I played in the Reykjavic Grand Open a couple of times. The winter storms throughout the event inspired some stormy weather at the chessboard. The game presented below involves a positional queen sacrifice that turns out to be well-justified. Tal went over it with me and was pleased by the acton on the board. I hope you find it entertaining and instructive.
very nice game. i look forward to seeing more of your games.
very nice game
True but also when playing a move such as what i have said chances are that we would have seen his rook in danger and moved him from being underpressure.
which in turn would leave his knight to a capture.
Rees: 23...Qc8?? 24.Ne7+ wins the queen with a fork.
I am not understanding why on move 23 you just did not move your queen to c8. With being there you now have put Saevar in a mixed company with him in a fork situation, but he also if willing to lose a piece may attack still with his knight or rook. After he does attack you can take his piece and still have your queen.
People, READ THE NOTES in the movelist. Most questions are answered there. I wish the interface were better, but the analysis is not shown directly. You must VIEW MOVELIST to see it. Qxe6 was not a blunder but yes there was some time pressure.
nice game, but don't really get it, I'm assuming there's some time pressure on move 38? ... it seems 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 leads to a very unclear game .. 38. Kf2 is just a gross blunder ...more or less the follow up Qxe6 .. I'm guessing there was some severe time pressure ...
Mr Schiller,
I didn't see beyond d1Q in my head, but I suppose you are correct. My bad....
I don't understand: 25...e3?! 26.Qxf5 exd2 27.Bxb7! d1Q 28.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kg2 and then what?
there seems to be a lot of interest in 39. Qxe6, but I can't believe no one suggested 25. .... e3(!) as an improvement on your Bd4. I think the queen sac is beautiful, and I certainly would not have seen it, but after 24. Qc2 (?) I thought e3 looked obvious; (my main line in my head runs 25. .... e3 26. Qxf5 (forced) exd2 27. Rd1 (27. Bxb7 d1Q +/-) Ra7 and the a-pawn is practically unstoppable. The game is very beautiful and instructive.
I think one of his major blunders was probably moving the b pawn. The immediate exchange afterwords left his pieces in severe disarray.
Great game! I wish I were a good enough player to win a game like that. (I often face the same predicament white faced here. I have a lot of trouble planning ahead.)
I play against humans, not computers. Humans weaken under stress, and a good attack piles on pressure and leads to errors.
Remember, neither man nor machine can win a game without an error by the opponent. So every decisive game can be "refuted". It is not a criticism of the game.
"There are two types of sacrifices, correct ones, and mine." -Tal
16.bxc4 looks superior to the "forced" e4 as in the game .. so says Fritz 8 .. update... fritz 8 has that as the blunder at {-1.04} went throgh the rest and that Queen sac was forced according to Fritz 8 ,anything else let to a huge plus for white... and white was left with a small edge after the sac. OTB,for black, entirely different scenario im sure from a psychological standpoint. Interesting game !
thanks for posting this game.
Yes, please explain 39.Qxe6 in more detail.
That is what good tactice can do when you loos your most important piece
Tal has seen better games of mine. I don't recall him saying much except Of Course! This game has basically one good idea, not a lot of complex variations. He was a bit dismissive about 9...c4: Opasno! (dANGER!). That's all I can recall. We were, as usual, sitting in the bar :-)
Cool game. What did Tal have to say about the game, did he have any suggestions for improvements for either side?
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