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| Nov-11-07 | | whiskeyrebel: The first 20 or so moves of that Kasparov vs. Tal blitz game are found in the Kasparov "great successors " volume including Tal. Kasparov lost on time. I only had a chance to glance at a library copy in passing earlier today, or I'd give the moves. Kasparov says Tal died a month later. |
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| Nov-11-07 | | talisman: any chance of getting the game in the database? i have the the book<whiskeyrebel> mentions on order.is the complete game in there? |
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| Nov-12-07 | | whiskeyrebel: I suspect the level of play after the 20th move was poor; so Kasparov ends his discussion of the game there. |
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| Nov-12-07 | | hitman84: <Parisattack>
<And on May 28, 1992, at the Moscow blitz tournament, he became the only player to defeat Kasparov. I'm told he even left the hospital to play. The strongest chess-player in the world still lost to a dying Tal.> http://www.gmsquare.com/SallyTal.html |
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| Nov-12-07 | | hitman84: <28th May,1992. The traditional Moscow Blitz Tournament is in full swing. The field is led by World Champion Kasparov himself who has beaten one opponent after another. But this time there is a kind of electricity in the air. Seated opposite him is a pale emaciated figure who appears to be a shadow of himself. It is only the burning eyes that offer a glimpse of the fire within. For it is none other than Mikhail Tal, former World Champion and a legendary player in his own time. The crowd watches with bated breath. Few are aware that the Latvian genius is critically ill and nearer death's door than ever before. In fact he has sneaked out of the hospital to participate in his beloved tournament. The play begins and Kasparov is soon treated to a hussar-like cavalry charge. It appears that the World Champion is going to be mated. The alert Garry beats off the dashing attack, retaining the extra material.... only to overstep the time limit! A stunned Kasparov extends his hand in congratulation. Pandemonium breaks out in the hall.....> http://www.chessville.com/reviews/M... |
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| Nov-12-07 | | M.D. Wilson: hitman84, great story. Tal, the most loved chess player in history! |
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| Nov-12-07 | | hitman84: Has this tournament been renamed to Tal memorial blitz tournament ? |
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| Nov-12-07 | | jamesmaskell: <hitman84> I thought the Tal Memorial was actually three events. This one, the Blitz competition and ther advanced chess match between Anand and Kramnik... |
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| Nov-12-07 | | hitman84: <james>Thanks. I was just trying to find out more about the traditional Moscow blitz tournament by googling(I got lots of sites for Tal blitz cup). Now I see that the tourney has no specific name and is referred to as the Traditional Moscow blitz tournament. Here are some chessbase reports on the Moscow blitz tournament.
2002 - Kramnik, 2003 - Dreev, 2004 - Morozewich.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
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| Nov-12-07 | | Resignation Trap: Actually, the blitz tournament to be held is the World Blitz Championship, see: http://www.russiachess.org/eng/cont... . The ten players from the Tal Memorial are seeded, plus Anand and Karpov, plus six more participants from a preliminary event (minimum rating 2625). The Chessbase reports from the events above are <summer> events played <outdoors>. Playing chess outdoors in Moscow in late November - sounds challenging! |
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| Nov-13-07 | | whiskeyrebel: Tal's name is synonymous with his style of play. That is a daily tribute that we all pay to him. The memorial tournament is a nice gesture too. |
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| Nov-13-07 | | ahmadov: <whiskeyrebel: Tal's name is synonymous with his style of play. That is a daily tribute that we all pay to him. The memorial tournament is a nice gesture too.> I wonder why a similar tournament is not held to honour Botvinnik? |
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| Nov-13-07 | | Towershield: <ahmadov> there is a botvinnik memorial. |
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| Nov-13-07 | | ahmadov: <Towershield: <ahmadov> there is a botvinnik memorial.> Can you give a link? If there is one, I do not think that it is as popular as the Tal Memorial, otherwise I would have known about it... |
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| Nov-13-07 | | Towershield: <ahmadov> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3kd... |
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| Nov-13-07 | | ahmadov: <Towershield: <ahmadov> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3kd...; I haven't watched it yet, but thanks anyway... |
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| Nov-13-07 | | parisattack: Here's a YouTube of the Tal-Kasparov 1992 Blitz win by Tal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6nU...
