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gxn3, and \:!tne has the admntage because of his gnp on rer (1952), and one oi tbe *orld s bes! ten lion
about 1950 to 1956, concerlpianisl. At the ase oi
1B16 214e6 3c3c6 4.4d6 5NAg6 6Nclb6 7el eighl Taimanov alr€ady showed talent lor both
Nd7 3g3Nc7 9b3Fc7 l0dnd5 llRgle5(Blackplays chess and nusic. A fe* yea$ larer he joined a
the'nasha ikhi. meaninstheSh.ikhlopcning, charadcr gro up ol youn g cheslpl ayeis rece ili Dg inslruction
ized by the advance oI bo.h @ntre posii al Lajlaj shous from BowrNNr(. ln 1948 he von lhe Lf,ningrad
howa.LNrcALcENmEmaybebroken6yrhef, Iatack Cbanpio.ship and then competed in the USSR
olrhcoudn.ab ll a6.the.hrri wlultlhdrrbe(n Chanpionship,
rr h4 hh l4AalAeh
a chastening expenene, Ioi he
i5rre5rre5
came lasr. (At
16d(;n6ni.sBlack\nrz.n)r6 ..Fc? 17b5lcxbi t8
abour thc samc time he was laking
20 Axc5 Nxc5 2l N-5- his 6nal examinatio.s ai the L€ningrad Consena'
and
Black\ cente is bmken, his d-pawn isolalcd on a weak tone.) Soon alteNards his chess sudesses began:
USSR Chanpionship 1949, caregory 12, third
I g:l (aining lor lhc sayyil) 1
(+7=11
.h6 2g,i16 3h3h5(hc
i)equalvithc.,-,-ERaft€rBRoNsrErNand
ryeshisplanr4e515 5 sMyslo! i Leningrad Championsbip 1950. fiEt, and
h,ls6 6BRn7 7l,lRr 3c3c6 9d3d6 10c3.6 rlb3 1952, E$ti inrerzonal tournameir, Sallsjobaden
b5 12Nd2Nd7 t3Ah3Ne7 14Nezac7 l5RflRb3 l6 1952, second (+7=13) equalwith pErRosyAN after
Ng3 a6 17 ea rxea {iI17 . . . b5 13 exf5 ex15 19 RB (mvi USSR Chanpionship i952, 66t
follo*ed by Nfl a.d Ne3 .en *ins rhc atack oI 15) 13 (+11=5-3) equal with Botyimit, who won fte
dr.4 c5 (or 13... d5 1915) 19f5gxr5 20 cx6, and play-olt: CANDTDAES toumament, Neuhausenzuiich
1953-calegory l6,cishth (+7=14-?)cqual
'whiehasr{ou.iredpassdpaMsandBlack\h pa{nn
ff,ed.'An openinsthar would havc plcascd rBumR
TABLE, see cRossrslE, pArRrNG Some rime elapsed before Taimanov made
rABLEs.
anorher artenpt to gain the world ride. He
!(.TABRIZI, ALA'ADDIN (14th ccntury), con tollowed his career as apianisli andchcsssuccesses
nonly knovn as KN,ia Ali ash ShaFanli,thebest
came intermittently: USSR Chanpionship 1954,
player of his day. A lawycr lrom Sanarkand. he
second (+7=12) equal wirh (oRcsNor aner AVER
became altached to the cou.t ol rrMUR and BAGi Moscow 1956, caregory 12, rhird (+6=9)
rralelled ertedsilety, lor the ourt was almosr after RoNi.nik and Smyslov ahead of Bronstein
.ontinuallyonthemove Hisplaysasrapidandhe and cREsi USSR Championship 1956. 6st
claimed lhai he could play four simultancous
(+8:? 2) equal with Averbakh and sp^ssk!. and
blindlold Cames while conversing Nil h f.iends. He chanpiod arer a play oifr Lenidgrad Champion
a$nbedhisstrenglh to ssistance from AIeh, who snip 1961, fisi eqlal with Spaskyi Dorhund
in adream had oncc given him aselolchesBen 1961. 66t (+6=4 1) ahead ol Snyslov and
Witb Timur he played onl, aREAr .HEss Hisbook UNEN| USSR ChamPionsbiP 1962, second
on cbess has not survived. but positions fron
(+10=7
his 2) equal qilh rAr. alter (orchnoii
gamcsor composed by hio have beencopied i.ro Budapest 1965. li6t (+7=8) equal with Hruc,\!rvs(Y
and sz,{B6i and Copenhagen 1965,661
(+8=6 1) equal {ith clcoRra and suErN dhead
TABTJLAR NOTATION. , n.t:itun rhxrisvrih.n of La6en. ln 1969 a.d I970 Taimanov played vilh
incolumn lorm as,iorexample, on ascoREssEEr. rencwed vigouri *inning ih.ee international
ln nany books moves are in tabular noralion with lournamenls in succession: Zalaegerszeg 1969
a.nolalional analyses in RUN
f+7=8): Wiik aan Zee 1970 (+9=61 ahead of
noRri and Skopje 1970 (+7=8) a de wi$
!Asy!(ov. He then played in the category 13
IACTICS, rhe afl or ionduciing the game. ihc irlerzonal, Patna de Majorca 19?0, scored
means by which stratcgic plans are caried out +8=12 3. shaied iilth place, and becane a
Tacti6 are most evident i. a coMDrNAroN and Candidatc. In the qua(e.final, played at Van
shen dealingwithinnediarerhreats. bur nost and olver in l9?1, he met HscHER, and losi cvcry
pe.haps all 6oves bave a tacrical i.gredient. sane ( 6). There were onty two onparable
usudlly lhe preparation or prevention oI Ihreals. precedents for such a CLEAN scoRE, and lhis
Chesshas beendescnbed as astratcgic gamerhatn crnshiag dcfcat cl'fecti!cly end.dTaimano!\ chess
99 pcr cent laclical, anothe! way ofsayine rhal no career. At leasl , he said. I have ny music.i
move sbould be made virhout consideration of its Further foubles followed, howeve.. Thc piano
tactical onsequences. l actics cannot be learned ducts he and his Nite played ar codcerts ended
by rote:1he! lary ftom game to eame, evcn when when his 26-yeaFold marriage ioundered. In
the same stralcgic planis Be{j. Abeginnershould disrrlourwithSovierches\?nrhortie\ he,k.h,.l
play as many different opponenls as possible and diflicufty obraining concert en8agements. For
analyse tor himself lhe games playcd by masters, seve.al yeas hc conrinlcd 10 play in rournanents,
lhus bccomingtaniliarritha widerangeof tactical *inning tbe Leningrad Chanpio.ship ifl 1973 fo!
tie hilh ti6e. butothetuise achieving only modest
resnlts. In 1976 he played in his rwenty ihi.d and
TAIMANOV. MARK YEVGENYF,VICH last UssR chanpionship (a record).
(1926. ),Sovietplayer,Internationalcrandmas Tainanov is remembered for scvcial conlnb!