Irrational Chess: Tal's Magic. Tal vs Flesch

Mikhail Tal sacrifices a rook to start an attack on the kingside. However, his opponent defended very well and it seemed that Tal's attack failed. And then Tal's magic began - he made a mysterious quiet move, which at first sight didn't contribute to the attack. However, the mysterious move actually started the second wave of the attack and earned Tal the brilliancy prize.
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O Bxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Bc2 Nbd5 15. Be5 Qb6 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nxc2 18. Bxf6 Nxa1 19. Nh5 e5 20. dxe5 g5 21. e6 Qxe6 22. h3 Qf5 23. Rxa1 Be6 24. Re1 Qg6 25. g4 Rac8 26. Bc3 Rfd8 27. Qe3 Rd3 28. Qe5 Rcxc3 29. bxc3 Kh7 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd5+ Kh7 32. Ne7 1-0

[@Mark-my1lu]

No one plays chess beautifully like Tal!

[@underratedcritic1983]

Imagine if Tal were still alive. Tal vs Carlsen would be more epic than Mayweather vs Pacquiao.

[@robinhoodwinker8621]

What I love most about Tal’s sacrifices is that he has this knack to allow the opponent a seemingly better position which they cannot refuse, so they willingly go into it believing that they surely the upper hand, and then get lost in the complications. Maybe this is exactly the point, Tal was willing to give up the objectively better position to the opponent if in return he could have a concrete plan and decent chance to confuse the opponent in the complications.

[@northshores7319]

What a lesson on attacking for all to learn from. Tal always makes it seem so logical. Such play I think, comes from deep and prolonged thinking which is the hallmark of a Master, Thanks for the good show!

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

When I think of a chess master, I think of an older Tal, like we see in this picture; a mad genius look. Not a 20 something Magnus, on the computer, hanging out with his buddies.

[@Frogan..]

I be t when u think of Super Grandmatsers you think of magnus gettin drunk and still owning in chess

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

@@Frogan.. Nope not so much.

[@joaoprezado6915]

you need to get out of the box. Avoid thinking how your "experience intuition tells you to think on things more logicaly. We are formated on what we live but logic its intemporal. Its not affected by culture or experiences. you are very probably more than 25 maybe more than 30 years old. We all see the great figures, or fiction movies. Fiction movies usually confuse geniality with experience. Old people are more prone to be "experience grandmasters" but geniality actually is greater when you are younger and when have more brain activity. You usually can see kids super smart but their ideas lack experience and observation. Its comon they will have a nice but absurd idea (resulting the lack of experience). When you get the best balance of both you reach your maximun intelectual performance.

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

@@joaoprezado6915 I just farted

[@diskritis2076]

@@DonTrump-sv1si gotta understand how badly magnus would destroy Tal

[@alinevennemann1904]

Great speed for most chess players: No crazy Naka-bullet-arrows for the few masters and no beginners-only explanations!

[@Abhishek-150]

Even at 2000 level.. It's very hard to play attacking chess as opponents are very great at punishing very small mistakes. It's really mind-blowing how a player at Super GM level play this super complex attacking chess..

[@kevinmalone3210]

Tal was a genius level attacker. He used a unique crazy style that could be very difficult to defend against.

[@johngrey5806]

I've been watching agadmator for 6 years and I'm now looking for an alternative channel. I think I found it. Liked and subscribed!

[@chesswisdom]

Thank you, I'm really glad to hear that.

[@JerkyJones100]

Wow! He played a great game. That was fun and informative. Would love to see more Tal videos.

[@user-qd3pb7qe3j]

Great video - would love to see more of Tal’s games

[@mwangikimani3970]

What is often lost to most chess fans is that the attack is based on a simple positional motif: the Karo Cann bad light square bishop. Tal isn't a tactical player as such, he is a positional player who resolved positional themes using dynamic tactical play. Magnus or Karpov, for example would exploit the same positional idea using a more quiter approach but the essential idea is the same.

[@doncar9]

Tal isn't a tactical player ???

[@thakurv1]

Hahaha

[@Jazsvir]

Beautiful explanation, Thanks for this!

