ANNOTATED GAME

When Einsteins' Theory took over...
Robert James Fischer vs. Michail Tal
Annotated by: fiercequeen (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B32), Flohr variation
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28... Kd8 29. Be6 Qh6
Kc7, Bf5 holds the pressure...

 
30. Bxd7
stops fussing about...

 
30... Bxd7 31. Rf7 Qxh2 32. Rdxd7+ Ke8 33. Rde7+ Kd8 34. Red7+ Kc8 35. Rdc7+ Kd8 36. Rfd7+ Ke8 37. Rd1
White has been gaining clock time...

 
37... b5 38. Rb7 Qh5
Qxg3, Rxb5 is equally convincing...

 
39. g4 Qh3
Qxg4, Rh1, Qd4, Rh8+, Qxh8, Rb8+ wins...

 
40. g5 Qf3 41. Re1+ Kf8 42. Rxb5 Kg7 43. Rb6 Qg3 44. Rd1 Qc7 45. Rdd6 Qc8
Qc5, Rb7+, Kg8, Rd8 mate...

 
46. b3
directly winning is Ra6, Kg8 Ra7, Qf8, Rc6, Qf1+, Ka2; Fischer uses force by tempo...
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46... Kh7
eventually, Black will lose the Queen; so Tal capitulates...

 
47. Rba6
closes all escapes for Black, so Tal resigned... despite the fact, that Fischer didn't lose a single game, and won from Tal and all the strongest in the field, Tal won this tournament with Fischer coming in second trailing one point...
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