| Aug-29-07 | | zev22407: After the 22 move ,the position remind us Morphy's famouse "Opera game" |
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| Apr-20-11 | | wordfunph: typical Tal 20.Nxb5! |
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| May-13-14 | | morfishine: Tal's horse maneuvers left White saddled with a hopeless position |
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| May-13-14 | | kereru: Clinical performance by Tal, Gufeld never had a chance after that dubious 12...h4?! 20.Nxb5! isn't just "typical Tal", it is absolutely correct and leads to the forced win of two pawns (as Tal no doubt saw). |
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May-13-14
 | | Domdaniel: Gufeld deserves some kudos for his imaginative play, even though he ends up giving Tal excellent chances.
In games like this, it takes two to tango. |
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May-13-14
 | | offramp: What's the frequency Eddie? |
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| May-13-14 | | kevin86: Instead of sacrifice Tal ,we see endgame Tal and that was great too! Lucky black's pawn wasn't two squares further forward, then black would win:
click for larger viewblack wins by a3! |
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| May-13-14 | | ChemMac: <kevin86> Not with the Black King where it is, In your position, ...a3 is answered by Na4 a2; Nc5+ and then Nb3 and Na1. Black can capture the N on a1, but he is a move too late because the White K stalemated him. |
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| May-13-14 | | celtrusco: Black's gori gori song. |
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| May-13-14 | | SirChrislov: Here Gufeld's doom was perhaps his insistence on harassing the bishop with 11...h5(?), I understand his desire of the bishop-pair advantage and he gets it but at too high a cost. So ...h4 was most probably inaccurate (but he was sometimes a hard-headed man. I knew him briefly.) And I don't like 8...Ng4 to begin with. I would've chosen to bring out the queen side or even Castle instead of Ng4. I feel like ...Ng4 "robs black of his own goods". |
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May-13-14
 | | Bishoprick: Why 41. Nc6? Why not d8 (Q) and on the take, then Nc6? Just looks a lot simpler. |
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| May-14-14 | | kereru: @Bishoprick only difference is d8=Q gives black more choices where to place his king before Nxb4. I went over this game with an engine and concluded that Tal's play was faultless. |
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| May-14-14 | | kevin86: it's funny, I left the king as they were in the actual position. <Chem Mac> is right, white can check and stop the pawn. |
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May-15-14
| | Bishoprick: Thanks, kereru. |
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| Apr-13-20 | | carpovius: Gufeld's strong, Tal - stronger)) |
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| May-15-22 | | Nerwal: The position at move 20 is given in <the Life and Games of Mikhail Tal> (p. 347). Tal gave 22... ♗e7 as a valid defence, but after 23. ♖h1! White just wins, so Black should play 22... f1=♕+ first to force 23. ♔xf1. Still after the difficult 22... f1=♕+ 23. ♔xf1 ♗e7 24. ♖d5! White has the upper hand. In view of these complications, many players would be happy with the simpler 20. ♘d5! keeping a huge positional advantage almost for free (White can even afford to trade queens). |
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| May-16-22 | | Granny O Doul: Re 11...h5, that seems the only way to protect Black's e-pawn, since White's coming h3 will remove two Black defenders. Still, the engine suggests Black should gambit the pawn. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 23.Rxd7