Tal – Jakobsen 1972
Here is an annotated game from the 1972 Olympiad in Skopje, between Mikhail Tal and Denmark’s Ole Jakobsen:
[Event "1972 Olympiad"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ole Jakobsen"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4!? Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.b3 Bg7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Rb1 (Castling by White allows 11. …Nxe4!) a6 12.a3 Rfc8 13.O-O (An interesting alternative is h3 to prevent Black’s next move) Bg4! 14.Rfe1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Rab8 (Black should have tried to expand on the Queen-side with 15. …b5!)
16.Be2 Ne5 17.f4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Neg4 19.Bxg4 Nxg4 20.h3 (Black has equality after 20.Nd5 Nf7+ 21.Kg1 Nh3+ with a perpetual) Nf6 21.Nd5! Nxd5 22.exd5 Bxb2 23.Rxb2 Qc7 24.f5! (White is now obviously better)
b5 25.fxg6 (Interesting is 25.Qg5!? f6 26.Qh6!?) hxg6 26.Qg5 bxc4! 27.Rxe7 Qc5 (If 27. …c3 then 28.Rf2) 28.Qf6 Qxd5 (If 28. …Rf1, White would win with Re4!) 29.bxc4 Qxc4
30.Rf2 Rf8 31.Rf4! Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qb2 33.Rxf7 Qxf6 34.R7xf6 Rxf6 (No better is 34. …Kg2 35.Rxf8 Rxf8 36.Rxf8 Kxf8 37.Kg3 and White wins the King & Pawn ending) 35.Rxf6 Kg7 36.Rxd6 a5 37.Rd5 Ra8 38.a4! (White now wins) Ra6 39.Kg3 Kf6 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Rb5 Kf6 42.Rc5 Rb6 43.Rxa5 Rb4+ 44.Kg3 Rb3+ Black Resigns
Source: Chess Digest, February 1975
