Mikhail Tal's Top 5 Most Brilliant Moves!

Join GM Simon Williams (@GingerGM) as he breaks down 5 of the most beautiful and brilliant moves ever by "The Magician From Riga", Mikhail Tal, noted as one of the most innovative, daring, and exciting players in all of chess history!
--------------------------Video Chapters--------------------------
0:00 - Start
0:30 - Game #1 Tal vs Hecht
2:37 - Game #2 Tal vs Smyslov
4:07 - Game #3 Tal vs Unknown
5:20 - Game #4 Tal vs Gulko
7:17 - Game #5 Tal vs Hjartarson
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[@pardhabandaru1105]

Girls: I want him to see me as Queen. Tal:

[@rishavsinha8125]

The best comment till date 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥

[@reynelignacio731]

😅

[@coronaklledmebot4856]

ye to dank ho gya 🌝

[@sarthakmaruti]

oh 😂😂

[@justhuy7960]

Well the guy had 3 wives so apparently he sacrified at least 2 🤣

[@carnivalwrestler]

There's still a rumor going around that in at least one game, Tal sacrificed his King and his opponent resigned.

[@Rangi0302]

😂

[@satvik14805]

I didn't get it explain?

[@arisvillanueva9228]

that was the most brilliant move ever played

[@ee8942]

@@satvik14805 it's a joke because sacrificing a king is impossible because checkmate wins the game.

[@satvik14805]

@@ee8942 ah okay ty

[@zakariaismail2204]

Mikhail Tal: *starts playing* His queen: *aight imma head out*

[@javierarias616]

Hahahaha good one!

[@aayushshirodkar]

Very True ...Nice!!

[@vittorio1159]

I liked the part where he sacrified material

[@agentm10]

I missed that! where was it again?

[@lucal2153]

Whole video

[@larry-ny5yr]

@@agentm10 yes

[@javierarias616]

@@lucal2153 *whoosh*

[@Adhyuth1503]

@@javierarias616 weakest whoooooosh ever

[@EnesParin]

“There are two types of sacrifices; correct ones and mine!” Mikhail Tal

[@EnesParin]

Tal is the most unique player of all time...

[@rodoger6327]

u isnt mikhail tal >:c

[@_A-B_]

Haklısın Enes

[@chesstactics5796]

I can edit this statement. "These are 3 types of sacrifices: Beginner's, correct ones, and mine!"

[@flatterswhite]

@@chesstactics5796 yeah that quote really flows...

[@ariel2229]

Tal: sacrifices his queen Me: resigne

[@toilaconhaisam3037]

Why did you accepted botez gambit??? Its will only make you resigne 🤷‍♂️

[@foreverbooked2964]

Its resign not resigne. Edit: CHECK your spelling MATE. I had to put it in there.

[@homoeotreaters842]

Lol😂😂👌🏻

[@ninjocswtf5833]

Tejas Sabnis thank you mate

[@samuelbruyneel]

@@foreverbooked2964 *It's It's ironically funny that you correct someone's spelling, while the first word in your comment is spelled wrong.

[@iyeriyer548]

Tal: sacrifices the queen and wins the game. Me: sacrifices nothing still loses the game.

[@aziznblues19]

hahahaha good one

[@theuncalledduo8600]

Me blunders everything

[@user-jy4zc3bn7i]

Has +69 advantage and still stalemates

[@afiqashraf1898]

My god do you know how long i have waited for this moment

[@LeventK]

Ofc God knows

[@JaskaranSingh-hp3zy]

Me too :)

[@Dragon_Kuboom]

You know, i just see this yesterday, why you just know it

[@mohammadfahrurrozy8082]

@Cat Bird no....

[@iThinkWhoisit]

About 2 week 3 days 7 hours 29 mins 11 seconds

[@mohammedraage5716]

*Tal was a chess genius who was probably the most creative attacker of all time.* waiting for this video!

[@mratkovich]

It’s good to know that leaving one’s queen to be captured is a sign of genius. For me it’s because I was so focused on another part of the board that I forgot but hey. Genius.

[@javierarias616]

Another genius here (me; same reason as you)! :v

[@goyonman9655]

Botez gambit

[@vladavasiljev]

For new ones in chess, Tal wasn't only the 8th World Champion, but he also won World blitz championship in 1987, when he was in really bad health condition. He defeated Kasparov in his prime a few months before his death. But he had negative score against super solid defensive and positional players like Keres, Petrosian, Botvinik, Korchnoi, etc... His tricks simply didn't works against them. Besides of that fact, he remains the most attractive player in chess history.

[@Noles4life77]

The thing I love most about his games is that his middle game positions and sacrifices look absolutely insane and disgusting, and then when the dust settles and the position simplifies he is winning by being up a pawn. Very poetic

[@PhDFlopping]

Yah...we're gonna need a part 2 of this...and probably a part 3...

[@zleggitt1989]

....part 57

[@thatcringelord]

....part 500723

[@sriramans431]

How can someone possibly dislike this.. Tal is one of the very few players who can make even the chess engines go crazy.. He indeed was a magician! The great Misha!!

[@LeventK]

WHAT? WHERE ARE OTHER 45 MOVES?

