Mikhail Tal's Top 5 Queen Sacrifices

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[@arcanev4]

@Dillon Milo yeah no we really don't give a damn about your copypasta

[@ademaupsilon]

*Tal accidentally blunder his queen His opponent resigns

[@HebiSnake]

lol

[@lukahj]

If it was on purpose it wouldn't be a blunder tho

[@ademaupsilon]

@@lukahj right, but sometimes GM can miscalculate too

[@lukahj]

@@ademaupsilon true, but that's just a "blunder"

[@johncjelcamel7181]

@@lukahj He said "tal accidentally blunder" that's what he mean. lol

[@pavananms1443]

Imagine having so many good queen sacrifices to be able to have a top 5.

[@crazypomp927]

I know right? It's not as if he's playing obvious queen sacs, like giving up the queen for an immediate forced mate in 3 or a simple combo trading the queen for a rook and two pieces. We all have plenty of those. But complicated queen sacs like these ones from Tal are once, maybe twice, in a lifetime for the rest of us, including most GMs, and Tal has enough for a top 5. Incredible!

[@noparkingbp7355]

@@crazypomp927 well said!

[@pavananms1443]

@Mark Pompeo and he was a world champion...we can understand this from a flair player who plays good sometimes and bad other times..but Tal was a world champion and had a lot of success in his career.. To consistently get results of the highest order playing such a style..I mean..wow..

[@danidiaz9510]

Exactly

[@arpanmukherjee961]

Yaaa I was imagining that only

[@tinkobinko9787]

*Tal talking to his pieces* : bishops ready? - yeah, knights ready? - yeah, rooks? - yeah, *OK QUEEN YOU HAVE TO GO*

[@abutahirputhedath8841]

He has to go blud

[@mrwhyt142]

@@abutahirputhedath8841 😆😁👍

[@sunwookim5046]

Tal could never be a bodyguard. He'd sac the King, defying the rules.

[@bobrodneys6694]

This is my favorite comment😂😂

[@sunwookim5046]

@@bobrodneys6694 thx lol

[@KorZen10]

2:22 "Mate on the move, have a nice day" I love this guy

[@JamesCantyIII]

🤣 thanks a lot! 💯🔥😎

[@lookatme808]

🤣

[@rishiraj4500]

There are two types of sacrifice: correct one and mine -MIKHAIL TAL❣️

[@hekisingson989]

mine usually ends with a resignment from me lol

[@ayushchaudhari5655]

It's sound one and mine.

[@tekanomathabatha811]

🤣

[@Ronin760]

"This is a family channel. Let's get this off the screen already." LOL! Love it! :)

[@JamesCantyIII]

🤣💯🔥😎

[@rpavan18]

Tal: sacrifice queen Opponent: resign without hesitation..

[@suezuccati304]

The funny thing is: sometimes he would purposefully blunder a piece at timed games to throw off his opponnent and make him lose time

[@jeremythomas4744]

Lol i do that sometimes as well, opponents be so skeptical

[@Vahapetautus]

RESIGNATION NO HESITATION

[@zuru2157]

Tal: Let's take this with my queen. Tal: WAIT! That was a blunder, I didn't see his rook on c8 Opponent: *resigns immediately* Tal: Wait what?

[@hutchmusician]

I really like NM Canty’s presenting style. I’d like to see what he can do in live commentary.

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks bro it’s coming! 💯🔥💯

[@nonoytv8736]

I like it how you dramatized Tal before taking the sacrifice hehe

[@sassy2712]

Ohh damn bruh he is worst one i have ever seen

[@sassy2712]

I just came in comment section to ask chess. Com to replace him asap

[@hutchmusician]

@@sassy2712 Why? What do you want from a commentator that Canty doesn’t bring?

[@stamos6532]

James Canty III:what do you do in this position? Me: frantically searches for a way to get my queen captured

[@RenuSingh-ur8re]

If tal give you his queen for minor piece it means opponent will resign soon 😂😂

[@slimnfade]

Put my king in check first

[@aryamanmajumder1045]

i am a simple man i see mikhail tal i click

[@HariHaran-sl1pg]

*This is a family channel* Lmao

[@JamesCantyIII]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LeventK]

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[@iakovosv]

@@LeventK 2:50

[@gonzachambi3937]

Studying Tal's games is always a pleasure. Wonderful 5 games! Definetely one of the greatest of all time.

