1965 Candidates Matches

CYCLE 6: 8-Man Knockout

As a result of dissatisfaction with the Candidates Tournament format, the system was changed in 1965 to a series of knockout matches. Six qualifiers from one Interzonal tournament, plus two seeds, play knockout matches, with the winner playing a World Championship match against Petrosian in 1966.

(Black background indicates black in the first game) 

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Spassky   0½111½½0½1  6
Keres     1½000½½1½0  4
    
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Geller    1½1½1½½½  5½
Smyslov   0½0½0½½½  2½
    
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Tal       ½101½½11  5½
Portisch  ½010½½00  2½
    
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Larsen    1½½11½01  5½
Ivkov     0½½00½10  2½
    
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Spassky  ½1½½½1½1  5½
Geller   ½0½½½0½0  2½
    
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Tal      01½½01½½½1  5½
Larsen   10½½10½½½0  4½
    
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Spassky  ½01½½½½½111  7
Tal      ½10½½½½½000  4

THE PLAYERS

# Player Country Status
1 Boris Vasilievich Spassky USSR Qualified from Interzonal
2 Mikhail Nekhemzovitch Tal USSR Qualified from Interzonal
3 Bent Jorgen Larsen Denmark Qualified from Interzonal
4 Efim Petrovich Geller USSR Seeded; 3rd place in previous Candidates, took Botvinnik's seed
5 Paul Keres USSR Seeded; Runner-up in previous Candidates
6 Vassily Vasilievich Smyslov USSR Qualified from Interzonal
7 Lajos Portisch Hungary Qualified from Interzonal
8 Borislav Ivkov Yugoslavia Qualified from Interzonal

THE QUARTERFINALS (Best of 10)

Riga, Apr 4-14 '65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Spassky 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6
Keres 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4

Moscow, Apr 17-27 '65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Geller 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½
Smyslov 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2½

Bled, Jun 26 - Jul 10 '65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Tal ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½
Portisch ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 2½

Bled, Jun 27 - Jul 10 '65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Larsen 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 5½
Ivkov 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 2½

THE SEMI-FINALS (Best of 10)

Riga, May 26 - Jun 9 '65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Spassky ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½
Geller ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 2½

Bled, Jun 26 - Aug 8 '65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tal 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
Larsen 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 4½

THE FINALS (Best of 12)

Tbilisi, Nov 1-26 '65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Spassky ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7
Tal ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 4

MATCH TO DETERMINE 3RD PLACE (Best of 8)

and a seed into the next Interzonal

Copenhagen, Mar 10-26 '66 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Larsen 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 5
Geller 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 4

  • This was a Best of 8 match, with the winner being seeded into the 1967 Interzonal. When the match ended in a tie, it went to sudden death single games, with the next person to win a game taking the match.
  • Larsen was initially White in the odd-numbered games. However, when the match was tied, colors were drawn again, with Geller now having White in the odd games.
  • This is the first match in which a Soviet Grandmaster lost to a Western player.

  • For this Cycle, the 1965 FIDE Congress at Wiesbaden voted to accept Bobby Fischer's motion that the Candidates Tournament be abolished and replaced with a series of elimination matches. Despite getting what he wanted, Fischer refused to play, anyway.

