Everyone loves a King's Indian Defense, and in this one, Black had a nice chess combination ready to deploy if white misstepped. ✔ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend: https://www.chess.com/member/samcopeland … [Read more...] about A King’s Indian Krusher – Kozul vs. Popovic, 1992 v.
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Tal’s Dubious Chess Opening Trap – Can You Find The Refutation?
Mikhail Tal has rarely played a more dubious sacrifice than the following opening trap in the French Defense, yet in practice, only a few players have found the correct defense. Can you? ✔ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend: https://www.chess.com/member/samcopeland … [Read more...] about Tal’s Dubious Chess Opening Trap – Can You Find The Refutation?
Mikhail Tal Betrays Himself – Alekhine’s Defense Chess Opening Trap
8th World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal was famous for sacrifices, even including unsound ones, but once he rejected one that his intuition was begging him to play. "My intuition insistently kept telling me that the sacrifice had to be correct, but I decided to calculate everything "as far as mate," spent some 50 minutes, but then in one of the innumerable variations I found … [Read more...] about Mikhail Tal Betrays Himself – Alekhine’s Defense Chess Opening Trap
Paul Morphy’s Crushing e-file Attack – Schulten vs. Morphy, 1857
Paul Morphy's attacking games are some of the most instructive ever played; in this one, he shows a splendid taste for activity, time, and king safety, pinning and eventually demolishing White's position. #chess #paulmorphy #chessminiature ✔ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend: https://www.chess.com/member/samcopeland … [Read more...] about Paul Morphy’s Crushing e-file Attack – Schulten vs. Morphy, 1857
The Happiest Day of Mikhail Tal’s Life – Nezhmetdinov vs. Tal, 1961
When asked what the happiest day of his chess life was, World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal stated it was the day he lost to Rashid Nezhmetdinov. Nezhmetdinov, a good friend of Tal's and a second for his match with Mikhail Botvinnik, plays a beautiful game and catches Tal's king in the center. #chess #nezhmetdinov #mikhailtal ✔ Subscribe: … [Read more...] about The Happiest Day of Mikhail Tal’s Life – Nezhmetdinov vs. Tal, 1961
