Tal – Campomanes Tal Campomanes Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1960.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Leipzig Olympiad Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Leipzig Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Campomanes"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 {The early development of the knight is inappropriate in this opening, since the e-pawn can advance all the way to e6.} 4.e5 Nfd7 5.e6 {This fractures Black's pawn structure and creates weaknesses on the light squares on the kingside.} fxe6 6.Bd3 {White threatens checkmate if Black is not careful.} Nf6 7.Nf3 g6 8.h4 c5 {Black tries to get some breathing room.} 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qe2 {White prevents Black from establishing a strong center with 10...e5.} Bg7 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O e5 {Black has concentrated on reaching this goal, but the kingside is where the action is.} 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.h5 gxh5 {Taking with the knight would also have been dangerous.} 16.Nfd4 {The pin on the pawn at e5 makes this move playable.} Bg4 17.f3 e4 {Black is in a woeful position, and the future president of the World Chess Federation tries to complicate the position. But his skills in this regard were not remotely close to those of the newly crowned World Champion Tal!} 18.fxg4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 exd3 20.Rxd3 {After a series of forced moves material balance is restored, but Black's king is still stuck in the center and his forces are scattered.} Ne4 {The only assets in Black's position are the centralized pawn at d5 and knight at e4. The only defensive piece is the bishop at g7. Watch how quickly Tal reduces these to rubble.} 21.Nf5 Qe5 22.Nxg7+ Qxg7 {Campomanes, who loves tactics above all else, must have felt pretty good here, since it seems that the initiative is now in his hands, thanks to the attack on the bishop. Next move he will castle to safety...NOT!} 23.Rxd5 {A brilliant move which recognizes that a king stuck in the center is an easy target which does not require a full complement of pieces to checkmate.} Nxg5 24.Qb5+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Kg6 26.Qd3+ Kh6 27.Rh1 1-0 [Event "Leipzig Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Campomanes"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 {The early development of the knight is inappropriate in this opening, since the e-pawn can advance all the way to e6.} 4.e5 Nfd7 5.e6 {This fractures Black's pawn structure and creates weaknesses on the light squares on the kingside.} fxe6 6.Bd3 {White threatens checkmate if Black is not careful.} Nf6 7.Nf3 g6 8.h4 c5 {Black tries to get some breathing room.} 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qe2 {White prevents Black from establishing a strong center with 10...e5.} Bg7 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O e5 {Black has concentrated on reaching this goal, but the kingside is where the action is.} 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.h5 gxh5 {Taking with the knight would also have been dangerous.} 16.Nfd4 {The pin on the pawn at e5 makes this move playable.} Bg4 17.f3 e4 {Black is in a woeful position, and the future president of the World Chess Federation tries to complicate the position. But his skills in this regard were not remotely close to those of the newly crowned World Champion Tal!} 18.fxg4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 exd3 20.Rxd3 {After a series of forced moves material balance is restored, but Black's king is still stuck in the center and his forces are scattered.} Ne4 {The only assets in Black's position are the centralized pawn at d5 and knight at e4. The only defensive piece is the bishop at g7. Watch how quickly Tal reduces these to rubble.} 21.Nf5 Qe5 22.Nxg7+ Qxg7 {Campomanes, who loves tactics above all else, must have felt pretty good here, since it seems that the initiative is now in his hands, thanks to the attack on the bishop. Next move he will castle to safety...NOT!} 23.Rxd5 {A brilliant move which recognizes that a king stuck in the center is an easy target which does not require a full complement of pieces to checkmate.} Nxg5 24.Qb5+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Kg6 26.Qd3+ Kh6 27.Rh1 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
