1968 Candidates Matches

CYCLE 7: 8-Man Knockout

Six qualifiers from one Interzonal tournament, plus two seeds play knockout matches, with the winner playing a World Championship match against Petrosian in 1969.

(Black background indicates black in the first game) 

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Spassky    ½1½1½1½½  5½
Geller     ½0½0½0½½  2½
    
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Larsen     ½110½½0½½1  5½
Portisch   ½001½½1½½0  4½    
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Korchnoi   ½1½1½1½½  5½
Reshevsky  ½0½0½0½½  2½
    
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Tal        0½½½½11½1  5½
Gligoric   1½½½½00½0  2½
    
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Spassky   111½0½1½  5½
Larsen    000½1½0½  2½
    
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Korchnoi  ½½½110½½½½  5½
Tal       ½½½001½½½½  4½
    
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Spassky   ½1½1½011½½  6½
Korchnoi  ½0½0½100½½  3½

THE PLAYERS

# Player Country Status
1 Boris Vasilievich Spassky USSR Seeded, lost last Championship Match
2 Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi USSR Qualified from Interzonal
3 Bent Jorgen Larsen Denmark Qualified from Interzonal
4 Mikhail Nekhemzovich Tal USSR Seeded, lost previous Candidates Final
5 Samuel Herman Reshevsky USA Qualified from Interzonal
6 Efim Petrovich Geller USSR Qualified from Interzonal
7 Svetozar Gligoric Yugoslavia Qualified from Interzonal
8 Lajos Portisch Hungary Qualified from Interzonal

THE QUARTERFINALS (Best of 10)

Sukhumi, Jun 1-20 '68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Spassky ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½
Geller ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½

Porec, May 5-24 '68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Larsen ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5½
Portisch ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 4½

Amsterdam, May 7-20 '68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Korchnoi ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½
Reshevsky ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½

Belgrade, Apr 20 - May 15 '68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Tal 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½
Gligoric 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 3½

THE SEMI-FINALS (Best of 10)

Malmo, Jul 5-20 '68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Spassky 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½
Larsen 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 2½

Moscow, Jun 26 - Jul 15 '68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Korchnoi ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½
Tal ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½

THE FINALS (Best of 12)

Kiev, Sep 6-26 '68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Spassky ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 6½
Korchnoi ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 3½

MATCH TO DETERMINE 3RD PLACE (Best of 10)

and a seed into the next Interzonal

Ersel, Mar 12-22 '69 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Larsen ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 5½
Tal ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 2½

  • This was the final time that a 3rd Place Match was held. The purpose of the 3rd place match was to award a direct seed into the next Interzonal, but after this series, all Candidates were automatically seeded into the next Interzonal, anyway.

