Mikhail Tal’s Most Brutal Attack You Never Heard Of

February 7, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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This is a game analysis of a little known but a brilliant chess game played by Mikhail Tal against Estonian IM Lembit Oll! Mistake on move 6 leads to a quick collapse of solid Caro-Kann defense!!
In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Mikhail Tal vs Lembit Oll
Riga rapid (1986) (rapid)
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 h6
7.Ne6 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nf3 fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.O-O c5 12.c4
cxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.c5 Nxc5 15.Ba5 exd4 16.Qxd4+ Ncd7 17.Bxb6+
axb6 18.Rac1 e5 19.Qc4 Bc5 20.Rfd1 Rf8 21.b4 Bd4 22.Rxd4
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