[@sudipbastola1503]

The movie made on biopic of Bobby Fischer is "Pawn Sacrifice" If the movie is made on biopic of Mikhail Tal, it will be named "Queen Sacrifice"😄 What a legend he was🔥

[@hideoakb]

Another one might be magician from Riga.

[@acamoravac]

There is one documentary called "Queen sacrifice" and its about Tal

[@pavananms1443]

No piece left to sac...😎

[@hermanpops]

@@acamoravac bro link please

[@sjegannath6295]

Well there is a series called the queen's gambit. I know I am just playing with the words a bit.

[@sagunshrestha1317]

When Tal sacrifices his queen, you resign

[@raerawaili1090]

@@doubledie6875 you still resign 😂

[@alphachessnut5215]

Tal: I am going to Sacrifice my Queen. Opponent: I am going to resign.

[@BorisGamingChannel]

7:07 It would be cooler if you promoted to a bishop

[@fordabois2055]

omg yes that is beautifffffulll

[@pranshuchoubey8916]

Boden's mate

[@shaheedlee5009]

@@bledathehun328 i'm sorry but i'm new at chess. So what if it's considered boden's mate?

[@Alex00]

@@shaheedlee5009 I think he meant bad manners

[@landerpatriarca1546]

@@shaheedlee50092 bishops checkmating the king

[@arnobahmed7659]

The Queen's Gambit Netfilx : When opponent takes your queen, you resign. Meanwhile in Tal's case : When opponent takes his queen, opponent resigns.

[@vyrtilanyrwen3071]

Tal was the necessary revival of romantic, attacking style chess. He brought a much needed resurgence of energy to a game that was otherwise going a bit stale. Before Tal, the predominant thought was that there was a right way to play and a wrong way to play, and sacrificing material simply to create complications and counterplay was considered the wrong way to play. That was the way that Mikhail Botvinnik and the entire Soviet School of Chess thought. But then along comes this crazy kid from Riga, who is sacrificing for the initiative and creating complications, and he not only destroys everyone, he plants himself firmly as the dominant player, even winning the World Chess Championship match of 1960. He single-handedly proved that the days of the swashbuckling playing style weren’t quite over.

[@sauravkumar3278]

Every other chess grandmaster sacrifices queen to mate their opponents Mikhail tal sacrifices his queen to destroy his opponents

[@halfaheartbongobongo]

Truueee - most GM queen sacs have very concrete compensation, either mate or a ton of material (rook + minor pieces). The first three games here involved extremely dominant passed pawns, and okay that's somewhat concrete although you still have to calculate so much to see it. The latter two games here are especially amazing to me, because the only real compensation in them is an extremely harmonious attack.

[@trashboat5270]

13:52 imagine if Tal actually said that to his apponent "Hey! Queens back appriciate it bro!"

[@knightawakens]

other players: top 5 chess moves tal: top 5 queen sacrifices :)

[@fartgaming_53768]

You have to take your opponent into a deep forest where *2+2=5* and the path leading out is wide enough for one. -Mikhail Tal Alexander Koblentz: *Resigns 23 moves after queen sac*

[@_Fury]

“People are watching, I don’t want any more of this”!!!! I’m dead...

[@ryanpenman251]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Tal vs Kristinsson 1964, absolutely amazing game. But Tal really had too many queen sacrifices to narrow it down to just a top 5

[@theletterwynn]

This guy was Leela Chess before it was invented.

[@faridzeynalov8619]

What's amazing about his sacrifices is that there is no immediate tactic with 2-3 moves resulting in a checkmate but rather a sequence of a wild attack and overall complication of a position for his opponnent. That what seperates him from everybody else. His ideas were abstract and beautiful.

[@gillrowley7264]

"How many arrows can I draw here?" That was classic.

[@drunkenlancer5895]

I was watching and didn’t realize it was mikhail tal’s queen sacrifices, I was like why is it the same guy?

[@ikytomo]

good game of The Magician of Riga, great commentary from James Canty, Thanks for upload this videos man.