    [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.03"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Bf5 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.Nfd4 Be4 16.c3 Rfe8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qd4 Bc2 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Nd4 Ba4 21.b3 c5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.05"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8 9.Nh4 Nd4 10.f5 b5 11.Bg5 b4 12.Nb1 Nd7 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.Kh1 a5 15.Rb1 a4 16.Nhf3 Nexf3 17.Nxf3 Nb5 18.Qd2 a3 19.bxa3 Nxa3 20.Rbe1 Bc3 21.Qf2 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 f6 23.Bh6 Rf7 24.g4 e6 25.Nh4 g5 26.Nf3 exf5 27.gxf5 Kh8 28.h4 g4 29.Nh2 g3 30.Qxg3 Nxc2 31.Rg1 Bb7 32.Bf3 Qd7 33.Bh5 Re7 34.Ng4 Rg8 35.Qf2 Nd4 36.Nxf6 Rxg1+ 37.Qxg1 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.07"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O Nb8 11.Ba3 Nd7 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.Rfd1 O-O 14.a5 h6 15.Qe2 Re8 16.h4 Nc6 17.axb6 axb6 18.Bc1 f6 19.exf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.09"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8 9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.Qd2 Ra8 15.Rab1 Qa5 16.b3 Rfc8 17.f5 Qb6 18.g4 Ra2 19.Nc1 Ra5 20.Qf2 Qc7 21.Ne2 Ra2 22.Rbc1 Qd8 23.Nf4 Qe8 24.Ng5 Nd4 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nd5 Nxb3 27.e5 Nxc1 28.Bxc1 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Nxd5 30.Qh4 Nf6 31.exf6 exf6 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Ne4 Qe5 34.Bf4 Qd4+ 35.Kh1 Rc6 36.Bh6 Bxh6 37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Nxf6 Bf4 39.g5 Ke6 40.Qe8+ Kf5 41.Qxf7 Rc7 42.Qxc7 Kxg5 43.Qe7 Qe3 44.Ne4+ Kh5 45.Qh7+ Bh6 46.Qd7 Bf4 47.Nf6+ Kg5 48.Nd5 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.11"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O Nb8 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.c4 O-O 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Rd1 Qb7 16.Qd3 Rfd8 17.Bg5 Nf8 18.Qc4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Nd5 20.Bd2 Rd8 21.Re1 Ng6 22.h4 h6 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.c4 Nde7 25.h5 Nf8 26.Be3 Qc7 27.Rb1 Nf5 28.Qe4 Nxe3 29.Qxe3 Qc6 30.a5 Kg8 31.Rb5 Nd7 32.Qd3 Qa8 33.Qb1 a6 34.Rb7 Rb8 35.Rxb8+ Qxb8 36.Qe4 Qd8 37.Qe1 Nb8 38.Qb1 Nc6 39.Qb7 Nxe5 40.Nxe5 Qd1+ 41.Kh2 Qxh5+ 42.Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.13"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8 9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.b3 Ra8 15.Rc1 Ra2 16.g4 Qa8 17.Qe1 Qa6 18.Qf2 Na7 19.f5 Nb5 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Ng5 Na3 22.Qh4 Rc8 23.Rxf6 exf6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Nxf7 Rxc2 26.Bh6 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Kxf7 28.Qxg7+ Ke8 29.g5 f5 30.Qxg6+ Kd7 31.Qf7+ Kc6 32.exf5+ 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.15"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 cxd4 8.O-O Qd8 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Nbxd4 Nge7 11.c3 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.Rad1 f6 17.Bf4 Bc5 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.c4 Bf7 20.c5 Bc7 21.Nfd4 Ne5 22.Nb5 Bb8 23.N3d4 N7g6 24.Bg3 a6 25.Nc3 f5 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qg5 Bf6 28.Qxf5 Qxf5 29.Nxf5 d4 30.Nxd4 Nf4 31.g3 Rad8 32.gxf4 Rxd4 33.Bf3 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Rxf4 35.Bxb7 Bd4 36.Re4 Rxe4 37.Nxe4 Bxb2 38.c6 Bd5 39.Nc5 Be5 40.Nxa6 Bd6 41.a4 g5 42.Kf1 h5 43.Ke2 h4 44.f3 Kg7 45.a5 Kf6 46.Kf2 Ke7 47.Ke3 Kf6 48.Kd4 Bxf3 49.Nc5 g4 50.Ne4+ Ke7 51.Nxd6 Kxd6 52.Ke3 Bd5 53.a6 gxh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Sukhumi URS"] [Date "1968.04.17"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 Bd7 10.Rb1 Rc8 11.Bd2 Nd4 12.Ne2 Ba4 13.b3 Bc6 14.c4 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 d5 16.Be3 d4 17.Bd2 Qd7 18.g4 f5 19.Ng3 Kh8 20.Qe2 Rce8 21.Bg2 e5 22.b4 exf4 23.Bxf4 cxb4 24.axb4 b5 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.gxf5 Nd5 27.Bh3 gxf5 28.Qh5 Nxf4 29.Rxf4 Bxd3 30.Rxf5 Qc6 31.Rc5 Qh6 32.Qxh6 Bxh6 33.Rd1 Bxe4 34.Nxe4 Rxe4 35.Rc8 Be3+ 36.Kg2 Rxc8 37.Bxc8 Re7 38.Kf3 Kg7 39.Ba6 Rf7+ 40.Ke4 Rf4+ 41.Kd3 Rf2 42.Ra1 Kf6 43.Ke4 Rf4+ 44.Kd3 Rf2 45.Ke4 Kg5 46.Bc4 Rc2 47.Ra5+ Kh4 48.Bf7 h6 49.Rxa7 Rb2 50.Ra4 Kg5 51.Bc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.06"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "E56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Ba5 10.Qd3 a6 11.Rd1 b5 12.Ba2 c4 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.Bd2 Bb6 15.Bb1 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Qh5 Bd8 21.h4 Bxg5 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.hxg5 Bb7 24.Qg4 Qg6 25.Bb4 Rfe8 26.Rd6 Qxg5 27.Qxg5 hxg5 28.Rad1 g4 29.Kh2 Be4 30.R1d4 Bf5 31.Rb6 Re6 32.Rdd6 a5 33.Bc3 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 Be6 35.Rb6 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Rxb4 Kh7 38.Rb5 Kg6 39.Kg3 Rh8 40.Kf4 Rh5 41.Rxh5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.07"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "D59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O c5 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Rfc1 c4 15.b3 b5 16.Qa5 Rfb8 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Rab1 Qd8 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.Nd2 Rab8 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.Nb1 Rb2 23.Nc3 Nb6 24.Bd1 Bf5 25.h3 g6 26.Bf3 Be6 27.g4 f5 28.Kg2 f4 29.exf4 Rd2 30.Re1 Bf7 31.Nb5 a6 32.Nd6 Rxd4 33.Rb1 Nd7 34.Rb7 c3 35.Rc7 Rxf4 36.Nxf7 Rc4 37.Rxd7 c2 38.Ne5 c1=Q 39.Bxd5+ Kf8 40.Bxc4 Qe1 41.Nxg6+ 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.09"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 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 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Qd3 a6 11.a4 Bd7 12.dxc5 Qe7 13.e4 Qxc5 14.Be3 Qh5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Bg3 Be8 18.Qb1 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Rxc4 20.Nde2 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxe2 22.Nd6 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 Bc6 24.Qg5 Qd2 25.Bf4 Qd5 26.Nc4 Qxg5 27.Bxg5 Rd5 28.Nxa5 Rxa5 29.Bd2 Rxa4 30.Bc3 h5 31.Rd1 Rg4 32.g3 Ra4 33.f4 Kh7 34.Re1 Bd5 35.Kf2 f6 36.h4 Kg6 37.Re3 Kf5 38.Re1 b6 39.Rd1 a5 40.Re1 b5 41.Rd1 Ra2 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.10"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Be2 Nf6 13.O-O Qb6 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Qb3 Qxb3 16.Nxb3 Rfd8 17.Kf1 Kf8 18.Rac1 Be8 19.Bf3 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.Nc5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Ke7 23.Nxb7 Rb8 24.Nd6 Rxb2 25.Nc8+ Ke8 26.Rd6 Ne5 27.Ra6 Nd3 28.Nd6+ Kf8 29.h3 Rxf2+ 30.Kg1 Rc2 31.Ncb5 Nd5 32.Ra3 Rd2 33.Rxa7 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Nxe3 35.Rxf7+ Kg8 36.a4 Rd2 37.Kg3 Rxg2+ 38.Kh4 Ne5 39.Rb7 Ng6+ 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.13"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 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.