Some of K2's comments:
Kasparov: Tal played last in Moscow. There were 8 people. we played 2 rounds, and i won the tournament, but I lost one of its matches to Tal. Tal lost a [unclear], I fought off the attack, and ran out of time. It took me 5mins to respond to the attack posed by Tal...Even at the end he was able to play the same quality chess that brought him immortality. Peace, Misha.
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| Nov-14-07 | | RookFile: Thanks for the video. Tal looks like he is sad in the video, he must have sensed the end was near. |
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| Nov-14-07 | | whiskeyrebel: Good video. I'm glad he got to play as near to the end as he did. In his autobiography he seems to minimize the pain he endured and the miserable boredom of being in hospitals. I've been known to avoid tournaments over a bad cold. I feel like a lame whiner compared to him. |
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| Nov-14-07 | | hitman84: <parisattack>Thanks for the video! Boy! He looks so weak, it makes him look very old.
<ResignationTrap>
Its the SAME Traditional blitz(lightening) tourney but looks like the recent editions were held outdoors. Its a very old tourney and the 57th edition was won by Dreev.
http://www.chessbase.com/images2/20... <David Bronstein was invited to play in the final, but he refused. "Exactly fifty years ago I won the Samovar, the first prize in this tournament," he said. "At the time I had just won the city championship in classical chess, and risked my title in this blitz competition."> |
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| Nov-14-07 | | hitman84: From his bio:
<In 1988, he won the World Blitz Championship> Wow! never knew that world blitz championship was that old. FIDE called the blitz tournament held in Israel, won by Grischuk as the First World Blitz championship. |
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| Nov-14-07 | | onemorechessplayer: The source of the following is a book: "Grandmasters up-Close" by a Yugoslav chess reporter Dimitrije Bjelica ( chess master himself), published in Sarajevo, 1967.
I don't know if there is an English translation of this book. Bjelica and M.Tal were close personal friends since Portoroz, 1958. It was Tal himself that wrote the preface for the book. In it he says: " Dimitrije writes only about things that really happened". Anyway, here are the anecdotes.
1. At the end of the tournament in Zurich, 1959, Tal played a simul on 38 boards. After it was over, a player that won a game approached Tal and asked him if he would to comment on the game. Tal replied:"I could have played better my 17th move." "You are not saying You memorized a simul game?", was the players reply. Tal: "I memorize all the games". There was a small wager placed, and Tal wrote down all 38 games without looking at the board! 2. In Portoroz, 1958. in his game against Tal, Roseto's position was somewhat better. Roseto offered a draw and Tal just gave him a real surprised look and immediately made his move. Roseto had an appearance of being hypnotised. His position collapsed in a few moves. It has been since then that people talk about Tal's "magic". 3. Tal has often been compared to Dr. Lasker. Once, when somebody brought it up, Tal responded: "No. There is a big difference there. Lasker, they say, had been lost in every second game he played. I, they claim, have been lost in every game." 4. After Tal's win over Keres, 3rd round, Candidates Tournament, Zagreb, 1959. Bjelica asked him: "When did Keres make a mistake?" Tal's reply was: "At 9:30". Then he added: "Actually his mistake was 1.e4." 5. During the USSR Championship in Moscow, 1957. Tal had his game vs Boleslavsky adjourned. Going home after the game he got stopped by a traffic policeman for jay-walking. Since Tal didn't have his ID on him, the officer took in to the police station, and straight to the duty officer. At that moment the officer was analizing the very same game Tal had played. His position was lost. When asked what his name was he said: "Tal". "I have enough problems with this chessplayer Tal, don't need another one." They started to analize the game together and went on till the morning, but no solution . That was when Tal admitted who he was. |
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| Nov-14-07 | | jackpawn: Tal looked really bad in the video. Hard to imagine he was only 55. I saw him in Chicago in 1989. I thought he looked bad then, but nothing like this. It's sad . .. |
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| Nov-14-07 | | parisattack: Ghost looking appearance. The robot-like way he made the moves...but he kept young K2 dancing, apparently. :) The classical game suffers for want of another Misha but he was obviously one in a Millennium, me thinks. There are quite few Tal books so we have his games to enjoy. |
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| Nov-15-07 | | MR. NIMZO: Game Collection: Top Ten Tal!!!
please vote of the 16 games witch of them should be taken out, and why? thanks for helping |
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