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World Chess Championship
1959 Yugoslavia Candidates Tournament
Highlights

Round 1 : Keres - Fischer
Position
after 20...h7-h5

Annotating the following move, Fischer wrote, "I've made this sacrifice so often, I feel like applying for a patent!".

Round 4 : Fischer - Gligoric
Position
after 26.Rh1-h5(xN)

Round 4 : Keres - Petrosian
Position
after 47...Rg4-g3
(48.hxg3 hxg3 49.Rfd2 Qh4 50.Be2 Rh7
51.Kf1 Qxf4+ 0-1)

Round 6 : Tal - Fischer
Position
after 33.g2-g3

Round 8 : Tal - Smyslov
Position
after 14.Qd4-h4
(14...bxc4 15.Qg5)

Round 10 : Fischer - Benko
Position
after 14.e4-e5
(14...dxe5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nce4)

Round 11 : Olafsson - Tal
Position
after 21...g7-g6
(22.Bxg6 Qe7 defends)

Round 14 : Tal - Benko
Position
after 23.Bh6-f8
(23...Rxf8 24.Qh6)

Round 15 : Keres - Fischer
Position
after 20...d5-d4
(21.exd4 Qe4 22.Qg4 Qc2)

Round 16 : Fischer - Petrosian
Position
after 41...Kb4-b3
(White to seal)

Round 16 : Tal - Gligoric
Position
after 22.Bf5-e6
(22...Rg8 23.Bc4)

Round 20 : Tal - Fischer
Position
after 23.Re1-e6
(23...Qc6-c3 24.Bxf5+ Rxf5
25.Qxf5+ Kh8 26.Rf3)

Round 22 : Tal - Smyslov
Position
after 41.Rh6-f6 1-0

Round 23 : Gligoric - Tal
Position
after 18...Nc7-d5(xP)
(19.exd5 Bf5 20.Qc3 Bg7)

Round 24 : Tal - Keres
Position
after 41...Ne5-d3
(sealed)

Round 25 : Gligoric - Fischer
Position
after 13...0-0

Round 26 : Tal - Petrosian
Position
after 15.Rf1-f8(xB)+

Round 27 : Fischer - Tal
Position
after 11.f4-f5
(11...gxf5 12.Nxf5)

Round 28 : Smyslov - Fischer
Position
after 19...g7-g6

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