[@altonbrek]

A quiet, sneaky move! 😂

[@exoplanet11]

Amazing. We think of Tal as the great attacker but this videos shows how one defensive move (by the pawn) can make a new attack possible.

[@rahultnnambiar9251]

Tal, the MONSTER. Simply, the GOAT. 😁😁❤❤

[@josemarialacarra8554]

Beautifully explained!

[@wilhelmbeck8498]

Great explanations/analysis. Top notch ! Thank You !

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure!

[@srinivasareddysyamala8311]

Clean explanation, good to watch.

[@ertugkaya919]

Your voice and commentary is amazing. Subbed, looking for more videos from you.

[@silverlight1837]

The magician , the legend Mikhail Tal . God bless him . I love this man a lot

[@jumpingship3001]

You've joined Tals army, where you can be sacrificed at any time.

[@Hairyvaginawithinfection]

great video, very underrated channel from what I’ve seen so far also great choice of thumbnail and the right side context panel

[@chesswisdom]

Thank you, I really appreciate it.

[@Hairyvaginawithinfection]

@@chesswisdom yeah no problem, hope you get all the subscribers and views that your content deserves

[@AbdulBasit-yl1vz]

Tal took his opponent into the dark abyss where his opponent found himself completely surrounded by nothing but defeat.

[@Philiopantheon82]

Brilliant explanation

[@hungdavid5727]

nice to see the channel growing

[@airtondossantos9789]

Very nice analysis. Congratulations !!

[@chesswisdom]

Thank you very much!

[@nipungupta3593]

Very well explained.. keep it up ❤

[@igrarhuseynzada5686]

Thanks for the detailed and energetic explanation 👍

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure.

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Have a very good book about Tal most creative chess games. It's a great fun to follow his Combinatory style, so surprising and bold, as it always is. With his daring sacrifices and without, this World Champion remains unique. Tal made beautiful games imaginative and awesome as few. Thanks to this great Master, for so many hours of learning, thinking and enjoying. He was a chess genius, have no doubt. 🙄😀😉👍🏻

[@elbuff2770]

I think tals thinking was that an unremovable knight and a deadly bishop stuck on the king are going to compensate the two points down from the exchange, good thinking but im sure the computer could easily refute and at the very least draw the game

[@mentalmoves6032]

Thanks for this gsme - Tal always been one of my favourite players.

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure.

[@jairsouzamarques271]

Tal was a genius, a fantastic player! I love her games, of course... Congratulations for your brilliant job, the explanation is clear, and perfect too! Don't stop never please. Cheers from Brazil...

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

I'm pretty sure Tal doesn't identify as a female. 😅

[@jairsouzamarques271]

@@DonTrump-sv1si Sorry!! I write wrong - is his games...

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

@@jairsouzamarques271 👍❤️

[@saidtrabelsi3346]

Tal for ever❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-ri2oj6yz6c]

Tal had an extra layer of perception, more than other gm's, however great and experienced they were. Tal could often use that extra layer naturally to confuse his opponent who had regular parameters of perception. Other gm's could also find what Tal found, after long contemplation, but it was not so natural for them over the board.

[@papashirt]

Nicely done, thanks

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure.

[@Balanoglossus68]

Very informative commentary, thanks

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure

[@florojrolaer]

Fantastic

[@ornanbar-or5023]

Earlier Tal was a brilliant, creative attacking virtuoso, the like of which we'll never see again.

[@aghahassan4287]

There is a rank above a grand master called Magician. That explains Tal well. Hail Tal !!!

[@malcolmabram2957]

I suppose all greats make amazing sacrifices in one form or another, and upon examining the positions, one can understand the line of analysis, even though one has to but acknowledge the genius in seeing the line at the board. However, following quite a few of Tal's games, he often is different. There is no clear line, and one sits back and just thinks, 'Why did you play that?' In that, Tal perhaps is unique. However, he also made mistakes which prevented him becoming an established very top player, (though he was for a few months the world champion), but then I often feel that many of his games are the richest of any player. I am glad he played the way he did.

[@devadasumendem6579]

Excellent analysis this is expecting from you sir do more different famous players

[@andrewhaldenby4949]

Thank you!

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure.

