Tal – Miglan Tal Miglan Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1950.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Junior Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Junior Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Miglan"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 {This is the normal move against the Open Variation of the Spanish Game. Even at the tender age of 14 Tal knew his opening theory well!} Bc5 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 {This knight is making a few too many moves in the opening.} 11.Qxd2 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Qd1 {More knight moves. But this steed will be chased from the White camp on the next move.} O-O 14.b3 Nb6 15.Ng5 {The Black kingside has no defenders, and White's forces are trained on the vulnerable targets surrounding the king.} h6 {15...g6 creates major holes at f6, h6 and g7.} 16.Qd3 {A crude but effective threat at h7.} Re8 {Black makes room to run.} 17.Qh7+ Kf8 18.Nxe6+ Rxe6 {18...fxe6 19.Bg6 Re7 20.Qh8++} 19.b4 {Tal has his eyes on the entire board. The bishop cannot move to e7 because of Qh8 mate, so this move wins a piece.} Bxb4 20.cxb4 Rxe5 21.Bxh6 {Black resigned, since 21...gxh6 allows 22.Qh8+ with a fork on the rook at e5 and the king.} 1-0 [Event "Soviet Junior Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Miglan"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 {This is the normal move against the Open Variation of the Spanish Game. Even at the tender age of 14 Tal knew his opening theory well!} Bc5 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 {This knight is making a few too many moves in the opening.} 11.Qxd2 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Qd1 {More knight moves. But this steed will be chased from the White camp on the next move.} O-O 14.b3 Nb6 15.Ng5 {The Black kingside has no defenders, and White's forces are trained on the vulnerable targets surrounding the king.} h6 {15...g6 creates major holes at f6, h6 and g7.} 16.Qd3 {A crude but effective threat at h7.} Re8 {Black makes room to run.} 17.Qh7+ Kf8 18.Nxe6+ Rxe6 {18...fxe6 19.Bg6 Re7 20.Qh8++} 19.b4 {Tal has his eyes on the entire board. The bishop cannot move to e7 because of Qh8 mate, so this move wins a piece.} Bxb4 20.cxb4 Rxe5 21.Bxh6 {Black resigned, since 21...gxh6 allows 22.Qh8+ with a fork on the rook at e5 and the king.} 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.
