The Magician vs Wartime Codebreaker! Who Will Break Opponent’s Defense?

March 21, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Before Soviet Union vs England match (1958 Munich Olympiad) one of the journalists asked Tal which of his combinations he considers most beautiful at the ongoing tournament. Half jokingly Tal answered;
“I hope to bring it into life soon.” Did Tal manage to make his wish come true, judge yourself.
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Mikhail Tal vs Harry Golombek
Munich Olympiad Final-A (1958), Munich FRG, rd 8, Oct-19
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Ne7 7.Nge2
Nd7 8.O-O Nb6 9.Bb3 Qd7 10.a4 a5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bc2 Bxc2
13.Qxc2 Ned5 14.Nce4 Nb4 15.Qe2 N6d5 16.f4 g6 17.Ra3 Be7
18.Bd2 Nc2 19.Rd3 Ndb4 20.Bxb4 Nxb4 21.Rdd1 Rd8 22.Kh1 h5
23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.exf6 Kf8 25.Ne4 h4 26.Nc5 Qc8 27.f5 gxf5
28.Qe3 b6 29.Qg5 Rh7 30.Rf4 bxc5 31.Rxh4 Rxh4 32.Qg7+ Ke8
33.Qg8+ Kd7 34.Qxf7+ Kd6 35.Qe7+
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