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.5020 Q-N2As Tal pointed out, 20 Q - Q3 ! would have been much more 84 Game No.22dangerous for Black.White feared that his bishop would be cut off,a er 20.B-R3 21 Bx P+ K-RI 22 Q-K4 P-N3.Q What could he then play?It would appear that White hopes to win at leisure - slowly butsurely.No wonder that Tal decides first come, first served ! 20.".P-R5 21 Q-R3 P-N3 White has indeed created a target onKN6, but his own queen now prevents the KR pawn from makingthe run to KR4, R5.22 B-QBI B-R3 23 KR -KI There is notime to open the KR file by 23 Q-N2 and P-KR4, -R5.Whitewants to bring the rook to K3, in order to prevent the advance ofthe black QN pawn* * *23.B- !Black does not switch over to the attack too quickly by means of23.P - N6, because a er 24 BP x P P x P Black can close the QRfile with P - QR3, when a sacrificial assault on the white strongholdwould meet with difficulties.The bishop move threatens an eventualsacrifice on QR2: if K x B, the king is diverted onto R2, and Whitehas not got the saving move P-QR3 a er Black's P-N6+.24R - K3 KR - BI 25 Q - N2 White thinks he has covered everythingadequately, but he is immediately corrected on this.Perhaps heought to have decided on 25 P - N3.25.P - N6! 26 BP x P Also,a er the more tenacious 26 R-QB3 P xRP+ 27 K-RI Q-R4Black' s attack would be extremely dangerous in Tal's opinion.26.P xP 27 P xPQ49 Normally White would try to avoid opening lines, but 27P - QR3 fails here.Why? 8Game No.22 5How should Tal continue from the next diagram?* * *27.8-K7!A decoy sacrifice! The queen is diverted onto an unprotectedsquare, and the rest is forced.28 Q x 8 If 28 R - QB3, then thestrong 28.B x R could follow: the two rooks are superior to thequeen, because of the exposed position of the king.28." " Q - R429 R-QB3 Q-R7+! 'Neater than 29.R xR 30 P xR Q-R8+3 1 K - B2 R - R 7 + 32 K - Q3 R x Q 33 K x R Q x P 34 B - R6,'was Tal's comment here.K-82 R xR+ 31 K xR 8-NS+! Thissacrifice, which draws out the king, is the main point of thecombination.32 K x 8 The white pieces on K4 and K2 do their kinga disservice a er 32 K - Q3 Q x P mate.32.Q - R4 + 33 K -Q - R3 + 34 Resigns.On the ge of the PrecipiceThe next game is surely the most sensational game seen in modernchess history - from both a competitive and a creative standpoint.Before the last game in the candidates match for the WorldChampionship between Tal and Larsen, the score stood at.Inthis deciding game Tal sacrificed a knight for a pawn, just toimprove the position of his bishop in the early middle-game, byopening the diagonal QN 1 -KR 7.No wonder the game evoked aflood of critical analysis.Does not such neglect of chess materialborder on heresy - even more so, in a game against one of thestrongest Grandmasters of our time? I t is highly instructive to listento the comments from the plaintiff's own mouth at the criticalpositions. 86 Game No.23Game No.23Tal-Larsen, Bled 1965 (Sicilian Defence)At our 'Council of War' on the morning before the game, the firstthing to do was to predict Larsen's attitude towards this decidinggame.In view of his fighting style we decided that Larsen wouldselect the double-edged Sicilian Defence.The next task, in thetraining session was to outline the forthcoming battle in more detail.We looked at different systems which Larsen had played, and finallywe fixed our eyes on the complicated Scheveningen Variation.Thefollowing training game was played in which Tal, with limitedthinking-time, was White of course.I P-K4 P-QB4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 P-Q4 P xP 4 N xPP-K3 5 N-QB3 P-Q3 6 B-K3 N-B3 7 P-B4 B-K2 8 Q-B30-0 9 B-K2 B-Q2 10 0-0-0 Nx N 1 1 B x N B-B3 12P-KN4 Q-R4 1 3 P-N5 N-Q2 14 KR-Nl P-N4 1 5 Q-R5P-N5 16 R-Q3! P x N 1 7 B xP Q x RP? ( 1 7.Q-R5) 18R-R3 QB xP 19 P-N6! B x P 20 Qx P+! Resigns.Perhaps this game is not very valuable from a theoreticalviewpoint - but with regard to the attacking technique it is, however,well worth noting for the following reasons:( 1 ) The movement of the rook from Q3 to KR3, in front of its ownrow of pawns.(2) The classical move 19 P - N6! which removes the cover fromKR 7 and opens the KN file.(3) The invasion on KR 7, which forces the bishop on KN3 tovacate the KN file, a er which White's pieces combine inharmony to produce a mating attack.I was happy to lose such a lovely game - Tal's creative mood hadto be stimulated and it was very important at that particular time,because in the previous game he had suffered defeat a er a difficultstruggle for survival.Naturally, it was particularly satisfying thatour prediction was then borne out in the game which follows, as faras move 8.9 0-0-0 This is more energetic than 9 B-K2.9.Q-B2 Anormal move in the Sicilian Defence.The danger of playing suchobvious moves, is that one accepts them too automatically in theopening
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