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Mikhail Tal with the Black pieces in the 24th Soviet Championship of 1957 Magician! (Chessworld.net)

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â–ºPlaylists: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher The 24th Soviet Chess Championship took place in Moscow from January 20th to February 22nd, 1957. The championship was held in a theater attended by hundreds, and followed by radio. The championship was significant due in large part to the debut of Mikhail Tal to international chess attention. His "sacrificial style" made a strong impression not only on the grandmasters at the event but around the world as well. The success of his style of play earned him first place among the very best in the Soviet Union with 14/21 at the final. [Event "URS-ch24 Moscow"] [Site "01"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lev Aronson"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "A97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.Re1 Qg6 9.e4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Nc6 12.Qe2 Bf6 13.Bd2 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bc3 Bf5 16.Nh4 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 Rae8 18.Qe3 h6 19.b4 Qf6 20.b5 Nd8 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.f4 exf4 23.Qd2 Qb6+ 24.Bd4 Qg6 25.Qxf4 Kh7 26.Qxc7 Bb1 27.Be5 Ne6 28.Qd6 Qf5 29.Bf4 Ng5 30.Qb4 Be4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Qd6 Rxa2 34.Qd5 Qc2 35.c5 Rd8 36.Bd6 Re8 0-1 [Event "Moskva ch-SU"] [Site "Moskva ch-SU"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mark Taimanov"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 cxd4 9.axb4 dxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 f6 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Be3 e5 17.Qd5+ Kh8 18.Qd6 Qc8 19.b5 Bh3 20.Qa3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qg4 22.Ne1 Qxd1 23.gxh3 Qxe1+ 24.Kg2 Nd4 25.cxd4 exd4 26.Bf4 Qe4+ 27.Kg3 h5 28.Qd6 Kh7 29.Qd7 Re8 30.h4 Qg6+ 31.Kf3 Re1 0-1 [Event "Moscow URS ch"] [Site "4"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Anatoly Bannik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bg5 Rb8 9.Rc1 Bg4 10.Qd2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Nd5 Re8 13.Be3 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Rfd1 Nd4 16.Bg2 c6 17.Nc3 Qe7 18.Ne4 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.h4 Rbd8 21.Qe1 h5 22.Bd2 e4 23.Ba5 Rb8 24.Bc3 Red8 25.Rd2 e3 26.fxe3 Qxe3+ 27.Qf2 Nxe2+ 28.Rxe2 Qxc1+ 29.Re1 Bxc3 30.Rxc1 Bd4 31.Rc2 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Kg7 33.b4 Rd4 34.a4 Rbd8 35.Ke2 Rd3 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.cxb5 Rb3 39.Bxb7 Rxb5 40.Rc7 Re8+ 41.Kf2 Rf5+ 42.Kg1 Re1+ 43.Kg2 Re2+ 44.Kg1 Rb5 45.Kf1 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Moskva ch-SU"] [Site "Moskva"] [Date "1957.02.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.a3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Rxc4 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd5 14.Qc2 f5 15.O-O Bd7 16.Rd1 Rac8 17.Be3 Na5 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Qe2 Bd6 20.Ne5 Ba4 21.Re1 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Rd8 23.b4 Bc6 24.f3 Qxd3 25.Qxd3 Rxd3 26.bxa5 Rxa3 27.Bxa7 Rxa5 28.Bd4 Ra2 29.Rb1 Rd2 30.Bc3 Rc2 31.Bd4 Kf7 32.h4 Kg6 33.Rb4 h6 34.Rb2 Rxb2 35.Bxb2 Kh5 36.Ba3 Kxh4 37.Bf8 Kg3 38.Bxg7 h5 39.Bh6 Bxf3 40.gxf3 Kxf3 41.Kf1 b5 42.Bd2 h4 43.Bb4 h3 44.Kg1 Ke2 0-1 [Event "Moscow URS ch"] [Site "18"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "A78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Re1 Nc7 12.a4 b6 13.Qc2 Ng4 14.h3 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 Bd4 17.Nd1 Qxh3 18.Bf3 Qh2 19.Ne3 f5 20.Ndc4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Ba6 22.Bf3 Re5 23.Ra3 Rae8 24.Bd2 Nxd5 25.Bxd5+ Rxd5 26.Ke2 Bxe3 27.Rxe3 Bxc4+ 0-1 [Event "URS-ch Moscow"] [Site "URS-ch Moscow"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nezhmetdinov"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.b4 Qc7 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O O-O 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.dxc5 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qd4 f6 16.f4 Nc6 17.Qe3 Rd8 18.Rad1 e5 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Bb5 Bb7 21.Qg3 Rd7 22.Rf2 Re8 23.h3 Ba8 24.Ba4 Bb7 25.Kh1 Ba8 26.Rf5 e4 27.Qxc7 Rxc7 28.Rfxd5 e3 29.Rd7 e2 30.Bb3+ Re6 31.Bxe6+ Kf8 32.Bxg7+ 1-0 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport 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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