[Event "World Championship 23th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 (9... c4 10. Be2 b5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. a4 b4 13. cxb4
Rxb4 14. Rxb4 Nxb4 15. c3 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. O-O h6 18. Qg6+ Qf7 19. Qxf7+
Kxf7 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. Ba3 Bd7 22. a5 Rb8 23. h4 Nc6 24. Bc5 Rb5 25. Rxd3 Rxa5
26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Rb1 Ra2 28. Rb3 Kg6 29. Ra3 Rxa3 30. Bxa3 a5 31. Bc5 Ba6 32.
Nd2 f4 33. g4 h5 34. g5 a4 35. f3 Bd3 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke1 Bc2 38. Ke2 Ne7 {0-1
(38) O'Connor,J (2124)-Short,N (2697) Bunratty 2013}) 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Rb1 (
11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Be8 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxc4 17.
Bb4 Rf7 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rfc1 Rff8 22. a4 a5 23. Rcb1
b6 24. Ne2 Rfc8 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rc4 27. Be3 Bxa4 28. Rxb6 Bc6 29. f3 a4
30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Rb7 a3 33. Ra7 Rxa7 34. Bxa7 f4 35. g3 g5 36. Kg2
Bd5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Ke2 a2 40. Bd4 Ke8 {0-1 (40) Smeets,J (2662)
-Ponomariov,R (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 11... O-O 12. Bh6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14.
c3 Qc2 15. Rc1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 f4 17. Qh4 h6 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. Ne1 Qf5 20. Bd3 Ng6
21. Bxf5 Nxh4 22. Bd3 Na5 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. g3 Nf5 25. Ke2 b6 26. Rb4 Be8 27.
Rg1 Bg6 28. g4 Nh4 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. a4 Ne7 32. Bc1 g6 33. h4 Rf7
34. Ne1 Nc6 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. Rh3 h5 38. f3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg4 40. Rxh8
Kxh8 41. fxg4 Ne7 42. Kf3 Ng6 43. Ng2 Rh7 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Kg7 46. Kg3
Kg6 47. Rf1 Rf7 48. Rf2 Na3 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rb2 Nc4 51. Rb8 Re7 52. Bc1 a4 53.
Rb4 a3 54. Ra4 a5 55. Bxa3 Rb7 56. Bc5 Rb3 57. Ra2 Rxc3+ 58. Kf4 Rh3 59. Be7
Rh1 60. Rf2 Rh7 61. Bd8 Rf7+ 62. Bf6 a4 63. Ra2 a3 64. Kf3 Rb7 65. Kf4 Rh7 66.
Kg3 Rh1 67. Be7 Rg1+ 68. Kh4 Rh1+ 69. Kg3 Rh7 70. Bc5 Rb7 71. Kh4 Rb2 72. Rxa3
Nxa3 73. Bxa3 Rh2+ 74. Kg3 Rd2 75. Bc5 Kxg5 76. Be7+ Kg6 77. Bc5 Re2 78. Kf3
Re1 79. Kg3 Rf1 80. Kg2 Rf7 81. Kg3 Kg5 82. Bb6 Rb7 83. Bd8+ Kg6 84. Kf4 Rb3
85. Be7 Rb7 86. Bc5 Rf7+ 87. Kg3 Kg5 88. Bb6 Rb7 89. Bd8+ Kg6 90. Kf4 Rb4 91.
Ke3 Kf7 92. Bc7 Ra4 93. Bb6 Kg6 94. Kf3 Ra1 95. Kf4 Re1 96. Bc5 Re2 97. Kf3 Re4
98. Kg3 Kf7 99. Kh4 Re3 100. Kg5 Kg7 101. Kf4 Rh3 102. Kg5 Kf7 103. Bd6 Rh8
104. Bc5 Rg8+ 105. Kh5 Ke8 106. Bd6 Kf7 107. Bc5 Rg6 108. Bd6 Kg7 109. Bf8+ Kh7
110. Bc5 Rg7 111. Bf8 Rf7 112. Bc5 Kg7 113. Kg5 Rf3 114. Kh5 Kf7 115. Kg5 Rh3
116. Bd6 Rh7 117. Bc5 {1/2-1/2 (117) Karjakin,S (2776)-Ivanchuk,V (2779) Monte
Carlo 2011}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 {Tal himself later appended a
"?" to this move, although it is not clear whether he does so in jest."} (11.
Ne2 Nbc6 (11... Qxe5 12. cxd4 Qf6 13. Qh5+ Ng6 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. h4 Nc6 16. c3 e5
17. dxe5 Rh8 18. Qf3 Ngxe5 19. Qe3 Kf8 20. Nf4 Kg7 21. Be2 Bd7 22. Qg3 Rae8 23.
Bf6+ Kh7 24. Bxh8 Kxh8 25. Qg5 d4 26. O-O d3 27. Bh5 Qf8 28. Bxe8 Bxe8 29. Rad1
Qd6 30. Qxf5 d2 31. Ne6 Qe7 32. Rxd2 {1-0 (32) Negi,P (2621)-Sengupta,P (2077)
Gurgaon 2010}) 12. Qh5+ (12. h4 dxc3 13. Bg5 Qxe5 14. Qh5+ Ng6 15. f4 Qe4 16.
