Great Players of the Past: Mikhail Tal
101K views · Mar 28, 2023 · Gaming
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@notsogoodduck5580 · 3 years ago
Ben: "who did petrosian beat to become world champion?"<br>Kid: "uhhh... you?"<br>Ben: "close"
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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
"But this is 1957. The internet was down. It was down for like 35 more years."
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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. "I'm your Huckleberry.."
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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&t=2244">37:24</a> "And then he moved his pawn back, and they agreed to a draw."<br><br>His delivery of that line as if it'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&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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