    [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.07"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Be2 Qb4+ 11.Nd2 Bxg2 12.Rg1 Bb7 13.Rxg7 Nc6 14.c5 bxc5 15.a3 Qa5 16.b4 cxb4 17.Nb3 Qa4 18.axb4 Qxb4+ 19.Kf1 Qf8 20.Rg3 Ne7 21.Nc5 Bc6 22.e4 Rg8 23.Raa3 Rxg3 24.Rxg3 Rb8 25.d5 exd5 26.Qa1 dxe4 27.Bh5 Rb5 28.Qd4 Ng6 29.Bxg6 fxg6 30.Nxe4 Rb1+ 31.Ke2 Rb4 32.Nf6+ Kd8 33.Qa1 Qc5 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.08"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 Bd7 13.Ba2 a5 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Nf1 a4 16.Qc2 g6 17.Ne3 Bg7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rac8 20.Be3 Na5 21.Rad1 Kh7 22.Re2 Red8 23.Red2 Be8 24.Ba2 f6 25.Rd3 f5 26.Nh2 fxe4 27.R3d2 exd4 28.Bxd4 Bf7 29.Bxf7 Qxf7 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Qxe4 Nc4 32.Re2 Re8 33.Qd4+ Qf6 34.Qxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rde1 Kf7 36.Nf3 Rxe2 37.Rxe2 Re8 38.Rc2 Ke6 39.Kf1 Kd5 40.Nd4 Kc5 41.Ne2 Rf8 42.Ke1 d5 43.Nc1 Re8+ 44.Kd1 Kd6 45.Nd3 g5 46.g3 c5 47.Re2 Rxe2 48.Kxe2 Ne5 49.Ne1 Ke6 50.f4 gxf4 51.gxf4 Nc4 52.Nd3 Kf5 53.Kd1 d4 54.Kc2 Ne3+ 55.Kd2 Nd5 56.Nxc5 dxc3 57.bxc3 Nb6 58.Kd3 h5 59.Ne4 Nc4 60.Ng3+ Kxf4 61.Nxh5+ Kg5 62.Ng3 Nxa3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.10"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [ECO "E31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 e5 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.a3 Ba5 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Nc1 Re8 12.Na2 Qe7 13.f3 e4 14.f4 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5 16.Be2 Ng7 17.O-O Nf5 18.Qd2 Nf6 19.fxg5 hxg5 20.Be1 Ng7 21.b4 Bb6 22.Na4 Nd7 23.N2c3 Bd8 24.bxc5 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 dxc5 26.d6 Qe6 27.Rd1 Bd7 28.Bg3 f5 29.Nb5 Rf8 30.Qc1 Qf6 31.Nc7 Rc8 32.Nd5 Qe6 33.Qb2 Ba4 34.Rc1 Rf7 35.Be5 Qg6 36.g4 Bc6 37.gxf5 Nxf5 38.Bg4 Bd7 39.Qxb7 Be6 40.Qb1 Nxd6 41.Bxe6 Qxe6 42.Bxd6 Qxd6 43.Qxe4 Rb8 44.Rxf7 Kxf7 45.Qh7+ Ke8 46.Rf1 Qe6 47.h3 Rc8 48.Qg7 Be7 49.Rf5 Bd6 50.Rf6 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.11"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qf3 c5 16.Rd1 c4 17.Bc2 Qe7 18.b3 cxb3 19.axb3 Rec8 20.Bb2 a5 21.Ne3 a4 22.bxa4 bxa4 23.c4 a3 24.Bc3 Ba4 25.Bxa4 Rxa4 26.Rdb1 Qe6 27.Qd1 Nxe4 28.Bxe5 Qxe5 29.Qxa4 Nc3 30.Qc2 Nxb1 31.Rxb1 Ra8 32.Qa2 Bc5 33.Rb5 Rb8 34.Rxb8+ Qxb8 35.Nd5 Qg3 36.Kf1 Qd3+ 37.Ke1 Qd4 38.Qb3 Qxf2+ 39.Kd1 a2 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.14"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Rfe8 16.b3 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf8 18.Bb2 Qd8 19.Ndf5 Bxf5 20.Nxf5 g6 21.Ne3 Bg7 22.Qd2 Nb7 23.b4 Qe7 24.f3 Qf8 25.Bb3 Nd8 26.Rad1 Rc6 27.Rc1 Qe7 28.Kh2 Qd7 29.Nd5 Nxd5 30.Bxd5 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Qe7 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qc3+ Kg8 34.f4 Ne6 35.g3 Ng7 36.Qc7 Qf6 37.Rc2 Rf8 38.Qb6 g5 39.fxg5 Qxg5 40.Qxa6 Qe5 41.Qxb5 Ne6 42.Qf1 Kg7 43.Qf5 Qxf5 44.exf5 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.15"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 Nf6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 c6 7.d4 Be7 8.d5 O-O 9.Bd3 Na6 10.O-O cxd5 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.Bc2 Ne8 13.Qe2 f5 14.f4 e4 15.g4 g6 16.Kh2 Bf6 17.Bd2 Rc8 18.Rg1 Kh8 19.Rab1 a6 20.Rg2 b5 21.a3 Nc7 22.Rbg1 Qd7 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Qh5 Rg8 25.b4 Nd3 26.Bb3 Rxg2+ 27.Rxg2 Ne8 28.Ne2 Ng7 29.Qh6 Qf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.17"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.e3 c5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rc1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Qxe7 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Kf8 18.Rd2 Ke7 19.f4 Rdc8 20.Kf2 Rc7 21.Ra3 d6 22.g3 Be4 23.Rc3 Rac8 24.Bd3 Bb7 25.Ra3 Bc6 26.Rc3 g5 27.Rc1 Bb7 28.Rcd1 d5 29.cxd5 Bxd5 30.Bb1 Rc4 31.e4 Bc6 32.Bd3 Rc5 33.Ke3 Ba4 34.Rf1 gxf4 35.Rxf4 Be8 36.Rh4 h5 37.Be2 f6 38.g4 hxg4 39.Rh7+ Bf7 40.Bxg4 f5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.18"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nxc3 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qg5+ 11.Kh1 Qh5 12.Rg1 Qxf3+ 13.Rg2 f5 14.Ba3 Ne4 15.Rf1 Rg8 16.Be2 Qh3 17.f3 Nf6 18.d5 Kf7 19.e4 c5 20.Bb2 f4 21.e5 Nh5 22.Kg1 g6 23.Rg4 Rd8 24.Bd3 Rg8 25.Rf2 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.21"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 c6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 O-O 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 f6 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Qe7 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qh4 Be6 20.Rf1 Qd6 21.Bc2 Ra7 22.b4 Bf7 23.Qd4 Rc7 24.Bb3 c5 25.Qf6 Qe7 26.Rf3 Qe8 27.bxc5 Rxc5 28.e4 Rc7 29.exd5 Qe1+ 30.Rf1 Qxc3 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.d6 Qe3+ 33.Kh1 Qf4 34.Rg1 Rc3 35.Qe7 Re3 36.Qc7 Rd3 37.Bxf7 Qxf7 38.Rc1 g5 39.h3 Kg6 40.Qc6 Qd5 41.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.04.23"] [EventDate "1965.04.07"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.e6 fxe6 14.dxe6 Rxf4 15.Qd5 Kh8 16.Qxa8 Nb6 17.Qxa7 Bxe6 18.O-O Ne3 19.Rf2 b4 20.Nb5 Rf7 21.Qa5 Qb8 22.Re1 Bd5 23.Bf1 Nxf1 24.Rfxf1 Nc4 25.Qa6 Rf6 26.Qa4 Nxb2 27.Qc2 Qxb5 28.Re7 Nd3 29.Qe2 c4 30.Re8+ Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Ng5 Bc5+ 33.Kh1 Qd7 34.Qd2 Qe7 35.Nf3 Qe3 0-1 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.17"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "115"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.a3 Ba5 9.O-O b5 10.Be2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Ra7 14.b4 Bb6 15.Nc6 Nxc6 16.Qxc6+ Nd7 17.Bb2 O-O 18.Rfd1 Qc8 19.Qxc8 Rxc8 20.Rd6 Bd8 21.Rad1 Rcc7 22.Ne4 Be7 23.R6d2 f6 24.f4 Kf8 25.Bd4 Rab7 26.Kf2 Rc4 27.Kf3 Rbc7 28.g4 Rc2 29.h4 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Kf7 31.g5 e5 32.Bb2 Ke6 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.Rg2 exf4 35.exf4 Kf7 36.Bd4 Rc4 37.Rd2 Ke6 38.Rd3 Rc6 39.Bf2 Nf8 40.h5 Rc4 41.Bc5 Rc1 42.f5+ Kf7 43.Nd6+ Kg8 44.Re3 Bxd6 45.Bxd6 Rd1 46.Bc5 Nd7 47.Re8+ Kf7 48.Re7+ Kg8 49.Re8+ Kf7 50.Re7+ Kg8 51.h6 Nxc5 52.bxc5 Rf1+ 53.Ke2 Rc1 54.Rc7 a5 55.Kd2 Rc4 56.Kd3 Rc1 57.Kd4 Rd1+ 58.Ke4 1-0 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.18"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "157"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rac1 Bf5 13.e4 Bd7 14.h3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.b4 Ra8 17.Nxb5 Rxa2 18.Nc3 Ra8 19.b5 Ra3 20.Ra1 Qa5 21.Rxa3 Qxa3 22.b6 Rb8 23.Qe3 Qa6 24.Rb1 Be6 25.Bf1 Qb7 26.Rb5 Bd7 27.Rb3 Bc6 28.Bg2 Nd7 29.Nd5 Nc5 30.Rb4 Na6 31.Rb1 e6 32.Nc3 Nc5 33.Rb4 Qa6 34.Bf1 Qb7 35.Rb1 Qa8 36.Bg2 Qa6 37.Bf1 Qb7 38.Bg2 Qa6 39.Bf1 Qa8 40.Bg2 Qb7 41.Rb4 Qa6 42.Bf1 Qa3 43.Rb1 h5 44.f3 Be5 45.Kg2 Nd7 46.Be2 Qc5 47.Qxc5 dxc5 48.b7 Rxb7 49.Rxb7 Bxb7 50.Bb5 Nb8 51.Na4 Bd4 52.Nb6 Bc6 53.Bxc6 Nxc6 54.Kf1 Ne5 55.Ke2 f5 56.exf5 exf5 57.f4 Nc6 58.Be3 Kf7 59.Nd7 c4 60.