[@ChrisTopher-nr1vb]

Very Enjoyable Thanks

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure

[@WorldChessComunity-gh3xx]

sorcerer from Riga, Tal...amazing game

[@omsingh4770]

I always enjoy watching

[@chesswisdom]

I'm really glad to hear that.

[@CATUR070]

Tal's Magic is ferry good .. I like this game..👍

[@itzzakesz7253]

Chess is such a beautiful game

[@lemat579]

Genius. I can't see coming 90% of those tactics

[@yggdrasil9039]

Tals attack seems to develop out of nowhere.

[@jamesguimary1252]

Nice,,game,,👍

[@cloudofpk5904]

magician Tal !

[@jumpingship3001]

He knew his own chess mind very well, but also knew his opponents chess mind or so it seemed. Scary either way.

[@yanair2091]

@12:18 "And after the queen moves away, to g7 for example,..." It is actually the only square queen can move without being captured.

[@jumpingship3001]

Close to a hundred straight victories withouta loss keeps me scraching my head. How on Earth can that of been done.

[@JakeKlineMusic]

Thumbs up. As an aside, "this has been done, things have been done, how on Earth can that have been done?" Now you know. Have a good one.

[@jumpingship3001]

@@JakeKlineMusic Yes now I know.

[@JakeKlineMusic]

@@jumpingship3001 you're being ironic, but I'm choosing to be unironic about that which separates us from the beasts of the field.

[@jaideepsingh7955]

at 6:15, bishop e7 followed by knight f6 is also a great option

[@travisnobleart]

When the queen shows up to defend it's always a liability!

[@varadarajcuram2238]

Tal greatest champion in history of chess

[@alirezamostafavi8604]

عجب بازی بود👏

[@thefrdz-sc9jl]

What an attack..

[@burtonaka___]

The most difficult problem in chess is knowing you have an advantage- And keeping it!

[@redyar_xalel]

Wow!

[@Namotasso]

Tal and Rashid Nezhmetdinov are the most interesting players.

[@burtonaka___]

The caption reads: Don t go there.

[@RealMusicCloud]

At 5:50, why is the move Knight to F6>check not a considered option? How would it affect the position of white?

[@chesswisdom]

Thanks a lot for pointing this out. It seems I made a mistake in my analysis. If Black captures the bishop after Bxg5, White plays Kf6+ instead of Qxg5+ and wins. Thus, after Bxg5 Black must play Qg6 immediately, instead of capturing the bishop. In this case both, the knight and the bishop would be under attack. White can capture on h6, Black captures the knight, white bishop captures the rook on f8, and black plays Bf5 to take under control the c2 square and after the white bishop moves from f8, the black knight can come back into play via c2. White has 3 pawns for a piece in this variation, computer evaluates this position as +0.5.

[@RealMusicCloud]

@@chesswisdomWell explained answer, keep up with the videos they’re very instructive. You have my support 👍

[@jumpingship3001]

If your other videos are as good ss this one im sticking around.

[@jeprokzbroslakisahirap6663]

Brilliant moves of Tal. During of his era. .draw game isn't acceptable

[@Chessdummy]

I’ll be darned jaja

[@scottrackley4457]

We sure miss Misha

[@anteadzic7147]

very good explanations

[@lukacalov1988]

Bruh idc what anyone says Tal was the most genious player ever

[@randyreal5871]

👍👍😎😎

[@nikbeznik4892]

Beware of Tal's victims! )))

[@garnetharris9474]

Tal took a pound of Flesch.

[@godnerd4052]

he does look very close to my imagination of shylock

[@AMReyVenz]

whats wrong with Nf6+ at 5:48? Qxf6 Qxf6 Nc2..

[@chesswisdom]

After Nf6+ Black cannot capture the knight, as the queen is pinned and even if Black could capture, White would recapture with a pawn and create a checkmating threat on g7. So, after Nf6+ Black simply moves the king.

[@devadasumendem6579]

Who is best Michealtal,Morphy,magnuscarleson,Kasparov,karpov,nehemya. Please answer sir

[@chesswisdom]

I'm not sure it's possible to give a definite answer to your question, sir. I think it's a matter of taste and what one values the most in chess.

[@mdb831]

Too bad Misha drank and smoked so much. It would have been amazing to have him around a long time to play more masterpiece games.

