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Tal vs. Larsen (Bled, 1965)
26 min

Tal vs. Larsen (Bled, 1965)

GM PSvidler
| Apr 12, 2024

A famous game from the Bled Candidates semi-final match. The tenth and decisive game from their match which was tied at 4.5 a piece. A classic game in which Tal attacks on the white side of a Keres Attack, also known...

Tal vs. Portisch (Bled, 1965)
30 min

Tal vs. Portisch (Bled, 1965)

GM PSvidler
| Apr 12, 2024

Game 2 of their candidates match. Game 1 had been a draw, but Tal had the better of it. In this game, Tal was surprised by the Caro-Kann Defense (Two Knights Attack [B10]). Portisch tried to play quietly and simplify...

Tal vs. Hecht (Varna, 1962)
25 min

Tal vs. Hecht (Varna, 1962)

GM PSvidler
| Apr 12, 2024

Mikhail Tal's win in the 1962 Olympiad in Varna, Bulgaria over the German Hans-Joachim Hecht. A Nimzo-Indian Defense. "It begins looking as if what is happening on the board absolutely has to happen. There is no way...

Tal's Early Games
25 min

Tal's Early Games

GM PSvidler
| Apr 12, 2024

Two games from early in Mikhail Tal's career: Bukhuti Gurgenidze vs. Tal (Moscow, 1957) Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense (A78) Tal vs. Alexander Tolush (Leningrad, 1956) Sicilian Defense: Najdor...

Two Bishops
32 min

Two Bishops

GM KingLoek
| Dec 19, 2023

What's so good about the bishop pair? In this final video Loek explains all while talking about his win over Hrvoje Stevic in the 2017 French Team Championship.

Counterchances
35 min

Counterchances

GM KingLoek
| Dec 19, 2023

Never give up, never surrender! Loek teaches us to look for opportunities to fight back, taking as one of his examples how Anish Giri rescued a draw against him in Wijk aan Zee in 2012.