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The only ever game played between Vishwanathan Anand and Mikhail Tal

The only ever game played between Vishwanathan Anand and Mikhail Tal

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This is considered the only official game played between the magician Mikhail Tal and Viswanathan Anand. This game was played in 1989 in Cannes. In this game, Anand defeated Mikhail Tal. This game is known for Vishwanathan Anand's attacking Play against Mikhail Tal. This can also be considered one of the best games of Viswanathan Anand against Mikhail Tal or in his chess career.

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The list of moves are given below:-

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Round ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. g3 Rb8 9. Bg2 Nh6 10. Qd1 0-0 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc8 15. Qd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf5 17. d5 Qb6 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rad1 Rf6 22. Rd2 e5 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Qxb7+ Rc7 27. Qd5 Qb4 28. Rfd1 Rc5 29. Qa8 Qxb3 30. Nd3 Rc2 31. Qe4 Rc4 32. Qd5 Qc3 33. Rb2 Rd4 34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. Qb5 Ne3+ 36. Kg1 Qc2 37. Rf1 Rxd3 0-1