Mikhail Tal’s Knight Sacrifice Made His Opponent Think For 1 Hour 50 Minutes

In this brilliant chess miniature Mikhail Tal sacrifices his knight on move 12, which makes his opponent think for 1 hour 50 minutes! That appears to be a world record for the length of time spent on thinking about a single move.
_______________
Mikhail Tal vs Wolfgang Uhlmann
Moscow (1971), Moscow URS, rd 6, Nov-30
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bd7
7.Bg5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc3
12.Nf5 exf5 13.Re1+ Be6 14.Qd6 a6 15.Bd2 Qxc2 16.Bb4 axb5
17.Qf8+ Kd7 18.Red1+ Kc7 19.Qxa8
1-0
____________
✅ Twitter → https://twitter.com/surenaghabek
_____________________________________________
✅ Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/surenaghabek
_____________________________________________________
✅ Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/surenaghabekyan
_____________
Video Thumbnail Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikhail_Tal_1968_color.jpg
_________________
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WolfgangUhlmannPolanicaZdroj19670809_31.jpg

Leave a Reply