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[Music] Hello everyone, and this is Chekhov's amazing chess skill by Mikhail Tal. In this chess game, Tal is playing with the white pieces, and his opponent is John Wonder Wheel. This game was played in 1982 in Moscow in the Moscow Chess Tournament. So let's check out this very fascinating chess game by Tal. This was one of the must-see chess games of Mikhail Tal.
So, Mikhail Tal, who is playing with the white pieces, starts the game with pawn c4. The English opening. He says, Knight c3, Knight f6, Knight f3, d6, d4, Bishop d7, Bishop d3, defending the pawn c5. And Mikhail Tal castled. Knight c6, e5, attacking the knight. Knight g4, attacking the e-pawn. But White held out, played Bishop e5. Queen c7, defending the bishop. So if Black would capture the pawn with the knight, Knight takes Knight, after Knight takes on e5, Bishop takes Bishop on b7. But now Black can capture the pawn. So Tal played d3. And in this position, Black aptly captured the pawn. Knight from g takes on e5. Knight takes Knight. Knight takes Knight. After Knight takes Knight, Mikhail Tal is attacking the knight. Knight c6, and f5 by Tal. But Black doesn't want to open the g-file, and he played g6, a sensible move. Bishop g5, and g takes on f5, sacrificing the pawn by Tal. After g takes on f5, Mikhail Tal captured on f5 with the bishop, sacrificing the bishop. What an incredible aggressive move by Tal! But he didn't capture to vitiate. And Black played Bishop e7. After Bishop takes on f5, if Black captures the bishop or connects the e-file, the Queen to e7. How to defend? Mike, the e7 is one of the only defenses that group from 80. Even and there is huge pressure on e7, as you can see. How to defend? If defending meet the Queen, the Queen to f5, attacking the rook, defending the rook, and the Queen takes on f5. After defending the rook, well, as you can see, this position looks extremely ugly for Black. So Black wanted to avoid this. Of course, he didn't capture the bishop. So this is why in this position, Mikhail Tal captured the pawn with the bishop. Bishop takes on f5, a very aggressive approach by Tal. And Vanderbilt played Bishop e7. Mikhail Tal played Queen h5. Bishop takes Bishop. Queen takes on e5. Knight e7, attacking the bishop. Bishop evolved. Bishop takes Bishop. Knight g4. And in this position, Mikhail Tal is threatening to play Knight d6, forking the king and the queen. Queen c6, defending. Well, what would you do in this position? Black would be very happy if he could castle, but there is no time for Black to castle because Mikhail Tal captured on f7. Rook takes on f7 by Tal, sacrificing the rook. What a move! Well, in this position, Tal is threatening checkmate. Queen takes Knight. So King takes on f7, and Queen f6. This is check. Black has to defend the rook. We have King g8, and leaving the knight. Tal captured the knight with the queen. If King period, of course, the Queen takes rook, and everything is falling apart for Black. Black is getting crushed, as you can see. So King g8, and Tal captured the knight. Queen takes on e7. Rook f8. Well, let's play a silly move. They say a5. Then of course, Knight f6 is checkmate in one move. For defending the checkmate, Torre Wanda will play Rook f8, defending. So if Knight f6, Rook takes Knight. Mikhail Tal played the move, and Black resigns. What an unbelievable chess game by Mikhail Tal! Well, Mikhail Tal played Rook f1, and Black resigns. Black threw in the towel, and this is the last position of the game. John Vanderhill resigns. Shall let me show you the possible continuation. Rook takes rook, does check. King takes rook. King takes on f1. And Malbert, one of the only sensible defenses in this position, maybe the one and only defense is a5, defending on f6 with the queen. But then White plays Knight f6. Let's check. Queen takes Knight. Queen takes Queen. There is no chance for Black after this position. White has the queen and Black has the rook. This is all over for Black. Another super exciting chess game by Mikhail Tal, an incredible chess game. So let's get back to the final position of this chess game. So this is why after Mikhail Tal played Rook f1, Black resigned. Thank you for watching, and I hope to see you next time. Take care and bye bye. [Music]