Vintage Tahl
The first strong tournament in Switzerland for a long time took place in Zurich in May and June 1959 and it had several of the world's leading players participating. Among them were Tahl, who a year later would defeat Botvinnik to become world champion, Fischer, Keres, Larsen. Unzicker, Barcza, Olafsson, and Donner. Things started well for the Swiss masters; Walther held Fischer to a draw in a B and P ending and Tahl lost to Edwin Bhend. Tahl was undaunted though and went on to win his next four games!
Final stndings:
1) Tahl-11.5
2) Gligoric- 11.0
3-4) Keres - 10.5
3-4) Fischer
5-6) Larsen - 9.5
5-6) Unzicker
7) Barcza - 8.5
8) Olafsson – 8.0
9) Kupper – 7.0
10-11) Donner 6.5
10-11) Bhend
12) Keller - 6.0
13-14) Duckstein – 5.0
13-14) Walther
15-16) Blau - 2.5
15-16) Nievergelt
The following attacking game is vintage Tahl.
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