[@abdelazizZ]

Only Tal can make knight on H column usefull

[@anonimos1251]

He should have continued with pawn f5

[@zithromaxzomax4610]

e6 !!!!!!! h3 !!!!!!!

[@KOl-xj4jt]

It is called enjoy process not result)

[@dejanblagojevic1655]

What a game! How easy it looks and what's more correct on the part of Tal, which could not be said for all his victims who were not correct. But let's take the opponent to the dark and deep forest, where 2+2=5?!😉

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

The exchange sac does not look great too me.

[@dejanblagojevic1655]

@@wolfgangwiesinger9502 Certainly, but the way in which he finds moves through the exchange of pieces and eliminates the defenders of the king and reaches an undefended position and thus wins is brilliant!

[@Mark-my1lu]

​@@wolfgangwiesinger9502yeah and i think your rating is 500?

[@henriquesombiga4338]

I like you

[@brylevelarde8226]

Master, your voice sounds familiar. Do you play other online games like Cabal?

[@chesswisdom]

No, I don't play any other online games.

[@cimespin5047]

Im sorry but how can he play ...Bb7 at 9:35 when the b pawn is still there? Its clearly not the same move in the commentary and in the video

[@chesswisdom]

Instead of Qf5, Tal suggests b6, followed by Bb7.

[@iliassification]

However

[@hrushis.l.r.5155]

Sir what's name of this chess app please

[@chesswisdom]

It's Chessbase

[@hrushis.l.r.5155]

@@chesswisdom Thank you sir

[@chesswisdom]

You're welcome sir

[@skakdosmer]

You went over the opening moves much too quickly for me. I didn't have time to realise what was going on before the position had already changed again.

[@skomi25]

Instead of the quiet pawn I would've played the bishop on G7 followed by a knight on F6 , taking the blacks queen... Think about it... :)

[@NevarKanzaki]

Black doesn't need to defend that at all because Nf6+ is not a threat after Bg7. If we assume black burns a move like b6 and white plays Nf6+, it isn't like the king is trapped and is forced to sac the queen. Instead, Kxg7 as the knight is no longer on h5 to defend the bishop. White just loses a piece.

[@jazzvids7924]

At minute 6:54 why can't the king defend G6?

[@chesswisdom]

The only way the king can defend g6 is Kf7, but it leads to checkmate in 2 - Qh7+ and Qe7#.

[@DawnEnergy]

haha i thought the move was something like a3

[@coldCoders]

Everyone touts bobby fischer, Mikhail Tal is brilliant, Beautiful and imaginative and wild in a sense of beauty. Bobby Fischer is basic, and does not compare.

[@douglasvanbenthuysen442]

Wow. How does this video have so many more views?

[@chesswisdom]

It must be Tal's magic :).

[@user-tt2eb6pn5j]

Chess ♟️ is a dead god Caissa 🌹🌚👍 Rest in the good news 🌹 okay bye

[@edgarrodriguez5959]

Slow down

[@jimiHandrex]

black can won this match 11:20 black rook C6 (not C3). white horse F6? black king G7.choise your moov ;-D

[@chesswisdom]

If Black plays Rc6, White plays Qh8 checkmate.

[@jimiHandrex]

@@chesswisdom thanck you. i don't thoght i will lose so fast😅

[@joshflores9633]

Dude just show the game..nothing else

[@DanilSafin]

Holy hell. I tried translating this guys english into russian in my mind. Like, what are they struggling to say. I was unsucessfull. This guy's russian is equally boring. Maybe they are Polish, Idk. It's like a parody. Of chess, of english, of russian, of all the chess players. You, see, Tal, moves ,his bishop, to, capture the, defender of the kingside, after which the, checkmate, is ,inevitable,. Yea, we kinda all see that, except we got mesmerized by this guy's weird delivery. (I'm somehow sure he got a weird intonation/accent speaking russian)

[@amosdraak3536]

He is from Azerbaijan.

[@DanilSafin]

I know a couple guys from azerbaijan, but no they don't talk like that

[@michael-grandpamoses2571]

Today's chess would be so much more enjoyable to watch if they followed in Tal's footsteps. First 30 moves of theory is just plane boring, sorry but it's the truth