[Event "3rd World Student Team Champion Uppsala"] [Site "Uppsala SWE"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Jaume Mora Corbera"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A56"] [Annotator "Stockfish 15"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] {Czech Benoni} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 {With this defense black is looking for a closed, strategical position and at the same time avoid the well-trodden paths of modern theory.} 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 (7. Nf3 { Is also possible. Then the fight is around the advance ...f5} Nbd7 8. h3 Ne8 9. g4 g6 10. Be3 Ng7 11. Rg1 {The advance of the f-Pawn is prevented and black has a cramped position.} f5 {would be met by} 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Bh6 {and white has a winning attack.}) 7... Nh5 {Black’s main idea is to aim for two P breaks: one is ....b5 and the main plan ...f5. Both of them are the source of black's counterplay and if it proves impossible for him to execute either one he will be left with a crammed and passive position.} 8. Be3 Bg5 {Black gets rid of his bad B.} (8... f5 {is not possible.} 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bxf5 Rxf5 11. g4) 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 g6 {A strategic mistake. Without his dark squared B this weakens the position of his K.} (10... Qf6 11. g3 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. f4 bxc4 14. Bc2 Bg4 15. f5 {Black is better and went on to win in Dlugy,M (2455) -Ivanov,I (2515) New York 1983}) (10... a6 11. O-O Nd7 12. f3 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Rf2 Nf6 16. Be2 h5 {is favorable to white. Baumann,D (2069) -Verdaguer Montanya,M (2142) Rewal 2008}) 11. O-O-O a6 12. g3 b5 {This P offer is his best chance at counterplay and so Tal ignores it and plays for a K-side attack.} 13. f4 (13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6 {with sufficient play for the P.}) 13... Qa5 (13... bxc4 {wiht the intention of developing his Q-side would have been more prudent.} 14. Bxc4 Nd7 {with an equal position.}) 14. fxe5 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16. exd6 {The problem with black's 13th move is now evident.} Ne5 17. Bb3 {[%mdl 32]} Rb8 18. Rhf1 c4 {Black can't afford to waste the time slowly preparing his attack, so he presses on.} 19. Bc2 Qb6 20. Qd4 {Tal prefers that black trade Qs because then the white N gets a good post.} (20. Qg5 {to avoid the exchange would not work.} f6 21. Qh6 (21. Qd2 Qxb2#) 21... Ng4 22. Na4 Nxh6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 {wins}) 20... Nd3+ {Correctly pressing on with his attack.} ( 20... Qxb2+ {[%mdl 8192] might look tempting, but it's really bad.} 21. Kd2 Nd7 22. e5 {and white has a decisive advantage.}) 21. Kd2 Bh3 {The complications resulting from this move strongly favor white, so now was the time to play 21.. .Qxd6 and try to hang on.} (21... Qxd6 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Kxd3 Rb4 24. Qe3 Bh3 { and here white's advantage is on minimal.}) 22. Bxd3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxd6 { After this black is lost. Taking the B was correct.} (23... cxd3 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Kxd3 Rxd6 26. Nd4 {White is clearly better, but black can put up some resistance.}) 24. Bc2 Rxb2 {White has two minor pieces for a R, but his piece activity coupled with his center Ps will prove decisive in short order.} 25. e5 Qb4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. dxe6 Qf5 {For what is was worth he had to try 28...Qe7} 29. Ne4 (29. Qd8+ {was even stronger.} Kg7 30. e7 Rxc2+ 31. Ke1 Qf3 32. e8=Q Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 {wins}) 29... c3+ 30. Qxc3 Rxa2 31. e7 {Setting a trap that black falls into.} Qxe4 (31... Qd7+ {would have allowed black to put up a manly defense.} 32. Ke3 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qxe7 34. Qc4+ Kg7 35. Qxa6 Kg8 36. Nf4 Ng7 37. Qa8+ Qf8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qe5 Qb4 40. Kf2 Qb6+ 41. Kf3 h5 42. Nd5 Qb1 43. Kf4 Qc1+ 44. Ne3 g5+ 45. Nxg5 Qc6 46. Qb8+ Qe8 47. Qxe8+ Nxe8 {White wins with no difficulty.}) 32. Qc8+ (32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qf8+ Ke6 34. e8=Q+ {mate next move.}) 1-0