This Is Why We Love Mikhail Tal! Sac… Sac… Sac…

January 4, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Tal vs. Martins Neibults
Latvian Olympiad (5) 30.03.1959
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Scheveningen Formation (B21)
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Bg3 Ned7 15. f4 e5 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Qc4 d5 18. Nxd5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Re6 20. Qxc5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 exf4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxe6
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This Is Why We Love Mikhail Tal! Sac… Sac… Sac…
Playing Sicilian defense against Mikhail Tal usually turns out to be a very dangerous undertaking because Tal himself played Sicilian, knew all odds and ends of the opening, and was especially dangerous when playing against Sicilian with the white pieces! In this game you can see how Tal destroys Sicilian defense by first going for Smith-Morra Gambit, and then after spotting the the back-rank weakness went for a queen sacrifice! A nice game full of sacrifices!
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