Mikhail Tal Makes An Exchange Sacrifice But This Is Not His Game Against Karpov

March 18, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal makes an exchange sacrifice against Bulgarian IM Atanas Kolarov! The sacrifice looks very similar to the one which Tal made against Karpov in 1987!
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Mikhail Tal vs Atanas Stefanov Kolarov
EUR-chT (Men) 4th (1970), Kapfenberg AUT, rd 3, May-12
Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze System (B15)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4
Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Ne5 Be4 12.Bg5 Bd5
13.Bd3 Be6 14.c3 Nd7 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Qe2 e5 18.Bc4+
Kh8 19.dxe5 Qc7 20.Bf7 Rf8 21.e6 Nf6 22.Qc4 Qa5 23.Re1 Qd5
24.Qh4 Rxf7 25.Ne5 Nh5 26.Nxf7+ Kg8 27.Bxe7 Re8 28.Nd6 Bf6
29.Bxf6 Qxd6 30.Bg5 Rxe6 31.Qc4 Ng7 32.Qb3 Kf8 33.Rd1 Qe5
34.Bh6 Rd6 35.Rxd6
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