OMG! Mikhail Tal Resigns... | Best Chess Games, Moves, Sacrifices, Traps, Strategies & Ideas

Here's one of the greatest chess games ever played between Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov (white pieces) & Mikhail Tal (black pieces) at the USSR Championship in Baku in 1961. Reviewing this game we'll learn some of the best ideas & sacrifices from the greatest attacking players in chess history. We'll analyze how they play - their strategy, moves, traps, ideas & tactics. Playing Tal, Super Nez setup a great trap by making an exchange sacrifice, then opening up the center & attacking the king, which ultimately forced Mikhail Tal to resign! Tal was a true gentleman and exhibited the highest level of sportsmanship. When asked what the happiest day of his chess life was, World Chess Champion, Mikhail Tal stated it was this day when he lost to Rashid Nezhmetdinov and later, they also went to become very good friends. This game features the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defense - Najdorf line. I also have an interesting chess puzzle at the end of this video, let's see if you can solve that.

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[ChessTalk]

Here's Another Great Game
YOU MUST WATCH 👇

[sourajitsaha]

Answer of the puzzle:
White:Rf8+
Black:Kxf8(forced)
White:Ne6+ and the Queenie is gone
Thank you Chess talk for this amazing videos!❤

[dhruvnivatia]

The conclusion is, if you want to be Tal's friend, first defeat him 🤣🤣

[rbprem]

Mikhail tal was a magician, but perhaps Rashid Knew a trick that no other Magician could understand... after all, the best magician never reveals his best trick!

[jackschultee]

Two ways I found to do this puzzle:

1. (Leads to mate)
White: Rf4
Black: exf4 (If not the Queen or Knight dies)
White: Qe8#

2. (Some other guy found this)
White: Rf8+
Black: Kxf8 (Forced)
White: Ne6+ (Forks da Queen)

[chris_beingstupid]

Wow... that was an incredible game. Thank you for Chess talk for bringing chess into my life!

[religiondoesntmatter]

6:00 ANSWER TO THE PUZZLE IS Rook f8, yep, sacrificing the rook to reposition the king. Of course, the king has no options but to take: King takes f8, then we play knight to e6 check, forking the queen and king.

[TheGamingPalace]

Tal didn't lost, he just sacrificed his king 👑👑

[timmyyy]

...1. Rf8+ Kxf8 2. Qf3+ Kg8 3. Qf7+ Kh8 4. Qf8#
or
...1. Rf8+ Kxf8 2. Qf3+ Ke8 3. Ne6+ Kc8 4. Qc7#

This took me only a minute to solve so pls tell me if I'm wrong. Btw, thank you for dis video, it was very fun to watch

[griffinranch]

This is such a beautiful channel. Always gets straight to the point, always courteous to the viewers, always tasteful with the ads. We appreciate you.

[padmajagrandhi]

Answer of the puzzle
White:Rf8+
the Queenie is gone
Thank you chess talk for the amazing videos

[arshiyanaz]

Answer to riddle:
Solution 1)
Moving Rook to f8, king is forced to capture the Rook.. Next taking our knight to e6 giving a check as well as targeting the opponent's queen, Then taking the black queen.. Now, white is ahead in the game..

Solution 2)

Moving Rook to f4 targeting queen and the knight, if black is greedy and captures our Rook with the pawn, it's his blunder..
We can simply take our queen to e8 and give a checkmate..😄

[vyrtilanyrwen]

First of all, I want to say how great your channel is. It’s always so clear and concise, which is a real skill.

Secondly, I want to say that this game is exactly why I admire players like Tal and Nezhmetdinov. They weren’t concerned with winning. They just wanted to create. They were artists in a way that few people, not just chess players, often are.

Oh, and thirdly, I found the solution to your puzzle. It’s fairly simple.

1. Rf8+ Kxf8
2. Ne6+ Kf7
3. Nxd4 exd4
4. Qxg4

Nice little attraction tactic to get a fork.

[michaelallport]

Wonderful players-men who could appreciate the beauty of the game beyond their own little egos.

[creativemastershikhar]

Puzzle answer :
Rf8+ Kxf8+ (force)
Qf3+ if Kg8 then Qf7+ followed by Qf8#
If Ke8 Qf7+
Kd8+ Ne6+
Kc8 Qc7#

[UrGoneConcept]

Being a Tal fan i could day confidently that if Tal was insane then Rashid was something i couldn't describe in words. He never was given much opportunity but when he got any, he crushed everyone and Tal really struggled against players like nezmedhinov and korchonoi because they didn't fall into the psychological trap Tal used to deploy. And Tal also said that his best day of his life was when he met Rashid.

Edit: and to defeat Tal in 1961 when he was literally undefeatable when you are close to unknown in chess world really shows how Big of a Genius Rashid was

[mightytmz]

5:20 love it when he says"GONE"

[deepakbhardwaj]

Such a good sportsmanship by mikhail tal even after losing the game..
Thats what i loved the most

[anmolbhardwaj]

Answer to puzzle -->
Rook (f8), black king is forced to take it
Then knight (e6) ... it's check on king so king moves and then knight takes queen...✌

[ManishSingh-jzhx]

Holy God that was such an agressive game! The good old times when no engines existed and you could play however rash you want and have a beautiful finish