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 g6 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bg5 Qc8 16.Bxd7+ Qxd7 17.Rc1 d3 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 h6 20.Bd2 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8 22.Qb3 Qc2 23.Qxc2 dxc2 24.Rc1 Kf8 25.Rxc2 Kg7 26.Kf1 g5 27.Ke1 Kg6 28.Rc4 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Nd4 Bb7 31.g3 a5 32.Nb3 a4 33.Nd4 Nb6 34.b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.15"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "D59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O c5 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.b3 a5 15.Bb5 Nf6 16.Ne5 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Ne4 18.Qb2 Nd6 19.Be2 Nf5 20.Bd3 Nd6 21.Qa3 Qa7 22.Be2 a4 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.Bf3 Nb5 25.Qb2 axb3 26.Qxb3 Rab8 27.Bxd5 Nd4 28.exd4 Rxb3 29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.axb3 Rc7 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.17"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Qd3 a6 11.Rd1 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.dxc5 Bxc3 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Qxc3 Rfd8 16.Bd2 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nxc5 18.Be1 Na4 19.Rac1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rc8 21.Bb1 g6 22.Qe2 Qf6 23.Rd7 Ba8 24.b4 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.Rd4 Nc3 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.Qb2 Qg5 29.g3 Rc8 30.Qd2 Bf3 31.Bd3 e5 32.Rd7 Qg4 33.Bf1 Kg7 34.Qd6 Qf5 35.Rc7 Rxc7 36.Qxc7 Bd5 37.f4 exf4 38.Qxf4 Qxf4 39.exf4 Kf6 40.Kf2 Kf5 41.Ke3 Kg4 42.Kd4 Bb7 43.Ke5 h5 44.Kf6 Bd5 45.Bd3 Kh3 46.f5 Kxh2 47.Ke5 g5 48.Kxd5 Kxg3 49.f6 h4 50.Ke5 h3 51.Kf5 Kh4 52.Be4 h2 53.Bd5 g4 54.Kf4 Kh3 55.Bh1 g3 56.Kf3 Kh4 57.Bg2 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.20"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "126"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 d5 7.exd5 Bb4 8.Nf3 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ng5 f5 13.Re1 Qf6 14.c4 h6 15.Nf3 e4 16.dxe4 fxe4 17.Rxe4 Bf5 18.Re3 Bxc2 19.Qe1 Qg6 20.Bc3 Rae8 21.Ne5 Qh5 22.b4 b6 23.h3 a5 24.bxa5 Bc5 25.Qe2 Qg5 26.Rf3 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Rxe5 28.h4 Qf5 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Qd5+ Qxd5 31.cxd5 Bb3 32.a6 Bxd5 33.Rd1 Bc6 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.a7 b5 36.Rd7+ Bxd7 37.a8=Q Bd6 38.Qd5+ Kf8 39.f4 b4 40.f5 Be8 41.Kf2 Be7 42.g3 c5 43.Ke3 Bf7 44.Qb7 Be8 45.Kd3 Bf6 46.Qb8 Be7 47.Kc4 Kf7 48.Kd5 Kf8 49.f6 Bxf6 50.Kxc5 Be7+ 51.Kd5 Kf7 52.Qf4+ Kg8 53.Qb8 Kf7 54.Qb7 Kf8 55.Ke5 h5 56.Qb8 Kf7 57.Qb7 Kf8 58.Qb8 Kf7 59.Qc8 b3 60.Qc4+ Kf8 61.Qxb3 Bd7 62.Qf3+ Bf6+ 63.Kd6 Bg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.22"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "153"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Qb3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.O-O Qxb3 9.axb3 Na6 10.Bd2 Rd8 11.c5 Nd7 12.Na4 Bf6 13.Bh3 b6 14.b4 Bb7 15.b3 h6 16.Rfc1 Rdc8 17.Ra2 g5 18.Rca1 Nc7 19.Nc3 a6 20.Na4 b5 21.Nc3 Bh8 22.e3 f5 23.Bf1 Rf8 24.Re1 Rae8 25.Bc1 Re7 26.Bd3 Ne8 27.Bb1 Nef6 28.Rae2 Ne4 29.Bb2 Ra8 30.Na2 Bf6 31.h3 h5 32.Nd2 Rg7 33.Kg2 Bd8 34.f3 Nxd2 35.Rxd2 Nf6 36.e4 fxe4 37.fxe4 Bc8 38.e5 Nd7 39.Rf2 a5 40.bxa5 Bxa5 41.Bc3 Bxc3 42.Nxc3 Ra3 43.Bc2 Rf7 44.Ref1 Rxf2+ 45.Rxf2 Nf8 46.Nb1 Ra7 47.Nd2 Rg7 48.Bd1 Rh7 49.Nf3 Rg7 50.Ra2 Bd7 51.Ra7 Kf7 52.Ne1 h4 53.gxh4 gxh4 54.Bg4 Ke7 55.Nd3 Kd8 56.Nb4 Rg8 57.Kh2 Kc8 58.Nd3 Kb8 59.Ra2 Nh7 60.Rf2 Kc7 61.Ra2 Kb7 62.Nf4 Rf8 63.Nxe6 Bxe6 64.Bxe6 Ng5 65.Bg4 Nf3+ 66.Bxf3 Rxf3 67.Re2 Kc7 68.e6 Kd8 69.e7+ Ke8 70.Re6 Rxb3 71.Rxc6 Rb4 72.Rd6 Rxd4 73.c6 Kxe7 74.c7 Rc4 75.Rxd5 Rc2 76.Kg1 b4 77.Rb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Porec YUG"] [Date "1968.05.24"] [EventDate "1968.05.06"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 Nxc4 6.dxc4 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.b3 O-O 9.Ng3 c6 10.Bb2 Qa5 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.a4 Be6 13.Rd1 a6 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.f3 Bd7 16.Kh1 Rab8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Rfe8 19.Rd2 Rbd8 20.Rfd1 Nh5 21.Ba3 Nf4 22.Qf2 Qa5 23.Ne4 d5 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Qh4 Red7 26.g3 Ne2 27.f6 Qb4 28.Qg4 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.08"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.b4 c6 10.Bd2 N5b6 11.Ng3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nce4 Nd5 14.Be2 Re8 15.O-O g6 16.Nc5 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.e4 Nc7 19.f4 c5 20.Rad1 cxb4 21.Bxb4 Bxb4 22.axb4 Rc8 23.Qa2 Nb5 24.Bxb5 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Bxb5 26.Rfe1 Rc4 27.Qb3 Qf2 28.f5 Rc2 29.Rg1 a6 30.Qd5 Bc6 31.Qd6 Qe3 32.Nh5 gxh5 33.Rd3 Rd2 34.Rxd2 Bxe4 35.f6 h6 36.Qg3+ Qxg3 37.hxg3 Bc6 38.Rf1 Kh7 39.Kh2 Kg6 40.Rf4 Kg5 41.Rdf2 Re5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.10"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Bd2 c5 17. d5 Na4 18. Rb1 c4 19. Bxc4 Nc5 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Nh2 g6 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. b4 Na4 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Reb8 26. Bb3 Nb6 27. a4 Rc8 28. Rec1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. a5 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Na8 32. Ne2 Nc7 33. Nc3 Nb5 34. Nxb5 axb5 35. Bd2 Ne8 36. Bc2 Ba6 37. Bd3 Qb7 38. Qe3 h5 39. Nf1 Be7 40. Ng3 Bd8 41. Ne2 Nc7 42. Nc3 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.12"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "45"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Qc2 b5 12. Nxb5 a5 13. Bxc4 axb4 14. O-O bxa3 15. Nxa3 Nbd7 16. Nb5 Bb7 17. Be2 Qb6 18. Qc7 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxc7 