This is the famous 9th game from the Botvinnik – Tal World Championship Match played in 1960. Botvinnik, of course, had the black pieces. Tal didn’t play the Caro-Kann. It was a Classical Caro-Kann, and Tal sacrificed a knight on e6 on move 11, a sacrifice he had been preparing since round 5 of the match, where they reached the same position. The first time Tal had that position, he didn’t take despite spending a long time on move 11. In game 9 he took. Fast forward 10 moves later and we have this interesting position on move 21 for Botvinnik. How would you evaluate it?
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