Mikhail Tal vs Rainer F A Knaak

[@acarrizo82]

Truly, what a game. There were so many possible opportunities for both players to fall into welcoming traps, and they avoided all of them. Wonderful demonstration of a grandmaster's thought processes, thanks Mato!

[@fjerdy]

I have become a huge fan of Tal after watching your videos of him. I know you've already made KZbin's biggest compiltion of Tal games, but please, make even more videos of this fantastic player! He really is an magician at attacking :)

[@akashmihir84]

One of your best Videos Mato. You explained the thought process behind not making the simple moves. Thank you so much.

[@MatoJelic]

That is me talking softly

[@kittycalisonnypatch]

Ty mato for yet another tal video! We all appreciate it. Keep up good work and bye for now

[@applettt84]

hi mato after watching hundreds of video i decided to subscribe thank you for the lessons. You have brought me back to chess after 7 years of hiatus

[@simpleliving662]

Thank you Mato for taking the time to explain the reasons behind the moves!

[@DaSkamanEr]

Tal is my favorite Chess Player. very instinctive and make spectacle with allways attacking. its a pleasure to watch games of Tal

[@thomamurph1803]

Thank you for showing exchange variation of spanish opening. Specifically how to win back pawn. You just improved my game Mato!

[@pashapasovski5860]

I find the killer move when looking over Tals shoulder, but when alone, , it's usually a suicide move...haha

[@ducksaj]

Mato, every time I watch your videos, I feel stronger ....

[@asystat]

I like his voice and the way he shows the game as a story. Without his "stoned ghost" voice it wouldn't be the same.

[@KaisarAnvar]

I have a playlist of majority of your videos so I can watch all of them together. I learn a lot from them and my chess skills are getting better!! Thank you Mato

[@JPRamirez7]

great game and commentary as always.

[@liveslowlivesimple]

tal looked human in this game

[@bernaldelcastillo1768]

he had a bad day, too much vodka the previous night!

[@MissPielops]

Out of competitive/professional recorded games in history he has lost approximately 320 times and won 1,165 times with 1,321 draws

[@ewawachowska6151]

great game and great commentary as always, thanks Mato

[@cameront3768]

Tal greatest attacking Grand Master of all time!!! What a game, nice video Mr. Mato.

[@bobajaj4224]

Tal: Knaak Knaak... Knaak: who is it? Tal: Mikhail Tal and Knaak resigned...

[@spikeybevan]

ha ha, good one

[@salehinkibria8377]

your description of chess exposes your love for artistic chess. you have a distaste of materialistic or pragmatic play, i reckon, puts you in the tal fan club. good job mato. pleasure to watch your videos

[@Darxsys]

Tal + Mato = the best part of the whole day.

[@marklyles3335]

Brilliant lesson on how not to expose the king to the enemy's potential open file. I am talking about Tal not taking the bishop on the H file early-on.

[@gspcme99]

Thank you Mato .. very beautiful and instructive video, excellent explanation

[@paradoxicus]

Yes...Mikhail Tal was the greatest attacking chess grandmaster also for me.

[@gigas81]

Thats crazy that top shelf players resign at those positions in the game. It always looks like they could keep going!!

[@noahmubirujr1428]

Thanks for the video. Tal had great calculations

[@Hedgehogs4Me]

I actually saw Nxd4 almost instantly, but I thought it was just winning a pawn! I didn't see that taking the bishop was safe after that. Very good game.

[@GallaghersGrub]

Amazing game. Great commentary!

[@kilimanjarno]

Mato, when you describe the variation after Tal's final move, do you understand and see such a variation immediately as soon as you look at the board, or do you scratch your head and think "I wonder why Tal played that, and I wonder why Knaak resigned?" and after many minutes or hours of thinking and trying things out you understand it? Thank you for the great great videos. You are so gifted at showing the drama and beauty and magic of chess.

[@shakeebuddinkashif4578]

!!!!!! after listening to manu videos, i found out the killer move this time !!! yea!!! thank you mato for being such a great teacher!

[@lubime10]

The great Mato thanks !!

[@Benderrr111]

So many valuable lessons in one game!! Both players were superb but black was lost after he got his bishop trapped at h5..temporary solutions didn't help

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you for your comment

[@hakkbak]

One of the best subscribes i have done, i recommend to ALL!

[@KaisarAnvar]

Hahaha I'm collecting them gradually since there are lots of videos :) of course, I'm subscribed to your channel so I can keep myself updated!! :D

[@icervoid]

What have in common Tal and Einstein ? His magic never dies.

[@ChessOssityCom]

Hi Mato, Thnx for another great video !!

[@goonerjumper417]

at 3:21 it is tarrasch trap position of course it is possible to take pawn with the bishop but then we would have tarrasch trap lines

[@goldenwalrus909]

Currently a 585 to 1 like to dislike ratio. Only Mato can do this.

