One More Lesson From Mikhail Tal On How To Attack

August 28, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal vs Zdravko Milev
Munich Olympiad qual-1 (1958), Munich FRG, rd 3, Oct-03
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32)
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4
Nb6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Ne4 Nd7 12.Qc2 Qb6
13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.exd4 Ke8 16.Be3 Qc7 17.d5 exd5
18.Rfe1 Kd8 19.Qb3 c5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Qxb7
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