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| Dec-22-06 | | Nikita Smirnov: Right now I am writing a book about Tal and Stein. |
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| Dec-24-06 | | Archives: My favourite Tal games....
Tal sac's a Bishop just to develop an attacking formation
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
Here Tal is sac'ing to get an endgame advantage
Tal vs Hecht, 1962
Tal sac's a Knight for a positional advantage
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 |
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| Dec-25-06 | | Archives: And this one
Tal vs D Keller, 1959
It exemplifies the magic and ferocity of Tal's chess. |
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| Dec-27-06 | | talisman: <Archives> tal-larsen '65 was tal's favorite too.talk about Moxie...the match on the line when he sacked. |
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| Dec-27-06 | | Archives: <talisman> On the Tal-Larsen game page, you said <when i think of most famous sacrifices(not the best just famous)i think of this one as number 2.> What is number 1? I'm guessing either Kasparov-Topalov or Rotlewi-Rubinstein. |
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| Dec-27-06 | | whatthefat: I believe Tal considered the Larsen game one of his best competitive achievements, alongside the first game of the 1960 match. From a pure chess point of view, he was also very proud of this: Smyslov vs Tal, 1964 |
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| Dec-28-06 | | talisman: <whatthefat>i was reading soltis' book on tal and reading the 64 game when i read your post.you're right. here's what soltis says."Tal called the following the most pleasant game he ever played.Possibly it was because Smyslov had adopted a superior attitude after some of their earlier games.". |
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| Dec-31-06 | | Nikita Smirnov: Guys let us wish a Happy new Year that Tal did not see.Let us show our love to Tal even next Year! |
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| Dec-31-06 | | danielpi: You know, one of the most interesting things I've noticed, looking over some Tal games, and reading a lot of annotated games, is how strong he was positionally. There's this annoying stereotype that positional players are defensive, enjoy closed positions, and accumulate small advantages. Indeed, I suppose that's how some people DEFINE positional play. I couldn't disagree more. Tal's play reminds me a great deal of Karpov at his best. Sure, Tal was *far* more likely to sacrifice material, but this was rarely for some sort of clear tactical goal. More often, Tal's sacrifices tended to be positional sacs that eventually culminated in tactical blows, but they very rarely seem to start out with tactics. And, I would point out, that Karpov would decline material as often as Tal would sac it, so in some sense they were both quite un-materialistic. Tal was an interesting player. He was a positional attacking player. This really ripens with his later games, which, alas, tend to be ignored because of his high drawing percentage later in life. Too bad. |
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| Dec-31-06 | | malthrope: <Nikita Smirnov: Guys let us wish a Happy new Year that Tal did not see.Let us show our love to Tal even next Year!> Thanks <Nikita Smirnov>! Your New Year's post tribute to Tal brought a big smile to my face as every time November rolls around (I'm a Scorpio too) 'November 9th' is a very special day for me! I've met six WCC in my lifetime (see my profile) and Tal was the last (although I saw Spassky again recently when he was in San Francisco at the MICC chess club - Sept. '06), and then later that week at the 'Saint Francis Memorial Hospital' while he was recovering - see ChessNinja // 'Ex-WCC GM Boris Spassky // Get Well card!' //
http://www.chessninja.com/cgi-bin/u... Anyway, the long story short version (all my long chess stories are published either on 'ChessNinja' and soon to be on 'ChessDryad') I posed this fact. If I had the chance to revisit any of one the 14 WCC's again (living and passed) which one would it be? There is no question in my mind there can only be one answer - and that answer is and must be - 'Tal!' :-))) A 'Happy New Year' to everyone!
- Mal
Note: A 'PS' follows (my original post was too long in it's enterity)... |
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| Jan-01-07 | | malthrope: <Nikita Smirnov: Guys let us wish a Happy new Year that Tal did not see...> My previous post on 'Mikhail Tal' continued...
