Mikhail Tal Is Lost But Anyways He Makes A Queen Sacrifice

October 22, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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This is Savon vs Mikhail Tal chess game analysis! In a seemingly hopeless situation Mikhail Tal makes a Queen sacrifice to give a perpetual check and thus saves the game! A fighting draw!
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Vladimir Savon vs Mikhail Tal
URS Cup qf (1970), Dnepropetrovsk URS
Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation (A62)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4
13.Nd2 Rb4 14.Ne4 h6 15.Bd2 Rxb2 16.Qc1 Rxd2 17.Qxd2 f5 18.Nc3
Qa5 19.Rac1 b5 20.Qf4 b4 21.Qxd6 bxc3 22.Qxg6 Bd7 23.e4 Qxa4
24.e5 Qg4 25.Qb6 Bb5 26.Qd8+ Kh7 27.Rfe1 Qg5 28.Qc8 Nc6
29.Qxa8 Nxe5 30.f4 Nd3 31.fxg5
1/2-1/2
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0:00 Introduction
2:40 Exchange Sacrifice
3:47 Piece Sacrifice
4:42 Rook Sacrifice
5:04 Queen Sacrifice
5:21 Engine Analysis
9:17 Daily Chess Problem
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Savon_1972.jpg
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