Mikhail Tal
Peter Punt
Robinson supports Paisley Jnr's resignationTumbleDown Dick will have to come to terms with the unpleasant reality he was never a very important piece in the political game, he was merely a pawn which could be sacrificed. Unfortunately for the DUPES all sacrifices are not sound. Looks as if the sacrifice of a pawn will not be enough to save this game Peter! You need to sacrifice a major piece to get out of this predicament, try Iris or yourself perhaps! LOL
Is NEPOTISM contagious? does it spread from family to family?
Mikhail Tal:Tactical Genius.
(referring to his piece sacrifices) "They can only take them one at a time!"
Interviewer: How do you relax during a World Championship?
Tal: I relax while I'm at the board.
Interviewer: While you're at the board?
Tal: Yes, because my wife and trainer aren't allowed to speak to me.
Tal was a "black genius", always seeking to throw off his opponent by playing the bizarre, the unexpected. As the man once said of his own play, ""There are two kinds of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine."
Tal was also famous for one of the great psychological "tricks" in all of chess history: his notorious "glare". The guy would make a move and then just stare at his opponent with a piercing hypnotic gaze. It was considered so devastating that Pal Benko once wore sunglasses to the board to avoid the "Tal glare".
It's no wonder that some people in the chess world believed him to be some sort of sorcerer. But I think they were just covering for their own inability to fathom his play. The position would look safe when suddenly a wild sacrifice would hit like lightning from a clear blue sky -- a few moves later, Tal's opponent would be busted. They just couldn't figure him out, ever.
Proverbs 27:1 "Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth"
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