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 61.Ke3 Nc6 62.Nb6 c3 63.Kd3 Nd4 64.Kxc3 Ne2+ 65.Kd3 Nxg3 66.h4 Ke6 67.Nc4 Ne4 68.Kd4 Nf2 69.Ne5 Kf6 70.Nd7+ Kg7 71.Ne5 Ng4 72.Nf3 Kf6 73.Ng5 Nh2 74.Nh7+ Ke6 75.Ng5+ Ke7 76.Kd5 Nf1 77.Kd4 Kd6 78.Nf7+ Ke6 79.Ng5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.20"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [ECO "E50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Qxd5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qf6 12.O-O Nc6 13.e4 Kg8 14.Qh5 Ba6 15.Re1 Bc4 16.Bg5 Qg6 17.Qh4 f6 18.Bf4 Rfe8 19.Nd2 Bf7 20.Re3 Qh7 21.Qg4 d5 22.Rh3 Qg6 23.Qh4 Be6 24.Rg3 Qf7 25.Bh6 g6 26.f4 f5 27.e5 d4 28.Nf3 dxc3 29.Rh3 Qh7 30.Ng5 Qe7 31.Re1 c2 32.Bf8 Kxf8 33.Qh8+ Bg8 34.Nh7+ Kf7 35.e6 Qxe6 36.Ng5+ Ke7 37.Nxe6 Bxe6 38.Qg7+ Kd6 39.Rd3+ Nd4 40.Rc1 Bd5 41.Rxd4 cxd4 42.Rxc2 Rac8 43.Rd2 Rc1+ 44.Kf2 Re4 45.Qxg6+ Be6 46.Qg5 Kc6 47.h3 Kb5 48.Qg7 a5 49.Rxd4 Rc2+ 50.Kg1 Re1+ 51.Kh2 Ree2 52.h4 Rxa2 53.h5 Rxg2+ 54.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 55.Kxg2 a4 56.h6 Bg8 57.Rd8 Bh7 58.Rd7 Bg6 59.Ra7 Kb4 60.Rg7 1-0 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.21"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bd2 h6 9.a3 d5 10.Rb1 a5 11.Na4 b6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 dxc4 14.b5 cxd3 15.exd3 Nb8 16.Bc3 Bb7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ra1 Nf5 19.Nxc5 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rxa1 21.Qxa1+ Qf6 22.Ne4 Qxa1 23.Rxa1 Nd4 24.Nd2 Rd8 25.Be4 f5 26.Bg2 Nd7 27.Nc4 Nxb5 28.Bc6 Nd4 29.Bxd7 Rxd7 30.Nxb6 Rb7 31.Nc4 g5 32.Kg2 Kf6 33.h3 Rb3 34.Ra3 Rxa3 35.Nxa3 Ke5 36.Nc4+ Kd5 37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 Nb3 39.Kf3 Kd4 40.Ne5 Nc1 41.Nf7 Kxd3 42.Nxh6 Nb3 43.Nf7 Nd4+ 44.Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.24"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.f4 e6 13.Kh1 b6 14.f5 Na5 15.Bd3 exf5 16.exf5 Bb7 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Ng3 Qc6 19.Rf2 Rad8 20.Bh6 Bh8 21.Qf4 Rd7 22.Ne4 c4 23.Bc2 Rde7 24.Rcf1 Rxe4 25.fxg6 f6 26.Qg5 Qd7 27.Kg1 Bg7 28.Rxf6 Rg4 29.gxh7+ Kh8 30.Bxg7+ Qxg7 31.Qxg4 1-0 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.25"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.Rd1 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Bf6 15.h4 h6 16.a4 Rc8 17.Bf4 Re8 18.Bh3 c4 19.Nd4 Bxd5 20.Nb5 Rc5 21.Bc7 Ne5 22.Bxd8 Nf3+ 23.Kf1 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.27"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Bd2 cxd4 10.exd4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Bc6 13.Ne5 Be7 14.Qd3 Nfd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rac1 Nb4 18.Qe4 Rfd8 19.Ne2 Rac8 20.a3 N4d5 21.Rc2 Nf6 22.Qe3 Nfd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1965.04.28"] [EventDate "1965.04.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O d6 9.d3 h6 10.e3 Be6 11.d4 exd4 12.exd4 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Na4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 b6 17.Rc1 Rb8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rc6 Nf6 20.Qa1 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.Nc3 Qd4 23.Rd1 Qe5 24.Re1 Qd4 25.Nb5 Qxa1 26.Rxa1 a6 27.Nc3 Bd7 28.Rc1 a5 29.Bb7 Rb8 30.Bf3 Rc8 31.Ne2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.06.27"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "165"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 a6 8.a3 Rb8 9.Rb1 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 d6 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Qc1 Rc8 15.Bh6 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Rxc3 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Rxc3 Qxc3 21.Qxc3 Rxc3 22.Kf1 e5 23.Nb3 Be6 24.Na5 Rc2 25.Nb7 Bg4 26.f3 Bd7 27.Nxd6 Nd5 28.Ne4 f5 29.Nc5 Bc6 30.Kf2 Nc3 31.Re1 Na2 32.Rb1 Nc3 33.Re1 Rb2 34.Na6 Kf7 35.Bf1 Na2 36.Rd1 Nxb4 37.Nxb4 Rxb4 38.Rc1 Bd7 39.Rc5 Ke6 40.e4 Rb2+ 41.Ke3 Rxh2 42.d4 exd4 43.Kxd4 fxe4 44.fxe4 Rd2+ 45.Bd3 Rd1 46.e5 b4 47.Ke3 Ke7 48.Rc7 Kd8 49.Rb7 Rg1 50.Bc4 Rxg3+ 51.Kd4 b3 52.Kd5 Rc3 53.Rb4 Ke7 54.Rb7 b2 55.Kd4 Rc2 56.Ba2 Ke8 57.e6 Bc8 58.Rxh7 Bxe6 59.Bb1 Bf5 60.Rb7 Rh2 61.Ba2 Kd8 62.Kc3 Rc2+ 63.Kb3 g5 64.Ka3 g4 65.Rxb2 g3 66.Rxc2 Bxc2 67.Bd5 Ke7 68.Kb2 Kd6 69.Bg2 Ba4 70.Kc3 Bc6 71.Bh3 Ke5 72.Kd2 Kf4 73.Ke1 Bb5 74.Bc8 Ke3 75.Bb7 Bd3 76.Bg2 Be2 77.Bc6 Bc4 78.Bb7 Kf4 79.Bc6 Bd3 80.Bb7 Kg4 81.Bg2 Ba6 82.Kd2 Kf4 83.Ke1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.06.28"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nd7 7.d4 Ngf6 8.Bd3 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 Nf6 12.Qh4 Nd5 13.Qg4 Bf6 14.Re1 Qb6 15.c4 Nb4 16.Rxe6+ fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kf8 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.c5 Nxd3 20.cxb6 Nxf4 21.Qg4 Nd5 22.bxa7 Ke7 23.b4 Ra8 24.Re1+ Kd6 25.b5 Rxa7 26.Re6+ Kc7 27.Rxf6 1-0 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.06.30"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E52"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.a3 Ba5 16.Nxe4 Bxd2 17.Rxd2 Qxe5 18.Nd6 Bc6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.e4 Qe6 22.Qxe6 fxe6 23.e5 Ba4 24.Rc1 Rf5 25.Re2 Rf4 26.f3 Rd4 27.Kf2 Rd3 28.Rc3 Rxc3 29.bxc3 g5 30.Ne4 Rd3 31.Nxg5 Bd7 32.Re3 Rd2+ 33.Kg3 Kg7 34.Ne4 Ra2 35.c4 Kg6 36.h4 h6 37.h5+ Kf7 38.Kh3 Bc6 39.Nd6+ Kg7 40.g3 a6 41.f4 b5 42.cxb5 axb5 43.f5 Bd7 44.f6 1-0 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.01"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bc4 cxd4 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rxd4 Qb6 14.Qd2 Bc6 15.Bxh6 Ne4 16.Qf4 gxh6 17.Rxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rad8 19.b3 Bc5 20.Qf4 Kg7 21.Qe5+ f6 22.Qg3+ Kh7 23.Re1 Rg8 24.Qh4 Rd6 25.Kf1 f5 26.h3 Rg6 27.g4 Rd7 28.Rxe6 Rd1+ 29.Kg2 Rxe6 30.Bxe6 fxg4 31.Qxg4 Rd8 32.Ne5 1-0 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.04"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "112"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.c4 Ne5 13.Bb2 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Bh3 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Kh1 Rfd8 18.Rg1+ Kh8 19.Be2 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Rxd1 21.Bxd1 Rc8 22.Bb3 Rxc5 23.Bxf7 h6 24.f4 Rc3 25.Ra1 Rc2 26.Kg1 b5 27.Bd5 a5 28.Bg2 Bf5 29.Bf1 Rb2 30.Rd1 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Kg2 b3 34.Rb8 Be4+ 35.Kg3 Rb1 36.f3 Bd5 37.Bd3 Rg1+ 38.Kf2 Rh1 39.Kg2 Re1 40.Kf2 Rh1 41.e4 Rxh2+ 42.Ke3 Bf7 43.Rb6 Rh5 44.f5 Rh1 45.f4 Rh3+ 46.Kd2 Rf3 47.e5 Rxf4 48.Rxf6 Bc4 49.Rg6+ Kf8 50.Rf6+ Ke7 51.Bxc4 Rxc4 52.Rb6 Re4 53.f6+ Kf7 54.Rb7+ Kf8 55.Rb8+ Kf7 56.Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.05"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.a3 Bc5 8.g4 O-O 9.h4 Nbd7 10.g5 Ne8 11.Bh3 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.Bf4 Qe7+ 14.Qe2 g6 15.Qxe7 Bxe7 16.O-O-O Ng7 17.Bg2 Nb6 18.Be5 Rfe8 19.Rde1 Rad8 20.Kd1 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Rxd6 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8 23.h5 Ng7 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rh6 Nd7 26.Ne2 Nf8 27.Kd2 Nge6 28.f4 a5 29.d4 Kg7 30.Ke3 Nd7 31.Ng3 c5 32.Ne2 Nb6 33.b3 Rd7 34.dxc5 d4 35.Nxd4 Nxd4 36.cxb6 Nxc2+ 37.Ke2 Rd6 38.Bxb7 Rxb6 39.Bd5 Nxa3 40.Rh3 Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.07"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Rc1 b6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Qb3 Re8 16.Bf1 Na5 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Re1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Nc4 20.Bd3 g6 21.Qe2 b5 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 d4 24.Nd1 Qg5 25.f4 Qxf4 26.e6 Bd5 27.Rf1 Qg5 28.exf7 Bxf7 29.b3 Ne5 30.a4 Bd5 31.Be4 Bxb3 32.axb5 Bc4 33.Qc2 axb5 34.Bd5+ Kg7 35.Bxc4 bxc4 36.Qe4 Rd8 37.h4 Qg3 38.Qb7+ Rd7 39.Qc8 Rf7 40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Qc7+ 0-1 [Event "Tal - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.08"] [EventDate "1965.06.26"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nb6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Nbd2 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nh2 c4 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Bg5 19.Nf3 Bxc1 20.Qxc1 Qc7 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Red1 Nc6 23.b3 Na5 24.b4 Nc6 25.g5 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Qb6 27.Qxb6 Nxb6 28.Ra6 Rb8 29.Nd2 Nd8 30.Nf3 Nc6 31.Nh2 Kf8 32.Ng4 Ke7 33.Ne3 Kd6 34.Nd5 Nxd5 35.exd5 Kxd5 36.f3 Nxb4 37.cxb4 Kd4 38.Ra7 Kc3 39.Bxh7 Kxb4 40.Rxf7 Kc3 41.Rxg7 b4 42.Rc7 b3 43.g6 b2 44.g7 b1=Q+ 45.Bxb1 Rxb1+ 46.Kf2 Rb8 47.Ke3 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.06.27"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Borislav Ivkov"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d3 Be7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.a3 Rc8 12.Bd2 a6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Kh1 Nd4 15.b4 Nb6 16.e3 Nb5 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Ne2 Bf6 19.Nf4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rc5 Be7 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.a4 Nd6 24.Bf3 Qc6 25.Bd1 Bg5 26.Qc3 Nbc4 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Nxb5 29.Qa1 Ncd6 30.Nh5 d4 31.Kg1 g6 32.Nf4 Bxf4 33.gxf4 Nc3 34.e4 Ndb5 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.Bf3 h5 37.Kg2 Qa6 38.Qd8 Qa2 39.Be1 Qb1 40.f5 exf5 41.exf5 gxf5 42.Bd2 Qxd3 43.Bf4 Ne4 44.Be5+ f6 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Bf4 Qc2 47.Qd8+ Kg7 48.Qd7+ Kg8 49.Bg3 Nbd6 50.Qd8+ Kg7 51.Qd7+ Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kg7 53.Bh4 Nf7 54.Qd7 Qc6 55.Qxf5 Nfd6 56.Bxf6+ Kf8 57.Qf4 Qd5 58.Qh6+ Ke8 59.Qg7 Nf7 60.Qg6 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.06.29"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Borislav Ivkov"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Rac1 Nd7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Qg5 Qxg5 14.Nxg5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nf6 16.b4 Rfd8 17.Kf3 Kf8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Kxe4 Ke7 20.g4 c6 21.a4 a5 22.b5 c5 23.dxc5 dxc5 24.f4 f6 25.h4 h5 26.gxh5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rh8 28.Rg1 Kf7 29.Rd1 Ke7 30.Rg1 Kf7 31.Rd1 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.06.30"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Borislav Ivkov"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "145"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.e4 Nge7 8.Nh4 O-O 9.f4 exf4 10.gxf4 f5 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Qd2 Nec6 13.Nf3 Qa5 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Nd4 18.Bg2 Rae8 19.c3 Ne6 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Bf2 Rf7 22.Re1 Nf8 23.Rxe8 Bxe8 24.Re2 Bd7 25.Nc7 Bc6 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 Ng6 28.h4 Bf8 29.Re6 Ne7 30.Rxd6 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 b6 32.Kg2 h5 33.Kf3 Kg7 34.a4 Kf6 35.c4 Ke6 36.d4 cxd4 37.Bxd4 Be7 38.a5 Bxh4 39.axb6 axb6 40.Bxb6 Bf6 41.b4 Rf8 42.Rd6+ Kxd6 43.Bc5+ Kc6 44.Bxf8 Bc3 45.b5 Kb6 46.Be7 Be1 47.Bf6 Kc5 48.Ke3 Kb6 49.Bd4+ Ka5 50.Ke2 Bh4 51.Kf3 Be1 52.Be3 Bc3 53.Kg3 Be1+ 54.Kh3 h4 55.Bd4 Bg3 56.Bc3+ Kb6 57.Bd2 Bf2 58.Kg2 Bc5 59.Be1 Bd6 60.Bf2+ Ka5 61.Kf3 h3 62.Be1+ Kb6 63.Bf2+ Ka5 64.Be3 Kb4 65.b6 Kxc4 66.b7 Bb8 67.Kg3 Kd5 68.Kxh3 Kc6 69.Kh4 Kxb7 70.Kg5 Kc6 71.Kxf5 Kd5 72.Kg6 Bxf4 73.Bxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.01"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Borislav Ivkov"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 a6 14.O-O Nxc5 15.Bc2 Rc8 16.Ng5 h6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 O-O 19.Qg4 f5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Bd2 Qb6 22.Bd3 a5 23.Qe4 Ne7 24.Qe3 Qd6 25.Rad1 Nf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Bc1 Rd5 28.Rxd5 Qxd5 29.Qg3 Kh7 30.Bf4 Qf5 31.a3 Rc4 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.04"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Borislav Ivkov"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "131"] 1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 Nge7 6.Rb1 a5 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 d6 9.O-O Be6 10.Nd5 Nf5 11.a3 Nb8 12.e4 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.h4 c6 15.Nf4 Bd7 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Na6 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Ra1 Nc7 20.Bd2 b5 21.c5 dxc5 22.bxc5 Ra8 23.Rfc1 Qc8 24.h5 Ne6 25.Nd5 cxd5 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.exd5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8 30.d6 Bf8 31.Bd5 Qe8 32.Bf4 gxh5 33.Qd1 Bg4 34.Qc1 Bd7 35.Qc5 h4 36.gxh4 Bg7 37.Be4 Qe6 38.Qg5 Qf6 39.Kf1 b4 40.Ke2 Qxg5 41.hxg5 Ba4 42.Kd2 f6 43.g6 hxg6 44.Bxg6 Kf8 45.Kc1 Be8 46.Bf5 Ba4 47.Bd2 Ke8 48.Kb2 Kd8 49.Bxb4 Bd7 50.Be4 f5 51.Bd5 Bb5 52.Be6 Bd7 53.Bb3 Bc6 54.Be6 Bd7 55.Bxd7 Kxd7 56.Kb3 Kc6 57.Kc4 Bf6 58.f3 Be5 59.Bc5 Bg3 60.d7+ Kxd7 61.Kd5 Bc7 62.Bxd4 Bd6 63.Be5 Be7 64.Bf4 Bf6 65.Be3 Bg7 66.Bf2 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.05"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Borislav Ivkov"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Qd4 Qb6 16.Be2 h6 17.O-O g6 18.Bd2 Kg7 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Qh4 g5 21.Qg4 Ne4 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Qxe4 Nf4 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Nxe2+ 26.Kf2 g4 27.Ng1 Nxg1 28.Rc1 Rxc1 29.Bxc1 Bxg2 30.Kxg1 Bd5 31.Bd2 Bxa2 32.Bxb4 Kg6 33.Kf2 Kf5 34.Bc3 h5 35.Kg3 Kg5 36.h4+ Kf5 37.Bd4 a5 38.Bc3 a4 39.Bd4 Ke4 40.Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.07"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Borislav Ivkov"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Na3 Be6 12.Rad1 Ne8 13.Nc1 Nb4 14.c3 Na6 15.Nd3 Rd7 16.Nb4 Nc5 17.Rxd7 Nxd7 18.Rd1 a5 19.Nd5 c6 20.Ne3 a4 21.b4 Bf8 22.Nac4 a3 23.Bc1 Nc7 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Nb5 26.Bd2 Bh6 27.Rf1 Rd8 28.Rf2 Nf6 29.Be1 Rd3 30.Bf1 Rd8 31.Bg2 Rd3 32.Bf1 Bxc4 33.Bxd3 Bxd3 34.Rd2 Bxe4 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.c4 Bxf4 37.Kf2 Nc7 38.Bc3 Ne6 39.Ra8 h5 40.c5 g5 41.Rxa3 Bxh2 42.Ra7 g4 43.Nf1 Bf4 44.Ng3 Bg6 45.Ne2 h4 46.Nxf4 Nxf4 47.Rxb7 Be4 48.Re7 g3 49.Ke1 h3 50.Rxe4 h2 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.10"] [EventDate "1965.06.27"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Borislav Ivkov"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 e6 6.Qh5 g6 7.Qf3 Qe7 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Bc4 Nxc3 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.bxc3 Bg7 12.Ba3 Qa4 13.Bb4 a5 14.Bb3 Qb5 15.a4 axb4 16.axb5 Rxa1+ 17.Ke2 Rxh1 18.cxb4 O-O 19.Qf4 e5 20.dxe5 Bd7 21.Bc4 Bf5 22.e6 fxe6 23.Qxc7 Rc1 24.Bb3 Bf6 25.Kd2 Rg1 26.Ke2 Bg4+ 27.f3 Rxg2+ 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.05.27"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.b4 c5 10.bxc5 bxc5 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qxc5 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Be2 d4 15.Nb5 Qb6 16.O-O Rd8 17.Qc2 Bb7 18.Rb1 dxe3 19.Bxe3 Qa5 20.Nd6 Rxd6 21.Rxb7 Nd4 22.Bxd4 Rxd4 23.Qb3 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Rd1 Rb8 26.Qg3 Rb7 27.h3 g6 28.Bf3 Rc7 29.Qd6 Qc5 30.Qxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.05.28"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "109"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Nxe3 17.Rxe3 c5 18.Bd5 Rad8 19.Nd2 Bb8 20.Bg2 Qh5 21.Rae1 Be6 22.b3 Bf5 23.Be4 cxd4 24.cxd4 Bc8 25.Bf3 Qh6 26.Bg2 Ba7 27.Nf3 Qf6 28.Re5 g6 29.d5 Bb7 30.Re7 Rb8 31.R7e2 Rbd8 32.Ne5 h5 33.a4 Qb6 34.axb5 axb5 35.Qd2 Rd6 36.Qg5 Kg7 37.Qe7 Bxd5 38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.Nd7 Rxd7 40.Qxd7 Rd8 41.Qe7 Rd5 42.Ra1 Bb8 43.Re3 Bd6 44.Qe8 Qb7 45.Qe4 Qc6 46.Rd3 Rc5 47.Qxc6 Rxc6 48.Kg2 b4 49.Ra7 Kf8 50.Rd7 Be7 51.Re3 Bc5 52.Re4 Ra6 53.Rc4 Bd6 54.Kf3 Kg7 55.Rd4 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.05.30"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 a5 11.Nb5 Qe7 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 Ne4 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.Rc2 Rac8 16.Qa1 f6 17.Rfc1 Bb6 18.Nbd4 Bd7 19.h3 Qf7 20.Bb5 Qe8 21.a4 Ba7 22.Qb1 Bb8 23.Ba3 f5 24.Ne2 g5 25.Bb2 f4 26.exf4 gxf4 27.Ba1 Qg6 28.Kf1 Kf7 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Be5 Bxh3 31.gxh3 Qh5 32.Neg1 Bxe5 33.Rxc6 Bc3 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Qd3 Qf5 36.Rd1 Rd8 37.Qb5 Bf6 38.Qxa5 Nc3 39.Rd2 Re8 40.Qc7+ Re7 41.Qc6 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.05.31"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ne3 exd4 14.cxd4 Rxe4 15.Qc2 Qe8 16.Bd2 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxc7 Be6 19.Nc2 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Bc5 21.Qb7 Qd7 22.Qf3 d5 23.Bc3 Rc8 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.Qg3 Qf8 26.a3 Rd8 27.Nd4 Bd6 28.Nxe6 fxe6 29.Qe3 Bc5 30.Qxe6+ Kh8 31.Bd4 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Qf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.06.03"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Rc1 Re8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.dxe5 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Be2 Bd7 16.c4 Re7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rd6 Kg7 19.Kd2 Bc6 20.Kc3 Re6 21.Rd2 f5 22.Rg1 Rh6 23.h3 Re8 24.Bd3 Kf6 25.Bc2 Rh4 26.Rd6+ Re6 27.Rd2 f4 28.exf4 Rxf4 29.Bxh7 Be4 30.Bxe4 Rexe4 31.Rd7 Rxf2 32.Rgd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.06.04"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.N1h2 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 c5 16.Ng4 Bxg4 17.hxg4 cxd4 18.g5 Be7 19.e5 Bf8 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.g6 Kg8 22.Ng5 fxg6 23.Qf3 Qxg5 24.Bxg5 dxe5 25.Rac1 Ra7 26.Qd3 Re6 27.f4 Nac4 28.fxe5 Nxe5 29.Qxd4 Rd7 30.Qe4 Be7 31.Be3 Nbc4 32.Rcd1 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Nxb2 34.Qd5 Kf7 35.Rb1 Nbc4 36.Bf2 g5 37.Re1 Bf6 38.Kh1 Nb2 39.Re3 Nbc4 40.Re2 Nd6 41.Bd4 Ndc4 42.g4 Ke7 43.Bc5+ Kf7 44.Qb7+ 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.06.07"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Na4 Be7 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 Ne4 16.Be3 Qd7 17.Qa4 h5 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Rd3 h4 20.Rcd1 hxg3 21.hxg3 Qc8 22.Qa3 Qe6 23.Qb3 Rd7 24.Qa4 Bh3 25.Bh1 Bf5 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 b6 28.Re3 Qg6 29.Rc1 Red8 30.Rc6 Qh7 31.Bg2 Bh3 32.Qc2 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qh5 34.Rf3 f6 35.Rc8 Qe8 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.Re3 Qd7 38.Rd3 Rc8 39.Qd1 Kf7 40.Qh1 Qg4 41.Qh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1965.06.08"] [EventDate "1965.05.27"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.f3 Na5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 O-O 11.Qd2 a6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 Rc8 14.Bh6 e5 15.Nde2 Be6 16.g4 Qc7 17.Ng3 b5 18.b4 Qb7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.Qxd6 Rc6 22.Qxe5 Kg8 23.Nge2 Bc8 24.Nd4 Rc7 25.O-O-O Re7 26.Qg5 Rg7 27.Rhe1 Ne8 28.Qd5+ Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Rgxf7 30.Nd5 Nc7 31.Nxc7 Rxc7 32.Kd2 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Rh1 Rh7 35.Rdg1+ Kf7 36.Rh4 Rfh8 37.Ke3 Rg7 38.Rgh1 Rg5 39.Ne2 1-0 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.23"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E99"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 h5 12.g5 h4 13.Nd3 f4 14.Kh1 Kf7 15.c5 Rh8 16.Qb3 b6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Qa3 Nc5 19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.b4 cxb4 21.Qxb4 Bh3 22.Rg1 Rb8 23.Nb5 Nc8 24.Ba3 Bf8 25.Qc4 Be7 26.Qc7 Qxc7 27.Nxc7 Rh5 28.Bf1 Bxf1 29.Rgxf1 Rxg5 30.Ne6 Rh5 31.Rac1 Kf6 32.Rc7 Rh8 33.Rfc1 g5 34.h3 Rg8 35.R7c6 Kf7 36.Kg2 Kf6 37.Kf1 Rh8 38.Ke2 Rg8 39.Kd3 Rh8 40.Rc7 Nb6 41.R1c6 Rhc8 1-0 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.24"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.b3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Nd7 11.Ba3 a6 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Rfe1 Nb6 16.Bb2 Qd7 17.a4 Qc6 18.a5 Nd7 19.Ba1 Re6 20.Nd5 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 Rae8 22.f3 f5 23.Re3 fxe4 24.Rc3 Nc5 25.Nf4 e3 26.Qd4 Re5 27.b4 e2+ 28.Re1 Qa4 29.Rc4 Nd7 30.Rxc7 Nf6 31.Qxd6 Qa2 32.h4 Nd5 33.Rc5 Nxf4 34.Rxe5 Rf8 35.g3 Qf7 36.gxf4 Qxf4 37.R1xe2 1-0 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.26"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.a3 