20. Nxc7 Rb8 21. Ba3 Kf8 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Rb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.14"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bh3 Nc7 15. Kh1 Rae8 16. Nh4 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. f4 Qc5 20. Ndf3 Qc3 21. Bg4 d4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qc5 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Qxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nf3 c5 29. Nd2 Nd5 30. Nc4 Nb4 31. Nxa5 Nxc2 32. Nxb7 c4 33. bxc4 Bxd3 34. Nc5 Bxc4 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. Nxe6+ Ke7 37. Nc5 Nb4 38. a5 Nc6 39. a6 Kd8 40. Kg2 g6 41. e6 Ke7 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. Ke4 g5 44. g4 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.15"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. a3 a5 11. Be3 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. f5 Nb5 16. Qd2 Nbd4 17. Nh4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bb7 21. h4 Kh8 22. Qe2 Be5 23. g4 e6 24. g5 exf5 25. exf5 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Qd7 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. b3 Kg7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qe6 32. Kg1 Bc3 33. Bf2 h5 34. Qb7+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qb7+ Qd7 37. Qe4+ Qe6 38. Qb7+ Qd7 39. Qe4+ Qe6 40. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.16"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rad1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 cxd4 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. b4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. b5 Rfd8 21. Qd3 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 h6 23. f3 Rc7 24. Qd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kh7 26. Be5 Rc1+ 27. Bf1 Bc8 28. Bb2 Rc7 29. Rf8 Bb7 30. Bd3 Rd7 31. Bc2 Rd2 32. Rxf7 Rxc2 33. Bxf6 Kg6 34. Rxb7 Kxf6 35. Rxa7 g5 36. Rh7 Kg6 37. Rb7 Rxa2 38. Rxb6 Kf6 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Kf7 41. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.20"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb6 13. Qd1 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Be1 Qg6 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. g4 Bd7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Qxb6 Qxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Bd1 Nc4 27. Bf2 Ree8 28. Bd4 Rab8 29. Rc2 Ne3 30. Bxe3 Rxe3 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Kf2 Re6 34. b4 Kd6 35. Be2 Re5 36. Rb1 f5 37. gxf5 Bxf5 38. Rg1 g6 39. Rc1 Re7 40. Rc3 Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1968.05.20"] [EventDate "1968.05.07"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "35"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Qc8 13. b3 Qb7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rac1 a5 17. d5 e5 18. e4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.04.22"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "92"] 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 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.a4 d5 16.b3 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Rg4 Na5 21.Bxh6 Nxb3 22.Ra3 bxa4 23.Rxa4 Rab8 24.Rxa6 exd4 25.cxd4 c5 26.Be3 Rb4 27.Rg5 Qb7 28.Rh6 Nxd4 29.Nxd4 Rb1 30.Bc1 Qb2 31.Qh5 Qxc1+ 32.Kh2 Bd6+ 33.Rxd6 Qf4+ 34.Rg3 Qxd6 35.Nf5 Ree1 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.Nxd6+ Ke6 38.Rg6+ Kd5 39.Nf5 Rb7 40.Ne3+ Rxe3 41.fxe3 Rc7 42.Kg3 c4 43.Kf4 c3 44.e4+ Kc4 45.Ra6 c2 46.Ra1 Kd3 0-1 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.04.24"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a3 Ba5 9.Qc2 cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Re1 Bb7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Bd3 Nxe5 16.Rxe5 Qc7 17.c4 Qc6 18.Rg5 Ba6 19.Qd2 Ne8 20.d5 Qd6 21.Bb2 f6 22.Rh5 f5 23.Qe2 Nf6 24.Be5 Qc5 25.Rh4 exd5 26.Bd4 Qd6 27.Bxf5 Rce8 28.Qc2 h6 29.c5 Qe7 30.h3 Ne4 31.Bxe4 Qxh4 32.Bxd5+ Kh8 33.Qc3 Qg5 34.Bc6 Re6 35.Bf3 Be2 36.Bxe2 Rxe2 37.cxb6 axb6 38.Bxb6 Re6 39.Be3 Qf5 40.Qc5 Re5 41.Qc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.04.26"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "24"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nd5 Rd7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Bd3 Ng4 12.Bc5 Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.04.28"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "34"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a3 Ba5 9.Qc2 cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 b6 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Qd3 Nh5 15.Ng5 Ndf6 16.Be5 h6 17.Nh3 Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.05.02"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 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 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. a4 d5 16. b3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Rg4 Na5 21. Bxh6 Nxb3 22. Rb1 bxa4 23. Nxe5 Qe6 24. Qf3 c5 25. Bxg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.05.04"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Qe7 10.Be2 a4 11.O-O b6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.e4 c5 14.e5 Ne8 15.f4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxb6 Nd6 19.Bd4 Nf5 20.Bxe5 Qc5+ 21.Rf2 Qxe5 22.Nf3 Qc5 23.Qc3 Rfd8 24.Qb4 Qa7 25.c5 Rab8 26.Qc3 Rbc8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Rxc5 29.Qb4 Bc6 30.Qf4 Rd5 31.Be2 h6 32.Ne5 Ba8 33.g4 g5 34.Qc4 Rxe5 0-1 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.05.07"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "131"] 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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Na5 15.d5 Nd7 16.Nbd2 Bf6 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.h3 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Re8 21.Bf4 Be5 22.Bd2 Nb7 23.Qe2 Qf6 24.Rbd1 Bf4 25.Qf3 Bg5 26.Qd3 Bxd2 27.e5 Qh6 28.Rxd2 c4 29.bxc4 bxc4 30.Qc3 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 dxe5 32.Re2 Nd6 33.Qxe5 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qa3 35.Qf4 Re8 36.Rxe8+ Nxe8 37.Qxc4 g6 38.Bb3 Nd6 39.Qd4 Qc1 40.Qa4 a5 41.Qd4 Nf5 42.Qd1 Qb2 43.Kg1 Nd6 44.Qg4 Qe5 45.g3 h5 46.Qa4 Nf5 47.Qxa5 Nxg3 48.fxg3 Qxg3+ 49.Kf1 Qxh3+ 50.Ke2 Qg4+ 51.Kd3 Qg3+ 52.Kc4 h4 53.Kc5 Qe3+ 54.Kc6 Qe8+ 55.Kb7 h3 56.Qc7 Kg7 57.Qc3+ f6 58.Qxh3 Qb5+ 59.Kc7 Qc5+ 60.Kd7 Qa7+ 61.Ke8 Qb8+ 62.Ke7 Qe5+ 63.Qe6 Qc7+ 64.Qd7 Qe5+ 65.Kd8 Kf8 66.Kc8 1-0 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.05.11"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 