Mikhail Tal’s 22-move brilliancy

Featured is the chess game between Boris Spassky and Mikhail Tal from the 1979 Montreal Tournament. This 22-move game by Tal was awarded the brilliancy prize. The opening is a Queen’s Indian Defense, Spassky System where Tal obtains the hanging pawns. This is a model game for the hanging pawns structure. This game does an excellent job promoting the hanging pawns by highlighting the thematic central pawn thrust, the weaknesses on f4/f5, and the thematic bishop sacrifice on the kingside.

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[grouchomcgrouch]

0 inaccuracies, 0 mistakes, 0 blunders vs Spassky seems pretty brilliant to me

[nicksamek]

A surprise to see Spassky get rocked in 22!

[ghostish]

I kind of agree with Tal. This is a great combination, but I've seen him do some things that really made my head spin, this just isn't up there as high as some of his other brilliant tactics, in my opinion.

[wh]

Three videos in one week what a pleasant surprise thanks Jerry!

[TheBlueye]

Always a pleasure to see you in my feed

[alexbaytenov]

What I love about this one is the rook lift with tempo before Bh2. I think most of us (≈1700) would look at the bishop sack, but that rook lift creates so many more beautiful possibilities making the kinda obvious Bh2 so much more powerful and interesting! (Even if it's not the quickest way to win.)

[MatanSweeto]

Thank you jerry! Missing your 15/2 or 15/10 chess games!! Been watching them on repeat but would appreciate some new ones! 😁💕

[cc]

The patience of having an attack yet not attacking too early

[rayclay]

Tal's brilliancy complemented by Jerry's analysis~!!

[ashoksafaya]

Just 22 moves at the highest level is certainly a wider to watch.Thanks for your selection choice too.

[ruantristancarlinsky]

Jerry still making videos! You were so instrumental in getting me into the game of chess when I was young.

So nostalgic

[chessanalysis]

Advanced Chess Thanks Jerry for your Mentoring.

[charbroiledmonk]

To me it seems this was awarded a brilliancy prize due to the very symmetrical structure after the opening lending itself to a situation where the smallest of positional missteps led to a crushing attack. It has beauty in its (relative) simplicity, as much as Tal would protest otherwise.

[theUroshman]

Though not as mind-blowing as some of his other games, which were full of bold sacrifices that we are so accustomed to when thinking of Tal, it was nonetheless a perfectly/precisely performed victory by Tal.

[danielbspinola]

Always to look for the weekened squares - awesome

[ArcaneTricksterRS]

One thing I will say is I'm always surprised by how much chess has evolved over the past 20 or so years, with the introduction of super chess engines. These types of games are basically non-existent now, because in a basic sense, every top player just doesn't allow positions and sacs like this one to happen. If it does happen once every blue moon, you can be sure that the sacrifice will happen on the spot, not "two moves later" as in this case.

[TomJones-txpb]

In the Bxh2+ line, after 22 Kh3, it is complicated but 22.. Ndf6 is actually an equal and very complicated position. It is interesting how so many of Tal's games were analyzed to be unsound, when actually they were sound, just extremely challenging for his opponents to find the correct lines of play.

[badjaeaux]

Tal has made 12 and 14 move brilliancies, the Tal in our neighbourhood

[kevinwilson]

Tal is a professional, he can say, and get away with it. Others can't.

[gustavomilione]

In my opinion, Mikhail Tal has been the most extraordinary chess player in history!