Mikhail Tal Jettisons His Queenside Rook

February 13, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhial Tal plays another brilliant game where he sacrifices his rook for getting a strong king-side attack! Janos Flesch manages to defend for some time but finally he makes a mistake under the huge pressure! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Mikhail Tal (2555) vs Janos Flesch
Lvov (1981), Lvov URS, rd 9
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov. Modern Variation Kasparov Attack (B17)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6
7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.O-O Bxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Bg5
h6 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Bc2 Nbd5 15.Be5 Qb6 16.Qd3 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nxc2
18.Bxf6 Nxa1 19.Nh5 e5 20.dxe5 g5 21.e6 Qxe6 22.h3 Qf5 23.Rxa1
Be6 24.Re1 Qg6 25.g4 Rac8 26.Bc3 Rfd8 27.Qe3 Rd3 28.Qe5 Rcxc3
29.bxc3 Kh7 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nd5 Kh7 32.Ne7
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