chess opening #790 (144)The Magician from Riga Annotated by tag1153 (1700): Mikhail Tal was perhaps the best attacking player of all time. The eighth World Champion was a calculating monster who loved to sacrifice pieces during attacking combinations. The game that follows was played during the 23rd USSR Championship (about four years before he won the title). Living up to his reputation as "the attacker's attacker", Tal forces Simagin to move his king 20 times out of 44 …Mikhail Tal (2475) vs. Vladamir Simagin (2625) |