Rh3 d4 17. Qh7 Nge7 18. O-O-O e5 19. Nxc3 dxc3 20. Bb5 Rxg5 21. hxg5 Be6 22.
Qg7 Bd5 23. Rxc3 exf4 24. Qh8+ Bg8 25. Bc4 Kf8 26. Rd6 Rd8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28.
Qh5+ {1-0 (28) Berg,E (2582)-Berelowitsch,A (2551) Fuegen 2006}) 12... Ng6 13.
Bg5 (13. f4 dxc3 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 O-O-O 17. Qf3 Ba4 18. Qf2
Ne7 19. h4 Nc6 20. Bxc3 d4 21. Bb2 Qa5+ 22. Qd2 Qd5 23. O-O-O Kb8 24. Kb1 Rd7
25. Rh3 Rc7 26. Rc1 Rgc8 27. c4 dxc3 28. Qxd5 cxb2 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6
31. Bd3 Rc1+ 32. Kxb2 Rg1 33. Rh2 Rd1 34. Kc3 Rc1+ 35. Kd2 Rc8 36. h5 Kc7 37.
h6 Rh8 38. g4 fxg4 39. h7 Be8 40. Rh4 Kd8 41. Rxg4 Bf7 42. Rg7 Ke8 43. Bg6 {
1-0 (43) Kovchan,A (2573)-Rapport,R (2534) Groningen 2011}) 13... Qxe5 14. f4
Qg7 15. h4 dxc3 16. Rd1 d4 17. Qf3 e5 18. Qd5 Nge7 19. Qd6 Bd7 20. Nxc3 Nc8 21.
Qc7 dxc3 22. Be2 Rh8 23. fxe5 Qf7 24. Bc4 Qxc4 25. Qxd7+ Kf8 26. Qxf5+ Ke8 27.
Qd7+ {1-0 (27) Anand,V (2753)-Hansen,C (2610) Middelfart 2003}) (11. Qh5+)
11... Bd7 12. Qh5+ (12. Rb1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. cxd4 Rh8 15. Qg7 Rdg8 16.
Qf6 Rf8 17. Qg5 f4 18. Bd3 Rhg8 19. Qh6 Rh8 20. Qg5 Rhg8 21. Qh6 Rh8 {1/2-1/2 
(21) Borovikov,V (2570)-Berg,E (2516) Pardubice 2002}) 12... Ng6 (12... Kd8 13.
Bg5 {(Tal)} (13. Ne2 dxc3 14. Qf3 Nbc6 15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. h4 Bb5
18. h5 N7c6 19. h6 Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Nd4+ 21. Kd2 Rg6 22. Bb2 Nec6 23. Rd1 Rh8 24.
Kc1 e5 25. h7 Rg7 26. f4 Rgxh7 27. Rxh7+ Rxh7 28. fxe5 Rh4 29. g3 Rg4 30. Bg2
Ne2+ 31. Kd2 Rxg3 32. Bxd5 Nf4 33. Bf7 Kd7 34. Rf1 Rg4 35. Rh1 Ne6 36. Rh6 Ncd8
37. Bg6 Rg2+ 38. Kc3 Ng7 39. Bh7 Nde6 40. Rf6 Rg3+ 41. Kb4 Rg4+ 42. Kb3 Rg3+
43. Kb4 Rg2 44. Bc1 Rxc2 45. Bh6 Rg2 46. Bg6 Rg4+ 47. Kc3 Rg3+ 48. Kb2 Rg2+ 49.
Kc1 b5 50. Bxg7 Nxg7 51. Rf7+ Ke6 52. Rxg7 Kxe5 53. Rg8 Kd4 54. Rd8+ Kc3 55.
Rc8+ Kb3 56. Be8 Kxa3 57. Bxb5 a5 58. Bd3 f4 59. Rc3+ Kb4 60. Rc4+ Kb3 61. Rxf4
a4 62. Rf3 Kb4 63. Bc2 Rg4 64. Kb2 Rc4 65. Rf8 a3+ 66. Kc1 Rc5 67. Rf2 Rc4 68.
Kb1 Rc3 69. Ka2 Rc4 70. Ka1 Rc3 71. Bb1 Rc4 72. Rf8 Rc5 73. Rb8+ Rb5 74. Rh8
Rg5 75. Rh4+ Kb3 76. Ba2+ Kc3 77. Rc4+ Kd3 78. Ra4 Kc2 79. Rc4+ Kd3 80. Rc8 Rg2
81. Bb1+ Kd4 82. Ra8 Rg3 83. Ka2 Kc5 84. Rb8 Rf3 85. Bc2 Rc3 86. Bb3 Kd4 87.
Kxa3 Rc7 88. Kb4 Rd7 89. Bc4 Rd6 90. Bb5 Ke5 91. Rh8 Rd4+ 92. Kc3 Rf4 93. Bd3
Rg4 94. Rh5+ Kd6 95. Ra5 Rh4 96. Bc4 Rh3+ 97. Kb4 Rh8 98. Rd5+ Ke7 99. Rf5 Kd6
100. Ra5 Rb8+ 101. Kc3 Rh8 102. Rd5+ Kc6 103. Re5 Kd6 104. Re6+ Kc5 105. Ra6
Rh3+ 106. Bd3 Rh4 107. Ra5+ Kd6 108. Bf5 Rf4 109. Kd3 Rb4 110. Be4 Rb1 111. Kc4
Rb8 112. Bf5 Rb6 113. Bd3 Ke7 114. Ra7+ Kf6 115. Kd5 Rb8 116. Kd4 Rd8+ 117. Ke4
Re8+ 118. Kf4 Ke6 119. Be4 Rf8+ 120. Ke3 Rb8 121. Ra6+ Ke5 122. Ra5+ Kd6 123.
