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JohnTal
Member since Oct-26-04 · Last seen May-28-23
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   JohnTal has kibitzed 160 times to chessgames   [more...]
   May-26-23 Bologan vs P Schlosser, 2004 (replies)
 
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.
 
   Jan-30-23 J Mieses vs Von Bardeleben, 1905 (replies)
 
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.
 
   Sep-11-21 Shamkovich vs Kholmov, 1961 (replies)
 
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 ...
 
   May-03-21 H Barber vs M Hebden, 2000 (replies)
 
JohnTal: Ghitescu vs Fischer, 1960 Bobby Fischer administering a similar trick, 1960 Leipzig Olympiad.
 
   Dec-05-20 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 (replies)
 
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.
 
   Jul-21-20 Romanishin vs A Vaisser, 1982 (replies)
 
JohnTal: He is reputed to have said that "Draws make me angry"
 
   Jul-13-17 Sidney Bernstein (replies)
 
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.
 
   Apr-13-17 J Dworakowska vs Shabalov, 2006 (replies)
 
JohnTal: 24...Ne3 and White survives with 25 Ne3 ... Bh6 followed by 26 Bf1
 
   Apr-11-17 Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956 (replies)
 
JohnTal: After this game, Fischer turned Bisguier into his favorite whipping boy.
 
   Mar-03-17 H Bogart vs NN, 1933 (replies)
 
JohnTal: We'll always have Paris!
 
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