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Today I prepared for you a blitz game played
between the eighth world champion Miky Tall and
Anatoli Karpoff the 12th world champion. A true
clash of two champions with the sacrifice of two
rooks. The game was played in 1987. Miky Tall
begins the game with E4 seizing the center. C6
replies Anatoli Karpov preparing later to strike
in the center with D5. C4 from Miky Tall. On the
board is the Kokan defense. The idea of white is
that now after d5 as indeed followed in the game,
Karpov strikes at the center with d5. White
captures and after the recapture follows the
exchange of four pawns. After black removes
the white pawn on d5, white will have an
isolated pawn on the dfile, but in return
gains a central pawn and free peace play.
Karpov develops his king's knight to f6 and wants
to take on d5 specifically with the knight since
on a queen capture white could with tempo develop
the knight to c3. Tall develops his knight to c3
and after the capture on d5 develops the king's
knight to f3 allowing black if he wishes to take
on c3. The 12th world champion, knowing firsthand
the sharp attacking style of Mikail Tall,
decides to exchange one pair of knights. Capture
on C3, recapture with the pawn on C3. Yes,
white of course obtains the pawn center after
D4, but with one pair of knights less. G6. Black
fiantos the dark squared bishop on the long dark
diagonal. D4. White seizes the center. Now he can
develop the light squared bishop and castle. Black
develops the bishop to G7 and after bishop D3,
black completes the development of the king side
by castling, hiding the king in a safe place. For
the moment safe, white without wasting much time
also castles. The black knight comes out to C6.
White has his pawn center and the black bishop
on G7 shoots well across the position. The white
pawns are always under its sight. Tall brings the
rook to the E file. Rook E1. Rook E8 from black.
Next move, black already intends to break with
E5, undermining white's central structure. Tall,
developing his last minor piece, plays bishop G5
and pins black's pawn on E7 to the queen on D8.
Now E5 is not so simple to play. Black needs
to solve the problem of the bishop on C8. On
the long white diagonal, it cannot come since too
much time is required for B6 and then bishop B7.
And in this position, Karpov decides to put his
bishop on E6. Also, of course, it would have been
logical to play bishop G4, pinning white's knight
on F3 and later, for example, after a queen move,
preparing E5 using the fact that the white knight
is pinned. But in the game, Karpov chooses bishop
E6. The idea of this move is that next move he
can put his bishop on the long white diagonal.
Apparently, Karpov simply forgot that opposite him
sits male tall. Rook takes E6. Black recaptures.
But now without the light squared bishop, white
receives the advantage of the two bishops and
especially the strongest light squared bishop,
which now cannot easily be challenged. White's
bishop comes to C4, already threatening to take
the pawn on E6, and black is forced to defend.
Queen D6, centralizing the queen, also watching
over the pawn on E6. Queen E2. White continues
to increase pressure along the E file on the
pawn E6. The black knight goes backward to D8,
defending the pawn on E6. But rook E1 and
defenders of the pawn on E6 for black are not
enough to move the king to F7 is not desirable
at all. Black brings the last inactive piece,
the rook, from A8 to C8. The rook begins to play
along the Cfile, looking at the bishop and the
pawn on C3. And in this position for white, the
main thing is to remember his strategic goal.
Having sacrificed the rook on e6 for the bishop,
white obtained a terrible initiative together with
the light squared bishop. Therefore, simply giving
away that bishop on e6, taking the pawn on e6 is
unprofitable. After capturing on e6 and numerous
exchanges would follow, capture on c3. And what
remains here for white? White simply remains down
the exchange. He has a knight for black's rook.
The position is losing. Therefore, of course,
the strategic idea here of Mika Nikmovich Tall
is precisely to attack to attack the black king.
