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Janis Klavins vs Mikhail Tal
Latvian Championship (1958), Riga URS
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90)  ·  0-1

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Sep-09-03  ughaibu: A queen is usually equal(ish) to either two rooks or three minor pieces but it seems that three minor pieces are usually stronger than two rooks.
Sep-09-03  Omar1: White should not have accepted the sacrifice on move 17. By doing so he wasted a tempo and his position overextended a bit.This allowed Tal the time and space to build up a dangerous attack in the centre.
Mar-21-12  screwdriver: I'm assuming resignation happened because after white playes rook e1, black can play bishop c5, trapping the queen.
Jun-19-17  RKnight: Black could have virtually trapped the queen two moves earlier by 22...Bc5, but didn't. It looks like Tal was playing with Klavins the way a cat plays with a mouse that cannot escape. I said virtually because white could have dropped a whole rook 23. Re5 to let the Q out.
May-30-20  carpovius: Curious continuation (mate in 7) 24. Rxd7 Qxc3 25. Rxb7 e1=Q+ 26. Qg1 Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qe1+ 28. Rf1 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxf1#
May-18-23  ronski: -7.32 (20 ply) 24.Re1 Bc5 25.Qxb7 Qxb7 26.Rxe2 Bxa3 27.h3 Nd5 28.Bd4 Bd6 29.Ref2 N5f6 30.g3 Qe4 31.Ba7 Nd5 32.Kh2 Bc5 33.Bxc5 Nxc5 34.c4 bxc4 35.bxc4 Qxc4 36.g4

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