[@pucek365]

Can't be more acutate with the comment, Buddy :)

[@noobishace2411]

@@pucek365 This isn't accurate, there are 50 more moves, equal to 100.

[@masterspork3735]

20 parts

[@thenewstyle8704]

5 is too few... the magician needs his own video!

[@ivicapavic3381]

Series

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

He has his own video. It's this video

[@LeventK]

Top 5 moves of top games lol

[@Doge-xt2fx]

Or maybe an own yt channel

[@Doge-xt2fx]

@@LeventK u here too, I think ur undercover hikaru 😂😂

[@rafaelkovac4211]

I never clicked so fast on video.

[@sawyer9times]

Hell yeah

[@abelvandenende5981]

"Imagine sliding that bishop in there." Oh I will Simon, trust me I will

[@captures_x_captures5618]

😂😂😂😂🙌🏾🙌🏾👍🏾

[@thegorn]

Said every guy at the strip club

[@bogdanbogdanoff5164]

@@thegorn boomer moment

[@LigouriBrivio]

L

[@SuperPriyankgupta]

It's 3 in the morning here in India and I'm smiling like a little kid. I was waiting for this video for so long. I remember I was so disappointed when I had searched for a video by GM Simon on Tal's top 5 moves. Thank you for doing this video ❤️

[@pawanvempati397]

Same

[@trungbuikien7267]

Tal: Ok i'm ready to play the game Queen: Ah shit, here we go again...

[@NotElusivePanda]

This better be a part one

[@gneoz7238]

Tried following the direction and failed. I sacrificed my queen 4 times in a row that resulted in 4 blunders.

[@hekisingson989]

Gneo Z haha almost everything starts with a mistake. keep going maybe we will see another mikhail tal in the near future.

[@arijitkundu5577]

Last one was the best. Apparently a nonviolent, innocuous move but omg! what a flabbergasting advantage it brought about. You are doing a real chess service by introducing us to these tactical-marvels of all time chess prodigies. I just shouldn't say "thank you" but I'm truly grateful to you.

[@ragey2214]

Wow! Im Latvian and im proud to have such an amazing and magical chess player!

[@jatinsrivastava5289]

Whenever i blunder my queen but still somehow manage to win the game : le inner me : " michael " tal

[@Nothereforthechase]

I don’t know but Tal’s chess board definitely looks bigger than the ones I’m used to playing on.. How is he that sly damn beast!

[@jamesdelb6885]

When masters play, or in cases of great players and Grandmasters, the chess board becomes a vast wasteland where pieces astonishingly show their ability to work together in order to open lines, allowing other pieces entrance into the attack on the opponent's King.

[@georgepantzikis7988]

It's because of Tal's chess philosophy: complicate and they will blunder. He was incredible with tactics so he could afford to play on many parts of the board at the same time and create multiple threats. That, combined with his extreme attacking style made his opponents take very long to think of responses and get trapped in their heads, calculating crazy tactical lines that he may not even have seen. And with all that pressure, when they played a bad move Tal relentlessly attacked, forcing the position in his favour.

[@HellsDevilwildrift]

I really love these videos! Gingerbeard is one of my favourite GMs

[@joshuahunter2825]

Thank you GMSimon Williams great video

[@timwilliams6409]

I appreciate your style in all things I've seen of your work. I first met you doing a multi segment lesson . Clearly understandable, articulate, and then there's that killer red goatee LOL ! Thank you GM, I look forward to studying other things you choose to share. I'm a big Talk fan also. 😄

[@mustafaadil4165]

Very engaging video . Amazing work Simon 👌

[@JFBassett2050]

I am becoming a fan of Simon Williams; GREAT examples of Tal's brilliance!!!

[@dhrubakarim9170]

Been waiting for this video since the start of this series. FINALLY

[@AvitaPradhan]

First queen sacrifice was most beautiful queen sacrifice i have ever seen 💜💜💜

[@faizanzahid490]

Finally!!! please also make 50 best Tal's moves and rashid too if you can.

[@johnnydawson7675]

Thank you, sir. I appreciate your contribution.

[@5MinuteTutorials]

Simon: You were expecting a queen sac? I disappoint sometimes. Me: Always

[@lapvo9557]

clicked as soon as this came up in my notifications I love GM Ginger

[@angshumanbarman5505]

Waited so long for this video. There should be a part 2

[@surajrawat1002]

game with gulko was outstanding!! my all time favorite player is mikhail tal💕💕💕

[@FilipSandecomposer]

Thanks for thrilling good chess videos!

[@adityas3259]

Finally... waiting for this from a long time!! Also what about the legendary knight sacrifice against Bottvinik in game 6 of the 1960 world championship match??

[@christophermatthew7635]

Been waiting for this

[@vivektulja4516]

Love this video. It is not for a mere mortal like me to see Tal's moves.

[@aaronalcantara1594]

I've also waited for this moment. My favorite chess player of all time.

[@jayeshyadav8891]

I've been waiting for this since forever

[@sharanrarhi8472]

Ooh the move number 4 even stockfish failed to find and when I played the move manually then stockfish is saying mate in 16. Sometimes the great Stockfish also fails to find the moves of this Genius!!!!!!

