Here is Caro-kan playlist:

I did a new Fischer video this morning which I hope you like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRKY...

<Zurich 1959>, before the Yugoslavia Candidates' Tournament-

Tal vs Fischer, 1959

And four times in the Yugoslavia Candidate's Tournament (Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade)-

<Bled> Round Six:

Tal vs Fischer, 1959

<Bled> Round 13:

Fischer vs Tal, 1959

Kingscrusher analyzes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihJP...

<Zagreb> Round 20:

Tal vs Fischer, 1959

<Belgrad (Beograd)> Round 27:

Fischer vs Tal, 1959

Kingscrusher analyzes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRKY...

Why not complete the set by analyzing the two other Tal victories over Bobby at the 1959 Candidates' Tournament.

You are quite right - 4 times in same tournament he had to face Tal:

http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezde...

Thanks for completing the set like that!

It's a great contribution to chess history now that you've annotated all four of Bobby's losses to Tal at the Candidates' Tournament in 1959.

I just finished watching both of Bobby's losses with the KID- he really got creamed in the first one.

<Tryfon> you are so excited about the Facebook Chess project that you are using Facebook terms here.

We call it a "forum" at chessgames.

Ok I just got back from my "wall" and saw that your question is deeper and more complicated.

I hope you explore what this famous quote means in terms of the actual chess moves in your upcoming video.

Personally, I always thought <Tal> meant that Bobby was a "scientific player," maybe the first since <Capablanca>- playing deceptively clear "classical chess" and looking only for the most direct way to the win- not caring if it was beautiful or not. And knowing when it was best to violate principles such as "Bishop is better than Knight" in the endgame if the specific position demanded it.

From 1961 on Bobby started to forge a plus record against the soviets, with a few notable setbacks (Curacao 1962), something nobody else had done before.

The Soviets considered their chess to be "scientific," but I think <Tal> recognized that there are scientists- and then there are scientists.

Einstein, and all the rest.

Bobby, and all the rest.

It's one of many reasons there was so much interest in the only <Fischer-Botvinnik> game- one of the most famous draws in history.

Some used to think that <Capa> had "solved chess," and when Bobby was in form, some thought the same of him too.

A theory that solves chess, but only in the hands of an "Einstein."

I think <Capablanca> was the strongest chess player in history up to Bobby.

After Bobby, I don't even care who was/is strongest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYiV...

Chessgames.com must introduce Facebook social plugins and get with it :)

<Tryfon> Heh. No bloody way. :p But... hmmm, ok, more at my "wall". ;)

In a TV show a character inadvertently became a religious icon. A "follower" is throwing the "icon's" early writing up against his current thinking.

"Put your face in the book." Follower hesitates.

"Ok, if I am holy and you are holy and the book is holy, then I must help you better understand the universe. Put your face in the book." Follower still hesitates.

"We can't trust outsiders, but we can trust each other. This is your point, isn't it?" Follower nods. "Put your face in the book."

Follower finally puts his face in the book.

<SLAM>

"That's lesson one."

<Put your face in the book> or my own version, <put your hand on the desk> is a favorite saying of mine.

OK, I do have a Facebook account, ackshly, but I don't really use it as anything other than another place I can be contacted through.

I started a Rhodesian ridgeback page about a week ago on Facebook, and it has been fantastic to see picture after picture uploaded:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?phot...

<crawfb5> is also an important Correspondence Chess player.

Here is a video featuring one of his most thrilling games, involving the controversial "Sicilian Vespers" line:

I like the potential historical importance angle of correspondence games, especially where positional sacrifices are made use of. And this was a very dramatic example of sac and counter-sac and counter-sac etc!

I checked the video and what a sharp game indeed. Checking with Houdini, maybe White could have had an advantage in this position with b4 :

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Analysis by Houdini 1.5a w32:

1. (1.08): 24.b4 Qc7 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Nxg7 Qxg7 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.Rd8 Nf4 29.Rxf8 Kxf8 30.g3 b5 31.Bd3 Ra7 32.gxf4 Rg7+ 33.Kh1 exf4 34.Rxf4+ Ke7 35.Rf2 Bb7 36.Rg2 Rh7 37.Kg1 Kf7 38.c4 bxc4 39.Bxc4 Bxe4 40.Rf2+ Ke7 41.Bxa6 Kd6 42.Be2 Rg7+ 43.Kf1 Bd5 2. = (0.08): 24.Rd5 Qxc4 25.Nxc4 exd5 26.Ne3 dxe4 27.Nd5 Bd7 28.Nxe7+ Nxe7 29.Qb6 Bc6 30.Qb3+ Nd5 31.Rd1 Rd7 32.Re1 Re8 33.Rxe4 Kf8 34.g3 Nf6 35.Re1 Kg7 36.Qe3 Ne4 37.Qf3 Ng5 38.Qg4 Kh6 39.Rf1

(, 27.05.2011)

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22. Rd3! seems to bust black. I had been thinking of a rook lift, just not quite this early.