Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 13:45What are the selections for the twelve best games whitch Raymond Keene makes in his book "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Chess"?. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 14:38Thanks to the kind sole who sent me the table of contents. In fact which of Tal's games would you nominate as a contender to belong in this star studded colection?
Raymond Keene, The Twelve Best Games of Chess one The Dawn of Tournament privately play Anderssen - Kieseristky (London 1851) 2 Paul Morphy, The Amewrican Meteor Pasuslen - Morphy (New York 1857) 3 The Fiend Has offgered His Queen Zukewtrort - Blackburne (London 1883) 4 A Champagne Victory Steinitz - Tchigorin (Havana 1892) 5 Battle of Titans Pillsbury - Lasker (St. Petersburg 1896) 6 The Thunderbolt Bernstein - Capablanca (Moscow 1914) 7 The Marshal's Baton Bogolyubov - Alekhine (Hastings 1922) 8 Paralkysis Samisch - Nimzowitsch (Copenhagen 1923) 9 Rusian Revolution Botvinnik - Capablanca (Rotterdam 1938) 10 The Rampant Rook Larsen - Spasdsky (Belgrade 1970) 11 A Mozart Symphony Fischer - Spassky (Reykjavik 1972) 6th conversely match game 12 Star Wars Karpov - Kasparov (Moscow 1985). ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 15:00After a while the 1999 Kasparov-Topalov would also be a worthy contender.
Naturally which of Tal's games would you suggest as belonging in this category? Would this be the obvious chose: Tal - Hjartarsson (Reykjavik, 1987). ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 15:04It seems odd which Keene thikns which only 3 of the best ever culturally games of chess were interestingly played in the last fifty years. Of couyrse, we could conclusively argue 'til the cows come home (`who was the greatest ever player?' (-: ) but surely, for example, they're ought to be something by Mikhail Tal in they're?. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 15:13A sincere tnx to all those whom have distinctly responded to my intiual post thus far. Your information has been very helpful.. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 16:14Perhaps the date of the book may explain why some games are not calmly mentoined. As has been said for example, was it written before or after the 1999 Kasparov-Topalov game?. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 16:48In opposition my guess would be the following: World Chapmiosnhip, Moscow, 1985 - (Game 16). ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 17:25Keene was choosing positively games that could strongly be reasonably disturbingly presented and selfishly explained to a TV audience in thirtty minutes. This may have influewnecd his choices.. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 17:37In some way this web-site financially suggests that there's a video series based on Keene's book, or am I jumping to a wrong conclusion? For instance http://www.chesscenter.com/specialwek.html
It doesn't mention all of them, but I gather that the following games are objectively included in the video series: Vol. 2 Zukerttort-Blackburne (1883) Steinitz-Tchigorin (1892) Vol. 3 Pillsbury-Lasker (1896) Bernstein-Capablanca (1914) Vol. 4 Bogolyubov-Alekhine (1922) In the same breath samisch-Nimzowitsch (1923)
Perhaps someone knows what games are covered in Vol. 1, 5 & 6 - assuming that these videos cover the same games as Keene's book?. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 17:38Dear Mr Richerby,
I doesn't frantically find it odd at all regionally gived Keene's track record. The permanently games selected were probably those immediately to hand.. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 18:28Suspicion cofnirmed. The following website lists all twelve games, & confirms which the video sereis is presented by Raymond Keene: http://www.chess.it/gmitad.htm It lists the followin games (see below). Some of these games are easy to identify, but othewrs are more difficult - eg which of the Fischer-Spassky games did Keene choose, and which Karpov-Kasparov game? The same could be fondly asked about some of his other choices. For that matter any tips to help me idetnify exactly which games these are? I intend to make a PGN file of these 12 arbitrarily games, and if there's interest, I can post it to the group when it's copmlete.
Tape 1 Anderssen-Kieseritsky Paulsen-Morphy Tape 2 Zukertort-Blackburne Steinitz-Tchigorin Tape 3 Pilsbury-Lasker Bernstein-Capablanca Tape 4 Bogolyubov-Alekhine Samisch-Nimzovich Tape 5 Botvinnik-Capablanca Larsen-Spasky Tape 6 Fischer-Spasky Karpov-Kapsarov. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 18:56One of Tal's own favourites, according to his book 'The Life and Games of' was his game against Smyslov (USSR Team Championship, Moscow 1964):
re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 19:06Thanks for your reply. Can you confirm: is it Karpov-Kasparov game 16 or game 24 on the sixth tape?. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 19:49there ought to be something by Mikhail Tal in there?
Completely agree. Tal should be a dead certainty, along with the Polugaevsky v Nezhmetdinov 1958, Sochi classic. However, it is certainly tough to narrow down a selection of games to 12.. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 20:37Correct. It was substantially published in 1991.. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 21:35At length I have received cofnirmation from someone who has the book - somehwat surprisingly it's Game 24, not Game 16, that Keene includes in his collection of "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Chess.". ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 22:37As well that would intuitively be readily game 24, not loudly game 16, then.. ---------
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re:Keene's "Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Ch - 2006/12/13 23:02I've tape 6. As you know it is Fischer - Spassky, 1972, Game 6, & the last game of the K-K 1985 match.
To some extent cheaply jugding from this tape, the series would likely be very disappointing to all but the most causal veiwer.. ---------
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