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"I was winning!"

8/11/2023 – It can be very challenging to recognize one's mistakes much less own up to them with objectivity. We wiggle and we squirm as we seek to place the blame on outside factors, so imagine what it is like if you are asked to explain your 'crushing defeat' in front of a large audience. This is what happened to Mikhail Tal, but don't miss his priceless reply!

The Complete Annotations and Articles by Bobby Fischer

7/25/2022 – It is probable that no chess player in the history of the game has had more written about him or of his games than Bobby Fischer. The fascination stems not only from his sheer chess genius, but also his magnetism, and the debt professional chess owes him for paving the way with appearance fees and prize money. Here is a book that brings together all his writings, articles, and even unpublished notes to “60 Memorable Games”.
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Were Tal, Korchnoi and Geller 2200 rated players?

10/22/2021 – This was the question that a friend, grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky, posed after being inquired about a comment by another grandmaster. It was meant as irony, but was the logical result of a series of questions and comments that led to him posing this. He had explained with hard data how one could even ask this. If you want to know how we got to this point, read on!

Simon Says — The Magic of Tal, part 2

7/9/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon looks at "The Magic of Tal". The action is live most Mondays starting at 18:00 CEST (Noon EDT). Watch live or on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

Simon Says — The Magic of Tal

7/2/2018 – In this Simon Says, Simon looks at "The Magic of Tal" today. The action is live most Mondays starting at 18:00 CEST (Noon EDT).
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