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.
Tal wasn't really happy with his games unless he gets to turn the board into utter chaos. Casually strolling up and crushing Spassky in 22 moves without flamboyance was meh to him.
@@brianjacob8728 Spassky has a positive score against Tal. Maybe you should check some games where he made people look foolish. He is considered the first "universal player". It's a pity the internet promotes certain players way more than others. Back when I was a kid and studied chess from books there were plenty of examples of Spassky games and they always considered him one of the best.
@@brianjacob8728 Well he became world chess champion by being one of the best players of his generation, easily in the top 20 of all time. You know nothing. Spassky had a positive score against Fischer before their WCC match (+4 -0 =2) and while Spassky's lifetime score against Fischer (+11 -17 =28) definitely favours Fischer, it's not like Spassky "looked foolish". If you want to see a player look foolish look at Nakamura's score against Carlsen: +1 -14 =26.
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.)
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.
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.
A mating attack in 22 moves is almost never seen today at the top level, that's true. However, you can see similar attacks on move 30, 35. Because top players put a very high pressure against an opponent, and the defending side would either loose some material, make positional compromises, or if the defender resists to the before mentioned problems, eventually an opponent gets a chance to deliver a beautiful sacrifice.
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.
💯 world championships not just in classical but blitz, 2 separate undefeated streak records 88 and 95 professional games (latter took 4 decades to break), casually solved "Plaskett's puzzle" that other GMs in his time couldn't solve and even engines of 2010s couldn't either, latest 2020s engines actually give some of his less-than-perfect games according to 2010s engines a 100% accuracy, and all that with creative improvisatory reckless attacking play style, Tal didn't calculate and played with intuition/instinct like a mad scientist, here's what Kasparov said about him: GK: I worked a bit with Tal. Around 1980, he visited Baku, we played a couple of training games, and the chess contact wasn't lost until Tal's very last days. There was a blitz tournament in Moscow, one month before Tal's death. He looked horribly. But Tal was still Tal. In this blitz tournament, I lost my only game to him. I retaliated in the second round, but the fact was that until the very end, he still had this vision of games. He was the only one I knew who didn't calculate the variants, he saw them. EK: Can you elaborate? GK: We calculate: he does this then I do that. And Tal, through all the thick layers of variants, saw that around the 8th move, it will be so and so. Some people can see the mathematical formulae, they can imagine the whole picture instantly. An ordinary man has to calculate, to think this through, but they just see it all. It occurs in great musicians, great scientists. Tal was absolutely unique. His playing style was of course unrepeatable. I calculated the variants quickly enough, but these Tal insights were unique. He was a man in whose presence others sensed their mediocrity.
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.
Whether it deserved the brilliancy prize or not depends on what the competition was. But having said that, as great as Spassky has been in some games, and yes he played like a World Champion some times, this is clearly not one of them. And if you were awarding a brilliancy prize, being able to give it to the wizard of Riga, who's known for such things, and in a miniature, against such a formidable opponent, on paper at least, is probably good for business.
6:11 I love piece sacrifices, even those who doesn't work; I'm willing to do 10 piece sacrifices that fails just to land ONE. Obviously not in the same game because that would be ridicules :) Spassky's accuracy at 80% is shocking. I didn't think he played that bad until it all fell apart; you can't blame an entire game on the 3-4 last moves that leads to check mate 😁
I wonder why Spassky put his rook on the e-file when the e-file (opposite the black queen) seems more natural. It looks like it was going to be several moves before the rook would actually be useful on the e-file, so I'm a bit mystified by that move. Maybe his mouse slipped. ;)
One thing Tal does well here is persist with the Q side breakthrough. Yes it’s obvious, but he keeps the tempo of the attack going and always has the upper hand. Too often attacks fizzle out through lack of focus! So I agree with the prize.