Bd5 Rb1 124. Bc4 Rd1 125. Rh5 Rg1 126. Bd3 Rg4 127. Be4 Rg1 128. Kd4 Rd1+ 129.
Bd3 Re1 130. Ra5 Rd1 131. Ra6+ Ke7 132. Ke3 Re1+ 133. Kf4 Rd1 134. Bf5 Rd6 135.
Ra8 Rb6 136. Rh8 Kd6 137. Be4 Rb5 {1/2-1/2 (137) Efimenko,Z (2594) -Pert,N 
(2501) Hastings 2004}) (13. Nf3 {Tal, M-Botvinnik,M (12)/Wch24-Moscow/1961/1-0/
} Qxc3 14. Ra2 Nbc6 15. Rb2 Kc7 16. Rb5 a6 17. Bb2 axb5 18. Bxc3 dxc3 19. Bxb5
Rxa3 20. Ke2 Rxg2 21. Rb1 Ra2 22. Kf1 Rg4 23. Bd3 Rb2 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Qh6 Nxd3
26. cxd3 d4 27. h3 Ng8 28. Qf8 Rf4 29. Qd6+ Kd8 30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Ra1 Nc8 32.
Qf8+ Kc7 33. Kg3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rd2 35. Ra8 Rxd3+ 36. Kf4 Rxh3 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8
38. Qd6# {1-0 (38) Nakamura,H (2520) -Berg,E (2527) Bermuda 2003})) 13. Ne2 (
13. cxd4 Qc3 (13... Ba4 14. Ra2) 14. Rb1 Qxd4+ 15. Bd2) 13... d3 $2 {
"Botvinnik spent [37 minutes] deliberating over this position, from which it
can be inferred that he had not covered all the subtleties of the variation in
his home laboratory." (Tal 77)} (13... Nc6 $2 14. cxd4 $16) (13... dxc3 14. Nf4
Kf7 15. Bd3 Nc6 (15... Qxe5 16. g4 Nc6 (16... Qh8 17. Nxg6) 17. gxf5 exf5 18.
Rb1 b6 19. Rb5 Nce7 20. Re1 $16) 16. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (16... Ncxe5 17. Bxe6+ $1
Bxe6 18. Qh7+ Rg7 19. Qxg7+ $3 Kxg7 20. Nxe6+ $18) 17. e6+ $1 Bxe6 18. Qh7+ Rg7
19. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 20. Nxe6+ $18 Kf7 21. Nxc7 Rc8 22. Nb5) (13... Qxe5 14. cxd4)
(13... Ba4 14. Nf4 Qxc3 15. Ra2 $16) 14. cxd3 Ba4+ (14... Qxe5 15. h4 Nc6 16.
d4) (14... Nc6 15. d4 Na5) 15. Ke1 Qxe5 $6 (15... Bb5 $6) (15... Nd7) (15...
Nc6 16. d4) 16. Bg5 $1 {"The basic problem which now confronts White is how to
keep the Black King in the center. In this respect, the loss of White's King
Pawn played into White's hands, since new threats can be created by openning
the King file."} Nc6 (16... f4 $6 17. d4 $1 Qf5 18. Nxf4 $18) (16... d4 17.
cxd4 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 $18) 17. d4 Qc7 (17... Qe4 18. Rc1 $18) 18. h4 $1 $16 (18.
Nf4 $2 Nxd4 $1) 18... e5 (18... Nce7 19. Rh3 $1) 19. Rh3 $1 $16 (19. dxe5 $2
Ncxe5) 19... Qf7 (19... e4 20. Rb1) 20. dxe5 Ncxe5 (20... Rh8 21. Qf3 Ncxe5 22.
Qe3) 21. Re3 Kd7 (21... Rh8 22. Rxe5+ Kd7 23. Re7+ Qxe7 24. Qxg6 $18) 22. Rb1
b6 $6 (22... Bc6 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Nxg6 Nxg6 25. g3) 23. Nf4 Rae8 (23... Rh8 24.
Nxg6 $1 Nxg6 25. Qf3 $18) 24. Rb4 $1 $16 Bc6 25. Qd1 (25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Bd3
Rgf8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8+ 28. Kf1) 25... Nxf4 (25... Ng4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 27. Be2 $18
Nxf4 28. Rxf4 $18) 26. Rxf4 Ng6 27. Rd4 Rxe3+ (27... f4 28. Qg4+ $18) 28. fxe3
(28. Bxe3 f4) 28... Kc7 29. c4 $1 dxc4 (29... Ne7 30. cxd5 Bxd5 (30... Nxd5 31.
