Mikhail Tal Competes At A Strange Event

In 1973 Mikhail Tal competed at a strange event in Moscow! Six city teams competed, each team consisting of one grandmaster paired with 6 pioneers from their respective cities. Each grandmaster played a clock simul against the pioneers from each of the opposing 5 teams. Tal's Riga team finished 3rd, behind Moscow (Smyslov), Leningrad (Spassky), ahead of Kiev (Bronstein), Cheliabinsk (Karpov) and Tbilisi (Petrosian). ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Mikhail Tal vs Leonid D Zaid Moscow (1973), 02 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Ne4 Nd7 15.f5 exf5 16.Rxf5 Be7 17.Bc4 Nf6 18.Rxe5 Nxe4 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qd5+ Kg6 21.Qxe4+ Kf7 22.Rf1+ Bf6 23.Nc5 Re8 24.Qd5+ Kf8 25.Qd6+ Kf7 26.Nxb7 Qa4 27.Qd5+ Kf8 28.Nd6 Be6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Qxe6 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Qa7 32.Nf5 Qf7 33.Qd6+ Be7 34.Qc6 Rd8 35.Qxa6 1-0 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Introduction: 0:00 Critical position: 3:24 Daily Puzzle: 7:26 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ✅ Twitter →   / surenaghabek   ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ✅ Facebook →   / surenaghabek   ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ✅ Instagram →   / surenaghabekyan   ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Video Thumbnail Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ #chesswithsuren