Karpov and Tal

[Krikthomer]

Absolutely not! Tal can't compare to Rybka. He was better than Rybka. He played clean and he was original, unlike rybka.

[MrChessmove]

karpov has had the same hair style for 50 years lol

[moviecritic6]

@MrChessmove Hahaa

[Johnnyloo64]

How can they concentrate with that broad singing?

[blackoil911]

I can tell Tal was one of the greats , during his illness at the end of his peak he was basically the master against fischer winning a series of all matches player agains tone another

[cenape]

tanks samirhossain!!!

[79cristoff]

TAL was extraordinary!!!

[LarryRickenbacker]

I read that on one occasion, Misha snuck out of his hospital room to visit the local Chess club, which no doubt included some Vodka and cigarettes! LOL.

[md65000]

Who is that at 1:07?

[md65000]

Absolutely perfect song choice!! "Those Were The Days"!!

(That's the title of an English version of the tune - I have no idea what the Russian lyrics are saying.)

[max31416]

Shit, Tal was always smoking.

[Ronbo710]

Brilliant! I love the original footage. Wish there were some longer documetaries like this.

[kostasmitros1]

...and Vlastimil Hort ?

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Thanks a lot. Good music, too!

[79cristoff]

tal was extraordinary

[79cristoff]

tal was extraordinary

[tivrfoa]

great video and nice song. =)

[nukularc3po]

achei que essa muusica era uma composição do silvio santos

[ChessChat]

I read that Fischer had his mother there at this particulr event filming Karpov as he already realized AK was the great threat to him

[Pippin76]

Sure.

[LimesNorrlandicus]

Is that really true? By that time Fischer did not have a good relationship with his mother (understatement).

[ChessChat]

I think the comment I read was from Tal about this story of Fischer's Mother filming this event.

Of course Tal had a sense of humour and may have exaggerated.

, She was originally German I think?

In Fischer's later years he and his mother were reconciled - for example in some of the audio interviews on the web he said she got East European chess magazines sent to him.

[TheNinjaboi333]

fisher never had a good relationship with his mother

[Amigozancho]

quisiera saber de quien es la voz en esta cancion...pues me gusta más en esta versión pero no la puedo encontrar. Podrían ayudarme porfavor?.. gracias por los datos anteriores

[pAbedaNSK]

2 of the top 10 players who ever lived :)

[ani19bd]

Where can I get a copy of this song. And is this version of the song on youtube? Can someone please send me the link.

[NotSoLiberal]

Check the youtube video with ID:

v=eQyk5nx1d64

Youtube wouldn't let me post the full URL

[ChessTechnique]

nice

[mickclever]

la autora de la cancion es nani bregvadze

[00wxzzxw00]

I thought this song was familiar. Those were the days by Mary Hopkins 1968.

[Kummertal]

The title of the russian song from 1917 is 'Endless Road' ('Dorogoi dlinnoyu)

the composer Boris Fomin (1900-1948)

a famous cover version: 1968 Those Were the Days , a song credited to Gene Raskin, made popular by Mary Hopkin

[SCHneiDen777]

thanks for the info! interesting.

[svetokushyn]

good old times

[monbret]

nice song

[samirhossain]

Tal > Rybka

[geonerd]

Tal > *.*

:)

[offrampt]

Top rating! Thank you very much!

[whannum]

Fantastic video. Thanks a lot for posting this.

[martinscheele]

the name of the composer is Boris Fomin (1900-1948)

[nlsnbebang]

was it sir paul mcCartney who compose the song for mary hopkins?

[yautzu]

great video!!

[246trinitrotoluene]

this video is very nostalgic

even tho i wasnt born for another 15 years lol

[mehmetkj]

muzik çok guzel yakışmış karpovuma :)

[airdamn0453]

karpovun amina koyim.

[samirhossain]

what is name of the song ?

[martinscheele]

The title of the russian song from 1917 is 'Endless Road' ('Dorogoi dlinnoyu)

the composer Boris Fomin (1900-1948)

a famous cover version: 1968 Those Were the Days (song), a song credited to Gene Raskin, made popular by Mary Hopkin

[samirhossain]

Thanks very much.

[Isan0870]

Excuse me, do you know who's singing? I like this version with this woman much more than the others

[martinscheele]

the name of the singer is Nani Bregvadze

[Isan0870]

Danke Schön!!

[iamdeafzed6]

@martinscheele

I was wondering this information myself after viewing this video. Very excellent song you chose for the video. Thanks.

[MetalScull]

Tal... He's total legend in chess, he made a revoliution in the beggining and rest of his career. He's game style is marvellous

[bobbd213]

I'm meeting Karpov on Friday. I can't wait.

[bobobang]

So, how was it? U asked him for an autograph?

[bobbd213]

It was kinda short only about 30 minutes of Q&A. But I got a picture with him and I got his autograph.

[bobobang]

Cool. I love his funny Russian accent + it's amusing to watch how he has gained so much weight.

[licker01]

this two are my favourite grandmasters.

[Peterh588]

Two legends, one still alive. Like all great players K excels in every aspect, not just this or that. I imagine the music was chosen because for many it is the melody to "Those were the days", the Mary Hopkin hit. It certainly has a Russian flavor so I'm not surprised it goes to 1917 (or earlier!)

[echever7]

The original melody was Russian indeed. The song is "Дoрoги длинные", something as "Long Roads". The melody was taken by to become a hit, with other verses,in English, French, Spanish.

[greatelbow]

this video doesnt seem to have anything to do with karpov or tal... which one is karpov, which one is tal????

[martinscheele]

the young thin man in the red shirt is Karpov and in the light blue short-sleeved Shirt-Tal

[bobobang]

Is the song in Russian? I really like it and and i'd like to know it's title.

[martinscheele]

The title of the russian song from 1917 is 'Endless Road' ('Dorogoi dlinnoyu)

the composer Boris Fomin (1900-1948)

a famous cover version: 1968 Those Were the Days (song), a song credited to Gene Raskin, made popular by Mary Hopkin

[bobobang]

Oh, thank you so much

[bgtheimpaler]

Karpov did not get the title of winningest tourney player by being a total "Positional Defensive Player." His strength was his semi-open and open game knowledge.

[BobfromSydney]

He apparently felt the need to make up for not beating Fischer OTB for the title by winning something like 90 tournaments in a row. Karpov was an e4 player and a really good one until the match against Kasparov - he subsequently switched to d4 and found his 'true calling'.

[Knight2Check]

when was this video taken?

[martinscheele]

1973 in Berlin

[bobobang]

Karpov is the master of active prophylaxis

[karpov88]

Well,I think,it is really rude to call Karpov a positional"defensive"player.Su­ch an adjective will fit Petrosian instead,although he was a legend of defence too.But about Karpov,what has happened is what almost always happens when a player passes the 40s...

[undeadnightorc]

Interesting exhibition. One of the greatest offensive tactical players (Tal) and one of the greatest positional defensive players (Karpov).