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Sicilian Defence Brilliancy Chess Game: Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen - WCh. semi-final 1965
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Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen
"A Bent Pin" (chessgames.com game of the day Apr-28-10)
Bled csf 1965 · Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Tal Variation (B82)
[Event "Bled csf"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[MovePly "73"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Ndb5 Qb8 11.g4 a6 12.Nd4 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bd3 b4 16.Nd5 {!} exd5 17.exd5 {The
piece sacrifice is a positional one, since it has been used to
erect an invisible barrier on the e-file. A number of squares
on it (e5 and e6) are controlled by white pawns, and a white
rook will soon be moved to e1. -- Iakov Damsky} f5 18.Rde1 Rf7
19.h4 Bb7 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Rxe7 Ne5 22.Qe4 Qf8 23.fxe5 Rf4
24.Qe3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Qxe7 26.Qxf3 dxe5 27.Re1 Rd8 28.Rxe5 Qd6
29.Qf4 {! With this simple tactic 29 ...Bxd5 30. Re8+ White
keeps his two extra pawns. The finish is straightforward. --
Damsky} Rf8 30.Qe4 b3 31.axb3 Rf1+ 32.Kd2 Qb4+ 33.c3 Qd6
34.Bc5 Qxc5 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf7 1-0
Annotated PGN
[Event "Bled csf"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
{Mikhail Tal, the former world champion, and Bent Larsen, the Great Dane, met
in a semifinal candidates match in 1965. Larsen was ahead after winning game
one. Tal won game two. Games three and four were draws. Larsen won game five
and Tal came back to win game six. After draws in the next three games, the
match was still even. In game ten, Tal had white} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Ndb5
Qb8 11. g4 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 (13... e5 14. fxe5 (14. g5 Bg4 15. Qg3
exd4 16. Rxd4 Re8 17. Rd2 Bh5 (17... Nd7 18. Qxg4) (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc8 19.
Bg2 Bf8) 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Bd3) 14... dxe5 15. Be3 Bxg4 16. Qg2
Bxd1) 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bd3 (15. a3 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Rg1 Rb8 18. b3 Bb7 19. f5
exf5 20. Qxf5 Ne5 21. Rg3 g6 22. Qf2) 15... b4 16. Nd5 {!} exd5 17. exd5 {The
piece sacrifice is a positional one, since it has been used to erect an
invisible barrier on the e-file. A number of squares on it (e5 and e6) are
controlled by white pawns, and a white rook will soon be moved to e1. -- Iakov
Damsky} f5 (17... g6 18. h4 (18. Rhe1 Bd8 19. Qh3 Ne5 20. Qh6 Nxd3+ (20... Bb6
21. f5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Re8 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Bh3 Be3+ 26. Kb1 Qd6
27. Qh4) 21. Rxd3 f6 22. gxf6 Rf7 23. Re8+) 18... Nc5 19. h5 (19. Bc4 Bf5 20.
h5 Qc7 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. b3 Qd7 23. Qf2 Bd8 24. Ba1 f6) 19... Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Bf5
21. Rd2 Qc7 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qg2 (23. Qf2 Rac8)) 18. Rde1 (18. gxf6 Bxf6 19.
Qh5 h6 20. Qg6 Bxd4 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rde1 Nc5 23. Qg6+ Kg8) 18... Rf7 (18...
Bd8 19. Qh5 Nc5 (19... g6 20. Qh6 Ne5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Qa7 23. h4 Qf7 24.
h5) 20. Bxg7 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 (21. Kb1 Kxg7 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Re7 Bxe7 24. g6 Rf7
25. Rg1 Bd7 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rg7+ Kf8 28. Qxh7 Ke8 29. Qg8+ Bf8 30. Qf7+ Kd8
31. Qxd7#)) 19. h4 Bb7 (19... Nc5 20. h5 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Qb5 22. g6 Qxd3 23.
cxd3) 20. Bxf5 (20. h5 Qf8 21. g6 Rf6 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. h6 g6 24. Rhg1 Kxh7 25.
Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Bxf5) 20... Rxf5 21. Rxe7 Ne5 22. Qe4 Qf8 23. fxe5 Rf4 24. Qe3
Rf3 (24... Bxd5 25. exd6 (25. Rd1 Rf3 26. Qe2 Qxe7) 25... Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxh1
27. b3 Bf3 28. Qxb4 Bh5 29. Qd4 Bf7 30. Kb2 Rd8 31. Qf4 a5 32. a4 Re8 33. Ra7
Rc8 34. c4 Rd8 35. Rb7 Qe8 36. Re7 Qf8 37. Qe5 Re8 38. Rxe8 Bxe8) 25. Qe2 Qxe7
(25... Bxd5 26. exd6 Qf4+ 27. Kb1 (27. Qd2 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rf2+ 29. Kc1 Bxh1 30.
Bxf2)) 26. Qxf3 dxe5 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Qf4 {! With this simple
tactic 29 ...Bxd5 30. Re8+ White keeps his two extra pawns. The finish is
straightforward. -- Damsky} Rf8 (29... Bxd5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd6) 30. Qe4 b3
31. axb3 Rf1+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. c3 Qd6 (33... Qxb3 34. Re8+ Rf8 35. Qe6+) 34.
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Tal Picture
Harry Pot [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
Larsen
Larsen
Harry Pot [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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