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Tal, Mihail - Spraggett, Kevin, Montpellier (ct), Montpellier - C60 [1985] ½-½
Annotator: Tal,M

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bg5 Qd7 N (7...f6 8.Be3) (7...Nge7 Ue 34/391 ) 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc2 Nh5 12.g3 Kh8 [#C5 f5] 13.Nh4 Qe8 14.O-O-O f5 15.Ne3 b5 (15...f4 16.Nd5 h6 17.Nxc7) 16.Bb3 Na5 (16...Nd4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nd5 fxe4) 17.Rd8 Nxb3+ 18.axb3 Qf7 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Nexf5 (21.Nhxf5 Bxf5 22.Qf3 h6 (22...Be6 23.Qxa8) 23.Bh4 Nf4 24.gxf4 e4 25.Qd1) Bxf5 22.Qf3 Be6 23.Qxa8 Bd5 24.Qxa6 Bxh1 25.Qxb5 Qxf2 26.Qxe5+ Ng7 27.Be7 (27.Qxc7 Qe1+ 28.Kc2 Be4#) Qg1+ 28.Kc2 Qxh2+ 29.Kb1 Qg1+ 30.Ka2 Qa7+ 31.Kb1 Qa8 32.Bxf8 Qxf8 33.Qxc7 Qf1+ 34.Ka2 Qa6+ 35.Kb1 Be4+ 36.Kc1 h6 (36...Qa1+ 37.Kd2 Qxb2+ 38.Ke3 Bd5 39.Qc8+ Bg8 40.b4) 37.Qc4 Qa1+ 38.Kd2 Qxb2+ 39.Ke3 Bc2 40.Qd4 (40.b4 Qc1+ 41.Kd4 Qg1+) Qxb3 41.g4 Qe6+ 42.Kf4 Qe2 43.Kg3 Kh7 (43...Qd3+) 44.c4 Be4 45.c5 h5 46.Qd7 (46.gxh5 Qe1+ 47.Kg4 (47.Qf2 Nxh5+) Qxh4+ 48.Kxh4 Nf5+) Qe3+ (46...Bc6 47.Qc8 (47.Qxc6 Qxg4+) Qe3+ 48.Kh2 Qxc5 49.gxh5 (49.Nf5 Qf2+) Qd6+ 50.Kg1 (50.Kh3 Bd7+) Qg3+ 51.Kf1 Bb5+) 47.Kh2 Qf2+ 48.Kh3 Qe3+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kh3 Bf5 51.Nxf5 Qxg4+ (51...hxg4+ 52.Kh4) 52.Kh2 Qxf5 53.c6 (53.Qxf5+ Nxf5 54.c6 Nd6 55.Kh3 Kg6 56.Kg3 Kg5 57.c7 h4+ 58.Kh2 Kg4 59.Kg2 h3+ 60.Kh2 Kh4 61.Kh1 Kg3 62.Kg1 h2+ 63.Kh1 Ne4 64.c8=Q Nf2#) Kg6 (53...Qxd7 54.cxd7 Ne6) 54.Qd6+ Qe6 55.Qg3+ Kh6 56.c7 Nf5 57.Qc3 Nd6 58.Qc6 Qe2+ 59.Kh1 Qd1+ 60.Kg2 Qg4+ 61.Kh2 Qf4+ 62.Kg2 Qg5+ 63.Kh1