Attack At Any Price! This Is Why We Call Mikhail Tal A “Magician”

March 1, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Janusz Szukszta vs Mikhail Tal
In this blitz game Mikhail Tal makes a blunder by sacrificing his knight, gets a completely lost position but relying on opponent’s inaccurate defense unleashes an unstoppable attack! Tal is starting to sacrifice his pieces one after another, first both Knights and then both Rooks! Tal’s comment on this game was this: “In blitz it is easier to attack when a piece down, than to defend when a piece ahead…” In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Janusz Szukszta vs Mikhail Tal
Uppsala (1956) (blitz), Uppsala SWE
King’s Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E86)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6
8.Qb3 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 Nc6 12.dxc6 Re8
13.Kf2 Rxe3 14.Rd1 Ng4+ 15.fxg4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Qxd4 17.Qd5 Re2+
18.Kxe2 Bxg4+ 19.Ke1 Re8+ 20.Be2 Rxe2+
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