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Boris Rytov vs Mikhail Tal
Tallinn Rapid (1976) (rapid), Tallin URS
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation (A56)  ·  0-1

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Sep-20-10  dondiegodelavega: Nice attacking game!
Oct-09-22  Brenin: I has 23 ... Nxg3+ 24 Nxg3 (24 Qxg3 Nxe2 forks Q and R) Qh4+ 25 Kg1 Qxg3+ 26 Qxg3 Nxe2+ 27 Kg2 Nxg3 28 Kxg3, winning a P, but that just shows why I'm not Tal.
Oct-09-22
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  Korora: I actually guessed 23...♘xg3, by pure luck.
Oct-09-22  Brenin: I completely missed 25 ... e4, which threatens 26 ... e3, denying White the square f2, followed by Qh3 and Qg2 mate; it also threatens 26 ... Re5 followed by Rg5 (27 Bxe5 Bxe5 followed by Bd4+ or by Nh3+ and Bxg3 is deadly). It's the old adage: if you see a good move, look for a better one.
Oct-09-22  jrredfield: I got the first two plies fairly quickly: 23 ... Nxg3+ 24 xg3 but chose 24 ... e4 instead of Qh4+. I was one move ahead since Black played 25 ... e4. From there I saw a slight advantage for Black but it was too deep for me to see a positive win. White would have been in better shape by playing 22 Rc3 instead of 22 g3, being only about a pawn down.
Oct-09-22
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  al wazir: I was sure the best line was 23...Nh5, and if 24. g4, then 24...Nhg3+ 25. Nxg3 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Ne3, apparently winning the exchange.

But after 27. Ne4, black doesn't win material and there is no convincing attack.

Oct-09-22  mel gibson: I knew it was a Knight move but that's all.

Stockfish 15 says:

23... Nxg3+

(23. .. Nxg3+ (♘f5xg3+ ♕e1xg3
♘f4xe2 ♕g3-h2 ♘e2-f4 ♕h2-g3 ♘f4-h5 ♕g3-h2 f7-f6 ♖c1-d1 ♘h5-f4 ♗b2-c1 ♔g8-f7 ♗c1xf4 ♖e8-h8 ♗f4-e3 ♖h8xh2+ ♔h1xh2 ♕d8-d7 ♔h2-g2 ♖a8-h8 ♘e4-f2 ♖h8-h4 ♖f1-h1 ♖h4xh1 ♖d1xh1 f6-f5 ♗e3-g5 ♕d7-d6 a2-a4 ♗g7-f6 ♗g5-d2 ♔f7-g8 ♖h1-h6 ♔g8-g7 ♖h6-h1 g6-g5 ♖h1-e1 ♔g7-g8 ♖e1-e3 a7-a6 ♖e3-e2 b6-b5 ♘f2-h3 b5xc4 b3xc4 ♕d6-d8 ♖e2-e1 ♕d8-b6 ♗d2xg5 ♕b6-b4 ♖e1-g1 ♔g8-f7 ♗g5xf6 ♔f7xf6 ♖g1-d1 ♔f6-e7) +4.84/43 682)

score for Black +4.84 depth 43.

Oct-09-22
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Saw the same win of a pawn as <Brenin> and thought myself as clever as the Magician.

Yeah, right.

Still, Black does win, so claiming a half-credit and 5.5/7 for the week.

Oct-09-22
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  perfidious: Make that three of us who saw the line which wins a pawn, but leaves Black some work to do; Tal found a far more incisive way to wind up matters.
Oct-09-22  agb2002: Black has a bishop and a knight for the bishop pair.

White threatens gxf4.

The first idea that comes to mind is 23... Nxg3+ 24.Nxg3 (24.Qxg3 Nxe2 wins an exchange and a pawn) 24... Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Qxg3+ 26.Qxg3 (26.Kh1 Qg2#) 26... Nxe2+ 27.Kg(h)2 Nxg3 winning a pawn but this is not a decisive advantage.

Another options are 25... Bh6 and 25... e4 (instead of 25... Qxg3+). In the case of 25... e4:

A) 26.Bxg7 e3 (threatens Qh3) 27.Rc2 Qh3 28.Bd1 (28.Bd3 Nxd3) 28... e2 (28... Nd3 29.Nf5 Qg5+ 30.Qg3 Qxf5 30.Ba1 seems to hand the advantage over) 29.Rxe2 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 (30.B(N)xe2 Qg2#) 30... Nxe2+ 31.Nxe2 Kxg7 - + [q vs B+N].

B) 26.Rc2 Bxb2 27.Rxb2 e3 28.Bd1 Nd3 29.Nf5 (29.Qe2 Qxg3+ and Nxb2) 29... Qg5+ 30.Qg3 Qxf5, with the double threat e2 and Nxb2, looks winning (31.Re2 Nf4).

Oct-09-22
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  chrisowen: Ink verify quibble beg my chutzpah it's jollied Nxg3 key I a cliff edge it's muff dud axiom key jocky abled it's leeway I c axiom jonah it's Nxg3 doh!
Oct-09-22  ClassZPlaya: If I were White I would have tried 24. Qxg3 Nxe2 25. Qh2 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 with a defensible position and some play. For example 26. ... f5 27. Ng5 would give ^Black^ something to worry about.
Oct-09-22
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  Dionysius1: I saw bits of it, but the e5-e4-e3 manoeuvre got me. Nice how quickly the problem of access for the Q at h4 is solved.
Oct-09-22
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  paulalbert: Got to 24.... Qh4ch but totally missed the e4 and e3 idea.
Oct-09-22  Defrogger: Saw up to e4, not the rest of the line.
e2!! Pawn advanced to square defended by 4 pieces but still could not be captured!
Oct-10-22  Cheapo by the Dozen: Per the engine, White should have played Rc2 a move earlier to minimize the carnage. But Black still would have had a nice advantage.

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