Mikhail Tal’s Insidious Queen Maneuver

May 30, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal (2625) vs Adrian Mikhalchishin (2460)
46th USSR Championship (1978), Tbilisi GEO, rd 5,
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation (D44)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb4 8. axb5
cxb5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. exf6 Bb7
15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Be2 Qb6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Qh4 b4 19. Nd1 Qb5 20. f4 Qd5 21. Bf3
Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Qh7 Rf8 24. f5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nb3 26. Rxb3 cxb3 27. Ne3
Qe4 28. Qh5 Bc5 29. fxe6 Bxe3 30. Re1 Rb5 31. Qd1 Rd5 32. Qa1 Rxg5 33. Qa4+ Kd8
34. Qd7#
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