Tal Simul

(1) Tal - A N Other [D06] Board six 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Rd1 Nxd4 " A perfectly correct decision" 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Bxb7 Bxe2 13.Re1 Rab8 "This move I had failed to notice in advance". 14.Bg2 Ba6 "Here, I thought 14...Nd5 or 14...Nc4 were more dangerous". 15.Nf3 Qb4 16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Qxb6 cxb6 19.Ne5 *

(2) Tal - A N Other [C54] Board seven 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Be6 "This move I have never come across before, but it seems to me to be very interesting". 11.Qxb7 Na5 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.Qa6 c6 14.Ba4 Nf4 "A very interesting move!" 15.0-0-0 ["Unfortunately, 15.0-0?? is not possible because of 15...Bc8 ] *

(3) Tal - A N Other [E91] Board eight 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7 "Here I sacrificed a pawn". 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.e6 fxe6 10.0-0 Nde5 11.Qc2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Be2 Qe8 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Rad1 *

(4) Tal - A N Other [C93] Board nine 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 g6 15.b3 c5 16.d5 Nb7 17.Be3 Bg7 18.Qd2 *