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Subject: Re: Botvinnik-Tal,1960,game 12

Author: John Hatcher

Date: 10:20:15 02/15/01

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On February 15, 2001 at 12:37:52, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>            Botvinnik-Tal,1960,game 12
>        [D]8/1Q3pkp/4q2r/3p2p1/3Pr3/P5P1/3R1P1P/5RK1 b
>         And here Tal played 31...Re1 but 31...Reh4
>         "should have won".Is that true?  JAFM
>         Source:  http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/60tb$$.htm

Tal himself suggested 31...Reh4 as the winning move in his annotations to this
game.  He had examined 31...Reh4 in his calculations during an earlier position
in the game, and inexplicably "forgot" his analysis and played 31....Re1.   He
called his lapse in this position an "interesting psychological detail."

John Hatcher




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