cleared and the friends went to a hotel to play some friendly blitz." True or not?

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