Tal’s Pieces Are Forked But He Chooses Castling

February 25, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal vs Laszlo Szabo
Chigorin Memorial 9th (1973), Sochi URS, rd 7
Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06)
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Qe2 c5
8.dxc5 dxc5 9.e5 Nc6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.O-O-O b4
13.Ne4 Nh6 14.Bxd4 O-O 15.Bc5 Qa5 16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.Bd6 Qxa2
18.Bxb4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Ng4 20.Bc4 Qa1+ 21.Kd2 Qxb2 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7
23.Qd5+ Re6 24.Qb7+ Re7 25.Qxe7+ Kg8 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.Qc4 Nxe5
28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.c3 a5 30.Qc6 Rb8 31.Rhe1 Bh6+ 32.Kc2 Qf5+
33.Qe4 Qc8 34.Rd7 axb4 35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Qe6+
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