| Jan-04-06 | | popski: Göring Gambit have some poison in it... |
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| Feb-17-09 | | Sem: 10. Ng5 is very unpleasant, even for Tal. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Jul-01-11 | | Shams: Yeah, you're right. |
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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" |
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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."> |
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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. |
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| Jan-12-14 | | john barleycorn: <technical draw> try again. photoshop software has advanced immensely. or ask $10 for NOT playing the accordion. |
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Sep-15-14
 | | piltdown man: Is it pick on Tal day today? |
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| Sep-15-14 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Tough day for Tal on chessgames.com |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| Sep-15-14 | | kevin86: A bad day for Tal (losses on GOTD and the puzzle). |
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| 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 viewAndy 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 |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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