Jewish-or-American friends of Bobby Fischer in chess : Mikhail Tal, Polgar's, Carmine Nigro, Arthur Bisguier, Boris Spassky, Pal Benko, Sam Reshevsky, William Lombardy Jewish-or-American enemies of Bobby Fischer in chess : Traitor Garry Kasparov (cheated 2 fellow Jewish Europeans Judit Polgar & Alexei Shirov) Jewish-or-American enemies of Magnus Carlsen in chess : Hans Niemann, Carissa Yip x Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Anish Giri, MVL, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Danya Naroditsky, Bobby Fischer's ghost, Arianne Caoili x Levon Aronian, Eric Rosen, Beth Harmon, Maurice Ashley Jewish-or-American friends of Magnus Carlsen in chess : Traitor Danny Rensch (re Hans), Traitor Atousa x Traitor Hikaru (re Hans), Traitor Daniil Dubov (re Nepo & Sergey) So why is Magnus morally worse than Bobby in chess? Actually, Bobby is perfectly moral inside chess. Lol. --- Edit re comments : 1 - i said OR. Carmine may be a gentile but is still an American. ( But I'm surprised the person questioned Carmine but not Boris. Anyway if you want then just change Jew-or-American to Soviet, Israeli or Jew-or-American . That's what I mean anyway. Mwahaha. See p1w4Rr-1ET for more info. Btw as for Carmine's last name, someone could be Jewish from their mom's side. Eg Anish. Giri is a Hindu / Indian name, but well Anish is Russian on mom's side even if Nepalese / Indian or dad's side. ) 2 - There is treason all the time in chess. Treason is when you do something evil, such as cheating or making baseless accusations, against people of your own nationality or ethnicity. 2.1 - Garry Kasparov betrayed Judit Polgar & Alexei Shirov by cheating them in resp 1994 linares & 2000 PCA classical WCC. The cheating is additionally treasonous because they were fellow European Jews. 2.2 - Magnus & Hans are of Scandinavian-descent. 2.3 - Hikaru, Atousa, Andrew Tang, Danny Rensch are American like Hans. (Danny is Jewish like Hans.) 2.4 - Daniil is Jewish Russian like Nepo, Sergey, Anish & Alexandra and Jewish like Danya Naroditsky. - Prior to 2021 classical WCC: Magnus cheated Alexandra & Danya. Yet Daniil sides with Magnus over Nepo & Sergey. - during: Magnus cheated Nepo - after: Magnus cheated Danya again and Anish. Magnus also baselessly accused Hans. Magnus possibly cheated Sergey in the 2022 candidates like how Garry cheated Alexei in 2000 PCA classical WCC.
@@MonnizProductions Magnus rated American series The Queen's Gambit American Protagonist Beth Harmon 5/6 only. Only too 2 like how Magnus was only top 2 in the classical WC of 9LX created by American Bobby Fischer and won by American Wesley So.
Mikhail Tal Chess Games
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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.
Lol, ya, maybe 'brilliant' in that it is just how Tal plays casual chess.
this is 20 years after his title, 5 years after his (no longer) unbeaten streak of 95 games. games from this era of his tend to be simpler. cheers
The brilliance prize is relative to the other games in the tournament.
I mean, his opponent is Spassky here
Tal wasn't really happy with his games unless he gets to turn the board into utter chaos. Casually strolling up and crushing Spassky in 22 moves without flamboyance was meh to him.
Ty
0 inaccuracies, 0 mistakes, 0 blunders vs Spassky seems pretty brilliant to me
A surprise to see Spassky get rocked in 22!
Surprise to see Tal not sac on h2 the moment the engine says you could 😂
Never have understood how Spassky got to be a world champ. Tal and Fischer made him look foolish. I wonder how Petrosian did against him...
@@brianjacob8728 Spassky has a positive score against Tal. Maybe you should check some games where he made people look foolish. He is considered the first "universal player". It's a pity the internet promotes certain players way more than others. Back when I was a kid and studied chess from books there were plenty of examples of Spassky games and they always considered him one of the best.
@@brianjacob8728put some respect on his name
@@brianjacob8728 Well he became world chess champion by being one of the best players of his generation, easily in the top 20 of all time. You know nothing. Spassky had a positive score against Fischer before their WCC match (+4 -0 =2) and while Spassky's lifetime score against Fischer (+11 -17 =28) definitely favours Fischer, it's not like Spassky "looked foolish".
