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In this lecture, we see an iconic game of Mikhail Tal against Vasily Smyslov.
So, two former world chess champions.
This is in 1959.
The Bled Zagreb Belgrade candidates tournament around eight.
We see E4 from Mikhail Tal Okorocha defense.
We see different D 592 E5 Mike, Jeffrey, Mike D seven And this is actually a mistake.
This is the first curiosity of the game from my perspective, how White actually got some interesting
ingredients from the opening to be used later for attacking purposes if Bishop D6 had been played this
position.
Is more stable for black.
If.
D for hair.
E tanks.
D fall Bishop d free.
This position should only be about.
Even so, Bishop D6 does seem the more accurate way to go.
So d for yes e tanks d for.
Is a key move.
If knights have six D take five.
This is just leading to trouble for black.
This position is troublesome.
So yes, bishop types, we can say with this night this is just going to be an advantage for white.
If white gets the bishop out here.
But yeah, there is a way of playing it where blacks fine, just eat hangs.
So.
Okay, so why have I been able to express that?
Well, we have a very interesting move here, So can you see what it is for ten points of the 1987?
And it's interesting to consider why it's effective.
Okay.
Now usually opening principles.
You don't waste time in the opening.
You try and develop your pieces by here.
D4 This actually makes quite a bit of sense in this particular possession.
We have D tanks e for if it takes the form, then what ends up with an advantage here after E tank takes
it takes D four.
Now why is this a small edge?
It's not just because of the isolated queen spawn.
It's because.
The bishop is actually locked in right now.
It's not influencing F5, a very concrete reason.
Archbishop 87 is actually 95 moving a piece again.
This is big trouble for blank if that wants to preserve the dance square.
Bishop 96 check.
And then this is going to be great.
Once going to have a nice advantage here.
So, yes, this is this is very, very interesting.
If G f6 Queen E to check is really annoying concretely.
So here at five again it's a black can't console and one could just get rid of the dance queen Bishop
get that dance cry Bishop would be better and black has the onset of Queen's pawn.
If we look at this again with Queen E7 might be five is very strong here.
So this position a full 97 check.
Take the rook offense.
Very much so.
Yes, there are some real dangers here in the possession of the D4 if it is played So D takes E4 was
played 1964 and now he takes D4.
So you might wonder why is Black developing White's queen to a menacing central square if Knight g f6
concretely Knight takes f6 Jack And what about E5 that's dropping if Bishop e seven again?
What about E5?
We're just taking on E5.
This isn't a great gambit for Black to use.
White's getting a big position here and could later console Queenside.
Perhaps so, as well as being that extra pawn up.
So it's a tricky position.
So he takes was tried which develops White's queen.
And because there's no easy punishment here you know Bishop C five is impossible anyway but the Queen's
glorious.
There are d4 for the moment so that's fine for White Knight G f6, Bishop G5, Bishop E seven Now yeah,
this is an interesting position because it shows tells attacking philosophy of keeping complexity.
Sometimes Tail doesn't want the Queen's trade it off because it reduces the potential for having a huge
amount of fun on the chessboard, even if it is technically the engine says Yes, White should do this
96 check.
The thing is, in this situation, Black could take on D6 and get the Queen's off.
And sure though, why is technically better.
But how like to have the Queen's on as a preference and the complexity and it will be tragic to kind
of if Black managed to somehow draw this so so kept the Queen's on you could say that's an attacking
ingredient of complexity.
It tells contribution to the game that complexity in itself can be a weapon of choice.
And you see many games, in fact, where talent is relentlessly struggling to keep the Queen's on.
There's almost like Dancing Queen games.
He tries to keep the Queen's on.
So yes, he's rejecting 96 check and we're creating an opposite side castling game here after Black
Castles.
Now 96 is used here again, 96 F6 is interesting actually this position, for example, if the Queen's
came off here.
That might not be too much, but it is technically a better position for white, this position.
So if Black had refused to take the Queen's off especially it's it's it's better for white there.
But okay 96 we have Queen A five and now we have bishop see and I'll be five.
And there seems to be an issue or two here would be fine if it looks as though the Queen's like trying
to exploit White's extra surface area, this is a bit of a liability sometimes.
And if here.
The bishop just went back casually.
Can you see what black plays?
Yeah.
Has the nasty forcing move C five here for C for coming up Queen H for black first plays Bishop takes
D six hair.
To avoid any naughty business on a seven with no and the bishop and now closes in that bishop.
So this position ends up of the quite violent reluctance to have sex.
