Mikhail Tal’s Epic Sacrifice Against BBC Chess Journalist

In this video I am analyzing a brilliant attacking game played by the eighth World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal vs British Chess Champion IM William Hartston! Against Sicilian Scheveningen Tal chooses the Classical Variation and manages to launch a quick attack! Once Black makes a mistake Tal sacrifices his rook and quickly wins the game! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Mikhail Tal vs William Hartston
Hastings (1973/74), Hastings ENG, rd 10, Jan-06
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Modern Variation (B83)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.Qe1 a6 12.Qg3 b5 13.e5
dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Ne8 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Qh3 g6 18.Rae1 Rd8
19.Qe3 Rd7 20.Bb6 Qc8 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 h5 23.Qh6 Ng7
24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Bxg6 Nf5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qh7+
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