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This Indian IM beat the great Mikhail Tal in 1987!

4,163 views · Published 26 January 2018 · 3:08 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: ChessBase India · 2018 · Sports

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THIS INDIAN IM HAS BEATEN EX-WORLD CHAMPION MIKHAIL TAL

The number of people who can boast about having beaten an ex-World Champion are just handful. On this republic day, we want to share with you an amazing story!

An Indian International Master went to a super strong Inter-Zonal tournament in Subotica, Serbia in 1987. There he was the second last seed. He was going to play in the same tournament with some of the greatest players of that time Short​, Ribli, Tal, Smyslov, Sax and many more. He had very little hope of beating his esteemed opponents. He just wanted to gain experience.

For this Indian IM the biggest idol at the event was the great genius - Mikhail Tal. When he went to the game against him, he was sure he would lose. But instead of just going down tamely, he decided to attack his opponent! :) He attacked Mikhail Tal's king, he attacked the man from whom he had learnt the art of attack. And believe it or not, after 40 moves Tal resigned!

This Indian IM is D.v. Prasad​ and this is his amazing story!

You can replay that game here: http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2018/1/26/Game295099093.html

Note: there is an error in the video which says the year was 1979, it was 1987 in fact.

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