here is a beautiful example of mato's style that i just watched, along with a really excellent game from two proper soviet legends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKmuv3qow_A
― probably.tasteful.forever (imago), Saturday, 2 January 2016 01:48 (eight years ago) link
just discovered this excellent quote regarding nedzhmetdinov, though
"Nezhmetdinov, ... if he had the attack, could kill anybody, including Tal. But my score against him was something like 8½–½ because I did not give him any possibility for an active game. In such cases he would immediately start to spoil his position because he was looking for complications."
probably need to watch some classic yuri averbakh catenaccio
― probably.tasteful.forever (imago), Saturday, 2 January 2016 01:51 (eight years ago) link
Polugaevsky is quoted as saying, "I must have beaten Rashid a dozen times. But that one loss was so good I would have traded them all to be on the other side of the board."
― probably.tasteful.forever (imago), Saturday, 2 January 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/3/19/1426780198057/1c5d274f-17fb-4628-a1a1-5baf9d65eecd-1564x2040.jpeg?w=1920&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=02ef628520e329ff0fc9412fdd52467e
― oppen gangland style (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
is that barenboim?
― clouds, Thursday, 7 January 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
:)
― oppen gangland style (nakhchivan), Thursday, 7 January 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/nabs-former-star-graeme-cowpers-demise-now-complete-20161206-gt4va5.html
― écorché (S-), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 05:00 (seven years ago) link