Mikhail Tal’s First Game After Being Hit In The Forhead With A Coca Cola Bottle

April 14, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhal Tal’s forhead bore the scars of a fearful blow to the head by a bottle in a Havana night bar during the Olympiad in Cuba in 1966. There was a well-known joke by Petrosian at that time: “Only someone with the robust health of Tal could endure such a blow.”
In this video I am covering the first game which the 8th World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal played after being recovered from that severe blow! Despite the fact that Tal started the tournament from round 5 he scored 12 wins, 1 loss out of 13 games; the best result in the tournament!
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Mikhail Tal vs Alfredo Olivera
Havana ol (Men) qual-A (1966), Havana CUB, rd 5, Oct-30
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 exd4 12.Qg3 Kf8 13.Qd3
dxc3 14.Nxc3 Ne5 15.Qe2 c5 16.Be3 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Ra7
19.Rad1 g5 20.Qh5 Bf6 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Rg8 23.Rf1 Rg6
24.Qxh7
1-0
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