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.
What a great video! Tal seems like a real legend and a character.
The benefit of a blindfold match is that it takes away one of Tal's most disturbing advantages: His stare.
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.
lol, www.kommunism.org
tal is the sickest name tho, straight out of some Robert E. Howard novel
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