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Mikhail Tal Gets Stunned By A Kid After He Makes A Queen Sacrifice

July 25, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In order to make things complicated Mikhail Tal makes a Queen sacrifice but that makes his position even worse! 12-year-old chess player manages to prevail over the living legend during a chess simul!
In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Mikhail Tal vs Robert Seltzer
Simul, 30b (1988) (exhibition), Framingham, MA USA, Mar-08
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Traditional Line (B98)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.Be2 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5
13.Qg3 Rg8 14.gxf6 Rxg3 15.hxg3 Bf8 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.Rd2 b5
18.Nd4 Ne5 19.Bh5 b4 20. Nce2 Qa5 21.Nb3 Qxa2 22.Rd4 a5 23.Rhd1
a4 24.Nc5 Nc4 25.Rxc4 Qxc4 26.Nd3 a3 27.b3 Qb5 28.Bf3 Qa5
29.Kb1 a2+ 30.Ka1 Ba6 31.g4 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Qe5+ 33.Nd4 Qc5
34.Be1 e5 35.Nf5 Qxc2 36.Rd1 Ra3 37.Ne3 Qc5 38. Nd5 Rxb3
39.Be2 Qc2
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