The Time When Giants Walked The Earth

For a rapid chess improvement please see: https://www.ichess.net/sale/novice-ad... A battle of Epic proportions-The time when giants walked on earth. Robert James Fischer vs Mikhail Tal Bled, Yugoslavia 1961 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Be5 Qe5 11. f4 Qb8 12. e5 a6 13. ef6 ab5 14. fg7 Rg8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd4 Ra4 17. Nf6 Bf6 18. Qf6 Qc7 19. O-O-O Ra2 20. Kb1 Ra6 21. Bb5 Rb6 22. Bd3 e5 23. fe5 Rf6 24. ef6 Qc5 25. Bh7 Qg5 26. Bg8 Qf6 27. Rhf1 Qg7 28. Bf7 Kd8 29. Be6 Qh6 30. Bd7 Bd7 31. Rf7 Qh2 32. Rdd7 Ke8 33. Rde7 Kd8 34. Rd7 Kc8 35. Rc7 Kd8 36. Rfd7 Ke8 37. Rd1 b5 38. Rb7 Qh5 39. g4 Qh3 40. g5 Qf3 41. Re1 Kf8 42. Rb5 Kg7 43. Rb6 Qg3 44. Rd1 Qc7 45. Rdd6 Qc8 46. b3 Kh7 47. Ra6 1-0 Bled (1961) Bled, Yugoslavia (Slovenia), 3 September - 3 October 1961 Final Standings 1 Tal * 0 = = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 14.5 2 Fischer 1 * 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 = = 1 = = 13.5 3 Petrosian = 0 * = 1 = = 1 = = = = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 12.5 4 Keres = = = * = = = = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 12.5 5 Gligoric = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 6 Geller = 0 = = = * = 1 0 = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 10.5 7 Trifunovic = 0 = = = = * = = = = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 10.5 8 Parma 0 = 0 = = 0 = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 10 9 Bisguier 0 0 = 1 0 1 = = * 0 = 0 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 9.5 10 Matanovic 0 = = = 0 = = = 1 * = = 0 1 = = 0 1 1 = 9.5 11 Darga = = = = = = = = = = * = = 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 9 12 Donner 0 = = 0 = = = = 1 = = * 1 0 = 1 = 0 0 1 9 13 Najdorf 0 = = = = = = = 0 1 = 0 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 9 14 Olafsson 0 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 1 1 0 * 1 = = = = = 8.5 15 Portisch = 0 1 0 = 0 = = = = = = = 0 * 0 = = = 1 8 16 Ivkov 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 1 = 1 * 1 = = = 8 17 Pachman 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = = = = = 0 * = = = 7 18 Bertok 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 1 0 = = = = * = 1 6.5 19 Germek 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = = = = = * = 5.5 20 Udovcic 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 = * 4 Chess School: https://chessschool.com.au/ Free lessons: https://chessschool.com.au/online_che... Free training: https://chessschool.com.au/free_train... Free resources: https://chessschool.com.au/free_resou... ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ Please watch: "An Epic Torre Attack | Development and Center Control"    • An Epic Torre Attack | Development and Cen...   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~