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1956 / Leningrad

Tal offers a rook and wins queen and knight

Tal, Mihail — Tolush, Alexander V

Both queens are attacked. Tal saves his own with an intermediate check, captures the opposing queen with a pawn, then wins the knight that blocked the check.

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Tal, Mihail — Tolush, Alexander V

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