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This was game 3 of the <Korchnoi - Tal Candidates Semifinal 1968> Tal caught Korchnoi in an opening trap his team had prepared in prematch analsysis, the novelty 11.Qc3-d3:  click for larger viewhttp://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
Tal:
<"...my opponent fell into a <<<prepared opening trap>>>, and I obtained a completely won position with an extra pawn. I allowed myself to relax a little, which you can't afford to do against Korchnoi, and first made my task more complicated, and then in time-trouble lost all my advantage."> -<Mikhail Tal, "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal" (Cadogan 1997), p.344> =================
Korchnoi:
<"...in the third game Tal caught me in a <<<prepared variation.>>> Though I thought over one move for 100 minutes (!), I nevertheless failed to find sufficient counterplay. My position started going downhill, especially since I was in time trouble right from the opening. But the miraculous occurred: Tal failed to find a winning continuation, and I was able to take play into a rook ending a pawn down. It was probably still lost, but Tal was too uncertain of his endgame technique to win such a position."> -<Victor Korchnoi, "Chess is My Life" (Edition Olms 2004), p.62> |