Mikhail Tal vs Boris Gulko: Every Chess Player Should See This Beauty

June 27, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal vs Boris Gulko
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Tal Variation (B82), (1969)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7
10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Nxg4 (13… Bd6 14. Be3 Be6) 14.
Be2 (14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Bc3 O-O 16. Be2 Qh6+ 17. Bd2 Bh4 18. Bxg4 Bxg3 19. Bxh6
Bxg4 20. Rdg1 Bh5 21. Rxg3) 14… Qa5 (
14… Qc6 15. Bxg4 exd4 16. Nd5 Bd6) 15. Bxg4 exd4 16. Nd5 Qxa2 17. Qe5 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qa5+ 19. b4 Qd8 20. Rhg1 f6 21. Bh5+ Kf8 (21…
g6 22. Nxf6+ Kf8 23. Nxh7+ Rxh7 24. Rdf1+ Bf5 25. Rxg6 Bg5+ 26. Kd1 Qe7 27.
Rxf5+ Bf6 28. Rfxf6+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rf6) 22. Rxg7 fxe5 (22… Kxg7 23.
Rg1+ Kh6 24. Qf4+ Kxh5 25. Qf3+ Kh6 26. Qg3 f5 27. Qg7+ Kh5 28. Nf4+ Kh4 29.
Qg3#) 23. Rf7+ Ke8 24. Rxe7+ Kf8 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Rff7 (26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Rf7#)
26… Qd6 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Re8# 1-0
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