Annotated Miniature 3: Janis Klovans - Mikhail Tal (0-1)

Submitted by chessiq on Sun, 10/04/2009 at 6:32pm.

This game features one of the greatest Chess tacticians of all time, Mikhail Tal. He plays the Rubinstein Variation of the French Defense. Black takes over the initiative right from the start. White pays for his passive and inaccurate play in 18 moves.

I have annotated the game, move by move. Please free to comment or share your ideas.

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Comments:

by chessiq - 51 days ago
Malawi

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@ miguelcol1978, Your variation is pretty good and appears (to me) to give White some counterplay.

@ gmaellex, you asked for "similarly annotated games"... well, if you are looking for games annotated move by move, i think you should be able to find some at my blog both here at chess.com and at chessthinking.com

by miguelcol1978 - 52 days ago
Bogotá Colombia

Member Since: Jun 2009
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I would like to know:

what if

15. Nxe5, Qxe5. 16. Ra2, Qxe4. 17 Re2, Bh3+. 18 Kg1

Would white have any counter play?

by gmaellex - 52 days ago
Cottonwood, Arizona United States

Member Since: Jun 2009
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does anyone know where one can find similarly annotated games?

by bluebert - 53 days ago
IGaCoS Philippines

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wow....

good game for the black but the white play bad.....

any way that's life..

by bluebert - 53 days ago
IGaCoS Philippines

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wow

by chessiq - 55 days ago
Malawi

Member Since: Jun 2007
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Ozzes306 , I completely understand what you mean. Actually, I had thought about it, but chose an easier/quicker way out (for me). It may be easier or quicker to do the alternate lines, but I just haven't invested the time to learn to do it. I will some day!