On Apr 26, 2:00 pm, David Richerby
wrote:

In a match of coolheaded Karpov or Kramnik versus Tal, all in their
prime, the less emotional player is likely to win

Hmm... The two Botvinnik-Tal matches between them were only won by
Botvinnik +12-11=19. Hardly a convincing victory for the cool head.

In the first match, won by GM Tal, he often stood
worse out of the opening but maintained a cool head,
realizing the only chance was to complicate, apply
pressure to the opponent's King, to randomize the
position a bit. It was GM Botvinnik who choked,
rather than maintaining his coolness.

In the second match, the annoying attacks were
fended off in part by a switch to different openings
which were less conducive to GM Tal's wild,
attacking style. It should not be assumed that
GM Tal was a hothead, while his victims were all
coolheaded.

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