Tal – Bronstein Tal Bronstein Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1971.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 {This is the sharpest defense for Black against the Panov Attack.} 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 dxc4 {Black concedes the center with this move, and this will turn out to be a big problem. The pawn is of no importance and Tal makes no attempt to reclaim it.} 9.d5 Ne5 10.O-O {We can see that White not only controls the center, he is also way ahead in development.} h6 11.Bf4 Ng6 {White will not retreat this bishop, which is defended by the knight at e2.} 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Qxc4 {Now the pawn is recovered with an overwhelming position.} Rc8 14.Qb3 e5 {This will finally get the bishop out and allow Black to develop. But it also leads to an opening of the e-file which is neatly exploited by Tal.} 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Qxb7 Bc5 {Here White can force the win of material by tactical means. Do you see how?} 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Rae1 O-O {18...Be5 19.Bxe5 O-O 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qxa7 The two outside passed pawns provide an easy win.} 19.Rxe6 fxe6 {Black has a rook and knight for the queen, which is not sufficient compensation.} 20.Bd6 Rfd8 21.Bc7 Rf8 22.Nb5 {On top of everything else, White holds the initiative.} Be5 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Qxa7 Nd5 25.Qd4 Ng6 26.h4 Ngf4 {Threatening one last trick: 27...Ne2+, forking the king and queen.} 27.Qe4 1-0 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 {This is the sharpest defense for Black against the Panov Attack.} 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 dxc4 {Black concedes the center with this move, and this will turn out to be a big problem. The pawn is of no importance and Tal makes no attempt to reclaim it.} 9.d5 Ne5 10.O-O {We can see that White not only controls the center, he is also way ahead in development.} h6 11.Bf4 Ng6 {White will not retreat this bishop, which is defended by the knight at e2.} 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Qxc4 {Now the pawn is recovered with an overwhelming position.} Rc8 14.Qb3 e5 {This will finally get the bishop out and allow Black to develop. But it also leads to an opening of the e-file which is neatly exploited by Tal.} 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Qxb7 Bc5 {Here White can force the win of material by tactical means. Do you see how?} 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Rae1 O-O {18...Be5 19.Bxe5 O-O 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qxa7 The two outside passed pawns provide an easy win.} 19.Rxe6 fxe6 {Black has a rook and knight for the queen, which is not sufficient compensation.} 20.Bd6 Rfd8 21.Bc7 Rf8 22.Nb5 {On top of everything else, White holds the initiative.} Be5 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Qxa7 Nd5 25.Qd4 Ng6 26.h4 Ngf4 {Threatening one last trick: 27...Ne2+, forking the king and queen.} 27.Qe4 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.
