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Russian GM Peter Svidler is a lifelong fan of attacking genius and former world champion, Mikhail Tal. In this video, Peter shows just how great Tal’s attacking play was – and reveals a few of his secrets in the process!
The first game features Tal as Black against Georgian GM Bukhuti Gurgenidze. Peter Svidler notes that Tal’s opening repertoire is setup to play to his strengths: he plays the sharp Benoni against 1.d4. Early on, we see Tal’s creativity in solving problems as he develops his Knight to a6. With c6 unavailable because of the d5 pawn and d7 blocking the Bishop in, a6 is preferred. Of course, the Knight doesn’t remain there, it jumps to c7 from where it can support b7-b5. This forces White to play a4 and Black reclaims the tempo lost with 2 Knight moves.
Both sides develop in standard fashion until White’s innocuous-looking 13.Qc2. This move would go unnoticed by most players but Tal recognized that the Queen had deserted her King. This was all he needed to instigate an attack with 13…Ng4, bringing a piece close to the King and opening up the a1-h8 diagonal for his Bishop.
Understandably, his opponent doesn’t like having a Knight lurking around his King and kicks it away with 14.h3. He must have been shocked by Tal’s response: 14…Nxf2! – a deadly sacrifice seemingly out of nowhere! And that was only the beginning at Tal follows up by sacrificing his Queen, the other Knight, a Rook then a Bishop! Simply phenomenal.
In the second game (10:30), Tal faces off against another brilliant attacking player GM Alexander Tolush, the one-time coach of Boris Spassky. Considering who the two players are perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised to see the Sicilian Defense, Poisoned Pawn variation. On move 12, Tolush gobbles up the a2 pawn attacking the b1 Rook and, instead of the modern Rd1, Tal played Rb3, allowing a Queen check on a1, depriving White of the right to castle.
In a few moves all hell breaks loose with 15.Bb5!, placing the Bishop en prise and attacking the Queen just so the Knight can use this square after 15…axb5. Now Tal is a piece and a pawn down but Black’s pieces are nearly all on their original squares.
What follows is a masterclass in attacking play as Tal repeatedly targets the weakest point in Black’s defense.Check out the video to see how these games end and, if you enjoyed this free preview, check out the full course https://www.ichess.net/shop/a-personal-look-at-mikhail-tals-games-gm-peter-svidler/.