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks buddy! 😎💯🔥

[@dequentinwebber323]

I enjoyed that so much. Only the second time I have searched for Mikhail Tal and WOW.. More PLZ

[@daredevilofficial4100]

So happy to see James Canty 3 doing more of these Top 5 videos! He really deserved it ❤️

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks buddy! Appreciate you. 💯🔥😎

[@joescott8877]

"This hurts...this is a family channel, let's get this off the screen." LMAO! Cool compilation! You make it so fun and followable and fascinating, the way you show us what Tal did!

[@fabiopalma4429]

"Tal looked at him, grabbed his queen, and just took the knight.. and hit the clock... sat back really smooth...and the game was over." Too funny man!

[@KnightOfSummer1995]

Holy shit Nihal Sarin looks so much like young Tal. Omg, is it just me?

[@ЛогосСалтович]

What about a video with top 5 incorrect sacrifices? I am sure that there must be games when Tal lost, sacrificing his Queen etc

[@Tburt-mx5kg]

This is a great idea

[@der_interrobang]

Tal has enough games with incorrect sacrifices... and still winning the game. Tal style.

[@postreroleumell.5082]

Morphy and tal sacrificing queens like they were pawns damn

[@etienneperez4748]

James Canty : What would you do in Tal's position? Me : 👁👄👁

[@DazHuang72]

1st queen sacrifice: Tal noticed that the opponent has a lot of undeveloped pieces, the opponent queen is barely recognized, and he does have a promoting pawn. So he decides to trade his queen for an important defender and moves on to crush the opponent with his active pieces.

[@Zemkezis]

''you can win many games if you think inside Tal's box''

[@J-theSloth]

I blundered my queen into a win once, probably the only time it will ever happen for me.

[@aarushprasad9257]

1:27 I'd sacrifice my queen cause that's what this video is based on.

[@principate]

Simon Williams is awesome but loving your work even more, James. Keep up the great content.

[@mmubiinbenprayoga8652]

*Tal sacrifices queen by accident : brilliant *Me sacrifices queen on purpose : blunder

[@hauntinghaze5161]

Nice guy who's presenting, more of him please

[@bansodedilip4291]

where is the explosion ?

[@jabinmanandhar8810]

Where's the gingerbeard?

[@adamleckius2253]

Quite close though, James looks pretty red for some reason

[@AJ_Stark007]

At 12:28 the best move for black was probably Knight to f3? I guess!!

[@52000rightwing]

James has persuaded me. Tal is now my favorite player too.

[@sauravkumar3278]

This just doesn't deserve like it deserves love

[@douggieharrison6913]

love this video. love the length and depth explored. Simon Williams is the man, but I much prefer an extra ten minutes of analysis on Ultra GM games always

[@RandomIndianUsingYT]

The first sacrifice did give him compensation within 2-3 moves only. He got an immediate knight, followed by pawn and a guaranteed rook. So, he got equal compensation in terms of point value + open board for his bishops to operate on. Legendary.

[@Lord-Yhwach]

Mikhail Tal ks my idol in chess and even though chess has advanced far more and with prodigies like carlesn coming up, i still love his way of old school sacrifice and destroying

[@lukatuta5349]

This guy is amazing at explaining! Keep it up

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thank you!

[@StreetSdaGreaT]

" What day is it... What time is it.... Yeah it's that time"

[@juanbaclavab]

Tal was thinking several moves ahead of the opponent in a completely different way, he didn't care about what's the strongest piece and didn't care about losing too many pieces, he just sacrificed anything possible in order to set the final traps. I knew he was a genius since the first game I saw of him

[@allencallahan1478]

Superb analysis. Kudos, and many thanks!

[@tohoc-ops8992]

7:09 Why did bro not mate with a bishop Promotion haha B1=B# would’ve been so clean😂

[@yakobboi6764]

Teachers waiting for the class to quite down be like 8:08

[@abrahamespinoza7489]

Tal vs birbager actually ends in resignation after Bf4

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

I like James Canty as a commentator because he does not speak in the overhyped manner that is so popular nowadays on YT channels (like Gotham Chess for instance).

[@_xxpegasusxx_7204]

i like this commentator, and i like Tal, and this video.

[@Sn28sept]

9:34 u missed a beautiful variation...if queen takes knight it leads to a checkmate..should have discussed that too 17:21 I would go for rook to F2..if he saves the queen then knight checkmates...if he gives back the queen the game will go on a delayed checkmate

[@shaheedlee5009]

Thanks tal. Haha

[@ТимофейДранкин]

7:07 it would be cool if he made a bishop here.

