When Tal See’s An Uncastled King It’s Like A Shark Smells A Drop Of Blood

April 18, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal vs Mikhail Podgaets
Grandmasters-Young Masters (1970), Sochi URS
Alekhine Defense: Saemisch Attack (B02)
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Qd5
7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 e6 12.Rb1 Qd7
13.Ng5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Be7 15.c3 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 h6 17.Bc1 Ne7
18.Qf3 Nd5 19.c4 Nb6 20.c5 Nd5 21.c6 bxc6 22.Ba3 f5 23.exf6
gxf6 24.Rb3 Kd8 25.Rfb1 Rh7 26.Qg3 Nb6 27.Rxb6 axb6 28.Qg8+
Qe8 29.Qxh7
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