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Mikhail Tal vs Peteris Kampenuss
Latvian Championship (1953), Riga URS
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Minckwitz Variation (C67)  ·  1-0

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May-24-05  like a GM: 24.Nh8!, 29.Ne4!! Who needs knights anyway? Brilliant moves from a player who does whatever Anderssen tells him to do ("Attack, always attack")!
May-24-05  Heavy Metal Thunder: Nh8 is creepy!
Dec-06-06  sahmattr: If Anderssen saw his game, he would be very jealous of Tal. He was a real chess genious.
Dec-06-06  flamboyant: Nh8 came as a shock to me, but when you look closely it is a really logical move, but hard to find OTB (of course if its a puzzle of the day its easier to see, because youre looking for the weird move)
Dec-18-08  ChessYouGood: Tal was probably still 16 at the time of this destructive performance.
Dec-03-09  kooley782: <flamboyant> That's the point: Tal always looked for the weird move. :)
Jul-30-10  whatthefat: This game has made me realize I've been playing far too positionally of late.
Jul-30-10  1. h4: Piket vs Kasparov, 1989

Kasparov's famous 28...Nh1! might have been inspired by Tal's 24.Nh8! in this game. Two very similar motifs.

Aug-25-15  Serbon91: Kamping Knight
Feb-16-24  mel gibson: I saw that move within 10 seconds
so I don't consider it difficult.

Stockfish 16 says:

29. Ne4

(29. Ne4 (1.Ne4 dxe4 2.Qc4+ Kf8 3.Qxc5+ Qe7 4.Qxb6 Be8 5.Rd8 c5 6.Ra8 h6 7.Qe6 Qxe6 8.fxe6 Ke7 9.Ra7+ Kf6 10.Rxa6 Ke7 11.Ra7+ Kf6 12.e7 g4 13.Ra8 Kf7 14.Rxe4 g3 15.hxg3 c4 16.Rxc4 Bxa4 17.Rxa4 b3 18.cxb3 Kxe7 19.Ra7+ Ke6 20.Rxg7) +9.97/36 441)

score for White +9.97 depth 36.

Feb-16-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  al wazir: 30. Rxd7+ would also have won.
Feb-16-24  Allderdice83: Not often you see a knight go to the corner voluntarily! I'm glad to say I actually got the puzzle.
Feb-16-24  TheaN: I missed the text move for a while because it seems so obvious. PxN seems dead lost, but if Black defends the knight White invades with Qh5+ and Re8+ (no move based analysis because phone :>)
Feb-16-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  chrisowen: Lug jam rap q its hot Ne4 enough its doh its aog jug abridge dax lit Ne4 buck with :)
Feb-16-24  Viennablue: Sure as hell I would have played 30.Rxd7+ without much thinking
Feb-16-24  Cellist: Ne4 is the most powerful winning move, but Nh5 or Qh5+ also secure a decisive advantage.
Feb-16-24  Ariogermano: Tal the King of sacrifice !
Feb-16-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: The king saw two moves: the sacrifice 29. Ne4, for which B reply: 29... dxe4 30. Rxd7+ Ke8 seems to gain a 'time' necessary to reorder B defense. Ad the 2nd, that I chose is: 29. Qh5+ ("weak players don't resist to give a check, whenever they can...")., because: B would not answer g6 30. Qxh7+ Qg7 31. fxg6+ which takes out our beloved (enemy's) ♕ and forces 29... Kg8 (to protect h7), then 30. Ne4 dxe4 31. Rxd7... seems more strong. However, Tal is genius, let's see what he did.
Feb-16-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: Yes, I chose the wrong check... LOL Qc4+best!
Feb-16-24  Messiah: Wasn't difficult! 😎

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