The Real Sacrifices: Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen, Bled, 1965

Tal,M - Larsen ,B [B04]

Real Sacrifices Bled cs, 1965

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 e6 6.Qf3 Qf6
7.Qg3 h6 8.Nc3 Nb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Nd7

11.0-0
[11.Bd2; 11.Ne4 "I was intending to continue examining this variation when my attention was attracted by the possibility of a piece sacrifice which I played in the game a few moves later" - TAL]
11...Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qg6 13.Qf3 [13.Qxg6+/=] 13...Qf5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.a3!? [15.f4!; 15.g4!?] 15...Nd5 16.Nb5!! cxb5 17.Qxb5+ Kd8 18.c4

18...Qxe5

[18...Nf4 "The main variation conceived by White was..." - Tal 19.Rd1+ (19.Qa5+ b6 20.Qd2+ makes the whole main line unecessary)
19...Kc7 20.Rd7+ Bxd7 21.Qxd7+ Kb8 22.Qxe7 Qxe5 23.Be3 Ng6 (else Rd1) 24.Qxf7 Qf6 25.Be8! Qe7 (25...Ne5? 26.Bf4; 25...Qxf7 26.Bxf7 Nf8 Dvoretsky) 26.Qxg6 Rxe8 27.Bc5 Qd7 28.Bd6+ Kc8
"and the Bishop on d6 is noticeably stronger than the Rook" - Tal "Again we see a long main variation containing a spectacular 'point'. And again it is utterly unconvincing"- Dvoretsky.; 18...Nb6 is also noted by Tal who gives
19.Qa5 Kc7 (19...Bd7 20.Be3 Kc7 21.c5) 20.c5 Kb8 21.cxb6 axb6 22.Qb5 Ra5 (22...Rd8 Dvoretsky) 23.Qb3 (with, according to Tal, pretty good attacking chances) (23.Qc4 Dvoretsky) 23...Qxe5 24.Bd2 Rd5 Dvoretsky]

19.cxd5 Bd6 20.g3 Qxd5 21.Qe2 Ke7 22.Rd1 Qa5 23.Qg4 Qf5
24.Qc4 Qc5 25.Qd3 Qd5 26.Qc3 Be5 27.Qe1 Qc5 28.Bd2 Kf6
29.Rac1 Qb6 30.Be3 Qa6 31.Qb4 b5 32.Bxb5 Qb7 33.f4 Bb8
34.Bc6

"Thus the sacrifice of a piece was objectively not the strongest continuation. But what do we mean by the strongest continuation? Tal played in full accordance with his style, which has brought him outstanding sporting and creative success." - Dvoretsky.

"Years of analysis and minutes of play are not the same thing" - Tal.

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Kasparov the dynamic and aggresssive !

Kasparov,G (2800) - Karpov,An (2730)
[C92]

Kasparov's dynamism in style, 1990

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6

8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4

14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Rae3 Nf6 19.Nh2 Kh8

20.b3 bxa4 21.bxa4 c4 22.Bb2 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Nfxd5 24.Rg3 Re6

25.Ng4 Qe8 26.Nxh6 c3 27.Nf5 cxb2 28.Qg4 Bc8 29.Qh4+ Rh6

30.Nxh6 gxh6 31.Kh2 Qe5 32.Ng5 Qf6 33.Re8 Bf5 34.Qxh6+

[34.Nf7+ Matt/Mate in 6! 34...Qxf7 35.Qxh6+ Bh7 36.Rxa8 Ne7
37.Rxf8+ Ng8 38.Rgxg8+ Qxg8 39.Qxh7#]

34...Qxh6 35.Nf7+ Kh7 36.Bxf5+ Qg6 37.Bxg6+ Kg7 38.Rxa8 Be7

39.Rb8 a5 40.Be4+ Kxf7 41.Bxd5+
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Karpov Keeping Control Style, (1985 game)

