Mikhail Tal Destroys The “Sicilian Defensive Shield”

June 11, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am analyzing another attacking game played by the eighth World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal against Swedish chess player Martin Johansson. Tal is first going for the standard knight sacrifice on d5 square and then by going for a rook sacrifice on e6 square is breaking into pieces Black’s defensive shield!
This game was played two months before the World Chess Championship return match against Mikhail Botvinnik, with eight victories and three draws Tal won this tournament! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Mikhail Tal vs Martin Johansson Sr
Stockholm (1961), Stockholm SWE, rd 8, Jan-05
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B94)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.O-O-O b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.f4 Nc5
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nd5 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5
18.Qe2 Qb7 19.Re3 d5 20.Qh5 Kf8 21.Rxe6
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