Bc4 Kd6 32. Bf4+ Kc5 33. Qc2 $18) 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Rxd5 $18) 30. Bxc4 Qg7 31.
Bxg8 Qxg8 32. h5 1-0

[Event "World Championship 23th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 (1. d4 {The Korchnoi - Kasparov game I have mentioned, not exactly a
sacrifice on f4, but not far away idea} Nf6 2. c4 g6 {Kasparov starts off as
if he wants to play the King's Indian Defence.} 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 {
Challenging White in the centre.} 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 {But now play
transposes into the Modern Benoni, an opening ideally suited to Kasparov's
uncompromising style.} 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 a6 {One of the sharpest variations
in modern Chess: White has a mobile majority of Pawns in the centre, but Black
can generate tactical chances both on the Queenside and the Kingside.} 10. a4
Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Rf8 {The Rook
returns in order to lend more punch to the ..f5 thrust.} 16. Kh2 {Safer was 16.
Qe2, discouraging ...b5.} f5 17. f4 {Not 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. g4? Bxg4! 19. hxg4
Qh4+ winning. But now if Black's Knight retreats 18. exf5 really is strong.
However...} b5 $1 {A magnificient conception, whether or not it is completely
sound. Black leaves his Knight to its fate for seven moves and relies on
diversionary tactics.} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Naxb5 {If 19. fxe5 Bxe5! threatening
both 20... b4 and 20... Nxg3, would be very strong.} fxe4 20. Bxe4 {Now if 20.
fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kh1 Qh4, gives Black a murderous
attack.} Bd7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Na3 Rbe8 {Kasparov is a Pawn down and when he
retreats his attacked Knight on e5, then White can play the strong Nc4 and yet,
it's Korchnoi move! White has an extra piece but some of them are poorly
placed, e.g. the a3-Knight, while Black has many advantages on the King's wing.
In fact, Black has full compensation here.} 23. Bd2 $2 Qxb2 24. fxe5 {At last,
White accepts the bait -- and his position rapidly disintegrates.} Bxe5 25. Nc4
Nxg3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe1 {An admission of defeat, but there was no adequate
alternative.} Nxe4+ 28. Kg2 Qc2 29. Nxe5 {Or 29. Rc1 Qd3 threatening 30...
Qxh3+. Now 29... Nxd2 wins.} Rf2+ {Kasparov: "This spoils the game and makes
the win uncertain. I had prepared for 30... Kg1 but..."} 30. Qxf2 $1 Nxf2 {
White's Queen sacrifice still keeps him fighting on.} 31. Ra2 $1 Qf5 $1 32.
Nxd7 Nd3 {Kasparov: "After the game I devoted an enormous amount of time to
analysing this position. In severe time-trouble Korchnoi played poorly..."} 33.
Bh6 $2 {White should play 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Ra7! -- as Korchnoi pointed out
immediately after the game. This still ought to hold the draw.} Qxd7 34. Ra8+
Kf7 35. Rh8 $2 Kf6 36. Kf3 $2 Qxh3+ {White lost on time. A magnificent clash;
exciting, knife-edge Chess. White's 33rd move threw away a possible draw but,
on the whole, Kasparov fully deserved to win! The game was a portent of things
to come. In the Candidates' semi-final match between Kasparov and Korchnoi,
which took place the following year in London, Kasparov demolished his older
opponent by four wins to one, with six draws. 0-1 (36) Kortschnoj,V (2665)
-Kasparov,G (2595) Luzern 1982}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4
d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Ne1 (
12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Rd1 a5 15. Bf1 a4 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Ndb1 b5 18. Bg5
Qd8 19. Nd2 Rab8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Be3 Kh7 22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 Qa5 24. Rc2 Qb4
25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Na2 Qa3 27. Nc1 Qb4 28. Na2 Qa3 29. Nc1 Qb4 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31.
Nd3 Qd4 32. Rbc1 Kg8 33. Nc4 Nxe4 34. Nb6 Ng5 35. Qe3 Bf5 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37.
Rxc5 Rd8 38. Qxd4 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Nxd4 40. Re1 Nxb3 41. Rxb5 Nd2 42. Nb4 Nxf1 43.
