Great Players of the Past: Mikhail Tal

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  @notsogoodduck5580 · 3 years ago

  Ben: &quot;who did petrosian beat to become world champion?&quot;<br>Kid: &quot;uhhh... you?&quot;<br>Ben: &quot;close&quot;

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  @DrMocktopus1 · 3 years ago

  “Fischer wouldn’t play that now, you know what the reasons are? He’s not alive.”😂😂

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  @dardam718 · 1 year ago

  &quot;But this is 1957. The internet was down. It was down for like 35 more years.&quot;

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  @xibal3405 · 3 years ago

  Your sense of humor will never get old

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  @tonyennis1787 · 3 years ago

  When Tal was ill and in the hospital, Fischer was the only chess player who visited. he brought Tal some chess books to read.

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  @jorgerosero1745 · 2 years ago

  “He played the King’s Indian every game, even after he died, before he was born and when he was white” I died on this line

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  @joeybashaw3909 · 2 years ago

  Tal was the chess Doc Holliday. &quot;I&apos;m your Huckleberry..&quot;

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  @arnislapsa1619 · 3 years ago

  greetings from Latvia, Ben!

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  @SeddincY · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIgApj-goYY&amp;t=2244">37:24</a> &quot;And then he moved his pawn back, and they agreed to a draw.&quot;<br><br>His delivery of that line as if it&apos;s something that really happened really made me cracked up. Ben never fails combining chess and comedy. I just love it

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  @QuiescentPilot · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIgApj-goYY&amp;t=33">0:33</a> with all the conviction in the world, I answered aloud: “Gorbachev!” Then I learned that Botvinnik’s first name was Mikhail. Then I remembered that Gorbachev was the general secretary, not a grandmaster, lmao

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  @swettyf745 · 3 years ago

  the hozier joke was genius

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  @siIverspawn · 3 years ago

  Took me several seconds to parse the Obi-van Benoni R2D2 joke. No chance to do that in real time.

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