Throwback Thursday: Ulf Andersson and Mikhail Tal play six-game match

In early 1983, Ulf Andersson and former world champion Mikhail Tal met in Malmö to decide who would act as reserve for that cycle’s Candidates matches. Their playoff followed the Moscow Interzonal, where a 19-year-old Garry Kasparov and Aleksandr Beliavsky had taken the two qualifying spots, leaving Tal and Andersson tied for third. The six-game contest was not without excitement and ended with a tied score – each of the contestants scored one win. | Photo: Lars Grahn