Tal vs Smyslov
In a game against former World Chess Champion Vasily Smyslov Mikhail Tal makes an unsound sacrifice thus appearing in a bad position! But he still keeps on pressing and forces his opponent burn time and finally in a time trouble Smyslov blunders! Here is how Harry Golombek describes that dramatic moment in his book “4th Candidates Tournament, 1959”; “All seemed over and I had left the scene to type out my report giving the result as Smyslov 1 Tal 0, when the assistant director of the tournament came over to me and said that Smyslov had resigned. In fact Smyslov’s last move was a complete blunder throwing away the game. I had to rewrite my report whilst the Russian journalist who had already informed Moscow that Tal had lost had to contact Moscow again by telephone and eat his words.
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Mikhail Tal vs Vasily Smyslov
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 22, Oct-18
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Scheveningen Variation (B84)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Kh1
Rb8 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Rae1 e5 17. Nf5
Kh8 18. Qh4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. Re3 g6 21. Nh6 Bg7 22. Nd5
Nxd5 23. exd5 f6 24. Be4 g5 25. Qf5 Bxh6 26. Qxf6+ Bg7 27. Qf5
Ng6 28. Rh3 Bxb2 29. Qxg6 Re7 30. Rh6 Rg8 31. Qf5 Bc8 32. Qf3
g4 33. Qd3 Be5 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Reg7 36. c5 dxc5 37. d6
Qa7 38. Bd5 Rd8 39. Qe4 Bd4 40. Qf4 Rgd7 41. Rf6
1-0
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Introduction: 0:00
Dubious Sacrifice: 2:34
Smyslov Blunders: 5:14
Reference: 6:52
Daily Puzzle: 10:56
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