g4 Bd7 44. Rb7 Ba4 45. Rxf1 Bb3 46. Kg1 Bxd5 47. Rd1 Bxb7 48. Rxd8+ Bf8 49. Nd3
Bc6 50. Nxe5 Ba4 51. Nd7 Bxd7 52. Rxd7 Kg7 53. Kg2 Bc5 54. Kg3 Bb6 55. f3 Be3
56. Rd5 Bb6 57. h4 Bc7+ 58. Kf2 Bf4 59. h5 Kf6 60. Ke2 Ke6 61. Rd4 Bg3 62. g5
gxh5 63. gxh6 Kf6 64. Rd8 {1-0 (64) Laznicka,V (2668)-Bortnyk,O (2565) Gjakova
2016}) (12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bf1 a5 14. Nd2 a4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Na3 h5 17. Bg5 Nh7
18. Be3 h4 19. Rc1 hxg3 20. fxg3 b6 21. Nab5 Qb8 22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 f5 24. b4
Nxe4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. Bg2 Qe8 28. Qb3 b5 29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Bg5 Kh7
31. g4 Bd7 32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Rxf8 Qxf8 36. Bxe4 Qf2+
37. Bg2 Bh6 38. Bxh6 Kxh6 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. Qf3 Qf4+ 41. Qxf4+ exf4 42. Bf1 Kg5
43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kf3 g5 45. h4 Be8 46. h5 Kg7 47. Ke4 Bd7 48. Be2 Kf6 49. Kd4
Kg7 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Bd3 Kh6 53. Bg6 Kg7 54. Bf5 Bxf5 55. gxf5 Kg8
56. Kg4 Kg7 57. Kf3 Kg8 58. Kg4 {1/2-1/2 (58) Akshat,K (2414)-Sasikiran,K 
(2700) Panaji 2012}) (12. Qe2 Bd7 (12... Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nb3
Ba6 16. Rd1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rfb8 18. Rxa5 Bc8 19. Be3 a6 20. Ra3 Rb4 21. f3 Rab8
22. Rda1 Nh5 23. Kf2 f5 24. g4 Nf4 25. Bf1 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Ra2 Bh6 28.
gxf5 gxf5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Bxa6 Nxh3+ 31. Ke2 Nf4+ 32. Kd2 Bg5 33. Bc4 Rb7 34.
b3 h5 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Kf7 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Bxa7 Kf6 39. Ke1 h4 40. Kf2 h3
41. Kg3 Bh4+ 42. Kh2 Kg5 43. Be3 Kg4 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. e5 dxe5 46. d6 e4 47. b4
f3 48. b5 Bg3+ 49. Kh1 Bxd6 50. Be6+ Kg3 51. Bc4 e3 {0-1 (51) Alexeev,A (2320)
-Kokarev,D (2635) Sochi 2015}) 13. Be3 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Nd2
Nd3 17. Rc2 Nb4 18. Rcc1 Nd3 19. Rc2 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Grischuk,A (2736)
-Jobava,B (2696) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 12... Bd7 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfc8
15. Rb1 (15. Qe2 Qb4 (15... Ne8 16. Be3 Qa5 17. a3 f5 18. Kh2 Nf6 19. exf5 gxf5
20. f4 e4 21. Rad1 Be8 22. g4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bb5 25. c4 Bxc4 26.
Qxc4 Nxg4+ 27. Kg3 Nxe3 28. Qxe4 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Qxa3+ 30. Bf3 Kh8 31. Rh1 h6 32.
Rh4 Rg8 33. Rg4 a5 34. Rg6 a4 35. Qe6 Qd3 36. Kg2 Qxg6+ {0-1 (36) Salov,V 
(2320)-Cvitan,O (2430) Mexico 1981}) 16. Be3 Rc4 17. a3 Qb3 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Qd1
Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc7 21. g4 Rb8 22. f3 Ne8 23. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 (23) Shestoperov,A 
(2458)-Dyachkov,S (2549) Samara 2002}) 15... Nh5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qe2 (17. a3
Qb3 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 f5 20. Kh2 f4 21. Bd2 Bf6 22. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Todorov,O (2400)-Tkachiev,V (2510) Cappelle-la-Grande 1994}) 17... Rc4 18. Rfc1
Rac8 19. Kh2 f5 20. exf5 (20. a3 Qa5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ra1 Nf6 23. Kg1 $14)
20... Bxf5 21. Ra1 (21. a3) 21... Nf4 (21... Nf6) 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bd2 (23. a3
Qb3 (23... Qa5 24. Bd2) 24. Bxa7) (23. Bxa7 Qa5 24. Bb8 f3 (24... Qd8) 25. Bxf3
Be5+ 26. Kg1 Bxh3 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Bg2 Bd7 29. Qe1 Qc7 $17) 23... Qxb2 $4 (
23... Be5 24. Kg1 (24. Bf3 Qxb2 25. Nd1 Qa3 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bc3 (27. Qxc4
Qxf3) 27... Rxc3 28. Nxc3 Qxc3) 24... Qxb2 25. Rab1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qc2 27. Be4
Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxd2) 24. Rab1 f3 (24... Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Qc2 (25... Qa3 26. Nb5 Qc5
27. Qe6+) 26. Be4 f3 (26... Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxd2 28. Qe6+) 27. Qe1) 25. Rxb2 $4 (
25. Bxf3 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qc2 27. Be4 Rxe4 (27... Be5+ 28. Kg2 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxb1
30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Qe6+ Kg7) 28. Nxe4 (28. Qxe4) 28... Qxb1 29. Nxd6 Rf8 30.
