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Kyosti Rannanjarvi vs Mikhail Tal
World Student Team Championship (1957), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Jul-12
Indian Game: Knights Variation. General (A46)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
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Jan-26-05  Saruman: Although white was humble in the opening one must not forget Tal's brilliant 13.-♕c7!- threatening mate, and preventing any effective defense.
Mar-16-08  Whitehat1963: Why not 16. Qd5?
Oct-17-11  Whitehat1963: Or, rather, 16. Qd4.
Nov-16-15  DarthStapler: e5 seems like a good response to Qd4
Nov-02-19  sea7kenp: 17 Bxd5 looks suicidal to me. Why doesn't Black simply respond with 17 ... Qxh3, threatening immediate Mate?
Nov-02-19
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  keypusher: <sea7kenp: 17 Bxd5 looks suicidal to me. Why doesn't Black simply respond with 17 ... Qxh3, threatening immediate Mate?>

Well, the move in the game was good enough to get White to resign (he was probably still in shock from Tal's 13th move).

The engine confirms that 17....Qxh3 is even stronger, but maybe Tal saw a ghost after 18.Re1 exd5 19.Qxd5 (19....Rh4 is the clincher then).

16.Rc1 is a strange move. Giving up the center and then playing Nf3-d2-b3 doesn't seem like the best strategy against Tal, either.

Aug-24-21
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  kingscrusher: Although a one sided game, I found it surprisingly a great reminder of default King safety Soft spots and their importance to the budding attacking player. When Tal plays either Qc2 (as white) or Qc7 as black, look out for your King safety! It is also a kind of motivation and understanding how often as White even starting with 1.d4 and later 2.c4 that Tal is relishing Qc2 :)

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