a5 8.Nc3 Qb6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ba6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Rfe8 16.Bg5 h6 17.Rxe7 Rxe7 18.d6 hxg5 19.dxe7 Re8 20.Qd2 Rxe7 21.Qxg5 Qd6 22.h4 b4 23.axb4 cxb4 24.Nd5 Re5 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Bc6 Bc4 28.f4 Rc5 29.Ba4 Be6 30.Re1 Ba2 31.Re3 Bb1 32.Kf2 Bf5 33.Kf3 Rc1 34.g4 Be6 35.f5 Bd5+ 36.Kf2 Rb1 37.b3 Rd1 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Rd8 Bf3 40.Rxd1 Bxd1 41.Kg3 Bc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.27"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "154"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qg4 h5 8.Qe2 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Bd7 10.O-O Bc6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 g6 14.a4 a6 15.Rb1 Qc5 16.Be3 Qxe5 17.f4 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qg4 19.Qf2 Be7 20.Bd4 O-O 21.Be2 Qf5 22.Bd3 Qg4 23.Be2 Qh4 24.g3 Qh3 25.Bf3 Rad8 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Be5 Qf5 28.Qe2 Bd6 29.Rd3 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Rxd3 31.cxd3 Rd8 32.Rd1 c5 33.c4 Qg4 34.Qxg4 hxg4 35.Kf2 Rb8 36.Rd2 Kg7 37.Ke3 g5 38.d4 Rb3+ 39.Kf2 cxd4 40.Rxd4 Kg6 41.Rxg4 Rb2+ 42.Kg1 Kf5 43.Rd4 Kxe5 44.Rd7 f5 45.Rxc7 Ke4 46.Rd7 Rc2 47.Rd6 e5 48.h4 gxh4 49.gxh4 Rxc4 50.h5 Kf3 51.Rd3+ Kg4 52.h6 Rc7 53.Rd6 e4 54.Kf2 a5 55.Rg6+ Kh5 56.Ra6 f4 57.Re6 Rc2+ 58.Ke1 Rc1+ 59.Kd2 Rh1 60.Rxe4 Kg4 61.Re6 Kg3 62.Rf6 f3 63.Ke3 Re1+ 64.Kd3 Re7 65.Rg6+ Kf4 66.Rf6+ Kg3 67.Rg6+ Kf4 68.Rf6+ Kg4 69.Kd4 Kg3 70.Rg6+ Kh3 71.Rg7 Rxg7 72.hxg7 f2 73.g8=Q f1=Q 74.Qe6+ Kh4 75.Kc5 Qb1 76.Qc4+ Kg3 77.Qc3+ Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.30"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Qxc5 11.Bb3 Qh5 12.h3 e5 13.Bh2 Rd8 14.Nd2 Qh6 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Bd3 17.Qf3 Qh4 18.Bg3 Qh5 19.Qxh5 Nxh5 20.Bh2 Nf6 21.Nf3 e4 22.Ng5 Rf8 23.Bd6 h6 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Nf3 Re8 26.Ne1 Ba6 27.Na4 Bb5 28.Nc5 Na5 29.Ba4 Bxa4 30.Nxa4 Re7 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Nc5 Nc4 33.b3 Nb6 34.Rb8 Rc7 35.b4 Nfd5 36.a3 Nc3 37.Rdd8 Nc4 38.Rxb7 Rxb7 39.Nxb7 Nxa3 40.Rd7 Bf8 41.Rxf7+ Kg8 42.Rf6 Kg7 43.Ra6 Bxb4 44.Kf1 Nab5 45.Nc2 Be7 46.Nd4 Nxd4 47.exd4 Nb5 48.Ra4 Kf6 49.Nc5 Kf5 50.Ra5 1-0 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.07.31"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 e6 6.Qf3 Qf6 7.Qg3 h6 8.Nc3 Nb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Nd7 11.O-O Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qg6 13.Qf3 Qf5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.a3 Nd5 16.Nb5 cxb5 17.Qxb5+ Kd8 18.c4 Qxe5 19.cxd5 Bd6 20.g3 Qxd5 21.Qe2 Ke7 22.Rd1 Qa5 23.Qg4 Qf5 24.Qc4 Qc5 25.Qd3 Qd5 26.Qc3 Be5 27.Qe1 Qc5 28.Bd2 Kf6 29.Rac1 Qb6 30.Be3 Qa6 31.Qb4 b5 32.Bxb5 Qb7 33.f4 Bb8 34.Bc6 1-0 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.08.02"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "181"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.a3 a5 8.Nc3 Qb6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ba6 13.Bf4 Ng4 14.Bf1 Bf6 15.Nd2 Nge5 16.a4 bxa4 17.Nxa4 Qb4 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Qe2 c4 20.Rec1 Rc8 21.Rc2 Ra7 22.Qe3 Rac7 23.Qa3 g5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Qe3 Nd3 26.Nb6 c3 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.Rb1 Nb2 29.e5 Rxc2 30.exf6 Qxd2 31.Qxd2 Rxd2 32.Nxc8 a4 33.Kg2 a3 34.Ra1 Nc4 35.Rc1 Ne3+ 36.Kf3 Nc2 37.Rb1 h5 38.Rb8 Kh7 39.Ne7 g4 40.Kf4 a2 41.Rg8 Rxf2+ 42.Kg5 Rxf6 43.Ra8 Rf2 44.Rxa2 f6 45.Kxh5 Rxh2+ 46.Kxg4+ Ne3+ 47.Kf3 Rxa2 48.Kxe3 Ra8 49.Kf4 Re8 50.Nf5 Re5 51.Nxd6 Rxd5 52.Ne4 Kg6 53.g4 Ra5 54.Kf3 Kf7 55.Ng3 Ke6 56.Kf4 Ra4+ 57.Kf3 Ke5 58.Nh5 Ra8 59.Ke3 Rb8 60.Kf3 Re8 61.Nf4 Kd4 62.Nh5 Re1 63.Kf2 Re4 64.Kf3 Ke5 65.Kg3 Re3+ 66.Kf2 Rb3 67.Kg2 Rb7 68.Kf3 Rb8 69.Ke3 Rg8 70.Kf3 Rh8 71.Ng3 Rh7 72.Ke3 Rh8 73.Kf3 Rh2 74.Ke3 Rb2 75.Nh5 Rb3+ 76.Kf2 Rd3 77.Kg2 Ke4 78.Nxf6+ Kf4 79.Kf2 Rd2+ 80.Ke1 Rd6 81.g5+ Kf3 82.Nh7 Ke3 83.Nf6 Kf3 84.Nh7 Rd5 85.g6 Rd7 86.Ng5+ Ke3 87.Ne6 Rd2 88.Nf4 Rh2 89.Nd5+ Kf3 90.Kd1 Rg2 91.g7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.08.03"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Bd7 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bc6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Rd1 Be7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qxe5 Qb8 14.Bf4 Qxe5 15.Bxe5 O-O 16.Bd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Rfc8 18.Na4 Rab8 19.c4 Kf8 20.Rad1 Ke7 21.R6d2 Rd8 22.Nc5 Rxd2 23.Rxd2 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.f3 Ne8 26.Nd3 Kc7 27.c5 f6 28.f4 Kd7 29.Kf2 Nc7 30.Ke3 Nd5+ 31.Kd4 h6 32.Ke4 Ke7 33.Ne1 g5 34.Nf3 g4 35.Nd4 Kd7 36.a3 Nc7 37.b4 h5 38.Ne2 Nd5 39.Nd4 a6 40.Nc2 Nc3+ 41.Kd3 Nd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.08.06"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "156"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Rd1 Be6 11.Bxb7 Ng4 12.Qf4 Rb8 13.Bg2 Qc8 14.Nd5 Re8 15.h3 Ne5 16.Qh4 Qxc4 17.Nxe7+ Kh8 18.e4 Qe2 19.Be3 Rxb2 20.Nd5 h6 21.g4 Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 Qxf3 23.Nc7 Rf8 24.Rxd6 g5 25.Bxg5 Be5 26.Be3 Bxd6 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Qxh6+ Kg8 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Bd4+ e5 31.Qh5+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Kf7 33.Bxb2 Qxh3 34.Qh5+ Qxh5 35.gxh5 Rh8 36.Rc1 Rxh5 37.Rc6 Bb8 38.Bc1 Rh7 39.Rc4 Ke6 40.Kf1 Rb7 41.Be3 a5 42.Ra4 Bc7 43.Ke2 Kd7 44.Kd3 Rb2 45.Ra3 Bd8 46.Bd2 Be7 47.Ra4 Bb4 48.Bxb4 axb4 49.Kc4 Rxf2 50.Kd5 Rb2 51.Ra7+ Kc8 52.Kxe5 b3 53.axb3 Rxb3 54.Kd6 Rd3+ 55.Ke6 Rh3 56.Ra8+ Kc7 57.Rf8 Re3 58.e5 Re1 59.Re8 Rh1 60.Ra8 Re1 61.Ra7+ Kd8 62.Ra2 Re3 63.Ra8+ Kc7 64.Ra6 Kd8 65.Ra8+ Kc7 66.Re8 Rb3 67.Rf8 Re3 68.Rg8 Re1 69.Rg2 Kd8 70.Ra2 Re3 71.Ra5 Re1 72.Rb5 Re2 73.Kf7 Rf2+ 74.Ke6 Re2 75.Rb8+ Kc7 76.Re8 Rh2 77.Kf7 Rh7+ 78.Kg6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled YUG"] [Date "1965.08.08"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [MovePly "73"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Ndb5 Qb8 11.g4 a6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bd3 b4 16.Nd5 {!} exd5 17.exd5 {The piece sacrifice is a positional one, since it has been used to erect an invisible barrier on the e-file. A number of squares on it (e5 and e6) are controlled by white pawns, and a white rook will soon be moved to e1. -- Iakov Damsky} f5 18.Rde1 Rf7 19.h4 Bb7 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Rxe7 Ne5 22.Qe4 Qf8 23.fxe5 Rf4 24.Qe3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Qxe7 26.Qxf3 dxe5 27.Re1 Rd8 28.Rxe5 Qd6 29.Qf4 {! With this simple tactic 29 ...Bxd5 30. Re8+ White keeps his two extra pawns. The finish is straightforward. -- Damsky} Rf8 30.Qe4 b3 31.axb3 Rf1+ 32.Kd2 Qb4+ 33.c3 Qd6 34.Bc5 Qxc5 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf7 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.01"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bb4 22. Rec1 Be2 23. Bd1 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Bxd3 25. Ne5 Bb5 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Ra7 f6 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Ra6 Kf8 30. Raxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Bd2 33. Bc4 Bxe3 34. d5 Bd2 35. Rb6 Ke7 36. Re6+ Kf8 37. