Mikhail Tal's Best Chess Games | Greatest Moves, Sacrifices, Tactics, Traps, Strategies & Ideas

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Here's one of the greatest chess games ever played between Bukhuti Gurgenidze (white pieces) & Mikhail Tal (black pieces) at the 24th Soviet Chess Championship in Moscow in 1957. Reviewing this game we'll learn how to play & sacrifice like the magician. We'll analyze his strategy, moves, ideas & tactics. Mikhail Tal made a name for both himself and the Benoni defense with his fantastic victories on the black side. Playing Gurgenidze in the Soviet Chess Championship of 1957, Tal setup a great trap by making a knight sacrifice & also offering a queen sacrifice to mate his opponent! Following this game we can learn important Chess Lessons like power of attacking a weak color, mating patterns (Boden's mate) & the power of using all your pieces to target the opponent's king. I also have an interesting endgame chess puzzle at the end of this video, let's see if you can solve that.
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[@markgoldbridge3893]

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[@user-d31m8y09]

When you say "duno what to do" In middle game That very funny and make me laugh. I subscribe you :)

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Hello chess talk

[@jayupatel7856]

First you will edit your video properly can't see all pieces on board

[@abhilrajchekku6730]

Everyone check this out

[@LunarAHOY]

Mikhail Tal never loses, he just sacrifices his King sometimes

[@DreamyRockZ]

This so underrated!

[@gxi_2.0]

I saw this before

[@user-de3sw9dy5y]

Copied😂

[@jandeampangaming8525]

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[@savage8771]

@@jandeampangaming8525 butthurt?

[@rajsrinivasan3973]

Mikhail Tal's friend Rashid Nezhmetdinov was a great attacking player too. Mikhail Tal once said the happiest day of his life was the day he lost to Rashid Nezhmetdinov.

[@unistealth697]

Nezhmetdinov and Tal are the 2 best queen sacrificers Nezhmetdinov done the best queen sac by trading a queen to a bishop not because of mate or anything but it's just because he wants a more strategic position!

[@edisontesla3932]

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[@BuisnessBeacon127]

I know it

[@CarlosFerreira-kaiko]

@@edisontesla3932 Great comment. Made my day!

[@preronadey363]

When Tal's playing, there's only one thing in His mind..."Matlab Baazi Jeetne Se Hai, Phir Chaahe Pyada Kurbaan Ho Ya Raani"😎He's just a magician...such a genius😌🙏

[@msw1174]

Does he know Hindi

[@adityakiran1546]

SUPER COMMENT FRIEND!

[@preronadey363]

@@msw1174 attitude has no language boundaries bro😎

[@NoOne-bc7im]

@@preronadey363 it has tho

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

@@NoOne-bc7im such as...?

[@advyaagrawal3763]

Wow Tal is just so brilliant. Don't even know how he comes up with such fascinating sacrifices. Absolutely Amazing

[@udaysingh1979]

Zoo and serial killer for you doing

[@piotrwolski4526]

God helps him, he tells him the moves lol, 😂

[@rifatspk]

4:59 Both the queen and rook don't know what to do !!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rgchannel6218]

thank God im not the only one 😂😂😂

[@ansariihaseen269]

Literally me 😂

[@houdinididiit]

I will never forget, discovering Tal for the first time. I went through two of his books. He is by far my favorite player. And the idea of being flexible I believe is tantamount to winning on the board. One situation can suddenly transmute into another, and it is up to us to pounce on the dynamics of new opportunities. (Kind of like life. Lol) Great analysis!

[@exs1803]

Tal never fail to amaze. Brilliant coordinated attack by Tal. Only one option : Surrender

[@nanditadalbera1959]

I really love how Mikhail Tal's game is always interesting to watch with the best explanation ❤

[@pareshd3284]

Gosh.... Thanks that Jitendra explained this game ... All of Tal's moves were like bouncers ... No idea of whats going to happen next .. atleast in case of other players, you get to understand their game plan ... But this magician from Rega was just another level... I love the game of Chess more so...because of Him ❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏😍

[@MAX-oq9ee]

The quality of the content is just awesome🔥

[@penciltopaper7481]

Amazing vid sir..We're so lucky that u r there for each one of us..I used many of your tricks and won against most of my opponents..And I learnt a lot from the matches I lost...A heartfelt thanks to u🙏🙏And Mikhail Tal he was such a genius player...By any chance if I would have got to play with him I would have liked to resign right away after a few moves..His moves are so unusual and unpredictable..True legend..