PS: Here are some links to few 'Tal' scans of mine (many are personally autographed): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Tal's chess set (ProChess chess set) that he used at the Pan-Pacific International Chess Tournament // San Francisco in 1991. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Inscription to the chess book "Tal - Botvinnik 1960" (First Edition - Interstate Press, Inc. - Hanon Russell ). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Inscription to the chess book "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal" (First Edition - RHM Press). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Tal (signed) at the Pan Pacific International Chess Tournament (1991). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Slightly larger version of the above image (Tal signed at the Pan Pacific 1991). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... This is the image used for the 'Tal poster' (given in the first URL link above). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... The 'Candidates Chess Tournament 1959' (both the printed signature [directly underneath his photo] and his actual signature) First Edition (Yugoslav printing) by Gligoric and Ragozin. Finally, just for fun! (not my scans):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... Russian character sketch of Misha.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... What every chess aficionado must have - a 'Tal' mug! ;-)
(Note: the hand featured in the pic is my old friend Kerry Lawless of ChessDryad fame). Of course, I have many more but that was just a nice sampling of the one & only the 'Magician from Riga!' :-) PPS: Nikita - 'Good Luck' with your chess books honoring Leonid Stein & Mikhail Tal! :-) |
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| Jan-02-07 | | Chesschatology: <danielpi>
Let's put it this way- "positional play" is based upon general considerations, "tactical play" on specific variations... In this way Tal was positional because he frequently entered a morass of complications that were insovlable at the board because he had a superb tactical intuition. So in a way he was a "positional tactician" - he had a great instinct for dealing with positions requiring concrete and specific play... by using general considerations... |
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| Jan-02-07 | | brankat: <Chesschatology> You may have not noticed this yet, but the word "thematic" is missing :-) |
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| Jan-03-07 | | Archives: I have just ordered "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal" Should be a good read =) |
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| Jan-03-07 | | malthrope: <Archives: I have just ordered "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal"
Should be a good read =)>
Better than *good* it's a GREAT read! ;-)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... First Edition - RHM Press (1976)
- Mal
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| Jan-03-07 | | Stevens: <Archives: I have just ordered "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal" Should be a good read =)>
one of the best books ever! enjoy it! brilliant narrative, amazing games. |
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| Jan-03-07 | | code13: I can thoroughly recommend Tal's book on the 1960 World Championship match. Although have just finished the book of the 1961 rematch, and, boy, didn't Botvinnik know how to learn from his defeats! |
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| Jan-03-07 | | Archives: So, is "The Magic of Mikhail Tal" the unofficial followup to "Life and Games"? Is there any other book which covers the period from '75-'92? |
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| Jan-03-07 | | talisman: <Archives> yes and no. gallagher approached his book as a followup. |
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| Jan-09-07 | | Archives: Have a day off work today, so have been reading Life & Games. Definitely one of the best chess books I have read. Liked the story about how Tal was thinking about how to pull a hippopotamus out of a marsh while in the middle of a game! |
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| Jan-11-07 | | adviser: Tal, Ficsher and Kasparov are in a league of their own. Damn talented and aggresive with highly creativ thinking. I don't think anyone will ever match their strength in another 50 years. |
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| Jan-14-07 | | dehanne: Nice interview with Tal's daughter Zhanna : http://www.e3e5.com/eng/interview/a... |
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Jan-15-07
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| Jan-26-07 | | talisman: <Archives> sorry i missed your question on the 27th.i guess i was thinking of fischer's queen sacrifice in "game of the century".tal's knight sac in game 6 vs botvinnik would have to rate high, as well the examples you note.it would make for an interesting poll. |
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| Jan-26-07 | | OneBadDog: All of the top GMs are both positional and tactical players. All of the top GMs probably have a preference for one or the other but still can play either way when necessary. Botvinnik supposedly had some tactical weaknesses and Tal at times lost patience in quiet positions. However, Botvinnik was still a better tactician than almost everybody else on the planet, and Tal won a number of games through purely "positional" means. |
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