[@blackt0wer]

@James Canty - Thanks, great video. You bring a really nice personality to otherwise dull analysis videos.

[@qwertyuiop123-q7f]

I love the way this guy commentates!

[@brettpoole7888]

A picture of Tal should appear when you google who created Chess.

[@jamium]

7:08 b1=B# is also checkmate!

[@michaelinminn]

Nice post. Nicely explained. Thanks.

[@XeonexisGaming]

In 2100: *Watch Hikaru's top 5 premoves against some random noob*

[@TserenTsedo]

James Canty III is our favorite!

[@JamesCantyIII]

🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯😎😎😎

[@ZachBelcher94]

i’ve never clicked on a video so fast

[@TraeFittz]

@2:36 Total Mindfuck 🤯 Too many threats on the board Lmao 😂 Smart to End it after ExF7

[@aithree6346]

I really like the one who brought the reaction it was you..

[@lookatme808]

Your commentary is priceless. "Game over have a nice day"

[@MuhammadAtthur_]

Damn what a storyteller

[@zntei2374]

awesome video James

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks a lot! 💯🔥😎

[@somtovitus]

He didn't even think about it, of course he thought about it.

[@mightybatillo]

"This is a family channel" LMAO

[@blaquesmyth2068]

Finally most awaited.

[@sjegannath6295]

Sometimes I think that Tal is just Henry VIII reborn

[@kubamarzec3413]

2:26 isn't bishop f5 a faster checkmate? The King has nowhere to move and he has to be blocked either with the knight or the Queen but then they're both going down and there is a checkmate anyway

[@luis.aacjara]

The only man to have truly mastered the Botez Gambit

[@tmusic7161]

#1 and #3 are practically the same moves. Very similar ideas with the pawn threatening the knight in the corner and White's knight looking for the royal fork!

[@yeahthisismyname5016]

In the third example. What if after the bishop to f5. He took the knight?

[@GlauberLCR]

Another amazing queen sacrifice from Tal was in his match against his trainer, Alexander Koblents. A series of moves only for it to end in an advantageous endgame for Tal!

[@Xdam985]

what a story teller this guy lol!!! awesome stuff making it sound so epic!

[@swolejszo]

Tal games are always so much fun to watch

[@MrSaivasu]

I love the commentary

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks a lot! 💯🔥😎

[@aminechnnoufi5606]

How come a Kasparov variation was played on 1960?

[@hughmongusfeline3452]

It wasn't called the kasparov variation then I guess

[@aminechnnoufi5606]

@@hughmongusfeline3452 well that's the problem , a player usually gives him name to a variation if he creates it , which is not the case here as this variation had already been played , I think the NM made a mistake it just wasn't a kasparov variation

[@gabrielknight553]

Inside Tal Box.I like it

[@alexanderdurig4474]

"People are watching!" hilarious!!

[@acronyms5422]

Me: There are two types of blunders: correct ones, and also mine.

[@amosdraak3536]

Chigorin, Botvinnik, or Lasker next, please. Very excellent tacticians with some excellent games, especially Botvinnik, was actually a sharper player than people expect.

[@atharvasingh6807]

9:48 what about queen c4?

[@mohajalaato691]

Rook to e1 is mate, after queen blocks with Qe2 (only move), then rook takes queen. The two bishops cover d8 and d7; pawn covers f8 and the rook covers the e-file.

[@davidfuster]

“People are watching” :D. Great commentator

[@Cobalt-Jester]

In one of Tal's books he was talking about one of his sacrifices and I can't remember the moves exactly but he says something like 2after I played Q to D4 I couldn't see past B to E7... To most people that made no sense but in the book it shows the what happened. Bishop to E7 was 6 moves away... He calculated to 6 moves ahead. And it was in a 'Candidates' tournament... He is my favourite player of all time. He once had to fly 1000 miles for a tournament but because it was a no smoking flight he took a 6000 mile round trip so he could be on airplanes that did allow smoking. Hahhahaha.

[@cyruahawkins5289]

I swear he’d sacrifice the queen to double up the pawns for who he’s playing and just figure out how to take their queen later. 💀 Wild