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 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Ba5 10.Qd3 a6 11.Rd1 b5 12.Ba2 c4 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.Bb1 e5 15.d5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Na5 17.e4 Nb3 18.Ra2 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Bg4 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qe7 22.a4 Rfb8 23.Bc2 b4 24.cxb4 Rxb4 25.Ra3 a5 26.Rc3 Ne8 27.Qh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1968.05.14"] [EventDate "1968.04.22"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "125"] 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 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.Bd2 c5 17.d5 Bc8 18.Nh2 Na4 19.Rb1 Bd7 20.b3 Nb6 21.c4 Rb8 22.f4 bxc4 23.bxc4 Na4 24.Qc2 exf4 25.Bxf4 Rb4 26.Bd2 Qc7 27.Bxb4 cxb4 28.Rf1 Be7 29.Kh1 a5 30.Qd2 Nc5 31.Bc2 Bd8 32.Rbe1 Bc8 33.Nf3 Nfd7 34.e5 Nxe5 35.Qf4 Re7 36.Nd4 Ned3 37.Bxd3 Nxd3 38.Rxe7 Qxe7 39.Qe4 Ne5 40.Nc6 Nxc6 41.dxc6 Qe5 42.Qxe5 dxe5 43.Rd1 Bc7 44.Ne4 Kf8 45.Nd6 Bxd6 46.Rxd6 Ke7 47.Rd5 a4 48.c7 b3 49.axb3 axb3 50.Rxe5+ Kd6 51.Rb5 Kxc7 52.Rxb3 Kc6 53.c5 Be6 54.Rc3 Bd5 55.Kg1 f5 56.Ra3 Kb7 57.Rg3 g5 58.Re3 Kc6 59.Re7 Kxc5 60.Rh7 g4 61.hxg4 fxg4 62.Rxh6 Bb7 63.Rg6 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.06"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Ne1 Nc4 16. Nd3 Nb4 17. b3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb6 19. f3 Bd6 20. Ne2 Qe7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qd2 Qa3 23. Nf4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qc2 Ne7 27. Qc7 g6 28. Nd3 Nf5 29. g4 Nh6 30. Ne5 Qb4 31. Nd7 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Nf5+ 34. gxf5 Qe1+ 35. Kf4 Qh4+ 36. Ke5 Qg3+ 37. f4 Qxe3+ 38. Kf6 Qxd4+ 39. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.07"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Bg4 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa3 Qd7 16. Ne4 d5 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. Rc1 Rfb8 19. O-O e4 20. b4 a5 21. dxe4 Be2 22. Qb3 Bc4 23. Qb1 axb4 24. Bxb4 Bxa2 25. Nd3 Bxb1 26. Bxd6 Bxd3 27. Rfd1 dxe4 28. Bxe7 Ra2 29. Bf1 Rbb2 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Rxd3 Rxf2 32. Bd6 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Rh2 34. Kg1 Rac2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Bf4 Bf6 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. Kf1 Ke8 39. Ra7 Be7 40. Ke1 Bb4+ 41. Kf1 Be7 42. Ke1 f6 43. Kd1 Rc5 44. Ke2 g5 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Bc7 Rb5 47. Ba5 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Ra2 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.09"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb5 d5 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 c4 16. Be3 cxd3 17. e5 Ba6 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Bf2 h5 22. Bf1 Rd8 23. Bd3 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rb7 25. h3 h4 26. Nxh4 Nxh4 27. gxh4 Bh6 28. Bg3 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Ne7 30. h5 Nf5 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. c4 d4 34. Nd6 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 d3 36. Qxd3 Bxf4 37. Qd5+ Qxd5 38. cxd5 Be3 39. Bh4 Bf4+ 40. Kg2 Bd3 41. Rb6 g5 42. Bg3 Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Bc2 44. Rb2 f4+ 45. Kg4 Bxa4 46. Kxg5 f3 47. Ne4 Kf8 48. Nf6 Bd1 49. Rb7 f2 50. e6 Rxd5+ 51. Kh6 Rh5+ 52. Kg6 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.10"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6 7. Rb1 Be6 8. d3 O-O 9. b4 Qd7 10. h4 f5 11. b5 Nd8 12. Nd5 c6 13. Ndc3 Ng4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c5 d5 16. d4 Nf7 17. Qb3 f4 18. gxf4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Bf5 21. Rb2 Rfe8+ 22. Kd1 Rab8 23. Qa3 Qe7 24. Rd2 h5 25. Qa4 Qc7 26. Re1 Qxf4 27. Qxc6 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Bg4+ 29. Rfe2 Qxd4+ 30. Bd2 Qd3 31. Kc1 Bxe2 32. Bxd5 Rbd8 33. Qb7 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Rb8 35. Qxd3 Bxd3 36. Re7 Rc8 37. Be3 g5 38. hxg5 h4 39. Rd7 Bf5 40. Rd5 Be6 41. Rd2 Ne5 42. Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.13"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "C46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qd2 d6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Re5 14. Rae1 c5 15. Re3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. h4 Qe6 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. b3 h6 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. Qf4 R8e7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qg3 Qf5 26. c4 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Re5 28. Bd1 Qd3 29. Bf3 Qc3 30. Kh2 a5 31. Kh1 Kf8 32. Rf1 Qxe3 33. Qh3 Kg7 34. g3 Qd4 35. g4 a4 36. Bd1 Re3 37. Qg2 Rd3 38. Be2 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.15"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "112"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. d5 e4 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Ne5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Rcd8 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Re6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qf4 Rg8 26. c5 dxc5 27. Nxf6 Rg6 28. Ng4 f6 29. Nh6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Nf7+ Kg7 33. Nxe5 Re6 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Nc4 Qe7 40. Qf4 Rf6 41. Qg4 Rg6 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qf5 Qe6 44. Qf4 Qd5 45. e4 Qg5 46. Qf2 Rf6 47. Qe1 Rf3 48. Nd6 Rxh3 49. Nf5+ Kg8 50. Qd1 Rc3 51. Qd7 Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Qh5+ 53. Kg3 Qg5+ 54. Kh2 Qh5+ 55. Kg3 Qg5+ 56. Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.17"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 f5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf2 Kh8 14. Re1 b4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Ne2 fxe4 17. dxe4 e5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Nc1 d5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rbd8 23. Nd3 a5 24. Qe2 Bc4 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Rfe8 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Bc7 Rbc8 30. Bxa5 Nd4 31. Nf2 Bf8 32. Bb6 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Rxe5 34. Rbd1 Re6 35. Be3 Rce8 36. Rd2 Rxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Rexe2 Bxe2 39. Rxe2 Bg7 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. b3 Rc3 42. Ke4 h5 43. Kd5 Rc8 44. Bc5 Bc3 45. Re7 Rd8+ 46. Bd6 Kg8 47. Rb7 Bg7 48. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "1968.07.20"] [EventDate "1968.07.06"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O c5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. b3 a5 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Qb2 Bd7 18. Bd3 a4 19. Rc2 Be6 20. Rfc1 Qa7 21. h3 axb3 22. axb3 Qa3 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 24. dxc5 Rxb3 25. Ba6 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Rb2 29. Nd4 Rxf2 30. Be2 Ne4 31. Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.06.26"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Rfd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Qd3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Qd7 Rfd8 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. e4 h5 20. Kf1 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ke2 Kg7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kg6 26. Ke2 Kg5 27. Kf3 f5 28. h3 Kf6 29. Kf4 e5+ 30. Ke3 a6 31. b3 Ke6 32. exf5+ Kxf5 33. f3 Ke6 34. g4 f5 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. h4 Kf6 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. a3 b5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.06.28"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Qc3 Qxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Nf3 Bb6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Kf1 Bd7 21. Ke1 Ba4 22. e3 Kf8 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Nc3 Ne7 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Na4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.06.30"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qxd7 Qb6 14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Qc7 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qxb2 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Bc1 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bf4 Ba8 22. Bc7 Nd4 23. Bf1 b5 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxd4 bxc4 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rxa8 c3 29. e3 f5 30. Bd3 c2 31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32. h4 Kg6 33. a4 Ra2 34. a5 e5 35. Ra7 e4 36. a6 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra2 38. Ra8 Kh5 39. Ra7 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.07.02"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Ne2 a5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nxc5 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. a3 Na6 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qb3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Qb5 Rd6 21. Bxa5 Rg6 22. Ng3 d4 23. Qxg5 Rxg5 24. Bb6 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 dxe3 26. Ra8 Ne7 27. fxe3 Rd5 28. b4 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rxg2 31. Bc5 Kh7 32. Bxe7 Bd7 33. Rd8 Bc6 34. Rd2 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Kd4 f6 38. Kc5 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.07.04"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C98"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 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 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rfe8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. b3 Nxc3 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qe3 cxb3 26. Bxb3 Kh7 27. Rec1 b4 28. a3 e4 29. axb4 Rd3 30. Qe1 e3 31. Bc2 Rd2 32. fxe3 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Re2 35. Qd1 Qb7 36. e4 R8xe4 0-1 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.07.06"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. e3 Qh5 12. e4 Bd7 13. b3 b5 14. Qc3 bxa4 15. bxa4 Bb4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Nc4 Be8 18. h3 Rxd4 19. g4 Qc5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. Bb2 e5 23. Rfc1 Qe7 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qg3 Qe6 26. Qb3 a5 27. Qc2 c5 28. Ne3 Bc6 29. Rd1 g6 30. f3 c4 31. Qe2 Bc5 32. Kh1 c3 33. Nc2 Rxa4 34. Qd3 Bd4 35. f4 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Bb6 37. Rb1 Bc5 38. f5 Qd7 39. Qxc3 Nxe4 40. Qxe5 Bd6 41. Qxa5 Bc7 42. Qb4 Qd3 0-1 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.07.08"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Qa5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Qd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 15. c4 e6 16. Be4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 18. Kc3 Rd7 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be8 22. c5 Kf8 23. f4 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd4 Ke7 26. Rb4 f6 27. Kd4 Kd6 28. h4 Bc6 29. g4 e5+ 30. fxe5+ fxe5+ 31. Ke3 Bxe4 32. Kxe4 b5 33. Rb3 Ra8 34. Rxb5 Rxa2 35. Rd5+ Kc7 36. Kxe5 Rxb2 37. Rd4 h5 38. g5 Rb6 39. Rd3 Ra6 40. Rd4 Rb6 41. Rf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.07.10"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "D42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Be4 Bf6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. d5 Rd6 22. Ne4 Rd7 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rxd7 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Qc6 27. Rd1 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. b4 Kg6 30. g3 h5 31. Re7 f6 32. Re3 Kg7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qc4 35. Rg3 Kg6 36. Rdd3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4 38. Rdf3 Qd6 39. Rf5 a6 40. Kh1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.07.12"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Ba4 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. Qe3 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Bb3 Ne8 17. Ne3 Na5 18. Bd5 Nc7 19. Bd2 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Ng5 f6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. f4 Nc6 25. Be3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. b3 Rbc8 28. Rad1 Rc5 29. Rd2 Rfc8 30. Rf2 a5 31. Qf3 exf4 32. Qxf4 Re5 33. Rfe2 Qe7 34. Qf2 Qa7 35. Kh1 Rce8 36. Kg1 Qc5 37. Qf3 R8e7 38. Kh1 h6 39. Kg1 Re8 40. Kh1 R8e7 41. Kg1 Kf8 42. Rd1 d5 43. Rde1 Kf7 44. h4 dxe4 45. Rxe4 h5 46. Qf4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1968.07.14"] [EventDate "1968.06.26"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "121"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d5 c5 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Ne1 Rb8 10. Nc2 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Rb1 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Na3 a6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. Kh2 