[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Annotator "Adams,Phil"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{An inspirational game in the Leningrad Dutch.} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6
4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 $5 (8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5
$13) 9. Qd3 (9. Qa4 $5 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 {is the main alternative, with an
unusual Maroczy like position in which Black, having p0layed ...f5, has more
space than usual but also more weaknesses.}) 9... c5 {A Panno King's Indian
with Black having played ...f5; this means that Black has more space than in
the KID, but a weakness on e6 and less scope for the light-squared bishop.} 10.
Ng5 a6 ({Probably better than wasting a tempo and weakening g6 with} 10... h6
11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. dxe6 Nc6 13. e4 $1 $16 {Podgaets-Mozes, Ybbs 1968.}) 11. Rb1 (
11. Ne6 {is still playable but after} Bxe6 12. dxe6 Nc6 13. e4 {
is less to be feared since g6 has not been weakened:} fxe4 14. Nxe4 Rb8) 11...
Rb8 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. b3 ({If} 13. a4 Nb3 14. Be3 Ng4 $132) 13... b5 $1 14. a3 {
This weakens b3.} ({If} 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxa5 b4 $1 {
cutting off the bishop's retreat.}) (14. h3 {(to prevent ...Ng4)} Kh8 $5 ({Or} 
14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb4) 15. f4 b4 16. Nd1 h6 17. Nf3 e6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Kh2
Bb7 $15 {Panov-Matulovic, Skopje 1970}) 14... Ng4 $5 15. Nf3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb3
{Black's actives pioeces provide him with sufficient counterplay. Hie
weaknesses are hard for White to exploit.} (16... Nb3 17. Bf4 Bd7 {
also looks playable.}) 17. Rxb3 Nxb3 18. Rb1 (18. h3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ne5 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Rb1 f4 $132) 18... Nd4 19. e3 $2 (19. h3 e5 $5 (19... Nxf3+ 20. exf3
Ne5 21. Qe2 $16 f4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. gxf4) (19... Nh6 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bxh6
Bxh6 22. Qxd4 Bg7 $132) 20. dxe6 (20. hxg4 e4 21. Qe3 Nc2 22. Qf4 exf3 23. exf3
Be5 $16) 20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bd5 Bxe6 $13) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21.
Qe2 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 e5 $1 23. Qd1 (23. dxe6 Bxe6 $15) 23... e4 24. Qa4 (24. Rb8
$142) 24... Qe7 25. Qc6 (25. Ne2 $142 $13) 25... f4 $1 $15 26. Rb8 (26. exf4 e3
$1) (26. gxf4 Bh3 $17) 26... Bh3 $1 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. exf4 Qb8 $1 $17 29. Ne2
Qb1+ {White lost on time, but he is completely lost in any case.} (29... Qb1+
30. Bc1 (30. Nc1 Qc2 31. Qe8+ Bf8) 30... Qc2 31. Qe8+ Bf8 $19) 0-1