Qe6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Qf5 (32... h5 33. d6 Qd3) 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Kg3
Be5+ 35. Bf4 Bd4 36. d6) 25... fxe2 26. Rb3 Rd4 27. Be1 (27. Bg5 Be5+ 28. f4
Rxf4 29. Bxf4 (29. Kg1 Bxc3)) 27... Be5+ 28. Kg1 Bf4 (28... Rxc3 29. Rbxc3 Rd1
30. Rc7 Bf4 31. Re7 Rxc1 32. Rxe2 Bd3) 29. Nxe2 Rxc1 30. Nxd4 (30. Nxc1 Rd1 31.
Kf1 Rxc1) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Be4 32. Ne2 Be5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Rxb7 Bxd5 35. Rc7
Bxa2 36. Rxa7 Bc4 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Ra3 d5 40. Kf2 Bh4+ 41. Kg2 Kd6
42. Ng3 Bxg3 43. Bxc4 dxc4 44. Kxg3 Kd5 45. Ra7 c3 46. Rc7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Championship 23th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Nxc5 15. Rhe1 Nf6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Kf1+ Kf8 18. Bb3 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nh3 Rg8
21. Red1 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Rad1 Re5 25. Nh5 Bg6 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7
27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Nf6+ Kd6 29. Nxg8 Rc5 30. Nh6 f6 31. Ng4 Bxc2 32. Nxf6 Bxb3
33. axb3 Rb5 34. Nxg5 Rxb3 35. f4 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Kg4 Rb2
39. g3 b5 40. Nfe4+ Kd5 41. f5 b4 42. f6 Ra2 43. f7 Ra8 44. Nh7 b3 45. Nd2 b2
46. Kf3 Kd4 47. Ke2 c5 48. f8=Q Rxf8 49. Nxf8 c4 50. Ne6+ Kd5 51. Nf4+ Kd4 52.
Nb1 1-0

[Event "World Championship 23th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Na6 11. Rac1 Qd6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qa5
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Qe1 Qb8 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nc7 19. Bh3 e6 20. Bc1 Qa8
21. Bg5 Re8 22. Qd2 f5 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Re7 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Rc5 Qd8 27.
Re5 Ref7 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. R5e4 Rf6 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5
gxh5 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Bd3 Rg7 36. Re5 Rff7 37. Qh6 Qe7 38. Rexh5 Nd5 39. Qd2 Nf6
40. Rh6 Qd6 41. Rf4 Qf8 42. Qe3 Nd5 43. Rxf7 Qxf7 44. Qe5 Nc7 45. Qc5 Qf3 46.
Bxh7+ Rxh7 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Rxh7+ Kxh7 50. Qxc7+ Kg6 51. Qxb7 Qe4
52. Qa6 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ 56. Kf3 Qf5+ 57. Ke3 Qg5+
58. Ke2 Qh5+ 59. Kd2 Kf6 60. Qxc6 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 1-0

[Event "World Championship 23th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. f4 O-O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4
Nb6 15. Be2 Be7 16. Qd3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. Rbd1 Kb8
21. Qb3 Qc7 22. a4 Rh4 23. a5 Nc8 24. Qe3 Ne7 25. Qe5 Rhh8 26. b5 cxb5 27. Qxb5
a6 28. Qb2 Rd7 29. c5 Ka8 30. Bf3 Nc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Rf3 Qa4 33. Rfd3 Rc8
34. Rb1 Qxa5 35. Rb3 Qc7 36. Qa3 Ka7 37. Rb6 Qxf4 38. Ne2 Qe4 39. Qb3 Qd5 $4 (
39... Ka8 $1 $19) 40. Rxa6+ $1 Kb8 41. Qa4 1-0

[Event "World Championship 23th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.05.03"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Nd8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf7 15.
Bh3 Qf6 16. Bd2 d5 17. Qe2 dxc4 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Ng5 Re8 20. Bg2 Ra6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 b5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb5 Rf8 25. Qxb3 Rb6 26. Qe3 Rxb1 27. Bxb1
Bb7 28. Ba2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bxc7 a4 31. Rd3 Qf5 32. Be5 Bh6 33. Qe2 Rc8
34. Rf3 Qh3 35. Bc7 Bf8 36. Qb5 Qe6 37. Be5 Qc6 38. Qa5 Ra8 39. Qd2 Rc8 40. Kg2
Qd7 41. h4 Qg4 1-0

[Event "World Championship 24th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. O-O Nd5 10. Ngh5 O-O 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Qd3
Rad8 15. Re1 N7f6 16. h3 Bf4 17. c3 b6 18. Qf3 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Qf4 20. Qe2 c5
21. Rcd1 Qc7 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qe2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bc4 Qb8 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Nd5 33.
a3 Qc3 34. Qg5 Qf6 35. Qg3 Qf4 36. Qd3 Qc1 37. a4 Kg8 38. a5 Qe1 39. Qd4 a6 40.
b5 axb5 41. a6 Qa5 42. a7 b4 43. Bc4 f6 44. Bb5 b3 45. Qa4 1-0

[Event "World Championship 24th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Qxc6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nbd2 Qxc5 12. c4 O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. Rfd1
Qb6 15. Qh4 a5 16. Rac1 Rg8 17. Nb3 a4 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nbd4 Rc8 20. b4 axb3 21.
axb3 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Rg4 24. b5 Rc8 25. c6 Be8 26. Rc2 Bg7 27. Ra1
Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxd4 29. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "World Championship 24th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.04.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 $10 {
(Gligoric)}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 {This move was first played in
Gligoric-Petrosian Belgrade 1959, but it had  been suggested as early as 1948
by Euwe.} Bd7 $1 12. Qh5+ Kd8 $1 (12... Ng6 {Tal,M-Botvinnik,M (01)/
Wch23-Moscow/1960/1-0/}) 13. Nf3 (13. Ne2 dxc3 $1 14. Qf3 $1) (13. f4 $5 dxc3
14. Rb1 Qc5 $5 {(Moles 75)}) (13. Bg5 {Tal}) 13... Qxc3 $6 (13... Ba4 $1 $15 {
(Keres 69)}) (13... dxc3 $6) 14. Ra2 $1 {"This ugly move is practically forced.
