Great Players of the Past: Mikhail Tal

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Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses four games of Mikhail Tal as part of the Great Players of the Past series. This lecture was recorded January 28, 2020, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia. Originally posted on the CCSCATL Channel on January 31, 2020. So yes, you've probably seen this one before.
8:22
Tal, Mikhail vs. Fischer, Robert James
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959)
18:22
Gurgenidze, Bukhuti vs. Tal, Mikhail
USSR Championship (1957)
29:13
Tal, Mikhail vs. Tringov, Georgi
Amsterdam Interzonal (1964)
34:29
Tal, Mikhail vs. Petrosian, Tigran V.
8th Soviet Team Cup (1974)
Recorded at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta on November 6, 2018 and originally posted on the CCSCATL Channel on April 16, 2019. So yes, you've probably seen this one before.
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Intro and concluding music: “Da Jazz Blues,” by Doug Maxwell; • Da Jazz Blues - Doug M... . Thank you Doug!
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@notsogoodduck5580 Жыл бұрын

Ben: "who did petrosian beat to become world champion?" Kid: "uhhh... you?" Ben: "close"

@chanky1000 7 ай бұрын

I don't know which answer was more hilarious - ben or magnus

@DrMocktopus1 Жыл бұрын

“Fischer wouldn’t play that now, you know what the reasons are? He’s not alive.”😂😂

@thomaswyss5828 Жыл бұрын

But his spirit, the spirit in which he played and understood is not. I use it as a chesstrainer.

@thomaswyss5828 Жыл бұрын

Fisher was but a kid then. When Fischer is hyped, it is the 68-72 period..

@_nemo171 Жыл бұрын

Classical Finegold.🤣😂🤣

@briliantinoprihandikakhari6754 Жыл бұрын

the kids were silent LOL

@xibal3405 Жыл бұрын

Your sense of humor will never get old

@bhargavabhat9227 Жыл бұрын

It will never be shown in the great humor of the past

@attaynez6043 8 ай бұрын

@@bhargavabhat9227 cuz it will always be the best

@tonyennis1787 8 ай бұрын

When Tal was ill and in the hospital, Fischer was the only chess player who visited. he brought Tal some chess books to read.

@GraemeCree 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, Fischer wanted to make sure he was really sick, and not up to something.

@madanalym4165 3 ай бұрын

@@GraemeCree😂😂

@SeddincY Ай бұрын

37:24 "And then he moved his pawn back, and they agreed to a draw." His delivery of that line as if it's something that really happened really made me cracked up. Ben never fails combining chess and comedy. I just love it

@EvilSt0ner 9 күн бұрын

The kid going Noooooooo had me laughing

@civil_leuthie Жыл бұрын

8 minutes in, thinking "I swear I've heard this before" then I finally read the description. Kinda feel cheated, but watching the rest of it anyway.

@Evilanious Жыл бұрын

Always repeat!

@nicholasdupont9097 Жыл бұрын

yeah I was so hyped for more tal (and more fischer a couple weeks prior!)

@arnislapsa1619 Жыл бұрын

greetings from Latvia, Ben!

@MordimersChessChannel Жыл бұрын

The second game was played with white pieces by Hanging Pawns couple of months ago as his training. His opponent was probably the happiest person ever for getting into this variation :)

@joeybashaw3909 5 ай бұрын

Tal was the chess Doc Holliday. "I'm your Huckleberry.."

@siIverspawn Жыл бұрын

Took me several seconds to parse the Obi-van Benoni R2D2 joke. No chance to do that in real time.

@swettyf745 Жыл бұрын

the hozier joke was genius

@1010tuta Жыл бұрын

We absolutely love your lectures ben!

@tobiass3540 11 ай бұрын

Would love to see a lecture about Ivanchuk. Some great attacking games to pick from. I know, he is still playing, but he was also playing in the past, so maybe that still works :)

@tiagohello Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you so much! ❤

@briliantinoprihandikakhari6754 Жыл бұрын

"He used to be young, oh, maybe that's not Tal" LMAO

@filipsand3290 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Ben, great lecture..

@Al.2 Жыл бұрын

23:08 I love it 😂

@nicholasdupont9097 Жыл бұрын

god dammit, got so excited for an ostensibly new Tal lecture.

@haroldbeck4351 Жыл бұрын

For Ben's 'Great Players of the Present series it would be a lot of fun, if he did an episode on his old nemesis Ginger GM Simon Williams.

