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Tal, Mihail vs Radulov, Ivan, 1973

Tal won this Leningrad Interzonal game as White. LibreChess uses games like this for the daily Guess-the-Move trainer: you replay the opening, then try to find the master’s moves yourself.

White
Tal, Mihail
Black
Radulov, Ivan
Event
Leningrad Interzonal
Year
1973
Result
1-0
Opening
B61 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation
Training position around move 5 — start guessing Tal's moves from here.

Opening reference: Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation (B61).

Move score

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 e5 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. O-O-O a6 12. a3 Be6 13. f3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. Be3 Be7 16. h4 O-O 17. g3 b5 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. f5 Bc4 21. Qd2 d5 22. Bxc4 d4 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. g4 Rd7 26. g5 a5 27. Qd3 a4 28. h5 Rxd5 29. exd5 b4 30. h6 gxh6 31. Rxh6 bxa3 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Qxc6 34. bxa3 Qd5 35. f6 Bc5 36. g6 e4 37. Qb5 d3 38. Qe8+ Bf8 39. gxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rh1+ Bh6 41. Qe7+ Kg6 1-0

PGN

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Radulov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 e5 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. O-O-O a6 12. a3 Be6 13. f3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. Be3 Be7 16. h4 O-O 17. g3 b5 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. f5 Bc4 21. Qd2 d5 22. Bxc4 d4 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. g4 Rd7 26. g5 a5 27. Qd3 a4 28. h5 Rxd5 29. exd5 b4 30. h6 gxh6 31. Rxh6 bxa3 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Qxc6 34. bxa3 Qd5 35. f6 Bc5 36. g6 e4 37. Qb5 d3 38. Qe8+ Bf8 39. gxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rh1+ Bh6 41. Qe7+ Kg6 1-0

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