[@th-op9gx]

at last a mikhail tal video, mikhail tal is the best, i was never bored in his games

[@osuonmouse6706]

I saw the first one and I was so amazed

[@helioparras4801]

Wonderful, Excellent, thanks, please 5 most Henrique Mecking, Willianms , god Job !

[@RahulDas-tw7ey]

The magician of chess, the greatest , inspiring young minds, amazing TAL. We need more on tal

[@willkoestner4159]

I usually pass on reviewing Tals games. His brain works in ways mine could never hope to imitate. It's great to borrow from the greats but he's got something that id have to be kidding myself to think I could recreate in practice.

[@NotElusivePanda]

Omg I was waiting for this

[@michaelcastelpoggi1735]

These videos are a delight! It's like the dessert of watching chess

[@davidcopson5800]

Is that an afters thought?

[@abelstephen24]

All of his moves are amazing these moves are extraordinary

[@almamun-ve3zr]

i have waited fot this♥♥

[@Sebastian-ep6nw]

I love this series.

[@iyeriyer548]

Hey GM Simon Williams, please do a best 5 moves of Vishy Anand also. :)

[@rashmikadk6796]

I recently saw Tal's games and he is one underrated

[@LuisGarcia-jh2rw]

All were fantastic and genius moves

[@cheytahhh]

I am native Latvian citizen and would like to see more Tal's moves, please do 50 moves, as you said :p

[@BrokenG-String]

I need a Tal part 2 immediately

[@snoopdz92]

finally for god sake I've been waiting like for ever for the top 5 magician's moves

[@alecroderer6815]

Wow. These moves are magnificent

[@shashankmishra916]

I was waiting for it I love Mikhail tal

[@klatz9244]

Queen: I shall not be treated the way Tal treats me

[@zeabaptism9935]

Simon: Five of the most Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- *2000 years later* aaaaaaaaaazing moves of Mikhail Tal. Me: Exactly what I would say if I was saying how amaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- *2000 years later* aaaaaaazing Mikhail Tal is. Simon: yes

[@LeventK]

What?

[@zeabaptism9935]

Levent K******** yeah Idk why I did this I just wanted to.

[@subforacasserole]

I just realized. A guy named Tal is playing in all the games!!!!! He plays a lot of good games.

[@ayhanazizoglu3733]

Thank you sir.

[@mongaeletwaba176]

Sacrifices: *exists* Tal: I'll take your entire stock

[@muhammadtaharatelhossain5107]

Pls do a fifty!!! Tal is literally madnessss

[@gayathrisuhas6087]

When Tal plays: Queen says Oh no

[@pranavramraj5141]

Finally y’all made a video about Tal

[@blaquesmyth2068]

Waiting for this. Finally

[@surajrawat1002]

2 days ago, i was searching this video on your channel playlist...but finally wish fulfilled!!😂😂

[@jayesh.p1013]

Sir you are brilliant chess student... Thanks for this video

[@rfrydell5430]

GM Simon Willuams - really enjoy these "Top 5" shorts! Ever think about Top 5 Danny Rensch Blunders? Also, glad Harry the H pawn is getting love from the Neural Nets.

[@muzamilsarfraz5515]

finally thank you so much

[@henrikmadsen3443]

I want to see the other 10 best Tal moves please

[@freewheelinP]

With Tal, it should have like Top 50 moves.

[@yndihalda]

I guess it's not the flashiest, but honestly Nf4 against Botvinnik in the 1960 WCC match is one of my favourites. God I love that game so much lmao

[@sh_rajguru]

Please do more Tal, something like part 1 through 20 or something

[@omarbassam821]

All of this man’s move are brilliant

[@MarcelNakamura393]

Make one about Henrique Mecking's top 5 brilliant moves!

[@arathiyadagiri5511]

Sir please make a video on 5 most amazing moves of vishy Anand

[@gonzalo4658]

That first one was actually genius and he thought really far

[@cr0mag732]

Now do Tal's 50 best moves, there's enough material

[@kabitakaran8226]

Tal's all game is include great sacrifice,I think tal is the only player who sac a piece(most of time queen) in every game

[@ahmedsameh8672]

6:57 It is a direct checkmate Nf6

[@varshapipalia4601]

we need part 2

[@rohithjacob4699]

We want top 5 moves of simon williams

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

7:00 I prefer Nf6+ over Rf7. After the forced Kf8, Rf7++ is mate.

[@ryanbarker6562]

The Ginger Beard of Knowledge!!

[@cjherbert]

Rumour has it they are casting Sean Bean as Tal's queen in an upcoming biopic.

[@donkbonktj5773]

Tal is also probably my favorite player of all time!

[@luckycorn8590]

Finally after so long

[@MEME-qe4ze]

amazing

[@pratikparmar8709]

Tal : sacrifices his queen on move 3 Me: resigns

[@samuelbruyneel]

Tal is my favorite chess player as well

[@louzynerd129]

The one we needed the most but never got

[@AineOfficial]

1:40 bishop from black was the brilliant and that move that made by tal was inacurracy