Mikhail Tal Goes For Another Mind Blowing Queen Sacrifice

July 16, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenMon, July 16, 2018 4:45pmURL:
Embed:

Mikhail Tal vs Sejer Holm Petersen
EUR-chT (Men) 4th (1970), Kapfenberg AUT, rd 4, May-13
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Main Line (C09)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
O-O Qd8 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Nge7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. c4 Nce7 14. Rc1
Nf4 15. c5 Bb8 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Ng6 18. c6 bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qd6 20. Bd4 Bg4
21. Bc5 Qf4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxd5 Qh6 24. h3 Bf4 25. Bxf8 Bxc1 26. Qe8 Rxe8 27.
Rxe8 Bd7 28. Rd8
1-0
Video Thumbnail Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoogovenschaaktoernooi,_laatste_ronde_Ljubojevic,_Bestanddeelnr_928-3885.jpg

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

<div id="puzzlebot-container"></div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.polyfills.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var board = null;
  var game = new Chess();

  function onDragStart(source, piece, position, orientation) {
    // do not allow dragging when game is over
    if (game.game_over()) return false;

    // only allow white pieces to be dragged
    if (piece.search(/^b/) !== -1) return false;
  }

  function onDrop(source, target) {
    // see if the move is legal
    var move = game.move({
      from: source,
      to: target,
      promotion: "q" // always promote to a queen for example simplicity
    });

    // illegal move
    if (move === null) return "snapback";

    // update the board position
    board.position(game.fen());

    // get a random move from the engine
    window.setTimeout(makeRandomMove, 250);
  }

  // make a random move
  function makeRandomMove() {
    var possibleMoves = game.moves();

    // game over
    if (possibleMoves.length === 0) return;

    var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * possibleMoves.length);
    game.move(possibleMoves[randomIndex]);
    board.position(game.fen());
  }

  // initialize the chessboard
  function init() {
    var config = {
      draggable: true,
      onDragStart: onDragStart,
      onDrop: onDrop,
      position: 'start'
    };

    board = Chessboard('puzzlebot-container', config);

    makeRandomMove();
  }

  $(document).ready(init);
</script>