This is a game played between Mikhail Tal and Bent Larsen. Tal is know as the Magician from Riga, while Larsen had been the first western player to fight the Soviet dominance in the chess world. The game was played in the Candidates Semifinal (1965).
If you just want to enjoy the beautiful position scroll all the way down!
Game Analysis
The Sacrifice
Anyone could guess exactly what the Magician from Riga would play next move. Correct! It's knight to d5. Giving the knight up before attacking the kingside, while making it tough for black pieces to enter the kingside without losing material. Even though the engine prefer knight to e2, Tal prefer to play chess his way not his opponent way.
The Mistake
Larsen were up a knight in this position, but moving the rook to the seventh-rank was a mistake. Mostly because white now can pile his rooks on the e-file and occupy the seventh rank for an attack against the kingside.
Giving White Too Much
This position would perhaps be playable for black, If he did played the best move.
At this point, Larsen gave Tal too much of an initiative. It will just be time that decide the result of the game.
The Blunder
The next move would decide whether white would win right off the bat or he have to work for his meal. Tal played the move that would create the brilliancy. Making the position look hopeless for black by trading down as much material as possible.
What a great way to finish the game. Using the queen to attack black's rook, but the queen cannot be captured because the king is pinned by the white's rook. While black's queen cannot make any useful check to the white king.
If Larsen did continues the game would look like this with best moves!
But there was no point in continuing
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