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Mikhail Tal: The Man Who Invented Brilliant Moves

by pinnedrook

“You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.”

“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.”

“When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: ‘Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'”

These are just a couple of witty quotes by one of the most popular chess players of all time – Mikhail Tal.

Popular youtuber Levy Rozman aka GothamChess is paying respect to the 8th World Chess Champion in this video “The Man Who Invented Brilliant Moves”.

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