[@siddharthkshirsagar2577]

❤️ for Tal. And like always, loved your narration.

[@prakashganesan3700]

I actually tried it and it actually worked. Tal is an extremely powerful and great player, and thank you for teaching so nicely and I have watched all your videos!

[@cubingwitht.d1975]

Please teach us some other traps and tactics I really love your commentary and explanation and with your teaching I got to defeat a really strong player in our house

[@EduFunChess]

Was waiting for a new video since days! Thank you.

[@Maulik_TheRealOne]

I'm glad to see you upload again sir 😊😊

[@CjWimpyFan]

I love how he makes it more suspenseful for the game to be more exciting

[@venomronin]

Your Videos are As Always Wonderful Love Them❤✌🏻 keep Uploading Videos sir.

[@betanapallisandeepra]

This is amazing.. I haven’t seen this kind of game time now..

[@jshailesh7619]

Thank you jitendraji for this wonderful explaination of Mikhail tal chess game. We need more videos on mikhail tal games. Thank you. 👌👍💞🤗

[@akshaykokare7899]

Tal sir was from another planet...... ❤️

[@Dedboi_adi]

I kinda predicted Qxh3 because Over the week I have been practicing the Boden's mate a lot and knowing Tal is the master of sacrifices, Qxh3 was not sooo easy to guess, but great video anyway sir!

[@MissionAtmaNirbhar_MaaN]

Thanks for allowing us to switch off the subtitles. Enjoyed a lot. Appreciate ur commentary 🙏👍

[@anshul4331]

great match...please keep uploading videos like this

[@kartiklakhotia3861]

MIKHAIL TAL IS A MAGICIAN !!

[@CM7K]

Puzzle Solution: 1. Qxe5 dxe5 (exchange queens) 2. h4 If 2...f5 then 3. gxf5 gxf5 4. h5 and white uses the passed h-pawn to promote to a queen If after h5 black plays f4, then Kc3 and Kd3 to chase black's f-pawn and ultimately stop it from promoting. I think this is the correct solution.

[@harshswami55]

Exactly

[@aramrut]

Informative Narration, Keep up the Great Work!

[@ankit_numis]

such well explained youtube recommendations 💯💯 worth subscribing

[@vijaykumar18081993]

In one of his game, he had a position in which a pawn, a knight and a bishop brought the opponent to checkmate. This is one up, two bishops brought the opponent to checkmate position. Unbelievable 👏

[@srijanisallyouneed]

Kids are here : to enjoy the game Men : to learn some tactics of Mastermind💪🏻 Legends : enjoying Fluent and juicy English by Jeetendra Sir😍 🙏🏻

[@1660varun]

Nailed it👏🙃

[@sujatasharma8560]

Ultralegends: To see another Tal classic!

[@anshumanpanda4080]

@@sujatasharma8560 super ultra legend for queen's sacrifice 😂😂😂

[@molinaakter1174]

Ultra legend max : To solve the last puzzle.

[@krishnapalgupta2744]

I m a kid but I m learning

[@tapanbhowmick2455]

Sir I am watching ur channel from not much time but I learnt very much and am playing better then before

[@patrickbroaden9820]

I love your videos, you get straight to the point...💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Savvy07]

Please bring more such Mikhail Tal's games. . PUZZLE : Accept queen exchange and move last h file pawn its unstoppable.

[@GreyLovelady]

Nice move. Didn’t see that.

[@Karlsson1976]

Correct the line goes like this Qxe5, dxe5, h4, Kc7, h5, gxh5, gxh5 and the pawn on the h file can reach h8 without any opposition, please note that if black moves the e pawn forward then white can simply place his king in front of it.

