Mikhail Tal’s opponent misses his chance to beat the 8th World Chess Champion and then even makes a mistake and loses the game!
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Mikhail Tal vs Boris Vladimirov
USSR Championship 1961b (1961), Baku URS, rd 20, Dec-16
Queen Pawn Game: Veresov Atack. Veresov Variation (D01)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxd3
7.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ng3 b5 12.f3
Nb6 13.e4 Re8 14.Rae1 Nc4 15.Re2 g6 16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Nh1 Re6
18.Nf2 Rae8 19.Ng4 R6e7 20.g3 Kg7 21.Nf2 Qa3 22.Ra1 a5 23.g4
h6 24.h4 Nb2 25.Qd2 b4 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 f5 28.e5 bxc3 29.Qf4
c5 30.Ng4 Qa4 31.Nf6 Qxd4+ 32.Qxd4 cxd4 33.Rh2 Rh8 34.Rxh8
Kxh8 35.f4 Re6 36.Kf2 Rxf6 37.exf6 d3 38.cxd3 Nxd3+ 39.Ke3 Nb4
40.Rh1+ Kg8 41.Kd4
1-0
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