Decoding the Indian Tal - K.Ratnakaran

Ratnakaran Kantholi​ is one of the most colourful players of Indian chess. The way he sacrifices pieces is just unbelievable. More often than not he has no explanation for why a specific move or sacrifice was made. But in this video we try to decode the play of Indian Tal. Why does he sacrifice a piece, how does he feel the positions and what is his way of thinking. Ratnakaran is a man of few words. He doesn't like being called the Indian Tal. Why insult Tal is what he says. But I think he is a genius and so do many other strong players. Special thanks to Abhijeet Gupta​ for his guest appearance. It was so nice to see him analyze the game where he had lost against Ratna. It's a video of true chess lovers, for true chess lovers! We hope that you will learn a lot from this 37 minutes. And if you do, then do not forget to share the video!