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.03"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O b5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. f5 d5 15. Ng3 Na5 16. exd5 Bb7 17. Ne4 Nc4 18. Bg5 Nxb2 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Bxd6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Be4 Rac8 24. a5 Bb8 25. g3 Rfd8 26. Re1 Ba7+ 27. Kg2 Rd6 28. Rff1 Nc4 29. Kh3 Ne3 30. Rf3 Nxc2 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Rd3 Bd4 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Bxc2 d3 36. Bd1 Rd5 37. Kg4 Re5 38. Kf4 Re2 39. h4 h5 40. Nc5 Re1 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.05"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "132"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nf5 Nbd7 16. Nf3 Nxe4 17. Bc2 Nec5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Ne6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf6 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Be3 Rd5 24. Ng3 Rfd8 25. a4 Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 bxa4 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. Rxa4 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 Kf8 31. Ne4 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Be5+ 33. g3 g6 34. Ra5 Bg7 35. Nc5 Ke7 36. Nxe6 Kxe6 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. Bf4 Rb3 39. c4 Bd4 40. Kg2 Rb2 41. Kf3 Rxf2+ 42. Ke4 Bb6 43. Ra8 f6 44. Rh8 Re2+ 45. Kd3 Re7 46. Bd2 Bc5 47. g4 Ke6 48. Ke4 Rd7 49. Bf4 Bd6 50. Bxd6 Kxd6 51. Kd4 Kc6+ 52. Kc3 Rf7 53. Kd3 f5 54. gxf5 gxf5 55. Re8 f4 56. Ke2 Kc5 57. Re4 Kb4 58. Kf3 c5 59. Kf2 Kc3 60. Ke2 f3+ 61. Kf2 Rf5 62. Rh4 h5 63. Re4 Kd3 64. Rh4 Kd2 65. Re4 Kc3 66. Rh4 Kd3 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.08"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "45"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Re1 Kf7 19. Rb1 b6 20. a4 Rfc8 21. a5 Nd5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.10"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3 Qh4 15. h3 Qf4 16. Re5 Qf6 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. Be3 Be4 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qxg6 Bxg6 22. Nd2 f6 23. Nb3 Bf5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Bd7 26. Rad1 Bc6 27. h4 Rfe8 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rh8 30. Rd2 Rae8 31. Rde2 Re6 32. Bf4 Rxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Re8 34. Rxe8 Bxe8 35. g4 g6 36. b4 Bc6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd4 Kf7 39. Bc7 Ke7 40. Bd6+ Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.11"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "140"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a3 Bc5 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nd5 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. b4 d6 19. exd6+ Kxd6 20. e4 e5 21. Rfd1 Ke7 22. Ke3 Rhc8 23. h4 Rc7 24. Rg1 g6 25. h5 Be8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rg5 f6 28. Rg2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rh1 Rc8 31. Rh7+ Kd6 32. Rh8 Rdd8 33. Rg1 Bf7 34. Rh7 Rd7 35. a4 Kc6 36. Ra1 Rb8 37. Rg7 g5 38. axb5+ axb5 39. Ra5 Rb6 40. Ra8 Be6 41. Rg6 Rf7 42. Rgg8 Ra7 43. Rxa7 Bxg8 44. Ra8 Bf7 45. Rf8 Rb7 46. Kf2 Kd6 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Rh8 Rb6 49. Rh7 Kf8 50. Kf2 Kg8 51. Rh1 Be6 52. Ke3 Rb7 53. Ra1 Kf8 54. Rh1 Kg7 55. Kd2 Rd7 56. Ra1 Rb7 57. Ra6 Bd7 58. Ke3 Kf7 59. Rd6 Ke7 60. Rd5 Bc6 61. Rc5 Kd6 62. Kf2 Rb6 63. Kg3 Bd7 64. Bf1 Rb8 65. Rd5+ Ke7 66. Bh3 Bc6 67. Rc5 Kd6 68. Kf2 Rh8 69. Bf1 Rb8 70. Ke3 Rb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.15"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3 Qh4 15. h3 Qf4 16. Re5 Qf6 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bxh3 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. fxg3 Bf5 23. Nd2 Rfe8 24. Nb3 Kf8 25. Nc5 a5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Re2 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Rb2 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Rb8 Rd2 33. Rb7+ Kd6 34. Rxf7 Bg6 35. Ra7 Kc6 36. Ne6 Be4 37. Rxg7 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Rb2 39. Nd8+ Kb5 40. Rc7 Rd2 41. Ke1 Rg2 42. Nf7 Kxb4 43. Ng5 Bd3 44. Nxh7 Bc4 45. Nf6 Re2+ 46. Kd1 Re6 47. Nd7 Kc3 48. Ne5 Rh6 49. Nxc4 dxc4 50. Ke2 Re6+ 51. Kf3 Kd3 52. Kf4 Rd6 53. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.17"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qd6 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. b3 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nb8 21. Rad1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rc8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Rd1 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.19"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "140"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. c3 d6 10. a5 bxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 g6 15. Ne3 Bf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Bd3 Ra8 18. Ng5 Bc8 19. Bc4 h6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Qd3 Nb8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Red1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Nd7 26. Qc4 Kh7 27. Ra4 f5 28. g3 Qc8 29. Qe2 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qb7 31. Nd2 Qxb2 32. Qd3 Qb8 33. Rh4 Nf6 34. Nf3 Qc8 35. Re1 Qd7 36. g4 Rae8 37. Bxh6 Bxh6 38. g5 Nh5 39. gxh6 Qf5 40. Qxf5 Rxf5 41. Nd2 Nf4 42. Ne4 Rb8 43. Ng3 Rff8 44. Ne4 Ne6 45. c4 Rb2 46. Rd1 Rf5 47. c5 d5 48. Rxd5 Rb1+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Rxf4 Rxf4 51. Rxe5 Kxh6 52. Re6 Re1 53. f3 Re3 54. Rxa6 Rexf3 55. Rc6 Ra3 56. Ng3 Ra2+ 57. Kg1 Rff2 58. Nf1 Rf7 59. Ne3 Kg5 60. a6 Re7 61. Nf1 Kh6 62. h3 Kg7 63. h4 Kf7 64. h5 gxh5 65. Rh6 Re5 66. Rh7+ Kg6 67. Rxc7 Rg5+ 68. Kh1 Ra1 69. a7 Rxf1+ 70. Kh2 Ra1 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.22"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 e5 10. a3 Be6 11. Rb1 a5 12. a4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 c4 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rfd1 Nb4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Ne1 e4 22. b3 Ba6 23. Bxe4 Na2 24. Bf3 Nc3 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. Nd3 Bxd3 27. cxd3 Rxd3 28. Kg2 Bb4 29. Bxb7 Kg7 30. Be3 h5 31. Ba6 Rd6 32. Bc4 f6 33. Rc2 Nb1 34. Bf4 Rd4 35. h4 Na3 36. Rc1 Nxc4 37. bxc4 Kf7 38. c5 Ke8 39. c6 Kd8 40. c7+ Kc8 41. Rc6 