[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chandler, Walter Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Ne5 Nf8 12. f4 c5 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. f5 Nd5
15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. fxe6+ Kg8 17. e7 Ne6 18. dxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Nxc3 20. Rd8
$1 Bd7 {At this point Tal, without invitation, took one of Wally's cigarettes
and studied the position, then played} 21. Qe5 $3 {Tal passed on to the next
game. Wally, thinking he had made a blunder, called him back. Tal glanced back
at the board, smiled, and carried on to the next game.} Qxe5 ({The finish to
the game is given as} 21... Nd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rf8+ {1-0 in CHESS, April
1995, p27. (Letter from John McCormack, article by Larry Holmes, friends of
Wally Chandler at Liverpool CC. However, that finish is unsatisfactory as 23
Rf8+ would be a losing blunder and it seems unlikely that Tal would have
played it. JS}) 22. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Pimentil, Stephen J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 a5 8. a4
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6
15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Neg5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Rad8 18. b3 Nd5 19. Rd4 Nc3 20. Qd3 Rxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxe5 22. Qxc3 Qxg5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Kf1 e5 25. Qxa5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qc1+ 27.
Ke2 exd4 28. Qd8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Ripley, John Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. g4 Qc7 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bc6
15. g5 Nd7 16. h5 b5 17. Bh3 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rb8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6
h6 22. Kb1 a5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. Be6 Nb6 26. fxe5 Nc4 27. exf6 Nxd2+
28. Bxd2 Rb7 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. g7 Qc4 31. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 32. Rg1 Rf7 33. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Harris, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. e5
Ne8 9. cxd4 Be7 10. d5 Na7 11. Nc3 b5 12. Bc2 f5 13. d6 Bb7 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15.
Nd5 Qc5 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Nb6 Qg4 18. Nxa8 Nc8 19. Bb3+ Kh8 20. Bd5 c6 21. h3 Qb4
22. Bb3 Bxa8 23. Qxd7 Ne7 24. Ng5 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rac1 d4 27. Rc8 dxe3
28. Qxe8 exf2+ 29. Kh1 Qe1 30. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Bodha, Geerjanun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Ne5 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rac8 14. Nde2
Be6 15. Kb1 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rc7 17. h4 Nh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. h5 gxh5 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Wiseman, James K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O e6 8.
Na3 a6 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qd6 Bf8 14. Qe6+ Ne7
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8
21. Qe6+ Kb8 22. Rd7 Qa5 23. Bxc5 Rg7 24. Bb6 Qxa3 25. bxa3 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Carleton, John Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
Na5 9. Bc2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Bb5 16. c4 Be8 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Rde1 Nb4 21. Bb1
c5 22. d5 a5 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Be3 Bd7 26. Nf3 Kh7 27. h4 a4 28. a3
Na6 29. bxa4 Nc7 30. Qd2 Qd6 31. a5 Ne8 32. Bd3 Qc7 33. Rb1 Nd6 34. Qf2 Rxa5
35. Rb3 Rfa8 36. Bc1 b5 37. cxb5 c4 38. Rc3 Rxb5 39. h5 Qa5 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41.
Bxc4 Rbb8 42. d6 Rf8 43. Bxf7 gxh5 44. Bd5 Ra6 45. Qh4 Rxd6 46. Qxh5 Rxd5 47.
Bxh6 Bxh6 48. Ng5+ Kg7 49. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Patmore, Brian S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. d4 cxd5 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nb6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Bb5+ N8d7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rfe1 e6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be5 Nbd7 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Na4 Ng4 20. h3 Nxf2
21. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 22. Kg3 e5 23. Rf1 Nf6 24. Rxc6 Nh5+ 25. Kh2 Nf4 26. Be4 Ra7 27.
Bc5 Rd7 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc4 Qg5 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Lambert, JF."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Re1
Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Bb3 a6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Qh4
15. f4 Ng6 16. Qf3 c6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rf1 b5 20. Ne2 Rae8 21.
Ng3 d5 22. e5 Qd8 23. Nf5 Ne7 24. Nd4 Rg6 25. f5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxe5 27. Bd4
Ree6 28. Nxh6+ Rxh6 29. Qxf7+ Kh7 30. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Pierce, Peter N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. axb5 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4
21. Ng5 d5 22. Qh5 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6+ 24. g3 Nf6 25. Bxh7+ Nxh7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8
27. Qh5 Kg8 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. b6 Qa6 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Ke8 32. Qf7+ Kd8
33. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Bridges, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3
Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. Ne4 N8d7
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nxf6 19. exf6 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Baines, SJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nc4 b5 13. e5 bxc4 14. Bxa8 Ba6
15. Be4 Bxe5 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qa4 Bc8 18. Qxc4 e5 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Qc7 f6 21.
Bd2 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Nf5 23. Rxa7 Nd6 24. Bb4 Rd8 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc1 f5 27.
