Chessworld.net presents: Mikhail Tal, the magician from Riga (1)

[Event "Riga"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "M Strelkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 e5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Ndf5 O-O 13. Bg5 Bc7 14. Rd1 Ncd7
15. Nh5 Bb6 16. Bxf6 1-0

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Education

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[Majnu2006]

Great to notice that there are so many Tal fans here!

[xaniared]

You can analyse a longer game by cuting it in to parts or more. Nice vid and i hope more Tal games soon!!! thanks

[Majnu2006]

Yes, I will do that when necessary.

[mavaddat]

Great video, Majnu. Thanks. This game is a wonderful example of piece coordination for creating a lethal threat.

You know, if you want to stay in the YouTube time restriction, it's always fair to just start from an interesting position within the game. No need to go through the whole opening or middlegame (or whatever you think is not the point of the video).

[Majnu2006]

Yes mavaddat, that is an option for longer games. Thanks.

[BlindLemonJaffaCake]

Here's my thoughts on Misha Tal. Whenever a great player passes away, we all mourn him or her for their wonderful skill at chess regardless of the personality. But with Tal, we mourn him that much more because he was such a great person as well as being a truly wonderful chess player. In my humble opinion, of all the great chess players that has ever lived, we miss Tal the most. Misha Tal 'The Magician from Riga' truly missed by all players the world over.

[elbay2]

"Black castled, and this is the beginning of the end".. LOL!

[schleichnaldo]

secondly: After Qe2 black is already losing because of white's harmonious position. It is also important to see the weak square is created next to the e5 pawn namely f5 this is a general rule of thum which, if you didn't know it, you should keep in mind(watch the square next to to your pawn). It was a good game by tal but even more a weak resistance from his opponent, but very very instructive. good job majnu!

[schleichnaldo]

firstly: I believe that after e5 it went al down hill. It was an ignorant plan not having the right feeling for the demands of the position. e5 is a weak pawn as well as a non developing move while the king is in the centre.

[fulmer130]

Castle directly into your opponent's attack whoops

[Cerebralator]

@BlindLemonJaffaCake  I couldn't agree more. Well said sir.

[noxure]

Tal is one of my favorite masters.

Botvinnik is even more underrepresented than Tal and he was a very interesting attacking player as well, especially with the black pieces.

[AScentOfPhoenix]

Tal has the most beautiful and fluid combinations! This is a true masterpiece!

Thanks for the upload, Majnu.

[Veron451]

Tal was an amazing player and produced many beautiful games; but that combover!

[djcripsalot]

u are just another crazy ivan...

[horatio83]

What's your problem dude, I just said that I love Tal, Majnu does a series about him, where is the bias?

No one but you cares about nationality, we care about the beauty of chess no matter who played the game or where he is from.

[gologram]

Count how many Tal's games are annotated on youtube and compare it with some other grandmaster games.

You'll see that there is underrepresentation for Tal taking in consideration that he isTHE MOST entertaining player of all time.

P.S. You have no support here despite the fact that those are western channels.NOBODY supports you.

This speaks well about the culture of people here.If we were to change places and discuss the same theme on a russian speaking channel, I 'd have tons of support.