[@emanuelcolon9324]

thanx 4 that game very good

[@omgwaffleb]

Your voice when you say "check.....mate" makes me fuzzy inside :3

[@wakefieldyorkshire]

Thank you

[@12copablo]

Amazing game!

[@onemoreflight]

this game was like watching magic happen infront of your eyes i thought for the most part black was in good position and still lost

[@MatoJelic]

Majority only? Have all the playlists. Did you know that latest playlist was Bird's Opening?

[@LifetimeLoner]

On move 15, instead of the passive Ng6, h6 was much better and black would still be in the game. That move made black's position more constricted and white won eventually by winning the bishop on h5. Still a very nice game though!

[@death8dealer]

now that was a sharp sharp game i had a pretty hard time following this one

[@betulaobscura]

Exciting game!

[@KristofferStalsberg]

Yes! I found the move! :D Good video Mato

[@hsuilungmarcdacascos4079]

The second best ever after Morphy of course

[@crazysikhguy2369]

rxc7 is it good enough, because the bishop is still trapped and has nowhere to go

[@Annecyyy]

Thank you Mato

[@Zelkathz]

No kidding... HE's MY FAVORITE TOO !!! : D

[@elvismujica]

thanks Mato, I'm from Venezuela, my language is Spanish, but you english is very good is: "english-chess"

[@nikhildilipagrawal7101]

at 3:22 you said that black has no compensation for pawn. but if you look closely e4 pawn can be captured by black with knight. if white knight takes it then black bishop will take white knight and white rook can't take it because it will be then checkmate in two move. :)

[@jehushaphat]

white wouldn't respond like that though. if black takes pawn on e4 with knight white ends up a piece up by taking bishop out with his knight, attacking rook at the same time. black will then have to take out the knight after which white knight will pick up black knight on e4.

[@annacuenca7171]

Great game

[@zarron221]

General Tal, great job Mato

[@edwinsmart12345]

Nice video mato again :D

[@yellowdart6666]

yayyyy I guessed the move woooo 1st look. thank you mato

[@vaffanculo54321]

Mato at minute 7.30 (the critical position) i saw : white rook:e7xc7; black queen c6xc7; white queen e5xd5, gaining a pown. Is mine a bad choice? or it's also winning?

[@mdaavari5974]

Great

[@thomas271104]

I don't understand why @ 5:00 Black plays his knight back. Why not just leave it there? If white captures black recaptures with the bishop and is ok? Btw: Love the videos!

[@SuperMyfamily01]

Rxc7 was my choice in the final position, and also seems to win easily for white.

[@ohmuchiha]

You have Fb page :P some time update that page :P

[@gamblingtipssuggestions3016]

he is my favourite

[@mhussien3426]

one of the best

[@Watermelon_Man92]

It is often dangerous to take a pawn sitting on a fianchetto file with queen (such as Mato showed at 4:04). This is especially true if the pawn is sitting on the b-file.

[@aboudhh]

whats a fianchetto file ?

[@Watermelon_Man92]

That's likely not a technical term, so I apologize. But when I say "fianchetto file", I'm referring to the files B and G, because whenever a bishop is developed on b2, g2, b7, or g7, it is said to be a "fianchetto".

[@TheUndeadLegend7]

+Preston Thompson Fianchetto diagonal* ;)

[@phoneix1987]

Hi Mato, @7:23 i would have played rook takes pawn on c7 and after queen takes rook on c7, queen takes rook on d5. White will be winning also in this variation.

[@schollnickadver]

Isn't there a back rank mate threat by black after the no compensation comment?

[@onemoreflight]

tal is magician

[@BenleyR]

.. and bye bye knight

[@pranayrawat1]

Instead of Nd4...I think Rxc7 is much better...if I am wrong please tell me why...!

[@Qiuziarui]

How many Times has Tal actually lost?

[@RODRIGOCELEBRONI]

TAL WAS FROM ANOTHER PLANET.

[@tovaris09]

Vote for Tal

[@xyzDucati]

According to chessgames: 298 Tough chessgames might not have all his games.

[@amorlitopuruganan6730]

Idol

[@doods1960]

7:40 What will happen if black queen go to d6?

[@06nishant]

doods1960 after exchanging the queens, white gonna win black bishop as it was trapped

[@temka088]

Woot my prep for the next game!!! XDDD i have a national championship in the next 30 minutes XDDD

[@ytmndman]

At 3:23 can't black play Bxe4, and if Nxe4 Nxe4 Rxe4 then Rd1+ Re1 Rxe1#?

[@bronxbassist]

After ...Bxe4, Nxe4 Nxe4, then Ne3, attacking both Knight and Bishop with the Rook on the E-file

[@rosamariabustosmunoz628]

Por que no en Español también

[@abdomohamed-mu2ox]

i came up with: rook takes pawn on c7 , queen takes rook , queen takes rook on d5 ,he won a pawn and still can take bishop is that good ?

