Mikhail Tal Plays the Tarrasch Part II

Submitted by BasicLvrCH8r on Thu, 06/25/2009 at 1:37pm.

This game is much more interesting than the last. It is much shorter too. It features a sacrifice that ends up winning very nicely.

Do not view my annotations as undisputable facts; I am rated 1300 USCF.

These blogs are mainly my efforts to understand games played by grandmasters. They may be helpful to you, too.

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by bobobbob - 4 months ago
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Nice game, Tal is one of my favorite players.

by KillaBeez - 4 months ago
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You should probably do a game in the modern main line for your last leg of the three part series

by KillaBeez - 4 months ago
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7. cxd4- The d4 pawn is not backward because it isn't on an open file. If Black can remove the e pawn, White's pawn will be isolated, but Black will have a backward pawn on e6

I didn't look at the move list or check anything, but I assume your analysis is correct. A typical game in Tal Fashion. You also explained that game very well.

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