Rcc7 Bf8 28. Bf3 e4 29. dxe4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 d3 31. Rc6 d2 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Bf3
Kf8 34. Bd1 h5 35. Ra4 Bc5 36. Kf1 Bd7 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ke2 Bb4 39. a3 Bb5+ 40.
Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Fox, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

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 Na5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3
c5 16. d5 Bg7 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Qd2 Nb7 19. Nh2 Ng8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Rae1 Rf8 22.
f4 f6 23. f5 g5 24. Nh5 Be8 25. Bd1 Bf7 26. h4 Qe8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Bxg5 Bh5 30. g4 Kf7 31. Be3 Bxg4 32. Nxg4 Ke7 33. Kf2 Qf7 34. Rh1 Nd8 35.
Rh8 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "McCulloch, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. dxe5 Bg4 7. exd6 cxd6
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rd2
Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Qb7 19. b3 h6 20. Na4 Qa7
21. Qc4 Bg5 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. Nc5 Ra8 24. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Beach, T John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

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. c3 Bc5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. Be3 Ne6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 f6 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qh5 g6 21.
Qe5 Rf7 22. Rfe1 c6 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. a4 Nef5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bb3
Re8 28. Qd4 Rfe7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Ra1 Qb7 31. Qf6 Rf7 32. Qd6 Nf5 33. Qe6 Ng7
34. Qe5 Nf5 35. Qe8+ Rf8 36. Qe6+ Rf7 37. Bc2 Kg7 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. Re1 Qa7 40.
Re2 Qc7 41. Qe8 Rf7 42. g3 Qd7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Kg2 Rf5 45. Qe7 Rf7 46. Qc5 h6
47. Re5 Kh7 48. Qe3 Qc7 49. h4 c5 50. h5 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Price, MR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Bxf7+ Kf8 9. dxe5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Kxf7 11. exf6 exf6 12. Be3 f5 13. Nd2 Qd5 14.
O-O-O b5 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Ng5+ Ke8 17. Rd8+ Kxd8 18. Nf7+ Kc7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20.
Bb6+ Kxb6 21. Qxe5 Nd7 22. Qd4+ Kc7 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Qd6+ Kb6 25. b4 a5 26. Qe7
Kc7 27. c4 bxc4 28. b5 cxb5 29. Rd5 Ra6 30. Rc5+ Kb7 31. Rxb5+ Kc8 32. Rd5 h5
33. Kc2 a4 34. a3 c3 35. Qb4 Kc7 36. Qc4+ Kb7 37. Qd4 Kc7 38. h4 Rb6 39. Qxa4
Rb2+ 40. Kxc3 Rb6 41. Qf4+ Kb7 42. Qd4 Rc8+ 43. Kd2 Nb8 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Boswell, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Nxe4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8.
d5 Na5 9. Bd3 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 b6 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nbd2
Qd7 15. Re1+ Kd8 16. Nd4 Re8 17. b4 Rxe1 18. Kxe1 Nb7 19. Qc6 Qe7+ 20. Ne4 Rb8
21. Qa4 Bd7 22. Qxa7 Kc8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 d5 25. cxb7+ Rxb7 26. Qa8+ Rb8
27. Ba6+ Kd7 28. Qxd5+ Ke8 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Bxe5 Kf8 31. Bxc7 Re8 32. Bd6+ Kg8
33. Bb7 f5 34. a4 fxe4 35. a5 bxa5 36. bxa5 Rd8 37. a6 Rxd6 38. a7 Rd8 39. Bxe4
Kf7 40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Bxa8 Kf6 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. Kg3 Kh5 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kf5 Kh4
46. Bf3 h5 47. g3+ 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Barron, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. e5
Ne8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. h4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. h5 Qd6
15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa3+ 17. Kb1 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bc4+ e6
21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bc3 Rae8 24. Rd7 h5 25. Bf7 Kh7 26. Bxf6 Rxf7
27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28. g4 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Ridgeway, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Bh6 c6 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 b5 12. Bb3 Bxb2 13. O-O Ng8 14. Bf4
Nf6 15. Rb1 Bc3 16. Nf3 O-O 17. d6 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Qe3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Bg7
21. Bh6 Qb6 22. Qf4 Bb7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne5 Qd8 25. Rh3 h5 26. Rf3 c5 27. Rc3
c4 28. Rg3 Bc6 29. Qd4 Kh7 30. h4 a6 31. Re1 Re8 32. Ree3 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Qf8 34.
