Tata Steel 2013 thread

[BobMessenger]

I guess I need to work on my tactics. In that variation if 4.Kd3 Rf4 followed by 5…Bxe4+. Nice.

Thanks.

[mlanger]

Nah, you don’t have to, if you have the superior understanding of the game strategy. Tactics are just swindles that only work in Quick rated chess, not Regular rated.

[klizzaus]

@billbrock

Carlsen 50%, Kramnik 20%, Aronian 15%, field 15%.

If we still had candidates matches, Carlsen would be tough to beat.

Depends on how long the matches were . . .

[klizzaus]

@dmn10

Didnt Tal, once while playing in central/south america, get caught being too amorous with someone who turned out to be taken and this resulted in the guy breaking a bottle over his head?

I think that has to involve some combination of all the above reasons, and surely Tal couldn’t have played well from there.

Edit: confirmed here: chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7706

also some other good stories there.

There’s a great quote from I think Spassky, “Only someone with Tal’s iron constitution could have withstood such a blow.”

Despite the injury and having to sit out the beginning rounds of the preliminary, Tal scored 3/3 in the preliminary, 9/10 in the final, and won the gold medal for board 3. At that time the format of the Olympiad was to have several preliminary groups with the best teams then qualifying for the final.