Mikhail Tal vs Boris Spassky

URS-chT · 1975 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves

The Game

White Mikhail Tal
Black Boris Spassky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event URS-chT
Site Riga
Date 1975.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D58)
Moves 41
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

8/1R4p1/5k1p/4p3/p1rb4/4N3/P2K1PPP/8 b - - 17 41

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 Be7
  4. 4.Nf3 Nf6
  5. 5.Bg5 h6
  6. 6.Bh4 O-O
  7. 7.e3 b6
  8. 8.Be2 Bb7
  9. 9.Bxf6 Bxf6
  10. 10.cxd5 exd5
  11. 11.Qb3 Re8
  12. 12.O-O a6
  13. 13.Rad1 Qd6
  14. 14.Ne1 Nd7
  15. 15.Bf3 c6
  16. 16.e4 dxe4
  17. 17.Nxe4 Qc7
  18. 18.Nc2 Be7
  19. 19.Ne3 Nf6
  20. 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6
  21. 21.Ng4 Re6
  22. 22.Rde1 Bxd4
  23. 23.Rxe6 fxe6
  24. 24.Rd1 Qd6
  25. 25.Qd3 e5
  26. 26.Qb3+ Kf8
  27. 27.Qxb6 Bxb6
  28. 28.Rxd6 Bd4
  29. 29.Ne3 Bxb2
  30. 30.Bxc6 Bxc6
  31. 31.Rxc6 a5
  32. 32.Kf1 a4
  33. 33.Ke2 Rb8
  34. 34.Ra6 Rb4
  35. 35.Nc2 Rc4
  36. 36.Kd3 Rc3+
  37. 37.Kd2 Rc4
  38. 38.Rb6 Bd4
  39. 39.Rb8+ Kf7
  40. 40.Rb7+ Kf6
  41. 41.Ne3

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