Mikhail Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik (1961)

Mikhail Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Return Match (1961) · Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (B18) · 1-0

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Given 23 times; par: 81 [what's this?]

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Mar-25-06		talisman: 61 and tal doesn't play the "refutation". plays classical and gets a win. eliminate the Nimzo- and who knows?

Aug-09-06		keypusher: The last time this match was tied.

Mar-23-08		Knight13: Botvinnik paid the price on this one. Got too careless about 20...c5.

Feb-25-09		WeakSquare: Botvinnik couldn't wait for the endgame and in the end he loses it. 34...f6! 35.Qxf6 Qxa3 and how does White win??

Feb-08-13		keypusher: <talisman: 61 and tal doesn't play the "refutation". plays classical and gets a win. eliminate the Nimzo- and who knows?> About this game, Tal wrote, <In the Caro-Kann Defence Botvinnik introduced a very important innovation, which neutralised the very system which, during our preparations, we had decided to make our main weapon against 1....c6.> And it was 3.e5 after that. Anyone know what the innovation was? ...Nd5?

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