What Other Players Miss Mikhail Tal Sees

June 26, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am analyzing a chess miniature played by Mikhail Tal vs Bulgarian chess player Georgi Tringov where the latter misses a simple tactic and loses one the spot once Tal finds the forking motive! Being a piece down Black resigns on move 20. In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle which is also taken from a game played by Mikhail Tal!
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Mikhail Tal vs Georgi Tringov
13th olm final A (1958), Munich FRG, rd 3, Oct-13
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Nb3 Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qxf4 11.Bg3 Qe3 12.Bxd6 Nc6
13.Rf1 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qxe4 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.Kf2 Bd7 17.Qxd7+ Kxd7 18.Nc5+ Ke7 19.Nxe4 f5 20.Nc5
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Video Thumbnail Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikhail_Tal_1973.jpg

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