Tal – Shamkovich Tal Shamkovich Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1972.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: USSR Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "USSR Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Shamkovich"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Bg5 a6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Be5 15.f4 Bxf4 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Rhf1 Be5 20.Bxh7 f5 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Rf3 Re8 23.g4 f4 24.g5 Kf8 {White's attack is proceeding nicely, but there are no open files to work with, so the rooks do not play a significant role. On the other hand, Black has a beautiful bishop which does help defend by guarding the a1-h8 diagonal.} 25.Rxf4 {Tal, one of the most romantic of all chess champions, gives up a whole rook just to deflect the bishop from covering g7.} Bxf4 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ Kf8 {White has successfully infiltrated with the queen, but even queen and bishop are not enough to deliver mate. But aided by a pawn...} 28.g6 Bh6 {Otherwise the pawn would advance to g7 and deliver mate. But now the f-file, which had been blocked by the bishop, is wide open.} 29.Rf1 {Black resigned, faced with certain mate)} Rd8 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Rxf7+ Kd6 32.Qd4+ Kc6 33.Qc5# 1-0 [Event "USSR Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Shamkovich"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Bg5 a6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Be5 15.f4 Bxf4 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Rhf1 Be5 20.Bxh7 f5 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Rf3 Re8 23.g4 f4 24.g5 Kf8 {White's attack is proceeding nicely, but there are no open files to work with, so the rooks do not play a significant role. On the other hand, Black has a beautiful bishop which does help defend by guarding the a1-h8 diagonal.} 25.Rxf4 {Tal, one of the most romantic of all chess champions, gives up a whole rook just to deflect the bishop from covering g7.} Bxf4 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ Kf8 {White has successfully infiltrated with the queen, but even queen and bishop are not enough to deliver mate. But aided by a pawn...} 28.g6 Bh6 {Otherwise the pawn would advance to g7 and deliver mate. But now the f-file, which had been blocked by the bishop, is wide open.} 29.Rf1 {Black resigned, faced with certain mate)} Rd8 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Rxf7+ Kd6 32.Qd4+ Kc6 33.Qc5# 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
