Tal's Unusual Queen Sacrifice Countered by Another Queen Sacrifice

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What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? That’s what it feels like when World Chess Champions collide.

In this video, we will analyze a game played by the 7th World Champion, Vasily Smyslov, and the 8th World Champion, Mikhail Tal. Since Tal made a career out of making crazy sacrifices with his pieces, Smyslov opted for the more solid English Opening but will this be enough?

This game features what turned out to be Mikhail Tal's favourite queen sacrifice, which led to an almost equal endgame against one of the best endgame masters, Vasily Smyslov.

Find out what happened in the game and why this became Tal's favourite queen sacrifice out of the many he did throughout his career.

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► Chapters

00:00 Mikhail Tal's Favourite Chess Sacrifice
00:15 Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhail Tal (1964)
01:28 Tal sets the first trap for Smyslov
02:40 What to do in the middlegame stage?
04:50 Mikhail Tal's Most Unusual Queen Sacrifice
06:51 Queen Sacrifice vs Queen Sacrifice
08:02 Playing style and strengths of Smyslov & Tal
08:40 Bishop better than Knight in the Endgame stage?
10:02 Brilliancy from both the players
11:36 Interesting story about Tal
12:23 Best Endgame Strategy & Planning
13:37 Final moments of the game

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