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Mikhail Tal vs Fridrik Olafsson
World Student Team Championship (1957), Reykjavik ISL, rd 12, Jul-24
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47)  ·  1/2-1/2

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May-10-14
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  WCC Editing Project:

The opponent here is actually Fridrik Olafsson, not Friori.

I have submitted a correction slip.

The game is round 12 from the <Reykjavik Student Olympiad 1957>.

Here is the pgn with correct player names, downloaded from <Olimbase> http://www.olimpbase.org/1957y/game...:

[Event "4th StudWTCh final"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1957.07.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail URS"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik ISL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "1957.07.11"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 Bg4 12.c3 Be7 13.h3 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Re8 15.Rfe1 Rb8 16.Rad1 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.Qf3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Rxb2 22.Qe5 Kg7 23.Re3 c5 1/2-1/2

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