@Chris.4345 9 ай бұрын

he’s about to haha

@gavinjones8543 11 ай бұрын

Love that domination of Fischer by good'ol zugs!.. Im sure he took it well and congratulated Tal like a true gentleman.

@GraemeCree 4 ай бұрын

One problem with Tal is that whenever he suffered any kind of reverse, people automatically blamed his health. Like when Polugaevsky knocked him out of the 1980 Candidates, everybody said "Oh, Tal must be sick again." It wasn't until the internet let you look it up and see that Tal was only +2-8=22 against Polugaevsky lifetime that you start to think maybe Polugaevsky did win that match fair and square after all.

@yosefcohen483 Жыл бұрын

27:13 is beautiful - the white rook that is about to be taken with 'check', is the piece supporting the queen to give mate. Rooks are good support beams.

@StratteraCapsules Жыл бұрын

Was this reuploaded? I feel like I watched this awhile ago? Very memorable lecture!

@f.d.3289 10 ай бұрын

19:24 "If you play the Obi-Wan Benoni, you should play R2 to D2. Right? You agree? Say 'no'."

@Dropbear2024 Жыл бұрын

I've had this position many times but never at the same time 💀never change ben

@asileris2804 10 ай бұрын

You are the man Ben, thanks for this

@brianjacob8728 Жыл бұрын

that stare after the putative queen sac on the pawn was CLASSIC. lmao.

@footyking265 Жыл бұрын

Great lecture!

@RobinZuFALL Жыл бұрын

Please make an episode about Ding and nepo before the world championship

@kylemenos Жыл бұрын

Probelm is Ding is a great player of the present not the past.

@PsychedelicRealities Жыл бұрын

Go Ben!

@survivaloftheidiots6239 Жыл бұрын

ben is on fire as of late

@johnjable33 Жыл бұрын

Is this a joke, or are you lucky enough to be viewing these lectures for the first time?

@Alex-xk6md 4 ай бұрын

Haha this guy is veey entertaining, love the dry humor, also loved your overview of english positions in yasser matches

@FrankBakulov 11 ай бұрын

19:30 Obi van Benoni & R2D2 is another brilliant joke from Ben Finegold.

@scottscheule Жыл бұрын

I know I’ve seen it before. I don’t care. I’m going to watch and pretend it’s new.

@Halibut86 Жыл бұрын

Tal is the man! My only question would be if he is actively looking for these long sequences resulting in forced mate / loss of material every move or if this was rehearsed preparation

@michaels4255 Жыл бұрын

Maybe some preparation, but probably not all. Sometimes Tal's attacks were later found to be unsound (which suggests those attacks at least were not prepped), but the positions were so complex that his opponents could not find the defense in time control.

@yosefcohen483 Жыл бұрын

Just like lady gaga - Tal was born sick. Thx GM Finegold. Any other pop-stars references? You're so awesome. Not half as awesome as your nemesis - GingerGM, but still.

@innosanto 5 күн бұрын

Lets do all great players again

@MatthewThornhillTheDoctor Жыл бұрын

i watch your videos to remind me that i am bad at chess. thanks!

@shikaru1730 Жыл бұрын

You said you read alot of tal books as a kid, did you ever read tals winning chess combinations by tal and victor khenkin? Thoughts on the book if you have?

@roqsteady5290 Жыл бұрын

I had that book. Not sure how much Tal had to do with it though. Was a competent tactics book.

@alhfgsp Жыл бұрын

Im sitting here snickering at those relentless puns.

@gosukiwi Жыл бұрын

haha I love when he stares at the camera

@dw3yn693 Жыл бұрын

My GOAT

@randyreal5871 11 ай бұрын

The Claw 😀

@davidgoble8891 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoy Ben's dry humor 😂

@MrHeroicDemon 5 ай бұрын

Ahh I love ben's teaching style, and explaining fast rather than slow at times with humor. Always thanking him for shortening and having a laugh. They should pay this guy. I love tal's style, It's my favorite, I regularally do piece sac's for pawns to open the king for a good attack. I did it twice in a row, 3 piece sac, bishop bishop knight, and bishop knight and rook, both into check mates with queen. Very awesome feeling, but its on lichess, dont hate me.

@vorpalinferno9711 Жыл бұрын

Who wants to see Tal vs Doofus?

@srinivasarameshkotikalapud1838 Жыл бұрын

How much is it to sponsor a lecture?

