A Brutal Rook Sacrifice Against Mikhail Tal Himself

December 2, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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This is a fighting chess played between Alexander Beliavsky vs Mikhail Tal where Beliavsky sacrifices his rook in Caro-Kann defense but Tal rejects and with an accurate defense manages to draw! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Alexander Beliavsky vs Mikhail Tal
15th Soviet Team-ch final (1981), Moscow URS, rd 5
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7
13.Ne5 O-O 14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Kb1 Rad8 16.c4 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7
18.Rd2 Bg5 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.h6 Nxe5 21.Rd5 Rxd5 22.cxd5 Qxd5
23.hxg7
1/2-1/2
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