The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, were seeded from the previous championship while Hungary, Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Spain won four preliminary groups. The best individual score was by Korchnoi who scored a fantastic +8 -0 =1.
Spain's success was unexpected since the previous year in the Leipzig Olympiad they only finished in 20th place.
Tal made many thrilling sacrifices in his career and when asked what he thought about after his opponent moved, Tal said, "First, how to sac my Queen, then Rook, then Bishop, then Knight, then Pawns."
One of the Soviet Union's oldest and most respected teachers was Honored Master Pyoter Romanovsky (1892-1964) once said of Tal, "Believe me, playing in such a style, this guy has no chess future."
In the following game his Queen sacrifice against Toran, while it won beautifully, when analyzed using SashChess and Komodo 12 along with multiple Shootouts, shows that things weren't so clear. It would no doubt take days of careful analysis to come up with a clear answer as to what the best line of play is for both sides, but that's not so important...just enjoy the game!
His opponent was IM Roman Toran Albero (1931-2005) who was born in Gijon and was the champion of Spain in 1951 and 1953 and FIDE vice president from 1982 until 1990.
Roman Toran - Mikhail Tal
Result: 0-1
Site: European Team Champ, Oberhausen
Date: 1961
English Opening
[...] 1.c4 e5 2.♘c3 d6 3.g3 f5 This provocative move neglects development, but of black's three main replies here, the text, 3...Nc6 and 3... g6, this is the most enterprising. As Tal once put it...I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind. 4.d4 e4 5.f3 ♘f6 A nice move attacking Tal's overextended Ps. 6.♗g2 exf3 7.♘xf3 g6
7...♗e7 8.O-O O-O 9.♕d3 ♘c6 10.a3 a6 White is better. Lerner,K (2515) -Savchenko,S (2505)/ St Petersburg 1992
8.O-O ♗g7 Here white has tried several moves, but Toran's looks to be the most direct attempt at instigating an attack on black's somewhat weakened K. 9.e4
9.♗g5 O-O 10.e4 h6 11.♗xf6 ♕xf6 12.exf5 ♗xf5 13.♘d5 White has a slight advantage. Yevseev,D (2554) -Vocaturo,D (2364)/Reggio Emilia 2005
9.♗f4 O-O 10.♕d2 ♖e8 11.♗g5 c6 12.d5 with equality. De la Fuente Gonzalez,F (2230) -Ramos Aldoradin,J (2125)/ Madrid 2011.
(9.♗g5!?9...O-O 10.♘h4+−) 9...fxe4 (9...O-O 10.exf5 ♗xf5 11.♗g5 ♕d7 12.♘h4 favors white.) 10.♘g5 White threatens to win material: Ng5xe4
10.♘xe4 ♘xe4 11.♖e1 O-O 12.♖xe4 ♗f5 and black has caught up in development and manages to equalize.
10...O-O 11.♘gxe4 ♘xe4 12.♖xf8+ ♕xf8 13.♘xe4 All the exchanges have resulted in a position that is fully equal and it looks like a draw would be a logical outocme. 13...♘c6 14.♗e3 ♗f5 15.♕d2 ♖e8 16.♘g5 Surprisingly, this position contains some fireworks. Is this a tactical mistake? Should white have played another move?
16.♘f2 This retreat turns out poorly. 16...♕e7 17.♖e1 ♘xd4 18.♘e4 ♘c6 19.♗g5 ♗d4+ 20.♕xd4 ♘xd4 21.♗xe7 ♖xe7 22.♘f6+ ♔f8 23.♖xe7 ♔xe7 24.♘xh7 and black's centralized pieces give him a slight advantage.
(16.♖f1 ♕e7 17.♖f4 ♗h6 18.♖h4 ♗xe3+ 19.♕xe3 the chances are equal.) 16...♖xe3 Has white lost a piece? The Q cannot recapture because of 17...Bxd4. However, white has a powerful drawing resource. 17.♗d5+ ♔h8 18.♘f7+ Of course not 18.Qxe3 Bxd4 18...♕xf7 It's a draw after 18...Kh8 19.Nf7+, but Tal isn't interested in a draw. Still, even after this move the chances remain equal. 19.♗xf7 Black only has a B and N for his Q, but they activity of his pieces make up for any material deficit. 19...♖d3 No doubt this is the clearest continuation.
19...♗xd4 looks more dangerous, but it results in a position that is amazingly complicated. 20.♔g2 ♗e4+ 21.♔h3 and black can't afford to avoid the draw by repeating moves. For example 21...♗d3 22.♗d5 ♘e5 23.♖e1 ♘xc4 24.♗xc4 ♗f5+ 25.♔g2 ♗e4+ 26.♔f1 ♖f3+ 27.♔e2 ♖f2+ 28.♔d1 ♖xd2+ 29.♔xd2 In Shootouts using Stockfish white scored +3 -0 =3, but most games were over 100 moves, so for practical purposes all that can be said of this position is that it is exceedingly complicated and with humans anything could happen.
20.♕e2 ♗xd4+ 21.♔g2 ♘e5 Defending white's position form the swarm of black pieces is extremely difficult, but not impossible providing white is not a human! 22.♖d1
22.♗d5 c6 23.♗f3 (23.♗e4 ♖e3 wins) 23...♖xf3 24.♕xf3 ♘xf3 25.♔xf3 ♗xb2 with a won ending.
22...♖e3 In spite of everything white is not lost provided he now finds the right defensive move. 23.♕f1 Which he does not.
23.♕d2 ♗e4+ 24.♔h3 Of course Tal would not want a draw which he could have after 24... Bf5+, so... 24...♘f3 25.♕f2 ♖d3 26.♕e2 ♖xd1 27.♕xd1 ♘g5+ 28.♔g4 ♗e3 Here, five Shootouts were all drawn.
23...♗e4+ 24.♔h3 ♖f3 25.♕e2 ♗f5+ Toran resigned.
25...♗f5+ 26.♔g2 ♖f2+ 27.♕xf2 ♗xf2 28.♔xf2 ♘xf7 Would result in a won ending for black. How so? 29.c5 ♔g7 30.cxd6 ♘xd6 31.♔g1 ♔f6 32.♖c1 c6 33.b4 a6 34.♖f1 h5 35.♖e1 ♗e6 36.a4 ♘c4 37.♖f1+ ♔e7 38.♖c1 a5 39.bxa5 ♘xa5 40.♖b1 ♔d7 41.♔f2 ♗f5 42.♖d1+ ♔c7 43.♔e3 ♘b3 44.♖f1 c5 45.♖f4 ♘a5 46.♔d2 ♘c6 47.♔c3 ♔b6 48.♔c4 ♗e6+ 49.♔c3 ♗f5 50.h3 ♘b4 51.♖h4 ♘d5+ 52.♔b2 ♘f6 53.♖f4 ♘d5 54.♖h4 ♘f6 55.♖f4 ♔a5 56.♔b3 ♘d5 57.♖c4 b6 58.♖h4 ♘e3 59.♔c3 ♗b1 60.♔b2 ♗d3 61.♖f4 c4 62.♖f8 ♔b4 63.a5 ♔xa5 as demonstrated by ShashChessat 17 plies.
25...♗f5+ 26.♔h4 ♗e3 The threat of ... g4+ cannot be met except by surrendering material. 27.♕xe3
27.a3 A pass to demonstrated the threat. 27...g5+ 28.♔h5 ♗g4+ 29.♔h6 ♘xf7#
27...♖xe3 28.♗d5 c6 winning easily. Powered by Aquarium
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