May-26-23 Bologan vs P Schlosser, 2004 
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| JohnTal: No Baloney here - forceful and bold. With Black's K confined and White's ability to rapidly bring his Rooks and Q on the H-file spelled an easy W for VB. |
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Jan-30-23 J Mieses vs Von Bardeleben, 1905
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| JohnTal: Is there a refutation to 13...e4 followed by fortifying his defenses with Be6 and Qf6 within his next 2-4 moves. Allowing 14 Qh7+ is a horrific error. |
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Sep-11-21 Shamkovich vs Kholmov, 1961
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| JohnTal: 19 Rxg7 immediately grabbed my attention. This is a move you play without thinking while you have the supreme confidence that you will mate the king or recovery any sacrificed material while retaining a significant winning advantage. I saw the first 2 moves and figured that once ... |
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May-03-21 H Barber vs M Hebden, 2000
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| JohnTal: Ghitescu vs Fischer, 1960 Bobby Fischer administering a similar trick, 1960 Leipzig Olympiad. |
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Dec-05-20 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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| JohnTal: Think About 19 Knight g3 check!!
with the idea runner check, queen check, game over. Nope, Spassky simply grabs the piece with 19 hg. ...hg+, 20 Bh3 without having to move his K. |
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Jul-21-20 Romanishin vs A Vaisser, 1982
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| JohnTal: He is reputed to have said that "Draws make me angry" |
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Jul-13-17 Sidney Bernstein
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| JohnTal: One of the few players who would aggressively sacrifice a piece against Fischer and survive, even though he never beat Bobby -- at least he was entertaining and not simply an intimidated wimp who lacked any fight. |
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Apr-13-17 J Dworakowska vs Shabalov, 2006
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| JohnTal: 24...Ne3 and White survives with 25 Ne3 ... Bh6 followed by 26 Bf1 |
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Apr-11-17 Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956
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| JohnTal: After this game, Fischer turned Bisguier into his favorite whipping boy. |
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Mar-03-17 H Bogart vs NN, 1933
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| JohnTal: We'll always have Paris! |
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