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.A er 33 P-QR3! he would win.The game continued thus: 32 Q-R7 R-KBl 33 Q-BS R-QNl34 Q-Q6 Resigns.34.R-Kl would be followed by 35 Q-K7!On All FrontsFollowing a survey in 'Informator', the next game was nominatedby the leading chess journalists as the best of the year in 1973.Actually, it impressed them not only because of its breadth ofaction, but also because of its creative depth and its compellinglogic.It is seldom that one sees such a tenacious struggle, fought onall fronts of the chessboard.A firm belief in the potential strength of his mobile pawn centreled Black to make a positional pawn sacrifice early in the opening.The action centres initially on the queen's side, and this is thenfollowed by an exchange sacrifice on the king side, which makespossible a pawn· push in the middle.Then there are pins on thequeen's side and finally Tal succeeds in producing a king's sideattack which finishes with a twist, forcing his great adversary tocapitulate a er a bishop sacrifice.Game No.34Spassky-Tal, Tallin 1973 (Nimzo-Indian Defence)1 P-Q4 N-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-K3 3 N-QB3 B-N5 4 B-N5P-KR3! Black has his eye on the possibility of playing P-QB4 andGame No.34 139Q-R4, and he wants to divert the bishop from defence of thequeen's side.Also, a er timing a later P-KN4, Black can unpin hisknight and use it to counter attack.5 B-R4 P - 6 P-Q5P-QN4! ? O en a player's personality plays a decisive role in hischoice of move.In no way was Black forced to make this sacrifice -he could have first played the quiet 6.Bx N+ or 6.P-Q3or even 6.P-K4, but Tal is Tal! 7 PxKP He accepts thechallenge.He also had another possibility - namely to tempt Blackto weaken his king's side by playing 7 P-K4 P-N4!? 8 B-N3Nx 9 B-K5 with a double-edged game.7 ".BP xP 8 PxP-Q4 Black has a mobile centre in return for the pawn, and Whitehas constantly to watch out for this 'lust to expand'.The question iswhether Black (a er the appropriate preparation) will advance theking pawn or the queen pawn.9 P-K3 Slowing down Black'sadvance and also aiding the development of his own king's side.9.".0-0 10 N - Perhaps White would have done better to put thequestion to the bishop by playing IQ P-QR3 first.10.Q-R4!11 BxN This exchange is forced, because 11.N-K5 alreadythreatens.11.Rx B 12 Q-Q2 P-R3 13 PxP! ?77This move allows Black to get a dangerous Initiative.PerhapsSpassky overlooked Tal's 15th move.Preferable was 13 B-K2 P xP14 0-0 13 " ".N-B3! 14 B-K2 Tal recommended 14 Q-B l inorder to meet 14.P-Q5 with P-QR3 and a er 15.BxN+16 Px B White would have nothing to fear.O en one is reluctant toadmit having made an error (playing 14 Q-B1 would turn 12Q-Q2 into a loss of tempo!) and one sticks stubbornly to one'schoice.(Of course, we cannot be certain that this was the reason inSpassky's case).What should Tal play now?* * *140 Game No.3414.P-Q5 15 P xP R x N! This exchange sacrifice paves the wayfor the pawns to break through.16 B P xQP 17 0-0 at didxRTal have in mind if Spassky had played 17 R-QB1?* * *17.Bx RP! would follow (nothing is gained from 17.P x N18 P xP); e.BxN R-QI 19 Q-B2 P xN 20 P xP Q-K4+g.1821 B-K4 B-Q6! Instead of 21.B-Q6, Tal had yet anothervariation in reserve.Which one?* * *21.BxP+ 22 Qx B Qx B+ 23 Q -K3 Q x 24 QxP+(the only move!) K-RI 25 Q-B6 QxQ 26 RxQ B-N2! andBlack wins a rook.If 27 RxP+ P xR 28.0-0 then 28.R-NI + and if 28 R-NI (instead of 0-0) then 28.B-B6! forcesmate.17.Px N 18 PxP B xPx BP 19 Q-Q6 R Naturally, not19.BxR because of 20 Qx N.20 Bx N Because of the threat 20.N-K4, the knight has to be captured.What should Black playnow?78* * *20.B-N5!This is the point of the combination, started on move IS! Thequeen has to abandon her defence of the bishop, which is then lost.However, White still hopes to save himself by a counter pin.21Q-N8 R xB 22 QR-Bl B- 23 R-B2 'Spassky intends to getpressure on the QB file, but in doing this he weakens his own KB2.Perhaps 23 QR-QI offered better counter-chances' (Tal).Now fora quiet, but strong move! What is it?* * *Game No.34 14123.Q-R5! 24 Q-N324 KR-BI does not work because of 24.BxP + 24Q-K The action moves to the king's side.Tal had the possibilityof 24.Q-K5, but he discarded it, because of the following line,25 KR-BI B-N2 26 QxB BxP+ (an important 'zwischenzug'which gives White a few problems.Thus 27 K-RI would be amistake because of the unprotected back rank 27.RxR!)However, 27 K-Bl! Q-Q6+ 28 KxB RxR+ 29 RxR QxR+and Tal thought that the queen ending with a pawn up wouldpresent too many technical difficulties, and also this would be givingup his advantage too cheaply.25 Q-KN3 Q-K Naturally Tal,as aggressor, avoids exchanging queens.26 KR-Bl What wouldyou play now?* * *26.B-N2!The bishop occupies the long diagonal - a pre-requisite for thedecisive attack on the king [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]