Tal – Petrosian Tal Petrosian Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1974.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: USSR Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "USSR"] [Site "?"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O {This is the Classical Pirc, an opening in which Black concedes the center in return for rapid development, hoping to strike back later.} Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Re1 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bf4 h6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe5 16.Nf3 Bg7 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Bc4 Be8 {Black's pieces are out of play, and although there are a few defenders near the monarch, White's pieces can break through quickly.} 19.Neg5+ {White sacrifices a knight in order to shatter the pawn barrier protecting the Black king.} hxg5 20.Nxg5+ Kg8 21.Qf4 {There is now additional pressure at f7, and the queen threatens to transfer to h4 from which it can deliver mate at h7.} Nd7 {Black plans to bring this knight to f6 to defend the critical f6 square. But Tal puts paid to this plan with a simple and effective sacrifice.} 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Bxf7+ {Here Black resigned, because the king gets mated if it moves to the h-file but capturing the bishop also leads to immediate disaster:} Rxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qxg6 Bf5 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Nxf5 Qg8 29.Re7 Bf8 30.Qh5+ 1-0 [Event "USSR"] [Site "?"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O {This is the Classical Pirc, an opening in which Black concedes the center in return for rapid development, hoping to strike back later.} Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Re1 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bf4 h6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe5 16.Nf3 Bg7 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Bc4 Be8 {Black's pieces are out of play, and although there are a few defenders near the monarch, White's pieces can break through quickly.} 19.Neg5+ {White sacrifices a knight in order to shatter the pawn barrier protecting the Black king.} hxg5 20.Nxg5+ Kg8 21.Qf4 {There is now additional pressure at f7, and the queen threatens to transfer to h4 from which it can deliver mate at h7.} Nd7 {Black plans to bring this knight to f6 to defend the critical f6 square. But Tal puts paid to this plan with a simple and effective sacrifice.} 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Bxf7+ {Here Black resigned, because the king gets mated if it moves to the h-file but capturing the bishop also leads to immediate disaster:} Rxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qxg6 Bf5 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Nxf5 Qg8 29.Re7 Bf8 30.Qh5+ 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.