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 21. b4 b5 22. a5 Qe7 23. Nc2 Rfe8 24. Re1 h5 25. Rb3 Nh6 26. Bc3 h4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qa1+ Kh7 29. Re3 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Qf7 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qc3 g5 33. fxg5 Rg8 34. Kf2 Rxg5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Qxc5 Qh5 37. Qe7+ Rg7 38. Qf6 Rg6 39. Qe7+ Rg7 40. Qf6 Rf7 41. Qc3 Qh4+ 42. Qg3 Qc4 43. Qd3 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Rg7 45. Rf1 Qg5 46. Rf2 Nf7 47. Qe3 Qg6 48. Ne1 Ng5 49. Nd3 Ne4 50. Nf4 Qg5 51. Rf1 b4 52. Kh2 Ng3 53. Rf3 Ne4 54. Rf1 Ng3 55. Rf3 Nh5 56. Qf2 Nf6 57. Rb3 Qh6 58. Kg1 Ng4 59. Qg3 Nf6 60. Qf2 Ng4 61. Qg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.06"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C98"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "47"] 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 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 Nb7 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Bd2 Ra8 19. Ne3 Rfc8 20. Kh2 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Qd8 22. Qa7 Ra8 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qa7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.08"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Bd6 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. Qb3 Bc8 11. Bg2 Ng6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. h4 Na6 14. g5 Ne7 15. Nf4 Nc7 16. O-O-O Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Nfe2 O-O-O 19. e4 f6 20. Na4 Ne6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Kb1 Kb8 23. Bh3 Rhg8 24. Qe3 dxe4 25. fxe4 f5 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qd2 Qf8 28. Rdf1 Ne7 29. Qb4 Bc8 30. Rf2 Qf7 31. Rhf1 Rgf8 32. Bg2 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Nac3 Rdd8 35. d5 cxd5 36. Nd4 Qc7 37. Nxf5 Qxe5 38. Nb5 d4 39. Re1 Qc5 40. Qb3 Rxf5 41. Rc2 Qxb5 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.10"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 d4 6. Ne2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nh4 e5 10. f4 Qd6 11. a3 a5 12. a4 f6 13. Kh1 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Ng1 Nb4 18. Bg5 Rxf1 19. Bxf1 Nc8 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Nhf3 Nf7 22. Qc1 Rf8 23. Bg2 h6 24. Qb2 g5 25. Rf1 Nh8 26. Qc1 Qe8 27. h3 b5 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Ne1 Nf7 30. Qd1 Qd7 31. Qh5 Nd6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Kh2 Ne8 34. Qd1 a4 35. bxa4 Qxa4 36. Qb1 Nc7 37. Ne2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.12"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. e3 g6 7. a3 Bg7 8. b4 O-O 9. g3 d6 10. Nb3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nd8 12. a4 Nf7 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. O-O-O c6 15. h3 b6 16. Be2 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Kb1 Rfb8 19. Ka2 Ng5 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Nd2 c5 22. d5 h5 23. Nb5 Nf7 24. Rbd1 Ne5 25. Nb1 Qd8 26. Rhg1 Qb6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Kb3 Qd8 32. Ra1 Ra5 33. Ra2 Qe7 34. Nf1 Nf3 35. Rh1 Nh5 36. Qc1 Be5 37. Nd2 Kg7 38. Bd1 Kf7 39. Bc2 Bg7 40. Bb1 Kf8 41. Bc2 Ng5 42. Bd1 Nf7 43. Be2 Ne5 44. Qg1 Ra6 45. a5 Nf6 46. Qb1 Kg8 47. Kc2 Nd3 48. Rf1 Bh6 49. Qb3 Bg5 50. Kb1 Bh4 51. Bxd3 exd3 52. Kc1 Bg5 53. Rg1 Ne4 54. Nxe4 Qxe4 55. Rg3 Bh4 56. Nc7 Bxg3 57. Nxa6 Bxf2 58. Rxf2 Qxe3+ 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.15"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 d4 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd7 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nf4 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Ng2 h6 20. f4 Nf6 21. a3 b6 22. Qf2 a5 23. g4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qf3 Qe6 27. b3 Nd5 28. a4 Nb4 29. Qd1 h5 30. Kh2 hxg4 31. hxg4 g6 32. g5 Kf8 33. Kg3 Ke7 34. Qd2 Nd5 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Kd6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ng2 Nb4 39. Ne1 Kf5 40. Kg3 Nd5 41. Ng2 Ne3 42. Ne1 Nd5 43. Ng2 Ne3 44. Ne1 Ke6 45. Kf2 Kd6 46. c4 Ke6 47. Ng2 Nd1+ 48. Kf3 Nc3 49. Nh4 Na2 50. Ke2 Nb4 51. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.17"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. O-O-O Nf6 8. f3 Na6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qb3 Be6 11. e5 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nb1 c5 15. g4 c4 16. Qe3 Ra2 17. h4 Qa5 18. Rh2 Ra1 19. Bd3 b3 20. Ne2 Bb4 21. h5 O-O 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rdh1 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc7+ 25. Nec3 Nb6 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. R1h7+ Ke8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxc7 Nc4 31. Rxb7 Bxc3 32. bxc3 b2+ 33. Kc2 Ke8 34. Bg5 Ra6 35. Nd2 Bc8 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Kxb2 Rb6+ 39. Kc2 Bb7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. f4 Rh7 42. Kb2 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.19"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Nc1 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Qa3 Ne8 15. h4 f6 16. c5 Rf7 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bf8 20. h5 dxc5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qe6 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Qxc6 Nc7 26. Qb6 Kg7 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Nb5 30. Qe3 Qc6+ 31. Kb1 Nd4 32. Rc1 Qb5 33. Nc7 Qe2 34. Ne6+ Kh7 35. Qh6+ 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.21"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. d3 Qc7 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Nh4 dxc4 14. bxc4 a6 15. Rab1 Na7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nf3 b5 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Nde4 b4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ne4 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 f5 23. Ng5 Nc6 24. f4 e5 25. Qh5 h6 26. Nf3 Qe6 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Re2 Rc6 30. Qf3 Rcd6 31. Red2 a5 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. Kf2 a4 34. Ke2 g5 35. Qf2 Kg7 36. h4 Qe5 37. Qf3 Re8 38. Kf2 gxh4 39. gxh4 Rg6 40. Rh1 f4 41. exf4 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 h5 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.24"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "D42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 11. a3 Rd8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qh5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bc6 21. Bxa7 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd2 23. b4 Ra8 24. Be3 Rxa3 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. h4 Ra4 27. Rb1 h5 28. g3 Kh7 29. Kg2 b5 30. Kf3 Rd5 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Bd6 33. exd6 f5+ 34. Kf4 fxe4 35. Bc5 Kg6 36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Kxe4 Rh8 39. Ra1 Rxh4+ 40. Ke3 g5 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Rb7 Rh3+ 43. Ke4 Rh4+ 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Rxb5 Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. Rb8 Rb3 48. Re8 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Kf3 50. Rf8+ Kg4 51. Kg2 e5 52. Re8 Kf5 53. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final"] [Site "Kiev URS"] [Date "1968.09.26"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. b3 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Ng3 g6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Rc1 Re6 18. Be2 h5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bf3 Bb5 21. Re1 Be5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. b4 h4 24. Ne2 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 cxb4 26. axb4 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Qb6 28. Qb2 d4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. exd4 Rb5 31. Kf1 Rxb4 32. Rd2 a5 33. Ke2 Ne8 34. Bc6 Nd6 35. d5 Kf8 36. Kd3 Rb3+ 37. Kc2 Ra3 38. Kd1 a4 39. Rd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.10"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Bxd5 exd5 9.dxc5 Be6 10.O-O Bxc5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 a6 13.Na4 Ba7 14.Nd4 Qd6 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Nc3 Bb8 18.f4 Ng4 19.Nce2 Bd7 20.h3 Nf6 21.Ng3 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qa5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Qc3 Qf8 27.Ne2 Bd7 28.Ng3 f6 29.Nxe4 Bc6 30.Qc4+ Qf7 31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.Nd2 Bd6 33.Kf2 Bb4 34.Nf3 Be4 35.a3 Ba5 36.b4 Bc7 37.Nd2 Bc6 38.g4 a5 39.f5 axb4 40.axb4 Bd6 41.Bc3 g6 42.fxg6+ Kxg6 43.Nf3 Be4 44.b5 Be7 45.Nd4 Bd6 46.Ne2 f5 47.gxf5 Bxf5 48.Nf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.11"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Qxd5 Rb8 15.Bf6 Bxf6 16.exf6 Qe6 17.Qxe6 Rxe6 18.Rd5 Rxf6 19.Ra5 a6 20.Bd3 Rf4 21.Re1 Kf8 22.Be4 Rb6 23.Re3 Rh4 24.h3 f5 25.Bd5 Rhb4 26.Rc3 c5 27.Bc4 Rc6 28.f4 Rbb6 29.Rca3 Ke7 30.Re3+ Kf8 31.Raa3 Rc7 32.Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.14"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nf3 Be6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Nb5 Bc5 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.a3 Ne4 15.Nbd4 Bg4 16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Ba6 Rcd8 19.h3 Bh5 20.Qc2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qg5+ 22.Kf1 Qh5 23.fxe4 Qxh3+ 24.Ke2 Qh5+ 25.Kd2 d4 26.Kc1 dxe3 27.fxe3 Bxe3+ 28.Kb1 Bd4 29.Bc4 Re7 30.Ka2 Bxb2 31.Qxb2 Red7 32.Rac1 Rd2 33.Rc2 Rxc2 34.Qxc2 Qe5 35.a4 g6 36.Qf2 Rd7 37.Rf1 Kg7 38.Bxf7 Qc3 39.Bd5 Rd8 40.Qxa7+ Kh8 41.Qe7 1-0 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.15"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 a6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Kh8 12.Bh5 Bd7 13.f4 b5 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.f5 Rac8 16.Rhf1 a5 17.Ne2 b4 18.Nf4 a4 19.Nc1 Ne5 20.Bxf7 b3 21.cxb3 axb3 22.Ng6+ Nxg6 23.fxg6 Kg7 24.Nxb3 hxg6 25.Bxg6 Kxg6 26.Rf3 Bc6 27.Qf4 Kf7 28.Nd4 Rh8 29.Rb3 Qa6 30.Ra3 Qb7 31.Rb3 Bxe4+ 32.Ka1 Qd5 33.Qf1 Ra8 34.a3 Bxg2 35.Qf2 Rxh2 36.Rb5 Qe4 37.Re1 Rh1 38.Rxh1 Bxh1 39.Ne2 Rc8 40.Nc3 Qd3 41.Rh5 Be4 42.Qe1 Bg6 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.17"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E98"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.Nb5 Rf7 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Qc2 g4 18.Nc7 gxf3 19.gxf3 Bh3 20.Nxa8 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Qg5+ 22.Kf2 Qg2+ 23.Ke1 Nh4 24.Be3 Qxe4 25.Bf2 f3 26.Bxh4 Qxh4+ 27.Nf2 fxe2 28.Qxe2 e4 29.Rg1 e3 30.Qxe3 Re7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rc7 Bd7 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Qxa7 Re7+ 35.Kd1 Qc4 36.Qb6 Qf1+ 37.Kd2 Re2+ 38.Kc3 Qc1+ 39.Kd4 Qe3+ 40.Kc4 Rc2+ 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.19"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Kb1 Bc6 13.Rhf1 h6 14.Bh4 Qh5 15.g3 g5 16.fxg5 hxg5 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxf6 gxh4 19.gxh4 Kh7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rf1 Qg6 22.Qxe5 f5 23.Bd3 Qf6 24.Qe3 Rad8 25.Ne2 a6 26.Nf4 e5 27.Nh3 e4 28.Ng5+ Kh8 29.Qe2 Qh6 30.Bc4 f4 31.Nf7+ Rxf7 32.Bxf7 f3 33.Qc4 Qf6 34.Qb3 Qd4 35.a3 e3 36.Rc1 e2 37.Qe6 Qf4 38.Qe7 Qxc1+ 39.Ka2 Qg1 40.Qxd8+ Kh7 41.Bc4 0-1 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.21"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [ECO "E67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qf6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Rad1 Bh8 16.f4 Nb6 17.Bf1 Bxg4 18.Rxd6 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.e5 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Ne4 Rd4 23.b3 Nc8 24.Nf6 Be6 25.Re3 Bf5 26.b4 h5 27.a3 b6 28.Be2 Rd2 29.Kf1 Ne7 30.Ke1 Rb2 31.Rc3 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb2 33.Ke1 a5 34.bxa5 bxa5 35.Bd1 Be6 36.Rd3 Rb8 37.Bf3 Bxc4 38.Rd6 Be6 39.Bxc6 Nf5 40.Rd3 Rb1+ 41.Kd2 Rb2+ 42.Ke1 Rb8 43.Be4 Nh6 44.Rd6 Ng4 45.Nxg4 hxg4 46.Rd3 Rb5 47.Kd2 Rb2+ 48.Ke3 Kf8 49.Rd2 Rb3+ 50.Rd3 Rb2 51.Rd2 Rb3+ 52.Rd3 Rb8 53.Rc3 Rb2 54.Kd4 Ke7 55.Bc2 Bd7 56.Bb3 Rb1 57.Bd5 a4 58.Rc7 Rd1+ 59.Kc5 Rd3 60.Kc4 Rd1 61.Kc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Larsen - Tal 3rd place Candidates Playoff"] [Site "Eersel NED"] [Date "1969.03.23"] [EventDate "1969.03.10"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.e6 fxe6 7.h4 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Bd3 Qd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Qg4 13.Be2 Qe4 14.O-O Bf5 15.Na3 Qxh4 16.Nb5 d3 17.Nxc7+ Kd8 18.Nxa8 dxe2 19.Qxe2 Nxa8 20.c5 Qe4 21.Qb5 Qxd5 22.Ba5+ b6 23.Rfd1 Qe5 24.a4 Bd7 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Bxb6+ Ke8 27.Qa6 Nxb6 28.Qxb6 g5 29.Re1 Qf4 30.a5 Bg7 31.Qb8+ Kf7 32.Qb3+ e6 33.Qb7 Ke7 34.Re4 Qd2 35.Rae1 Be5 36.a6 Qxb2 37.Rb4 Qa2 38.a7 Bc3 39.Rbb1 Bxe1 40.Rxe1 Rf8 41.Qb6 Qd5 42.Rc1 Rc8 43.Rxc8 Bxc8 44.Qc7+ Bd7 45.f3 g4 46.Kf2 gxf3 47.gxf3 e5 48.Kg3 h5 49.Qc1 h4 50.Kxh4 Qxf3 0-1

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