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1965.11.24"] [EventDate "1965.11.01"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. cxb4 h6 19. Nf5 d5 20. N3h4 c5 21. Re3 c4 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Bc2 d4 24. Qf3 Ra6 25. Nxh6 gxh6 26. Nf5 Qa8 27. Nxh6 Bxh6 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Bxh6 Rg8 30. Bg5 Qe8 31. f4 Nh7 32. Bh4 Rxg3 33. Bxg3 Rf6 34. Qg4 Rg6 35. Qh4 exf4 36. Qxf4 f6 37. Bf2 cxd3 38. Bxd3 Ne5 39. Bf1 Ng5 40. Kh1 Nxe4 41. Rc1 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.10"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nbd7 6.Nc4 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qf3 Rb8 10.a4 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Qh3 a6 13.O-O Bc6 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Rxe5 g6 17.Bxa6 Qxd2 18.Re2 Qf4 19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 Ng4 21.Rae1 Red8 22.f3 Bf6 23.Qxg4 Qxg4 24.fxg4 Bxb2 25.c3 Bxc3 26.Nxc3 Rd4 27.g5 Rbd8 28.Re3 Rb4 29.Ne4 Kg7 30.Rf1 c4 31.bxc4 Rxc4 32.Nc3 Rd7 33.g3 h6 34.Rf4 Rc5 35.gxh6+ Kxh6 36.Rb4 Rdc7 37.Ne4 Re5 38.Nf2 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Ra5 40.Rf3 Rc7 41.Ng4+ Kg7 42.Nf6 Rc2+ 43.Kh3 Ra8 44.Rh4 g5 45.Nh5+ Kf8 46.Rb4 Ke7 47.Rxb6 f5 48.Rb7+ Kd6 49.Rd3+ Kc6 50.Rdd7 g4 51.Kh4 Rxh2+ 52.Kg5 Rxa4 53.Nf4 Re4 54.Rdc7+ Kd6 55.Rc3 Rd2 56.Rb6+ Kd7 57.Nh5 Ree2 58.Nf6+ Kd8 59.Kg6 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.11"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 Rg8 15.Ng3 Qc5 16.Rhe1 Ra7 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 fxe5 20.Qh6 f5 21.Qxh7 Rf8 22.b3 e4 23.Bc4 Qe5 24.Qh5+ Kd8 25.Rxe4 Qc3 26.Ne2 Qh8 27.Qxh8 Rxh8 28.Rxe6 Rxh2 29.Rg6 Rh4 30.Nd4 Kc7 31.Rg7 Bf6 32.Ne6+ Kb6 33.Rg6 Bc3 34.Nc5 Bc6 35.Na4+ Kc7 36.Nxc3 bxc3 37.Rg3 Kb6 38.Rxc3 Bxg2 39.Rd6+ Kc5 40.Rd2 Kb4 41.Kb2 Be4 42.a3 Ka5 43.Rd6 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.13"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.h3 Rb8 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O b4 11.Nd1 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.a3 b3 14.c4 Nd7 15.f3 Nc5 16.Nf2 f6 17.Bh6 e5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.f4 Kh8 20.Rae1 Qe7 21.h4 Rf7 22.Bh3 Bxh3 23.Nxh3 Rg8 24.Kh2 Qd7 25.Qe2 Qe7 26.Rf3 Rff8 27.Ref1 Qg7 28.Qg2 Ne6 29.Qf2 Nc5 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.g4 Qe7 32.Qg3 Qe6 33.Re1 Nd7 34.Kh1 Rf7 35.Rg1 Nc5 36.Qf2 Rgf8 37.Qd2 Kg7 38.Rg2 Qc6 39.Qe2 Qe6 40.Kg1 Kh8 41.Qd2 Kg7 42.Nf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.14"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "C81"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Bc5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.Nbd2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Nc5 14.c3 Bg4 15.Re1 O-O 16.Bc2 Ne6 17.a4 b4 18.c4 Qc5 19.cxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.17"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "145"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.a3 d6 8.Rb1 b6 9.b4 Bb7 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Qd2 Rfd8 13.a4 Rac8 14.Nb5 Nd5 15.Bh6 Bh8 16.Ng5 Nf6 17.Bh3 e6 18.c3 Bg7 19.Nf3 Qd5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bg2 Qd7 22.Qf4 Qe7 23.Rfd1 Rd7 24.Qh4 Rcd8 25.Na3 Nd5 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.Rdc1 Red7 28.Nc4 Ba6 29.Nfd2 Kf8 30.a5 b5 31.Na3 b4 32.cxb4 Nd4 33.Kf1 cxb4 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Nac4 Rb8 36.Rb2 Bxc4 37.Rxc4 e5 38.e3 Ne6 39.Rbxb4 Rxb4 40.Rxb4 Rxd3 41.Nc4 Rd5 42.Rb7 a6 43.Ra7 Nc5 44.f3 e4 45.f4 Rd1+ 46.Kg2 Rd3 47.g4 Rc3 48.Nd6 Rxe3 49.f5 f6 50.Rxh7 gxf5 51.Rh8+ Kg7 52.Rc8 Rc3 53.Nxf5+ Kf7 54.h4 Na4 55.Ra8 Nc5 56.h5 Rc2+ 57.Kg3 Rc3+ 58.Kh4 Rc1 59.Ra7+ Kf8 60.Kg3 Rc3+ 61.Kf2 Rf3+ 62.Ke2 Kg8 63.Rg7+ Kh8 64.Re7 Rh3 65.Ne3 Kg8 66.Nd5 Kf8 67.Ra7 f5 68.g5 Rh2+ 69.Ke3 Rxh5 70.g6 f4 71.Nxf4 Rf5 72.Rc7 Kg8 73.Rc8+ 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.18"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "C81"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "114"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Qd7 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Rae8 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5+ Qxd5 21.Rxd5 Rf5 22.Rd8 Nf3+ 23.Kh1 Rxd8 24.Bxd8 Nd2 25.f3 Rc5 26.Rc1 Nc4 27.Kg1 Ne3 28.Bh4 Nd5 29.Be1 Nb4 30.Rd1 Nxa2 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rd7+ Kf8 33.Bf2 Rxc3 34.Bd4 Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Kg3 Nc3 37.Be5 Ne2+ 38.Kg4 Ng1 39.g3 h5 40.Kf4 g5 41.Kf5 Nxf3 42.Bf6 Rc5+ 43.Kg6 Ne5+ 44.Bxe5 Rxe5 45.Rxc7 h4 46.Kf6 Re2 47.g4 Ke8 48.h3 Re3 49.Rc8+ Kd7 50.Ra8 Rxh3 51.Ra7+ Ke8 52.Ra8+ Kd7 53.Kxg5 Rh1 54.Rxa6 h3 55.Ra3 Ke7 56.Kh5 h2 57.Ra2 Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.20"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.O-O O-O 10.Qb3 Nd7 11.Bd2 a6 12.Bc3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Bxf3 14.exf3 b5 15.b3 Re8 16.Rfe1 Qb6 17.Bh3 Nf6 18.Re3 Ra7 19.Rae1 Rb7 20.Bf1 a5 21.Qxf6 exf6 22.Rxe8+ Kg7 23.cxb5 a4 24.Ra8 Ra7 25.Rxa7 Qxa7 26.Re8 Qd7 27.Re4 axb3 28.axb3 Qb7 29.Bc4 Kf8 30.Re2 Qa8 31.h4 h5 32.Kg2 f5 33.f4 Qa5 34.Re3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.21"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "139"] 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Nbd7 7.Nf3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qa4 Rc8 16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.b5 Bg6 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qd4 Qe7 20.Nc6 Qa3 21.Bf3 Kh8 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Qxd5 h6 24.Qb3 Qxb3 25.axb3 Rc7 26.f3 Rfc8 27.Rc4 Kh7 28.Rdd4 Bf5 29.Nd8 f6 30.Kf2 Bg6 31.Nc6 Bf5 32.Rd6 Ra8 33.e4 Bg6 34.Nb4 Rc5 35.Rxc5 bxc5 36.Na6 Rc8 37.Rc6 Rd8 38.Ke3 Be8 39.Rxc5 Rd1 40.Nc7 Bf7 41.b4 Re1+ 42.Kd4 Rd1+ 43.Kc3 Rg1 44.Nd5 f5 45.Kd4 fxe4 46.fxe4 Be8 47.g3 Rg2 48.Nc7 Bg6 49.Ne6 Bf7 50.Ke5 Rxh2 51.Nd8 Bg6 52.Nc6 Ra2 53.Rc4 h5 54.Kd6 Ra3 55.e5 Rxg3 56.e6 Rd3+ 57.Kc7 Re3 58.e7 Bf7 59.Rf4 Kg8 60.Kb8 g5 61.Rf5 g4 62.Kxa7 Be8 63.Ne5 Ra3+ 64.Kb7 Kg7 65.b6 g3 66.Kc7 Rb3 67.b7 g2 68.Rg5+ Kf6 69.Rxg2 Rxb4 70.Re2 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Geller 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1966.03.25"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3 b5 9.Nbd2 bxc4 10.bxc4 Ba6 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Rab1 Qa5 13.Bc3 Bb4 14.Rxb4 Rxb4 15.Rc1 Qa4 16.Bxb4 Qxb4 17.e3 Rc8 18.Qb3 Qa5 19.Bf1 h6 20.Rc3 c5 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rc1 Bxf1 23.Nxf1 Rb8 24.Qc2 Nb4 25.Qd2 Qxa2 26.dxc5 Qxd2 27.N1xd2 Rc8 28.Ra1 Rc7 29.Nb3 e5 30.Ra4 Nd3 31.c6 Nb6 32.Ra1 Nc4 33.Ra4 Rxc6 34.Rxa7 Rf6 35.Rd7 Nxf2 36.Kxf2 e4 37.Nd4 Ne5 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Re8 Nxf3 40.Ke2 Nxh2 41.Rxe4 Nf1 42.Rg4 g5 43.Nb5 Kg6 44.Nc3 h5 0-1

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