[@mdmishfaqahmed8356]

Always love Tal games 💗💗💗

[@SushamaBhandarkarscienceworld]

Just started playing after so many years...... your videos are helpful....👍👍👍👍

[@lakshitsinghvi8692]

Amazing Game sir ♥️❤️ Your Commentary Is awesome♥️❤️♥️ Please make more vidioes on these types of games❤️♥️

[@PunyanshuKar]

mikhail tal is a brilliant

[@reyanshpadhi9210]

'queen and rook dont know what to do' go me laughing 😂😂😂😂

[@SuvranilDuggu-df4ob]

This is brilliant sacrifice for tal😊

[@shubhamingale3901]

Tal is not greatest chess player according to his records. But he is most interesting player. I always love to watch his games Even more than carlsen's.

[@mamaamaor]

Tal was indeed interesting. Kasparov was phenomenal. Carlsen? Probably everything. He's better than all of them, but its an unfair comparison since Tal, Fischer and Kasparov didn't have the tech we have today.

[@UrGoneConcept]

Till he was alive, he was the greatest for many. Petrosian said that he is strongest and botvinnik ranked him 2nd after bobby Fischer

[@arthankitsheddidnglights]

Magnus is efficient but not enthralling

[@MrSupernova111]

Tal in peak form is nearly unbeatable. He didn't have computer analysis like today's GMs to find traps and opening advantages. A few months before his death he even beat Kasparov. In peak form, I dare say, my money is on Tal against any player from any era absent of computer analysis prep.

[@shubhamingale3901]

@@MrSupernova111 I agree 👍

[@gamerhazim1839]

I can also sacrifice like that but I'm not sure I'll win those matches🤪

[@aiomksiarumbah6171]

Wow this has blown my mind 🤩🤩🤯🤯

[@marcinkanski6654]

I just started playing chess and it is mind blowing when you see anything like that

[@VINAYAKFROMMULTIVERSE]

*MY FAVORITE PLAYER + MY FAVORITE GAME + MY FAVORITE CHESS KZbinR = PERFECTION* 😍🤩🔥🔥❤

[@krizzlerlino2328]

Thank you so much sir.. I always watch all of your videos beacuse of you I'm almost at a grand master rank ❤️

[@jokmong2360]

This is great,,thank you

[@ramumedicalcares6736]

Thank you ihave changed my game by opening s you showed and even I am i checkmate my opponent by your strategy

[@vijaykandwal9968]

Bro thanks to you for showing this brilliant trick maine apne bhai ko buri tarah har diya 👍👌

[@sanjanneupane4503]

I have one wish ... But it's impossible. Match between Mikhai Tal and Magnus Carlsen. Two beast on the board ♥️

[@lakshmimurugan238]

Middle game genius vs endgame genius

[@dharitpithva3095]

Obviously magnus will win because of lot of computer preparation

[@palladone8963]

@@dharitpithva3095 then what if Tal trained for a year with engines as well, what will happened?

[@sujatasharma8560]

Engines have deteriorated the beautiful game of chess. They have made modern players lazy and lack originality and creativity. The drawn games of present time are just boring. If Magnus was born before 1960s, he would be much stronger than today's Magnus. Hence, Any player of before engine era > any player of engine era And, Mikhail Tal best player ever in the history of chess.

[@beginnerschess4021]

Mikhail tal won

[@DChouhan3]

Awesot seriously can't imagine playing such a game simply bgreat Mikhail tal

[@theteaisfantastic6672]

Finally a new video 😍

[@silentworker2896]

If he takes the Pawn Then he's gone. Best line👌

[@vsmithu]

This was a Super Amazing game, That's why i love Mikhail Tal (8th World Chess Champ), I Tried Schmid Benoni, 1 d4, Nf6, 2 Nc3, c5 (best move is 2... d5) i managed to win Puzzle Solution: 1 Qxe5!, dxe5, 2 h4+- (3 h5, 4 h6+-) Stockfish Engine advantage: +6.50 and more Keep Uploading... ! ☺☺🌻

[@slynomics]

One of the most interesting chess videos that I've seen

[@anaxraja5653]

He using one of my strategy well played 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-pl3ye8sx4x]

An amazing game for Tal… About the puzzle here I think for white that the best strategy is bringing the king to c4 and keep pressure on black

[@sudhakarraman7393]

Qc4 is drawing cause queen is powerful material

[@douglasedosomwan6637]

Accept the queen exchange and then pond takes queen and then the h file is wide open for the pond to promote to queen because it is protected by the pond on g4 and if the pond on e5 try to promote to queen the king can easily catch up and kill the pond

[@isurujayalath2444]

Thank you very much😊

[@cliffordadams2620]

I love all of tal games

[@soumiljoshi2470]

Tal's sacrifices make a lot of content on youtube

[@palladone8963]

Easy content for newbie chess creators 😁

[@soumiljoshi2470]

@@palladone8963 saying is easy..u dont have the faintest idea about the hardwork of utubers..

