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Zaichik, Gennadi vs Tal, Mihail, 1986

Tal won this Tbilisi game as Black. 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
Zaichik, Gennadi
Black
Tal, Mihail
Event
Tbilisi
Year
1986
Result
0-1
Opening
B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation
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Training position around move 6 — start guessing Tal's moves from here.

Opening reference: Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12).

Move score

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nd2 Ne7 7. f4 f6 8. Ngf3 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ng6 11. Qh5 Qb6 12. b4 Be7 13. Kd1 O-O 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bg6 16. Qh3 Rxf4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxg4 19. Kc2 Rf4 20. Rhf1 Raf8 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Rf1 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 Qd8 24. Nb3 Qe8 25. a4 g5 26. Kb2 h5 27. Qg2 g4 28. Nd2 Qg6 29. Nf1 0-1

PGN

[Event "Tbilisi"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [White "Zaichik, Gennadi"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nd2 Ne7 7. f4 f6 8. Ngf3 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ng6 11. Qh5 Qb6 12. b4 Be7 13. Kd1 O-O 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bg6 16. Qh3 Rxf4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxg4 19. Kc2 Rf4 20. Rhf1 Raf8 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Rf1 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 Qd8 24. Nb3 Qe8 25. a4 g5 26. Kb2 h5 27. Qg2 g4 28. Nd2 Qg6 29. Nf1 0-1

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