Mikhail Tal Makes A Powerful Move With His King

March 8, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this chess miniature Tal’s opponent Cuban GM Garcia Gonzalez makes a terrible blunder already on move 9 which leads to a loss of a piece!
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Mikhail Tal vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzalez
Chigorin Memorial (1986), Sochi URS, rd 6
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack. Open Variation (B10)
1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Qd4 d5 7.cxd5
Qa5 8.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 9.Kd1 cxd5 10.Qc2 d4 11.bxc3 dxc3 12.Ne2 O-O
13.Qxc3 Qa4+ 14.Ke1 Be6 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Bb5
1-0
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikhail_Tal_1968_color.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guillermo_Garc%C3%ADa_Gonz%C3%A1lez_und_Balashov_1979_Rio.JPG
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