Karpov,A - Kasparov,G [D55]
Karpov keeping control style , 1985

1.d4
[1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e5 10.g3 c6 11.Bg2 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rfe8 13.Rad1 b5 14.a3 Nb6 15.b3 Nfd7 16.Ra1 Nf8 17.d5 ! 17...Rac8 18.Rfd1 c5 19.Bf1 c4 20.a4 ! Nunn is one of the most dangerous players around, but he is kept in a web of steel in this game. 20...cxb3 21.Nxb5 Qxd2 22.Rxd2 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 bxc2 24.a5 Nc8 25.Rc1 Nd7 26.Rxc2 Nc5 27.Nxd6 Nxd6 28.Rxc5 Nxe4 29.Rc7 Bf8 30.a6 Rd8 31.Rxa7 1-0 karpov-nunn 1983]

1...d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Qc2 Na6 9.Rd1 c5 10.dxc5 Qa5 11.cxd5 Nxc5 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Nd4 exd5 14.Be2 Qb6 15.0-0 Ne4 16.Qc2 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Be6 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Qb1 Rc7 20.Rd2 Rdc8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Bg4 Rc4 23.h3 Qc6 24.Qd3 Kh8 25.Rfd1 a5 26.b3 Rc3 27.Qe2 Rf8 28.Bh5 b5 29.Bg6 Bd8 30.Bd3 b4 31.Qg4 Qe8 32.e4

Black's exposed pawns are given a push. The trouble with having three pawn islands is the same problem plate spinners have: one is easy, two is harder...

32...Bg5 33.Rc2 Rxc2 34.Bxc2 Qc6 35.Qe2 Qc5 36.Rf1 Qc3 37.exd5 exd5 38.Bb1 Qd2 39.Qe5 Rd8 40.Qf5 Kg8 41.Qe6+ Kh8 42.Qg6 Kg8 43.Qe6+ Kh8 44.Bf5 Qc3 45.Qg6 Kg8 46.Be6+ Kh8 47.Bf5 Kg8 48.g3 Kf8 49.Kg2 Qf6 50.Qh7 Qf7 51.h4 Bd2 52.Rd1 Bc3 53.Rd3 Rd6 54.Rf3 Ke7 55.Qh8 d4 56.Qc8 Rf6 57.Qc5+ Ke8 58.Rf4 Qb7+ 59.Re4+ Kf7 60.Qc4+ Kf8 61.Bh7 Rf7 62.Qe6 Qd7 63.Qe5

Black has to let a plate drop.

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Fischer The Unstoppable

Byrne,R - Fischer,R
[D71]
Fischer the unstoppable...., 1963

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 0-0 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.0-0 b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Ba3

"...at worse completely safe. To turn this into a mating position in eleven more moves is more witchcraft than chess!" -- KIRBY

11...Re8 12.Qd2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Rfd1 Nd3 15.Qc2 15...Nxf2 16.Kxf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 Nxe3 18.Qd2 Nxg2

Eliminating the defensive bishop rather than snatching at material

19.Kxg2 d4 20.Nxd4 Bb7+ 21.Kf1

As Byrne resigned, GMs in the press room were still arguing that White was winning.

21...Qd7

White resigns. 0-1

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Attacking Style of Capablanca The Elegant

Bernstein,O - Capablanca,J
[D63]
Attacking Style of Capablanca the elegant, 1914

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0
6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4 Bb7
10.Ba6 Bxa6 11.Qxa6 c5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.dxc5 bxc5

Black has the hanging pawns and a bishop to cramp the knights.

14.0-0 Qb6 15.Qe2 c4

Nimzovitch called this "blockaded security"

16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bb4 18.b3 Rac8 19.bxc4 dxc4

Now a secure passed pawn

20.Rc2 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nd5 22.Rc2 c3 23.Rdc1 Rc5 24.Nb3 Rc6 25.Nd4 Rc7

White snaps back at the pushy pawn.

26.Nb5 Rc5 27.Nxc3 Nxc3 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Qb2

A finish that expresses Capablanca's elegance more than any other.

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