Video: Tal Blindfold Display

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10th September 2009, 09:41am
#1
by goldendog
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http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5715

This would be much more enjoyable if I spoke Russian. Looks like the Tal from 1970 or so.

10th September 2009, 10:02am
#2
by gabrielconroy
London United Kingdom
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What a great video! Tal seems like a real legend and a character.

10th September 2009, 10:08am
#3
by TheGrobe
Calgary Canada
Member Since: Nov 2007
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The benefit of a blindfold match is that it takes away one of Tal's most disturbing advantages: His stare.

8th October 2009, 07:27am
#4
by goldendog
beertopia United States
Member Since: May 2008
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Here's an article of real interest for the fans of blindfold chess:

http://www.chesscafe.com/urcan/urcan.htm

The first part is Eliot Hearst speaking generally about blindfold play, the records, and his book.

The second part is an interview of Blackburne about his blindfold play. He was a great exponent of this kind of chess.

8th October 2009, 07:48am
#5
by WuGambinoKillaBee
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Aug 2009
Member Points: 134

lol, www.kommunism.org

tal is the sickest name tho, straight out of some Robert E. Howard novel

 

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