She takes this position, ends up with black having the advantage that Bishop is trapped.
So, yes, the bishop going back isn't too lucrative here.
If Bishop takes off Southern.
This is interesting giving up Knight and bishop.
It's actually a scenario which has got some spice to it.
With Rook takes E7, Shaq and Queen E for Shaq in particular.
Very delicate attacking moves.
So here Bishop takes up six check nine takes of Saints Queen Bee for Shaq and rookie One, for example,
is a big advantage for white.
So yeah, there are some interesting aspects here.
This is not all forced, though.
So if we go back this scenario.
Yeah, I mean, there are other possibilities as well, but
it is kind of interesting.
For one, yeah, it does seem quite advantageous.
That does seem like an interesting possibility, Bishop.
Things have sudden change.
Okay, but, you know, that's computers for you.
They.
They find it, you know, even that interesting.
But Bishop, too, we do get a very interesting game Anyway, Bishop d2 Queen thinks if Queen a four
bishop takes her seven check, Hare rotates, Queen takes beatings.
This is only an even possession here with the queen's off.
So blacks shouldn't be getting into too much trouble there.
So Queen Ace thinks we have now a remarkable concept here.
Basically.
Coming up, 95 hits that Bishop OC Bishop da and now you might think, well, Bishop b4, isn't there
still c five though here?
So Queen H four is played by elimination.
If Bishop B3 c5 if Queen H will see for one is white the Queen G five and threatens mate, but black
has nice h five.
As a resource queen.
S.C. Tanks be free.
A free night of things ends up being better hand taking out at five.
G Six rook st Yeah blacks got attacking potential here brewing up things like B4 are going to be useful
as well.
Yeah it's it's still it's a very exciting possession but it's one which you know there's also exchange
like possibility of Bishop C free so it's kind of dangerous for white this possession.
So anyway Queen H was played just offering a whole bishop.
So Bobby Fisher found this game actually very curious where know this bishop sacrifice was played Queen
G five So nice H five here.
Defensive resource.
It's getting a bit of time to eliminate the five knights.
Essentially because if G6 bishops c free this situation, Y can actually just force a perpetual check,
it seems.
And if the king ever goes to those things like Rook 27 So the King has to really go back to G7 here
to reinforce, have stakes.
And that's just a draw by repetition.
But H five was played by Ice six Jack King, eight Queen sites Age five, Queen, Size A2.
If g tanks H six does Bishop C free check, Bishop of Saints, Queen H six And funny enough, this is
actually this is actually winning for whites.
Funny enough.
I wonder if you can see why if Bishop takes C free.
What do we want to play here?
Witnesses of the last move are a real bias removal tools.
If we look objectively not on what we pre-plan pre calculated preconceived notions those all the way
and just think what is the actual weakness of the very last move and the G five square here?
And that's very useful.
We're fretting mites and if for example Bishop takes B to check King B one and then what happens here?
How the black actually defend H seven.
Loads of sex jobs F eight and then there's nine takes, F seven.
Checkmate.
So that's, that's a funny line on G takes how that loses.
So queen takes a to was played but now Bishop C frame and here is actually the critical mistake of the
game at move 18 it seems it's there's vast possibilities here with the Queensland towns right that this
notion of complexity taking opponents into a deep forest where you know it's very, very confusing.
Basically the path back is very narrow and only narrow enough for one.
So if six though was played right of six was played, which is a huge mistake.
Before we look at that, if bishops see seven.
Nine takes off.
Seven Change this position with 986 Shag King eight is just an even possession.
If black does this, blacks should be okay.
And you might think, well, hold on.
What happens if G takes There's Queen G fortune.
That brings the king out towards the center.
Rock tanks D seven.
Check.
This position gets quite vicious, Queenie.
Six Jack and Black's getting mated, so that's not a good idea.
So if we look at this again with Bishop c79 takes F seven.
If Rook takes F seven, Queen takes.
This is also actually very good for whites here.
Queen F eight check 98.
Queen 67 is checkmate.
And if Queen A one is inserted that doesn't really do much, just creates a new liability.
The queens attains.
So this position we just mating.
So yes, but yeah, Bishop C seven was the way to go it seems, with the idea of just having inviting
a perpetual check scenario like this, not taking on F seven, not taking on H six black should be fine.
It's not entirely a team effort here.
These guys are not yet acting with the Queen.
So anyway, but with F six this is very different.
Now.
Why has this move which is crushing here basically, which leads to a winning advantage.
