i play chess like mikhail tal what are good openings for me?

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chad0

ok so i think i play in the style as mikhail tal and would like to know what are some good openings for me?

TalsKnight
Lol no you don't play like the legendary Tal ,
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Ziggy_Zugzwang
chad0 wrote:

ok so i think i play in the style as mikhail tal and would like to know what are some good openings for me?

If you play like Tal, you should be dishing out the advice Laughing

Seriously though, you may find P H Clarke's book on Tal's best games worth reading and playing through for some of this sacrificial player's opening repertoire.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1022399

Ziggy_Zugzwang

If you play like Tar, you should expect to be steamrolled on a regular basis !

kindaspongey

I don't know about playing like Tal, but for someone seeking help with choosing openings, I usually bring up Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014).

http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html

I believe that it is possible to see a fair portion of the beginning of Tamburro's book by going to the Mongoose Press site. Perhaps you would also want to look at Discovering Chess Openings by GM Johm Emms (2006).

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

macer75

Well, you can see which openings Tal played most often on chessbase:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14380

Maybe that's a good start?

Diakonia
chad0 wrote:

ok so i think i play in the style as mikhail tal and would like to know what are some good openings for me?

Dont know who told you this, but dont believe it.  You play like a beginner.  You miss simple tactics, you hang pieces.  

SmyslovFan

I think it was David Bronstein who said that Tal's style is easy to understand. He develops his pieces towards the center, then sacrifices them somewhere. 

Tal played quite a large array of openings. The hallmark of his opening play was that it was unpretentious and tended towards classical lines. He did play the Modern Benoni as Black occasionally, but he also played the QGD, the Slav, Nimzo-Indians, and many other lines. As White, he almost always played either 1.d4, 1.c4 or 1.e4 openings. In other words, he played main lines, but constantly sought concrete lines to challenge his opponents. 

Later in life, he played the Catalan quite a bit. Tal was a pragmatist who understood both the benefits of studying openings, and the limits of studying openings.

kindaspongey

chad0, whatever you do, don't say you like to play aggressively.

SmyslovFan

Tal did NOT play a bunch of cheap gambits. He tended to play solid openings well. 

SmyslovFan

Get Life and Games of Mikhail Tal and read his comments. It's an absolutely fantastic book. He begins with his juvenalia, and reviews his progress to the world title and beyond. 

It's a great read, and also extremely instructive. If you believe you play like Tal, check out his own notes. He was a humble player who had a great sense of humour.

http://www.amazon.com/Life-Games-Mikhail-Tal/dp/1857442024

ChastityMoon

The fact you have to ask the question makes it an open and shut case you don't play like Tal.

Mysound

scholars mate

TheOldReb

The great Tal would lose all games to today's players rated over 2700 ... Wink

aina0
Reb wrote:

The great Tal would lose all games to today's players rated over 2700 ... 

No that is certainly not true, That contradicts your own post if I remember correctly which I read few days ago about fischer playing against GMs of today, Tal had a decent record against Fischer in classical chess. So if Tal would struggle so would Fischer.

Anyways, Even if Tal may struggle in classical chess against 2700+ players, he would dominate rapids and blitz, because he did beat Kasparov and Karpov in rapids and blitz in 90s when they're in their prime. So you are clearly underrating Tal.

thegreat_patzer

its SO hard to say.

He wasn't steamrolled by Bobby Fischer.  I myself, think very few chess players Currently playing could handle BF at his prime.  so if giri/naka/carauna couldn't solidly outplay BF; and BF couldn't solidly outplay TAL...

isn't it a little illogical that Giri/naka/caurana could beat tal?

... unless you one of those people that think engines and prepared lines have placed todays good but not best beyond the legendary players of long ago.  I don't agree....

SmyslovFan

Tal himself broke 2700. There are players today who play in the style of Tal, including Alexei Shirov and Baadur Jobava. Tal would lose all his games to the best players in the world if he were in poor health, but when healthy he was one of the toughest players to beat. He had two of the longest undefeated streaks in GM play in history. Even though Botvinnik showed the world how to play against Tal, he still was ranked second in the world as late as 1980! 

Tal, when healthy, was a stronger player than Spassky. And yes, I studied the games of their 1965 match. 

Rational_Optimist
thegreat_patzer wrote:

its SO hard to say.

He wasn't steamrolled by Bobby Fischer.  I myself, think very few chess players Currently playing could handle BF at his prime.  so if giri/naka/carauna couldn't solidly outplay BF; and BF couldn't solidly outplay TAL...

isn't it a little illogical that Giri/naka/caurana could beat tal?

... unless you one of those people that think engines and prepared lines have placed todays good but not best beyond the legendary players of long ago.  I don't agree....

he was not steamrolled since he never played with fischer in his prime.

Rational_Optimist
chad0 wrote:

ok so i think i play in the style as mikhail tal and would like to know what are some good openings for me?

tal is vomiting in his grave... never mind, he just has a hangover.