Rge3 Qg7 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. f3 a5 37. Kf2 a4 38. a3 Qh6 39. Qxh6+ Kxh6 40. Ke2 Kg7
41. Kd2 Kg8 42. Kc3 Kg7 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. g3 Kg7 45. Re8 Rxe8 46. Rxe8 Bxf3 47.
Re3 Bc6 48. Ke5 f6+ 49. Kd4 g5 50. Re8 gxh4 51. gxh4 Kf7 52. Rh8 Ke6 53. Rxh5
Kxd6 54. Rh7 Bf3 55. h5 Bxh5 56. Rxh5 Kc6 57. Rf5 Kb6 58. Rxf6+ Ka5 59. Kc3 d5
60. Rd6 d4+ 61. Kxd4 b4 62. Rd5+ Ka6 63. axb4 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Hallmark, Raymond M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Nd7 5. d4 Nxe5 6. fxe5 f6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bg5 Be8 14. Qxh7
Qxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bf7 16. Rad1 Qe5 17. Nxe4 Bxg5 18. Rd7 Bf4 19. Nd6 Be6 20. Qh4
Bxd7 21. Rxf4+ Qxf4 22. Qxf4+ Ke7 23. Qe5+ Kf8 24. h3 Rh8 25. Qc5 b6 26. Qe5
Rh6 27. Qd4 Be6 28. c4 Kg8 29. b4 Rd8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Bxa2 32. Kh2 Rf6 33.
Qe5 Re6 34. Qg5 Rd7 35. Qg4 Bd5 36. h4 a5 37. h5 Ra7 38. Nf5 Kh7 39. Nd6 Rf6
40. Qd4 a4 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qb1 Re7 43. Qb8+ Rf8 44. Qb2 Re3 45. h6 gxh6 46.
Qd4 Re6 47. Qxa4 Rg6 48. g4 Rf2+ 49. Kh3 Be6 50. Nf5 Bxf5 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. gxf5
Rxf5 53. Qb7+ Rg7 54. Qb1 Rgf7 55. Qe4 R7f6 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57. Qe4 Kf7 58. Qc4+
Rd5 59. Qb3 h5 60. Qa2 Ke7 61. Qa7+ Ke6 62. Qa2 Rf3+ 63. Kh4 Rf4+ 64. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Parsonage, Griffith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Parsonage, Griff"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 exd4 10. cxd4 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 {A terrible move. I had hardly
considered the dangers of allowing White's e5.} 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe2 Qc7 ({
Another bad move. Perhaps} 13... Bb7 {instead.}) 14. e5 Nh5 ({The position is
quite lost so I thought that after g4 and gxh5 I might have some slight
attacking chances on the kingside. If} 14... Nd5 15. Qe4 {wins the knight and
I have no chances.}) ({But} 14... Nd7 {might be playable since since after} 15.
Qe4 g6 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxf8+ Bxf8 {White has an advantage but Black's
position is reasonable.}) 15. g4 Nc6 16. gxh5 Bxh3 17. Re1 f5 18. Bf4 Bg4 19.
Qe3 ({This move gives me chances. Perhaps} 19. Nbd2 {is better.}) 19... Nb4 {
I feel as though I'm back in the game.} 20. Bd1 Rad8 21. a3 Rd3 {I think this
is the only move that maintains some pressure.} 22. axb4 (22. Qc1 {is answered
by} Nd5 {which regains my piece.}) 22... Rxe3 23. Rxe3 cxb4 24. Nbd2 Rd8 25.
Bb3+ Kh8 26. Rxa6 Bxh5 {This pawn had now to be captured as 27 h6 is a threat.
White's position is not as easy as it looks. Black is threatening ...g5-g4.}
27. Nf1 $4 {An outright blunder. I am most certainly back in the game now.}
Bxf3 28. Rd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Qc6 30. Re7 Bd5 31. Rc7 Qa8 32. Bc2 Be6 33. Ne3 Qa1+
34. Kg2 Qxb2 35. Re7 Qf6 36. Nd1 Qg6+ 37. Kf1 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 Re8 39. Bxf5 Rxe7+
40. dxe7 Qe8 41. Bd6 b3 42. Kd2 Bf7 43. Nc3 Qc6 44. Ba3 Qc4 45. Ne2 b4 46. Bb2
Qc7 47. Nd4 Qxe7 48. Bd3 Qg5+ 49. Ke1 Bh5 50. Nxb3 Qd5 (50... Qg1+ {would be
better.}) 51. Nd4 Qa2 52. Bc1 b3 53. Bc4 b2 {Source: Jimmy Adams via Gerald
Hartmann. Notes by Griff Parsonage.} 0-1

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "Hughes, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 e6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Qd3 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Ne7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Qa5 17. dxe7 Rxd3 18. e8=Q+ Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.
Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Tal simul +23 =2 -2, Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Tal (simul), Mikhail"]
[Black "McInnes, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "BCM 1974-12-p.4"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Qe2 Be7
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Rc7 Qb4 21.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 22. Rfc1 Nb6 23. a3 Qa4 24. Rxb7 O-O 25. Rbc7 Nc4 26. Nd4 Nb6 27.
Nc6 Kh8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Rac8 30. Nxa7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Nc4 32. b4 Nxa3 33.
b5 Rb8 34. f4 Nxb5 35. Nxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxf7 d4 37. Rd7 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Kf3
Rd2 40. f5 exf5 41. e6 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 g6 43. Ke5 Re3+ 44. Kf6 d3 45. e7 1-0