[@vivekchourey344]

Solution to the puzzle- White will exchange queens as their is no good square for queen to go, then white will play h4, black will play f5 or any other move no matter what he does next move white plays h5 now what ever black plays white gets a passer on h file which promotes to queen before black pawns.

[@lalosalamanka238]

That match would be longer but a better play is queen c4 then c6+ then c7+ and the king is in an awkward position and make your goal as capturing those two pawns to have your king moving forward together for a checkmate but this is not👎the best option coz black also has queen which can defend in many ways thats why waiting for the youtuber to answer he will just do it in 3 to 4 moves. Big fan were waiting for you 💯❤❤

[@ydschess2400]

Yes exactly I am also thinking like that

[@GauravGamer9]

@@lalosalamanka238 Black can give Checks And Get white in Pressurized position It's better to Exchange

[@manangupta1305]

Nice thought but did u calculate fxg4, black also gets a exact same length parser as white

[@manangupta1305]

White n black both will queen with whites move after this

[@svrcrown]

Super bro.. there is method to madness. Like this punch..❤❤

[@kartiklakhotia3861]

20 hour ago and 37K views AMAZING!!

[@mayankkhanda3328]

Queen to c4 is best move for white I believe. Bcoz white is pawn down and if black goes for check at e3 (otherwise he will be finished) white can move it's king to b2 and could goes for draw.

[@rohitbhushan8855]

The best move, in my opinion, would be queen to F2 to which Black will play its queen to E7 to prevent the check. The white then can advance the pawn H2 to H4. It can really open up some nice possibilities for white.

[@Ravi_korade]

Every time watching I am enjoying this game

[@Greninja08]

It was so beautiful

[@abhimanyukoushikgarimella3206]

Yes you have to exchange, as after that we can move our h pawn up the board after sometime we will have an unstoppable pawn while his pawn after exchange can be blocked by white's king

[@001vgupta]

You are amazing in analysis and explaining the same with so much clarity.

[@marutanray]

i have an 8 year old neighbour who comes to play chess with me. after we finish i make him watch an episode of your channel. i hope he has learnt

[@RamiroLeiva]

Pure brilliance

[@mahenderansenthilkumar6842]

“Both the Queen and took dunno what to do” is probably the funniest thing I have heard today

[@dscmaker]

Puzzle at the end: exchange queens and play h4, the pawn on h will probably finally get a new queen, but there are many defense variations

[@drmaheshkumar4913]

please upload more videos like this.

[@user-yb5ij5vv3y]

I always say that Mikhail Tal is the G.O.A.T. of chess. No help of computers in that era. He is the most creative player in history.

[@DeepShetty9704]

Puzzle Solution---> Exchange the queens since there is no good move with it and then 1 Kc4 , Kc7 2 Kd3 , kd6 3 Ke4 , he has to move his king away because of opposition and after we take the e pawn we have a passer on d file. Alternate solution---> 1 h4 , f5 2 h5 , gxh5 3 gxh5 We have a passer on the h file.

[@vivekrajput2453]

After Ke4... Black can play b5 preparing for a5 and then b4

[@DeepShetty9704]

@@vivekrajput2453 Can't we also play h4 h5 And create passer on h file like the alternate solution

[@vivekrajput2453]

@@DeepShetty9704 hmm... didn't see that coming 😅😂

[@isaiahburns5902]

Queen can go to E6 and leave the H2 pawn. Then check with Queen on C5. You’ll be able to get at least 2 pawns with check discoveries too

[@mcog7809]

What about qxf2 any chance to get your pawn at h2 covered threaten pxf7 and getting a check then moving qxg8 or qxe8 another check and a pawn.

