Mikhail Tal vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1967)

Mikhail Tal vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Moscow (1967) · Spanish Game: Closed. Borisenko Variation (C96) · 1-0

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Mar-04-04		perplex: 26 Ne2 shows a solution style of Tal since I think it tries to trap Black's Rook on e6. A positional player may find other solution for this situation, I guess.

Mar-04-04		perplex: It is hard to know why Tal won here. What Tal had grasped, and did never yield to Petrosian? I want to know it, since a victory in GM battle does not come out of blue. It seems that Tal again employed his acrobatics of pieces to tangle Petrosian's pieces...

Oct-22-04		Knight13: Can Black do anything eles than 37... Re6?! ? This move is just like a blunder.

Feb-04-07		Fast Gun: After 13 years and 23 games, Tal scores only his second win against Petrosian, bearing in mind that these were probably Tal's best playing years at the height of his powers:

Apr-29-07		penarol: <Fast Gun> Tal´s best playing years were 1958-60. After that he had several bursts of great chess, never lasting more than 1 year or so, due to his poor health. During the period of 13 years you mention (1954-67), Petrosian beat Tal 4 times, 2 of them in the 1962 Curaçao Candidates Tournament where Tal was seriously ill and lost almost everything. Also, 1962 to 1967 (or 68) was the time when Petrosian was at the peak of his powers.

Apr-30-08		InspiredByMorphy: Im not sure I understand the consequences of 26. ...Nxe4

May-27-08		nimh: [Event "Moscow"] [Site "It"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96"] [Annotator "Rybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit "] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1967.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Qd2 Nxd4 -0.25/20 18. Nxd4 -0.26/20 (ybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit : 18. Nxd4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 exd4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Re2 Rc4 22.b3 Rc5 23. Rxd4 Qc7 24. Bd3 Qe7 -0.25/20) 18... Bxh6 -0.30/20 19. Qxh6 exd4 20. Rad1 Rc8 last book move 21. Bb1 -0.34/20 Re6 -0.27/20 22. Rxd4 -0.32/20 Qe7 -0.23/20 23. Qg5 -0.41/20 Rc5 -0.41/20 24. Qe3 -0.37/20 Rc4 -0.22/20 25. Rxc4 -0.32/20 bxc4 -0.28/20 26. Ne2 $17 -0.97/20 (ybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit : 26. Qd4 d5 27. a3 dxe4 28. Ba2 Rd6 29. Qc5 Qe6 30. Bxc4 Rc6 31. Bxe6 Rxc5 32. Bb3 Kg7 $15 -0.28/20) 26... Qc7 $11 0.00/20 (ybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit : 26... Bxe4 27. Nd4 Re5 28. f4 Nd5 29. Nc6 Nxe3 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe3 f5 32. b3 cxb3 33. Rxb3 $17 -0.97/20) 27. Nd4 -0.05/20 Re5 0.00/20 28. Nf3 0.00/20 Rc5 0.10/20 29. Rc1 0.00/20 Qc6 0.00/20 30. Nd4 -0.08/20 Qe8 0.00/20 31. Re1 -0.24/20 Re5 0.06/20 32. Nf3 0.00/20 Re6 0.00/20 33. Qb6 0.00/20 Bxe4 $16 0.93/20 (ybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit : 33... Qe7 34. Qe3 Qe8 35. Qd4 $11 0.00/20) 34. Nd4 $11 0.20/20 (ybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit : 34. Ng5 Bxb1 35. Nxe6 Bf5 36. Qd8 Bxe6 37. Qxf6 Qc6 38.Qd4 d5 39. Re2 a5 40. f3 a4 $16 0.93/20) 34... Nd5 $16 0.92/20 (ybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit : 34... Re5 35. Qxd6 Kg7 36. Qc7 Re7 37. Qxc4 Bxb1 38.Rxb1 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Qf1 Qd2 41. Nb3 $11 0.20/20) 35. Qxa6 0.95/20 Re7 0.93/20 36. Qc6 0.99/20 Nf6 0.97/20 37. Qxd6 0.95/20 Re6 $2 $18 5.44/20 (ybka 2.3.1 mp 32-bit : 37... Kg7 38. g3 Rd7 39. Qc5 Qa8 40. Bxe4 Nxe4 41. Qxc4 Ng5 42. Qc3 f6 43. Ne6+ Nxe6 44. Rxe6 $16 0.95/20) 38. Nxe6 5.45/20 1-0

May-29-08		InspiredByMorphy: <nimh> Thanks for running the engine. It seems as though one can safely conclude after viewing your analysis that 26. ...Qc7 was the turning point in the game in which white gained equality back. The advantage is slowly gained by white thereafter. As you point out 26. ...Bxe4 was the right continuation for black, refuting whites 26.Ne2 . Perhaps white overlooked 27. Nd4 Re5 28. f4 Nd5! The question now remains , what should white play instead of 26.Ne2? The safe continuation of 26.f3 looks alright.

Jul-24-10		talisman: <penarol> yep, but they were good friends and drew a lot of games.

Sep-12-12		Fanques Fair: 26- Ne2, Bxe4 , 27- Nd4 , Re5 , 28- f4 , Nd5 , 29 - Qf2 and now what black plays ? The e5 rook is attacked , and there is no intermediary move at Black's disposition ...

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