[Event "Candidates sf Tal-Larsen +3-2=5"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "1965.08.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 $5 O-O 9. O-O-O {the point behind this dangerous line for Black} Qc7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. g4 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bd3 b4 16. Nd5 $2 $17 { this is a superb try that takes accuracy to refute} (16. Ne2) 16... exd5 17. exd5 f5 $2 $11 (17... g6 $1 $17 {gains time to refute the line}) 18. Rde1 Rf7 ( 18... Bd8 19. Qh5 Nc5 20. Bxg7 Nxd3+ 21. Kb1 Nxe1 22. g6 Kxg7 23. Qxh7+ Kf6 24. g7 Kf7 25. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 26. Rg1 Ng2 27. Rxg2 Bg5 28. Rxg5 Be6 29. dxe6 Ke8 30. Rg8#) 19. h4 $1 Bb7 20. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 21. Rxe7 Ne5 (21... Bxd5 22. Rxg7+ Kf8 23. Qh5 Bxh1 24. Rxh7 Bd5 25. Bg7+ Ke7 26. Bf6+ Kf8 27. Be7+ Kg8 28. Qg6#) 22. Qe4 Qf8 23. fxe5 $1 (23. Rxb7 $4 Rxf4 24. Qe3 Rf1+ 25. Kd2 Nc4+ 26. Kd3 Nxe3 $19) 23... Rf4 24. Qe3 Rf3 (24... Rf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 26. Kd2 Bxd5 27. exd6 Qg2+ 28. Qe2 Rd8 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Qxg2 Bxg2 31. Rxh7 Rxd6 32. c3 bxc3+ 33. bxc3 Be4 $18 ) 25. Qe2 Qxe7 $1 26. Qxf3 dxe5 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Qf4 $1 {hiding a clever trap that Larsen sees} Rf8 (29... Bxd5 $4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd6 $18) 30. Qe4 b3 31. axb3 Rf1+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. c3 Qd6 34. Bc5 $3 {It looks for all the world like a patzer move blunder-I wonder if Larsen spotted what was coming...} Qxc5 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qf7 $3 {37...Qxd5+ avoids the otherwise instant mate but not without the loss of the exchange which in such a simplified position with pawns about the place undefended is disasterous...} 1-0