Tal vs Olafsson! Another Fierce Attack By The Magician

October 18, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenMon, October 18, 2021 1:00pmURL:
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Mikhail Tal vs Fridrik Olafsson
Bled (1961), Bled YUG, rd 3, Sep-05
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B48)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3
Nf6 8.f4 d6 9.Qf3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rae1 b5 13.Qg3
Kh8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.e5 Ng8 16.Qh3 Nh6 17.f5 Nxf5 18.Rxf5 exf5
19.Bxf5 g6 20.Bd4 Kg8 21.e6 Bg5 22.exf7 Rxf7 23.Bxg6 Rg7
24.Qe6+ Kh8 25.Be8 h6 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Ne4 Re8 28.Qg6 Re7 29.h4
Qd5 30.Bxg7+ Rxg7 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Nxd6 Bxh4 33.Re8+ Rg8
34.Nf7+ Kg7 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Nxh6+ Kh7 37.Nf5 Bg5 38.b3
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