Mikhail Tal: Energy Build-Up and Explosive Sacrifices

One of Mikhail Tal's most beautiful games. Tal sacrifices a pawn right in the opening and grabs the initiative. Then by playing positional chess he accumulates a tremendous amount of energy. After that he executes sophisticated maneuvers in order to create weaknesses in the enemy position. And of course, all this sets the stage for explosive sacrifices and a devastating attack. Thorbergsson vs Tal, Reykjavik 1964 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Ne4 11. O-O a6 12. Na3 Ra7 13. Bd3 Re7 14. Nc2 Rfe8 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Ne3 Ndf6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. g3 Bd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Ng2 Ng5 21. Rxe7 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Rxe7 23. Bd2 Nf6 24. Nh4 Ng4 25. Nf3 Re3 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Re1 Nxf4+ 28. gxf4 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Qh4 30. Bc1 Qxe1 31. h3 Nh6 32. f5 Nxf5 33. Bf4 Nh4+ 34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Bxh3+ 36. Kxf3 Qg1 37. Bxg6 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qxf4+ 39. Kg1 hxg6 0-1