24 Jan 03
Originally posted by Bobla45I have 99 draws now. Dean and I drew in the Baker Invitational tournament and have now started a tie-breaker.
I just noticed that the 2 MAP Titans each have 98 draws. Who will be first to this next incredible achievement?
King of Map. Not looking for most draw title. 😳
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24 Jan 03
One of the most exciting games I ever saw was a French Winawer between Fischer-Tal at an Olympiad sometime in the sixties, I'm not sure what year. Its been many years since I went over the game, but it ended in perpetual check, and if I studied it until I was 100 I still wouldnt pick up on all the tactics that went into that one.
24 Jan 03
Originally posted by zach918Yes. I went to the World Open in Philly last July and plan on going again this year. It was really cool to watch the GM's play. To be able to stand next to them and try to figure out what their next move would be is pretty exciting! (I never did by the way).
has anyone ever been to a major chess tourney?
I played pretty well in my group and won some money too!🙂
24 Jan 03
Originally posted by RhymesterI find it frustrating to watch two GM's playing each other and after 3-4 moves they call it a draw! I think Kasparov and Kramnik did that a couple of times in the Braingames tourney.
I read somewhere that really top players, when playing each other, often go for a draw with a win being a bonus. I go for the win but am often happy with a draw.
Rhymester
27 Jan 03
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Originally posted by Bobla45that would be-
One of the most exciting games I ever saw was a French Winawer between Fischer-Tal at an Olympiad sometime in the sixties....
Robert J. Fischer - Mikhail Tal Leipzig olympiad, 1960
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5 a3 Ba5!? Tal prepared this immensely complicated line specially for this game with his trainer, Alexander Koblents. 6 b4 cxd4 7 Qg4 Ne7 8 bxa5
dxc3 9 Qxg7 Rg8 10 Qxh7 Nbc6! Tal improves on a 1954 world title match game between Smyslov and Botvinnik. 11 Nf3 Qc7 12 Bb5!? Bd7 "Now both White's g-pawn, which Black seriously threatens to capture, and his e-pawn are attacked. After lengthy reflection Fischer decided to give up his
central pawn." (Tal, 1976). 13 0-0 0-0-0
Tal called this the "most critical moment of the game" and spent about 40 minutes in thought. 13...Nxe5!? was the major alternative. Analysts still argue about whether White could
claim an advantage against it.
14 Bg5 Later Fischer claimed that he missed a win by 14 Bxc6 Bxc6 15 Qxf7 but at the time he
thought the move he actually played was also winning.
14...Nxe5
"I thought Tal was merely trying to confuse the issue." (Fischer 1969) 15 Nxe5 Bxb5!= Amazingly, this is good for equality. 16 Nxf7 Bxf1 17 Nxd8 Rxg5 18 Nxe6
Now Black forces perpetual check: 18...Rxg2+ 19 Kh1 Qe5 20
Rxf1 Qxe6 21 Kxg2 Qg4+
[notes by tim harding]
🙂