If you want to see a player look foolish look at Nakamura's score against Carlsen: +1 -14 =26.
Three videos in one week what a pleasant surprise thanks Jerry!
Jerry been on fire lately
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.)
Yeah, the rook lift is the most brilliant part.
Thank you jerry! Missing your 15/2 or 15/10 chess games!! Been watching them on repeat but would appreciate some new ones! 😁💕
Tal's brilliancy complemented by Jerry's analysis~!!
The patience of having an attack yet not attacking too early
Always a pleasure to see you in my feed
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.
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.
Agreed. It's not Spassky at his best, but also Spassky didn't have the benefit of engines
engines are ruining the game.
A mating attack in 22 moves is almost never seen today at the top level, that's true. However, you can see similar attacks on move 30, 35. Because top players put a very high pressure against an opponent, and the defending side would either loose some material, make positional compromises, or if the defender resists to the before mentioned problems, eventually an opponent gets a chance to deliver a beautiful sacrifice.
Thx Jerry 😊
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.
Just 22 moves at the highest level is certainly a wider to watch.Thanks for your selection choice too.
Advanced Chess !!!!!!!!! Thanks Jerry for your Mentoring.
It’s clever, but not sparkling. I imagine the other games in the tourney must have been pretty drab. Thanks Jerry.
Thank You very much. Very good. 😎 👍
Yeah I saw that on move 2. Who didn't????
In my opinion, Mikhail Tal has been the most extraordinary chess player in history!
💯 world championships not just in classical but blitz, 2 separate undefeated streak records 88 and 95 professional games (latter took 4 decades to break), casually solved "Plaskett's puzzle" that other GMs in his time couldn't solve and even engines of 2010s couldn't either, latest 2020s engines actually give some of his less-than-perfect games according to 2010s engines a 100% accuracy, and all that with creative improvisatory reckless attacking play style, Tal didn't calculate and played with intuition/instinct like a mad scientist, here's what Kasparov said about him:
GK: I worked a bit with Tal. Around 1980, he visited Baku, we played a couple of training games, and the chess contact wasn't lost until Tal's very last days. There was a blitz tournament in Moscow, one month before Tal's death. He looked horribly. But Tal was still Tal. In this blitz tournament, I lost my only game to him. I retaliated in the second round, but the fact was that until the very end, he still had this vision of games. He was the only one I knew who didn't calculate the variants, he saw them.
EK: Can you elaborate?
GK: We calculate: he does this then I do that. And Tal, through all the thick layers of variants, saw that around the 8th move, it will be so and so. Some people can see the mathematical formulae, they can imagine the whole picture instantly. An ordinary man has to calculate, to think this through, but they just see it all. It occurs in great musicians, great scientists. Tal was absolutely unique. His playing style was of course unrepeatable. I calculated the variants quickly enough, but these Tal insights were unique. He was a man in whose presence others sensed their mediocrity.
Mikhail Tal ❤
Impressive how he keeps up his wizard-of-sacrifice legend, even against a former World Champion, isn’t it.
Tal game! Lemmie grab some popcorn.
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.
How does the horsey thing move?
Bad, we can't view the chess board fully
You have Closed Captions on maybe. Click CC to turn off
Whether it deserved the brilliancy prize or not depends on what the competition was. But having said that, as great as Spassky has been in some games, and yes he played like a World Champion some times, this is clearly not one of them. And if you were awarding a brilliancy prize, being able to give it to the wizard of Riga, who's known for such things, and in a miniature, against such a formidable opponent, on paper at least, is probably good for business.
It's likely only a brilliancy prize due to strength of the opponent
Tal has made 12 and 14 move brilliancies, the Tal in our neighbourhood
Immortal mate
Tal is a professional,he can say, and get away with it. Others can't.
Jerry still making videos! You were so instrumental in getting me into the game of chess when I was young.
So nostalgic
Brilliant
Hi Jerry.
I can easily beat Spassky in terms of blunders
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Always to look for the weekened squares - awesome
bishop g2 mate was coolest
Hey yo Jerry. What goin on?