Can you see what that is for?
200 points?
Okay.
It's Queen Sykes f7.
There's a slight issue on the back row here.
We have Queen and one chat, because if Rook takes a seven, Rook takes the eight, check Rook f eight.
Because what else rook takes?
He's made the ninth sports game.
So this is just amazing.
If you look here can you see what plays place in This is cute.
At some points.
Yeah.
Queen.
Thanks, G check and af7 is made.
If Bishop is seven, there's a really incisive move, which is a lot of fun here.
Can you see what that is?
The really incisive moves, 95.
So basically if Rook takes that is actually checkmate with two nights.
But otherwise, why it is French then Queen takes her fate here, for example.
Yeah.
If anything else, as a token move, you know, Queen takes fight and a knight of is mate.
So say Bishop E six.
Queen cites these things and this is just winning For white, this position is just hopeless.
1948 doesn't really do anything.
KING You won.
And that stops any key checks and then blanks.
Had it once.
It's going to take the queen, or if the queen tries to escape, then might have seven check King J
nights.
H six is mine.
So we get an idea that, yeah, this is this is really dangerous.
This road takes have seven business.
It's really dangerous.
So, Queenie.
One was played, Queenie, one checking D2.
That queen was taken here.
So finally there is a queen trade, but at the expense of being exchanged down.
Because after 19 seven.
Check.
Once won a rook for a knight.
Basically, this is the exchange up.
King takes her 795 check.
King He sings, it takes C 694 check.
KING You free?
And this is big trouble.
We have actually bishop be six Czech.
And the king could have taken on E4.
But Bishop Defour is even cuter.
In a way.
This end game of King takes it for sure.
There's a pin, but Bishop Defoe here, this is going to lead to just opposition whites just clearly
winning.
So this position is also kind of winning here.
But with Bishop Defoe, this is cute.
So why it's fair to think Bishop takes P6 with that pin If that played on with Bishop, take 84.
In fact, the Knights going to be lost.
Knight, 60 for Shaq and the Knights lost.
To top things off, King insists we're just taking the knight.
But if King E6, we have Rook five check and then King takes E4.
If King D5 here instead we still have Rook five.
Sure, there's 95.
But what would you play here?
Is White winning Montero?
You know, at some points.
You know, we can just play be for her, and then there's too much pressure on C5 now for these pieces
just to sleep.
So that's C five points going.
So yeah, this is an absolutely fascinating, iconic Mikhail Tal game opposite side castling.
So ingredients.
Of the attack of finessed opening sequence, a very surprising opening sequence because of Beatty's
having this very appropriate reaction to for an obsession gives one an edge.
But later on we see that edge is not totally exploited, just with the aim of 96 check soon when it
could have been played to that.
Bishop do you find first gives gives a formidable possession.
But yeah, the 96 opportunity is rejected with the queens on the complexity of towns.
Games generally make good training in human terms.
Imagine you're given games with rich complexity or having to calculate more variations more quickly,
or use intuition to a much greater level because the sheer complexity and tells intuition for attacking
chances better than anyone else is basically at the time.
So this idea of not having the queens taken off, not going for the Carpathian advantage.
You could say, well, it's a violation.
Kings Russia have played the position he's not play the position player well yeah let's tell them That's
why it's so magical and brilliant.
You know he often had these attacking games with the queens on and this is one of the more celebrated
attacking games with the queens on and deciding to do a major piece sacrifice well there was no real
option because of this bishop getting squished so just sacrificing the bishop for these scenarios and
then black did slip up in the complexity.
So the key mistake made nine f6 move, 18 missing Queen takes him seven spins a lot of his own human
Yeah telescope piece is pointing and spins loves king It's a difficult position to play okay so yeah
wonderful stuff.
I hope you enjoyed this game and got some inspiration for for Mikhail Tells Brands of Attacking chess.
It's because of the complexity kind of bias that generally, in my view, Alexander Alekhine might actually
be more instructive for your basic meat and potato attacking chance.
That's why that's the the primary core of this course.
Alexander Alekhine as opposed to Mikhail tell about Mikhail Tal was absolutely brilliant.
Check out my Mikhail Tal, cause he's absolutely brilliant indeed.
And you can learn a lot about complexity and its relationship to opponents making these mistakes.
Tal recognizes his opponents are human and can't handle the complexity sometimes of these defensive
scenarios.
So, yeah, let's kind of we could say this is an iconic mistake of sex.
Okay.
So I hope you enjoyed this game so much.