This Is How Mikhail Tal’s Brain Works! Sac… Sac… Sac…

March 21, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenWed, March 21, 2018 3:30pmURL:
Embed:

Here is another brilliant attacking game played by the “Magician From Riga” Mikhail Tal where he pulls out series of sacrifices against Scandinavian defense and destroys opponent’s kingside!
_________________
Mikhail Tal (2555) vs Rico Mascarinas (2400)
Lvov (1981)
Scandinavian Defense: Main Lines (B01)
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Bc4 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9. g4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Kb1 a5 14. g5 Qb6 15. h4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. h5 O-O 20. g6 h6 21.Bxh6 f5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Ng3 Rae8 24. Qd2 Nc5 25. Bf4 Ne6 26. h6 Rf6 27. hxg7 Nxg7 28. Bc7 Qxc7 29. Rh8+
1-0
_____________
✅ Twitter → https://twitter.com/surenaghabek
_____________________________________________
✅ Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/surenaghabek
_____________________________________________________
✅ Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/surenaghabekyan
___________
Video Icon Attribution: By Croes, Rob C. / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

<div id="puzzlebot-container"></div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.polyfills.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var board = null;
  var game = new Chess();

  function onDragStart(source, piece, position, orientation) {
    // do not allow dragging when game is over
    if (game.game_over()) return false;

    // only allow white pieces to be dragged
    if (piece.search(/^b/) !== -1) return false;
  }

  function onDrop(source, target) {
    // see if the move is legal
    var move = game.move({
      from: source,
      to: target,
      promotion: "q" // always promote to a queen for example simplicity
    });

    // illegal move
    if (move === null) return "snapback";

    // update the board position
    board.position(game.fen());

    // get a random move from the engine
    window.setTimeout(makeRandomMove, 250);
  }

  // make a random move
  function makeRandomMove() {
    var possibleMoves = game.moves();

    // game over
    if (possibleMoves.length === 0) return;

    var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * possibleMoves.length);
    game.move(possibleMoves[randomIndex]);
    board.position(game.fen());
  }

  // initialize the chessboard
  function init() {
    var config = {
      draggable: true,
      onDragStart: onDragStart,
      onDrop: onDrop,
      position: 'start'
    };

    board = Chessboard('puzzlebot-container', config);

    makeRandomMove();
  }

  $(document).ready(init);
</script>