I tried to set Tals ELO to his best rating of 2705 but the display is not visible on my laptop as shown earlier by Sacha. So 2717 was the closest I could get.
Palm Hiarcs played well and should have won this but inaccurate play in the end game gives Tal the draw.
[Event "ChessMind Play Mode"]
[Site "ChessMind"]
[Date "2026.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palm Hiarcs 12"]
[Black "Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Major_Chaos"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2026.??.??"]
{[%evp 18,142,8,0,0,-33,-43,-45,-40,-32,-24,-35,-30,-36,-34,-49,5,0,138,85,203,60,60,71,67,57,59,44,25,0,0,0,40,30,199,199,185,170,177,168,188,131,121,105,121,86,89,96,100,79,75,77,167,60,185,169,185,191,165,160,150,169,187,184,188,181,164,157,169,145,152,161,208,227,226,209,219,210,224,233,214,229,235,238,235,226,230,235,239,222,251,278,257,270,282,271,233,234,252,215,196,117,107,118,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. a3 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 11. f4 Neg4 12. e5 Nxe3 {Black is slightly better.} 13. Qxe3 Ng4 14. Qg3 Bc5 15. Nce2 Nh6 16. b4 (16. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 17. Qxg8+ Nxg8 $19) 16... Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Qc8 (17... Qb6 $5 18. c3 $8 Rc8 $14) 18. c4 (18. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 19. Qxg8+ (19. Qxh6 $2 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1 Rg6+ 21. Nf3 Rxh6 $19) 19... Nxg8 $19) 18... Qc7 19. Rf2 (19. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 20. Qxg8+ (20. Qxh6 $2 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Rg6+ 22. Rf3 Rxh6 $19) 20... Nxg8 $19) (19. cxb5 $6 Qb6 $16) 19... bxc4 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Rxc4 O-O 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxf5 (23. Bxf5 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 23... Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Rac8 25. Qh4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh4h7]} Rfe8 $2 (25... h6 $11) 26. Qxh7+ $18 Kf8 27. Qh8+ (27. Bxd7 $2 Rxe5 $1 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qe8+ Kd6 31. Qxe5+ (31. Qf8+ $2 Kxd7 32. Qxf7+ Re7 $17) 31... Kxe5 $19) (27. Rxc8 $6 Rxc8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ Ke8 $14) 27... Ke7 28. Qh4+ Kf8 29. Bd3 (29. Bxd7 Rxe5 $1 30. Qd4 (30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 $19) 30... Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc1+ 32. Rf1 Rc2 $11) 29... Rxc4 30. Qxc4 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rc4f7]} ({Don't play} 30. Bxc4 Rxe5 31. Qh8+ (31. Kf1 Bd5 $14) 31... Ke7 32. Qxg7 (32. Kf1 $2 Qd4 $19) 32... Rf5 $14) 30... Re6 31. Bg6 {[%cal Oc4f4,Bd3g6,Bg6f7,Bf7e6,Be6g4][%mdl 32]} Qe3 32. Bxf7 Rxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Rf5.} 33. Be6+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Ke7 34. Bg4 {White wants to mate with Qf7+.} Bc6 35. Qg8 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rg8f8]} Qe1+ 36. Rf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rg8f8]} Qe3+ 37. Kh1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rg8f8]} Qf4 {[%cal Rf4f1] Inhibits Qf8+.} 38. Qxg7+ (38. Rxf4 $2 {is a self mate.} Re1+) 38... Kd8 {[%cal Rf4f1]} 39. Qf8+ (39. Rxf4 $2 {leads to mate.} Re1+) 39... Qxf8 40. Rxf8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ke7 41. Rf1 {Prevents Re1.} a5 42. bxa5 Rxa5 43. Re1+ Kf6 44. Re3 Rc5 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 45. Kg1 d5 46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Re2 Kf6 48. Kf2 d4 49. h4 d3 50. Re6+ Kf7 {[#]} 51. Rd6 $1 Rc2+ 52. Ke3 Bxg2 53. Kxd3 Rc5 54. a4 Ke7 55. Rd7+ Kf6 56. Rd4 Ke5 57. Rb4 Rc1 58. Rb5+ Kf4 59. Be2 {Black must now prevent a5.} Be4+ 60. Kd4 {Strongly threatening Re5.} Rc2 61. Bc4 {And now a5 would win.} Bc6 $1 {The position is equal.} 62. Rb4 {a5 is the strong threat.} Bxa4 $1 63. Be6 Kg3 $1 64. Ke5 Rc5+ 65. Kf6 Bd1 {Prevents Rg4+.} 66. Bf5 Rd5 67. Kg5 Bc2 68. Rg4+ Kh3 69. Rf4+ Rxf5+ 70. Rxf5 Bxf5 71. Kxf5 Kxh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.22 (precise)} 1/2-1/2
Tal will play White in the next game...