6:11 I love piece sacrifices, even those who doesn't work; I'm willing to do 10 piece sacrifices that fails just to land ONE. Obviously not in the same game because that would be ridicules :)
Spassky's accuracy at 80% is shocking. I didn't think he played that bad until it all fell apart; you can't blame an entire game on the 3-4 last moves that leads to check mate 😁
I wonder why Spassky put his rook on the e-file when the e-file (opposite the black queen) seems more natural. It looks like it was going to be several moves before the rook would actually be useful on the e-file, so I'm a bit mystified by that move. Maybe his mouse slipped. ;)
(I meant d-file in the first mention. I'm not sure why auto-correct changed it to e-file).
magician from riga 😍
tal the magician...
Amazing game jerry
12:45 the combination innit
Thank you
Hi Jerry!
Nice. ^_^
Big hug
One thing Tal does well here is persist with the Q side breakthrough. Yes it’s obvious, but he keeps the tempo of the attack going and always has the upper hand. Too often attacks fizzle out through lack of focus! So I agree with the prize.
d4 pawn break by black was very impressive, when the square was guarded 4 times: pawn, knight, queen, bishop!
Jewish-or-American friends of Bobby Fischer in chess :
Mikhail Tal, Polgar's, Carmine Nigro, Arthur Bisguier, Boris Spassky, Pal Benko, Sam Reshevsky, William Lombardy
Jewish-or-American enemies of Bobby Fischer in chess :
Traitor Garry Kasparov (cheated 2 fellow Jewish Europeans Judit Polgar & Alexei Shirov)
Jewish-or-American enemies of Magnus Carlsen in chess :
Hans Niemann, Carissa Yip x Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Anish Giri, MVL, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Danya Naroditsky, Bobby Fischer's ghost, Arianne Caoili x Levon Aronian, Eric Rosen, Beth Harmon, Maurice Ashley
Jewish-or-American friends of Magnus Carlsen in chess :
Traitor Danny Rensch (re Hans), Traitor Atousa x Traitor Hikaru (re Hans), Traitor Daniil Dubov (re Nepo & Sergey)
So why is Magnus morally worse than Bobby in chess?
Actually, Bobby is perfectly moral inside chess. Lol.
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Edit re comments :
1 - i said OR. Carmine may be a gentile but is still an American.
( But I'm surprised the person questioned Carmine but not Boris. Anyway if you want then just change Jew-or-American to Soviet, Israeli or Jew-or-American . That's what I mean anyway. Mwahaha. See p1w4Rr-1ET for more info. Btw as for Carmine's last name, someone could be Jewish from their mom's side. Eg Anish. Giri is a Hindu / Indian name, but well Anish is Russian on mom's side even if Nepalese / Indian or dad's side. )
2 - There is treason all the time in chess. Treason is when you do something evil, such as cheating or making baseless accusations, against people of your own nationality or ethnicity.
2.1 - Garry Kasparov betrayed Judit Polgar & Alexei Shirov by cheating them in resp 1994 linares & 2000 PCA classical WCC. The cheating is additionally treasonous because they were fellow European Jews.
2.2 - Magnus & Hans are of Scandinavian-descent.
2.3 - Hikaru, Atousa, Andrew Tang, Danny Rensch are American like Hans. (Danny is Jewish like Hans.)
2.4 - Daniil is Jewish Russian like Nepo, Sergey, Anish & Alexandra and Jewish like Danya Naroditsky.
- Prior to 2021 classical WCC: Magnus cheated Alexandra & Danya. Yet Daniil sides with Magnus over Nepo & Sergey.
- during: Magnus cheated Nepo
- after: Magnus cheated Danya again and Anish. Magnus also baselessly accused Hans. Magnus possibly cheated Sergey in the 2022 candidates like how Garry cheated Alexei in 2000 PCA classical WCC.
Beth Harmon 😅
@@MonnizProductions
Magnus rated American series The Queen's Gambit American Protagonist Beth Harmon 5/6 only. Only too 2 like how Magnus was only top 2 in the classical WC of 9LX created by American Bobby Fischer and won by American Wesley So.
What nonsense is this you cannot be a traitor in chess, its only a game😅
There was a Jew named Nigro?
You climbed the fence of Betty Ford didn't you