" (Tal 75)} (14. Rb1 $6 Ba4 $1 15. Ne1 (15. Rb2 d3 $17 {(Euwe, Schwarz 67)})
15... Nbc6 16. f4 $6 Rxg2 $1 17. Bxg2 d3 18. Rb2 Nd4 $17 {(Bronstein)}) 14...
Nbc6 (14... Ba4 15. Bd2 $14) 15. Rb2 (15. Bb2 Qc5 16. Qh4 (16. h3 d3 $1 {
(Moles 75)}) 16... Rg4 {(Moles 75)}) 15... Kc7 (15... Rc8 $5 16. Rb3 (16. Qh6
$1 Ng6 17. h4 $1 Ngxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf6+ $18 {(Flohr)}) 16... Qc5 $2 (
16... Qa1 $5 {(Euwe)}) 17. Rb5 Qc3 18. Bb2 $18 {(Euwe)}) 16. Rb5 $1 Rh8 (16...
Qa1 $6 17. Rb2 Rh8 18. Qg5 Rag8 19. Qd2 $16 {"... and the black queen is under
arrest." (Tal 75)}) (16... a6 $5 17. Bb2 axb5 18. Bxc3 dxc3 19. Bxb5 Rxa3 20.
Ke2 Ra2 $132 {(Moiseev)}) 17. Qxh8 $6 (17. Qg5 $1 Rag8 18. Qd2 (18. Qxg8 Rxg8
19. Bb2 $14 {+/= (eco 81) +/- (Euwe)}) 18... Qxd2+ (18... Ng6 {(Gligoric)}) 19.
Bxd2 Ng6 {(Schwarz 67, Moles 75)}) 17... Rxh8 18. Bb2 Qxf3+ $1 $8 (18... Qa5 $2
19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxd4 $16 {(Gligoric)} (20. Nxd4 $16 {(Euwe)})) (18... a6 $2
19. Bxc3 axb5 20. Nxd4 $16 {(Tal 75)}) 19. gxf3 {White's e-pawn will be
virtually impossible to defend, and after its elimination, the Black center
pawn mass becomes menacing.  However, White has the characteristically
powerful passed h-pawn as compensation.} Ng6 $6 (19... Rh4 $1 $10 {= (Pachman
68, eco 74) =/+ (Botvinnik)} 20. f4 $1 (20. Bc1 f4 {(Tal 75)}) 20... Ng6 (20...
Rxf4 21. h4 Nxe5 22. Rb3 {"Black [will] have a hard struggle against White's
passed pawn." (Tal 75)} Ng4 23. Ke1 Ba4 (23... Nxf2 24. Bc1 $1) (23... e5 24.
Be2 $1 Nxf2 25. Rf1 {(Moles 75)}) 24. Rg3 Bxc2 25. Be2 (25. Bc1 $143 Re4+ 26.
Kd2 Nxf2 27. Rh2 Ng4 28. Rxg4 fxg4 $1 29. Kxc2 g3 {(Moles 75)}) 25... d3 26.
Bxg4 $1 Rxg4 27. Rxg4 fxg4 28. Kd2 $1 $18 {(Moles 75)}) 21. Bc1 Nxf4 22. Bxf4
Rxf4 23. h4 $1 Nxe5 24. Rb3 (24. Rb4 Ng4 $17 {(Euwe, eco 81)}) 24... Ng4 (24...
Ba4 25. Rb4) (24... Rxf2 25. h5 (25. Ke1 Rxc2) (25. Be2 d3) 25... Ba4 26. Rb4 (
26. Rg3 $2 Rxc2 $1) 26... Bxc2+ 27. Ke1 Rf4 28. h6 Nf3+ 29. Ke2 $1 $18 {(Moles
75)}) 25. Ke1 Nxf2 (25... Be8 $2 26. h5 Nxf2 27. h6 $1 Nxh1 28. h7 Rh4 29. Rh3
$18 {(Moles 75)}) 26. Rg1 (26. h5 $2 Nxh1 27. h6 Rh4 28. Rh3 Rxh6 29. Rxh6 Ng3
$17 {(Moles 75)}) 26... Ng4 27. h5 Be8 28. Rh3 Re4+ 29. Be2 $1 $18 {(Moles 75)}
(29. Kd2 Re3 $1)) (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Bxd4 $1) 20. h4 $1 $16 {(Schwarz 67)}
Ngxe5 $6 (20... Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Nxh4 22. f4 $16 {(Gligoric, Euwe, Tal)}) (20...
