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Moscow · Mar 1960
Tal 12½–8½ Botvinnik
Tal won 12½–8½.
The score gap, game by game: up is Tal.
The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Tal v Botvinnik · 1–0
39... Qd5 by Botvinnik: chances 76% → 3%
The coach: Ka8 instead (the arrow) — with it, Botvinnik was clearly better.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1960: Tal v Botvinnik › Game 17
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
32 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Tal 91.9, Botvinnik 88.2
Costliest move: 13... d3 (Botvinnik, 50% → 38%)
44 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 c5 · accuracy Botvinnik 93.9, Tal 94.1
No move cost more than 12%.
37 moves · e4 c6 Nc3 d5 · accuracy Tal 92.4, Botvinnik 93.2
Costliest move: 32... Qxf3 (Botvinnik, 72% → 50%)
40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 95.3, Tal 96.5
Costliest move: 6. f3 (Botvinnik, 52% → 40%)
43 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Tal 92.8, Botvinnik 93.7
Costliest move: 43. b4 (Tal, 53% → 39%)
46 moves · c4 Nf6 Nf3 g6 · accuracy Botvinnik 90.8, Tal 93.0
Costliest move: 25. Rxb2 (Botvinnik, 50% → 26%)
52 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Tal 94.5, Botvinnik 92.7
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 91.1, Tal 89.9
Costliest move: 34. Rc1 (Botvinnik, 66% → 46%)
58 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Tal 91.6, Botvinnik 94.2
Costliest move: 58. g3 (Tal, 16% → 4%)
60 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Botvinnik 92.2, Tal 93.5
Costliest move: 12. Bg5 (Botvinnik, 52% → 31%)
72 moves · Nf3 Nf6 g3 g6 · accuracy Tal 93.9, Botvinnik 92.1
Costliest move: 41... Qf8 (Botvinnik, 35% → 23%)
72 moves · c4 Nf6 d4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 88.6, Tal 88.4
Costliest move: 69. d5 (Botvinnik, 94% → 61%)
16 moves · c4 c5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Tal 92.4, Botvinnik 91.6
No move cost more than 12%.
22 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 94.6, Tal 95.5
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Tal 94.7, Botvinnik 94.7
No move cost more than 12%.
41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 91.0, Tal 91.5
Costliest move: 39. c6 (Botvinnik, 53% → 40%)
41 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Tal 89.0, Botvinnik 89.5
Costliest move: 39... Qd5 (Botvinnik, 76% → 3%)
76 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 89.4, Tal 87.9
Costliest move: 56. Re7+ (Botvinnik, 96% → 78%)
41 moves · c4 f5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Tal 94.5, Botvinnik 93.9
No move cost more than 12%.
27 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 90.0, Tal 90.8
Costliest move: 14. Qh4 (Botvinnik, 77% → 61%)
17 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Tal 93.0, Botvinnik 93.3
No move cost more than 12%.
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