Historical riddle: M. Tal vs O. Panno

by Karsten Müller
5/12/2021 – Mihail Tal played many mind-boggling and beautiful games full of stunning tactics and surprising sacrifices. Modern engines may find out that Tal's sacrifices might not always have been correct but it is still fun to play through and analyse his games. Now, Karsten Müller invites the ChessBase readers to take a close look at one of Tal's classics.
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M. Tal vs O. Panno, Portoroz 1958

Tal's victory against Oscar Panno at the Interzonal in Portoroz 1958 is a famous classic and it  has been analysed countless times.

But Zoran Petronijevic has taken another look at the whole game and asks the readers to find the turning points of this intense struggle in which Tal not only shows his creativity but also demonstrates how strong a single queen can be.

In the game Tal gives all of his pieces to attack the enemy king with just his queen and a number of pawns – and he eventually succeeds. But Panno gets so many pieces in return that it is hard to believe that he did not have an adequate defense. The readers are invited to take a look at this fascinating encounter to search for the truth: when was Tal winning?

 
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The following famous classic has been investigated countless times. Tal wins the queen first and the game later. But Panno gets so many pieces in return that he must have had chances to defend. Please try to find the truth from the beginning! From which point on was Tal winning? 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Be3 exd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nbc4 16.Qd3 f5 17.Bb3 f4 18.Bd2 Nxb3 19.Nc6 Nxa1 20.Nxd8 Bf5 21.Qf3 Raxd8 22.Rxe7 Bxb1 23.Bxf4 Rxd4 24.Qg4 Bg6 25.Qe6+ Bf7 26.Qf5 Nc2 27.b3 Bg6 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Bh6+ Kxh6 30.Qxf8+ Kg5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.g3 Be4 33.h4+ Kg4 34.Kh2 Bf5 35.Qf6 h6 36.Qe5 Re4 37.Qg7+ Kf3 38.Qc3+ Ne3 39.Kg1 Bg4 40.fxe3 h5 41.Qe1 Rxe3 42.Qf1+ Ke4 43.Qxc4+ Kf3 44.Qf1+ Ke4 45.Qxa6 Kd4 46.Qd6+ Kc4 47.a4 Re1+ 48.Kf2 Re2+ 49.Kf1 Ra2 50.Qa6+ Kd4 51.a5 c4 52.Qb6+ Kd5 53.a6 Ra1+ 54.Kf2 c3 55.a7 c2 56.Qb3+ Kd6 57.Qd3+ 1–0
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Tal,M-Panno,O-1–01958C92Interzonal-0417

On this DVD Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh and Karsten Müller present the 8. World Chess Champion in video lessons: his openings, his understanding of chess strategy, his artful endgame play, and finally his immortal combinations.

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Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.

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