Tal later converted his extra exchange into victory.

Finishing off Black's idea of ...Nd7-c5 with a blockade.

White is also better after 1...Nd7 2.cxb6 cxb6 3.Bb5!

2...Bxf3 3.Rxf3! , keeping the Be2-b5 resource.

Thus White recovers the pawn and also gets rid of his "bad" bishop.

Preparing Nd2-c4 with some advantage thanks to the superior pawn structure.

A strong pawn sacrifice, which creates a passed pawn on the f-file and enables a blockade on e5.

More precise was 4...f2! first, e.g. 5.Qe3 Ne5 6.g5 Qf3+ 7.Qxf3 Rxf3 with a clear advantage – Ni Hua.

Preparing 8...Rf8, followed by ...f3-f2.