Oh, No! Mikhail Tal How Could You Blunder Like That?

March 30, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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By completely overlooking the fact that there is a back-rank weakness Mikhail Tal makes a move with his rook and steps into a Queen sacrifice! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Fridrik Olafsson (2570) vs Mikhail Tal (2620)
Moscow (1971), Moscow URS, rd 1, Nov-24
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation Spielmann Defense (A32)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5
O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 Rd8
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qd4 Qg5 14. h4 Qf5 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. O-O-O Nc6
17. Qf4 d4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Qc7 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Qf6 21. Re4 Rc8
22. Qxc8+
1-0
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