[@SuperNikhilg]

I too thought of that.

[@TheUnique69able]

انا حتى

[@lot.bajrami]

7:24 rook from e7 takes pawn on c7 abd if queen takes rook , white queens takes black.rook and again bishop cannot escape and white is a piece up...

[@nathanjaroszynski6210]

Loti Bajrami the queen need not take the rook; black would play king b8 and after rook takes queen rook takes queen, if pawn takes bishop then rook takes knight on e2 and it's not over... :)

[@nathanjaroszynski6210]

bah mah oh yes sorry white need not take the bishop he can just take the pawn on d4 to take the bishop later so that variation also seems to work bravo!

[@nathanjaroszynski6210]

bah mah again (!) my previous comment was incorrect; after queens are exchanged white is forced to move his rook because it is en prise. So Rxc7+ Kb8; RxQ RxQ; Rc4 (or..Rd6) Rxe2; White need not capture the bishop immediately but maybe he should..; It looks like black is winning that variation! But really I cannot tell;

[@nathanjaroszynski6210]

bah mah again (!) my previous comment was incorrect; after queens are exchanged white is forced to move his rook because it is en prise. So Rxc7+ Kb8; RxQ RxQ; Rc4 (or..Rd6) Rxe2; White need not capture the bishop immediately but maybe he should..; It looks like black is winning that variation! But really I cannot tell;

[@RajaLunia]

I found the move but not follow up

[@burakyunan2967]

rook takes c7 is also win. in all variation white can capture that bishop on h5 if rook takes c7 white is getting 1 more pawn for free and still have a knight. anyway... i dont believe that this is not a real Tal game. there is no extremly hard to find "killa" move in this video :P

[@martinmandev8140]

at minute 3:20 if bishop takes pawn and white knight recapture after that knight takes knight and if rook takes knight white king will be checkmate.

[@jehushaphat]

if white responded that way you would be right. but white will first take out the bishop on e4 with his knight on c3, then when black takes back knight on e4, instead of taking knight on e4 with rook which will lead to checkmate for black, white could simply bring his knight on e5 to d3, blocking out any entry by the black rook and having two of black pieces in the line of attack of the white rook (knight on e4 and bishop on e7). one of them will have to go.

[@ohmuchiha]

Black is playing very defensive LOL

[@ancapsloth1371]

NO. He is my favorite chess player!

[@BrilliantPureGold]

hey darth vader, how u been ? it's been a while since we do not attack dark forces lol nice these chess tactics, love it indeed now give me my heart for this gr8 comment xd

[@filipjelic8980]

After Nxe4 white would play Nxc6, threatening to capture bishop on e7 with check ! But if black first take with bishop: 1. ... Bxe4 then 2. Nxe4 Nxe4 and 3. Nd3 !! and rook is x-raying bishop through the night and white is winning (notice how nd3 is blocking black rook's line preventing the checkmate) : if 3. ... f4 4. f3 Bh4 attacking the rook 5. g3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 Bxg3 and white has night against 2 pawns and should be winning :)

[@swewunna]

I love Tal's style but can only play like Tigran Petrosian.

[@postmasterpez]

The importance in chess, is not the material you have, it is the material you can use, thats why Tal did not capatutred the bishop. The bishop hade no esacape.

[@zbigniewopenchowski9555]

Ewa Demarczyk

[@pkwow545]

i saw Rxc7 at 7:50 sozzzzzz

[@bengann79]

not the best attack from Tal )

[@anishkrishna8792]

not the best game from tal..........no killer moves from tal.....

[@dummundlang]

lol wtf?

[@MrUFOcatcher]

SECOND! :D

[@jackcarter3944]

As much as I enjoy Mato's work, am I the only one who would prefer it if he didn't stop to show mates in one? Just slows this down rather needlessly, is all I'm sayin'.

[@MadarasProwess]

you need to understand that he's a chess coach. and what better way to to have your viewers accel than to have them interact with the match.

[@MatoJelic]

A+

[@MadarasProwess]

Lol Yesss!

[@bernaldelcastillo1768]

I like Mato's style, and mates in one is a good way to learn, perhaps you are an advanced player, but for us learners, this is great.

[@MrMoeqt]

Jack, I'm sorry but Mato has the most concise and fluid way of presenting chess games on KZbin. My favourite parts of a video is where he always shows why one obvious variation (like taking a free pawn) is actually harmful in the long run, when he shows possible checkmate threats (gives reason to why players choose their moves), and of course the best of them all: "We have now reached CRITICAL POSITION of the game, please pause the video and try to find the best move for (white/black) in this position" xD I love these videos

[@MatoJelic]

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