And best of all, to do this with knight D2. Tall
transfers the knight into the center to E4, also
supporting his bishop on C4. Black responds with
king H8, stepping out of all X-rays from the
bishop towards the pawn on E6. The knight
comes to E4 attacking the queen. The black queen
retreats, also threatening to take the bishop on
C4. The bishop steps back to B3 and black tries
to untangle in this position. He strikes in the
center with E5, trying to break apart white's
pawn structure in the center. And again for white,
the main thing in this position is not to play
for material, not to try to defend the pawn on D4,
which black threatens to take twice and win. White
must continue to follow his plan, which Tall does.
He plays H4 trying to break open black's cocoon
on the king's side. Black eats the pawn on D4 but
H5 follows. The white pawn march continues towards
the black king and in this position Karpov starts
to crumble. He takes with the pawn on H5. Well,
better of course in this position was for example
queen B6 thereby connecting the queen to defense.
Now on capture simply recapture with the queen and
the queen here would excellently defend the black
king but instead follows capture on h5. Already
tall also makes a slight inaccuracy but plays in
human style. He takes with the queen on h5. The
best of course in this position would have been a
rather inhuman move knight f6. In blitz at least
such a move is very hard to find. The point is
that this knight cannot be taken. For example, on
capture of the knight on F6, white takes with the
bishop with check. Black is forced to take this
bishop. Otherwise, mate follows. But then white
captures the rook, the undefended rook on E8. But
if capturing with the pawn, then all the same.
First, white eats the rook and then immediately
mates the black king. On blocking with the bishop
after the capture, white eats this bishop and it
is mate to the black king. But if this knight
is not taken after knight f6, something must be
done for white is attacking the black rook on
e8. And on the retreat of the rook follows yet
another sacrifice. The knight captures on f7,
sacrificing itself and completely destroying
black's defenses on the king's side. After the
knight is taken, there follows a beautiful mate.
The queen captures on H5, the only enterposition.
And here is mate to the black king. In this way,
the game could have ended already here. But Miky
Tal plays in a more human way. He captures with
the queen on H5, attacking the rook on E8. The
rook is forced to retreat. Rook F8, connecting the
rook along the F- file to the king's defense. But
now comes bishop C2. The white bishop will play a
more active attacking role. Threats of discovered
knight jumps begin to appear. For example, also on
F6 with mating threats from the queen supported
by the bishop. Black must defend with queen E5,
centralizing the queen and tying down the white
pieces. Now the bishop cannot move since behind
it hangs the queen on H5 and the knight also
since behind it hangs the rook on E1 with check.
But nothing terrible thinks Mikail Tall. He plays
knight G3. The second white rook is sacrificed.
This time a pure rook. In this way, white tries
to distract the black queen from defending its
king. And it is not as if black has any choice.
The queen has nowhere to retreat while staying
close to the king side. The entire point of knight
g3 is that white opens his light squared bishop
and already now threatens mate in one move. Queen
takes H7. Therefore, it is necessary to capture
this rook with check. The white king is forced
to retreat and black's checks run out. Still,
there is the threat of maiden one, queen H7. In
this position, black had only one saving move
to find the inhuman resource bishop H6, giving
white some material, sacrificing his bishop. But
whichever way captures here, if for example taking
with the bishop, then follows rook f7. The rook
is defended by the knight from D8. Thus, the rook
along the seventh rank protects its king. The pawn
on G7 is defended. But if for example to capture
this bishop with the queen, then also rook F7
protecting the pawn on H7. White here simply lacks
material and the whole attack breaks down. But in
the game, this did not happen. The move was not
found. Black played H6 in human style trying to
block the mate. But now follows bishop takes H6.
The black king is forced to run since if taking
then comes again mate in a couple of moves. And
now after king G8, white captures the bishop on
G7. Black captures on F2 trying to counterattack
attacking the bishop on C2. But white's mate is
stronger. White gives check with the queen on H7.
The only retreat for the king is F7 and queen G6.
King G8. Bishop A6 check. Next move after the only
retreat of the black king to H8 will follow mate
with the queen on G7. With such a stunning attack,
the eighth world champion Miky Nekamehovich Tall
defeated the 12th world champion Anatoli Karpov.
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