[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Bxd5 
exd5 9.dxc5 Be6 10.O-O Bxc5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 a6 13.Na4 Ba7 14.Nd4 Qd6 15.
Rc1 Rac8 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Nc3 Bb8 18.f4 Ng4 19.Nce2 Bd7 20.h3 Nf6 21.Ng3 Ne4 
22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qa5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Qc3 Qf8 27.Ne2 Bd7 
28.Ng3 f6 29.Nxe4 Bc6 30.Qc4+ Qf7 31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.Nd2 Bd6 33.Kf2 Bb4 34.
Nf3 Be4 35.a3 Ba5 36.b4 Bc7 37.Nd2 Bc6 38.g4 a5 39.f5 axb4 40.axb4 Bd6 41.
Bc3 g6 42.fxg6+ Kxg6 43.Nf3 Be4 44.b5 Be7 45.Nd4 Bd6 46.Ne2 f5 47.gxf5+ 
Bxf5 48.Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O
Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Qxd5 Rb8 
15.Bf6 Bxf6 16.exf6 Qe6 17.Qxe6 Rxe6 18.Rd5 Rxf6 19.Ra5 a6 20.Bd3 Rf4 21.
Re1 Kf8 22.Be4 Rb6 23.Re3 Rh4 24.h3 f5 25.Bd5 Rhb4 26.Rc3 c5 27.Bc4 Rc6 
28.f4 Rbb6 29.Rca3 Ke7 30.Re3+ Kd8 31.Raa3 Rc7 32.Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nf3 Be6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Nb5 Bc5 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.a3 Ne4 15.
Nbd4 Bg4 16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Ba6 Rcd8 19.h3 Bh5 20.Qc2 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Qg5+ 22.Kf1 Qh4 23.fxe4 Qxh3+ 24.Ke2 Qh5+ 25.Kd2 d4 26.Kc1 dxe3 27.
fxe3 Bxe3+ 28.Kb1 Bd4 29.Bc4 Re7 30.Ka2 Bxb2 31.Qxb2 Red7 32.Rac1 Rd2 33.
Rc2 Rxc2 34.Qxc2 Qe5 35.a4 g6 36.Qf2 Rd7 37.Rf1 Kg7 38.Bxf7 Qc3 39.Bd5 Rd8
40.Qxa7+ Kh8 41.Qe7 1-0

[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.Nb3 a6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Kh8 12.Bh5 Bd7 13.f4 b5 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.f5 
Rac8 16.Rhf1 a5 17.Ne2 b4 18.Nf4 a4 19.Nc1 Ne5 20.Bxf7 b3 21.cxb3 axb3 22.
Ng6+ Nxg6 23.fxg6 Kg7 24.Nxb3 hxg6 25.Bxg6 Kxg6 26.Rf3 Bc6 27.Qf4 Kf7 28.
Nd4 Rh8 29.Rb3 Qa6 30.Ra3 Qb7 31.Rb3 Bxe4+ 32.Ka1 Qd5 33.Qf1 Ra8 34.a3 
Bxg2 35.Qf2 Rxh2 36.Rb5 Qe4 37.Re1 Rh1 38.Rxh1 Bxh1 39.Ne2 Rc8 40.Nc3 Qd3 
41.Rh5 Be4 42.Qe1 Bg6 43.Rh2 0-1

[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.Nb5 Rf7 16.
cxd6 cxd6 17.Qc2 g4 18.Nc7 gxf3 19.gxf3 Bh3 20.Nxa8 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Qg5+ 22.
Kf2 Qg2+ 23.Ke1 Nh4 24.Be3 Qxe4 25.Bf2 f3 26.Bxh4 Qxh4+ 27.Nf2 fxe2 28.
Qxe2 e4 29.Rg1 e3 30.Qxe3 Re7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rc7 Bd7 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.
Qxa7 Re7+ 35.Kd1 Qc4 36.Qb6 Qf1+ 37.Kd2 Re2+ 38.Kc3 Qc1+ 39.Kd4 Qe3+ 40.
Kc4 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Kb1 Bc6 13.Rhf1 h6 14.Bh4 Qh5 15.
g3 g5 16.fxg5 hxg5 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxf6 gxh4 19.gxh4 Kh7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rf1
Qg6 22.Qxe5 f5 23.Bd3 Qf6 24.Qe3 Rad8 25.Ne2 a6 26.Nf4 e5 27.Nh3 e4 28.
Ng5+ Kh8 29.Qe2 Qh6 30.Bc4 f4 31.Nf7+ Rxf7 32.Bxf7 f3 33.Qc4 Qf6 34.Qb3 
Qd4 35.a3 e3 36.Rc1 e2 37.Qe6 Qf4 38.Qe7 Qxc1+ 39.Ka2 Qg1 40.Qxd8+ Kh7 41.
Bc4 0-1

[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 
9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qf6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Re8 15.
Rad1 Bh8 16.f4 Nb6 17.Bf1 Bxg4 18.Rxd6 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.e5 Bg7 21.Bxg7
Kxg7 22.Ne4 Rd4 23.b3 Nc8 24.Nf6 Be6 25.Re3 Bf5 26.b4 h5 27.a3 b6 28.Be2 
Rd2 29.Kf1 Ne7 30.Ke1 Rb2 31.Rc3 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb2 33.Ke1 a5 34.bxa5 bxa5 
35.Bd1 Be6 36.Rd3 Rb8 37.Bf3 Bxc4 38.Rd6 Be6 39.Bxc6 Nf5 40.Rd3 Rb1+ 41.
Kd2 Rb2+ 42.Ke1 Rb8 43.Be4 Nh6 44.Rd6 Ng4 45.Nxg4 hxg4 46.Rd3 Rb5 47.Kd2 
Rb2+ 48.Ke3 Kf8 49.Rd2 Rb3+ 50.Rd3 Rb2 51.Rd2 Rb3+ 52.Rd3 Rb1 53.Rc3 Rb2 
54.Kd4 Ke7 55.Bc2 Bd7 56.Bb3 Rb1 57.Bd5 a4 58.Rc7 Rd1+ 59.Kc5 Rd3 60.Kc4 
Rd1 61.Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel NED"]
[Date "1969.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.e6 fxe6 7.h4 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.
Nxd4 exd4 10.Bd3 Qd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Qg4 13.Be2 Qe4 14.O-O Bf5 15.Na3 
Qxh4 16.Nb5 d3 17.Nxc7+ Kd8 18.Nxa8 dxe2 19.Qxe2 Nxa8 20.c5 Qe4 21.Qb5 
Qxd5 22.Ba5+ b6 23.Rfd1 Qe5 24.a4 Bd7 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Bxb6+ Ke8 27.Qa6 
Nxb6 28.Qxb6 g5 29.Re1 Qf4 30.a5 Bg7 31.Qb8+ Kf7 32.Qb3+ e6 33.Qb7 Ke7 34.
Re4 Qd2 35.Rae1 Be5 36.a6 Qxb2 37.Rb4 Qa2 38.a7 Bc3 39.Rbb1 Bxe1 40.Rxe1 
Rf8 41.Qb6 Qd5 42.Rc1 Rc8 43.Rxc8 Bxc8 44.Qc7+ Bd7 45.f3 g4 46.Kf2 gxf3 
47.gxf3 e5 48.Kg3 h5 49.Qc1 h4+ 50.Kxh4 Qxf3 0-1

