Legendary game · 1965
A knight for an invisible wall
Tal vs Larsen — Bled 1965 · Sicilian Defense (B82)
Larsen
Tal
Bled, nineteen sixty-five. Mikhail Tal sacrifices a whole knight — not for checkmate, but for something far stranger.
The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.
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