Amateur Plays Sicilian Dragon Against Mikhail Tal

February 12, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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8th World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal played this game during a chess simul in London (1964) against R Boardman. After misplaying the opening (Sicilian Dragon) Boardman gets crushed severely!
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Mikhail Tal vs R Boardman
Simul, 24b (1964) (exhibition), London ENG, Jan-09
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Main Line (B77)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Qc7 10.Bb3 a6 11.h4 Na5 12.h5 Nxb3 13.axb3
d5 14.hxg6 Qg3+ 15.Bf2 Qxg6 16.e5 Nd7 17.Nxd5 Qxg2 18.O-O-O
Nxe5 19.Rdg1 Nxf3 20.Nxf3 Qxf3 21.Rxg7+
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