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Mikhail Tal : 1965-74 Instructive Game selection - World Chess Champion (Chessworld.net)

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â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com [Event "Bled"] [Site "02"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round... (Show Full Description)
►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe ►Play FREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com [Event "Bled"] [Site "02"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nd7 7.d4 Ngf6 8.Bd3 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 Nf6 12.Qh4 Nd5 13.Qg4 Bf6 14.Re1 Qb6 15.c4 Nb4 16.Rxe6+ fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kf8 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.c5 Nxd3 20.cxb6 Nxf4 21.Qg4 Nd5 22.bxa7 Ke7 23.b4 Ra8 24.Re1+ Kd6 25.b5 Rxa7 26.Re6+ Kc7 27.Rxf6 1-0 [Event "Bled"] [Site "06"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 e6 6.Qf3 Qf6 7.Qg3 h6 8.Nc3 Nb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Nd7 11.O-O Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qg6 13.Qf3 Qf5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.a3 Nd5 16.Nb5 cxb5 17.Qxb5+ Kd8 18.c4 Qxe5 19.cxd5 Bd6 20.g3 Qxd5 21.Qe2 Ke7 22.Rd1 Qa5 23.Qg4 Qf5 24.Qc4 Qc5 25.Qd3 Qd5 26.Qc3 Be5 27.Qe1 Qc5 28.Bd2 Kf6 29.Rac1 Qb6 30.Be3 Qa6 31.Qb4 b5 32.Bxb5 Qb7 33.f4 Bb8 34.Bc6 1-0 [Event "Exhibition"] [Site "Exhibition"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Gulko"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qf3 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Qg3 Nxg4 14.Be2 Qa5 15.Bxg4 exd4 16.Nd5 Qxa2 17.Qe5 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qa5+ 19.b4 Qd8 20.Rhg1 f6 21.Bh5+ Kf8 22.Rxg7 fxe5 23.Rf7+ Ke8 24.Rxe7+ Kf8 25.Rf1+ Kg8 26.Rff7 1-0 [Event "Hastings"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Michael Francis Stean"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.Bxb5 axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qb8 12.e5 Bb7 13.Qe2 dxe5 14.Qc4 Bc5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rxd7 Be3+ 17.Kb1 Kxd7 18.Rd1+ Bd4 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Qxd4+ Ke7 22.Qc5+ Kf6 23.Rf1+ Kg6 24.Qe7 f5 25.Qxe6+ Kg7 26.Qe7+ Kg6 27.h4 Ra5 28.h5+ Kxh5 29.Qf7+ Kh4 30.Qf6+ Kg3 31.Qg5+ Kh2 32.Qh4+ Kxg2 33.Rf2+ Kg1 34.Ne2# 1-0 [Event "Knotty Ash"] [Site "Knotty Ash"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "W R Chandler"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qe2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Ne5 Nf8 12.f4 c5 13.Rad1 Qd6 14.f5 Nd5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.fxe6 Kg8 17.e7 Ne6 18.dxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Nxc3 20.Rd8 Bd7 21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Rf8+ 1-0 Mikhail Tal (Latvian: Mihails Tāls; Russian: Михаил Нехемьевич Таль, Michail Nechem'evič Tal, pronounced [mʲixʌˈiɫ nʲɪˈxɛmʲɪvʲit͡ɕ ˈtal]; sometimes transliterated Mihails Tals or Mihail Tal; November 9, 1936 -- June 28, 1992)[1] was a Soviet-Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion (from 1960 to 1961). Widely regarded as a creative genius and the best attacking player of all time, he played in a daring, combinational style.[2][3] His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. Every game, he once said, was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem.[4] He was often called "Misha", a diminutive for Mikhail, and "The magician from Riga". Both The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games (Burgess, Nunn & Emms 2004) and Modern Chess Brilliancies (Evans 1970) include more games by Tal than any other player. Tal was also a highly regarded chess writer. He also holds the records for both the first and second longest unbeaten streaks in competitive chess history.[5] The Mikhail Tal Memorial is held in Moscow annually since 2006 to honour Tal's memory. ►Subscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Tal Picture Harry Pot [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons

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