What is your all-time favorite game by the Latvian Magnificent Magician Mikhail Tal?
I will analyze the game with the most votes before the end of the Tal Memorial.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What is your ALL-TIME favorite game by Tal?
1959. Yugoslavia. Bobby Fischer. Tal was white. Absolutely brilliant.
Botvinnik-Tal 1960 Championship match, the king’s indian defense featuring the positional sac 21… Nf4
I don’t know the game, but Danny Kopec has an awesome flash video lecture on it on ICC, where Tal offers sacrafice after sacrafice.
its almost impossible to answer the question he just had so many good games, the one tony said rings a bell but i dont know by heart any game not even my own ones!!!
but ill look at the ones i recall i liked most and answer u back v soon ok, but ok thats all.
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Tal-Smyslov (1959), beginning
with 1 e4 c6 2 d3 d5 3 Nd2 e5.
Tal vs Larsen, 1965
Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958
My vote for Tal-Smyslov
(Candidates 1959.1-0,26)
Seriously, I think Susan got the question wrong, I think she meant “What´s your favourite Tal-game during every week he played actively?”.
Because of the impossibility (for me) to choose any of Tal´s great achievements (there are just too many of them) I´ll do something unusual, Tal lost that game: It´s one of my favourites and Tal is involved. It might not be as high-class as other games, but very entertaining nonetheless:
URS-ch29
1961
Baku
Round 15
White: Nezhmetdinov, Rashid
Black: Tal, Mihail
1-0
Tal-Larsen 1965 is my all-time favorite.
But Tal-Unzicker 1961 deserves an honorable mention.
Tal- Botvinnik, Game 8, World Championship 1961.
Tal-Fischer, Belgrad 1959; Sicilian with …a6 and …b5; “An example of one of Tal’s unbreakable defences” http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044001
Tal’s game at Lone Pine 1976 against
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Simagin
U.S.S.R. Championship 1956
Tal-Larsen Bled 1965
where Larsen tries to exchange queens 7 times, but Tal refuses and goes for a win.
http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1162871042
Botvinnik – Tal, World Championship 1960, 6th game
Although it has been analyzed to death and may be an unsound sacrifice, but I admire most Tal’s 6th game in his match vs. Botvinnik in 1960 when he sacrificed his knight on f4 ( I think this must be the game that also elizabeth selected as her favorite). I’d really like to know about your analysis on this, Susan!?
tal v. korchnoi erevan 1962
Tal-Hecht, Varna 1962
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1139582
so many games to chose from, but i can say for sure my favorute tal quote is “I drink, I smoke, I gamble, I chase girls — but postal chess is one vice I don’t have”.. i have all those vices, and i even enjoy “postal” chess, although i prefer todays “internet” version
Analyse a Tal’s game is a great promess !! some analysts have spent many years to do that, and the last word is not said on many games !
I vote for Tal-Tringov, Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 – it’s a somewhat simple and straightforward game, very instructive for beginners, and with a pretty finish. At some moment of the game, white has two pieces “en prise” (routine for Tal). But Tal commented about such situations that his opponent can only take one piece at a time !!
>>I don’t know the game, but Danny Kopec has an awesome flash video lecture on it on ICC, where Tal offers sacrafice after sacrafice.
>>
Hmph. That’s like saying “Do you remember that Star Trek episode where a bunch of redshirts died?” Not much help.
Tal-Hjartarson ,Reykjavik 1987
>>I don’t know the game, but Danny Kopec has an awesome flash video lecture on it on ICC, where Tal offers sacrafice after sacrafice.
>>
The game mentioned was:
Tal-Vooremaa (Talinn 1971) I believe.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1140006
This game will get my nod. There are so many.
All Tal’s game in “Tal , life and games” are worth mentioning here!
It’s too difficult to pick up just one ;oX
I agree with Grand Prix Player:My choice is also
Tal-Hecht,Varna Olympiad, 1962 In this game Tal plays a queen sacrifice followed by Bf5!!.
For those of you who have not seen this game here are the moves to it:
[Event “Varna olm”]
[Site “Varna”]
[Date “1962.??.??”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Tal, Mihail”]
[Black “Hecht, Hans Joachim”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “E13”]
[PlyCount “97”]
[EventDate “1962.??.??”]
[EventType “team”]
[EventCountry “BUL”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5
10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. c5 dxc5 14. dxe5 Qxe5
15. Qa4+ c6 16. O-O Ng6 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. e5 b5 19. exf6 bxa4 20. fxg7 Rg8 21.Bf5 Nxh4 22. Bxe6 Ba6 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Bc4 Rxg7 25. g3 Kxd6
26. Bxa6 Nf5 27.Rab1 f6 28. Rfd1+ Ke7 29. Re1+ Kd6 30. Kf2 c4
31. g4 Ne7 32. Rb7 Rag8 33. Bxc4
Nd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Rb4 Rc8
36. Rxa4 Rxc3 37. Ra6+ Kc5
38. Rxf6 h5 39. h3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rh7 41. g5 Rh5 42. Rf5 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Kc4 44. Ree5 d4 45. g6 Rh1 46. Rc5+ Kd3 47. Rxc2 Kxc2 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Rg5 1-0