Mikhail Tal vs Saeed-Ahmed Saeed (1985)

Mikhail Tal vs Saeed-Ahmed Saeed
Taxco izt 1985 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) · 1-0

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Aug-31-05		YouRang: Zugzwang! Notice that in the final position, the black king and rook are unable move! Meanwhile, white has an extra tempo (if needed) with g4. Tal will (if the game continued) either promote on the queenside, or force black to abandon his rook. This is the type of thing that Tal can see from afar. Interesting game.

Sep-07-05		YouRang: Of course, Black could opt to trade his rook for the bishop with 58...Rxg6 59. hxg6 Kxg6 60. Kg4, but then Tal's extra passed pawn on the g file is decisive.

Feb-23-13		IndigoViolet: July 1985 <BCM> reports: <Jon Speelman reports that Tal beat Saeed twice in the adjourned session from round 3. They played on from a wrong position, and only noticed in the post-mortem. Saeed demanded the right to replay from the correct position. Tal agreed (where was the arbiter?) and won again!>

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