Mikhail Tal’s Brilliancy At The Age Of 13 (His First Published Game)

April 12, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal vs Leonov
Riga (1949) · Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation (B13)
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. ed5 cd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 h6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bd6 Qd6 9. c3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 Ne5 14. fe5 Nh7 15. Qh5 Re7 16. Na3 a6 17. Nc2 Qd7 18. Ne3 Qe8 19. Rf6 Qf8 20. Rf4 Bd7 21. Ng4 Be8 22. Nf6 Nf6 23. ef6 Rc7 24. fg7 Kg7 25. Qe5
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