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Tal, Mihail vs Fischer, Robert James

Candidats Tournament • Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade • 1959

Tal vs Fischer — Candidates 1959Top 100

1959. Two of the most exciting players in chess history clashed in the Candidates Tournament. Tal's mystical sacrificial style against Fischer's concrete precision — the Magician vs the Machine — produced unforgettable chess.

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Candidats Tournament

Tal, Mihail vs Fischer, Robert James
Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade • 1959
1-0
Start
White King
Black King
End
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Be2O-O6.Nf3e57.d5Nbd78.Bg5h69.Bh4a610.O-OQe811.Nd2Nh712.b4Bf613.Bxf6Nhxf614.Nb3Qe715.Qd2Kh716.Qe3Ng817.c5f518.exf5gxf519.f4exf420.Qxf4dxc521.Bd3cxb422.Rae1Qf623.Re6Qxc324.Bxf5+Rxf525.Qxf5+Kh826.Rf3Qb227.Re8Nf628.Qxf6+Qxf629.Rxf6Kg730.Rff8Ne731.Na5h532.h4Rb833.Nc4b534.Ne51-0

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Result

1-0

White wins

Moves

34

Opening

E93

King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Keres Defense

Date

1959.??.??

Moves

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