The Sacrifice Only One GM Dares to Make.

🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications for more chess content and openings! :) Get a chess.com membership here: https://go.chess.com/SammyChess Follow me… SECOND CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/@SammyChess TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/sammychess X: https://twitter.com/SammyChess1 Mikhail Tal was the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential grandmasters in chess history. Tal played in an attacking and daring combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Game 1 07:21 Game 2 12:54 Game 3 18:38 Game 4 25:00 Game 5 32:10 Game 6 38:58 Game 7 Game 1: Mikhail Tal (2705) vs Viktor Korchnoi (2608), Herceg Novi, 1970 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. a4 c3 11. Nf1 b4 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nd3 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Bf3 Nbc6 17. Ne3 Qxf4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxc6 Ra7 21. Qe2 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Qe8 Rf7 24. Rd5 Qb6 25. Qxf7 1-0 Game 2: Mikhail Tal (2705) vs Evgeny Sveshnikov (2450), Tallinn, 1988 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 Ra7 13. Qd3 Rd7 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Na5 18. Bxe6 Bxf3 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Nh7 21. Bf5 1-0 Game 3: Boris Spassky (2640) vs Mikhail Tal (2705), Montreal, 1979 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Rc1 Rad8 11. Qc2 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Qa5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc4 Rd5 20. Qd2 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rh5+ 22. Kg1 Ng4 0-1 Game 4: Mikhail Tal (2705) vs Tigran Petrosian (2640), Alekhine Memorial, 1974 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bc4 Be8 19. Neg5+ hxg5 20. Nxg5+ Kg8 21. Qf4 Nd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Bxf7+ 1-0 Game 5: Mikhail Tal (2705) vs Martin Johansson (2430), Stockholm, 1961 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. f4 Nc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Re3 d5 20. Qh5 Kf8 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe6+ Kg8 23. Rd3 1-0 Game 6: Josef Kupper (2374) vs Mikhail Tal (2705), Zurich, 1959 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Rhe1 Nbd7 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 Na4 15. c3 b4 16. Bc2 Nxb2 17. Kxb2 bxc3+ 18. Kxc3 O-O 19. Rb1 Qa5+ 20. Kd3 Rac8 21. Qf2 Ba8 22. Rb3 e5 23. g5 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 0-1 Game 7: Mikhail Tal (2705) vs Anthony Miles (2565), Cologne, 1981 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rad1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Rxd7 g6 17. b4 Bc8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Qf3 Qb2 21. Nxf7 Qg7 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Rc7 Rf8 24. Rxe7 1-0 #chess