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Mikhail Tal vs Alfredo Olivera
Havana Olympiad qual-1 (1966), Havana CUB, rd 5, Oct-30
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)  ·  1-0

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Sep-03-21
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  kingscrusher: A Tal game with no kibitzing! Oh well here is my 2p's worth. In the final position it seems that Tal can double rooks on the f file and it becomes breakable.

Mikhail Tal - Alfredo Olivera 1-0 5.0, Havana ol (Men) qual-A 1966


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Analysis by Stockfish 14:

1. +- (4.78): 25.Bh6+ Ke8 26.Rf5 c4 27.Rdf1 Nd7 28.e5 dxe5 29.Kh1 c3 30.R5f2 Rc7 31.Be4 Rxh6 32.Qxh6 Bg5 33.Qxa6 Nc5 34.Qb5+ Nd7 35.Bc6 Kf8 36.Rxf7+ Qxf7 37.Qxb4+ Kg8 38.Rxf7

White is clearly winning

(Gavriel, 03.09.2021)

Perhaps earlier the key mistake was black not castling and instead playing 12... Kf8 which gave justification to the Gambit. It seems a lot of Tal's opponents make things worse by not facing the seeming "terror". Except the likes of Viktor Korchnoi who relished such situations.

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