Speaking of Mark Dvoretsky, in his book "Attack & Defense", he points to Tal specifically as someone to study in order to develop your intuition. He suggests the following exercise: go through a Tal game move by move until you reach a point where the position is unclear and non-forcing, making calculation impossible. NOW try to find the move Tal made.
The level of importance that psychological factors have in games. The possibilities of an autobiography with an imaginary interviewer answered by the autobiographer. The importance of practical chances as opposed to theoretically correctness. How dreadfully sick Tal was during critical matches. How much stronger the mature Tal was than his 1960 counterpart. The role that intuition plays in the games of players capable of playing intuitively (eg. Tal, Karpov, Capablanca). That Tal actually didn't calculate all that much. Regarding the identity of the interviewer, it's the book itself that presents the interview as a conceit. The person you mentioned was probably someone who tightened up the prose overall, but unless Tal is lying, Tal is interviewing himself. On favorite quotes: I think my favorite passage was the one that got into his decision to play f4?! against Botvinnik in their 1960 match (I think game 12). He knew it was a bad move, but he played it precisely BECAUSE it was bad. But the full text really pulls you into his thinking.
Great podcast guys. I just stumbled upon it tonight. I see that there are only 6k subscribers but you keep uploading consistently nonetheless. Thank you for keeping the passion project going and know that it doesn't go unnoticed.
I want to enjoy chess at a deeper and higher level. This cop out at the end about 'enjoying chess' is BS. Try improve as much as you can so you enjoy it deeply.
As Seirawan said: "He wrote with such a beatiful eloquence, he really made you, the reader, feel like you were sitting right beside him"
is that still true with translations?
Speaking of Mark Dvoretsky, in his book "Attack & Defense", he points to Tal specifically as someone to study in order to develop your intuition. He suggests the following exercise: go through a Tal game move by move until you reach a point where the position is unclear and non-forcing, making calculation impossible. NOW try to find the move Tal made.
Happy birthday Tal! Thanks for this excellent podcast
Amazing idea! Special thanks for the blindfold puzzles :)
The level of importance that psychological factors have in games. The possibilities of an autobiography with an imaginary interviewer answered by the autobiographer. The importance of practical chances as opposed to theoretically correctness. How dreadfully sick Tal was during critical matches. How much stronger the mature Tal was than his 1960 counterpart. The role that intuition plays in the games of players capable of playing intuitively (eg. Tal, Karpov, Capablanca). That Tal actually didn't calculate all that much.
Regarding the identity of the interviewer, it's the book itself that presents the interview as a conceit. The person you mentioned was probably someone who tightened up the prose overall, but unless Tal is lying, Tal is interviewing himself.
On favorite quotes: I think my favorite passage was the one that got into his decision to play f4?! against Botvinnik in their 1960 match (I think game 12). He knew it was a bad move, but he played it precisely BECAUSE it was bad. But the full text really pulls you into his thinking.
Great podcast guys. I just stumbled upon it tonight. I see that there are only 6k subscribers but you keep uploading consistently nonetheless. Thank you for keeping the passion project going and know that it doesn't go unnoticed.
Love it, maybe you could get some authors like GM Yasser-Chess Duels or GM Timman-Timmans Titans or The Longest Game.
Awesome concept
Nice idea!
Great Podcast! Really loved it
2:10 Hey no fair, we're nice. :(
Excellent episode!!!
your channel has way too little traffic
I want to enjoy chess at a deeper and higher level. This cop out at the end about 'enjoying chess' is BS. Try improve as much as you can so you enjoy it deeply.