When Tal Tricked Fischer... ♔ ASMR Chess ♔ Candidates Tournament 1959


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Can Mikhail Tal survive when Bobby Fischer gives him a taste of his own sacrificial medicine?
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Here is the pgn of the game.

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.26"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. f4 b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. O-O g6 11. f5 gxf5 12. Nxf5
Rg8 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Bxe4 exf5 15. Bxf5 Re7 16. Bxc8 Qxc8
17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Qf3 Qxa4 19. Bxd6 Qc6 20. Bxb8 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Qxb8 22. Qc6+ Rd7 23. Rae1+ Be7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qe6+ Kf8
26. Qxd7 Qd6 27. Qb7 Rg6 28. c3 a5 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc4 Bd8
31. cxb4 axb4 32. g3 Qc6+ 33. Re4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rb6 35. Kg2
Kf6 36. Kf3 Ke5 37. Ke3 Bg5+ 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Rc2
Be5 41. Re2 Rf6 42. Rc2 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf7 44. Kd3 Bd4 45. a3 b3
46. Rc8 Bxb2 47. Rd8+ Kc6 48. Rb8 Rf3+ 49. Kc4 Rc3+ 50. Kb4
Kc7 51. Rb5 Ba1 52. a4 b2 0-1

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