Ncxe5 $5 21. Rc5+ (21. Rb3 Nc6 22. h5 e5 $15 {(Euwe)}) 21... Kd6 22. Bxd4 Rxh4
$14 {(Flohr)} 23. Rxh4 Nxh4 24. Rc3 (24. f4 Nef3 $1) 24... Nhxf3 {(Moles 75)})
(20... Nxh4 21. f4 $16 {(Moles 75)}) 21. h5 Nf7 $6 (21... Nxf3 $5 22. Bc1 (22.
Rb3 Nfe5 23. Rg3 Ng4 24. Ke1 e5 {(Thomas)}) (22. h6 $5) 22... Nfe5 23. Bf4 Kc8
{(Thomas)}) (21... Ng6 $5 {(Euwe)}) 22. f4 $1 $16 {(Moles 75)} Nd6 23. Rb3 Ne4
24. Ke1 Rh6 25. Be2 Be8 26. Rd3 $1 Nf6 (26... Nc5 27. Rg3) 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28.
Rxd4 Bxh5 $2 29. Rd3 Rh7 (29... Bxe2 30. Rc3+ $1 $18) 30. Rdh3 Bg6 31. Rxh7+
Nxh7 (31... Bxh7 32. Rh6 $18) 32. Rh6 Nf8 33. Rh8 Nd7 34. Rg8 Bf7 35. Rg7 Be8
36. Re7 Kd8 37. Rxe6 Bf7 38. Rh6 Ke7 39. Bd3 Be6 40. Rh5 Nf6 41. Rg5 (41. Rg5
Ne4 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Rg7+ Bf7 44. Kd2 $18 {(Euwe)}) 1-0

[Event "World Championship 24th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.04.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nge2
Nh5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. Bb1 Ne6 14. Qe1 Bf6
15. Kh1 Nhf4 16. g3 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 h5 18. Qf2 b6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bb7 21. e5
c5+ 22. Rd5 Bg7 23. Kg1 Nc7 24. Nc3 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Rad8 26. Be4 Ba8 27. Qg3 b5
28. Qf2 Qd7 29. Bxc5 Rfe8 30. Qg3 Rc8 31. b4 Kh8 32. Qf3 a6 33. Kh1 f5 34. exf6
Bxf6 35. Bxg6 Qg4 36. Qd3 Rg8 37. Be4 Rce8 38. Bf3 Qxf4 39. Ne2 Qh4 40. Bf2 Qg5
41. Ng3 Rd8 42. Be3 Qe5 43. Rd1 Rg4 44. a3 Bb7 45. Bb6 Rd7 46. Be3 Rh4 47. Nf1
Rc4 48. Bg2 Rg7 49. Qd2 h4 50. h3 Qb2 51. Qxb2 Bxb2 52. Bc5 Rd7 53. Ne3 Rc1 54.
Rxc1 Bxc1 55. Bd4+ Kg8 56. Ng4 Bg5 57. Kg1 Bxd5 58. Ne5 Bxg2 59. Nxd7 Bxh3 60.
Nc5 Bc8 61. Kf2 Kh7 62. a4 bxa4 63. Nxa4 Bf4 64. Kf3 h3 65. Bg1 h2 66. Bxh2
Bxh2 67. Ke4 Bd7 68. Nc5 Bb5 69. Kd5 Kg6 70. Ne4 Kf5 71. Nc3 Bf1 72. Kc5 Be5
73. Nb1 Ke6 74. Nd2 Bd6+ 75. Kb6 Bg2 76. Nb3 Bxb4 77. Kxa6 Bf1+ 78. Kb6 Kd6 79.
Na5 Bc5+ 80. Kb7 Be2 81. Nb3 Be3 82. Na5 Kc5 83. Kc7 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Championship 24th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.05.05"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 c6 8. Bd3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Na4 b5 11. Nb6 Ra7 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne2 Rb7 15.
c5 a5 16. Kf2 Bf8 17. Rhd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bb1 Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc1 Na6 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 c5 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. e5 Ke7 27. Be4
Rc7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Ra1 Bb3 30. Nd5+ Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd7 32. Bc4 Nb4 33. Rxa4 Rd4
34. Bb5 Ke6 35. Rxa5 Nd5+ 36. Kf2 Kxe5 37. Be2 Kd6 38. Ra6+ Kd7 39. Ra7+ Nc7
40. b3 Rd2 41. Kf3 f5 42. h4 Kc6 43. Bc4 h6 44. g3 Rd4 45. Kf2 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5
47. Ra2 g4 48. Ra1 Kb6 49. Re1 Nb5 50. Re6+ Nd6 51. Ke3 Kc7 52. Bd3 Kc6 53. Bc2
Rb4 54. Rf6 Kd5 55. Rf8 Ke5 56. Ra8 Ne4 57. Re8+ Kd5 58. Rd8+ Ke6 59. Kf4 Nd2+
60. Ke3 Nxb3 61. Re8+ Kd7 62. Re5 Kd6 63. Rxf5 Nd4 64. Rf2 Nxc2+ 65. Rxc2 Kd5
66. Rh2 Re4+ 67. Kd2 c4 68. Rh8 Rd4+ 69. Ke3 Rd3+ 70. Kf4 c3 71. Rd8+ Kc4 72.
Rc8+ Kb3 73. Rb8+ Ka2 74. Rc8 Kb2 75. Rb8+ Kc1 0-1