@GMBenjaminFinegold Жыл бұрын

Email Karen@atlchessclub.com for info on sponsoring lectures! - Ben’s Editor

@roqsteady5290 Жыл бұрын

6:30 Plus score against almost everyone, except Korchnoi.

@kevinstrand4596 Жыл бұрын

mainly and so forth

@luke46219 Жыл бұрын

7:32 maybe that's not Tal... yeah, I think it was Short. I'll see myself out.

@andriyandriychuk 8 ай бұрын

Wizard from Riga!

@pirds102010 11 ай бұрын

Nobodys laughing, but I do often :D

@nicholasdupont9097 Жыл бұрын

Holy hell 37:34

@davidgriffiths7696 Жыл бұрын

Botvinnik I knew it

@inspectorlunge3887 4 ай бұрын

27:28

@imaginitivenickname6770 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t see the hanging pawn 30:20

@animalntelligence3170 Жыл бұрын

How do we know that Tal's hand was not the next step in evolution? How can you simply call a physical characteristic of the possessor of one of the greatest minds in history a "deformity" ?? I am serious.

@animalntelligence3170 Жыл бұрын

@@willywonka7812 I did say I was serious and if the "next stage in evolution" thing was somewhat fanciful, I see no reason to bring up something that the World Champ found embarassing. He was a very great man who overcame a lot to create some beautiful chess and I who among us is perfect physically let alone mentally?

@animalntelligence3170 Жыл бұрын

@@willywonka7812 someone calling him "The Claw" meant to be offensive. My last word.

@vibovitold 14 күн бұрын

what would be the benefit of this mutation? why would natural selection favor it? if there is a good reason, then it will favor it, and the mutation is going to become prevalent in the gene pool. that's how you find out if something is beneficial or not. what we do know is that it hasn't happened over the last 200 thousands years or so,.

@GraemeCree 4 ай бұрын

Mednis labeled 12... Bf6 as the losing move.

@paulmitchell5349 Жыл бұрын

Tal 's magic has never been replicated. Not even Fischer. Too much of cigarettes or booze or food can kill a person early.............................Ben.

@h0wnr681 Жыл бұрын

It's okay, I don't think Ben eats cigarettes

@_nemo171 Жыл бұрын

Except for one thing.

@gustafcederborg9744 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@vibovitold 14 күн бұрын

"Not even Fischer" I'm not sure about that "even". This wasn't Fischer's playing style at all. Fischer steered towards clear cut, "rational" positions. He didn't particularly like speculative, hyperaggressive play. He didn't appreciate Alekhine, for example ("in a sense his whole method of play was a mistake").

@Ericapires12 Жыл бұрын

TAl🎉

@pirds102010 11 ай бұрын

"He looked like he died a few years ago" Haha :D

@xaosIncorporeal Жыл бұрын

Harry Nelson Pillsbury, short lived but certainly an American genius between Morphy and Fisher

@GraemeCree 4 ай бұрын

He was a world class player, certainly. I don't know if that makes him a genius, though (other world class players will tell you it does). Of course, these days, doing "this" before you borrow from the bank is genius, so the whole concept of genius has been dumbed down somewhat.

@unjust7156 Жыл бұрын

Ben, I just got banned on your Twitch stream after sending my very *first* message, which was "play moore". That was during your break, after your 20-0 streak on today's Titled Tuesday.(grats btw, loved every second even tho I was banned) I requested an unban, but nothing. Just wanted to let you know your mods aren't very nice. 'Capeych' was my username.

@nicholasdupont9097 Жыл бұрын

I got banned years ago for inviting him to join my Krazy Knights Klub.

@brianerpelding 2 ай бұрын

That's the move you would have played,right? Ya 😅

@lukemarks3281 Жыл бұрын

Ben crappin on tal way too much there to start it off lol

@timothymiller806 Ай бұрын

1.25x Ben is pretty chipper

@camreese Жыл бұрын

Repost

@_nemo171 Жыл бұрын

Confusing the audience.

@nimzomitch Жыл бұрын

Mmmm consolidation content! Etcetera.

@_nemo171 Жыл бұрын

Mainly etcetera.

@electorofsaxony7646 Жыл бұрын

Instant click

@riverajavieri Ай бұрын

❤🤭👏👏👍👍

@fireballxl-5748 Жыл бұрын

50k in 1988 was equal to 130k in 2023.

@scottrackley4457 5 ай бұрын

Gonna admit, the first videos I didn't particularly take to your delivery. Then you aged well and I got the joke. Well, not exactly well, you need to go up a shirt size.