[Event "World Championship 23th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1960.04.07"] [Round "11"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 4.1 (30s)"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "1960.03.15"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "Tal Games"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.03.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,143,38,33,43,46,87,75,78,51,75,33,68,29,33,46,75,28,86,22,13,25,76, 80,63,73,74,72,128,125,177,33,47,41,43,32,87,28,29,0,24,31,70,16,22,23,18,30, 83,83,95,104,107,49,111,28,224,216,203,115,137,112,133,121,174,155,202,166,348, 353,354,339,345,341,349,353,457,458,457,440,623,614,607,591,582,559,561,514, 506,398,504,401,393,322,305,287,502,446,446,445,445,365,368,363,693,691,661, 656,947,937,1086,1081,1075,1073,1050,1021,933,890,1655,1617,1570,1546,1540, 1503,2029,1691,6178,6285,6082,6082]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2 Be6 {[#]} (8... dxc4 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. bxc4 Bf5 11. Qc1 Na6 12. Nbd2 Qc8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nb3 Bh3 15. Bh1 Qe6 16. Qf4 Rad8 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Nd3 Rfe8 21. Qc1 Nf8 22. e4 Qc8 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Bg4 25. Rd2 e6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qb2+ f6 28. Rc1 b6 29. Nd4 exd5 30. cxd5 Qd7 31. Qa3 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Rc2 Qb7 34. d6 Re4 35. h3 Nc5 36. hxg4 {1-0 (36) Bogoljubow,E-Euwe,M Match Amsterdam & Den Haag (7) +3-2=5 1928}) 9. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Na3 a6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nd3 f5 13. Nc2 Rc8 14. Ncb4 Bf7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 e6 {0-1 (33) Steinbaum,F-Binner,M Buenos Aires 1959}) 9... Nxd2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 10. Qxd2 Na6 (10... Bf5 $14 {should be considered.}) 11. Rac1 $16 Qd6 {White is better.} 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 (13. f4 $16) 13... Rac8 14. Qa5 (14. c5 $5 {[%CAl Rc5d6]} Qc7 15. f3 $14) 14... dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Qe1 (16. Qa3 $16) 16... Qb8 (16... Rd7 $11) 17. e4 (17. Rd2 $16) 17... Bxc4 $11 18. Rxc4 Nc7 (18... c5 $11) 19. Bh3 e6 20. Bc1 Qa8 21. Bg5 Re8 (21... b5 $142 22. Bxd8 Rxd8) 22. Qd2 f5 (22... Nb5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. Bh6 ({White should try} 23. a4 $18) 23... Bxh6 $14 24. Qxh6 Re7 25. Re1 {Threatens to win with exf5.} Rf8 (25... Rce8 $14 ) 26. Rc5 (26. exf5 $16 gxf5 27. Bg2) 26... Qd8 27. Re5 Ref7 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Bf1 (29. exf5 $14 exf5 30. Bf1) 29... Rd7 $11 {And now ...Qxe5! would win.} 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. R5e4 Rf6 (31... Rd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rh4 (34. Qg5+ $16 Rg6 35. Qxh5) 34... Kg8 (34... Kf8 $14) 35. Bd3 (35. Rxh5 Qxd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 $15) ({Better is} 35. Be2 $16) 35... Rg7 $2 {[#]} ( 35... Rdf7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 36. Re5 $1 $18 (36. Rxh5 Nd5 $14) 36... Rff7 37. Qh6 (37. Rhxh5 $6 Kf8 $16) (37. Rexh5 $18 Nd5 38. Qe1) 37... Qe7 $16 { Strongly threatening ...Qxh4.} 38. Rexh5 Nd5 39. Qd2 Nf6 (39... Kf8 $16 { might work better.}) 40. Rh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qd6 (40... Kf8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 41. Rf4 Qf8 $2 (41... Ng4 {was necessary.} 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Bxh7+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} (43. Qg5+ Rg7 $16) 43... Rxh7 44. Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg7 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7) 42. Qe3 $18 Nd5 43. Rxf7 Qxf7 44. Qe5 ({Less strong is} 44. Qxe6 Qxe6 45. Rxe6 Nf4 $16) 44... Nc7 45. Qc5 Qf3 {[#]} 46. Bxh7+ {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxh7 47. Qg5+ Kh8 (47... Rg7 $142 48. Qd8+ Qf8 49. Rh8+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer, Deflection} Kxh8 50. Qxf8+ Kh7) 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Rxh7+ Kxh7 50. Qxc7+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQ-KQ } Kg6 51. Qxb7 Qe4 52. Qa6 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 {Hoping for Qd3+.} Qc2+ (55... Kf6 {was called for.} 56. Qd3 (56. Qxc6 Qxa2+ 57. Kd3 Qxb3+ 58. Qc3 Qb5+ 59. Ke3 Qg5+ 60. Kf3 Qd5+ 61. Ke3 a5 $14) (56. Qxa7 Qc2+ 57. Ke3 Qc3+ 58. Ke2 Qc2+ 59. Kf1 Qb1+ 60. Kg2 Qe4+ 61. f3 Qc2+ 62. Kg1 Qd1+ 63. Kh2 Qd2+ 64. Kh3 Qh6+ 65. Kg4 Qg5+ 66. Kh3 Qh6+ 67. Kg4 Qg5+ 68. Kh3 Qh6+ $11) 56... Qxa2+ 57. Kf3 Qa5) 56. Kf3 Qf5+ 57. Ke3 Qg5+ 58. Ke2 Qh5+ 59. Kd2 Kf6 $2 (59... Qh6+ 60. Kc2 Qh1) 60. Qxc6 {White is clearly winning.} Qa5+ 61. Qc3 Qxa2+ 62. Ke3 Kf7 63. d5 exd5 64. Qc7+ Kf6 65. Qc6+ Ke7 66. Qxd5 Qa1 67. Qe4+ Kf7 68. Kf4 Qc1+ 69. Kg4 Qa1 70. Qd5+ Kf8 71. Kf5 Qb1+ 72. Kf6 {[%csl Gf6] [%CAl Rd5f7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.46} 1-0