[@biplabkumarrakshit9526]

Vishwanathan Anand won against him. But Tal is my fav. player🥰

[@VedanshPorte]

it's fascinating ❤️❤️

[@Sakaathmuusic]

That was insane brilliant

[@mpsingh3595]

ट

[@mpsingh3595]

,Right

[@ribhugovardhanagiri5546]

Jeetendra: You should not take when Tal sacrifices Stockfish: I DISAGREE

[@byomkeshbabu]

Alphazero : Son, you will soon agree.

[@pratiktomar546]

@@byomkeshbabu ye badiya tha guru

[@sujatasharma8560]

@@byomkeshbabu AlphaZero after accepting Tal's sacrifice: *Is there any undo option?*

[@ribhugovardhanagiri5546]

@@sujatasharma8560 Lol there isn't, nice joke

[@sujatasharma8560]

@@ribhugovardhanagiri5546 Mikhail Tal said that he will do one sacrifice at least against every opponent he plays against. But when he played against me, he failed. You must be wondering how? ~ I simply resigned on very first move. 😎😎

[@ellenmangkilong6080]

Tal is a genius, for me the best💪

[@YoR8DPlanet]

"There are two types of sacrifices. Correct ones, and mine."

[@pratiushagamming2253]

Best teacher of all time

[@azure8490]

tal initially wasn't an aggressively player. but he liked aggressive play style, so he works hard to be one. being aggressive can be a flaw, since you need to come up with strategies and ideas, what creates most complications for both sides. being aggressive makes you put much more effort, makes chess much more difficult, but there's a reward in all that risks. your chess games are fun and you'll feel great after defeating someone with a beautiful attack.

[@06aditya29]

After watching Mr Tal's game I feel I wasnt even playing chess. He is too good 🥲 did vishi ever play with tal?

[@mujtabanazeer8837]

Yes, only once. And Mr Vishwanathan won.....but one thing to notice that Mr Tal was very sick at that time and that game was his among last few games....

[@debrajbose6387]

Brilliant

[@ravirajkushwaha5790]

Wow Mikhail tal is amazing

[@asharahmed5238]

5:00 Queen & rook don't know what to do 🤣🤣🤣

[@darshnadpatel]

Best game ever by Mikhail tall Sacrifice all the pieces

[@rasikagoswami9400]

🤩Mikhail Tal is actually one of my favourite chess players🤩

[@The_Real_Sensei]

14 seconds ago, 8 views, I am really early

[@rereterrereter3333]

Actually m not that good in chess but the way u explained am loving it n for the puzeel I think general to c4 will be a good move 😅

[@animesloversunited9069]

queen takes queen

[@vsmithu]

Mikhail Tal is the heart of my life

[@umashankarkalyani1085]

Best game ever by mikhal tal

[@Vincrand]

C4 looks like a good option to me for the puzzle H2 might not be defended, but you'll be able to C6 with the queen.

[@animesloversunited9069]

queen takes queen

[@Vincrand]

@@animesloversunited9069 Won't the black king move towards the middle after taking the queen? You are 1 pawn behind, so trading queens makes the gap relatively bigger and black can just trade pawns.

[@gamechangernil]

How about Qf2? Defending h2 and attacking f7....

[@clanwarme6152]

@@gamechangernil I don't think that's a good move because black Queen may take d5 and protect his f7

[@pushpakjhunjhunwala9107]

I think queen. D2 as it will defend all pawns just after the g pawn advances 1 square

[@sankeerthan1656]

Q×e5, dxe5, h4 followed by h5 and that pawn is unstoppable monster☠️😈

[@kunalingle5450]

Master 😌

[@brunomilliquet337]

Well done

[@abhishekjoshi9650]

Thank you

[@aryanwadhwani3723]

U make the best videos

[@lakshmimurugan238]

Moral : never accept unusual sacrifice 😂

[@beckmountainproperties6110]

I would not exchange the queens because I could move king to c4 getting my queen taking from black queen moving to 4d and counter with white king to 4d it may sound a little basic but that’s what I think and it has same level of material in both sides

[@geraldedang958]

I exchange the queen..outside passed pawn is unstopable

[@psychoman8952]

If king to c4, then black will check by moving queen to e2. If queen blocks, then the queens will be traded and black will win as he has more pawns and also because he can stop the pawn on h2 by playing g5. If king moves anywhere else, then queen will take the pawn on h2.

[@pfuscher3058]

I think it's D2

[@casualBob7]

exchanging is 100% the correct move, then h4.