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Larsen, Bent - Spassky, Boris V, Tilburg, Tilburg - C28 [1978] 1-0
Annotator: Ugrinovic,D

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 (6...Na5 7.Nge2) 7.Na4 (7.Nf3 Bg4) Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.f3 (9.Ne2) Be6 10.Ne2 d5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Nc3 Be6 (13...Bxc4 14.dxc4 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1) 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qd2 f5 16.O-O Qd4+ 17.Kh1 O-O-O 18.Rae1 h5 19.a3 h4 20.Qf2 [#5Ee5] Rhg8 (20...Qd7 21.b4) 21.Qxd4 (21.f4 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 exf4 23.Rxe6 Nd4 #C5 #CBde8#7C ) exd4 22.Nb1 Kd7 23.Nd2 Ke7 24.Rf2 Kf6 25.f4 Rde8 (25...h3) 26.h3 e5 27.Rfe2 Re7 28.Nf3 exf4 29.Rxe7 Nxe7 30.Nxd4 Nd5 (30...c5 31.Nf3) 31.Re6+ (31.Nf3) Kf7 32.Rh6 Ne3 33.Rxh4 Nxg2 34.Rh7+ Kf6 35.Rh6+ (35.Rxc7 Ne1 #C5 f3 ) Kg5 36.Rh7 Kf6 37.Kg1 c5 38.Ne2 f3 (38...Ne3+ 39.Kf2 Nxc2 40.Rxb7) 39.Nc3 Nh4+ (39...Ne3+ 40.Kf2 Nxc2 41.Kxf3 Ne1+ 42.Ke2 Re8+ 43.Kd2 Nf3+ 44.Kc2 Ne1+ 45.Kd2 (45.Kb3 f4) ) 40.Kf1 Kg5 (40...Ng2 41.Kf2) 41.Nd5 Re8 42.Rg7+ Kh6 43.Re7 Rg8 (43...Rxe7 44.Nxe7 #CF ) 44.Re6+ Kg5 45.Rxb6 Re8 46.Nc7 Rg8 (46...Re2 47.Ne6+ #C5 #CDf4 ) 47.Ne6+ Kf6 (47...Kh5 48.Rxb7 #C5 #CBh7 ) 48.Nxc5+ Ke5 49.Rh6 Kf4 50.Rxh4+ Ke3 [#C5 f2] 51.Ne4 fxe4 52.Rxe4+ Kd2 53.Kf2